M.A. (Semester (CBCS) Examination Mar/Apr-2018
English (Paper
BRITISH LITERATURE
Time: 2½ Hours
Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1
Rewrite the following sentences by choosing the correct alternative.
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Malcolm flees away to immediately after getting the news of the king Duncan's murder.
England
Scotland
Spain
Rome
is the name of Banquo's son.
Fleance
Malcolm
Macduff
Donalbain
In the play Macbeth of the following is not the thane Lord of Scotland.
Lennox
Caithness
Ross
Williams
says 'fair is foul, foul is fair' in the play Macbeth.
Lady Macbeth
The witches
Banquo
Macduff
of the following is not a novel by George Eliot.
Adam Bede
Silas Marner
Mill on the Floss
The Professor
Mr. Lydgate is a/an
psychologist
doctor
engineer
professor
The name of the daughter of Mr. Walter Vinci in the novel Middlemarch is
Rosalind
Rosamond
Celia
Mary
In the poem The Sunne Rising is a 'busy old fool' according to John Donne.
the Moon
the Earth
the Sun
the beloved
The poem The Sunne Rising is set in the
speaker's bedroom
speaker's farm
speaker's castle
speaker's living room
10) The phrase 'the realms of gold' according to John Keats means
the kingdom of Queen Elizabeth
the kingdom of James I
the kingdom of Charles I
the kingdom of Literature
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SLR-HW-4
11) The main theme of the poem When We Two Parted by Byron is
passionate love
death
sin
crime
12) The poem When We Two Parted by Byron is a/an
elegy
circular lyric
sonnet
ode
13) The greatest enemy of clear language according to George Orwell is
individuality
concreteness
insincerity
vagueness
14) According to George Orwell the three characteristics of a person who follow nationalism are instability and indifference to reality.
obsession
honesty
stability
purity
Q.2
Answer any Seven of the following question in about two or three sentences each.
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Why does the poet feel shame and sorrow for his beloved in the poem When We Two Parted?
What is Tintern Abbey?
Why according to soul, the human body is a dungeon?
What are three characteristics of romantic poetry reflected in the poem Kubla Khan?
How does Shelley describe the bird named Skylark?
What is the theme of the sonnet On First Looking into Chapman's Homer?
Why does John Donne think he is as rich as all the kings and princes?
What is the earlier title of the poem Tintern Abbey?
Q.3

Answer any two of the following questions in brief
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What are the characteristics of Shakespearean comedy?
Write a note on the major contributors of Victorian novelists.
Write a note on the prominent Victorian women novelists.

Answer any two of the following questions in brief
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Write a note on P B Shelley as romantic poet.
Write a note on John Keats as romantic poet.
What are the characteristics of John Donne's poetry?
Q.4
Discuss the element of 'time and free will' in the play Macbeth.
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OR
Comment on the various themes of the novel Middlemarch.
Q.5
What are the characteristic features of George Orwell's essays you have studied?