Intro to Fiction

We will have two exams: a midterm and a final. For obvious reasons, these will be "open book." Therefore, they will not ask for the repetition of facts, but for you to apply the concepts of literary discussion to the works covered in class in the form of short answer and essay questions.

Questions will be posted here four days before the exam deadline (see left hand column for links). Your answers should be submitted privately to me via email. Format and submission requirements will be posted with the exams themselves.

Exam Submission Guidelines

As I mentioned in the Required Materials section, I need to be able to read the exam files files. The word processor I use is Microsoft Word. This is a fairly standard word processor. However, in recent years, Windows has come with a processor called Microsoft Works. Because Microsoft is evil, these two programs are not compatible in their default format. That means that if you save a paper in MS Works without changing the format, I will not be able to read it. Imagine me faced with ten papers I cannot open. Imagine me having to write to ten students and individually address the issue with each one. Imagine me getting very, very cranky. Imagine me grading your exams while I am very, very cranky.

I think we can all agree that this is something to be avoided.

I will accept papers in the following formats:

If you use Microsoft Word, you can simply save the file in the default format.
If you use Microsoft Works (or any other word processor), you must save your file in "Rich Text Format." To do this, when saving your file, look for "Save As Type." Click on the down arrow and select "Rich Text Format."

Final drafts of exams will be submitted via email as an attachment. Before beginning this process, make sure:

Your paper is in the correct format.
Your paper has been correctly named (YournameMidterm).