You will complete the multiple-choice questions during the regularly scheduled 50-minute lecture period on 16 October.
You will write the essay before 16 October. The essay must be typed in a 12-point font, double-spaced, and 1000 words long. Paginate your essay and staple it together. You must hand in your essay at the beginning of class on 16 October. No extensions will be given for the essay. Essays not received at the beginning of class on 16 October will receive a mark of 0.
Superior essays will
(1) begin with an argument, a clear answer to the essay question,
(2) present a close and careful analysis of the relevant source in order to provide compelling and convincing evidence in support of your answer,
(3) accurately represent the relevant source and supply correct page numbers for quotations from or direct references to the source, and
(4) be written in a clear style with correct grammar.
Write on one of the following three topics.
1. Who, in your opinion, was the better historian: Herodotus or Thucydides? Base your answer on the relevant selections from The Portable Greek Historians. You need not limit yourself to the assigned tutorial readings.
Your argument must include criteria for establishing superior historical writing. Examine Herodotus and Thucydides in light of your chosen criteria. Present an account that devotes roughly equal space to both historians.
2. "A striking aspect of Thucydides' historical writing is its impartiality." Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? Base your answer on the relevant selections from The Portable Greek Historians. You need not limit yourself to the assigned tutorial readings.
The key concept in the quoted statement is, of course, "impartiality." Your argument must articulate what constitutes / could constitute impartiality in Thucydides. Your analysis should demonstrate impartiality or / and the lack of it.
3. Can we interpret Pliny's letters as bearing witness to the pax romana? Base your answer on The Letters of theYounger Pliny. You need not limit yourself to the assigned tutorial readings.
Your argument must briefly identify essential characteristics of the pax romana in (potential) relation to Pliny's letters. Your analysis of the letters must show how these characteristics do or do not apply to the letters.
A note on referencing: The simplest method is to put correct page numbers in parentheses within the text of your essay. Include a prefatory note or an initial endnote that supplies the bibliographical information for your source and indicates that all page references in parentheses are to that source.
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