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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
for 2015 Admissions Only
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions each in a word or in a sentence.
1. From whom did 'Britain' get its name
2. Anglo Saxon poetry is a medley of Pagan and thought.
3. Which work is the Chief authentic source of early English history
4. Name the last great Saxon King who ruled England.
5. Who became the ruler of England after the Norman invasion of 1066
6. Name the masterpiece of Geoffrey Chaucer.
7. By the Henry VIII made himself the head of the Anglican Church.
8. Who is the author of 'Utopia'
9. 'The Last Supper' and 'Mona Lisa' are famous paintings of
10. Feudalism in England is associated with the conquest.
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, each in a short paragraph not exceeding 50 words.
11. Anglo Saxons.
12. Beowulf.
13. King Alfred.
1181
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14. The Canterbury Tales.
15. Edmund Spenser.
16. The Authorised Version of the Bible.
17. Sir Philip Sidney.
18. The Viking invasion.
19. Shakespearean sonnet.
20. Interludes.
21. Anglo Saxon Prose.
22. Ben Jonson.
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, each in a paragraph not exceeding 100 words.
23. The Anglo Saxon Heptarchy.
24. Feudalism in Britain.
25. University wits.
26. Miracle, Morality and Mystery plays.
27. Renaissance art.
28. Richard I.
29. John Donne.
30. Age of Elizabeth I.
31. Francis Bacon and the English essays.
4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, each in about 300 words.
32. Anglo Saxon life and literature.
33. Chaucer's contributions to the English language.
34. The Renaissance in England.
35. Development of Elizabethan drama and theatre.
15 30 Marks)