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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION GENERAL ENGLISH
THIRDSEMESTER APRIL 2018
16UEL3GE04/EL 3060- ENGLISH THROUGH LITERATURE
Date: 05-05-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
SECTION A
I. Answer TEN of the following questions in about 30 words each: (10X3= 30)
1. What is symbolically meant by "domestic walls"?
2. Why is Pride the chief of all other sins?
3. What was unusual about the rider in the poem "Incident of the French Camp"?
4. What is the father's attitude towards Kabuliwala?
5. Why did the Giant build a wall around the garden?
6. What is the season described in the poem" Stopping by the Wood on a Snowy Evening"?
7. What are the three stages of life as portrayed by William Wordsworth?
8. What is Shelley's prayer to the west wind?
9. What is Milton's complaint against God?
10. How is monsoon in Ayemenem?
11. What happens to the leaves in autumn?
12. Why is poetry described as the wine of devils?
SECTION B
II. Write paragraphs on any THREE in about 150 words each: (3X10=30)
13. Write a detailed account on the heaven that Rabindranath Tagore speaks about in his excerpt from "Gitanjali".
14. Attempt an essay on the various ideas that Francis Bacon puts forward in his essay "Of Truth".
15. Explain how P.B. Shelley celebrates the glory of West wind in his "Ode to the West Wind".
16. Elaborate on the beauty of friendship between Kabuliwala and Mini in the short story "Kabuliwala".
SECTION C (2x20=40)
III. Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 300 words each:
17. Does lie thrive today over truth? Give reasons for your response based on your reading of "Of Truth"?
Or
Write an essay on the aspects of life represented by the west wind.
18. "The Selfish Giant" is a simple story that has lessons for humanity- Elaborate.
Or
Attempt a character sketch of "Kabuliwala".