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Final Exam (for everyone)                   Religious Studies 014
One Hour, Comprehensive                   R. A. Kraft, 5 May 1994


In each of the following groups of terms, ONE term is intended 
NOT to fit ("odd one out"). You are asked to do the following, in 
whatever order makes most sense to you: (1) Identify what you 
consider to be the "foreign" term and tell why you would exclude 
it from the remaining group. (2) Identify what the remaining 
group has in common and (3) tell how each of the remaining terms 
contributes to the understanding of the larger group. Be precise 
and concise. There is not necessarily only one "correct" answer 
for each group, but your defense IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS COURSE 
will determine the evaluation of your answer. If for some reason 
you are NOT able to isolate a term that seems extraneous, say so 
and give brief identifications of as many of those terms as you 
can. Choose at least 10 groups (you may do more for extra 
credit), spending about 5 minutes on each.

Example: Denny, Kraft, Peters, Peterson, Scheppard, Sigal.
While all of these names are associated with resources for the 
course, you might exclude "Scheppard" as not an author of 
materials recommended for the course, or you could exclude 
"Peters" as being "optional" in how the syllabus is constructed 
and the course was conducted, or you could argue that only 
"Denny" concentrated on Islam, or only "Peterson" on Christianity 
or only "Sigal" on Judaism -- or for that matter, you could 
exclude Kraft on various grounds. Whatever option you take, you 
would then need to say just what each of the included names has 
contributed to the way you construe the grouping (text and 
bulkpack writers, writers on [whatever], etc.).


 1. Abbasid, Byzantine, Mughal, Ottoman, Safavid, Umayyad

 2. abortion, euthanasia, sodomy, usury (interest), women

 3. Afghani, Calvin, Geiger, Luther, Mendelssohn, Wahhab

 4. Apocrypha, Hagiographa, Mishnah, Neviim, Torah

 5. Aquinas, Averroes, Ghazali, Maimonides, Philo, Plotinus

 6. ascetic, gnostic, kabala, monastic, sufi, tariqa 

 7. Baghdad, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Mecca, Yathrib

 8. Baptist, Catholic, Conservative, Reform, Sufi, Sunni

 9. bishop, imam, layman, monk, priest, rabbi

10. calif, Lord, messiah, prophet, rabbi, son of Mary

11. conservative, fundamentalist, haskalah, traditionalist, orthodox

12. fiqh, halaka, isnad, nomos, sharia, torah

13. hannuka, hajj, pesach, Ramadan, sabbath




Course Evaluation (required!):

Please fill out the following evaluations after you have finished 
your examination(s) and hand them in at the front table -- 


(1) SCUE form for the course PLUS the following:

Please answer in the two additional slots (lower left box)--

To what extent did you prepare reading assignments PRIOR TO the 
scheduled class periods to which they pertained?

To what extent did the complexity of the subject matter take you 
by surprise?


(2) ADDITIONAL REACTIONS to aspects of the course (circle 
appropriate number, 1 = poor, 5 = excellent) --

Please rate the effectiveness of the videos:  1   2   3   4   5

Please rate the usefulness of the bulkpack:   1   2   3   4   5

Please rate the effectiveness of the 
          examinations (and research paper):  1   2   3   4   5


(3) Separate EVALUATION OF TEACHING ASSISTANT form.


Please hand these three forms in with your exam(s).


Thank you for your cooperation, and for an enjoyable course.


                                The Management

 


STUDENT EVALUATION OF RECITATION TEACHING ASSISTANTS

Religious Studies 014 (Spring 1994); TA = Carol Scheppard

Student evaluation is an important source of information for the 
improvement of instruction and for the TA's dossier. This form will 
provide useful feedback to individual Teaching Assistants in their 
capacity as recitation leaders. Note that this form is an evaluation 
of your Recitation TA only, not of the principal instructor or the 
course itself. 

Please circle appropriate choices using the scale P = poor, F = 
fair, G = good, VG = very good, E = excellent, NA = not applicable. 
Additional comments are also welcome.

Please Rate the TA for:

1. Skill in leading discussions.         P    F    G    VG    E    NA
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2. Knowledge of course's subject matter. P    F    G    VG    E    NA
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3. Fairness in grading.                  P    F    G    VG    E    NA
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4. Helpfulness in consultations.         P    F    G    VG    E    NA
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5. Availability outside class.           P    F    G    VG    E    NA
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6. Overall effectiveness as TA at Penn.  P    F    G    VG    E    NA
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THANK YOU!