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P.T.O.
MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name :.………………….
First Semester B.A. Degree Examination, November 2016
First Degree Programme under CBCSS
Complementary Course: English I
AUEN131.1b: History of English Literature I
Common for Regular 2016 Admn. and Improvement 2015 Admn.
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions each in a word or in a sentence.
1. Which work is the Chief authentic source of early English history
2. From whom did 'Britain' get its name
3. Name the last great Saxon King who ruled England.
4. Anglo Saxon poetry is a medley of Pagan and thought.
5. Old English poetry can be classified into three groups: heroic, and Christian.
6. Who became the ruler of England after the Norman invasion of 1066
7. The outbreak of the bubonic plague or the Black Death was in
8. Name the masterpiece of Geoffrey Chaucer.
9. Who wrote 'Utopia'
10. 'The Last Supper' and 'Mona Lisa' are famous paintings of
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, each in a short paragraph not exceeding 50 words.
11. Anglo Saxons.
12. King Alfred.
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13. Beowulf
14. The Canterbury Tales.
15. The Authorised Version of the Bible.
16. Edmund Spenser.
17. Richard I
18. John Donne.
19. Anglo Saxon Prose.
20. Sir Philip Sidney.
21. Shakespearean sonnet.
22. Interludes
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, each in a paragraph not exceeding 100 words.
23. The Anglo Saxon Heptarchy.
24. The Viking Invasion.
25. Feudalism in Britain.
26. Mystery, Miracle and Morality plays.
27. Ben Jonson.
28. University wits.
29. Renaissance art.
30. Francis Bacon and the English essays.
31. Age of Elizabeth I.
4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, each in about 300 words.
32. Chaucer's contributions to the English language.
33. Anglo Saxon life and literature.
34. The Renaissance in England.
35. Development of Elizabethan drama and theatre.
15 30 Marks)