exam questions

Posted at Mar 03/2010 04:03PM:
Prof. B: Anyone may post a question, comment, etc to this page. Anyone may also answer questions if you want to weigh in. I will check this page at least once per day until the exam on Monday. Anything up here by Friday can be incorporated into our mini exam review in class.

Posted at Mar 04/2010 10:39AM:
Prof. B: A good question just came up: do you need to do any kind of description of the map sites? Nope! For that portion of the exam, all you will need to do is put ten dots on the map and label them with the sites I give you. It's just a way of making you memorize the map, which is necessary to really understand history. I'll even give you a few kilometers leeway, so if you're in the right general vicinity and have sites in the right relationship to one another, you'll be golden.

EXAM FORMAT: This is what the exam will look like!

Egyptian History I: Midterm Examination 8 March 2010

Read the instructions for the whole exam before beginning. You will want to budget your time carefully (for instance, note that the short answers are worth considerably more than the map, so the map should take much less of your time). In all cases, the greatest possible specificity is encouraged.

Part I: Map (10 points) Locate the following 10 sites on the provided blank map. Put a mark in the approximate (as close as possible) location of the site, and label your mark.

Part II: People (30 points) For 3 of the following 4 people or groups of people write a paragraph. You must give a date (Dynasty if possible, period if not), description of historical significance, and brief overview of the evidence we have for this person/people and what they did.

Part III: Places (30 points) For 3 of the following 4 places write a paragraph. You should describe the period at which the place is known or important, what types of evidence we have, and its general historical significance to the periods in question. If the place is outside of Egypt, confine yourself to discussing its importance to Egyptian history rather than more generally.

Part IV: Sources (30 points) For 3 of the following 4 genres or specific sources write a paragraph defining the item and discussing historical significance. In the case of a genre, you must cite at least two specific texts that fall into that genre. In the case of a specific source, you must include a discussion of genre and audience in determining the usefulness of the source for historical purposes.