Exam Details
| Subject | american literature | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | m.a. | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | solapur university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | 03, May, 2017 | |
| City, State | maharashtra, solapur |
Question Paper
M.A. (Semester III) Examination, 2017
ENGLISH (Paper
AMERICAN LITERATURE
Day Date: Wednesday, 03-05-2017 Max. Marks: 50
Time: 02.30 PM to 04.30 PM
N.B. All questions are compulsory.
Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 Select the correct alternative: 10
Who is the narrator of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn?
Tom Sawyer Huck
Jim Novelist
What is the name of Hester Pyrue's daughter?
Pearl Kate
Hibbins Anne
Who is the narrator is the poem
Teacher Beloved
Raven Student
By which river did Huck and Jim undertook their journey?
Nile Mississippi
Volga Arthur
What does the letter represent in the novel 'The Scarlet
Letter'?
Adultery Angel
Artist America
Who established Puritanism in America?
John Calvin Pilgrim Fathers
Dimmesdale Bellingham
What type of poem is 'The Raven'?
Gothic Romantic Elegy Balled
Who is Jim in the novel 'Huckleberry Finn?
Labour Nigger Teacher King
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SLR-P-165
What Slavery according to Walden Thoreau?
An evil part of the American economy
Necessary for the protection of the American constitution
An immoral and evil practice that should be eliminated
The internet inferiority of the Black Americans
10) With what does Henry Adam's assay "American Ideal's deal
with?
Biblical Myth of Paradise
Fulfillment of European Dream
Destruction and loss of agricultural Paradise of America
American Dream of Democracy
Q.2 Write short answer [Any five]: 10
What is the Speaker's attitude towards death in Emily
Dickinson's poem "Because I could not stop for death?
Write a note on modernism as discussed by Walt Whitman in
the poem 'Passage to India'.
How does the poet describe the in 'The Raven'?
What is the theme of the poem "I taste a Liquor never Brewed"?
What types of conflicts are mentioned by Poe in the poem "The
Raven"?
How does Walt Whitman show the world- view in his 'Passage
in India?
Q. 3 Write short notes any two) 06
Puritan Philosophy
Concept of American Dream
Impact of Transcendentalism on American literature
Answer briefly for the following Questions (any 04
Write in short on the role of 'The Frontier'?
Write briefly the impact of puritans in on the 10th century
American Literature?
What is the meaning of the term "American Night more".
Q.4 Discuss 'The Scarlet Letter' as a novel of sin, crime and
redemption.
10
OR
Explain the picaresque elements in 'The Adventure of
Huckleberry Finn.
Q.5 Discuss Emerson's views about an ideal American Scholar. 10
ENGLISH (Paper
AMERICAN LITERATURE
Day Date: Wednesday, 03-05-2017 Max. Marks: 50
Time: 02.30 PM to 04.30 PM
N.B. All questions are compulsory.
Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 Select the correct alternative: 10
Who is the narrator of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn?
Tom Sawyer Huck
Jim Novelist
What is the name of Hester Pyrue's daughter?
Pearl Kate
Hibbins Anne
Who is the narrator is the poem
Teacher Beloved
Raven Student
By which river did Huck and Jim undertook their journey?
Nile Mississippi
Volga Arthur
What does the letter represent in the novel 'The Scarlet
Letter'?
Adultery Angel
Artist America
Who established Puritanism in America?
John Calvin Pilgrim Fathers
Dimmesdale Bellingham
What type of poem is 'The Raven'?
Gothic Romantic Elegy Balled
Who is Jim in the novel 'Huckleberry Finn?
Labour Nigger Teacher King
Page 1 of 2
SLR-P-165
What Slavery according to Walden Thoreau?
An evil part of the American economy
Necessary for the protection of the American constitution
An immoral and evil practice that should be eliminated
The internet inferiority of the Black Americans
10) With what does Henry Adam's assay "American Ideal's deal
with?
Biblical Myth of Paradise
Fulfillment of European Dream
Destruction and loss of agricultural Paradise of America
American Dream of Democracy
Q.2 Write short answer [Any five]: 10
What is the Speaker's attitude towards death in Emily
Dickinson's poem "Because I could not stop for death?
Write a note on modernism as discussed by Walt Whitman in
the poem 'Passage to India'.
How does the poet describe the in 'The Raven'?
What is the theme of the poem "I taste a Liquor never Brewed"?
What types of conflicts are mentioned by Poe in the poem "The
Raven"?
How does Walt Whitman show the world- view in his 'Passage
in India?
Q. 3 Write short notes any two) 06
Puritan Philosophy
Concept of American Dream
Impact of Transcendentalism on American literature
Answer briefly for the following Questions (any 04
Write in short on the role of 'The Frontier'?
Write briefly the impact of puritans in on the 10th century
American Literature?
What is the meaning of the term "American Night more".
Q.4 Discuss 'The Scarlet Letter' as a novel of sin, crime and
redemption.
10
OR
Explain the picaresque elements in 'The Adventure of
Huckleberry Finn.
Q.5 Discuss Emerson's views about an ideal American Scholar. 10
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