Constructed Response Tasks

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CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE TEST

General Directions:

·         Use black ink only.

·         Avoid erasures.

·         Any clarifications should be addressed to the proctor.

·         Observe intellectual honesty.

Test I. Completion Test.  Fill in the blanks of each number with the missing idea or phrase. Synonyms will not be considered. (Rx1)

1.    The four main genres of Persian poetry are epic, qasida, masnavi, and ____________________.

2.    The three main concepts in the thematic substance of Persian poetry are love, wine, and ____________________.

3.    Persian poet Firdawsi has been called the ____________________.

4.    The foremost panygerist in the long history of Persian literature is ____________________.

5.    The prose genre Mirrors for Princes, deals with practical wisdom and ____________________.

6.    Rumi’s verse is permeated by elements of ____________________.

7.    The three contemporaries of Firdawsi are Unsuri, Asjadi, ____________________.

8.    The epic poem Masnavi-ye Manavi, is dedicated to Rumi’s spiritual master, ____________________.

9.    Hafiz literally means one who has memorized the ____________________.

10. Qasidas are mostly panygerical, sometimes elegiac and didactic, and occasionally philosophical and ____________________.

Test II. Cloze test. Read the paragraph carefully. Supply the appropriate word for each blank. Synonyms will be accepted.

               Asela is bothered with her grades. She is almost failing in all of her (1) ____________________. It is very unusual for a bright student like her to have nearly failing grades. The problem with her is that she doesn’t know her (2) ____________________. When she arrives at home from (3) ____________________, she will just lie down on her (4) ____________________ and listen to (5) ____________________. She skips (6) ____________________ that’s why her mother scolds her most of the time. In class, she often assumes that she knows the (7) ____________________ already, causing her not to study anymore. In addition, she also has big (8) ____________________ making her spend lavishly on petty things. It seems like her parents don’t care for her at all but they always reprimand her because of her (9) ____________________. She just doesn’t want to listen and change her (10) ____________________.

Test III. Essay. Read each item carefully. Write your answers on the space provided.

A.   Short Answer

1.    Identify the highlights of the entire Act 5 of Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

 (5 points)

2.    Give some tips on effective note-taking. (5 points)

3.    Give some common mistakes that people commit on subject-verb agreement. (5 points)

B.   Extended Response

1.    Explain the general idea of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. (10 points)

2.    Compare the characters of Fortunato and Montressor in The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. (10 points)