Answer any three of the following questions, 2-3 pages for each answer, for a total of 6-9 pages. You may hand in your answers early if you like, but all answers are due by Tues., Oct. 31, in class.
The questions are keyed to different reading
assignments, with the idea that each question is raised most centrally
in a certain part of the reading. However, you can and should use
material from anywhere in the text where it's relevant to the answer.
Because this is an exam rather than a paper, I will
give priority to accuracy over originality in grading. (If you have
original ideas you should choose the paper
option.)
However, all the questions do require some thought; they can't simply
be read out of the texts. And, of course, as usual, your answer must
be ``original'' in the sense that it is your own work. (If you use any
outside source--which I don't recommend--you must cite it.)