Part I. Story content: You will select the best response to 20 multiple choice questions taken directly from our reading quizzes on “Flowering Judas,” “Death Constant Beyond Love,” “Eleven,” and “Yellow Woman,” as well as true/false questions taken from the readings and the lecture notes.
YOU SHOULD SUBMIT THE ESSAY TO CANVAS SEPARATELY. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WRITE THE ESSAY WHILE YOU ARE TAKING THE MIDTERM OBJECTIVE EXAM.
Part II. Choose ONE of the following questions to respond to in a short essay (350-500 words). Be sure to use good organization and quote specific passages to support your response.
1. Like most fiction writers, each of the writers in this Unit use symbolism — a practice of attributing significant meanings to objects — in order to more fully express the central ideas of their stories. Locate at least two symbols in each of the stories and discuss the significance of the writers’ themes.
2. English historian, Sir Acton, said “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Locate at least one character from any two of the stories from this unit who demonstrate this all-too-human tendency.
3. Certain characters in the Unit Two readings seem to hold to chauvinistic ideas that men are superior to women, at least as represented by their sexist attitudes. Identify and compare chauvinistic characters in any or all of these readings – using passages and scenes to prove your response.