The bad news:

• The time: Wednesday, December 8 at 8:00 a.m. If you have trouble getting up in the morning, I strongly recommend you exchange a phone number with someone else in the class, and agree to call each other early that morning to make sure each of you is awake. The exam will be given in our usual classroom (Blegen 214).
• What is covered: This is old news, but worth repeating. The exam will be comprehensive, that is, it will cover the entire semester's work (but see #1 below).

• The format: the format of the exam will be exactly as you expect. That is, I will use only the sort of exercises used in other exams and quizzes.
• The sentences: at least some of the sentences will be either taken from, or (more likely) variants of, sentences you have seen before, in the PR, SA, or in our readings from Greek and Roman mythology.
• By Friday, I will post to our web page a sample of the exam: see under "study guide" at http://classsics.uc.edu/johnson/latin104
• Look at the study guide also for computer drills which may be able to help you with forms and syntax (including a couple that are new)
• On the Tuesday before the exam (Dec. 7), I will be in my office much of the afternoon: come see me if you have last minute questions
• I will provide donuts (or similar) for your body on the morning of the exam; you provide coffee and mental energy

1. Warm up section. This section will concentrate on the forms we've encountered in the last third of the course (chapters 13-18). But the section will include forms from the earlier sections as well. Without any doubt, you will be asked to give ALL the forms (present, imperfect, etc.) for one or more verbs: a sample of this sort of "verb synopsis" will be posted to the web page as part of the sample exam.
2. Reading sections. The readings will, as mentioned, be in some part based on some of the sentences you've already encountered. But what will distinguish the final exam from other exams will be the length of the readings, which will be substantial. And most of this will be new: you'll need to have firm control over vocabulary, forms, syntax ­that is, you'll need to demonstrate that you can read Latin at this level.
3. Writing section. There will be a brief section in which you will be asked to write phrases, or whole sentences, in Latin, so as to demonstrate your active control and understanding of the language.