Midterm Fall 2015

Robinson

Part 1 30 points
1. Identify the speaker (by name if possible, otherwise by
description as best you can), also the work from which the
quote is taken, and (as appropriate) to whom it is addressed,
and in what context. (A paragraph should be sufficient.)
We have invented nothing!
2. Identify the speaker (by name if possible, otherwise by
description as best you can), also the work from which the
quote is taken, and (as appropriate) to whom it is addressed,
and in what context. (A paragraph should be sufficient.)
I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created
- people together with animals and creeping things and birds
of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.
3. Identify the speaker (by name if possible, otherwise by
description as best you can), also the work from which the
quote is taken, and (as appropriate) to whom it is addressed,
and in what context. (A paragraph should be sufficient.)
"Here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us kill him and
throw him into one of the pits; then we shall say that a wild
animal has devoured him, and we shall see what becomes of
his dreams.
4. Identify the speaker (by name if possible, otherwise by
description as best you can), also the work from which the
quote is taken, and (as appropriate) to whom it is addressed,
and in what context. (A paragraph should be sufficient.)
Life is what I want; dutifulness is also what I want. If I
cannot have both, I would rather take dutifulness than life.
6. Identify the speaker (by name if possible, otherwise by
description as best you can), also the work from which the
quote is taken, and (as appropriate) to whom it is addressed,
and in what context. (A paragraph should be sufficient.)
"Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for
now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld
your son, your only son, from me.
Part II: Identification (Five points each: 30 total)
CHOOSE SIX of the terms below. Use a couple of sentences to
identify the person, concept, or thing and state its significance
for our course.
1. Compassion:
2. Justice:

Midterm Fall 2015

Robinson

3. Hagar
4. Narrative Imagination
5. Journey
6. The Scream
7. Benevolence
8. Sympathy
9.Empathy
10. Truth
Part III: Essay (35 points)
CHOOSE ONE topic from the choices below and respond with an
essay.
1. Are the major sources of human suffering generally within or outside
human control? Explain how answers to this question are implied in
the works we have read: Fire Shut up in My Bones, Genesis, Mencius,
and Appiah?
2. Of the central characters, Mencius, Noah, and Abraham which of
them seems to you the most liberally-minded? Which seems the
least? Justify your answers by citing specific instances in the
narratives we have read.
3. The concept of Justice is perhaps one of the major themes in our
readings. What role, if any, does justice play in the other works we
have read: Mencius, Genesis, Fire Shut up in My Bones? Cite specific
examples from the works to support your response.