What’s the sum? Listen to the audio, do the math, and select the answer. (Чему равна сумма? Прослушайте аудио, выполните вычисления и выберите ответ.) “ПЛЮС” = plus (+)    

Read the Russian words in the left-hand column. Then select the category where they belong to. авокадо [1] флейта [2] ресторан [3] американцы [4] грейпфрут [5] Петербург [6] Джессика [7] Вашингтон [8] саксофон [9] журналист [10]

Давайте познакомимся!  Complete the dialogue with appropriate phrases for the phrases in English. Copy the dialogue below, paste it into the box provided, and translate the English sentences into Russian. “Вы” here refers to you. (Дополните диалог подходящими фразами для английских реплик. Скопируйте диалог ниже, вставьте его в предоставленное поле и переведите английские предложения на русский язык. Здесь «вы» относится к вам.) Вы: (Hello, what’s your name?) Денис: Меня зовут Денис Гурин. Вы: (Are you American?) Денис: Нет, я русский. Чей это чемодан? Вы: (I don’t know.) Денис: Ты студент? Вы: (No, I am a graduate student. Pleased to meet you. Good bye!)  

Type in the plural forms of the phrases in the left hand column. Use each space for one word. наш аспирант – [1] [2] мой карандаш – [3] [4] его лампа – [5] [6] твоя тетрадь – [7] [8] их книга – [9] [10]  

For both the midterm and final exam, the professor reserves the right to determine which answers and steps are correct, not the student.

The final exam is scheduled for the following days May 6 to 8th.

Is the following statement true? Check with our current syllabus:AI Use PolicyArtificial intelligence (AI) tools can be used in our course to help us study, brainstorm ideas, clarify concepts, or check your understanding and can substitute our own academic work as we complete assignments. All assignments, quizzes, discussions, and exams must reflect your own thinking and mastery of the material. Using AI to generate or complete graded work without meaningful personal effort will be considered academic misconduct. If there is concern about AI misuse, the student will meet with the professor to reproduce a step-by-step process, provide proof, or discuss an idea, either at the testing center or with the instructor. The professor reserves the right to determine consequences, which may include a zero on the assignment(s) or exam(s), or a complete withdrawal from the course.

The student is required to submit their work online to BB once they have completed their test in MML. That said, no work submitted means no credit given (a 0 will be inserted).

Choose 1 of the following questions. Answer with a well-developed paragraph of approximately 15–25 sentences, making specific references to the text. Be sure to write the question number next to your answer. 1. Identify the reading from which the following quote is taken. What is the character’s primary crisis and how does the quote reflect that crisis? Does the character learn the message below? What is Utanapishtim’s test for that character and what is the purpose of the test? […], wherefore do you wander?The eternal life you are seeking you shall not find.When the gods created mankind,They established death for mankind,And withheld eternal life for themselves.As for you, […], let your stomach be full,Always be happy, night and day.Make every day a delight,Night and day play and dance.Your clothes should be clean,Your head should be washedYou should bathe in water,Look proudly on the little one holding your hand,Let your mate be always blissful in your loins,This, then, is the work of mankind. 2. What do our class notes say about ancient Greek trade and contact with the broader world and its effect on ancient Greek culture? What is Sophocles’ position on that change and how does he respond to it in at least one reading? 3. According to our class notes, what are the two pillars of civilization in The Epic of Gilgamesh? Choose any readings you wish that we have covered in this course, and describe one example for each pillar of the readings, emphasizing the importance of those aspects of civilization. You may choose different readings for each of the two aspects of civilization if you wish. 4. Identify the authors of the following two quotes and the titles of the readings: Quote 1: The child shows clearly her fierce father’s fierceness; butshe does not understand the way to yield to evils. Quote 2: Of all living, breathing, thinking creatures,Women are the most absolutely wretched. Analyze how the main female characters in each reading respond to injustice. How do the readings judge them, and why do you think they are judged that way?  

Choose 1 of the following questions. Answer with a well-developed paragraph of approximately 15–25 sentences, making specific references to the text. Be sure to write the question number next to your answer. 1. What do our class notes say about Caesar Augustus’s social plan for Rome? Identify the author and reading from which the following quote is taken. Referencing the passage, explain if it and the reading as a whole support or oppose Caesar Augustus’s social plan. She flees more swiftly than the lightest breeze,nor will she halt when he calls out to her: “Daughter of Peneus, I pray, hold still,hold still! I’m not a foe in grim pursuit!Thus lamb flees wolf, thus dove from eagle flieson trembling wing, thus deer from lioness,thus any creature flees its enemy,but I am stalking you because of love! Wretch that I am: I’m fearful that you’ll fall,brambles will tear your flesh because of me!the ground you’re racing over’s very rocky,slow down, I beg you, restrain your flight,and I will follow at a lesser speed. Just ask yourself who finds you so attractive!I’m not a caveman, not some shepherd boy,no shaggy guardian of flocks and herds –you’ve no idea, rash girl, you have no ideawhom you are fleeing, that is why you flee! Delphi, Claros, Tenedos are all mine,I’m worshiped in the city of Patara!Jove is my father, I alone revealwhat was, what is and what will come to be!” 2. Identify the author and the title of the poem below: I built my hut beside a traveled roadYet here no noise of passing carts and horses.You would like to know how it is done?With the mind detached, one’s place becomes remote.Picking chrysanthemums by the eastern hedgeI catch sight of the distant southern hills.The mountain air is lovely as the sun setsAnd flocks of flying birds return together.In these things is a fundamental truthI would like to share but lack the words. How does the poem reflect the author’s values and ideal life? Then contrast this ideal with the Confucian ideal of the junzi (gentleman). Which approach do you find more compelling and why? Support your argument with references to the texts. 3. Identify the title of the reading quoted below: Your concern should be with action,Never with action’s fruits;Those should never motivate you,Nor attachment to inaction. Explain the main character’s moral dilemma. Describe how that dilemma is resolved and how the mindset advocated in the quote helps resolve that dilemma. Finally, describe your stance on the values presented in the quote. 4. Identify the title of the reading quoted below: “Regard,” said […], as he held up the girdle,”the symbol of sin, for which my neck bears the scar;a sign of my fault and offense and failure,of the cowardice and covetousness I came to commit.I was tainted by untruth. This, its token,I will drape across my chest till the day I die.” What is the failure mentioned here? How does the character ultimately interpret this failure, and what lesson is learned from it?