Due Date: 11:59pm HOL Time - June 15, 2024
NOTES: 1) There are 40 points worth of options for the final, including the class survey at the bottom. If you earn more than 30 points on the final, the extra points can be used to make up for points not earned earlier in the course. However, in no event can your final score for the class be more than 300!
2) 10 points worth of questions on the final exam will depend on student submissions in Assignment 2 and 3 (namely, we will test you on some of the new words you add to the language lexicon). Until the corresponding assignments are submitted, these questions will be marked by placeholders; if there are not enough student submissions this term, we will use student submissions from previous terms to complete the examination.
3) You may find this term's Ceremony of the New Words (the current link goes to the Fall 2023 ceremony), along with the vocabulary addendum you received after handing in Assignment 3, helpful as you complete this examination.
2) 10 points worth of questions on the final exam will depend on student submissions in Assignment 2 and 3 (namely, we will test you on some of the new words you add to the language lexicon). Until the corresponding assignments are submitted, these questions will be marked by placeholders; if there are not enough student submissions this term, we will use student submissions from previous terms to complete the examination.
3) You may find this term's Ceremony of the New Words (the current link goes to the Fall 2023 ceremony), along with the vocabulary addendum you received after handing in Assignment 3, helpful as you complete this examination.
Please send all assignments to [email protected] with the subject "Parseltongue - Final - HOL Name" and include your HOL Name and House (in English or Parseltongue) in the body of the email.
Case Study - 3 points each (6 points total)
NOTE: The second assignment may be useful for this!
1. You are standing in front of a snake and feel that you could really use a comforting hug from it. What would you say, in Parseltongue?
2. Suppose that instead, you instinctively know that a hug from that snake would make you feel worse. What would you say, in Parseltongue? (HINT: You only need to add one word to the answer from Part 1.)
All You Need Is Vowels - 6 points
Give three words in Parseltongue that are written with only vowels - and also give their English translations.
Sa or Ʃe? - 2 points each (12 points total)
Are the following statements true or not? Answer in Parseltongue with "Sa" or "Ʃe" as appropriate. If the answer is "Ʃe", then reword the statement so that the answer would become "Sa"!
1. The word ʃe can be roughly translated into English as "she".
2. Although they are adjectives, the basic colour words in Parseltongue end in the same two letters as the noun slehara.
3. Every sentence in Parseltongue contains an explicit verb.
4. The words isi and vasi mean the same thing when translated into English.
5. Every Parseltongue speaker uses the same daislek when speaking Parseltongue.
6. [NOTE: SPRING 2024 QUESTION WILL BE ADDED AFTER ASSIGNMENT 3 IS SUBMITTED; the following is the Fall 2023 question used as a placeholder]
If you describe your dinner as ononona, chances are you enjoyed eating it.
Translation - 3 points each (6 points total)
(NOTE: SPRING 2024 QUESTIONS WILL BE ADDED AFTER ASSIGNMENT 3 IS SUBMITTED; the below is the Fall 2023 translation section used as a placeholder)
1. Translate the following sentence into Parseltongue:
This black-and-white cat ran towards that large brown hill.
2. Translate the following question and answer exchange into English:
-Tasi naus tina gara snitʃa?
-Ʃe! Tasi naus ononona.
Class Survey - 10 points
1. What did you think of the lessons? Were they easy to follow and understand?
2. How easy/difficult were the assignments?
3. What was your favourite thing about the course?
4. What was your least favourite thing about the course?
5. How did you like the project?
6. If you are familiar with my predecessor's Parseltongue 101 class, how does this compare?
7. What, if anything, would you change about the course for next term?
NOTE: The second assignment may be useful for this!
1. You are standing in front of a snake and feel that you could really use a comforting hug from it. What would you say, in Parseltongue?
2. Suppose that instead, you instinctively know that a hug from that snake would make you feel worse. What would you say, in Parseltongue? (HINT: You only need to add one word to the answer from Part 1.)
All You Need Is Vowels - 6 points
Give three words in Parseltongue that are written with only vowels - and also give their English translations.
Sa or Ʃe? - 2 points each (12 points total)
Are the following statements true or not? Answer in Parseltongue with "Sa" or "Ʃe" as appropriate. If the answer is "Ʃe", then reword the statement so that the answer would become "Sa"!
1. The word ʃe can be roughly translated into English as "she".
2. Although they are adjectives, the basic colour words in Parseltongue end in the same two letters as the noun slehara.
3. Every sentence in Parseltongue contains an explicit verb.
4. The words isi and vasi mean the same thing when translated into English.
5. Every Parseltongue speaker uses the same daislek when speaking Parseltongue.
6. [NOTE: SPRING 2024 QUESTION WILL BE ADDED AFTER ASSIGNMENT 3 IS SUBMITTED; the following is the Fall 2023 question used as a placeholder]
If you describe your dinner as ononona, chances are you enjoyed eating it.
Translation - 3 points each (6 points total)
(NOTE: SPRING 2024 QUESTIONS WILL BE ADDED AFTER ASSIGNMENT 3 IS SUBMITTED; the below is the Fall 2023 translation section used as a placeholder)
1. Translate the following sentence into Parseltongue:
This black-and-white cat ran towards that large brown hill.
2. Translate the following question and answer exchange into English:
-Tasi naus tina gara snitʃa?
-Ʃe! Tasi naus ononona.
Class Survey - 10 points
1. What did you think of the lessons? Were they easy to follow and understand?
2. How easy/difficult were the assignments?
3. What was your favourite thing about the course?
4. What was your least favourite thing about the course?
5. How did you like the project?
6. If you are familiar with my predecessor's Parseltongue 101 class, how does this compare?
7. What, if anything, would you change about the course for next term?