M.A. (Semester III) Examination, 2017
ENGLISH (Paper
AMERICAN LITERATURE
Day Date: Wednesday, 03-05-2017 Max. Marks: 70
Time: 02.30 PM to 05.00 PM
N.B. All questions are compulsory.
Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 Select the correct alternative: 14
Who brought Puritanism to America?
Martin Luther Pilgrim Fathers
Dimmesdale Bellingham
Who were the other two men who accompanied Huck Jim on
his expedition?
Top Pap King Duke
Ms. Watson and Jim Thatcher and Jim
On which river did Huck Sailed?
Mississippi Nyle
Volga Atlance
What is the original name of Mark Twain?
Charles Dickens Jon Sawyer
Samuel Clemens E.M. Foster
Where does the raven sit in the poem
Window Chamber door
Bust of Pallas Table
Where was Hester Kept as a prisoner?
Boston Canada
Machessuttes Salem
What is the sub-title of Emerson's essay "The American
Scholar"?
Thinking man The American Hero
Man-Thinking: An oration The American Adam
With what does Henry Adam's essay "American ideals deal
with?
Biblical Myth of paradise
Fulfillment of European Dream
American Dream of Democracy
Destruction and loss of Agricultural paradise of America.
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What is the message of Walt Whitman in the poem "Passage
to India".
Completion of Suez Canal
The rail road
Evolving unity of the world and its people.
The laying of trans-atlantics cable.
10) Which snake has bitten to Jim?
Cobra Rattle
Python Anaconda
11) How much money use to Huck gets from Judge Thatcher
every day?
Three One
Two Five
12) What is the introductory chapter is the novel 'The Scarlet
Letter'.
The Custom House Scaffold
Prison Market place
13) The poetess drunk liquor in which vessel?
Silver Golden
Glass Tankards scooped in pearl
14) When did Emerson deliver "The American Scholar" lecture?
August 31, 1837 30 August, 1839
Feb, 1839 September 29, 1839
Q.2 Write short answer [Any seven]: 14
What is the central theme of the poem 'The Raven'?
What kind of liquor the poetess wanted to drink in the poem,
taste a liquor new Brewed'?
What is the speaker attitude towards death in the poem,
'Because I could not stop for death?
Write in short about the Gothic romantic element in 'The
Raven'.
How does Walt Whitman describe modernism in America?
What types of conflicts are mentioned by Poe in the poem 'The
Raven'?
How does Walt Whitman visualize world view in the poem
"Passage to India"?
What word did the Raven utter?
Write a brief note on the narration of the poem "Passage to
India".
10) What is the experience of fear by the poet during the visit of
Raven in the poem "The Raven".
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Q. 3 Write short notes any two) 08
Five principles of John Calvin's Puritan Philosophy'.
Concept of Adamic Myth
Impact of Puritanism on American Literatures.
Concept of Transcendentalism
Answer briefly for the following Questions (any 06
What is the difference between Biblical Adam and
American Adam?
What is the meaning of the term "American Nightmare"?
How does the reflection of Transcendentalism seen in
American Literature (e.g.: Emerson).
How did Frontier become the history of America?
Q.4 What is the theme of Emerson's essay 'The American
Scholar'?
14
OR
Discuss Thoreau's 'Civil Disobedience' as an universal
solution for slavery and colonization.
Q.5 Discuss Mark Twain's portrayal of society in 'Huckleberry Finn'. 14