Final Exam on Tuesday, 12-20-16

Dear Intermediate Hellenists,

Our midterm exam on Tuesday, December 20 (1:30-4:30 p.m.), will have the following format.

(A) Streamlined verb blocks — -μι verb edition:

I'll give you one of the -μι verbs from Groton 46 and 47, and a pronoun. You give me the following:

• Indicative: present active, present middle/passive, aorist active, aorist middle, aorist passive, perfect active, perfect middle/passive;

• Subjunctive: present active, present passive, aorist active, aorist middle, aorist passive; and

• Optative: present active, present passive, aorist active, aorist middle, aorist passive.

NOTE: Three blocks total, 17 forms in each.

(B) Indirect statement transformations:

I'll give you up to 5 Greek direct statements with an English translation. You reconfigure the Greek into the three kinds of indirect statement according to my instructions. (We'll practice this as much as we can the last day of class.)

(C) Passage to translate:

A short passage of connected prose from Xenophon's Anabasis, with notes and vocabulary help. Read it carefully and write out your translation.

(D) Reading out loud (take-home portion, due Friday, December 23, 11:00 p.m.):

Practice reading the final exam passage out loud: use Groton's textbook to help you determine vowel/consonant sounds and place accents. When you have perfected your reading, call my campus voice mail and read me the Greek over the phone. 

NOTE: Please prepare for and complete this portion of the exam on your own. I'll supply a copy of the passage for you to practice on and mark up. (No, you do not have to memorize the passage. Yes, you can read from the copy.)

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For this exam, you'll be responsible for all concepts and vocabulary in Groton from CG 110 and 210. Your preparation will necessitate some memorization. Toward that end, I would suggest (at a minimum) memorizing principal parts of verbs in our flashcard sets, as well as the formation of participles.

Everyone will be allowed to ask, out loud, one vocabulary question per established custom.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

DC