re: My professor just told me my Midterm has 2 questions.

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Both will be random quotes from 3 books we were suppose to read, people it's done.

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"People it's done"? What's done?

Your career prospects?

This is a typical English midterm. 2 short essay questions. The quotes will be in context of the entire book and you'll be able to use those quotes to answer the question your instructor provides you. If I had to guess, your instructor discussed the quotes that will be on the exam. They probably discussed the context and had lectures that contributed to answering the questions themselves.

Now if you want to discuss how ineffective hour-long lectures are, we can do that. But don't act like you're getting blind sided by some new bullshite way of testing students. English professors have been doing this for a long time.

The first two years of required English courses should be automatic A's for anyone putting forth any effort. You might get hit with an a-hole teacher, but that's actually rare. Most of the time, if you read the books, take notes during the lecture, and put some effort into studying, the midterm and final are a breeze.

*Source - I taught 2nd year English courses at a university.