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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
B.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION -ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIRST SEMESTER APRIL 2018
EL 1503- INTRO.TO LITT.: LITERARY FORMS APPRECIATION
Date: 27-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
PART- A
CHOOSE THECORRECT ANSWER: (20x1=20 MARKS)
1. Coleridge‟s"TheRimeof theAncient Marineris anexampleof
a. A traditional ballad b.A literaryballad c.ABroadside ballad d. An operaticballad
2. Wordsworth‟s"Ode:Intimations ofImmortalityfrom Recollections ofEarlyChildhood"is an example of
a. An horatianode b. Apindaric odec.An irregularoded.An operaticode
3. Shakespeare's"Venusand Adonis"is an exampleof
a. An epic b. Anepyllion c.Anhoratian oded.An elizabethan sonnet
4. Matthew Arnold‟s"TheScholarGypsy"isan exampleof
a. A pastoralelegyb. Anelizabethansonnet c. Apetrarchansonnet d. Anhoratian ode
5. Alexander Pope‟s"TheRapeof theLock"is anexampleof
a. A traditional epic b. Aliteraryepic c. A mockepic d. Anheroicpoem
6. John Milton‟s"Comus"is an exampleof
a. A masqueb. A mock epicc.An elegyd.A ballad
7. Spenser‟s"Epithalamion"is an odewritten in honourof
a. MaryQueen of Scots b. Queen Elizabeth c. Elizabeth Boyled.LucyGray
8. BeaumontandFletcher wrote
a. Prothalamion b. TheSpanish Tragedyc. Philasterd. TheAlchemist
9. Theword „tragedy‟comes from the Greek word meaning a
a. songb.goat c. drama d. chorus
10. Theword „sonnet‟literallymeansa
a. Villanelle b. Sestinac.A little sound d. Pastoral
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11. Dryden‟s"All forLove"is an adaptation of Shakespeare‟s
a. Cymbeline b. Antonyand Cleopatra c. JuliusCaesar d. TheTempest
12. John Keats‟"Hyperion"is an incomplete
a. Odeb. Pastoral Tragedyc. PindaricOded. Epic
13. John Bunyan‟s"ThePilgrim‟sProgress"is
a. A Christian allegoryb.A novel c. An autobiographyd. A crimenovel
14. The first English novel "Pamela"was acollection of
a.Letters b. PersuasiveEssays b. ExpositoryEssaysc. Dialogues
15. "In Memoriam"waswritten by
a. Coleridgeb.Tennyson c. Matthew Arnold d.Robert Browning
16. Sir Walter Scottpioneered
a. Thedetectivenovel b.Science fiction c.ThePicaresquenovel d. Thehistorical novel
17. A Novellais
a. An autobiographyb.A short novel c. A novelin five parts d. A detectivenovel
18. T.S. Eliot‟s"Murderin theCathedral" is
a. A poeticdrama with aprose interlude b. Adrama in prose with apoeticinterlude
c. A versedrama d. A drama in prose
19. Bernard Shaw pioneered
a. Thedrama ofideas b.Theoneact playc. Darkcomedies d. Absurd drama
20. "TheRainbow"waswritten by
a. GeorgeEliot b.Thackerayc. Samuel Beckett d. D.H.Lawrence
PART-B
Answer anyFOUR in about 200-250 words eachchoosing at leastONEfrom eachgroup:
(4x10=40marks)
GROUP- I
1. TheChorus in GreekTragedy
2. TheEnglish Masque
3. Sonnet sequences
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GROUP- II
4. Thesalient features ofthe Modern English Novel
5. Irish Drama in the twentieth century
6. TheNovel in the Victorian Age
PART
Answer anyTWOofthefollowingin about 500words each choosingat leastONEfrom eachgroup.
2x20= 40marks)
GROUP-I
7. TheElegyin English Literature
8. TheDetectiveNovel in EnglishLiterature
GROUP- II
9. ScienceFiction
10. Write acritical appreciation of the followingpoem: Some
saytheworld will end in fire,
Some sayin ice.
From whatI‟vetasted ofdesire
Ihold with thosewhofavor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
IthinkIknowenough ofhate
To saythat fordestruction ice
Isalso great
And would suffice.
ByRobertFrost)