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MA (Eng. Lit.) Second Semester Examination (Year 2015)
Poetry
Subject Code: MAEH - 201
Paper Code: FCJ-81
Time 20 Minutes
M.Marks : 10
Q1. Objective Questions 1x10 = 10 marks
1. Lyrical Ballads was published in –
a) 1788 b) 1798
c) 1787 d) 1790
2. Shelley was expelled from University College, Oxford for writing –
a) The Revolt of Islam
b) The address to the Irish people
c) The Necessity of Atheism
d) None of these
3. “She dwells with beauty, Beauty that must die
And Joy whose hand id ever at his lips Bidding adieu;”
These lines are from –
a) Ode to a Nightingale b) Ode to Melancholy
c) Ode to a Grecian Urn d) Ode to Autumn
4. “What pleasure can we have,
To war with evil? Is there any peace
In ever climbing up the climbing wave?”
These lines express the drugged complacency of the characters in –
a) Ulysses b) In Memoriam
c) The Lotos-Eaters d) Locksley Hall
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5. T.S. Eliot borrowed the mythical frame-work for composing The Waste Land
from –
a) Ulysses by James Joyce
b) The Golden Bough by Frazer
c) The Rig Veda
d) The Bible
6. Yeats’ was greatly influenced by-
a) Hinduism and Buddhism b) Islam
c) Zoroastrianism d) None of these
7. Auden is recognized as a –
a) Traditional poet b) Revolutionary poet
c) Conservative poet d) None of these
8. “Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea”.
These lines are from -
a) Thistles by Ted Hughes b) Windhover by Hopkins
c) Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas d) Byzantium by W.B. Yeats
9. The central image of Hopkins’ poem The Windhovenr is
a) a sparrow b) a falcon
c) an eagle d) a pigeon
10. Modern English poetry has been deeply influenced by-
a) French Symbolists b) Chinese poetry
c) Japanese art d) None of these
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MA (Eng. Lit.) Second Semester Examination (Year 2015)
Poetry
Subject Code: MAEH - 201
Paper Code: FCJ-81 Time : 2:40 hours
M.Marks : 60
Section – B (Short Answer Type Questions)
Q2. Annotations:
Attempt any four out of the excerpts given below: 4x5 = 20 marks
a) (i) “Our birth is but a sleep and forgetting
The soul that rises with us, our life’s star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from far.”
OR
(ii) “Yes, I will be thy priest, and build a fame
In some untrodden region of my mind,
Where branched thoughts, new grown with pleasant pain,
Instead of pines shall murmur in the wind.”
OR
(iii) He is made one with Nature, there is heard
His voice in all her music, from moan
Of thunder, to the song of night’s sweet bird;
He is a presence to be felt and known
In darkness and in light, from herb and stone,
Spreading itself where’er that power may move
Which has withdrawn his being to its own;”
b) (i) I am a part of all that I have met;
Yet all experience is an arch where through
Gleams that untraveled world, whose margin fades
For ever and for ever when I move.”
OR
(ii) Fail I alone, in words and deeds?
Why, all men strive and who succeeds?
We rode; it seemed my spirit flow
Saw other regions, cities new,
As the world rushed by on either side.
OR
(iii) thou hast not lived, why should’st thou perish so?
Thou hadst one aim, one business, one desire;
Else went thou long since number’d with the dead!
Else hadst thou spent, like other men, thy fire!
The generations of thy peers are fled,
And we ourselves shall go.
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c) (i) The unpurged images of day recede;
The Emperor’s drunken soldiery are abed;
Night resonance recedes, night-walker’s song
After great cathedral gong;
A starlit or a moonlit dome disdains
All that man is,
All mere complexities,
The fury and the mire of human veins.
OR
(ii) Ganga was sunken, and the limp leaves
Waited for the rain, while the black clouds
Gathered far distant over Himavant.
The jungle crouched, humped in silence.
Then spoke the thunder
d) (i) Barbed wire enclosed an arbitrary spot
Where bored officials lounged (one cracked a joke)
And sentries sweated for the day was hot:
A crowd of ordinary decent folk
Watched from without and neither moved nor spoke
As three pole figures were led forth and bound
To three posts driven upright in the ground.
OR
(ii) Deep with the first dead lies London’s daughter,
Robed in the long friends,
The grains beyond age, the dark veins of her mother,
Secret by the unmourning water
Of the riding Thames.
After the first death, there is no other
Section – C (Short Answer Type Questions)
Q3. Critically analyze the theme of The Prelude Book I. 10 marks
OR
“Had Keats left us only his odes, his rank among the poets would not be lower than it is,
for they have stood apart in literature…………” (Robert Bridges) Comment.
10 marks Q4. Compare and contrast the themes of Tennyson’s poems Ulysses and Lotos-Eaters.
OR
Write a critical appreciation of Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning.
10 marks
Q5. The Waste Land by Eliot is regarded “as a statement of post-war sense of depression and
futility”. Discuss.
OR
Critically discuss the thematic structure of Yeats’ poem, The Second Coming.
OR
Write a critical appreciation of The Windhover by Hopkins.
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10 marks
Q6. Examine the thematic structure of Auden’s poem, In Memory of W.B. Yeats.
OR
Write a critical estimate of Dylan Thomas as a modern poet.
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Invigilator’s Signature
M.A. English Second Semester Examination (Year 2015)
Drama Subject Code: MAEH-202
Paper Code: FCJ-82
Time : 20 Minutes
M.Marks : 10
Section A
Objective Type Questions
Attempt All Questions. Each question carries 1 mark. Use the symbol (√) in the box for marking the
correct answer.
Q. No. I. Choose the correct answer-
1. All for Love is written in -
a) Mock heroic b) Blank verse
c) Lyric form d) None of these
2. Oscar Wilde opposed -
a) The hypocrisy and intolerant attitude of society
b) Aestheticism
c) Humanism
d) Religion
3. Millamant is the heroine of -
a) All for Love b) The Way of the World
c) The Way of all Flesh d) The Proposal
4. Ibsen’s dramatic themes deal with-
a) Social problems b) Political problems
c) Religious problems d) Personal problems
5. Shaw’s plays have undercurrents of his philosophy of-
a) Life Force b) Religious Force
c) Labour Force d) None of these
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6. Galsworthy’s works are marked by -
a) Creative Evolution b) Realism
c) Existentialism d) Life force
7. Anton Chekov highly influenced the -
a) 17th
century drama b) 20th
century drama
c) 16th
century drama d) 15th
century drama
8. J.B. Priestly belongs to the -
a) Modern Age b) Victorian Age
c) Neo-Classical Age d) Elizabethan Age
9. O Henry is primarily known for his -
a) Poetry b) Political writings
c) Short stories d) Essays
10. G.B. Shaw was an -
a) Italian b) Irish
c) American d) Spanish
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M.A. English Second Semester Examination (Year 2015)
Drama Subject Code: MAEH-202
Paper Code: FCJ-82
Time : 2:40 hours
M.Marks : 60 Marks
Section – B (Short Answer Type Questions)
Q.No.2. Attempt any four of the eight passages given below 4×5=20
A. (i) The gods have seen my joys with envious eyes; I have no friends in heaven, and
all the world ; as twere the business of mankind to part us, is armed against my
love . Ev‟n you yourself join with the rest; you are armed against me
OR
(ii) It may be in Things of common Application; but never sure in love. O,I hate a
lover, that can dare to think he draws a Moment‟s Air, independent on the bounty
of his mistress…….
B. (i) “Aha! Now I know how to deal with you. What a fool I was not to think of it
before! you can‟t take away the knowledge you gave me.”
OR
(ii) “A man doesn‟t succumb like that in a moment, if he‟s a clean mind and habits.
He‟s rotten; got the eyes of a man who cant keep his hands off when there‟s
money about.”
C. (i) “You are my mother and my father all in one. I need no second parent. It was for
you I spoke, for you alone. Oh, say something mother. Have I but found one love
to lose another? Don‟t tell me that O mother, you are cruel”
OR
(ii) Because such an atmosphere of lies infects and poisons the whole life of a home.
Each breath the children take in such a house is full of the germs of evil.
D. (i) Yes. I always come in that Pierre waits for me there. He supposes me to be
shopping in the department store across the square. Conceive of the bondage of
the life wherein we must deceive even our chauffeurs. Good-night.
OR
(ii) ….I‟m warning you, dear. Just give „em a look- a tone of voice- now an „again,
to suggest you might be tough with „em if you wanted to be- an‟ it ought to work.
Anyhow, we can test it.
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Section C (Long answer type questions)
Q.No.3. Answer the following question 4×10=40
Explore the dramatic approaches to the theme of love in Anthony and Cleopatra
and All for Love by Shakespeare and Dryden respectively.
OR
Critically evaluate the genre Comedy of Manners with special reference to
William Congreve‟s The Way of the World.
Q.No.4 Justify the title of Oscar Wilde‟s play, A Woman of No Importance.
OR
Evaluate Ibsen‟s contribution to the growth of Modern English drama and
examine his status as the „Father of Modern English Drama‟.
Q.No.5 Write a critical appreciation of Shaw‟s play, Pygmallion.
OR
Critically evaluate the social and moral aspects of Galsworthy‟s play, Justice.
Q.No.6 Chekov‟s play, The Proposal is highly entertaining and displays in a subtle
manner the various layers of human nature. Discuss.
OR
Briefly evaluate Priestly as a dramatist with special reference to his play Mother‟s
Day
OR
Discuss the theme of O Henry‟s play, While the Auto Waits.
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M.A. English Second Semester Examination (Year 2015)
Fiction Subject Code: MAEH-203
Paper Code: FCJ-83 Time : 3 Hours
M.Marks : 70
Section A
Objective Type Questions
Attempt All Questions. Each question carries 1mark. 10 Marks
Q. No. I. Choose the correct answer-
1. Emma, the heroine of ‟Madame Bovary „spent her adolescence and youth in -
a) Tostes
b) Les Berteaux
c) Vanbyessard.
d) Yonville
2. Isabel Archer has been modelled on Henry James‟s -
a) Mother, Catherine Barber
b) Aunt, Catharine Temple
c) Cousin, Minny Temple
d) Sister, Alice
3. In the novel „Sons and Lovers‟ writer Morel works in a -
a) Coal Mine b) Farm house
c) Leather factory d) Shoe Company
4. Find the odd one out-
a) To the light house
b) Jacob‟s room
c) Mrs Dallaway
d) Lady Chatierley‟s lover
5. „A portrait of the artist as a young man‟ is.-
a) A psychological novel
b) A social novel
c) A historical novel
d) An autobiographical novel
6. Somerset Maugham had been writing steadily at the age of -
a) 15
b) 18
c) 19
d) 20
7. The complete name of „saki‟ is -
a) Rector Hugh Munro
b) Hector Hugh Munro
c) Hugh Hector Munro
d) Munro Hugh Hector
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8. In the short story ‟The Necklace„Mathilde Loisel is married to a -
a) Clerk
b) Doctor
c) Rich Businessman
d) Writer
9. Leo Tolstoy is -
a) A British Writer
b) A Russian Writer
c) An American Writer
d) An Indian Writer
10. In the short story “the crab that played with the sea,‟Pau Amma „is the -
a) Little girl
b) Magician
c) Monster crab
d) Sea
Section-B
Q. No. 2. Write short answer of any of the two questions. 5×2=10
i. How does Emma Kill herself in „Madame Bovary‟?
ii. Discuss „the open window „as a story within a story?
iii. Describe the sufferings of Monsieur Loisel after the necklace was lost?
iv. Write briefly the reason for the popularity of the story „God sees the truth
but waits‟?
Section-C
Q. No. 3 Long Answers.
i. Evaluate the character of Charles Bovary in “Madame Bovary‟? 10 Marks
OR
Do you agree that „Portrait of a lady‟ is consistently focused on the idea of
Isabel Archer‟s independence, justify your answer?
ii. Write a character sketch of Gertrude Morel in “Sons and Lovers”? 10 Marks
OR
Evaluate the significance of the party in”Mrs. Dalloway”?
iii. Discuss E.M. Forster as a Novelist? 10 Marks
OR
Write a brief essay on the significance of the myth of Daedalus in the theme of
„a Portrait of the Artist as a young man‟?
iv. Write about the art of Somerset Maugham as a short story writer? 10 Marks
OR
Give reasons why Maupassant is considered the father of modern short story?
v. Discuss Rudyard Kipling as a short story writer? 10 Marks
OR
Write a critical appreciation of the story “One autumn Evening”?
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MA English Lit. Second Semester Examination (Year 2015)
Prose Subject Code: MAEH-204
Paper Code: FCJ-84 Time : 20 minutes M.Marks :10
Section ‘A’
Objective Type Questions
Q.1. Attempt all the following questions: 1x10=10
1. Who ran away from the Grammar School at Manchester finding the instruction far
below his abilities?
a) Thomas De Quincey b) Leigh Hunt
c) Lord Byron d) Charles Lamb
2. John Stuart Mill from cradle was a -
a) Benthamite b) Jew
c) Russian d) British
3. Who declared that John Ruskin was one of the greatest men of the age?
a) Thomas Carlyle b) J.S. Mill
c) J.A. Hobson d) Leo Tolstoy
4. “My Books” has been written by –
a) D.H. Lawrence b) M.K. Gandhi
c) George Gissing d) T.S. Eliot
5. Which one of the following has been written by G.K. Chesterton?
a) The Darkness b) A Defense of Nonsense
c) Gifts d) Why India Still Lives
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6. Which of the following is not a contemporary of E.M. Forster?
a) James Joyce b) Virginia Woolf
c) Aldous Huxley d) Walter Scott
7. The Lesson of History has been penned by which one of the following?
a) John Ruskin b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) John Keats d) M.K. Gandhi
8. In which of the following centuries D.H. Lawrence was born?
a) 17th
century b) 18th
century
c) 19th
century d) 20th
century
9. T.S. Eliot became a director of the publishing firm of -
a) Oxford University Press b) Penguin Press
c) Orient Press d) Faber and Faber
10. “Some Reminiscences of the Bar” of M.K. Gandhi’s is -
a) An Autobiography b) A speech
c) The Lecture d) The Movement
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MA English Lit. Second Semester Examination (Year 2014)
Prose Subject Code: MAEH-204
Paper Code: FCJ-84
Time : 2.40 hours
M.Marks : 60 marks
Section ‘B’
Annotations
Q2. Attempt any two of the given extracts: 2x5 = 10
a) “Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need – a homely home and
simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone
to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a
little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing”.
b) Whatever is me alive is me. Every tiny bit of my hands is alive, every little freckle
and hair and fold of skin. And whatever is me alive is me. Only my finger-nails, those
ten little weapons between me and an inanimate universe, they cross the mysterious
Rubicon between me alive and things like my pen, which are not alive, in my own
sense.
c) Bapuji is in prison, but the magic of his message has stolen the hearts of India‟s
millions. Men and women, and even little children, come out of their little shells and
become India‟s soldiers of freedom. In India today we are making history, and you
and I are fortunate to see this happening before our eyes and to take some part
ourselves in this great drama.
d) Murder in ordinary cases where the sympathy is wholly directed to the case of the
murdered person is an incident of coarse and vulgar horror; and for this reason that it
flings the interest exclusively upon the natural but ignoble instinct by which we
cleave to life; an instinct which as being in dispensable to the primal law of self-
preservation is the same in kind (though different in degree) amongst all living
creatures: this instinct therefore because it annihilates all distinctions and degrades
the greatest of men to the level of „the poor beetle that we tread on‟ exhibits human
nature in its most object and humiliating attitude.
Such an attitude would little suit the purposes of the poet.
Roll No.
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Section ‘C’
Essay Type Questions
Q3. Attempt all questions. 5x10 = 50
1. Write a note on the prose style of Thomas De Quincey.
OR
Discuss G.K. Chesterton as an essayist.
OR
Write a note on the humorous touch in the essay “Three men in a Boat” written by
Jerome K. Jerome.
2. Evaluate John Stuart Mill as an essayist.
OR
Discuss the main theme of John Ruskin‟s „Love of Nature‟.
OR
What are Robert Lynd‟s views on “The Darkness”? Elaborate.
3. Evaluate M.K. Gandhi‟s views on “Some Reminiscences of the Bar”.
OR
Discuss Jawaharlal Nehru as a prose writer.
OR
What message does Swami Vivekananda send to the Universe through his speech
“India‟s message to the World”?
4. What is the central idea of George Gissing‟s “My Books”?
OR
Critically evaluate Mary E. Coleridge‟s “Gifts”.
OR
Critically evaluate E.M. Forster as a novelist.
5. Discuss T.S. Eliot as an essayist with special reference to “Acquaintance with
Poetry”.
OR
Discuss the theme of “Common Reader – Modern Fiction” by Virginia Woolf.
OR
Evaluate D.H. Lawrence‟s contribution as a novelist.
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