M.A. (Semester II) (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 alternatives from those given below:
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is the curse on The Lady of Shalott.
She must sleep forever
She must not make a mistake
She must not look out the window
She must never sleep
In the month of the play Look Back in Anger's first act takes place.
December
April
February
May
The personal possessive pronoun in My Last Duchess shows the Duke's
Generosity
Egocentricity
Talent
Wickedness
In the play Look Back in Anger Osborne describes Cliff as
Vivacious
Lethargic
Pusillanimous
Active
is the main source text for T S Eliot's poem The Hollow Men.
Whitman's Leaves of Grass
Dante's Divine Comedy
Shakespeare's Hamlet
Milton's Areopegitica
In the novel Hotel Du Lac Monica's husband will if she fails to give him a child.
Take a Lover
Divorce her
Kill her
Honor her
"They shall have stars at elbow foot" is the best line to complement the idea of in the poem And Death Shall Have No Dominion.
Society Class
Awe amazement
Truth
Transformation
Pico Iyer in his essay Why We Travel says our passport becomes the avenue towards a crash course on
Social relativism
Cultural relativism
Ethnic relativism
Collaborative relativism
The Bishop of Bromley encourages all Christians to support
Nuclear disarmament
Food rations
The H-bomb
Parliament
10) In his essay Writing Undoes Me Pico Iyer says is where we give and take the wisdom of the world, is where we absorb wisdom that makes world dissolve.
Speech silence
Earth heaven
Light darkness
Love compassion
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11) The novel Hotel Du Lac comprises of chapters.
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15
12
10
12) According to Edith's belief, drivers woman into marriage.
A woman's need for children
A Woman's need for companionship
A Woman's need for fulfillment
A Woman's need for financial support
13) The poem Prayer before Birth is about
A mother's hopes for her child
Fear of what the world can do to the innocent
A child's christening
Waiting for a child to be born
14) In A place I've Never Been is the place, Pico Iyer had never been.
Bagdad
Kyoto
Isfahan
Peshawar
Q.2
Answer any seven of the following questions in about two or three sentence each.
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What is the difference between spirituality and religion according to Philip Larkin?
Who are the Hollow Men refer to in the poem?
What is the central idea of the poem And Death Shall Have No Dominion?
What is the theme/subject of the poem Prayer Before Birth?
Where do the poet W H Auden search love for?
What causes the Lady of Shalott to stop weaving and look boldly at Camelot?
Why was the Duke unhappy with his first wife?
How does the Lady of Shalott spend her time?
Q.3

Answer any two of the following questions in brief.
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What are the characteristics features of modern poetry?
What are the main features of the theater of realism?
What are the characteristics of modern novel?

Answer any two of the following questions in brief.
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What is contribution of Anton Chekhov to modern drama?
Write a note on James Joyce contribution to modern novel.
Write a note on T S Eliot as a true modern poet.
Q.4
Examine how Look Back in Anger is a representative play of the "Angry Young Men".
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OR
Consider the novel Hotel Du Lac as a reflection of the feminine consciousness.
Q.5
What is the main concern of Pico Iyer in his essay The Joy of Quiet?
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