M. A. (Semester (CBCS) Examination, 2017
ENGLISH (PAPER IV) (Elective)
Comparative Literature wateriI
Day Date: Friday, 21-04-2017 Max. Marks: 70
Time: 10.30 AM to 01.00 PM
N.B. All questions are compulsory.
Figures to the right indicate full marks
Q.1 Choose the correct alternative given in the bracket. 14
According to Wordsworth, Daffodils are
Silver Yellow Golden White
The figure of speech in the line, I wandered lonely as a cloud is
Metaphor Simile
Personification Exaggeration
In the poem Tu Tar Chaphekali, there is a dialogue between
Two sisters Two flowers
A girl and a king Mother and daughter
According to Balkavi, the Marathi month Shravan is known
Green land around the river only.
Lawn in front of poet's house.
Green covering of grass on the land everywhere.
Lawn in public garden.
The night in the poem, Lucy Gray is
Pleasant Stormy Starry Dark
The bridegroom in the poem Phulrani is
The Moon The Earth The Sun The Universe
Study of books, according to Wordsworth is
Dull and endless strife Toil and trouble
A good hobby Both above
In the last stanza of the poem, Anandi Anand, the poet describes the
world around him as
Selfish market Selfless market
An honest and selfish market An honest world
Wordsworth compares the solitary reaper with
A musician Solitary bird
A dancer A nightingale
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10) Balkavi, in his poem, Maze Gane, expects
Welfare and peace nowhere
Welfare and peace in India
Welfare and peace in the Universe
Welfare in his own village
11) The king in the poem Tu Tar Chaphekali urges the beautiful lady to
Come to his home Come to garden
Come to the jungle Dance
12) Who is Phulrani?
A girl A flower A deer A bird
13) According to Wordsworth, a man who will pass the Westminster Bridge
without noticing morning beauty would be
Unhappy guy Dull Nature lover A joyful creature
14) The line, what man has made of man, occurs in the poem
The Tables Turned Lucy Gray
Line Written in Early Spring A Rainbow
Q.2 Answer any seven of the following briefly: 14
Write a character-sketch of Vithoba.
Bring out the suitability of the title Natsamrat.
Comment on the relationship between Edger and Edmund.
What do you think is the importance of the opening scene of King Lear?
Describe the tragic flaw in Appasaheb.
Why did Appa and Kaveri leave Nalu's house?
Why did Cordelia invite the anger of King Lear?
How did Goneril conspire against King Lear?
What is the ending of Natsamrat?
Q.3 Write short notes on any two of the following: 08
The importance of comparative study of literature in the Indian
context.
Nature and definition of comparative literature.
Origin of comparative literature.
Answer any two the following briefly: 06
How has Shakespeare introduced complication in King Lear?
Describe the urge for his friend to quit his books?
Comment on the ending of the play, King Lear
Q.4 Do you agree with the view that tragedies of King Lear and Appasaheb
are the results of the ingratitude of their children monsters? Discuss with
examples.
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OR
Comment on the concept of the 'tragic hero' with reference to the
characters of Lear and Appa.
Q5 Nature is the prime source of inspiration for Balkavi and Wordsworth.
Explain the statement with reference to the poems of Balkavi and
Wordsworth you have studied.