অনার্স চতুর্থ বর্ষের ইংরেজি পরীক্ষা-২০২১ এর গুরুত্বপূর্ণ প্রশ্ন (Important questions of Honors 4th year exam-2021).
অনার্স চতুর্থ বর্ষের ইংরেজি পরীক্ষা-২০২১ এর গুরুত্বপূর্ণ প্রশ্ন জেনে নিন ছবিতে ক্লিক করুন-
Important questions of Honors 4th year english exam-2021.
Part A
(Answer any ten questions)
1. a. Who is Julia?
b. What is child’s Guide?
c. How does Tess kill Alec?
d. Who is Tib?
e. What is the complete Fortune-Teller?
f. What made Miss Pross permanently
deaf?
g. Who calls Lucie “ladybird”?
h. What is Boulanger?
I. How many sisters are there in
Darcy’s family?
j. What is Netherfield Park?
k. How old is Jane?
l. What is pilot?
Part B
(Answer any five
questions)
2.
Describe Darcy’s letter to Elizabeth.
3.
What is Madame Defarge’s Knitting?
4.
How was Jane treated in the Rees Family?
5.
Who is more responsible for Tess’s death?
6.
What happened to Jane in the Red-room?
7.
What situation led Tess to murder Alec?
8.
Comment on the death of Madame Defarge.
9.
How did Angel react to Tess’s confusion of her past?
Part C
(Answer any five questions)
10.
What is the significance of the title of “Pride and Prejudice”?
11.
‘Evaluate Dickens’ A Tale Two Cities as a historical novel.
12.
Write a note on Hardy’s treatment of nature in his Tess of the D’urber Villes.
13.
Justice Charlotte’s Jane Year as an anti-romantic Novel
14.
Comment on Jane Austen’s use of irony in “Pride and Prejudice”
15.
Write a note on charlotte’s treatment of childhood in ‘Jane Eyre’.
16.
How does Dickens glorify self-love in A Tale of Two Cities?
17.
Comment on the factors responsible for the tragedy of Tess.
Sub: 20th Century Poetry
Part A
(Answer any ten questions)
1.
a. What is innisfree?
b. What is Bethlehem?
c. What is epigraph?
d. Who is John the Baptist?
e. What is the meaning of “tall tales”?
f. Name some water creature we find in the poem “Poem in October”?
g. What comic picture of the mother do
you find in the poem “morning song”
h. Who is Tiresias?
I.What do you mean by “cut-paper people”?
jWhat is the poem”Word”about?
k. What does the stone Symbolize?
l. Which city is called “unreal city”?
Part B
(Answer any five questions)
2. Write a note on “spiritual mundi”
3. Asses the love song of J.Alfred
Prufrock as an interior monologue.
4. How was Dylan Thomas influenced by
the Metaphysical?
5. What features of song do you get in
“morning song”?
6. Justify the title of Eliot’s poem
“The Waste Land”?
7. How is the nature depicted in “Poem
in october”?
8. Can you trace surrealistic element
“morning Song”.
9. Discus the symbolic significance of
the poem “The Second Coming”?
Part C
(Answer any five questions)
10. What are the recurrent themes in
Sylvia Plath’s poetry?
11. Critically appreciate the poem “Poem
in October”
12. How does Dylan Thomas feel on his
thirtieth birthday?
13. Write a critical appreciation of
“sailing to Byzantium”?
14. Trace the romantic element in Yeats
poetry.
15.Write a note on theme of salvation in
the poem “The Waste Land”?
16. Comment on Dylan Thomas use of
imagery in “poem in October”
17. How does Eliot express the conflict
of modern man in the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”?
Sub: Modern Drama (241101)
Part –A
1 . Answer any ten of the
following questions:
a
. What is the Great west Road ?
b
. What does Estragon symbolize ?
c
. Who is Gwendolyn Fairfax?
d
. What name does Davies use as his
identity?
e.
In what way Jack has a double identity?
f
. What was the original title of the play
waiting for Godot?
g.
Who is Mick?
h.
Who is Colonel Redfern?
i.
What was the cause of Aston’s brain damage?
j.
What is “Mandrakes”?
k.
What does Pozzo’s blindness signify?
l.
What is “Bunburying”?
Part- B
Answer any five of the following questions:
2.
Show the use of pun in the title The Importance of Being Earnest.
3.
Write on Jimmy’s social alienation.
4.
What is the significance of room in The Caretaker?
5.
What are the sources of laughter in The Importance of Being Earnest?
6.
Show the relationship between Pozzo and Lucky.
7.
Write a short note on comedy of manners.
8.
Why does Estragon say, “People are bloody ignorant apes”?
9.
What makes Jimmy angry in Look Back in Anger?
Part- C
Answer any five of the following questions:
10.
Waiting for Godot is a play to show the sense of nothingness illustrate.
11.
Make a picture of the contemporary country culture from your reading of “The
Importance of Being Earnest”.
12.
In what sense does Davies represent everyman?
13.
Comment on Jimmy’s relationship with Alison and
Helena.
14How
far is Harold Painters play The Caretaker a drama of violence and menace?
15.
Discuss the theme of “self –deception” in The Caretaker .
16.
Comment on the significance of the “Bear and
squirrel game” in Look Back in Anger.
17.
Show Waiting for Godot as a critique of society.
Sub: Twentieth Century Novel (241107)
Part –A1 . Answer any ten of the following questions:
a
. Who was Virginia Woolf?
b
. What is the meaning of “ whited sepulcher”?
c
. What are the major themes of To the
Lighthouse ?
d
. Why did Mary hate her father?
e
. What was Kurtz’s mission in Congo?
f
. Which disease did William suffer from and where did he die?
g.
What does ivory stand for?
h
. What is the symbolics meaning of the triangle in
Lily’s picture ?
i. Why was the manager envious of Kurtz ?
j.
What special
identity does Moses have?
k. What is the
setting of the novel The Grass is singing ?
l. What was
Conrad’s original name?
Part- B
Answer any five of the following
questions:
2.Write
a short note on Oedipus complex”
3.
Why did the Bridge party in A passage s to India fail?
4.Describe
the trial scene in A passage to India .
5.Why
does the Andrew Ramsay die ?
6.
How was Mary brought up and educated ?
7.What
are the major contacts in To the Lighhouse ?
8.
Describe the brick makerin Heart of Darknes.
9.What
is Mrs. Ramsay’s view of Lily?
Part- C
Answer any five of the following
questions:
10.
Describe the symbolic significance of the
Marabar Caves .
11.Commenton
Conrad’s treatment of evil in Heart of
Darknes.
12.
Sketch the character of Dr. Aziz.
13.The
Grass is singing is a superb evocation of Africa’s majestic beauty-Elvcidate.
14.How
is Virginia Woolf’s feminism reflected in the novel ? Discuss.
15.Why
does Paul fail to achieve meaningful relationship with either Miriam or Clara?
16.
Identify the autobiographical element in Sons and
Lovers.
17.Discuss
the use of symbols in To the Lighthouse
.
Sub: American Poetry (241109)
Part –A
1 . Answer any ten of the
following questions:
a
. What does the poet prefer to night?
b
. What kind of song is the thrush singing?
c
. What does the poet mean by, “ Acquainted
with the Night” ?
d
. Who did Warren define “ home”?
e
. Who was Langston Hughes?
f
. What does the wall symbolize in the poem
“ Mending wall”?
g.
What do you understand by “ The Blues”?
h
. Who was Silas ?
i. What does “fearful trip” refer to in the
poem”, O Captain! My Captain” ?
j.
What is the
poet intoxicated about ?
k. What does”
Wild Nights” symbolize ?
l. How does the
poet address the tree at his window?
Part- B
Answer any five of the following
questions:
2.Write
a short note on “ Harlem Renaissance”.
3.
How does Dickinson treat immortality in her poems?
4.Write
a short note on American civilwar.
5.Are
dreams everlasting?
6.
Describe the mourners and how they affect the poet ?
7.What picture of a black American
do you get from the poem, ”I ,Too Sing America”
8What does the poet mean by the
sentence,“ Something there is that doesn’t love a wall”?
9.What
does the proclamation of a “ luminary clock”
indicate?
Part- C
Answer any five of the following
questions
10.
Discuss the mysticism in Emily Dickinson’s poetry .
11.Discuss
Whitman’s treatment of soul, self and
body in the poem “ Song of Myself”.
12.
What is
symbolism ? What symbolic elements do you find in the poems of Langston Hughes?
13.Consider
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed as an elegy.
14.Frost
is a story teller of a new England –Comment on the statement .
15.Evaluate
“O Captain! My Captain,” as an elegy.
16.
Evaluate Frost as a poet of common man.
17.What
are the distinctive features of the poetic diction of Emily Dickinson?
Sub: American Poetry (241109)
Part –A
1 . Answer any ten of the
following questions:
a
. What does the poet prefer to night?
b
. What kind of song is the thrush singing?
c
. What does the poet mean by, “ Acquainted
with the Night” ?
d
. Who did Warren define “ home”?
e
. Who was Langston Hughes?
f
. What does the wall symbolize in the poem
“ Mending wall”?
g.
What do you understand by “ The Blues”?
h
. Who was Silas
?
i. What does “fearful trip” refer to in the
poem”, O Captain! My Captain” ?
j.
What is the
poet intoxicated about ?
k. What does”
Wild Nights” symbolize ?
l. How does the
poet address the tree at his window?
Part- B
Answer any five of the following
questions:
2.Write
a short note on “ Harlem Renaissance”.
3.
How does Dickinson treat immortality in her poems?
4.Write
a short note on American civilwar.
5.Are
dreams everlasting?
6.
Describe the mourners and how they affect the poet ?
7.What picture of a black American
do you get from the poem, ”I ,Too Sing America”
8What does the poet mean by the
sentence,“ Something there is that doesn’t love a wall”?
9.What
does the proclamation of a “ luminary
clock” indicate?
Part- C
Answer any five of the following
questions:
10.
Discuss the mysticism in Emily Dickinson’s poetry .
11.Discuss
Whitman’s treatment of soul, self and
body in the poem “ Song of Myself”.
12.
What is
symbolism ? What symbolic elements do you find in the poems of Langston Hughes?
13.Consider
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed as an elegy.
14.Frost
is a story teller of a new England –Comment on the statement .
15.Evaluate
“O Captain! My Captain,” as an elegy.
16.
Evaluate Frost as a poet of common man.
17.What
are the distinctive features of the poetic diction of Emily Dickinson?
Sub: Literary Criticism (Victorian to Modern)
Part A
(Answer any ten
questions)
1.
a. Why does
Arnold say that “the future of poetry is immense”?
b. How will poetry console and sustain people?
c. What is the best poetry according to Arnold?
d. What is the touchstone method?
e. In which century did a dissociation of sensibility set in?
f. What is dissociation of sensibility?
g. What is the connection between “culture and imperialism” and
“Orientalism?”
h. How can literature inspire people for a decent living?
I. What, according to Eagleton, should be motive of literature?
j. How does Eagleton appreciate Scrutiny?
k. What sarcastic remark does Eagleton make about the ‘organic society’
desired by sarcastic?
l. How does Eagleton criticise Eliot’s view on Tradition?
Part B
(Answer any five
questions)
2. What are the characteristics of
Victorian criticism?
3. What are the different estimates
enunciated by Arnold?
4. How did Eliot assess Johnson as a
critic of the metaphysical poets?
5. How does Joseph
Conrad, according to Said, appear as both imperialism and anti-imperialist?
6. Why does Edward Said call his Culture
and imperialism an “exile’s book”?
7. How did the development of English
help British imperialism flourish in the 19th century onwards?
8. To What extent is Eagleton critical
of Eliot’s contribution to English poetry?
9. What is Eagleton’s attitude to
romanticism?
Part C
(Answer any five
questions)
10. “Poetry is the criticism of life,
governed by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty.”?
11. Discuss Mathew Arnold’s views on
characteristics of good poetry.
12. How does Edward W.Said show culture
as an instrument of imperialism?
13. What similarity does Eliot discover
between the modern poets and the metaphysical?
14. Discuss the role of the English
novels in perpetuating imperial rule?
15. Discribe the development of English
in Eagleton’s “The Rise of English” from working class literature to a
prestigious academic discipline in universities.
16. How does Eliot distinguish between
“the intellectual poet and the reflective poet” in The Metaphysical Poets?
Which does he prefer and why?
17. Discuss, after Eagleton, how the
‘rise of English’ is connected with the growth and consolidation of
Imperialism.
Sub: Classics in Translation
Part A
(Answer any ten questions)
1.
a. How do you classify the epic?
b. How did Calchas advise Agamemnon?
c. What was Hector’s last request to Achilles?
d. What was the supreme message of all the Greek tragedies?
e. what part does nemesis play in Aeschylus ‘ play?
f. Who was Iphigenia?
g. Why did Medea’s happiness come to an end?
h. who was Creon?
i. How does Medea become the symbol of all suffering women of all ages?
j. Who is the writer of The Frogs?
k. What does the Amazonian mean?
l. How did Hippolytus feel at the
proposal of love from Phaedra?
Part B
(Answer any five questions)
2. Write a note on Achilles’ shield.
3. Discuss the involvement of Patroclus
in the Trojan War.
4. Discuss the importance of the opening
scene of Agamemnon.
5. Trace the origin of the Greek tragedy
with special reference to Aeschylus.
6. Is Medea a wife only, or also a
mother? Discuss.
7. Do you consider The Frogs a fantasy
or merely a literary criticism?
8. What happened when Phaedra tried to
embrace Hippolytus?
9. Write a critical note on the Prelude
in Seneca’s Phaedra.
Part C
(Answer any five questions)
10. How does Homer delineate Olympus
gods and goddesses in The Iliad?
11. Sketch the Character of
Clytemnestra.
12. What epic elements do you find in
The Iliad?
13. Evaluate Medea as a tragic heroine.
14. Discuss the function of chorus in
the play Agamemnon.
15. Do you think The Frogs is a social satire?
16. Consider Phaedra as a tragedy of
unrequited love.
17. Give an account of Dionysus’s journey to Hades.
Sub: Continental Literature
Part A
(Answer any ten questions)
1. a. what valuable lesson does Gregor’s
tragedy leave behind?
b. What does the monstrous insect symbolize in The Metamorphosis?
c. What revelation goes against Meursault at the trial court?
d. Why does Camus think Meursault‘s trial is absurd?
e. why was Meursault’s remorseless for the murder he committed?
f. What made Miss Pross permanently deaf?
g. What is the subject matter of the play ‘Mother Courage and Her
children?
h. what is the sub-title of the play?
I. What is Gregor’s ‘innermost self’?
j.”Corruption is our only hope” – Who says this and why?
k. Why does mother Courage praise war?
l. What are the major themes of A Doll’s House?
Part B
(Answer any five questions)
2. What obstacles does Gregor face after
turning into an insect?
3. Meursault symbolizes the virtue of
Truth opposed to the deceits and corruption of law discuss?
4. Why does the Chaplain call mother
courage “a hyena of the battle field”?
5. Do you regard A Doll’S House as a
feministic play?
6. What, according to you, is the message
of the play .A Doll’s House?
7. What is the significance of
Raskolnikvo’s dream?
8. Why does Eilif die?
9. Justify the title of Camus’ Novel,
The Stranger?
Part C
(Answer any five questions)
10.
How does Kafka project Gregor Samsa’s alienation in Metamorphosis?
11.
Consider Meursault as an existence hero. Show how Camus synthesizes will,
morality and freedom in the charter of the hero The Stranger.
12.
Gregor’s Metamorphosisis metaphor of his dehumanization Discuss.
13.
Do you consider Mother Courage and her children a tragedy?
14.
Discuss. A Doll’s House as a modern
tragedy.
15.
Consider Crime and punishment as a story of sin, suffering, and redemption.
16.
A Doll’s House is a play about a women’s self-discovery and liberation
.Discuss.
17.
Write about imagery and symbolism in Crime and punishment.
Sub: Nineteenth Century Novel (
241101 )
Part
–A
1. Answer any one questions:
a. Comment on
French Revolution
b. Write a
short note on the Bastille .
Part
–B
2. Answer
any one questions :
a. Give the underlying theme of “ A Tate of Two
Cities”.
b. How does Dickens glorify self less love in “ A
Tale of Two Cities”.
Sub:
Twentieth Century Poetry (241103)
Part
–A
1. Answer any one questions:
a. What does Yeats anticipate in “ The second coming”?
b. How did
Yeats develop his interest in symbolism?
Part
–B
2. Answer
any one questions : a. Comment on W.B Yeats
treatment of history and myth in his poetry.
b. Write a critical appreciation of “ Sailing to
Byzantium”.
Sub:
Modern Drama ( 241105 )
Part
–A
1. Answer any one questions:
a. Discuss the
use of pun in the title of the play “ The Importance of being
Far nest”.
b. What are
the sources of laughter in “ The Importance of being Earnest”.
Part
–B
2. Answer
any one questions : a. Evaluate Oscar Wilds “
The Importance of Being Far nest as a social satire .
a. What is the
importance of fielding’s tea-party in “ A passage to India”?
b. Sketch
briefly the character of Adela Quested.
Sub:
Twentieth Century Novel ( 241107 )
Part
–A
1. Answer any one questions:
a. What is the importance of fielding’s tea-party in “ A passage to
India”?
b. Sketch
briefly the character of Adela Quested.
Part
–B
2. Answer
any one questions :
a. A
passage to India is a novel of the clash of culture -
Discuss.
b .Discuss the significance of Marabar caver in A
passage to India.
Sub:
American Poetry ( 241109 )
Part
–A
1. Answer any one questions:
a. What are the arguments of the two men in the poem Mending wall?
b. Why does
Frost “ Earth is the right place for love”?
2. Answer
any one questions :
a. Evaluate
Frost as a poet of common man.
b .In what sense is R, Frost a modern poet ?
Sub:
American Literature: Fiction and Drama
Part
–A
1. Answer any one questions:
a. “You are all a lost generation”- Explain.
b. What
conflicts do you find in The Sun also Rises .
Part
–B
2. Answer
any one questions :
a. What is the significance
of the title The Sun also Rises
Sub:
Classics in Translation ( 241113 )
Part
–A
1. Answer any one questions:
a. Write a
note on Cassandra .
b. Briefly
discuss the dramatic irony in Agamemnon .
Part
–B
2. Answer
any one questions :
a. How for is Agamemnon responsible for his tragedy?
Discuss.
b. Sketch the character of Clytemnestra.
Sub:
Literary Criticism ( 241115 )
Part
–A
1. Answer any one questions:
a. What is Touchstone Method.
b. What is an
estimate.
Part
–B
2. Answer
any one questions : a. Discuss Arnolds views on
chancier.
b. “ Poetry is the criticism of life governed by the
laws of poets truth and poetic beauty”- Discuss.
Sub:
Classics in Translation
Part
–A
1. Answer any 1 questions: a. Why does Hippolytus feel a strong dislike for women folk?
b. What drives
phaedra to welcome death ?
Part
–B
2. Answer
any 1 questions :
a . Elueidate
the theme of love marriage in Jane Austen’s “ Pride and prejudice .
Part-
A
1.Answer any eight of the following questions:
a. What is
Nethrficld Park?
b. What is
Boulanger ?
c. Who is Mr.
Collins?
d. What is a
hack dhaise ?
e. What is the
genre of “ Pride and prejudice” ?
f. What is
Prince ?
g. What is the
sub-title of “ Tess of the D’ Urbervilles
?
h. What was
the first title of “ Pride and Prejudice” ?
i. How does Alec
die ?
j.What does
the club-walking symbolize?
K. Who is Izz
Huett”
Part-
B
2. Answer any 3 question :
a.
Describe Elizabethe’s prejudice against Darcy.
b. What
situation led Tess to murder Alec ?
c. What is Mrs
Bennet’s ambition about her daughters ?
d. Describe
the circumstances that made Tess marry Angel .
Part- C
3. Answer any 2 questions:
1a. Comment on Austne’s use of irony in “ Pride and prejudice”.
b. Discuss the
role of fate in Hardy’s “Tess of the d, urbervilles” .
c. World your
call Thomas Hardy a pessim’st or a realist ? Give reasons in the light of the
D, urbervilles .
Sub: Classics in Translation
Part
–A
1. Answer any 1 questions:
a. Why does Hippolytus feel a
strong dislike for women folk?
b. What drives
phaedra to welcome death ?
Part
–B
2. Answer
any 1 questions :
a . Seneca’s
phaedra is full of moral discourse . Do you7 agree? Give reasons
for your
answer
Part-
A
1.Answer any 8 questions:
a. What does Amazonian mean?
b. Who was
Hercules?
c. When did
phhedra confess her sin?
d. How did
Hippolytus compare phaedra with his mother ?
e. What is
Lethe ?
f. Who is the
writer of the play ‘Agamemnon’?
g. How did
Clytemnestra kill Agamemnon?
h. What
happened to Iphigenia ?
i. Who is the
Paramour of Clytemnestra ?
j Why did
Clytemnestra kill Agamemnon?
Part-
B
2. Answer any 3 question :
a. Briefly discuss the dramatic Irony in Aeschylus play ‘The Agamemnon’.
b. Bring out
the dramatic significance of the ‘Red Carpet Episode in ‘Agamemnon’.
c. How does
Neptune fulfil. Theseus’s prayer ?
d. Write a
short note on Cassandra.
Part- C
3. Answer any 2 questions: 1×8=8
a. Discuss the
function of Chorus in the play ‘Agamemnon’.
b. Discuss the
role of Nurse .
c. Discuss the
Dramatic suspensc around Agamemnon’s home-coming.
Sub: 19 Century Novel
Part
–A
1. Answer any 1 questions: a. How
does Austen show the position of women in the social life of Regency England ?
b. Describe
charlotte’s views on marriage. ?
Part
–B
2. Answer
any 1 questions : 1×10=10
a . Elueidate
the theme of love marriage in Jane Austen’s “Pride and prejudice
Part-
A
1.Answer any eight of the following questions:
a. What is
Netherfield park?
b. What is
Borelanger ?
c. Who is Mr.
Collins ?
d. What is a
hack dhaise ?
e. What is the
genre of “ Pride and prejudice ?
f. What is
prince ?
g. What is the
sub-title of “ Tess of the D’ Urberislles ?
h. What was
the first title of “ pride and prejudice” ?
i. How does
Alec die ?
j What does
the club-walking symbolize ?
k.Who is Izz
Huett?
Part-
B
2. Answer any three of the questions :
a. Describe
Elizabeth’s prejudice against Darcy.
b. What
situation led Tess to murder Alec .
c. What is Mrs
Bennct’s ambition about her daughters ?
d. Describe
the circumstanees that made Tess marry Angel .
Part- C
3. Answer any two of the following questions:
a. Comment on
Austen’s use of irony in “ Prejudice”.
b. Discuss the
role of fate in Hardy’s “Tess of the d’ urbrervilles” .
c. World your
call Thomas Hardy a pessim’st or a realist ? Give reaaous in the light of “
Tess of the D’ Urbervilles”.
Hons:4th year 1st In- course Exam- 2018
Sub:
19 Century Novel
Part
–A
1. Answer any 1 questions:
show the
position of women in the social life of Regency England ?
b. Describe
charlotte’s views on marriage. ?
Part
–B
2. Answer
any 1 questions :
a . Elueidate the
theme of love marriage in Jane Austen’s “Pride and prejudice
Part-
A
1.Answer any eight of the following
questions:
a. What is
Netherfield park?
b. What is
Borelanger ?
c. Who is Mr.
Collins ?
d. What is a
hack dhaise ?
e. What is the
genre of “ Pride and prejudice ?
f. What is
prince ?
g. What is the
sub-title of “ Tess of the D’ Urberislles ?
h. What was
the first title of “ pride and prejudice” ?
i. How does
Alec die ?
j What does
the club-walking symbolize ?
k.Who is Izz
Huett?
Part-
B
2. Answer any three of the questions :
a. Describe Elizabeth’s prejudice
against Darcy.
b. What
situation led Tess to murder Alec .
c. What is Mrs
Bennct’s ambition about her daughters ?
d. Describe
the circumstanees that made Tess marry Angel .
Part- C
3. Answer any two of the following
questions: a.
Comment on Austen’s use of irony in “ Prejudice”.
b. Discuss the
role of fate in Hardy’s “Tess of the d’ urbrervilles” .
c. World your
call Thomas Hardy a pessim’st or a realist ? Give reaaous in the light of “
Tess of the D’ Urbervilles”.
Sub:
20th Century poetry
Part
–A
1. Answer any 1 questions:
a. How
does the poet desire for immortality in “ Soiling to Byzantium”?
b. Write in
brief yeat’s concept of the risand fall of civilization .
Part
–B
2. Answer the
following questions :
a . What
personal element do you find in Yeats’ poem.
Part-
A
1.Answer any eight of the following
questions:
a. What is I.R.B?
b. What is Innisfrce
?
c. What does
the world “ Motley” refer to ?
d. What is the
meaning of “ Living stream” ?
e. What is a
Scare- Crow ?
f. What is “ terrible beauty” ?
g. What is Maud
Gonne ?
h. What is
“interior monologue” ?
i. Who is
Tiresias ?
j Who is
Belladonna ?
k. Who is Lil?
l. How does “
The Waste Land “ end?
Part-
B
2. Answer any three of the questions : a. In what sense is “ The
Lake Isle of Innisfrce “a poem about escapism?
b. What is
Yeats’ attitude to old age in the poem “Sailing to Byzantiu”?
c. Assess The
Love Song of J. Alfred Prutrock “ as an interion Monologue ?
d. What is the
significance of the Tarot pack of cards ?
Part- C
3. Answer any two of the following
questions: a. Comment
on Eliot’s use of myth in “ The waste Land”.
b. Write a
critical appreciation of “ Sailing to Byzantium ”?
c. What irony
do you find in the tittle of the poem “ The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock”?
Sub:
20th Century poetry
Part
–A
1. Answer any 1 questions:
a. How does the poet desire for immortality in “ Soiling to Byzantium”?
b. Write in
brief yeat’s concept of the risand fall of civilization .
Part
–B
2. Answer the
following questions : a . What personal element do you find in
Yeats’ poem.
Part-
A
1.Answer any eight of the following
questions:
1×8=8
a. What is
I.R.B?
b. What is
Innisfrce ?
c. What does
the world “ Motley” refer to ?
d. What is the
meaning of “ Living stream” ?
e. What is a
Scare- Crow ?
f. What
is “ terrible beauty” ?
g. What is
Maud Gonne ?
h. What is
“interior monologue” ?
i. Who is
Tiresias ?
j Who is
Belladonna ?
k. Who is Lil?
l. How does “
The Waste Land “ end?
Part-
B
2. Answer any three of the questions :
a. In what sense is “ The Lake Isle of Innisfrce “a poem about escapism?
b. What is
Yeats’ attitude to old age in the poem “Sailing to Byzantiu”?
c. Assess The
Love Song of J. Alfred Prutrock “ as an interion Monologue ?
d. What is the
significance of the Tarot pack of cards ?
Part- C
3. Answer any two of the following
questions: a.
Comment on Eliot’s use of myth in “ The waste Land”.
b. Write a
critical appreciation of “ Sailing to Byzantium ”?
c. What irony
do you find in the tittle of the poem “ The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock”?
Sub: 20th Century Novel
Part
–A
1. Answer any 1 questions:
a. What is Marlow’s estimate of the cannibal crew in “Heart of
Darkness”?
b. Comment on
the setting of the novel ‘Heart of Darkness’.
Part
–B
2. Answer
any 1 questions : a
. How does Conrad treat the theme on Imperialism in ‘Heart of Darkness’.
Part-
A
1.Answer any eight of the following
questions:
a. Who is
Joseph Conrad?
b. What is
Marlow’s attitude to colonization ?
c. What
Information about kurtz does Marlow get from the Russian ?
d. What does
Ivory stand for ?
e. What is
imperialism ?
f. Whom does
Aziz meet at the mosque ?
g. Why is Aziz
arrested ?
h. What is Mr.
Fielding by profession?
i. What does
the ‘Temple’ Symbolize ?
j Where was
the Bridge party held?
Part-
B
2. Answer any three of the questions :
a. How does the novel ‘A passage to India’ end?
b. What do you
know about kurtz ?
c. What is the
significance of the friendship between Dr. Aziz and Mrs. Moore?
Part- C
3. Answer any two of the following
questions: a. ‘A
passage to India is a novel of the clash of culture’- Discuss.
b. Analyse
Conrad’s use of symbols in ‘Heart of Darkness’.
c. Justify the
title of the novel ‘A passage to India”.
Sub: 20th Century Novel
Part
–A
1. Answer any 1 questions:
a. What is Marlow’s estimate of the cannibal crew in “Heart of
Darkness”?
b. Comment on
the setting of the novel ‘Heart of Darkness’.
Part
–B
2. Answer
any 1 questions :
a . How does Conrad treat the theme on Imperialism in ‘Heart of
Darkness’.
1.Answer any eight of the following
questions:
a. Who is
Joseph Conrad?
b. What is
Marlow’s attitude to colonization ?
c. What
Information about kurtz does Marlow get from the Russian ?
d. What does
Ivory stand for ?
e. What is
imperialism ?
f. Whom does
Aziz meet at the mosque ?
g. Why is Aziz
arrested ?
h. What is Mr.
Fielding by profession?
i. What does
the ‘Temple’ Symbolize ?
j Where was
the Bridge party held?
Part-
B
2. Answer any three of the questions :
a. How does the novel ‘A passage to India’ end?
b. What do you
know about kurtz ?
c. What is the
significance of the friendship between Dr. Aziz and Mrs. Moore?
Part- C
3. Answer any two of the following
questions: a. ‘A
passage to India is a novel of the clash of culture’- Discuss.
b. Analyse
Conrad’s use of symbols in ‘Heart of Darkness’.
c. Justify the
title of the novel ‘A passage to India”.
Sub: Modern Drama( 241105)
Part
–A
1. Answer any one of the following questions:
a. How is
Jack’s identity revealed in “The Importance of Being Earnest”?
b. Discuss the
use of pun in the title of “ The Importance of Being Earnest”.
Part
–B
2. Answer
any one of the following questions a
.Comment on the treatment of love and marriage in “The Importance of Being
Earnest”.
b. Sketch the
character of Lady Bracknell.
Part-
A
1.Answer any eight of the following
questions:
a. Who is the
lover of Gwendolen ?
b. What is the
name of Algernon’s butler ?
c. What blunder
did Miss Prism commit ?
d. What is the
cause of tension in the marital life of Jimmy and Alison ?
e. With whom
had Jimmy and Alison been living after their marriage ?
f. What is
Jimmy’s attitude to Helena ?
g. By what
name is Jack known to Gwendolen ?
h. How does
the play The Importance of Being Earnest end
?
i. Who the
antagonist in the play “ The Importance of Being Earnest” ?
j Who is
Bunbury ?
Part-
B
2. Answer any three of the questions : a.
Discuss the significance of bear and squirrel in Look Back in Anger.
b. What makes
Jimmy porter angry in Look Back in Anger.
c. Discuss the
use of pun in the title of “ The Importance of Being Earnest “.
d. Write briefly
Jimmy’s social alienation .
Part-
C
3. Answer any two of the following
questions: a. How far
is Jimmy porter a spokesman of the post – war youth in England?
b. Do you
think that Osborne’s “Look Back in Anger is a play of class discrimination ?
c. How does
Oscar wilde treat the theme of love in “The Importance of Being Earnest”?
Sub: Modern Drama( 241105)
Part
–A
1. Answer any one of the following questions: 1a.
How is Jack’s identity revealed in “The Importance of Being Earnest”?
b. Discuss the
use of pun in the title of “ The Importance of Being Earnest”.
Part
–B
2. Answer
any one of the following questions a
.Comment on the treatment of love and marriage in “The Importance of Being
Earnest”.
b. Sketch the
character of Lady Bracknell.
Part-
A
1.Answer any eight of the following
questions:
a. Who is the
lover of Gwendolen ?
b. What is the
name of Algernon’s butler ?
c. What
blunder did Miss Prism commit ?
d. What is the
cause of tension in the marital life of Jimmy and Alison ?
e. With whom
had Jimmy and Alison been living after their marriage ?
f. What is
Jimmy’s attitude to Helena ?
g. By what
name is Jack known to Gwendolen ?
h. How does
the play The Importance of Being Earnest end
?
i. Who the
antagonist in the play “ The Importance of Being Earnest” ?
j Who is
Bunbury ?
Part-
B
2. Answer any three of the questions :
a. Discuss the significance of bear and squirrel in Look Back in Anger.
b. What makes
Jimmy porter angry in Look Back in Anger.
c. Discuss the
use of pun in the title of “ The Importance of Being Earnest “.
d. Write briefly
Jimmy’s social alienation .
Part-
C
3. Answer any two of the following
questions: a. How far
is Jimmy porter a spokesman of the post – war youth in England?
b. Do you
think that Osborne’s “Look Back in Anger is a play of class discrimination ?
c. How does
Oscar wilde treat the theme of love in “The Importance of Being Earnest”?
Sub: American poetry( 241109)
Part
–A
1. Answer any one of the following questions: a. What
message does Frost convey through his poem, “Mending wall”?
b. Why does
Frost say “Earth is the right place for love”?
Part
–B
2. Answer
any one of the following questions a .Discuss the
symbolism in Robert Frost’s poetry.
b. Depict the
theme of alienation in the poems of Robert Frost .
Part-
A
1.Answer any eight of the following
questions:
a. Who was
silas ?
b. What does
the ice- storms signify ?
c. In The
Death of the Hired man “ the moon is obscured by a cloud .What does it
symbolize ?
d. How did
Mary define home ?
e. What does
Frost mean by the two roads ?
f. What does
“Wild Nights” symbolize ?
g. What does
Dickinson’s idea about liquor ?
h. Who was
Harold Wilson ?
i. What does
the poet mean by, “ Acquainted with the Night” ?
j What kind of
man was his neighbour in his opinion ?
Part-
B
2. Answer any three of the questions :
a. What does the poet mean by the
sentence, “ Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.
b. Why was
Warren unwilling to hire silas any more ?
c. How does
Dickinson treat immortality in her poems .
d. Write a
short note on “ Monologue”.
Part-
C
3. Answer any two of the following
questions: a. Write a note on Dickinson’s treatment of
death in her poems.
b. Frost’s
poems are local in coloer but universal
in theme – Discuss.
c. Write a
critical appreciation on “ The Death of
the Hired Man”.
Sub: American poetry( 241109)
Part
–A
1. Answer any one of the following questions: 1×5=5
a. What
message does Frost convey through his poem, “Mending wall”?
b. Why does
Frost say “Earth is the right place for love”?
Part
–B
2. Answer
any one of the following questions 1×10=10
a .Discuss the
symbolism in Robert Frost’s poetry.
b. Depict the
theme of alienation in the poems of Robert Frost .
Part-
A
1.Answer any eight of the following
questions:
a. Who was
silas ?
b. What does
the ice- storms signify ?
c. In The
Death of the Hired man “ the moon is obscured by a cloud .What does it
symbolize ?
d. How did
Mary define home ?
e. What does
Frost mean by the two roads ?
f. What does
“Wild Nights” symbolize ?
g. What does
Dickinson’s idea about liquor ?
h. Who was
Harold Wilson ?
i. What does
the poet mean by, “ Acquainted with the Night” ?
j What kind of
man was his neighbour in his opinion ?
Part-
B
2. Answer any three of the questions :
a. What does the poet mean by the
sentence, “ Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.
b. Why was
Warren unwilling to hire silas any more ?
c. How does
Dickinson treat immortality in her poems .
d. Write a
short note on “ Monologue”.
Part-
C
3. Answer any two of the following
questions: a. Write a note on Dickinson’s treatment
of death in her poems.
b. Frost’s
poems are local in coloer but universal
in theme – Discuss.
c. Write a
critical appreciation on “ The Death of
the Hired Man”.
Sub:
American Literature :Fiction and Drama
Part
–A
1. Answer any one of the following questions:
a. How is Wilhelm representative of the war
torn world.
Part
–B
2. Answer
any one of the following questions
a .What is American Dream? How does Wilhelm
become the victim
of American Dream?
Part-
A
1.Answer any four of the following
questions:
a. What is
surrogate father ? Is Dr. Tamkin is a surrogate father for
Wilhelm ?
b. Who was
Margaret ?How was the relationship between Wilhelm and his wife ?
c. What is
novella ? Is Seize the Day a novella ?Why ?
d. Why would
satan look so much like Brown himself ? Why is not creepier than a demon with
horns and pitchfork and cloven hooves .
Part-
B
2. Answer any three of the questions :
a. Discuss
“Young Goodman Brown” as an allegorical
story?
b. Justify the
title of the novel “ Seize the Day”.
Sub:
American Literature :Fiction and Drama
Part
–A
1. Answer any one of the following questions: a. How is Wilhelm
representative of the war torn world.
Part
–B
2. Answer
any one of the following questions a .What is American Dream? How does Wilhelm
become the victim
of American Dream?
Part-
A
1.Answer any four of the following
questions:
a. What is
surrogate father ? Is Dr. Tamkin is a surrogate father for
Wilhelm ?
b. Who was
Margaret ?How was the relationship between Wilhelm and his wife ?
c. What is
novella ? Is Seize the Day a novella ?Why ?
d. Why would
satan look so much like Brown himself ? Why is not creepier than a demon with
horns and pitchfork and cloven hooves .
Part-
B
2. Answer any three of the questions :
a. Discuss
“Young Goodman Brown” as an allegorical
story?
b. Justify the
title of the novel “ Seize the Day”.
Sub: Classics in Translation
Part
–A
1. Answer any 1 questions:
a. Why does
Hippolytus feel a strong dislike for
women folk?
b. What drives
phaedra to welcome death ?
Part
–B
2. Answer
any 1 questions :
a . Seneca’s
phaedra is full of moral discourse . Do you7 agree? Give reasons
for your
answer
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Part-
A
1.Answer any 8 questions:
a. What does
Amazonian mean?
b. Who was
Hercules?
c. When did
phhedra confess her sin?
d. How did
Hippolytus compare phaedra with his mother ?
e. What is
Lethe ?
f. Who is the
writer of the play ‘Agamemnon’?
g. How did Clytemnestra
kill Agamemnon?
h. What
happened to Iphigenia ?
i. Who is the
Paramour of Clytemnestra ?
j Why did
Clytemnestra kill Agamemnon?
Part-
B
2. Answer any 3 question :
a. Briefly
discuss the dramatic Irony in Aeschylus play ‘The Agamemnon’.
b. Bring out
the dramatic significance of the ‘Red Carpet Episode in ‘Agamemnon’.
c. How does
Neptune fulfil. Theseus’s prayer ?
d. Write a
short note on Cassandra.
Part- C
3. Answer any 2 questions:
a. Discuss the
function of Chorus in the play ‘Agamemnon’.
b. Discuss the
role of Nurse .
c. Discuss the
Dramatic suspensc around Agamemnon’s home-coming.
Sub:
Classics in Translation
Part
–A
1. Answer any 1 questions:
a. Why does
Hippolytus feel a strong dislike for
women folk?
b. What drives
phaedra to welcome death ?
Part
–B
2. Answer
any 1 questions :
a . Seneca’s
phaedra is full of moral discourse . Do you7 agree? Give reasons
for your
answer
Part-
A
1.Answer any 8 questions:
a. What does Amazonian mean?
b. Who was
Hercules?
c. When did
phhedra confess her sin?
d. How did
Hippolytus compare phaedra with his mother ?
e. What is
Lethe ?
f. Who is the
writer of the play ‘Agamemnon’?
g. How did
Clytemnestra kill Agamemnon?
h. What
happened to Iphigenia ?
i. Who is the
Paramour of Clytemnestra ?
j Why did
Clytemnestra kill Agamemnon?
Part-
B
2. Answer any 3 question :
a. Briefly discuss the dramatic Irony in Aeschylus play ‘The Agamemnon’.
b. Bring out
the dramatic significance of the ‘Red Carpet Episode in ‘Agamemnon’.
c. How does
Neptune fulfil. Theseus’s prayer ?
d. Write a
short note on Cassandra.
Part- C
3. Answer any 2 questions:
a. Discuss the function of Chorus in the play ‘Agamemnon’.
b. Discuss the
role of Nurse .
c. Discuss the
Dramatic suspensc around Agamemnon’s home-coming.
Sub:
Literary Criticism
Part
–A
1. Write
a short note on Neoclassicism ?
Part
–B
2. What is
touchstone method? What are its merits and demerits?
Part-
A
1.Answer any eight of the following questions:
a. What kind
of writing is “ The study of poetry”?
b. What is the
role of poetry in human life?
c. Who is
Homer ?
d. Who was
cowley ?
e. What is chancers attitude to life?
f. What is
diction ?
g. What does
the term “poetic truth” mean ?
h. What
according to Arnold, is the future of poetry ?
i. What is the
foundation of poetry ?
j Where does
lie the idea of poetry?
Part-
B
2. Write a short notes on any three :
i. Victorian criticism
ii. Geoffrey
chaucer
iii. New criticism
iv.
Romanticism .
Part- C
3. Answer any two of the following questions:
a. What is
touchstone method ? What are its merits or demirts ?
b. Give an
account of Matthew Arnold as a critic .
c. Bring out
how Eagleton links the rise of English to the crisis in modern civilization .
Sub:
Literary Criticism
Part
–A
1. Write a
short note on Neoclassicism?
Part
–B
2. What is
touchstone method? What are its merits and demerits
1.Answer any eight of the
following questions:
a. What kind
of writing is “ The study of poetry”?
b. What is the
role of poetry in human life?
c. Who is
Homer ?
d. Who was
cowley ?
e. What
is chancers attitude to life?
f. What is
diction ?
g. What does
the term “poetic truth” mean ?
h. What
according to Arnold, is the future of poetry ?
i. What is the
foundation of poetry ?
j Where does
lie the idea of poetry?
Part-
B
2. Write a short notes on any three :
i. Victorian criticism
ii. Geoffrey
chaucer
iii. New
criticism
iv.
Romanticism .
Part- C
3. Answer any two of the following questions: a. What is touchstone method ? What are its
merits or demirts ?
b. Give an
account of Matthew Arnold as a critic .
c. Bring out
how Eagleton links the rise of English to the crisis in modern civilization .
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