EG-01
December Examination 2016
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
Note: This section contains ten Very Short Answer Type Questions (one word, one sentence and definition type item) having weightage of twenty marks. Examinees have to attempt all questions. Each question will be of two marks and maximum word limit is thirty words.
How many sonnets did Shakespeare address to W. H.?
What is the effect of time on beauty?
What is meant by
Why did Dryden change his religion?
What, according to pope is man's main dilemma or confusion?
Who was Nerissa?
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Who are puritans?
(viii) In whose reign the first regular newspaper was published
in England?
What are Herrick, Lovelace, Suckling and Carew
collectively known as?
Who wrote 'The Dunciad'?
Section B 4 × 10 40
Note: This section contains eight Short Answer Type
Questions. Examinees have to answer any four
questions. Each question is of ten marks. The
weightage of this section will be of forty marks.
Examinees have to delimit each answer in maximum 200
words.
What happens to things to beauty?
How does the poet portray the dawn of true love in "The Good
Morrow"?
What is Milton's attitude towards God?
What did Jubal do?
Write a few words about pope's poem "Essay on Man".
Why did Antonio and Bassanio go to Shylock?
What is Restoration comedy?
Why did drama decay in post-Elizabethan period?
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Section C 2 × 20 40
Note: This section will contain four Long Answer Type
Questions. Each question will be of twenty marks.
Examinees will have to answer any two questions.
The weightage of this section will be of forty marks.
Examinees have to delimit each answer in maximum 500
words.
10) Discuss the structure of "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's
Day'.
11) Write critical appreciation of "The Good Morrow".
12) What are the main features of Classical Age?
13) Write an essay on Shakespeare's concept of tragedy.