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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION GENERAL ENGLISH
FOURTH SEMESTER APRIL 2017
EL 4059 RESUME
Date: 19-04-2017 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
I ANSWER ANY TEN OF THE FOLLOWING IN 75 WORDS EACH: (10X2=20)
1. How did the father guide the son in "Please, Dad"?
2. What kind of themes features in Alice Munroe's short stories according to Deborah
Triesman?
3. Why did Headmaster Kadam ask Naja to go to the school in Pandharpur?
4. What did Zainaba do at the end of the story "Live 8" by Shekar Kapur?
5. What is the meaning of the phrase "not move our arms so much" in "Keeping Quiet"?
6. List the happy incidents the foetus experienced in "Kausar Bano's Unborn Daughter"?
7. How old is the daughter and what happened to her in "It was Dark"?
8. What did the parakeet say in "Dowry Deaths"?
9. What happened in the life of Siddharth?
10. What is the theme of the poem "Six" by Ely Shipley?
11. Who is Roman Pontius referred to in the poem "Aboriginal Charter of Rights"?
12. What is the request of Nelly Sachs in "Chorus of the rescued"?
II. ANSWER ANY FOUR OF THE FOLLOWING IN 300 WORDS EACH:
(4X12=48)
13. "Let us wage a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism and let us pick up
our books and pens" Write an essay on the importance of education emphasized by Malala.
14. Sketch the character of Behrman of "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry.
15. What kind of discrimination and injustice was experienced by Naja? How did she react to it?
16. Is Chaplin relevant today? What is the key message given by Chaplin to the audience?
17. Explain the plight of Yashodhara penned by Hira Bansode?
18. Critically appreciate Tenzin Tsundue's "My Tibetaness."
III. ATTEMPT A POEM TITLED "BOOK" IN THE CINQUAIN FORM MARKS)
IV. REWRITE AS DIRECTED: (17X1=17)
1. He is a person you can trust. (Use a Relative Pronoun)
2. She will come back in hour. (Use a suitable Article)
3. How do we say when someone is greedy? He is (Use a Metaphor)
4. How do we say when someone is cunning? He is (Use a Metaphor)
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5. My friend lives Nungambakkam Chennai. (Use suitable Prepositions)
6. How do we say when somebody is strong? He is (Use a Simile)
7. How do we say when something is very light? It is a Simile)
8. As we walked through the scorching desert, the Sun beat down on us.
What is being personified?
Which human trait or quality is given?
9. She is a girl (Use an Adjective)
10. He is big boned. (Write the meaning of the underlined Euphemism)
11. He drinks adult beverages. (Write the meaning of the underlined Euphemism)
12. He shouted (Use an Adverb)
13. The present generation dwell in Virtual (Use an Oxymoron)
14. Certain qualities of people appear (Use an Oxymoron)
15. I (play) yesterday. (Use correct Tense form of the verb)
16. I have told you a million times not to do such things. (Underline the Hyperbole)
17. This car is faster than the speed of light. (Underline the Hyperbole)
V. OBSERVE THE PICTURE AND WRITE TEN LINES: (10 MARKS)