Several days ago I posted a reading list from 1968 for a college course on Twentieth Century [American] Southern Writers. The course required reading 16 works from 9 authors. The final exam begins by asking the source for eight excerpted extended quotations, followed by writing an essay comparing the approaches of three of these authors on the subject of love relationships, followed by a second essay comparing/contrasting three of these authors with regard to the style and tone of "southern writers." The final embedded page has some notes I scribbled down while trying to organize my thoughts.
The exam booklets were not returned to us, so I have no record (or memory) of what my answers were. My transcript shows a B- for the course, which was quite satisfactory for my pre-med needs. I wonder how I would do today were I to re-read the same books and re-take the exam (an interesting thought experiment which I don't plan to implement). (But I may still re-read some of the books, many of which have left vague pleasant memories in my head).
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