MAEG-02
June Examination 2017
MA (Prev.) English Examination
Renaissance To Jacobean Age
Paper MAEG-02
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 80
Note: The question paper is divided into three sections B and C.
Section A 8 × 2 16
(Very Short Answer Questions)
Note: Answer all these questions in one word, one sentence or maximum upto 30 words. Each question carries 2 marks.
Which character in 'The Prologue' had distinguished in battles and could also compose songs, dance, draw and write well?
Which two descriptive labels did Spenser give to his 'The Faerie Queen' in his letter to Sir Walter Raleigh?
Write the poets of these poems:

Lo, what is it to love

And wilt thou leave me thus.
What is the other term for The Spanish Tragedy?
The Duchess of Malfi falls in love with a man far below her station. Why do her brothers resent this?
203
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MAEG-02 2600 3 (Contd.)
203
Which is the only character in 'The Alchemist' that sees
the frandulence of the enterprise started by Face and the
two rogues?
What led to the fall of Lucifer and his followers?
(viii) The first thing that God created was light. What was
the final thing He created that He bestowed upon man,
according to Bacon?
Section B 4 × 8 32
(Short Answer Questions)
Note: Answer any four questions in not more than 200 words
each. Each question carries 8 marks.
Write a note on Fantastic Conceits and Hyperboles used by
John Donne in his poetry.
Comment on the character of Fool in 'King Lear'.
Summarize the seven sub-divisions of a Man's Life as given
by Jacques in You Like It'.
What do you know about the University Wits?
How does Chancer describe the character of the Wife of Bath?
Write a note on the peculiar qualities of Spenser's verse in
Book I Canto I of 'The Faerie Queene'.
What is the poet's prayer in the poem time of Pestilence' by
Thomas Nashe.
Draw a character sketch of Ferdinand in 'The Duchess of
Malfi'.
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203
Section C 2 × 16 32
(Long Answer Questions)
Note: Answer any two questions in not more than 500 words
each. Each question carries 16 marks.
10) Write an essay on the theme of lust and greed as developed in
'The Alchemist'.
11) Write a critical appreciation of 'The Canonisation'.
12) Discuss You Like as a pastoral drama.
13) Discuss 'Doctor Fanstus' as a morality play.