MAEG-02
December Examination 2016
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. Write answers as per given instructions.
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.
Name all the eight of Chancer's pilgrims that belong to the church.
What did spenser consider as the highest of the twelve virtues of mankind?
Who wrote the poem 'And wilt than leave me thus' and in which century?
How is spring addressed by Thomas Nasche?
What do the Duchess and Bosola speak in verse?
What happens when Faustus stabs his arm? What does it indicate?
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MAEG-02 1600 3 (P.T.O.)
MAEG-02 1600 3 (Contd.)
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'Revenge is a kind of Complete this first
sentence of Bacon's essay.
(viii) What is 'extasie' in the poem by John Donne?
Section B 4 × 8 32
(Short Answer Questions)
Note: Answer any four questions in not more than 200 words.
Each question carries 8 marks.
Describe Donne as a religious poet.
Lear says am more sinned against than sinning'. Discuss.
Comment on Duke Senior's view of life in the Forest of Arden.
Write a short note on 'The Elizabethan Drama'.
What are the main features of Chancer's characterization?
Write a note on the peculiar qualities of Spenser's verse in
Book I Canto I of 'The Faerie Queens'.
Summarize Sir Thomas Wyatt's What it is to Love'.
How does Thomas Nashe describe the sweet spring?
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Section C 2 × 16 32
(Long Answer Questions)
Note: Answer any two questions in not more than 500 words.
Each question carries 16 marks.
10) Describe 'The Duchess of Malfi' as a play in the revenge
tradition.
11) Discuss 'The Achemist' as a moral comedy.
12) Discuss John Donne as a metaphysical poet.
13) Write an essay on Bacon's prose style with reference to the
essays you have read.