Coverage: Sections 24-40, except 37. However, you do need
to know everything we have studied in class since the beginning of the
term, because a problem typical for the first part of the term may show
up as part of a problem related to more recent topics. For example, we
needed to compute the root of 8+6i to finish computation of an integral
the other week in class.
Rules: it will be a closed-books, closed-notes exam. The only things you will be allowed to use is paper, a pen, a pencil, and a calculator. A calculator will not be needed and may in fact distract your attention. For example, the best way to flunk the exam is to try to compute the limit of sin (n pi/2 + 1/(n^6 - 17 n^5+ 267)) using your calculator.
The exam will consist of a few problems similar in the spirit to those of Problem Sets, except that they should generally not be that time-consuming. However, remember we are all different people: a problem whose solution you see immediately and may write down in 5 minutes may not crack to someone else even after two hours of hard thinking. If no idea comes to your mind after you have thought about a problem on the test for about 5 minutes, just skip it. Returning to it later after you have solved other problems may bring some new insight.
The best way to get ready for the test is NOT reading your class notes or the textbook. What will be tested first of all is your ability to solve problems, so you should dedicate most of the preparation time to practicing problem solving. The more problems you solve (on your own or within your study group) before the test, the more sure regarding your test performance you can be. I think the best way to use the text or your notes is looking up into them, whenever in the process of solving a problem you feel you need to recall some material which may be useful to solving the problem. First solve sample midterm problems from Sample Midterm Problems. Take more practice problems at random at the end of the above sections in the textbook. Reviewing (or better, solving again) homework problems may be another way to get ready to the test.