M.A. (Eng. Lit.) Second Semester Examination (Year 2016)
Poetry
Subject Code: MAEH - 201
Paper Code: TMT-81
Roll No.
Time
: 3.00 Hrs.
M.Marks : 70
Q1.
Objective Questions
1.
2.
1x10 = 10 marks
Who gave the slogan “Back to Nature” for initiating changes in educational
and social trends?
a)
Jean Rousseau
b)
William Wordsworth
c)
P.B. Shelley
d)
John Keats
Name the composer of these lines“Ah, happy boughs ! that cannot shed
your happy leaves, nor ever bid the spring adieu;”
3.
4.
a)
Byron
b)
Shelley
c)
Keats
d)
Coleridge
Adonais was written in defence of Keats against adverse criticism published
bya)
The Spectator
b)
Tatler
c)
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine
d)
Life, Letters and Literary Remains
The basic theme of Ulysses is –
a)
Action and exploration of new destinations
b)
Pessimism and desolation
c)
Rejection of faith in life
d)
None of these
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5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
The Prelude by Wordsworth contains –
a)
Twelve books
b)
Thirteen books
c)
Fourteen books
d)
Fifteen books
“When wits were fresh and clear,
And life ran gaily as the Sparkling Thames;”
To which age does the poet refer?
a)
Age of Thyrsis
b)
Age of the Scholar Gypsy
c)
His own times
d)
None of these
Eliot’s poem, The Waste Land refers to a)
His reactions against the devastating conditions of Europe after World
War I
b)
The poor agricultural growth of the world
c)
Food shortage
d)
An imaginary land
Hopkins is recognized as a great poet for –
a)
Inventing poetic terms like “Sprung rhythm” and “inscape”
b)
Using romantic themes
c)
Imitating the Neo-classicists
d)
None of these
Dylan Thomas’ poetry reflects –
a)
Courage and faith in life
b)
Despair and disillusionment
c)
Anger and hate
d)
Negativism
Ted Hughes was appointed Poet Laureate in –
a)
1980
b)
1981
c)
1982
d)
1984
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Q2.
Annotations:
4x5 = 20 marks
Attempt any four out of the excerpts given below; choose at least one from
each section.
a)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
b)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
c)
(i)
(ii)
In a throng,
A festal company of Maids and Youths
Old Men and Matrons staid, promiscous rout,
A medley of all tempers, I had passed
The night in dancing, gaiety and mirth;
OR
The One remains, the many change and pass;
Heaven’s light forever shines, Earth’s shadows fly;
Life is like a dome of many-coloured glass,
Stains the white radiance of Eternity.
OR
O Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede
Of marble men and maidens over-rought,
With forest branches and trodden weed;
Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought
OR
How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rest unburnished, not to shine in use!
As though to breathe were life.
OR
And to watch you sink by the fireside now
Back again as you mutely sit
Musing by firelight, that great brow
And the spirit-small hand propping it,
Yonder, my heart knows how!
OR
Before this strange disease of modern life,
With its sick hurry, its divided aims,
Its heads o’ertax’d, its palsied hearts, was rife Fly hence, our contact fear !
When a lovely woman stoops to folly and
Paces about her room again, alone,
She smooths her hair with automatic hand,
And puts a record on the gramophone.
OR
O sages standing in God’s holy fire
As in the gold mosaic of a wall,
Come from the holy fire, perne in a gyre,
And be the singing masters of my soul.
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d)
(i)
(ii)
A ragged urchin, aimless and alone,
Loitered about the vacancy, a bird
Flew up to safety from his well-aimed stone:
That girls are raped, that two boys knife a third
Were axioms to him who’d never heard
of any world where promises were kept.
or one could weep because another wept.
OR
And as I was green and carefree, famous among barns
About the happy yard and singing, as the farm was home,
In the sun that is young once only,
Time let me play and be
Golden in the mercy of his means.
10 marks
Q3.
Estimate the importance of Wordsworth’s contribution to the Romantic Movement.
OR
Critically analyze the basic motif of Shelley’s Adonais.
10 marks
Q4.
The liet motif of Arnold’s poetry is melancholy. Trace the recurrent elegiac imagery
in his poetry with special reference to The Scholar Gypsy.
OR
Write a critical essay on Browning’s philosophy with special reference to the poems
prescribed in your course.
10 marks
Q5.
Critically examine the use of allusions in Eliot’s poem The Waste Land.
OR
Symbolism is an integral part of Yeats’ poetry. Comment.
OR
Hopkins’s use of imagery enhances the richness of his themes. Discuss.
10 marks
Q6.
Auden has skillfully turned the Homeric legend into a befitting analogy to the postwar world of today. Comment critically on Auden’s interpretation of the legend in
The Shield of Achilles.
OR
Write a critical estimate of Ted Hughes as a modern poet.
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M.A. (Eng. Lit.) Second Semester Examination (Year 2016)
Drama
Subject Code: MAEH - 202
Paper Code: TMT-82
Time
: 3.00 Hours
M.Marks : 70
Section A
Q1.
Objective Questions.
1x10 = 10 marks
Attempt all sections.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Dryden wrote All for Love in a)
1678
b)
1660
c)
1679
d)
1677
Oscar Wilde was imprisoned fora)
Theft
b)
Bribery
c)
Homosexuality
d)
Perjury
Restoration period starts from –
a)
1655
b)
1663
c)
1660
d)
1662
Ibsen was –
a)
An African
b)
A French
c)
A Norwegian
d)
An American
Galsworthy campaigned for the abolition of –
a)
Solitary confinement
b)
Property tax
c)
Intellectual property tax
d)
None of these
The musical film My Fair Lady is based on Shaw’s a)
The Apple Cart
b)
Mrs. Warren’s profession
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8.
9.
10.
c)
Arms and the Man
d)
Pygmallion
Anton Chekov belonged to –
a)
Romania
b)
Scandinavia
c)
Russia
d)
Spain
O Henry’s real name was a)
William Sydney Porter
b)
Peter Sydney Porter
c)
Henry Sydney Porter
d)
Henry William Porter
J. B. Priestly belonged to a)
America
b)
Britain
c)
Australia
d)
Canada
The main aim of Comedy of Manners was to exposea)
Immoral social conduct
b)
The practice of black magic
c)
Foolish superstitions
d)
Political plots
Section B
ANNOTATIONS
4x5= 20 marks
Q2.
Attempt any four of the eight passages given below.
A.
i)
ii)
“But I have lost my reason,
have disgraced the name of
soldier with inglorious ease.
In the full vintage of mine
flowing honours, sat still,
and saw it pressed by other hands.
OR
“An old Woman’s Appetite is
deprav’d like that of a girl"
- Tis the Green Sickness of
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a second Childhood; and like
the Offer of a later spring
serves out to usher in the
Fall; and withers in an
affected Bloom”.
B.
i)
ii)
C.
i)
ii)
D.
i)
ii)
“That is its special vice.
That is the special vice
of the age. One should
Sympathize with the joy,
the beauty, the colour of
life……………”
OR
“______ it was then it dawned upon
me that for eight years I had
been living here with a strange
man, and had borne him three
children – Oh, I can’t bear to
think of it ! I could tear myself
into little bits ! ’’
“Five minutes you were like
a millstone round my neck.
Now you are a tower of
strength: a consort battleship.”
OR
“…….It comes natural to you – this
petty niggling. Your family always
had a weakness for litigation.
All of them ! ”
“The rolling of the chariot –
wheels of Justice !” I’ve never
got that out of my head.
OR
You know ………..I’ve always liked
to read up on the habits
and customs of the wealthy
class. I consider myself a bit
of connoisseur on the subject.”
Section C
Long Answer Questions
4x10 = 40 marks
Attempt all questions.
III.
i)
Critically evaluate Dryden as a dramatist with special reference to his
famous tragedy All for Love.
OR
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IV.
ii)
Justify the title of Congreve’s play, The Way of the World with critical
emphasis on its thematic structure.
i)
Oscar Wilde exposed the plight of women in a subtle and sensitive
manner. Attempt a critical review of his play, A Woman of No
Importance.
OR
Justify the title of Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House.
ii)
V.
i)
VI.
Critically evaluate Shaw’s dramatic art with special reference to his
play, Pygmallion.
OR
Galsworthy’s play, Justice dwells exclusively on the indifference of the
legal structure towards the marginalised section of society. Discuss.
Write critical notes on any two:
i)
Chekov’s play, The Proposal
ii)
Priestly’s Mother’s Day
iii)
O’ Henry’s While the Auto Waits
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M.A. Eng. Lit. Second Semester Examination (Year 2016)
Fiction
Subject Code: MAEH-203
Paper Code: TMT-83
Roll No.
Enrollment No.
Time
: 10 Minutes
M.Marks : 10
Section A
(Objective Type Questions)
Invigilator’s Signature
Attempt all questions. Each question carries 1 mark. Use the symbol () in the box for
marking the correct answer.
Q.No.1.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Choose the correct answerWhat is the professor of Leon?
a)
Doctor
b)
Law Clerk
c)
Physicist
d)
Manager
____________ is the illegitimate child of Madame Merle and Gilbert
Osmond.
a)
Pansy
b)
Caspar
c)
Mr. Touchett
d)
Lord Warburton
Mrs. Morel's oldest son, __________, is her favourite.
a)
Paul
b)
Leivers
c)
Miriam
d)
William
"Mrs. Dalloway" is a unique novel in that it takes place in a __________
day(s).
a)
Single
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
___________, Helen's older sister was the head of the familya)
Margaret
b)
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Mrs. Wilcox
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
c)
Paul
d)
Evie
The novel "Am Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" begins with Stephen
Dedalus' first memories, when he was about ___________ years old.
a)
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
"Before the Party" opens and closes in _______________.
a)
America
b)
Dublin
c)
Scotland
d)
England
Mathilde came to know that the necklace she lost was just a fake. It was worth
only ___________ hundred francs.
a)
Four
b)
Five
c)
Ten
d)
Fifteen
The __________ in the moon agreed to tow the sea in and out in tides.
a)
Fisherman
b)
Washer Woman
c)
Cleaner
d)
Clerk
The narrator of "One Autumn Evening" is __________ years of age.
a)
Fifteen
b)
Sixteen
c)
Eighteen
d)
Twenty
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M.A. Eng. Lit. Second Semester Examination (Year 2016)
Fiction
Subject Code: MAEH-203
Paper Code: TMT-83
Time
: 2 Hrs. 50 Mts.
M. Marks: 60
Section B
5x2=10 Marks
Q.No.2.
Short Questions (Attempt two questions out of four)1- Discuss the theme of love and romance in "Madame Bovary."
2- Analyze the character of Gertrude Morel.
3- Consider: "Before the Party gradually dismantles the Skinner's
expectations."
4- What makes Natasha think that all men are wretched?
Section C
Long Questions
5x10=50
Marks
Q.No.3.
Q.No.4.
Compare and contrast Charles and Rodolphe. What are their attitudes about
love? How does each respond to Emma?
OR
Elucidate: "The Portrait of a Lady is consistently focused on the idea of Isabel
Archer's independence."
OR
What goes wrong between Paul and Miriam? Is it just that she cannot compete
with his love for his mother, or is there some other problem?
OR
What facets of the English social system does Virginia Woolf criticize?
Q.No.5.
Many people look at the novel as a struggle between two families: the
Schlegels and the Wilcoxes. In actuality, the individual members of these
families are quite different from each other. Discuss the differences between
Margaret and Helen as well as those between Henry and Charles.
OR
How is Stephen influenced by his Irish nationality?
Q.No.6.
Write the character sketch of Framton Nuttel.
OR
Write an essay on theme of realism in "The Necklace."
Q.No.7.
Examine the theme presented in Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab
That Played with the Sea."
OR
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Roll No.
Portrayal of nineteenth century Russia in Leo Tolstoy's "God Sees the Truth
But Waits."
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M.A. Eng. Literature Second Semester Examination (Year 2016)
Prose
Subject Code: MAEH-204
Paper Code: TMT-84
Roll No.
Enrollment No.
Enrollment No.
Time
: 10 Minutes
M.Marks : 10
Section A
(Objective Type Questions)
Invigilator’s Signature
Attempt all questions. Each question carries 1 mark. Use the symbol () in the box for
marking the correct answer.
Q.No.1.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Choose the correct answerWhat does G.K. in G.K. Chesterton's name stand for?
a)
Gerard Keans
b)
George Kempbell
c)
Gilbert Keith
d)
Gean Kendal
Who said that "In order that a new world may step in, this world must for a
time disappear"?
a)
Virginia Woolf
b)
Thomas de Quincey
c)
George Gissing
d)
John Stuart Mill
Which famous poems of Wordsworth is mentioned by John Stuart Mill in his
essay "A Poet's Influence"?
a)
Ode to Duty
b)
Tin tern Abbey
c)
Lyrical Ballads
d)
Ode to Intimations of Immortality
What were the names of two friends of "J" with whom he went on a boating
holiday?
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5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
a)
William & Mike
b)
George and Harris
c)
Robert and Jack
d)
John and Samuel
"I had heard that the layer's profession was a liar's profession" - who said this?
a)
E.M. Forster
b)
Mahatma Gandhi
c)
J.L. Nehru
d)
Swami Vivekanand
There are gifts that are no gifts, just as there are books that are no books. A
donation is not a gift. Whose views are these?
a)
George Gissing
b)
Mary E. Coleridge
c)
Robert Lynd
d)
Jerome K. Jerome
'Don't recommend culture' is the advice given to readers by:
a)
E.M. Forster
b)
T.S. Eliot
c)
D.H. Lawrence
d)
Virginia Woolf
D.H. Lawrence says "Paradise is after life, and I for one am not keen on
anything that is after life". In his essay namely;
a)
Why the Novel Matters
b)
Does Culture Matter
c)
The Darkness
d)
Modern Fiction
When Jawaharlal Nehru wrote "A Birthday Letter" to his daughter Indira
Gandhi, he was writing from which place?
a)
Allahabad
b)
Yervada
c)
Naini
d)
Musoori
Swami Vivekanand's message to the entire world centre's around the theme of;
a)
Religion
b)
Karma
c)
Philosophy
d)
Unworldliness & Renunciation
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M.A. Eng. Literature Second Semester Examination (Year 2016)
Prose
Subject Code: MAEH-204
Paper Code: TMT-84
Time
: 2 Hrs. 50 Mts.
M. Marks: 60
Section B
5x2=10 Marks
Q.No.2.
Annotate any Two of the given extracts: a)
"Hence it is, that when the deed is done, when the work of darkness is
perfect, then the world of darkness passes away like a pageantry in the
clouds; the knocking at the gate is heard; and It makes known audibly
that the reaction has Commenced; the human has made it reflux upon
the fiendish; the pulses of life are beginning to beat again."
b)
"They are the people who can talk about nothing else - people who
seem to find comfort in spreading gruesome stories of destruction, most
of them unfounded. Here, I think, however, it is not the subject, but the
person that is boring. The bore of war-time is merely the bore of peacetime with a different story to tell. The man who cannot make his bomb
interesting, it seems to me, must be a poor narrator."
c)
"The volumes smell exactly as they did in that old time, and what a
strange tenderness comes upon me when I hold one of them in hand!
For that reason I do not often read Shakespeare in this edition. My eyes
being good as ever, I take the Globe volume, which I bought in days
when such a Purchase was something more than an extravagance;
wherefore I regard the book with that peculiar affection which results
from sacrifice."
d)
"But sometimes, more and more often as time goes by, we suspect a
momentary doubt, a spasm of rebellion, as the pages fill themselves in
the customary way. Is life like this? Must novels be like this??"
Section C
Essay Type Questions - Attempt all questions.
Marks
Q.No.3.
5x10=50
Write a note on the central theme of Thomas de Quincey's essay" On
Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth."
OR
Critically appreciate Chesterton's essay "Defence of Penny Dreadfuls."
OR
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Roll No.
Describe the boating experiences of the three men as they row from Kingston
upon Thames to Oxford.
Q.No.4.
Summarize John Stuart Mill's opinion about Wordsworth's poetry and its
influence upon him.
OR
Discuss the central idea in John Ruskin's essay "Sunlight After Storm".
OR
Bring out the element of humour in Robert Lynd's essay "On being a Bore."
Q.No.5.
Write a note on the moral values presented by Mahatma Gandhi in his essay
"Remini-scences of the Bar."
OR
Discuss Jawaharlal Nehru's views on various themes as reflected in the essays
that you have studied.
OR
Discuss briefly the messages which Swami Vivekanand wants India to give to
the world.
Q.No.6.
Bring out the reasons for George Gissing's emotional attachment with his
books.
OR
Critically appreciate Mary E. Coleridge's essay "Gifts."
OR
Describe E.M. Forster's views on culture and how it should be passed on to the
next generation?
Q.No.7.
Keeping in mind T.S. Eliot's essay "Acquaintance with Poetry" describe how
poetry influences a person at different stages of his life?
OR
Discuss D.H. Lawrence's views about Saints, Parsons, Philosophers etc., as
presented in "Why the novel matters."
OR
Comment on the various objections and questions that Virginia Woolf raises
in her essay "Modern Fiction."
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