DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (English)/B.A. (English) (Addl) DEGREE EXAMINATION,
MAY 2018.
ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. Write briefly on the Spanish Armada and its defeat.
2. Write about the impact of Puritanism in England.
3. How does Spenser praise Queen Elizabeth in his
"Prologue to Faerie Queene?"
4. What does Thomas Nashe say about the transitory
nature of earthly pleasures and wealth?
5. Explain the comparison involving criminals who are
chained together, in Donne's poem.
6. What are Bacon's views on 'simulation' and
'dissimulation?'
7. Describe how the cheats get cheated in the end in
The Alchemist?
8. Write briefly on the importance of the opening scene in
Edward II.
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SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Give an account of King Charles rule and the causes
for the civil war in England.
10. What does Shakespeare tell us about the sorrows of his
life and how he recovers from his sadness?
11. Examine Donne's 'Funeral' as a metaphysical poem.
12. How does Andrew Marvell seek to convince his mistress
to accept his love without delay?
13. Write in detail about the geographical location of Utopia,
its wealth, political and moral philosophy, educational
policies and attitudes towards birth and death.
14. Critically evaluate Marlowe's Edward II as a tragedy.
15. How do Ralph and Jane get separated and reunited in
The Shoemaker's Holiday?
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