LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH
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FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2008
EL 1051 – LITERARY APPRECIATION – I
Date : 22/04/2008 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
SECTION – A
Answer any 10 of the following in about 75 words each (10 x 3 = 30 marks)
- Who does the little boy symbolize in “The Selfish Giant?”
- Why are Romeo and Juliet bothered about their names?
- Why does Nora insist that she has never been understood?
- give two ways in which the girl child suffers in the poem “I Ask…Why?
- Why are the adults eager to get rid of the snow?
- Why are the Maine woods referred to as virgin forests?
- What does W.H.Auden signify by saying the “the death of the poet was kept from his poems?”
- Bring out the symbolic significance of the glass menagerie in the play.
- What lessons for life did A.P.J.Kalam learn from his parents?
- What is the usual misconception about love?
- Why does George Orwell regard sports as an “unfailing cause of ill-will?”
- What does the author mean by seeing off the shine?
- Why is Brady reluctant to fight against Jack?
- What argument does the hermit use to dissuade the king from killing the deer?
- Give two reasons why the author wants a wife.
SECTION B.
Answer any 4 of the following in about 200 to 250 words each (4×10=40 marks)
- Discuss the union between plant life and human life as portrayed by Thoreau and Kalidasa.
- To love is to give. Show how the little child transforms the giant’s life through his act of love.
- How important are the early influences and experiences critical in shaping one’s future according to Dr. Kalam’s lifestory?
- Critically examine Nora’s discussion with Helmer as a plea for women’s liberation.
- Examine Swami and Friends as a humorous account on the importance of sports for young people.
SECTION C.
Answer any 2 of the following in about 300 to 400 words each. (2×15=30 marks)
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- Write a personal account of the love you have shared with an elderly neighbour
- Jot down your observations during a journey in a crowded bus on a rainy day.
- Do you think the popularity of cricket is at the cost of other sports?
- Write a short essay on the abuse of women in our television serials
- write an imaginative account of an encounter with a celebrity during a journey by train.
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