Sample Final Examination

The purpose of this final exam is to show me the depth and breadth of what you know.

[If pre-writing and taking home: Write the outline and draft today. You may then take it with you and type it, making changes as you wish so long as the test retains the essential characteristics of the outline/draft. The test is due no later than Wednesday, Dec 15, at 10:30 am. Your outline/draft must be attached to a typed final version of your test. When you take this exam out of this room, you are agreeing to work alone on this test, using only the information you've been given for this class (textbook, workbook, homework, quizzes), plus the web for primary sources. Do not work together or add outside secondary sources.]

Things that raise your grade include: explanation of details, evidence of analytical thinking, use of specific details from various sources to support assertions.

Things that lower your grade include: details without explanation, not utilizing the sources available, generalizations without support. Plagiarism of any kind will mean 0 points on this exam.

You will write on ONE question, and create a full theme-based with three topic sentence paragraphs. These paragraphs may be chronological or topical, but must be supported by at least three primary sources each (total is 9 sources). You will choose from two or more questions. The conclusion should tie it all together.

Sample question (deductive):

Prove or disprove the following thesis by using three sets of primary sources:

War is often more motivated by economics than by principles.

Sample question (inductive set):

Create a theme that you can prove with all of these, and discuss each as evidence of that thesis. You may reorganize the documents if you wish, or use them as sets for each of three topic sentence paragraphs.