English 11 – Fall and Winter 2005-2006 Name:______
PJClements -- The Term Examination
…and he told the truth, mainly.
English 11 – Fall and Winter 2005-2006 Name:______
PJClements -- The Term Examination
Part I –Sentence work. (20 points – 20 minutes)
· Write the sentence that you are to have memorized, Jim’s final statement to Huck in Chapter 15.
· From five pairs of names from below, select two[1] and comment on the significance of each pair in the novel, revealing not only literal but also thematic significance.
(sample)
Judith Loftus / Judge Thatcher
Judith Loftus, the woman Huck meets when he temporarily escapes Jackson’s Island to determine what news there is about him and Jim, and Judge Thatcher, the wise townsman who saw the truth beneath Huck’s desire to give away his fortune, together represent a kindness that is possible ashore, kindness embodied in ideal mother and father figures, experience with whom Huck never had.
1. Miss Watson / Aunt Sally (Phelps)
2. Miss Sophia / Mary Jane Wilks
3. Pap / Jim
4. Colonel Grangerford / Colonel Sherburn
5. The Duke (or the King) / Sid (Tom) Sawyer
Part II –Passage Commentary (paragraph) (40 points – 40 minutes)
Of the four passages below from Huck Finn, choose two[2], and comment on the significance of each.
1. Yes, -- ens I’s rich now, come to look at it. I owns myself, en I’s wuth eight hund’d dollars. I wisht I had de money. I wouldn’ want no mo’.
2. He was a gentleman all over; and so was his family. He was well born, as the saying is, and that’s worth as much in a man as it is in a horse, so the Widow Douglas said, and nobody ever denied that she was of the first aristocracy on our town.
3. It was awful thoughts and awful words, but they was said. And I let them stay said; and never thought no more about reforming.
4. …I go to light our for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can’t stand it. I been there before.
Part III –American Literature Essay (40 points – 40 minutes)
· Explain what makes the literature we have studied particularly “American” ?
· Successful essays will begin with a general introduction that precedes a clear and complex thesis. They will be built with paragraphs that develop a sequence of ideas, using specific examples from a variety of works to support the essay’s claims. As a minimum, you must use specific examples from a variety of authors, at least two references to your study of United States History, and one comment from a colleague.
General Comments
· Employ the sentence structures we have examined as tools to build your writing.
· You may bring into the exam one 3 x 5 card upon one side of which you may write outline notes for Part III.
[1] At the exam, PJC will select which two.
[2] See Footnote #1 above.