English 214
Mid-Term Exam Study Guide

The mid-term exam is a comprehensive one-hour exam covering Titus, Richard II, and As You Like It. You will be asked to identify three passages and define four concepts pertinent to Shakespearean drama and the Elizabethan Age.

In Part I you will be asked to identify three quotes by play and speaker. Also you must describe the situation and explain the dramatic significance of each passage.

In Part II you will be asked to write a short paragraph about four concepts or terms, selected from among those listed below. You should define each term briefly and concisely, supporting your answers with textual references as examples whenever possible. All of your answers on the exam must be written in complete sentences and paragraphs, unless directed otherwise on the exam.

On the day of the exam, Jody and I will select four of the following terms and concepts for the exam:
 

Banishment	Prophecies	Humours
The First Folio	Holinshed	Blank verse
de casibus tragedy	Vagrancy laws	Fortuna (e)
The pastoral	Patriarchy	The use of disguise
The use of ceremony	Enclosures	Myth of the Golden Age
primogeniture	Oaths	Soliloquy
Revenge tragedy	Plots and intrigues	The nature of kingship
The use of nature imagery	The use of messengers	Some Elizabethan ideologies

The mid-term exam will be given at the beginning of class on November 2, 2000