EG-01
December Examination 2017
BA Pt. I Examination
Poetry and Drama
Paper EG-01
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 100
Note: The question paper is divided into three sections B and C. Write answers as per given instructions.
Section A 10 × 2 20
(Very Short Answer Questions)
Note: Answer all questions. As per the nature of the question delimit your answer in one word, one sentence or maximum upto 30 words. Each question carries 2 marks.
Who has stolen the youth of the poet in his Blindness'?
What is Quatrain?
By what name is Portia called in the trial scene?
Who was Orpheus in Greek mythology?
What is neo-classical school?
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
Name the poet who emphasised that man should study man and not God?
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(viii) What is the main theme of 'The Good Morrow'?
Who is Nestor.
Who all killed Julius Ceasar?
Section B 4 × 10 40
(Short Answer Questions)
Note: Answer any four questions. Each answer should not
exceed 200 words. Each question carries 10 marks.
How the rivalry between Shylock and Antonio begin and what
were the consequences?
Comment on the literature during the Elizabethan period.
How does Donnebelittle Death in 'Death be Not Proud'?
Explain the metaphors used in the sonnet 'Let me not to the
Marriage of True Minds'.
What was Milton's crises in this blindness'?
How the meeting between Cassius and Brutus is the turning
point for Roman Empire?
What Pope wish to convey through his poem' Essay on Man?
Write the critical appreciation of 'Elegy written in the country
Churchyard'.
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Section C 2 × 20 40
(Long Answer Questions)
Note: Answer any two questions. You have to delimit your each
answer maximum upto 500 words. Each question carries
20 marks.
10) Write the summary of 'Julius Ceasar' in our own words with
suitable examples from the text.
11) Discuss Milton' his 23rd Business' as an autobiographical
sonnet.
12) Discuss Dryden as a Lyric poet with reference to song on
St. Cecilia Day'.
13) Describe the dramatic significance of the casket scene in 'The
Merchant of Venice'.