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E102B  Restoration and Revolution  Form of Final exam  Fall 2011  Van Sant

Part I.  Identification of quotations

Part II.  Close analysis

Part III. Essay

The parts of the exam will carry equal weigh.  Part I may be useful to you in your thinking about Part III.  In each part of the exam, you will have some choice.

The exam is cumulative but emphasizes the material in the second half of the course.


Part I.  Identification of quotations.  Directions and sample material

Identify 10 of the following 12 quotations, indicating full name of writer and exact title.  Then write one complete sentence (packing as much into it as you can) indicating the significance of the quotation.  Do not write in fragments and do not write more than one sentence.

“[T]he men before us, are so ridged, and love so much their own notions, and do also so lightly esteem the opinions of others; that let a man be never so godly, yet if he jumps not with them in all things, they thrust him quite out of their company.”

This quotation is on p. 99 of The Pilgrim’s Progress.  Of course I won’t identify the quotations on the exam, but you can use this example for exam practice.

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Part II.  Close analysis. Directions and sample material

Choose one of the following quotations, paraphrase it, and then analyze it closely.  Your analysis should begin or end with a general claim about this section.

           In pious times, ere priest-craft did begin,
              Before polygamy was made a sin;
              When man, on many, multipli'd his kind,
              Ere one to one was cursedly confin'd:
              When Nature prompted, and no Law deni'd
              Promiscuous use of concubine and bride;
              Then, Israel's monarch, after Heaven's own heart,
              His vigorous warmth did variously impart
              To wives and slaves: and, wide as his command,
              Scatter'd his Maker's image through the land.
             Michal, of royal blood, the crown did wear;
             A soil ungrateful to the tiller's care:
             Not so the rest; for several mothers bore
             To god-like David, several sons before.
             But since like slaves his bed they did ascend,
             No true succession could their seed attend.
             Of all this numerous progeny was none
             So beautiful, so brave, as Absalom:

This quotation is from the beginning of Absalom and Achitophel.  You can use our analysis in class to practice for the exam.

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Part III. Essay.  Directions and sample material.

Choose one of the following essay topics and write an essay.  Your essay should have a main point.  And you should be as specific as possible in your reference to the works you discuss.

Several of the works we have read treat relations between men and women. Mary Astell, for example, writes, "We value [men] too much and our selves too little, if we place any part of our worth in their Opinion.“  What is her point?  What is she trying to correct?  Use Astell’s work to compare with Wycherley’s.  How does the male-female relation function in each work?  What is at stake in each work’s representation of the relation between men and women?