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t4l Section-B H-2251 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? I l.

1 t4l Section-B H-2251 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? I l. Give the definition oi EPic. 12. Why did not Hamlet kill Claudius rvhile he was praying? 13. Who was Yorick? 14. Define ComedY of l{umours. Section-{ Explain any three of the fotlowing with reference to context : 15. Thus swyved was this carpenteris wyf, For al his kepyng and his jalousye; And Absolon hath kist hir nether Ye; And Nicholas is scalded in the towte. This tale is doon, and Cod save al the rowte' 16. What though the field be lost? All is not Lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And the courage never to submit or yield God, a beast that wants discourse ofreason' 17. Would have moumed longer!-manied with my uncie' My father's brother, but no more like my father A-30 Than I to Hercules. Within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled ey'es' She married' H-2251 M. A. (Previous) Term End Examination, June-July, 2017 ENGLISH LITERATURE Paper First (From Middle Plantagenet to Caroline Age) Titne : Three Hours I I Mmimum Marlcs : 70 Instructions for Candidate : I Minimum Pass Marks : 28 Section-A: Question Nos.0l to 08 are very short answer q?e questions. Attempt all questions. Each question carries 0l mark. Answer each of these questions in I or 2 wordvl sentence. Section-B : Question Nos. 09 to 14 are very short answer R?e questions. Attempt any rfozr questions., Each question carries 2j marks. Answer each ofthese questions in about 75 words. Section-C: Question Nos. 15 to 18 are short answer t)?e questions. Attempt any lfrree questions. Each question carries 05 marks. Answer each of these questions in about 150 rvords. P. T. O.

$I2I H-2251 \ Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer type questions. Attempt any n?o questions' Each question canies l0 marks' Answer each ofthese questions in about 300 words.$

2 I2I H-2251 \ Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer type questions. Attempt any n?o questions' Each question canies l0 marks' Answer each ofthese questions in about 300 words. Section-E : Question Nos. 23 and 24 are long answer type questions. Attempt any one question' Each question carries 17 marks. Answer each of these questions in about 700 words' Section-A Answer the following questions. l. Chaucer's first major work T'le Book of the Duchess was written in the form of : (a) EPic (b) Poetic Drama (c) ElegY (d) ode 2: According to the Wife of Bath, what do women most desire? (a) Sovereignty over their husbands (b) True love (c) Perfect beauty (d) Great Wealth 3. Milton's Sazson Agonistes is written in a form of : (a) ComedY (b) EPic l (c) Pastoral elegy (d) TragedY t3l H What is Milton's stated purpose in Paradise Lost? (a) To assert his superiority to other poets (b) To argue against the dockine of predestination (c) To JusifY the ways of God to men (d) To makd his story hard to understand 5. Why, according to Polonius, has Hamlet gone mad? (a) He grieves too much for his father (b) He despises Claudius for marrying Gertrude (c) He is in love with OPhelia (d) He is jealous of Laertes and longs to return to Wittenberg 6, How many characters die during the course ofthe play Hamlet? (a) Two (b) Five (c) Seven (d) Eisht 7. The Sitent Women is written by : (a) Chaucer (b) Milton (c) Shakespeare (d) Ben Jonson 8. The story of Duchess of Malfi is drawn from : (a) Palace ofpleasure (b) Palace ofdesire (c) Palace of happiness (d) Palace of Peace A-30 A-30 P.T.O

3 tsl H 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? II ,900 A-30

4 t4i H-2252 (b) John Dryden (c) Thomas Gray (d) Richard Sheridan 8. The opening scene ofthe play'the Rivals' is: (a) At a party in london (b) With two lovers quarreling (c) In Bath on a sunny aftemoon (d) With an attomey bribing a sergeant at law Section-B 9. Discuss the setting of the poem The Rape of the Lack. 10. The Rape of rhe Lock is called a mock epic poem. whv? I l. Who laid the foundations of the Kitkat Club? 12. Describe the humorous s tting of Dryden's Mac Flecbne. 13. Write a short note on the use of imagery in the poem Eleg/ Wrilten in a Country Churclryard. 14. How does the la$yer get the sergeant at law to accept the paper in Sheridan's I&e Rrvals? Section-C 15. Write a short note on Joseph Addison's political car@r. 16. Write a brief notes on tfte charhcters of Sheridan's Plays : (a) Fag (b) David. A-3o / H-2252 M. A. (Previous) Term End Examination, June-July, 2017 ENGLISH LITERATURE PaPer Second [From Restoration to Middle Georgian Age (1660 A. D. to 1798 A. D.)l Time : Three Hours I f Maximum Marks : 70 Instructions for Candidate : lminimum Pass Marks : 28 Section-A: Question Nos. 0l to 08 are very short answer tlpe questions. Attempt all questions' Each question carries 01 mark' Answer each of these questions in I or 2 words/l sentence' Section-B : Question Nos. 09 to 14 are very short answer type questions. Attempt any 16zr questions' ' Each question carries 2j marks' Answer each ofthese questions in about 75 words' Section-C: Question Nos- 15 to l8 are short answer t)?e questions. Attempt any //rree questions' Each question carries 05 marks. Answer each of these questions in about 150 words. A-30 P. T. O.

l2l H-22s2 Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer type questions. Attempt any n o questions. Each question carries l0 marks. Answer each ofthese questions in about 300 words.

5 l2l H-22s2 Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer type questions. Attempt any n o questions. Each question carries l0 marks. Answer each ofthese questions in about 300 words. Section-E : Question Nos. 23 and 24 are long answer typo. questions. Attempt arry one question. Each question carries 17 marks. Answer each of these quekions in about 700 words. 'Section-A Objective type questions. l. 'The Rape of the Lock, is a parody of which epic poem? (a) The Odeyssey (b) The Iliad (c) Paradise lnst (d) The Aeneid 2. Arabella Fermor was the historical inspiration for which character? (a) Thalestris (b) Belinda (c) Clarissa (d) Ariel 3. When we talk about the Restoration period in English Literature, roughly what years does this refer to? (a) 1200 to 1300 A. D. (b) 1660 to 1689 A. D. (c) t74o to 1776 A. D. (d) 2030 to 2130 A. D. A-30 I3I H-22s2 4. Wlto. was the famous playwright mentioned several time. in 'Mac Flecknoe' whom Thomas Shadrvell admired? (a) Ben Jonson (b) William Shakespeare (c) Richard Flecknoe (d) Tennesse Williams 5. John Dryden began writing the 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' in 1741, finished it in 1750' It went through several revised versions after it was published. Which magazine was it first published in on l6th February, I 75 I? (a) Blackwood'sMagazine (b) The Gentteman's Magazine (c) The Quarterly Review (d) Magazine of Magazines 6. 'Elegy Written in a Country Chirchyard' is a poem that was at one time a popular inclusion in text-books and anthologies around the world. Many English poets have been influenced by the themes, language and setting of Elegy. Who was the English poet who translated part of it into Latin? (a) Samu:l Taylor Coleridge (b) Percy Bysshe Shelley (c) William Butler Yeats (d) Walt Whitman 7. Who wrote the play 'The Rivals'?. (a) Alexander Pope A-30 P. T. O.

tsl H-2252 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.

6 tsl H 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. IJ ,580 A-3)

7 H-2253 M. A. (Previous) Term End Examination, June-July, 2017 ENGLISH LITERATURE Paper Third [From Later Georgian to Victorian Age ( 1798 A.D. to 1914 A.D.)l Time : Three Hours ) f Maimum Mmlcs : 70 Instructions for Candidate : I Minimum Pass Marks : 28 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. A-29 P. T. O.

a2l Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer type questions. Attempt any neo questions. Each question carries l0 marks. Answer each of these questions in about 300 words.

8 a2l Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer type questions. Attempt any neo questions. Each question carries l0 marks. Answer each of these questions in about 300 words. Section-E : Question Nos. 23 and 24 are long answer type questions. Attempt any one question. Each question caries 17 marks. Answer each of these questions in about 700 words. Section-A I. In which year Wordsworth became poet laureate? 2. Write the name of the longest poem written by Coleridge? 3. Write the name of the pastoral elegy written by P. B. Shelly for John Keats. 4. "Ode on a Gracian Urn" a poem written by Keats is divided into how many stanzas? 5. Write the name of of the father of Alfred Lord Tennyson. 6. Cive the name of any poem wrinen by Mattherv Amold. 7. "On Going A Joumey" was first published in which magazine? 8. Charles Lamb was an English essayist. What was the name of his sister? Section-B 9. Write a short note on form and style of Wordsworth's Immortality Ode. 10. Write names of the conservation poems of S. T. Goleridge. I I. Write in brief the introduction of the poem 'To Autumn'. A-29 H Write a recognition. t3l very sho( sketch aboilt TennYson's 13. Write a note on Matthew Amold's family tree. 14. Introduce William Hazlitt. ' Section-{ 15. Write down the summary of the lines I I I b-l 19 a in Tintem Abbey. 16. Write a note on P. B. Shelley's idealism. 17. Comment or the use symbolism in the poem 'The Lotus Eaters'. 18. Write a note on William Hazlift's education. Section-D 19. Write a short note on form and style of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." 20. Comment upon the structure of the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn." 21. Write a note on Tennyson as a representative of his age. 22. Write a brief note on Charles L,amb's youth and his schooling. Section-E 23. Write a note on symbolism, imagery and wordplay in Kubla Khan. 24. Write the critical appreciation of the poem 'To Autumn' by Keats. H-2253 A-29 2,6{0

9 H-2254 M. A. (Previous) 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 Instructions for Candidale : f Minimum Pass Marla : 28 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. ( A-3 P. T. O.

I2I H-2254 Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer type questions. Atternpt any,lra questions. Each question carries l0 marks. Answer each ofthese questions in about 300 words.

10 I2I H-2254 Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer type questions. Atternpt any,lra questions. Each question carries l0 marks. Answer each ofthese questions in about 300 words. Section-E : Question Nos. 23 and 24 are long answer type questions. Att mpt any orre question. Each question carries 17 marks. Answer each of these questions in about 700 words. Section-A I 2 J 'The Waste L,and' was published in W. B. Yeats died in... Helena Charles is a character in the play... the play Personal Enemy is wrt$en by... V,lho wro e Meditation of Moon? Brave New World is a George Onrell was born in Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in... Secticn-B Explain with reference to context : 9. Above the antique mantel was displayed As though a rvindow gave upon rhe sylvan scene The change of Pftilomel, by the barbororc kiog So rudely forced; yet there the nightingale Filled all the desert with rnvrolable voice. 10. Miracle, bird or golden handiworlq More miracle than bird or handiwork, Planted on the starlit golden bougtr, Can like the cocks ofhades crow, [31 t l. The mockery made him feel an outsidgr; and fceling an qutsider he behaved like one, which increascd the prejudice against him and intensified the contempt and hostility aroused by his physical defects. 12. It's no good looling about with love you know. You can't fal[ into it like a softjob without dirtying up your, hands. It takes muscle and guts. 13. If the Party could tltrust its hand into the past and s3)' of this or that event, it never happened--{hat, surely. was more terrirying than mere torture and death? 14. Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after have rebelled they cannot become conscious. Section-C 15. Write a short note on'ash We<i,resdry'. 16. Write a brief introduction of Helen Darvson. 17. Why did George Orwell retum to Barcelona? 18. Write a short note on the art of the poem 'Sailing to Byzantium'. Section-D 19. Write the critical appreciation of the poem 'Byzantium'- 20. Discuss the theme ofthe play 'Look Back in Anger'. 21. Write the summary of 'Brave Nerv World'. 22. Write a brief note on the Political system in the novel 'Nineteen Eighty Four'. Section-E 23. Comment on the structure and style of the poem 'The Waste [,and'. 24. Write in detail about alienation and loneliness in the play Look Back in Anger. H ,530 A-33

Contents 1. Chaucer To Shakespeare 3 92

Contents 1. Chaucer To Shakespeare 3 92 ( iii ) Contents Previous Years Solved Papers 1. Chaucer To Shakespeare 3 92 The Age of Chaucer 3 Life of Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) 6 Main Poetical Works of Chaucer 7 Chaucer s Realism 11 Chaucer The