MA Eng. Literature Second Semester Examination (Year 2014)
Poetry
Subject Code: MAEH-201
Paper Code: SLJ-81
Roll No.
Enrollment No.
Time
: 3.00 Hours
M.Marks : 70
Section ‘A’
Q.1.
Objective Type Questions-
10x1 = 10
a. Which two Romantic poets published the Lyrical Ballads?
b. The title of Shelley‟s Adonais is based on the Greek god Adonis. Adonis was the God of
___________________.
c. Which poet founded the Abbey Theatre?
d. Name Tennyson‟s dearest friend who also transcribed the first version of „Lotus Eaters‟.
e. What was the name of Browning‟s wife before she married him and why was she well
known?
f. Name the titles of the first and last sections of the Wasteland.
g. Which literary movement was Yeats closely associated with?
h. Name the poet friend of Hopkins who published his poems after his death.
i.
Which twentieth century poet characterized the 30s as „the age of anxiety‟?
j.
Which modern poet makes extensive use of animal imagery in his poetry?
Q2.
Annotations: Attempt all FOUR passages.
a. Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:
The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar:
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God, who is our home:
Heaven lies about us in our infancy
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4x5=20
OR
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
b.
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
OR
That moment she was mine, mine, fair,
Perfectly pure and good: I found
A thing to do, and all her hair
In one long yellow string I wound
Three times her little throat around,
And strangled her. No pain felt she;
I am quite sure she felt no pain.
c.
In this decayed hole among the mountains
In the faint moonlight, the grass is singing
Over the tumbled graves, about the chapel
There is the empty chapel, only the wind‟s home.
It has no windows, and the door swings,
Dry bones can harm no one.
Only a cock stood on the rooftree
Co corico co corico
In a flash of lightning. Then a damp gust
Bringing rain.
OR
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:
Praise him.
d.
The mass and majesty of this world, all
That carries weight and always weighs the same
Lay in the hands of others; they were small
And could not hope for help and no help came:
What their foes like to do was done, their shame
Was all the worst could wish; they lost their pride
And died as men before their bodies died.
OR
Then they grow grey like men.
Mown down, it is a feud. Their sons appear
Stiff with weapons, fighting back over the same ground.
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Section B
Long Answer type questions
4x10=40
Q3. a. One of Wordsworth‟s most famous lines is “the child is father of the man,” a line that
reappears in
the epigram of “Intimations of Immortality.” How is childhood central to Wordsworth‟s
conception of the self? Discuss Wordsworth‟s treatment of childhood in the Immortality
Ode.
OR
b. Analyze Shelley‟s Adonais as an elegy.
OR
c. Write a note on Keats‟s attitude to nature based on Endymion.
Q4. a. Write a note on Tennyson‟s use of classical themes in Ulysses and Lotus eaters to address
contemporary issues.
OR
b. Identify and explain the salient features of Browning‟s poetry by illustrating from the
poems prescribed for study.
OR
c. „The scholar represents a side of Arnold that was at odds with the way in which he had to
live his life.‟ Explain.
Q5. a. Write a note on the poetic technique of Eliot with reference to the wasteland.
OR
b. How does W B Yeats combine tradition and a modern sensibility in his poetry?
OR
c. „In addition to developing new rhythmic effects, Hopkins was also very interested in
ways of rejuvenating poetic language.‟ Discuss the statement with reference to the poetry
of Gerald M Hopkins.
Q6. a. Discuss W H Auden as a modern poet.
OR
b. „To read Hughes‟s poetry is to enter a world dominated by nature.‟ Discuss this
statement with reference to his poems.
OR
d. Write a note on the imagery and experiments with language in the poetry of Dylan
Thomas.
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MA Eng. Literature Second Semester Examination (Year 2014)
Drama
Subject Code: MAEH-202
Paper Code: SLJ-82
Roll No.
Enrollment No.
Time
: 3.00 Hours
M.Marks : 70
Section ‘A’
Attempt all of the following questions:
Q.1.
Objective Type Questions-
1x10=10
i)
Name two main characters in „The Way of the World‟.
ii)
Who is the writer of “A Woman of No Importance”?
iii)
What is the basic theme of Ibsen‟s „A Doll‟s House‟?
iv)
Who is the author of „The Good companions‟?
v)
Anton Chekhov practised as a ________throughout his literary career.
Choose the correct option.
vi)
vii)
The real name of O‟ Henry is___________
a) William Wordsworth
b)
William Sydney Porter
c)
d)
Andrew Porter
Philip Sydney
At the end of the play, Nora compares herself to a ______
a) Squirrel
b)
Prisoner
c)
Doll
d)
Bird
Fill in the blanks with a word or words to complete the statements.
viii)
“All for Love” is a ___________by John Dryden written in 1677 .
ix)
Pygmalion is a play by Shaw, named after___________
x)
Neo-Classicism prevailed during the ______age.
Section B
Q.2.
Annotations (Attempt all four passages)
A. i)
ii)
4x5=20
Free, to be free, absolutely free. To spend time playing with the children. To have a
clean, beautiful house.
OR
I‟will give you your revenge another time, when you are not so indifferent, you are
thinking of something else now, and plays too negligently.
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B. i)
ii)
C. i)
ii)
D. i)
ii)
That is its special vice. That is the special vice of the age. One should sympathise with
the joy, the beauty, the colour of life. The less said about life‟s sores the better.
OR
No debt, no borrowing. There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that
depends on borrowing and debt.
I can‟t turn your soul on. Leave me those feelings; and you can take away the voice and
the face. They are not you.
OR
Justice is a machine that when someone has once given it the starting push, rolls on itself.
Any apologies- any explanations – an‟ you‟ll be straight back where you were. I „am
warning you dear. Just give „em a look- a tone of voice – now and again.
OR
I am not so inquisitive. I come here to sit because here, only can I be near the great,
common, throbbing heart of humanity. My part in life is cast where its beats are never
felt.
Section ‘C’
Long answer type questions (Attempt all questions)
Q.3.
i)
ii)
Q.4.
i)
ii)
Q5.
i)
ii)
Q6.
4x10=40
What is the significance, of the title of the play “All for Love” by John Dryden?
OR
Discuss the double standard of morality in “The Way of the World”.
Write a critical note on Oscar Wild‟s wit and dark comedy.
OR
„A Doll‟s House‟ criticizes the traditional roles of men and women. Discuss.
Bernard Shaw‟s Pygmalion plays the complex business of human relationships
in a social world. Comment.
OR
Attempt a critical note on Galsworthy as a dramatist.
Attempt a short note on any two from the given three questions.
i)
„The proposal‟ by Anton Chekhov is a satire on the upper middle class society.
How far do you agree with the statement?
ii)
Critically evaluate the title of “The Mother‟s Day” by J.B. Priestley.
iii)
Comment on the dramatic style of O‟Henry. Give examples from “While the
Auto Waits”.
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MA Eng. Literature Second Semester Examination (Year 2014)
Fiction
Subject Code: MAEH-203
Paper Code: SLJ-83
Roll No.
Enrollment No.
Time
: 20 minutes
M.Marks : 10
Section ‘A’
Invigilator’s Signature
Objective Type Questions1.
The novel “Madam Bovary” opens:i)
On Emma’s Farm
ii)
In Charle’s Classroom
Flaubert’s Living Room
iv)
Bovary’s Dinner table
What is Edward Rosier’s occupation?
i)
Lawyer
ii)
Banker
iii)
iv)
Art Collector
iii)
2.
3.
6.
7.
Rocks
iv)
Cherries
Clarissa Dalloway refuses the marriage proposal of;
i)
Peter Walsh
ii)
Hugh Whitbred
iii)
5.
Farmer
What does Paul throw at Miriam when she sits upon a tree one day?
i)
Apples
ii)
Branches
iii)
4.
10x1 = 10
S.Warren Smith
iv)
Joseph Britkopf
What fell on Leonard before he dies?
i)
An Elm Tree
ii)
Book Case
iii)
iv)
An Iron Loft
The Ceiling
Mike Flynn tries to teach Stephen, how to –
i)
Shoot a Gun
ii)
Play Chess
iii)
Write Poetry
Run
iv)
Millicent murdered her husband because he was –
i)
Broke
ii)
Abusive
iii)
Alcoholic
Stupid
iv)
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8.
Who was Mrs. Stapleton’s niece in “The Open Window”?
i)
Mary
ii)
Vera
ii)
9.
iv)
Miriam
The necklace in Maupassant’s Story stands for things without –
i)
Heart
ii)
Feelings
iii)
10.
Matilda
Substance
iv)
Pride
Rudyard Kipling was born in which city?
i)
Middlesex
ii)
London
iii)
iv)
Bombay
Paris
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MA Eng. Literature Second Semester Examination (Year 2014)
Fiction
Roll No.
Subject Code: MAEH-203
Paper Code: SLJ-83
Time
: 2.40 hours
M.Marks : 60 marks
Section ‘B’
Short Answer Type Questions
Attempt Two questions out of Four
2x5 = 10
1.
Write a character sketch of Clarissa Dalloway.
2.
Briefly discuss Mrs. Morel‟s role as a mother in „Sons and Lovers‟.
3.
What was the response of Ivan‟s wife in Tolstoy‟s story „God Sees The Truth But
Waits‟?
4.
What role the crab plays in Kipling‟s story “The Crab That Played with the Sea”?
Section ‘C’
Essay Type Questions
Attempt all questions.
5x10 = 50
1. Compare and contrast Charles and Rudolphe , what are their attitudes about love and how
each of them respond to Emma in Flauberts “Madame Bovary”.
OR
Discuss Isabel‟s response to her three suitors, what light do they cast on Isabel‟s idea of
romance?
2. Comment upon the narrative technique used by Virginia Woolf for telling the story of
Mrs.Dalloway.
OR
On the basis of their relationship with Paul, analyze the similarities and differences
between Miriam and Clara in Lawrence‟s “Son and Lovers”.
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3. Write a note on how religion affects the mind of young Stephen in James Joyce‟s novel.
OR
Trace the character of Margaret Schlegel, as a sister, friend, wife, and as a woman of
early 20th century.
4. Describe the reactions of Millicent‟s parents after she reveals the truth in Maugham‟s
story “Before the Party”.
OR
Discuss the central theme of Guy De Maupassant‟s story “The Necklace”.
5. How the story “God Sees The Truth But Waits” emphasizes the importance of Divine
Justice, explain?
OR
Explain how Natasha‟s chance meeting with the stranger, brings out her attitude towards
men.
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MA English Lit. Second Semester Examination (Year 2014)
Prose
Subject Code: MAEH-204
Paper Code: SLJ-84
Roll No.
Enrollment No.
Time
: 20 minutes
M.Marks :10
Section ‘A’
Objective Type Questions
Q.1.
Attempt all the following questions:
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
Invigilator’s Signature
1x10=10 marks
Which is Thomas de Quincey’s most famous work?
a)
A Defence of Nonsense
b)
Essays of Elia
c)
Love of Nature
d)
Confessions of an English opium-eater
Which two friends are mentioned by Jerome K. Jerome in ‘Three Men in a boat’?
a)
George & Harris
b)
George & Harry
c)
Harris & John
d)
Harry & John
John Ruskin was also:
a)
An Artist
b)
An Actor
c)
An Art critic
d)
A dramatist
Gandhiji’s ‘My Experiments with Truth’ is a –
a)
Historical novel
b)
Autobiography
c)
Biography
d)
Travelogue
Nehru’s other works include:a)
Discovery of India
b)
Glimpses of the world
c)
Discovery of the World
d)
History of India
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vi)
vii)
viii)
ix)
x)
Who was Swami Vivekanand’s teacher?
a)
Swami Parmanand
b)
Swami Swaroopanand
c)
Mahatma Gandhi
d)
Ramkrishna Paramhans
Why did Gissing have to sell his favourite books?
a)
For money
b)
Because he had read them
c)
Because they were expensive
d)
Because of his frequent movement
Why was Coleridge depressed at the little girl’s list of Christmas gifts?
a)
Because they were her necessities
b)
Because they were expensive
c)
Because they were useless
d)
Because they were too many
Name the writer of ‘Does Culture Matter’.
a)
E.M.Forster
b)
Gissing
c)
T.S.Eliot
d)
Mary Coleridge
Who has written the essay ‘Defence of Penny Dreadfals’?
a)
Lamb
b)
Chesterton
c)
Lynd
d)
Ruskin
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MA English Lit. Second Semester Examination (Year 2014)
Prose
Roll No.
Subject Code: MAEH-204
Paper Code: SLJ-84
Time
: 2.40 hours
M.Marks : 60 marks
Section ‘B’
Annotations
Attempt any two of the given extracts:
Q2.
2x5 = 10
a)
“He does not know that he has seen that which he has seen everyday of his life”.
b)
“The Hyde Park had always looked beautiful like a little dark forest full of lamps,
with the gold of lamps shaken into long Chinese alphabets in the windly waters of
the serpentine”.
c)
Space is nothing to them; beyond that they want to go; and this going beyond the
phenomenal is the very soul of religion. The characteristic of my nation is this
transcendentalism.
d)
I know every book of mine by its scent, and I have but to put my nose between
the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things”.
Section ‘C’
Essay Type Questions
5x10 = 50
Q3.
How does Thomas de Quincey compare the scene from Macbeth with his own life?
OR
“Chesterton‟s satire was like a hammer‟s blow”. Justify this statement with respect to the
essays in your course.
OR
Jerome K. Jerome‟s way of writing a story is to exaggerate! Describe the story of “Three
Men in a Boat” in this context.
Q4.
Give a critical summary of John Stuart Mill‟s essay „A Poet‟s Influence‟.
OR
Does Ruskin‟s „Love of Nature‟ emerge from the Pre Raphaelite commitment to
„Naturalism‟?
OR
How does Robert Lynd describe the beauty of darkness in his essay „The Darkness‟?
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Q5.
Give a brief description of Gandhi‟s Memories of the Bar.
OR
Nehru was quite adept in expressing deep thoughts in fewest possible words. Discuss this
statement with reference to his essay „A Birthday Letter‟.
OR
„Religion and religion alone is the life of India‟. Discuss this view of Swami Vivekanand
expressed in his essay „Why India still lives‟.
Q6.
How does Gissing treat his „ragged veterans‟? Describe from your essay „My Books‟.
OR
“Great grace goes with a little gift and all the offerings of friends are precious”. Discuss
this statement taken from Mary Coleridge‟s essay „Gifts‟.
OR
„Cultivated people are a drop of ink in the ocean‟. Elaborate what Forster says in his
essay „Does Culture Matter‟?
Q7.
Analyze Eliot‟s train of thought about his changing taste of poetry from his childhood to
his maturity in his essay „Acquaintance with Poetry‟.
OR
Give a critical summary of D.H. Lawrence‟s essay „Why the Novel Matters‟.
OR
Discuss Virginia Woolf‟s views on Modern Fiction.
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