My "preview" turned out to be a fairly accurate guide to what would show 
up on the exam.  So I've included it here, along with a few minor 
additions.

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Here are some things you can expect to show up on the second exam.  None 
of this will be too surprising, since we spent time on all of these topics 
in class and on the homework.

* At some point you'll probably have to find all the rational and/or
	real and/or complex roots of a polynomial.

* You should know the Rational Zeros Theorem, Descartes' Rule of Signs,
	Remainder Theorem, and the other tools used to find the zeros and
	factors.

* You should know what odd/even zeros are, and what their geoemtric
	interpretation is when you graph polynomials.

* Once you can find zeros of polynomials, you can find zeros and
	vertical assymptotes of rational functions.  You should know what
	the geoemtric interpretation of an odd/even zero in the numerator
	or denominator is.  (Note that we talked about even zeros in 
	the denominator in class, but it's glossed over in the book.
	Check your notes from class.)

* You should be able to find and describe the end behavior of a polynomial 
	or rational function.  I'm not likely to have you do in-depth
	long division of polynomials, so the "fast" way from lecture
	would probably be appropriate.

* I should mention that _synthetic_ division will almost certainly
	be necessary on the exam at some point, probably when finding
	zeros of some polynomial.  [Update: if you don't know synthetic
	division, but you can do long division of polynomials, that's fine.
	It just takes a little bit longer...]

* Composite functions and inverse functions could show up in the
	multiple choice or long-answer sections of the exam, or both.

* You'll need to be comfortable with logarithms and exponents, through
	the "properties" in section 4.5.  Sections 4.6 and later are 
	officially off the exam.

* Notice that 2.6 is officially on this exam, but I haven't yet decided
	whether a problem from this section will show up.  There's 
	probably enough for you to do with chapters 3 and 4.  However,
	in the "spirit" of this section, I could use words to describe
	a certain problem in terms of polynomials and ask you to write
	down the correct equations before solving it.

	(I know, I know... word problems: ick.)