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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
U.G.DEGREE EXAMINATION GENERAL ENGLISH
SECOND SEMESTER APRIL 2017
16UEL2GE01 LITERARY APPRECIATION
Date: 20-04-2017 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
SECTION-A
I Answer any FIVE of the following in about 150-200 words each: 5 X 10 50 Marks)
1. Do you agree that Little Hans is equally responsible for his unfortunate end by trusting the wrong man?
2. Why do you think the writer has named the story, "Paper Money"?
3. Differentiate between Balducci's and Daru's attitude to the prisoner in the story, "The Guest" by Albert
Camus.
4. What blunder does the author, Stephen Leacock, commit at the bank, in the story entitled, "My Financial
Career"?
5. How is Buster different from Debbie?
6. Change the following into correct English:
"Every family must have black sheep.
Sarala and Tarala are married,
Their husbands are very nice boys".
Nissim Ezekiel, "The Professor"
7. Why does the poet Pablo Neruda write the refrain,
"Tonight I can write the saddest lines".
8. What are your suggestions to make India a knowledge super power, based on the model chalked out by
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam?
SECTION-B
II Answer any TWO of the following in about 200-250 words each: 2 X 15 30 Marks)
9. What are the nuances of writing, according to Ursula K.Le Guin?
10.Why does the poet ,Sylvia Plath, personify the mirror and the lake?
11. "But I managed to hide
My home behind my heart".
Reflect on these lines from the poem, "The One Who Goes Away" by Sujata Bhatt.
12.Write on the beautiful friendship that blossoms between Mrs.Flowers and Maya Angelou.
SECTION-C
III Answer any ONE of the following in about 250-300 words: 1 X 20 20 Marks)
13. Imagine Steve Jobs is on a visit to India. Write out a DIALOGUE between you and him in atleast TEN
exchanges.
14. Write a POEM, in about TWENTY lines, on the title, "Home, Sweet Home".
15. Will India be a developed country by 2020, according to the wishes of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam? Or will it
be a pipe dream? Debate.