Course O Master of Arts in English (M.A.) Numerical Code: 0035 Subject O British Poetry (MEG-01) Numerical Code: 0206 Date O 19/07/2015 Roll No. Time O 11.00 to 02.00 Total Marks O 70 1. Write the use of irony in Chaucer s The Canterbury Tales with references. (12) Critically appreciate T.S. Eliot s The Waste Land. 2. Define the term renaissance. What are the silent characteristics of the English (12) Renaissance Write a detailed note on the theme of The Ballad of Reading Goal. 3. Write a critical note on the religious poetry of George Herbert. (12) Attempt a critical appreciation of The Prelude. 4. How did Confessional Poetry differ from the kind of poetry that was written in the (12) Twentieth century Discuss Mac Acknoe as a mock heroic epic. 5. Write short notes. (Any Two) (12) 1. Conceit in Donne s poetry 2. Critically appreciate Kubla khan 3. W.B. Yeats as a modern poet 4. Write note on the Cavalier poetry 5. Edmund Spencer 6. Answer the following questions selecting appropriate option. (10) 1. Easter 1916 is a poem written by. (A) Spencer (B) T.S. Eliot (C) W. B. Yeats (D) Arnold 2. T.S. Eliot was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in the year. (A) 1947 (B) 1948 (C) 1950 (D) 1949 3. wrote The Pulley (A) John Donne (B) George Herbert (C) P.B. Shelley (D) John Keats 4. The life-span of P.B. Shelley was. (A) 1700-1740 (B) 1792-1822 (C) 1790-1820 (D) 1780-1830 5. said that Donne s poetry affects the metaphysics. (A) John Dryden (B) Wordsworth (C) Dr. Johnson (D) T. S. Eliot 6. is not a romantic poet. (A) P. B. Shelley (B) John Keats (C) John Donne (D) S. T. Coleridge
7. is called the father of English poetry. (A) Geoffrey Chaucer (B) T.S. Eliot (C) William Wordsworth (D) Shakespeare 8. The full name of P.B. Shelley is. (A) Percy Boy Shelley (B) Perce Bye Shelley (C) Percy Byssey Shelley (D) None of these 9. Flea is written by. (A) Andrew Marvell (B) George Herbert (C) John Donne (D) None of these 10. Andrew Marvell belonged to the group of poets. (A) Romantic (B) Postmodern (C) Metaphysical (D) None of these
Course O Master of Arts in English (M.A.) Numerical Code: 0035 Subject O British Drama (MEG-02) Roll No. Date O 19/02/2015 Numerical Code: 0207 Time O 11.00 to 02.00 Total Marks O 70 1. Analyse Shakespeare s Hamlet as a Revenge play. (12) Would you define Doctor Faustus as a victim of the clash between the Renaissance man and religious values? Explain. 2. Analyse the structure of Ben Jonson s The Alchemist. (12) Discuss Shakespeare s, A Midsummer Night s Dream as a romantic comedy. 3. Discuss the central theme of Sarnuel Beckett s Waiting for Godot. (12) Despite the farcical situations in The Playboy of the Western World Synge s play is finally a dark comedy. 4. Analyse the significance of the two transformations (Eliza and her father Doolittle) in Pygmalion. (12) The martyrdom of Thomas Becket in Eliot s Murder in the Cathedral is best understood as a conflict between the individual and the state. 5. Write short notes on Any Two: (12) 1. Chorus of women in Murder in the Cathedral 2. The Ghost in Hamlet 3. Female figures in Jonson s The Alchemist 4. The two tramps in Waiting for Godot 6. Choose an appropriate option i.e. A or B or C or D from those given under each question and rewrite the entire sentence along with answer. (10) 1. How did Claudius murder King Hamlet? a. By stabbing him through an arras b. By pouring poison into his ear c. By ordering him to be hanged d. By poisoning his wineglass 2. How does Ophelia die? a. Claudius stabs her b. Hamlet strangles her. c. She slits her wrists d. She drowns in the river 3. In the Prologue, who introduces the story of Doctor Faustus? a. The Chorus b. Faustus c. Mephastophilis d. Wanger 4. When he first summons Mephastophilis, how does Faustus ask him to appear? a. In the shape of a Franciscan friar b. In the shape of a beautiful woman c. As a winged creature with horns d. As a handsome young man 5. In what year does Murder in the Cathedral take place? a. 1070 b. 1170 c. 1077 d. 1710
6. In which year was Samuel Beckett s Waiting for Godot published? a. 1949 b. 1969 c. 1959 d. 1939 7. Higgins of Pygmalion claims that English is the language of: a. The Queen b. The noblest race c. All mankind d. Shakespeare, Milton, and The Bible 8. The last act of Pygmalion shows the characters getting ready for whose wedding? a. Alfred Doolittle and his woman s b. Higgins and Mrs. Pearce c. Pickering and Eliza s d. Clara and H.G. Wells 9. What does Santiago notice in the sacristy of the abandoned church that he takes shelter in on the way to the merchant? a. A burning bush b. Several lost sheep c. A sycamore tree d. A huge wooden cross 10. What comforts Santiago when he is visiting the gypsy dream interpreter? a. An image of Jesus b. A large cross c. A group of teenagers in the waiting room d. Urim and Thummim
Course O Master of Arts in English (MEG) Numerical Code: 0035 Subject O British Novel (MEG-03) Roll No. Time O 11.00 to 02.00 Numerical Code: 0208 Date O 21/07/2015 Total Marks O 70 1. It has been argued that Great Expectations is a fairy tale that has gone wrong. What are the fairy tale elements and how are they disturbed? Explain and discuss. (12) Examine the Idea of Poaching in Fielding s Tom Jones. 2. The theme of Wuthering Heights is love and revenge. Discuss the statement by explaining how Heathcliff takes revenge for the sake of his love. (12) Write a detailed note on the use of wit and irony in Pride and Prejudice. 3. Discuss how Stephen relates to women in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. (12) How do you respond to the Pip-Estella relationship? Illustrate your answer with examples from the text. 4. Attempt a character sketch of Dorothea in Middlemarch. (12) Heart of Darkness depicts Africa as a place of negations. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer. 5. Write Short notes. (Any two) (12) 1. The motifs of sight and sound in A Passage of India 2. The community as moral voice in Middlemarch 3. The use of wit and irony in Pride and Prejudice 4. The narrative, mode in Heart of Darkness 6. Choose the correct answer: (10) 1. What article of clothing does Sophia leave for Tom at the inn at Upton in Tom Jones? (A) Her petticoat (B) Her muff (C) Her stays (D) Her shawl 2. How does Nightingale suggest that Tom rid himself of Lady Bellaston in Tom Jones? (A) By trying to ravish her (B) By professing his love for Sophia (C) By proposing marriage to her (D) By flirting with Arabella Hunt 3. In Pride and Prejudice, the Bennet family lives in the village of (A) Pemberely (B) Longbourn (C) Rosings (D) London 4. What is inscribed above the entrance of Wuthering Heights? (A) Hindley Earnshaw, 1729 (B) 1623 (C) Abandon all hope, ye who enter here (D) Hareton Earnshaw, 1500 5. What is the name of the village near Wuthering Heights? (A) Loch Crag (B) Gimmerton (C) Heatherton (D) Purvey 6. What is Pip s Christian name in Great Expectations? (A) Paul. (B) Peter. (C) Pirrup. (D) Phillip.
7. Heart of Darkness opens in what setting? (A) A boat on the Congo River (B) A boat on the Thames River (C) The company s offices in Brussels (D) The outer Station 8. What does Stephen s father call him as a child in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man? (A) Baby tuckoo (B) Baby butter (C) Moocow (D) Lemon platt 9. What does Mike Flynn try to teach Stephen to do in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man? (A) Shoot a gun (B) Play chess (C) Run (D) Write poetry 10. In Heart of Darkness Most of Marlow s adventures take place in (A) Kenya (B) Rhodesia (C) The Congo (D) England
Course O Master of Arts in English (M.A.) Numerical Code: 0035 Subject O Aspects of Language (MEG-04) Roll No. Date O 22/07/2015 Numerical Code: 0209 Time O 11.00 to 02.00 Total Marks O 70 1. Language is the most valuable single possession of the human race: Discuss (12) Trace the development of structuralism in linguistics. 2. Define and discuss inflectional and synthetic language. (12) Establish the importance of stress and rhythm in connected speech. 3. Write a detailed note on the process of word formation. (12) Describe and Classify vowel sounds. 4. Briefly summarize the three periods of the making of the English Language. (12) Discuss the role of English Vis-a-Vis. The Indian Language in modern India. 5. Short notes (any two) (12) 1. The standard English 2. Intonation 3. Conversational implicates 4. The notion of speech community 5. Phonology 6. Choose the correct answers from given options. (10) 1. Which famous linguist gave the concept of linguistic sign? (A) Derrida (B) Saussure (C) Allen Tate (D) I. A. Richards 2. Who introduced the concept generative grammer? (A) Leonard Blom field (B) Noam Chomsly (C) Stanely Fish (D) Ronald Barth 3. Who said Language as a structure is on its inner face the mould of thought? (A) Saussure (B) Blom Field (C) Sapir (D) Freud 4. The mixing of worlds of one Language to the other is known as. (A) Code switching (B) Code mixing (C) Co-ordinate bilingual (D) Code Language 5. Vowels which do not change in quality even when they are made long are known as. (A) Dipthongs (B) Front vowels (C) Central vowels (D) Monopthongs 6. Which period in the history of English Language is known as the period of last inflections? (A) Old English (B) Middle English (C) Modern English (D) None of these 7. Persons waxing native like proficiency in two or more languages are known as. (A) Mono lingual (B) Bilinguals (C) Ambi Linguals (D) Multi Linguals 8. Who is the write of Anthropologie structure? (A) Claude Levi strauss (B) Saussure (C) Derrida (D) Carl Jung 9. A language that is used for communication between different group of people, each speaking a different language is known as. (A) Pidgin (B) Crcole (C) Patois (D) Lingua Franca 10. Who said, Language is a city, to the building of which every human brought a stone. (A) Ernerson (B) I. A. Richards (C) A.C. Baugh (D) D. Crystal
Course O Master of Arts in English (M.A.) Numerical Code: 0035 Subject O Literacy Criticism and Theory (MEG-05) Roll No. Date O 24/07/2015 Numerical Code: 0210 Time O 11.00 to 02.00 Total Marks O 70 1. Write a detailed note Dhvani theory (12) Explain in detail Aristotle s theory of imitation. 2. Fancy is arbitrary and aggregating Imagination is a creative one. Discuss (12) Examine the nature of the resolution in women s education proposed by Wellstone craft. 3. Discuss the relationship between the author and his/her work in the light of the argument of autonomy (12) Present an evaluation of I. A. Richards as a Critic. 4. Write a detailed note on past modernism. (12) Discuss Edward said s views as expressed in his book Orientalism. 5. Short notes (any two) (12) 1. The idea of Otherness 2. Coleridge s views on poetic Diction 3. Hamartia 4. Position of women, according to Behaviour 6. Choose the correct answers from given options. (10) 1. Who has called myth the soul of tragedy? (A) Plato (B) Socrates (C) Aristotles (D) None of these 2. Whose wife was Xanthipee known for her four tempers? (A) Plato (B) Socrates (C) Aristotles (D) Sophocles 3. Who is the author of Tradition and the Individual Talent? (A) I. A. Richards (B) Allen Tate (C) Stanley Fish (D) T. S. Eliot 4. Who is considered by many to be the father of modern linguistics? (A) Derrida (B) Saussure (C) Ronald Barths (D) None of these 5. Who analyses Boccaccio s Decameron s? (A) Derrida (B) Saussure (C) Ronald Barths (D) None of these 6. Who said Every great poet is teacher. I wish either to be considered a teacher or as nothing? (A) Keats (B) Cpleridge (C) Wordsworth (D) Sidney 7. Who is the writer of The four Ages of Poetry? (B) Thomas Love Peacock (B) Kant (C) I. A. Richards (D) Wordsworth 8. Which is considered to be the period of modernism? (A) 1900-1910 (B) 1910-1930 (C) 1930-1940 (D) 1940-1950 9. Which work has Stephen Daedalus as the Protagonist? (A) Sons and Lovers (B) A Portrait of the Artist as a young man (C) Midnight s Children s (D) None of these 10. In which year was Virginia Woolf born? (A) 1881 (B) 1882 (C) 1883 (D) 1884
DR. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University Course O Master of Arts in English (M.A.) Numerical Code: 0035 Subject O American Literature (MEG-06) Roll No. Date O 25/07/2015 Numerical Code: 0211 Time O 11.00 to 02.00 Total Marks O 70 1. Outline some of the outstanding tenets of the literary theory of the Puritans. (12) The characters in The Scarlet Letter have been developed largely through allegory and symbols. -Justify. 2. Discuss the twin theme of freedom-and-slavery in Huckleberry Finn. (12) Comment on the multicultural character of American prose written at the turn of the nineteenth century. 3. Songs of myself is a celebration of American individualism. Discuss with reference to the text that you have studied. (12) Evaluate Robert Frost as a poet on the basis of his poems that you have studied. 4. Critically estimate The Hairy Ape as an Expressionistic play. (12) The Novel, The Bluest Eye, deals with the issue of colour in America. Discuss. 5. Write Short notes on any TWO of the following. (12) 1. Theme of Death in Emily Dickinson s poems. 2. Men and nature affinities in The Bear. 3. Theme of Nothingness in A Clean Well-Lighted Place. 4. Central Idea of the poem Sunday Morning. 5. Huck 6. Answer the following questions selecting appropriate option. (10) 1. discovered American continent during his voyage. (A) Vasco-d-Gama (B) Martin Luther King (C) Christopher Columbus (D) None of these 2. The Scarlet Letter was published in. (A) 1950 (B) 1850 (C) 1855 (D) 1860 3. Which of the following is not a work of Mark Twain. (A) The adventures of Tom Sawyer (C) Mourning Becomes Electra 4. Uncle Tom s Cabin deals with the issues of. (A) Slave (B) Black (C) White (D) Women 5. I measure Every Grief I Meet is a poem by (B) Following the Equator (D) A Tramp Abroad (A) Emily Dickinson (B) Robert Frost (C) Walt Whitman (D) None of these 6. America became independent nation in. (A) 1776 (B) 1756 (C) 1769 (D) 1794 7. William Carlos Williams was also a besides being a poet. (A) Psychiatrist (B) businessman (C) doctor (D) advocate 8. Hemingway was born in. (A) 1899 (B) 1917 (C) 1897 (D) 1900 9. Death of Salesman is written by. (A) Hemingway (B) Arthur Miller (C) Robert Frost (D) Eugene O Neill 10. The Bluest Eye is divided into parts. (A) Five (B) Three (C) Two (D) Four
Course O Master of Arts in English (MEG) Numerical Code: 0035 Subject O Indian English Literature (MEG-07) Roll No. Date O 25/07/2015 Numerical Code: 0212 Time O 03.00 to 06.00 Total Marks O 70 1. Compare and contract Seth and Ghosh as writers of travelogues. (12) Mulk Raj Anand s novels portray Indian Social Problems realistically. Discuss with reference to the novel Untouchable. 2. How would you assess Raja Rao s art of characterization in Kanthapura? (12) Raja is Pivotal character in the happenings of clear Light of Day. Discuss. 3. What is the significance of the theme of History and the Individual in Midnight s (12) children? What similarities and dissimilarities do you find in the sorie of Subhadra Sen Gupta and Raji Narasimha? 4. Give a comparative study of the self in the poetry of Ramanujan and Parthsarathy (12) What according to you are the major themes of Tara? Discuss whatever you consider to be the most important of them. 5. Write short notes (Any two) (12) 1. Nehru is Prose Style in his Autobiography 2. Gandhi s views on Untouchability 3. Moorthy s role in the Satyagrah 4. Role of Music in clear light of day 5. Major issues in Shri Autobindo s poetry 6. Answer the following questions selecting appropriate option: (10) 1. When did Swami Vivekanand take birth? (A) 1845 (B) 1863 (C) 1890 (D) 1805 2. Who has written the essay The Dance of Shiva? (A) Anand Coomarswamy (B) Swami Vivekanand (C) Sri Anrobindo (D) Amitav Ghosh 3. Which was the first Indian English Novel? (A) Untouchable (B) Satyanand (C) Rajmohan s wife (D) Kanthapura
4. Which religion did Gandhiji preach through Mulk Raj Anand s Untouchable? (A) Hinduism (B) Islam (C) Buddhism (D) Humanity 5. Which character is contrasted with central character- Moorthy in Kanthapura by Raja Rao? (A) Dore (B) Achakka (C) Bhalta (D) Bade Khan 6. With which relationship Bim and Tara are connected with each other? (A) Neighbour (B) Co-traveller (C) Friends (D) Sisters 7. Which prize made Salman Rushdie a popular speaker at seminars and Press conference offer the publication of Midnight s Children? (A) Pulitzer Prize (B) Booker Prize (C) Nobel Prize (D) Kanthapura 8. A brief narrative account of some incident or event is called? (A) Fable (B) Story (C) anecdote (D) novelette 9. The poetry Rumination is written by. (A) R. Parthsarathy (B) Keki N. Daruwala (C) A. K. Ramanujan (D) Dom Moraes 10. The theme of the play Tara revolves round the. (A) Gender identify (B) Dowry system (C) Morality (D) Caste-system
Course O Master of Arts in English (M.A.) Numerical Code: 0035 Subject O New Literature in English (MEG-08) Roll No. Date O 26/07/2015 Numerical Code: 0213 Time O 11.00 to 02.00 Total Marks O 70 1. Write a detailed answer on Twentieth Century developments in Indian English fiction. (12) Critically examine A House for Mr. Biswas as a diasporic novel. 2. Draw the character Sketch of Muga. (12) Write your answer on Soyinka s structure and characterization in A Dance of the forests. 3. Critically evaluate Ice Candy Man as a partition novel. (12) Critically appreciate the poem Colombe. 4. Write your answer on the uses of Language and imagery for characterization in The Solid Mandala. (12) The Store Angel is Hagar Shipley s progress towards inner freedom. Discuss. 5. Write short notes (Any two) (12) 1. Indianness in Naipoul s A House for Mr. Biswas. 2. Sri Lankan literature in English 3. The theme of things Fall Apart 4. Various connotations of the title Ice Candy-Man 6. Multi Choice Questions: (10) 1. In how many chapters is Ice-Candy-Man divided into? (A) Twenty two (B) Thirty two (C) Thirty (D) Thirty five 2. Who wrote Train to Pakistan? (A) Salman Rushdie (B) Chaman Nahal (C) Khushwant Singh (D) B. Rajan 3. Who won commonwealth poetry prize for Jejuri? (A) Dilip Chitre (B) Keki Daruwala (C) Arvind Mehrotra (D) Arun Kolatkar 4. Who wrote Palace of the Peacock? (A) Wilson Harris (B) Naipaul (C) Lamming (D) Kenneth Ramchand 5. Where was Brathwaite born? (A) Pakistan (B) Russia (C) Barbados (D) New York 6. Who is the council orator in A Dance of forests? (A) Adenebi (B) Demoke (C) Obaneji (D) Old man
7. Zimbabwe belongs to (A) India (B) America (C) Africa (D) Russia 8. When was V.S. Naipaul born? (A) 1932 (B) 1832 (C) 1922 (D) 1930 9. Who wrote The Stone Angel? (A) Naipaul (B) Margaret Laurence (C) Patrick white (D) Bapsi Sidhwa 10. Where was Patrick born? (A) Colombo (B) London (C) Kenya (D) Bangladesh
Course O Master of Arts in English (M.A.) Numerical Code: 0035 Subject O Australian Literature (MEG-09) Roll No. Date O 26/07/2015 Numerical Code: 0214 Time O 03.00 to 06.00 Total Marks O 70 1. Discuss the problem of identity in Australia with reference to the settlers. (12) Make a survey of the 19 th century Australian poetry. 2. Discuss the themes covered in The Drover s wife. (12) Critically appreciate the poem The orange Tree. 3. Discuss the problem of identity in Voss. (12) Write a detailed note on various aspects of violence in the play. 4. Analyse the evolution of Australia s colonial identity into a national identity in Malouf s Remembering Babulon. (12) Analyse the social context in The Quality of Sprawl & Blood. 5. Write short notes (Any two) (12) 1. Women s voices in Australian poetry 2. Aboriginal traditions 3. Laura s sense of identity in Voss 4. Theme in Clarke. 6. Multiple Choice Questions: (10) 1. What is the life Span of Edgar Allan Poe? (A) 1810-1890 (B) 1800-1850 (C) 1809-1849 (D) 1865-1909 2. Who wrote the overcoat? (A) Hoffman (B) Gogol (C) Chekov (D) Tolstoy 3. Who wrote the Drover s wife? (A) Henry Lawson (B) Barbara Baynton (C) Christian Stead (D) Flaubert 4. Who wrote Thief of the Moo? (A) John Shaw Nellson (B) Fitzgerald (C) Kenneth Slessor (D) David Campbell
5. is a song writer as well as a poet. (A) Gig Ryan (B) Ed Tiang Hong (C) Chris Wallace-crabbe (D) Gwen Hrwood 6. Who says, A Black! That was the boy s first thought.. (A) Gemmy (B) Janet (C) Jock (D) Lachlan 7. When was the final version of Voss completed? (A) December 1950 (B) December 1956 (C) December 1966 (D) December 1960 8. Who unfurled the Union Jack on the shore of Sydney cove? (A) Captain Cook (B) Wright (C) Captain Arthur Phillip (D) Harpur 9. Who wrote the play The Perfectionist? (A) Louis Nowra (B) Dorothy Hewett (C) Patrick White (D) Williamson 10. Who wrote His Natural Life? (A) Marcus Clarke (B) Malouf (C) Thomas Shapcott (D) Wright
Course O Master of Arts in English (M.A.) Numerical Code: 0035 Subject O American Novel (MEG-11) Roll No. Date O 22/07/2015 Numerical Code: 0621 Time O 03.00 to 06.00 Total Marks O 70 1. Discuss James F. Cooper s moral concern in The Last of the Mohicans. (12) Discuss the importance of Imagery, Symbolism, allegory and Fable in The Great Gatsby. 2. Discuss The Floating Opera as an episodic and reflective novel. (12) Write a detailed note on the characterization in the novel Light in August. 3. Critically examine Sister Carrie as a novel of ideas. (12) Critically examine Miller s narrative techniques in Black Spring. 4. Trace the origins of Native American fiction with reference to A House Made of Dawn. (12) Black Women s Movement Differ from the mainstream women s movement in America. Discuss with reference to The Color Purple. 5. Write short notes (Any two) (12) 1. Psycho-analytical and feminist approach in Light in August 2. The theme of pastoralist in The Catcher In the Rye 3. Images and symbols in A House Made of Dawn 4. American Naturalism in Sister Carrie 6. Choose the correct answer from the option given below and rewrite it. (10) 1. Who wrote the novel The Last of the Mohicans? a. Cooper b. Dreiser c. Miller d. Faulkner 2. To which novel does the character Lena Grove belong? a. The Great Gatsby b. Light in August c. Sister Carrie d. Floating Opera 3. Freud is. a. Politician b. Psychologist c. Educationalist d. Philosopher 4. When did president Harding die? a. August 1 st b. August 2 nd c. August 3 rd d. August 4 th 5. Blacks in America are called. a. Whites b. Negro c. Indians d. Red 6. What is the main theme of A House Made of Dawn? a. Search for mother b. Search for identity c. Search for father d. Povetry 7. Which novel is called city novel? a. Sister Carrie b. The Catcher In the Rye c. A House Made of Dawn d. Floating Opera 8. Who wrote Tropic of Cancer? a. Cooper b. Salinger c. Miller d. Mamaday 9. To which novel does the character of Holden Caulfield belong? a. Black spring b. Light in August c. Sister Carrie d. The Catcher In the Rye 10. Who wrote The Waste Land? a. Ezra Pound b. Faulkner c. T.S. Eliot d. John Barth