M.A. (Semester (CBCS) Examination Mar/Apr-2018
English (Paper IV)
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Time: 2½ Hours
Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1
Choose the right answer from the alternatives given below.
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Balkavi, in his poem, Maze Gane, expects
Welfare and peace nowhere
Welfare and peace in India
Welfare and peace in the Universe
Welfare in his own village
"Ten thousand saw I at a glance." This line from The Daffodils is an example of
Metaphor
Understatement
Simile
Inversion
After listening to the song of the solitary reaper, the poet becomes
Confused
Unhappy
Motionless and still
Surprised
The bridegroom in the poem Phulrani is
The Moon
The Earth
The Universe
The Sun (the rays of the Sun)
The line, 'Let Nature be thy Teacher‟ appears in the poem
Daffodils
The Solitary Reaper
The Tables Turned
Lucy Gray
In the poem, Tu Tar Chaphekali, there is a dialogue between
Two sisters
A girl and a King
Two flowers
A mother and a daughter
In the last stanza of the poem, Anandi Anand, the poet describes the world around him as
Selfish market
Selfless market
An honest and selfish market
An honest world
In the last couplet of Balkavi's poem, „Shravanmas‟, the young women are shown to
Go to temple
Dance
Pluck flowers
Sing
The night in the poem, Lucy Gray, is
Starry
Pleasant
Stormy
Gloomy
10) Wordsworth heard a thousand notes of Nature while he was in a
Church
Grove
School
home
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11) Study of books, according to Wordsworth is
Dull and endless strife
Toil and trouble
A good hobby
Both above
12) Who is trying to wake up the sleeping child in the poem, Nijlelya Mulaas?
The child's friend
The Moon
The sun and the child's mother
The Sun in the East
13) Wordsworth compares the solitary reaper with
A musician
A solitary bird
A dancer
A nightingale
14) According to Balkavi, the Marathi month Shravan is known for
Green land around the river only
Lawn in the garden
Lawn front of poet's house
Green covering of grass everywhere on the land
Q.2
Answer any seven of the following questions in briefly:
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What do you think is the importance of the opening scene of Natsamrat?
Describe the ending of Natsamrat.
How do Appa and Kaveri react to Nalu's charge of theft?
Comment on the sub-plot in King Lear.
Why was King Lear angry with Cordelia?
Comment on the hypocrisy of Goneril
How does the bootpolishwala boy help Appasaheb?
Describe the relationship between Appa with his granddaughter Thami.
What is the tragic flow in King Lear?
Q.3

Write short notes on any two of the following:
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Interdisciplinary nature of comparative literature.
The importance of comparative study of literature in the Indian context.
Nature and definition of comparative literature.

Answer any two of the following briefly:
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Describe the morning beauty in the poem, Upon Westminster Bridge.
What is King Lear's proposal regarding the division of his kingdom?
Describe Balkavi's urge for universal peace in his poem, Maze Gane.
Q.4
Comment on the theme of filial ingratitude in King Lear and Natsamrat.
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OR
Compare and contrast the tragedies of King Lear and Natsamrat with suitable examples.
Q.5
Discuss the idea of nature in the context of the poems of Balkavi and Wordsworth you have studied.