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Fall Final Exam Information 
Students will be tested over:


Drama:

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Everyman
Dr. Faustus


Stories and poems (from literature textbook unless otherwise noted):


THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD (449-1066)
Beowulf:
“The Coming of Grendel”
“The Coming of Beowulf”
“Unferth’s Taunt”
“The Battle with Grendel”
“The Burning of Beowulf’s Body”
“The Wanderer”—Anonymous Anglo-Saxon Poet
“Riddles”—Anonymous
"Caedmon's Hymn"—Bede
"The Dream of the Rood"



THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD (1066-1485)
“The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales”—Chaucer
“The Pardoner’s Tale”—Chaucer
"The Wife of Bath's Tale"—Chaucer

"The Nuns' Priest's Tale"--Chaucer 
“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”—Anonymous
“Le Morte Darthur”—Malory
​"Lanval"

THE RENAISSANCE

Sonnets:  Wyatt, Shakespeare




Students must know:
works and authors; literary period, major developments in the growth of the English language, and basic historical information regarding text and/or author's life; poetic and literary devices;
Grammar and Vocabulary will not be covered on the final exam; however, students will be expected to formulate their essays and short answers in paragraph form (refer to LBH).


Format:
1. Short answer/identification
2. Analysis (students may be given a poem or section of a poem to explicate)
3. Essay (topic will ask students to discuss a theme or idea relating to two or more of the major works or movements studied this semester)



Weight: 20% of Semester Average

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