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This document contains exam questions for a Shakespeare literature course. It asks students to: 1) Annotate 5 passages from Romeo and Juliet and Othello (Section A and B). 2) Answer 1 of 3 questions about Othello as a tragedy and character sketches of Iago (Section II). 3) Answer 1 of 3 questions - a character sketch of Ferdinand, analyzing Prospero, or commenting on supernatural elements in The Tempest (Section III). The document provides context for students to respond to multiple choice and short answer questions testing their understanding of key Shakespeare works.

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Shakespeare Exam Paper Overview

This document contains exam questions for a Shakespeare literature course. It asks students to: 1) Annotate 5 passages from Romeo and Juliet and Othello (Section A and B). 2) Answer 1 of 3 questions about Othello as a tragedy and character sketches of Iago (Section II). 3) Answer 1 of 3 questions - a character sketch of Ferdinand, analyzing Prospero, or commenting on supernatural elements in The Tempest (Section III). The document provides context for students to respond to multiple choice and short answer questions testing their understanding of key Shakespeare works.

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Register Number :

IV. Answer TWO of the following questions :


(2 20 =40)
7.

(a)

Name of the Candidate :

5051

Compare and contrast John of Gaunt


and Duke of York.

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2010


( ENGLISH )

(OR)

( THIRD YEAR )

(b) Attempt a character sketch of Duke


of Richard - II.
8.

(a)

(b) Attempt
Romeo.
(a)

( PAPER - VII )

Compare and contrast Tybalt and


Mercutio.

character

720. SHAKESPEARE
( Common to B.A. English & Communication )

(OR)

9.

( PART - III )

( Including Lateral Entry )

sketch of

December ]

Consider Twelfth Night as a


comedy.
(OR)

(b) Attempt a character sketch of Olivia.

[ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

I.

Annotate FIVE of the following passages,


choosing at least TWO from each section:
(5 4 = 20)
SECTIION - A

1. If she be false, O then hevan mocks itself.


Turn Over

2. I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but


this,
Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.
3. Hand kerchief-confession-hand kerchief !-to
Confess, and be hanged for his labour -first to
Be hanged, then to confess !
4. Virtue! a fig! tis in ourselves that we thus or
thus.

8.

Virgin-knot before
All sanctimonious ceremonies may
With full and holy rite be ministered

II. Answer ONE of the following questions :


(1 20 =20)
1.

Consider Othello as a domestic tragedy.

2.

Attempt a character sketch of Iago.

3.

Othello is probably the most neatly, the


most
formally
constructed
of
Shakespeares plays.- Discuss.

SECTION - B
.5.

Be collected
No more amusement. Tell your piteous heart
Theres no harm done.

6. A thing divine, for nothing natural


I ever saw so noble.
7.

Not a soul
But felt a fever of the mad, and played

III. Answer ONE of the following questions :


(1 20 =20)
4.

Attempt a character sketch of Ferdinand.

5.

Consider Prospero as Shakespeares


mouthpiece.

6.

Comment on the role of the supernatural


elements in The Tempest.

Some trick of desperation.

Turn Over

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