U/ID 31510/UCRA. (8 pages) DECEMBER PART A (40 1 = 40 marks) Answer ALL questions. Choose the right answer and fill in the blanks :

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1 (8 pages) DECEMBER 2015 Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks PART A (40 1 = 40 marks) Answer ALL questions. Choose the right answer and fill in the blanks : 1. Bacon uses balance and to give a pleasing cumulative effect to his utterances. (a) allusions (b) anti-thesis (c) scholarship 2. In Greek mythology was a giant with fifty heads and hundred hands. (a) Briareus (b) Argus (c) Sibilla 3. is said to be the index of the mind. (a) eye (b) heart (c) face 4. is the minister of emperor Clandius. (a) Narcissus (b) Nehemiah (c) Burrhus. 5. Bacon calls the greatest innovator. (a) fortune (b) time (c) wisdom

2 6. According to Bacon, there are parts to business. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 7. According to Bacon, friendship helps us to release excess of in our heart. (a) passion (b) anger (c) jealous 8. A friend is like a and helps to sharpen own wit. (a) knife (b) whetstone (c) counsellor 9. was a Roman emperor known for his moral standards. (a) Numa (b) Empedocles (c) Trajan 10. Bacon compares heaven to a grain of (a) mustard-seed (b) apple-seed (c) pomegranate 11. It was the naval battle of that sealed the fate of mark Antony. (a) Athens (b) Actium (c) Rome 12. Bacon says that is better than frequent medicine taking. (a) dieting (b) walking (c) running 2

3 13. The three synoptic gospels are Mathew, mark and (a) Peter (b) Simon (c) Luke 14. The theme of the Gospel is that Jesus Christ is the of God. (a) father (b) devote (c) son 15. Jesus chooses men to be constantly with him. (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) is the hometown of Jesus. (a) Nazareth (b) Galilee (c) Kevsa 17. is the son of Timaeus. (a) James (b) Bartimaeus (c) John 18. ascended to heaven without facing death. (a) Elijah (b) Moses (c) Zechariah 19. A sestet consists of lines. (a) 8 (b) 3 (c) 6 3

4 20. In Farwell, Love, cupid is compared to (a) an angler (b) a poet (c) a hunter 21. Petrarch s sonnets were addressed to (a) Geraldine (b) Laura (c) Elizabeth 22. was a Roman stoic philosopher who advocated a life of austerity. (a) Seneca (b) Plato (c) Aristotle 23. Surrey s sonnets are addressed to (a) Elizabeth (b) Geraldine (c) Wyatt 24. Pastor is a Latin word which means a (a) Priest (b) Teacher (c) Shepherd 25. Venus is the goddess of (a) Charity (b) Love (c) Treasure 26. Spenser s is said to mark the beginning of modern English poetry. (a) Shepherd s Calendar (c) Epithalamion 4 (b) Faerie Queen [P.T.O.]

5 27. is the sonnet sequence of Spenser. (a) Amoretti (b) Adonais (c) Condell 28. The poem The Sunne Rising celebrates a completely satisfying union between two (a) Friends (b) Lovers (c) Shepherds 29. Come My Celia is an extract from Ben Jonson s play, (a) Volpone (b) Alchemist (c) Everyman in his humour 30. Actaeon was a (a) knight (b) king (c) hunter 31. In one of his weak moments faustus turned to (a) necromancy (b) astrology (c) theology 32. has been acclaimed as the father of modern English drama. (a) Shakespeare (b) Ibsen (c) Marlowe 33. Faustus was a scholar at university. (a) Wittenberg (b) Oxfore (c) Cambridge 5

6 34. Faustus demands the image of, which alone could relieve his torment. (a) Cleopatra (b) Helen (c) Jesus Christ 35. Faustus appeals to aspects of nature to hide him from the wrath of (a) God (b) Mephistopheles (c) Lucifer 36. Edward is the son of in everyman in his humour. (a) Knowell (b) Downright (c) Wellbred 37. There are humours in the medieval theory. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) Brainworm is servant. (a) Kitely s (b) Cob s (c) Knowell s 39. Jonson in his Comedy of Humours focuses on human (a) peculiarities (b) weakness (c) consciousness 40. Kitley puts his trust in his servant to keep his wife. (a) Bridget (b) Clement (c) Cash 6

7 PART B (5 4 = 20 marks) Answer any FIVE of the following each in 200 words. 41. Describe how cunning men operate in order to deceive others. 42. Explain the stages in the life of dispatch. 43. How does Bacon compare our own counsel and a friend s counsel? 44. Give a brief summary of Jesus Galilean ministry. 45. How does Shakespeare contrast his friend with summer? 46. Bring out the unusual imaging and tone in The Sunne Rising. 47. Narrate Faustus first meeting with Mephistopheles. 48. Discuss the naming of the characters in Everyman in His Humour. PART C (2 20 = 40 marks) Answer any TWO of the following in about 500 words each. 49. Write an essay on the characteristics of Bacon s style with reference to the prescribed essays. 7

8 50. Bring out the impact of Renaissance and Reformation in the play Dr. Faustus. 51. Discuss Everyman in His Humour as a comedy of Humours. 8