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English 102B \|\| The Problem of the New \|\| Spring 2013 \|\| TuTh 9:30-10:50 a.m. \|\|	Midterm Exam #2 Week #8 Tuesday, 5/21
	The exam will be from 9:30-10:50 a.m. Please bring a bluebook AND for the exam, put your name on the back of the bluebook, not on the front. I like to be curious about whose exam I'm reading.
Material to be covered by Miderm #2	John Gay,The Beggar's Opera (1728) New Science 1. Introductory material in anthology: 143-145. 2. Thomas Sprat, From introduction to the History of the Royal Society, pp. 146, ff. 3. Philosophical Transactions, pp. 149 ff. 4. Joseph Priestley, Experiments and Observations on Different kinds of Air, pp. 155, ff. 5. Review in 1665 of Hooke's Micrographia (see link on schedule page). 6. Archive of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Choose one report between 1660 and 1728 and write about it on the message board. Your familiarity with other students' entries on the Message Board will be assumed. 7. Robert Hooke, Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses, with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon (1665), pp. 161 ff. 8. Voltaire, Micromegas (1752), pp. 171 ff. 9. Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726), "PART 3 – "A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan," chap. 2, pp. 455-59. Chap. 5, "The Grand Academy of Lagado," pp. 465-469. 9. Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal (1729) 10. Sermons and Tracts: Backgrounds to A Modest Proposal; from Jonathan Swift, "Causes of the Wretched Condition of Ireland"; from Jonathan Swift, A Short View of the State of Ireland . 11. David Hume, "On Miracles" (1748) 12. James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) section re: Hume (185-6).
Content of the exam	There will be two parts to the exam. Part I. 40 minutes. Choose one of the following quoted sections and analyze it closely. Your essay should begin or end with a general claim. Suggestion: Practice for this part of the exam by using quoted material that you select. Use either the method of identifying important details and discussing them or the method of making an observation and saying "So what?" to shape your analysis. Part II. 40 minutes Choose one of the following essay topics and write in response to it. Your essay should have a main point.

English 102B || The Problem of the New || Spring 2013 || TuTh 9:30-10:50 a.m. ||

Midterm Exam #2
Week #8
Tuesday, 5/21

The exam will be from 9:30-10:50 a.m.

Please bring a bluebook

AND for the exam, put your name on the back of the bluebook, not on the front. I like to be curious about whose exam I'm reading.

Material to be covered by Miderm #2

John Gay,The Beggar's Opera (1728)

New Science
1. Introductory material in anthology: 143-145.
2. Thomas Sprat, From introduction to the History of the Royal Society, pp. 146, ff.
3. Philosophical Transactions, pp. 149 ff.
4. Joseph Priestley, Experiments and Observations on Different kinds of Air, pp. 155, ff.
5. Review in 1665 of Hooke's Micrographia (see link on schedule page).
6. Archive of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Choose one report between 1660 and 1728 and write about it on the message board. Your familiarity with other students' entries on the Message Board will be assumed.
7. Robert Hooke, Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses, with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon (1665), pp. 161 ff.
8. Voltaire, Micromegas (1752), pp. 171 ff.
9. Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726), "PART 3 – "A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan," chap. 2, pp. 455-59. Chap. 5, "The Grand Academy of Lagado," pp. 465-469.
9. Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal (1729)
10. Sermons and Tracts: Backgrounds to A Modest Proposal; from Jonathan Swift, "Causes of the Wretched Condition of Ireland"; from Jonathan Swift, A Short View of the State of Ireland .
11. David Hume, "On Miracles" (1748)
12. James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) section re: Hume (185-6).

Content of the exam

There will be two parts to the exam.

Part I. 40 minutes.
Choose one of the following quoted sections and analyze it closely. Your essay should begin or end with a general claim.
Suggestion: Practice for this part of the exam by using quoted material that you select. Use either the method of identifying important details and discussing them or the method of making an observation and saying "So what?" to shape your analysis.

Part II. 40 minutes
Choose one of the following essay topics and write in response to it. Your essay should have a main point.