Your midterm is now available here
The exam is based on identification, commentary, and analysis of short passages from the set readings. More details are available on the exam itself as well as here.
Note that your focus should be on trying to understand and explain the passages in front of you.
You have 24 hours to write this exam (until 2pm Pacific Time on Friday, February 18), but in total it should not take you more than an hour and a half of focused concentration. You may consult the texts and/or any other material, but I do not particularly recommend you do so, as it will only slow you down and even distract you from the task at hand. Indeed, I strongly suggest that you treat it as though it were an in-class exam.
Put this another way: our course playlist is 1 hour, 39 minutes, and 40 seconds long. If you start it as you begin the exam, you should be finished writing well before the music ends! You may not even get as far as the amazing video by Romanian band Phoenix and will almost certainly miss the wonderful Rita Pavone.
Email me your finished scripts (ideally in PDF format) at jon.beasley-murray@ubc.ca. You can also email me with questions if necessary, but I hope that everything is pretty clear.
Good luck!