The Final Exam will consist of TWO short essays of about 5 paragraphs responding to two different topics. You MUST write on both topics, and you MUST engage your texts. This requires a) preparing carefully for the exam by choosing a set of quotes that you think could fit into essays on both topics before you get the thesis statements. An essay that doesn’t use direct quotes from the textbook will not pass.
Trying to find quotes during the exam will almost certainly lead to a poor result.
You may use your textbooks and discussion boards (a good rule of thumb is at least one direct quote from the textbook per paragraph) to answer two specific questions that will be given in the exam.
The two general topics (again, you must write on both):
Take about an hour to complete each of your responses–but be detailed and specific–a response without direct quotes from all three texts you choose will likely not pass.