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END TERM EXAMINATION, APRIL -2018
B.A.LL.B. (HONS.)
SEMESTER-II
English Literature
Max. Marks: 60 Time Allowed: 3:00 Hrs.
Note: Answer five questions including Question No. 1 which is compulsory. The number of marks carried by each
question is indicated at the end of the question.
1. Answer the following (each answer should be in approximately 100 words) (Marks
Why does the author call the Dillingham couple Magi?
Who was the true romantic in the story 'The Nightingale and the Why?
Describe the concluding part of the story 'The Country of the Blind'.
What happens to the slave at the end in the poem "A Slave's Dream"?
'They also serve who only stand and wait.' How?
What are the two functions of education according to Palkhiwala?
According to Justice M. Hidayatullah, what are the two aspects of study of Law?
In the story "The Bet", why does the lawyer (prisoner) run away from the solitary confinement of the
banker?
Why was the verger dismissed from his job and how did he respond to it?
"'Please' and 'Thank you' are the small change with which we pay our way as social beings. They are
the little courtesies by which we keep the machine of life oiled and running sweetly." Explain.
2. Explain the following with reference to context:- (Marks

Helen being chosen found life flat and dull
And later had much trouble from a fool,
While that great Queen, that rose out of the spray,
Being fatherless could have her way
Yet chose a bandy-leggèd smith for man.
It's certain that fine women eat
A crazy salad with their meat
Whereby the Horn of Plenty is undone.

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold
PTO
3. Justify the title of the story "God sees the truth, but waits". (Marks 10)
4. Write a critical appreciation of the poem "Death, be not proud" (Marks 10)
5. How does Joseph Addison characterize Sir Roger in his essay 'Sir Roger at (Marks 10)
6. Describe the stages a man goes through in his life as stated in his drama You Like It'. (Marks 10) 7. Critically comment on the speech 'The Pleasure of Books' by William Lyon Phelps. (Marks 10)