ENG 239: Slipstream Fiction Preparation for Exam #2 [250 Points]

You will receive 10 points if you PRINT your name and spell your own name correctly on both parts I & II of the examination.

Part I. Matching [90 Points]

As on our first examination, you will match quotations from the stories with story titles and authors. Although we have only covered ten stories and one film this time, there will still be thirty quotations on the matching portion of the exam, each question worth three points. Because this is your second time experiencing this kind of matching, because you are only responsible for eleven texts, and because you now should have more carefully developed a method for marking the texts as we discuss them to prepare for this kind of matching exercise, you should be able to score very well on this portion of the test. The same situation applies as on examination #1: Since there are 11 texts involved and thirty questions, ALL titles will be the correct answer more than once and some titles will be the correct answer at least three times. Therefore, it will be a waste of time to keep track of whether or not you have already used any single story title as a correct answer.

Here is the matching key that you will use and a couple of examples questions:

A. / Don’t Look Now by Nicholas Roeg
B. / “The God of Dark Laughter” by Michael Chabon
C. / “Happier Days” by Jan Lars Jensen
D. / “Help Wanted” by Karen Russell
E. / “The Pirates True Love” by Seana Graham
F. / “The Red Phone” by John Kessel
G. / “Serpents” by Veronica Schanoes
H. / “Travels with the Snow Queen” by Kelly Link
I. / “Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland” by Sarah Monette
J. / “The Well Dressed Wolf: A Comic” by Laurence Schimel and Sara Rojo
K. / “You Were Neither Hot, Nor Cold, But Lukewarm, So I Spit You Out” by Cara Spindler and David Erik Nelson

_____1. His wife was a monster in bed.

_____2. It was something that Dr. Sauer had clipped from his files and passed along to me. Coulrophobia: morbid, irrational fear of or aversion to clowns.

Part II. In-Class Essay [150 Points]

For the in-class essay component of exam #2, write a five paragraph essay in which you

present your working definition of slipstream fiction—providing and properly documenting at least two quotes from the essayists that we discussed in week one and directly stating three features that you believe define a work as slipstream. The three features that you list will form the topics of your three body paragraphs. In your second body paragraph discuss how your first feature is illustrated by one of the stories that we have covered in week three and provided evidence from the story in the form of quotes and plot details to support your claim. In paragraph three, remind your reader of your second aspect of slipstream fiction in your topic sentence, and then illustrate your point by providing examples [plot details and quotations] to develop your claim. Repeat the process in paragraph four, identifying your third feature of slipstream as your topic and providing examples [quotations and plot details] from yet a third story assigned in week three of the course. Your fifth and final paragraph should state your conclusion by reestablishing your definition of slipstream fiction.

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