Open Book Option
1) Select five passages to discuss from cantos 1-14. Discuss those passages in order to answer one of the following questions:
Closed Book Option
2) Select five of the passages given on the test. Discuss those passages in order to answer the question(s) that follow each passage.
Examples:
The whore who never turned her harlot's eyes
away from Caesar's dwelling, she who is
the death of all and vice of every court,
inflamed the minds of everyone against me;
and those inflamed, then so inflamed Augustus
that my delighted honors turned to sadness.
Who is the speaker and for what is he punished? What does the style of his speech suggest about his character?
The poet waited briefly, then he said
to me: "Since he is silent, do not lose
this chance, but speak and ask what you would know."
And I: "Do you continue; ask of him
whatever you believe I should request;
I cannot, so much pity takes my heart."
This exchange occurs in the midst of the encounter with the suicide, Pier della Vigna. What does this exchange between the guide and the pilgrim illustrate about their relationship at this point of the Inferno?
Whichever option you choose, remember
Y (paragraph thesis)
E (evidence)
A (analysis that explains how the evidence supports your idea)
S (summation at the end of each paragraph)
T (conclusion that connects the body paragraph to the thesis)
If you choose option 2), you don't need to worry about the T in YEAST.