ENG3C/E Final Exam Additional Sample questions:

1. In the song/poem “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack, what was “dance” a metaphor for?
2. In your own words, what is “resilience poetry” and give an example of a poem or song.
3. In Of Mice & Men a) Why doesn’t Candy want to kill his dog? (1) b) What does George coach Lennie to do if there is trouble? (1) c) How is the killing of Lennie similar to the killing of Candy’s dog? Why do you think George killed Lennie himself of letting the men do it? (2) d) What is the theme of the book?
4. In Million Dollar Baby, a) how does Maggie get injured? b) Why is Maggie’s mother ungrateful when Maggie buys her a new house?  c) Why does Frankie agree to coach Maggie and why does he tell her: “Girlie, ‘tough’ ain’t enough”?  
5. Define science fiction and give an example
6. The song “Wheat Kings” is about who or what?
7. What is your interpretation of three of the following songs or poems: “New Orleans is Sinking”, The Sound of Silence”, “Now or Never Land”, “The Carol County Accident”, “Cryin’”, “Always”, “The Look Ahead”, “Old Note”, “Two Roads”, “Mighty Casey”, “The Cremation of Sam McGee”
8. In The Great Debaters, who said “You must be the smartest man in Texas” and who was s/he referring to?
9. The Fargo robot (Minsky) said what sentence repeatedly?
10. In Dead Poets Society, how does Prof Keating teach his students about poetry and the concept of “carpe diem”?

From Flowers for Algernon:

11. Why is Charlie unable to do the Rorschach Test the first time Burt attempts to administer it?
12. How does Neumur and Strauss’s argument over whether Charlie is ready to go to the conference provide a turning point for Charlie?
13. Describe your first impression of Charlie after reading Progress Report 1.
14. In Progress Report 2, Burt attempts to administer a Rorschach Test to Charlie. Despite Burt’s patience and explanations, Charlie is unable to do the test. Why do you think this is so?
15. In P.R. 4, what is Charlie talking about when he describes a game called “amazed”?
16. What is ironic about the final statement in P.R. 4?
17. In P.R. 5, Dr. Strauss refers to Charlie having good “motor-vation.” What is he referring to?
18. Towards the end of P.R. 5, there is a small example of foreshadowing. Identify it.
19. After the operation, Charlie continues to state that he does not feel any smarter. As you read through P.R. 7, what were some of the ways in which Charlie had already improved at that point?
20. “March 13. They changed my nerse today.” Why?
21. In P.R. 8, there are further examples of Charlie’s rapid improvements. Describe some of them.
22. How much time has passed at the start of P.R.9?

Other:

23. In Of Mice & Men, what is the genre, setting, and climax?
24. In Of Mice & Men, what do you think the author’s intention is in terms of the reader’s emotion during the last scene? Explain.
25. What is the difference between an autobiography and a biography?
26. Who kills Curley’s wife in Of Mice & Men?
27. How does the main character in Million Dollar Baby die?
28. What role did Wiley College play during the Civil Rights era?
29. In The Great Debaters, how is debate coach Melvin B. Tolson able to motivate his students to the point where they go on to defeat Harvard?
30. Pick one of the following three only.
31. Loneliness is a dominant theme in Of Mice and Men. Most of the characters are lonely and searching for someone who can serve as a companion or just as an audience. Briefly discuss the examples of character loneliness, the efforts of the characters in search of companionship, and their varying degrees of success.

1. What comments about the treatment of mentally handicapped people in our society does the novel Of Mice & Men make? And what do you think we can learn from them?
2. Bullying: Discuss the idea of bullying in the novel Of Mice & Men. Make specific references   to characters who are bullied and those who do the bullying.  What do you think the author is saying about this issue? 

Sample Multiple Choice: Which character in Of Mice & Men was unhappy in marriage?; Who doesn’t want to kill their dog?; What does Carpe Diem mean?; In Dead Poets Society, Prof. Keating says “We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with _________.”; “I recommend biting off more than you can chew to anyone…” –Alanis- is an example of... Which of the following is personification;