Organize your answers carefully. Provide Examples and chronological references. Do not be reluctant to voice your own opinion. Your answers have to be more than a memorization of your textbook or class notes.

YOUR ANSWERS MAY NOT EXCEED 2,000 WORDS. THAT IS 8 PAGES FOR THE

ENTIRE EXAM, TYPED AND DOUBLE-SPACED. GOOD LUCK.

Part 1: Short essay 3-4 pages

Part 2: Short essay 3-4 pages

Remember you are making an argument. You are not narrating or describing the authors’ works. You are expressing your ideas which you support with references to the authors.

PART 1 Question:

Discuss Dante’s Inferno. What are the most salient political, cultural, and theological elements of the book? What does it tell you about western European culture around 1300? What was important to Dante and how he articulates his values in this book? YOU COULD FOCUS ON SOME OF THE CANTOS; RATHER THAN THE ENTIRE INFERNO

Here is the link to the book Dante Inferno: http://library.lol/main/33CD58DC10277C403DC0AD2CB2… press GET at the top to download the free PDF of the book.

REMEMBER DO NOT USE OUTSIDE SOURCES AT ALL FOR THIS QUESTION

PART 2 Question:

Discussing the Hundred Years War (while providing a short summary of the events) emphasize the social and cultural consequences of the war? How does Froissart (Course website) represent the conflict? How does he depict the different social classes? (Descriptions of the battle of Crecy and the Jacquerie)

For Part 2 I posted the pdf below and REMEMBER DO NOT USE OUTSIDE SOURCES AT ALL FOR THIS QUESTION.