M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
First Semester
English
BRITISH LITERATURE — I
(CBCS 2017 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all the questions in about a sentence or two each.
1. What is the special about the prioress?
2. Describe two important themes of Donne's poetry.
3. Who was Pythagoras?
4. What are the symbols used in Spenser's Epithalamion?
5. What is the idea of the poem "Good Morrow"?
6. Who are slaves in Utopia?
7. What did Jesus tell the Apostles on the mountain at
Galilee as a parting message?
8. How did Augustus Caesar die?
9. What are the three purposes served by studies?
10. What kind of contemplation of death is "Holly and
Religious"?
Sub. Code
701101
RW-732
2
wk12
Part B x 5 25)
Answer the following questions in about 200 words each.
11. In what respect does the Squire differ from his
father the Knight?
Or
Discuss the theme of the poem Prothalamion.
12. How does the poet describe the superiority of
Platonic Love to Physical Love?
Or
Describe the 'Dualism' of Love in John Donne's
poem "The Good-Morrow".
13. Who was Cardinal Morton and how did he figure in
Utopia?
Or
Compare and contrast Jesus and Peter.
14. Write a paragraph on Good and Evil Angels.
Or
Compare and contrast the madness of Hieronimo
and of Izabella.
15. Discuss Bacon's suggestions for choice of books.
Or
Mention the benefits of childlessness as viewed by
Bacon.
RW-732
3
wk12
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three of the following questions in about
500 words each.
16. Discuss how the prioress and the monk are contrasted
with each other.
17. Write a critical appreciation of Donne's poem
Valediction Forbiding Mourning'.
18. Discuss what seem to you the pros and cons of life in the
Utopian Common Wealth.
19. Why does Faustus give importances to study
necromancy?
20. Comment on the views of Bacon in Marriage and
Single Life'.
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