You have four questions in this final exam, but you are required to answer only three. Do not use outside sources, including any information taken from the internet. You are required to answer from your own thinking, and you may cite only from the story/poem itself to support your ideas—no need to include a ′Works Cited′ page for this exam. When applicable, include the page or paragraph numbers for the cited materials (line numbers for the poems). Consult the MLA-8 guidelines for more guidance on proper in-text citation credits. While the goal is to write as much as you need to answer each question, you are required to write a fully developed paragraph to answer each one (100 to 150 words in each paragraph). Exam Questions: (Answer only three questions from the listed four, and make sure you list each question’s number) 1/ ″When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease-of joy that kills.″ In what ways is this last line in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour ” an ironic statement? What is gained by having the doctors make such a statement rather than putting it in the mouths of Josephine or Richards? 2/ In Ernest Hemingway′s “Hills Like White Elephants” Why does Jig want her companion to “please please please please please please please stop talking”? That is, why does she want him to stop talking and why does she say “please” multiple times? 3/ In your opinion, what is one of the central themes in Pavel Friedman’s ″The Butterfly″ (Links to an external site.)? Also, discuss why the imagery focuses on a butterfly—why not a moth or a bird? 4/ Discuss how imagery and figures of speech are utilized in Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est” (Links to an external site.) and examine how they amplify the poem’s central theme. In the second part of your brief paragraph, list the similes used in this poem and explain their role in expanding its meaning and overall theme.
