M.A. (Semester IV) (CBCS) Examination, 2017
ENGLISH (PAPER
AMERICAN LITERATURE
Day Date: Monday, 15-05-2017 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 Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct
alternative.
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Where was the body of Addie Bundren to be buried?
Yokawapatwa Jefferson
Boston Canda
What form of poem is 'Sunday morning'?
Lyric Ballad
Blank Verse Sonnet
What is the poem 'After Apple Picking' about?
Tired, drowsy apple picker Happy apple picker
Owner of apple orchard Tenant of apple orchard
Which part of America did Robert frost belong to?
Boston Canada
New England Missouri
Who is Ben in Death of a Salesman?
Neighbor Brother
Friend Owner
Who is the illegitimate son of Addie Anse?
Carl Cash
Jevel Darl
Expressionism was a revolt against what?
Realism Spiritualism
Idealism Mysticism
To which company, Willy Lowar was working with?
Wagner Company Bridgestone
Milestone Owners Owens
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To which movement does 'Expressionism relate
Theatrical Religious Mystical Educational
10) Who were the neighbors of Bundrens?
Lull Lelle Lellenor Lales
11) From which language is the term 'Pragmatism' derived from?
Latin Greek French English
12) In which year Heming way's novel A Farwell to Arms was
published?
1927 1827 1929 1931
13) In which division of the Italian Army does Fredrick Henry work?
Pharmacy Kitchen Ambulance Unit Nursing
14) Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof suffers from which
disease?
Cancer Spastic Colon T.B. Hepatitis
Q.2 Write short answer [Any seven]: 14
What does slevens have to say about modern poetry in his
poem Modern Poetry'?
What do the words "Promises" and "Miles suggest" in the poetry
stopping by the woods on a snowy evening?
What does the word "The woods signify in the poem stopping
by the woods on snowy evening"?
What is the theme of the poem? 'Stopping by the woods on a
snowy evening?
What is the poet's message to the woman in the poem "Sunday
Morning"?
What does the poet say about death in the poem "Sunday
Morning?
What is the Speaker's state of mind in Robert Frost's poem
"After Apple Picking"?
What symbolism can be found in the poem 'After apple
Picking"?
Q.3 Write short notes (Any 08
Expressionism
Lost Generation
Naturalism
Write short-notes on any two of the following: 06
Who used the words "The Lost Generation" the
characteristics?
Write a critical note on "Southern Renaissance?
What are the main characteristics of "Pragmatism"?
Q.4 Discuss "A Farewell to Arms" as a tragic Love-Story. 14
OR
Discuss As I Lay Dying as a study of the inner lives of the
family members.
Q.5 Analysis the presentation of family relations in the modern world
that depicted in the death of the salesman.