Final 2 Parts

Here below are instructions for how to prepare for the final exam in this course. Parts One and Two will be submitted together, in one file, just as you did with the two module unit tests.

DUE DATE: By WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH. Early submission is acceptable.
CLOSING DEADLINE: This final exam will CLOSE at NOON on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14TH!

This is where you will submit BOTH PARTS of the final exam. Instructions are included in the ATTACHED FILE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS FINAL EXAM, but here below are brief summaries of how each section works. 

To submit, do as you have done before: Complete both parts of the exam and save the file as either MS Word or Rich Text (nothing else! No PDF!) and name the file FINAL plus your initials. Then click in the Submission window below these instructions to activate the toolbar; click on the paperclip image; browse to your saved test file, select it, attach it in the submission window, and click on Submit. I strongly prefer that this submission is done BEFORE late Wednesday night. It MUST be done before NOON on Thursday. For submissions between 8:30 a.m. Thursday and the closing deadline, the usual five point penalty will be applied. Final exam submissions not received by then will earn grades of zero. 

The final exam’s two sections are different from the unit tests. The final exam in Part One asks you to give one-sentence answers to 10 of 15 very specific questions; then in Part Two you are asked to read a new, brief work found above this exam named “C. P. Ellis,” and to write a brief essay linking it to our course motif. Please complete the essay according to the detailed instructions in the attached file, and save it as usual as MS Word or Rich Text. 

Part I. Short answer: ten of fifteen questions at two points each.  Answer ten and skip five. These questions are designed to be answered in one sentence each. Answers will earn two points, one point, or no points.  Students must open the attached file AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS FINAL EXAM to access these 15 questions. Please answer each question just below the question itself, to prevent confusion.  

Part II. Essay: one question at 80 pts.  To do this one essay question you must first open a short PDF file in the separate item found immediately above this final exam. (This is a DIFFERENT FILE than the one with the short answer questions and the essay question instructions.)  The name of the item is “C. P. Ellis.”  It is described in the attached file AT THE BOTTOM in this final exam, but in brief, it is the transcription of an interview with Mr. Ellis, a man who lived in Durham, North Carolina, in the 1970s. Mr. Ellis went on a remarkable spiritual journey, from the president of the local chapter of the KKK to become a champion of people of color and other minorities. ADULT CONTENT ALERT:  THERE IS SOME UNSAVORY LANGUAGE IN THIS INTERVIEW; IT IS PART OF WHO MR. ELLIS WAS BEFORE HIS REMARKABLE CHANGE. You are asked to connect this transcribed interview with Mr. Ellis to our course motif; see the instructions for more details. I am expecting approximately 500 to 700 words, single-spaced.  What I expect is an organized, thesis-driven essay; your thesis will simply state how the reading relates to our course motif, in your opinion.  It should contain an introduction, multi-paragraph (probably three) main body, and conclusion. The thesis should be clearly stated in the introduction and again in the conclusion. The introduction should include a preview of body sections. Use specific examples in your answer by referring to events or other details from the work.  Direct quotes and parenthetical citations are permissible but not required; if you do quote, merely use informal citation like you have done in the reflections.