Midterm Exam Study Guide: The midterm examination will be on Thursday, October 11th. The final examination is on Tuesday, December 4th which is our last day of class. The Midterm on Thursday, Oct. 11th You may be approached by one of the internet so-called student 'cheat-sheet' groups attempting to sell you answers to the copyrighted material below.

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They may try to get you to sell answers for this material to other students for profit or credits with their organization. This material is copyrighted and entering into financial agreements with these organizations may put you in academic and legal jeopardy. The local representative of one of these groups has a message for you below. This was sent in a previous semester to our class: Instead of paying these sites, you can access a help site for free that the course puts up for you with our own preceptors, usually on Facebook, and you can come to the class review sessions put on by the preceptors for free to help you. There is NO NEED to get sucked into paying for online help and we do not sponsor or endorse anything that costs you extra money. Below is our brief guide to the upcoming midterm examination and the preceptors will have a site of their own you can use for free: Part A. You will be shown five images of major Greek and Roman monuments and you will be asked to identify the work shown, its date in years, its culture (such as Greek, Roman, American, French).

These images will be selected from images we will post online for you. You will also be asked to select one reason why the work is important for the course. You will be doing this with a Scantron sheet and we will give you 5 choices to select from. Total: 50 points. The images will be taken from images on your internet website and from the course textbooks.

The images will be of works discussed in depth in our class. They will include such items as the Acropolis of Athens, the Parthenon, the Agora of Athens, the Bouleterion and Tholos of Athens, an Ostrakon, a black figure and red figure vase, the Propylaea, the Pinakotheke, the Athena Parthenos, the Erectheion, the Caryatids, the Theater of Dionysus, the Roman forum, the Ara Pacis, the 4 styles of Roman painting, Dorothy Arzner, Amelia Earhart, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Pompey the Great, Mark Antony and other possible choices and most especially those highlighted in the review session in class and the review session held by Dr.

Soren and the separate one held by the preceptors outside of class (check D2L for the time and place). Please note that the most essential review session for your studies is the one held in the classroom before the midterm. You will be asked to match the number of the most appropriate definition/term in the right hand column to the term on the left hand side. For example -A. Famous temple on the acropolis in Athens ca.

Leader of the city-state of Athens in Classical Golden Age You should match A with 2 and B with 1. This will also be done on a Scantron. Terms you will be responsible for are either the highlighted terms in the outlines for each lecture or those terms which we have strongly emphasized in class. There are many terms in the books but only those strongly emphasized will be selected. 3 terms will be chosen from part B and you must define each one. You will have 7 choices from which you must define 3 giving a full definition, date or dates if relevant plus 3 strong facts. If you use a word that is distinctive in your definition or facts you must explain it in detail.

You must write an essay on one of the following topics. Soren will select which topic you will be asked to write on.

You will have two of the essays below to choose from but he will choose which two. A good essay will stress at least 10 major points. You must provide 10 major points in your essay that show your detailed knowledge of the subject matter. Simplistic answers will be marked wrong.

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You will not receive an actual point grade for the essay but the university requires that you PASS this essay with a grade of P or you cannot pass this course because the course is designated as a writing emphasis course. If you fail this essay you must contact one of our graduate assistants, go to their office hour and review your essay, then schedule with him or her a time to make up the essay part of the exam.

You may do this up to 3 times until you pass the essay. If you fail to pass the essay the third time you will fail the class.

The possible questions are: What is it like to live in ancient Athens about 440 B.C.? Give 10 significant characteristics of life there. You might include the sort of government they have, what life in the agora was like and some of the buildings you would encounter, who were your city-state's enemies, what was entertainment like, You are asked to discuss one important person in ancient Athens and note 10 major facts about him or her. You might have to do a little special reading to learn more about your chosen individual. Some suggestions might include Pericles, Socrates, Themistocles, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Polykleitos- but you can choose others too and it will be your choice if this essay is used. In the movie Cleopatra, how did the writers/director portray Cleopatra? What kind of person was she in the movie and how does this compare with what you know of her in real life.

Cite specific examples. Disucss how Dorothy Arzner's films reflect ancient Greek tragedies.

Cite specific examples of ancient sources. I will select two of these questions for the exam and you must answer one of these two. You will have a total of 70 minutes to do the entire exam so prepare your essay thoughts well in advance so you are not wasting time in the exam. You may not leave the room for any reason during the exam and return later so please attend to your restroom needs beforehand.