Thoroughly discuss one of the following questions in 2-3 paragraphs each. You are not expected to use quotations, but you do need to make references to the works. Try to be as specific as possible. Take a few minutes to plan your answer before you begin writing. Make sure you number your answer so that I know which questions you are working with.  1. Using Lt. Jimmy Cross, Maggie Johnson, and Phoenix Jackson as examples, describe the effects of circumstances on character. Under the rubric “circumstance,” you may consider elements such as education, family, economic and social status, cultural background, and geographic isolation. This answer will require three paragraphs. 2. It often seems that fictional characters are under stress and also that they lead lives of great difficulty. How true is this claim? To what degree do the difficulties that characters experience bring out either good or bad qualities, or both. Use at least two characters from the stories read this semester. This question can be answered in two paragraphs. 3. Using two stories assigned this semester, discuss the way a character’s transformation over the course of the story reflects the theme of the story. This will require a specific statement of theme for each story as well as a discussion of how the character develops or changes. This question can be answered in two paragraphs.

When the Roman Empire became Christian, the temple of Athena Parthenos was turned into an Early Christian church dedicated to the Theotokos (Mother of God). 

This ancient citadel, high on a hill, (and where the Parthenon was built) was at the heart of Pericles’ building campaign.

Arguably the most famous monument that we know of dating from the Neolithic period (in southern England) is…

Qin dynasty, Shihuangdi, ruler of the Qin dynasty, had his chief advisor burn all books that were not written on subjects he considered useful and reportedly buried hundreds of scholars alive.

The discovery of his tomb in 1922 was one of the most sensational feats in archaeological history.

Civilization began in what is today the country of Iraq, on land made fertile by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

American Literature 251                      Midterm               Payne/SU/2025 Grade Weight: 20% of overall course grade Assignment: Write a literary analysis essay using one of the prompts listed below. A literary analysis looks at the literary text and analyzes it based on the specific writing prompt. Type this heading on the top left of your essay; follow MLA formatting guidelines listed below (note: you may or may not be able to adjust your essay to double-spacing; if you are unable to do this, leave the document single-spaced.) Your Name Dr. Mary Payne ENG 251 xx Month Year Meet a minimum paper length of 500-700 words. You may use first person (I) or third (he, she, it). Do not use you, your, we, us, our, ours, etc. Creatively title your paper. End the introductory paragraph with your thesis statement, which is one sentence stating the main argument of your essay. Each body paragraph of the essay should advance one main point, and ideally that point should be mentioned in the topic sentence of the paragraph; topic sentences function to support the thesis statement of the essay. You may not simply summarize the entire content of the text (in other words, avoid plot summary). You may not use outside sources in your paper. The only source you should include is the primary source, which is the literary text you are analyzing. Use the source text to support the points you make in the paper (remember: analysis involves you making a point, supporting it with evidence from the text, and then analyzing/explaining how the text proves the point). Discuss textual features in the present tense even if quotations from the text are in another tense. Describe the historical context of the setting in the past tense. (Rowlandson suggests… -or- Crevecoeur argues…) When quoting or paraphrasing, be sure to introduce the quote/ paraphrase with a signal phrase (e.g., Rowlandson writes, “that night…”) and place quoted words in quotation marks with the page number parenthetically listed at the end of the sentence or passage quoted (e.g., Rowlandson 286). Quotes should not exceed 10% of the total paper. Signal phrases help the reader distinguish between your words/ideas and those of the text you’re analyzing; without them or without parenthetical citations at the end of quoted passages, you run the risk of plagiarism. Prompts (select one): 1. Using Jonathan Edwards’s “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God–Application” (394), write an essay that discusses, describes, and characterizes the God that Edwards worships. Use passages from the text to support your essay’s thesis.   2. Using William Bradford’s “Of Plymouth Plantation” (127), write an essay that characterizes the early American. Use passages from the text to support your essay’s thesis.   3. Analyze John Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” (173) by discussing how certain aspects of the writing might have had an impact on the development of American values and identity. Use passages from the text to support your essay’s thesis.

Which of the following are Linux shells? (Select all correct answers.)

What command would you use to concatenate without overwriting the content of file1 to file2 using the “cat” command?