The midterm exam is be a take-home exam, which is now available here.
You have 24 hours to complete the exam. You will turn in your completed exam (in Word or PDF format) to me at jon.beasley-murray@ubc.ca.
The exam consists of a series of passages (which may range from a few lines to a couple of paragraphs) taken from the books set in the first few weeks of the course (from de la Parra to Rulfo). You are asked to provide brief–half-page or so–analyses of these passages. You have a choice as to which questions to answer, but obviously you will effectively have more choice if you have read all the texts.
You will not receive a letter grade or percentage for the midterm, rather an indication if you did better or worse (+ or -) than might be expected. If you want, you can think of this as indicating whether you are approaching (- or – -), meeting (o), or exceeding (+ or ++) expectations. This will then be used merely to help determine your final grade within the parameters already established by your contract.
On the other hand, if you break your contract, the midterm (and final) will be used to help determine your final grade.
