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Section-B
Ansrver any"/oar ofthe follou'ing :

9. Why are all the peopte going to Canterbury in

Prologue to Canterbury T'ales ?
10. With what aim did Milton w:/,te Parddise Last?
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12. Why did not Hamlet kill Claudius rvhile he was M. A. (Previous)
praying ? Term End Examination, June-July, 2017
13. Who was Yorick ?
ENGLISH LITERATURE
14. Define ComedY of l{umours.
Section-{ Paper First
Explain any three of the fotlowing with reference to (From Middle Plantagenet to Caroline Age)
context :
15. Thus swyved was this carpenteris wyf, Titne : Three Hours I I Mmimum Marlcs : 70
For al his kepyng and his jalousye; I Minimum Pass Marks : 28
And Absolon hath kist hir nether Ye;
Instructions for Candidate :
And Nicholas is scalded in the towte.
Section-A: Question Nos.0l to 08 are very short answer
This tale is doon, and Cod save al the rowte'
q?e questions. Attempt all questions. Each
16. What though the field be lost ? question carries 0l mark. Answer each of
All is not Lost; the unconquerable will, these questions in I or 2 wordVl sentence.
And studY of revenge, immortal hate,
Section-B : Question Nos. 09 to 14 are very short answer
And the courage never to submit or yield
R?e questions. Attempt any rfozr questions.
God, a beast that wants discourse ofreason'
, Each question carries 2j marks. Answer each
17. Would have moumed longer!-manied with my uncie'
ofthese questions in about 75 words.
My father's brother, but no more like my father
Section-C: Question Nos. 15 to 18 are short answer t)?e
Than I to Hercules. Within a month,
questions. Attempt any lfrree questions. Each
Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears question carries 05 marks. Answer each of
Had left the flushing in her galled ey'es' these questions in about 150 rvords.
She married'
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Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer 4. What is Milton's stated purpose in Paradise Lost?
type questions. Attempt any n?o questions' (a) To assert his superiority to other poets
Each question canies l0 marks' Answer each
ofthese questions in about 300 words.
(b) To argue against the dockine of predestination
Section-E : Question Nos. 23 and 24 are long answer type
(c) To JusifY the waYs of God to men
questions. Attempt any one question' Each (d) To makd his story hard to understand
question carries 17 marks. Answer each of 5. Why, according to Polonius, has Hamlet gone mad ?
these questions in about 700 words' (a) He grieves too much for his father
Section-A (b) He despises Claudius for marrying Gertrude
Answer the following questions. (c) He is in love with OPhelia
l. Chaucer's first major work T'le Book of the Duchess (d) He is jealous of Laertes and longs to return to
was written in the form of : Wittenberg
(a) EPic 6, How many characters die during the course ofthe play
(b) Poetic Drama Hamlet ?
(c) ElegY (a) Two
(d) ode (b) Five
According to the Wife of Bath, what do women most
(c) Seven
2: (d) Eisht
desire ?
(a) Sovereignty over their husbands 7 . The Sitent Women is written bY :

(b) True love (a) Chaucer

(b) Milton
(c) Perfect beautY (c) Shakespeare
(d) Great Wealth (d) Ben Jonson
3. Milton's Sazson Agonistes is written in a form of :
8. The story of Duchess of Malfi is drawn from :

(a) ComedY (a) Palace ofPleasure

(b) EPic l (b) Palace ofdesire
(c) Pastoral elegy (c) Palace of haPPiness
(d) TragedY (d) Palace of Peace
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18. You see, my lords, what goodly fruit she seems;
Yet like those apples travellers report

To grow where Sodom and Gomonah stood,

I wilt but touch her, and you straight shall see

She'll fall to soot and ashes.

Section-D

Answer any rwo olthe following :

19. Compare and conhast the characters of Wife of Bath

and Nun Prioress.
20. Comment on the significance of epic similes in
'Paradise L,osf .

21. Comment on the significance of Hamlet's soliloquy

"To be or not to be : that is the question"'
22. Write a note on Ben Jonson's idea of comedy rvith
special reference to 'Every Man In His Homour''
Section-E .
Answer any on€ of the following questions :

23. Satan is the true hero of'Paradise Lost'' Explain'

24. What are the reasons of Hamlet's delay in taking
revenge ?

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(b) John Dryden

(c) Thomas Gray
(d) Richard Sheridan

8. The opening scene ofthe play'The Rivals' is: H-2252

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(b) With two lovers quarreling M. A. (Previous)
(c) In Bath on a sunny aftemoon Term End Examination, June-July, 2017
(d) With an attomey bribing a sergeant at law
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Section-B PaPer Second

9. Discuss the setting of the poem The Rape of the Lack. [From Restoration to Middle Georgian Age
(1660 A. D. to 1798 A. D.)l
10. The Rape of rhe Lock is called a mock epic poem.
whv ? Time : Three Hours I f Maximum Marks : 70
I l. Who laid the foundations of the Kitkat Club ? lMinimum Pass Marks : 28
12. Describe the humorous s€tting of Dryden's Mac Instructions for Candidate :
Flecbne.
Section-A: Question Nos. 0l to 08 are very short answer
13. Write a short note on the use of imagery in the poem tlpe questions. Attempt all questions' Each
Eleg/ Wrilten in a Country Churclryard. question carries 01 mark' Answer each of
14. How does the la$yer get the sergeant at law to accept these questions in I or 2 words/l sentence'
the paper in Sheridan's I&e Rrvals ?
Section-B : Question Nos. 09 to 14 are very short answer
Section-C type questions. Attempt any 16zr questions'
15. Write a short note on Joseph Addison's political
' Each question carries 2j marks' Answer each
car@r. ofthese questions in about 75 words'
16. Write a brief notes on tfte charhcters of Sheridan's Section-C: Question Nos- 15 to l8 are short answer t)?e
Plays : questions. Attempt any //rree questions' Each
(a) Fag question carries 05 marks. Answer each of
these questions in about 150 words.
(b) David .

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Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer
type questions. Attempt any n o questions. 4. Wlto. was the famous playwright mentioned several
Each question carries l0 marks. Answer each time. in 'Mac Flecknoe' whom Thomas Shadrvell
ofthese questions in about 300 words. admired ?
Section-E : Question Nos. 23 and 24 are long answer typo (a) Ben Jonson
. questions. Attempt arry one question. Each (b) William Shakespeare
question carries 17 marks. Answer each of (c) Richard Flecknoe
these quekions in about 700 words.
'Section-A (d) Tennesse Williams

Objective type questions.

5. John Dryden began writing the 'Elegy Written in a
Country Churchyard' in 1741, finished it in 1750' It
l. 'The Rape of the Lock, is a parody of which epic went through several revised versions after it was
poem ?
published. Which magazine was it first published in on
(a) The Odeyssey l6th February, I 75 I ?
(b) The Iliad (a) Blackwood'sMagazine
(c) Paradise lnst (b) The Gentteman's Magazine
(d) The Aeneid (c) The Quarterly Review
2. Arabella Fermor was the historical inspiration for (d) Magazine of Magazines
which character ?
6. 'Elegy Written in a Country Chirchyard' is a poem
(a) Thalestris that was at one time a popular inclusion in text-books
(b) Belinda and anthologies around the world. Many English poets
(c) Clarissa have been influenced by the themes, language and
setting of Elegy. Who was the English poet who
(d) Ariel
translated part of it into Latin ?
3. When we talk about the Restoration period in English (a) Samu:l Taylor Coleridge
Literature, roughly what years does this refer to ?
(b) Percy Bysshe Shelley
(a) 1200 to 1300 A. D. (c) William Butler Yeats
(b) 1660 to 1689 A. D.
(d) Walt Whitman
(c) t74o to 1776 A. D.
(d) 2030 to 2130 A. D.
7. Who wrote the play 'The Rivals' ?

. (a) Alexander Pope

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17. Write brief note on Introduction of Gray's E/egr.'

Writtin in Country Churchyard.
18. Discuss Pope's attitude towards religion in TIU Rape of
the Inck-
Section-D
19. What are the distinctive features ofPope's poetry ?
20. What does Gray say about the origin and growth of
poetry in The Progress of Poery ?
21. What goals does Addison set for himself as a
periodical essay-writer ? To whom does he say he
addresses his words. and why ?
22. Discuss the significance of Pope's employment of
supematural machinery in Rape ofthe ktck.
Section-E
23. Addison's Caro repres€nts a strain of classical tragedy
that produced much declamation and little worth,
"Immortal in the closet" (as the saying went) but stale
on the stage. Discuss.
24. Discuss Richard Sheridan as a dramatist in detail with
special reference to the play The Rivals.

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ENGLISH LITERATURE
Paper Third

[From Later Georgian to Victorian Age

( 1798 A.D. to 1914 A.D.)l
Time : Three Hours ) fMaimum Mmlcs : 70
I Minimum Pass Marks : 28
Instructions for Candidate :
Section-A : Question Nos. 0l to 08 are very short answer
type questions. Attempt all questions. Each
question carries 0l mark. Answer each of
these questions in I or 2 words/l sentence.
Section-B : Question Nos. 09 to 14 are very short answer
ty,pe questions. Attempt any pzr questions.
' Each question carries 2 | marks. Answer each
ofthese questions in about a5 words.
Section{: Question Nos. 15 to 18 ar€ short answer t)?e
questions. Attempt any /ftree questions. Each
question carries 05 marks. Answer each of
these questions in about 150 words.

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Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer
type questions. Attempt any neo questions. 12. Write a very sho( sketch aboilt TennYson's
Each question carries l0 marks. Answer each recognition.
of these questions in about 300 words. 13. Write a note on Matthew Amold's family tree.
Section-E : Question Nos. 23 and 24 are long answer type 14. Introduce William Hazlitt.
questions. Attempt any one question. Each ' Section-{
question caries 17 marks. Answer each of
these questions in about 700 words. 15. Write down the summary of the lines I I I b-l 19 a in
Section-A Tintem Abbey.
16. Write a note on P. B. Shelley's idealism.
I. In which year Wordsworth became poet laureate ?
17. Comment or the use symbolism in the poem 'The
2. Write the name of the longest poem written by Lotus Eaters'.
Coleridge ?
18. Write a note on William Hazlift's education.
3. Write the name of the pastoral elegy written by P. B.
Shelly for John Keats. Section-D
4. "Ode on a Gracian Urn" a poem written by Keats is 19. Write a short note on form and style of "The Rime of
divided into how many stanzas ? the Ancient Mariner."
5. Write the name of of the father of Alfred Lord 20. Comment upon the structure of the poem "Ode on a
Tennyson.
Grecian Urn."
6. Cive the name of any poem wrinen by Mattherv 21. Write a note on Tennyson as a representative of his
Amold.
age.
7. "On Going A Joumey" was first published in which
22. Write a brief note on Charles L,amb's youth and his
magazine ?
schooling.
8. Charles Lamb was an English essayist. What was the
name of his sister ? Section-E
Section-B 23. Write a note on symbolism, imagery and wordplay in
Kubla Khan.
9. Write a short note on form and style of Wordsworth's
Immortality Ode. 24. Write the critical appreciation of the poem 'To
10. Write names of the conservation poems of S. T. Autumn' by Keats.
Goleridge.
II. Write in brief the introduction of the poem 'To
Autumn'.
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Term End Examination, June-July, 2017
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Paper Fourth
(fhe Present Age)
(r9r4 A. D. to 2000 A- D.)
Time : Three Hours ] t Muimum Marks : 70
f Minimum Pass Marla : 28
Instructions for Candidale :
Section-A : Question Nos. 0l to 08 are very short answer
tlpe questions. Attempt all questions. Each
question carries 0l mark. Answer each of
these questions in I or 2 words/l sentenc€.
Section-B : Question Nos. 09 to 14 are very short answer
, type questions. Attempt any pzr questions.
Each question canies 2j marks. Answer each
ofthese questions in about 75 words..
Section{ : Question Nos. l5 to l8 are short answer type
questions. Attempt any /lrree questions. Each
question carries 05 marks. Answer each of
these questions in about 150 words.

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Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer t l. The mockery made him feel an outsidgr; and fceling an
type questions. Atternpt any ,lra questions. qutsider he behaved like one, which increascd the
Each question carries l0 marks. Answer each prejudice against him and intensified the contempt and
ofthese questions in about 300 words.
hostility aroused by his physical defects.
Section-E : Question Nos. 23 and 24 are long answer type 12. It's no good looling about with love you know. You
questions. Att€mpt any orre question. Each can't fal[ into it like a softjob without dirtying up your
question carries 17 marks. Answer each of , hands. It takes muscle and guts.
these questions in about 700 words.
13. If the Party could tltrust its hand into the past and s3)'
Section-A of this or that event, it never happened--{hat, surely.
I 'The Waste L,and' was published in was more terrirying than mere torture and death ?
2 W. B. Yeats died in ................. 14. Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and
J Helena Charles is a character in the play ........ until after have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
4 the play Personal Enemy is wrt$en by ........... Section-C
5 V,lho wro|e Meditation of Moon ? 15. Write a short note on'Ash We<i,resdry'.
6 Brave New World is a 16. Write a brief introduction of Helen Darvson.
7 George Onrell was born in 17. Why did George Orwell retum to Barcelona ?
8 Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in ... 18. Write a short note on the art of the poem 'Sailing to
Byzantium' .
Secticn-B
Section-D
Explain with reference to context :
9. Above the antique mantel was displayed 19. Write the critical appreciation of the poem
'Byzantium'-
As though a rvindow gave upon rhe sylvan scene
20. Discuss the theme ofthe play 'Look Back in Anger'.
The change of Pftilomel, by the barbororc kiog 21. Write the summary of 'Brave Nerv World'.
So rudely forced; yet there the nightingale 22. Write a brief note on the Political system in the novel
'Nineteen Eighty Four' .
Filled all the desert with rnvrolable voice.
Section-E
10. Miracle, bird or golden handiworlq 23. Comment on the structure and style of the poem 'The
More miracle than bird or handiwork, Waste [,and'.
Planted on the starlit golden bougtr,
24. Write in detail about alienation and loneliness in the
play Look Back in Anger.
Can like the cocks ofHades crow
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