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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION GENERAL ENGLISH
THIRD SEMESTER NOVEMBER 2017
16UEL3GE04 /EL3060- ENGLISH THROUGH LITERATURE
Date: 02-11-2017 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
PART A
I. Answer any TEN of the following in 50 words each: (10 x 3 30)
1. What is a 'real heaven' according to Tagore?
2. Describe the woods in Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.
3. Comment on Bacon's ideas in his essay On Truth.
4. What was the news conveyed by the rider to the Emperor in Robert Browning's Incident of the
French Camp?
5. What does the symbolise in A Poison Tree?
6. Why did the Giant build a wall around his garden in The Selfish Giant?
7. "The Child is the father of Man"- Explain.
8. What does the West Wind symbolise in Shelley's Ode to the West Wind?
9. Why was Kabuliwala arrested?
10. Describe the character of Raju in R. K Narayan's The Guide.
11. What is the theme of the sonnet On His Blindness?
12. Explain `Pride' as the chief of all other sins, with an example.
PART B
II. Answer any FIVE of the following in 150 words each: x 8 40)
13. What are the major concerns raised by Tagore in songs 35 and 36 of Gitanjali?
14. Attempt a character sketch of Raju in The Guide.
15. Comment on the significance of the title The God of Small Things.
16. Discuss the character traits of Kabuliwala.
17. What does Shelley and Frost learn from Nature?
18. How does Wordsworth celebrate Nature in My Heart Leaps?
19. How are the seven deadly sins related to each other?
PART C
III. Answer the following in about 300 words: x 15 30)
20. How does Kabuliwala emerge as a powerful character in Tagore's short story?
OR
21. How does a little child view the world in The God of Small Things?
22. Rewrite the short story The Selfish Giant from the point of view of the children.
OR
23. Describe some of your role models at home, school, college and the society at large.

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