Final Exam

Monday, 12/15: Exam from 9-11 in Weeks. For the exam, you will have 5 possible essay questions. You may use a note card (5 by 7) to prepare each. Just before the exam, we'll roll the dice to pick which two essays we write. Essay possibilities (though I haven't yet finalized them):


1. Pick your favorite Hindu or Buddhist picture and write a beautiful essay on it. You may include anything that inspires you, such as stories about the god/gods in the picture, theological interpretations, iconography, devotees’ poetry, etc…. Please print off and turn in your picture with this essay.

2. Compare and/or contrast any single Hindu we’ve studied with any single Buddhist we’ve studied. Be specific. Use quotes.

3. Compare and /or contrast Mohammad with any Hindu or Buddhist we've studied. Use quotes.

4. Perhaps the basic philosophical question is, What is Ultimate Reality (some might call it God)? Discuss using three or four people or texts we’ve studied this semester. Be specific. Use quotes.

5. This is a free essay on Islam. You may write on the Sunni and the Shia, or the Sufi, or the causes for the rise in Islamic terrorism, or women in Islam, or whatever. Narrow your topic to make sure it's manageable. The best essays will have quotations and will also show outside research.

Monday class F Period

I'll be absent on Monday. Complete as much of your MLA rough drafts as you can, and give a copy to the proctor at the end of class.

Extra Weekend

Inspired by the compassion of the bodhisattva, I'm going to give you an extra weekend to finish your projects. I will not count them late as long as they are turned in by Monday, November 17.

I grade the projects holistically, but note that I take an automatic 10% off if you do not follow proper MLA form on your formal essay. You also lose an automatic 10% per day for late projects.