Due, as an attachment, via the “Assignments” tool on Canvas, by 11:55pm
Monday, October 24 (in PDF or any format easily converted to PDF,
e.g. MSWord, OpenOffice, LATE X, RTF, plain text).
Answer any one of the questions listed below in 2–3 pages (double
spaced).
The questions are keyed to different sections of the reading, with the idea that
each question is raised most centrally in a certain section. However, you can and
should use material from anywhere in the text where it’s relevant to the
answer.
Because this is an exam rather than a paper, I will give priority to
accuracy over originality in grading. However, all the questions do require
some thought; they can’t simply be read out of the texts. Moreover, in
many (if not all) cases the “correct” answer is unavoidably a matter of
interpretation: in such cases it would be safest to reproduce what I said
in class, but it will also be acceptable if you’re clearly following some
other reasonable interpretation. And, of course, as usual, your answer
must be “original” in the sense that it is your own work. (If you use any
outside source — which I don’t especially recommend — you must cite
it.)
Since we read the B edition only, please base your answer on the B edition text
(where there are differences). You can cite it by the B-edition page number (e.g.,
“B112”).
You can find answers to some commonly asked questions about my
assignments and grading in my FAQ.
