LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH
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FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008
EL 1058 – ENGLISH THRO LITERATURE – I
Date : 05-11-08 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
SECTION – A
I Answer any TEN of the following in about 50 words each: (10×3=30)
- Who are Shakespeare’s peers with whom Jonson does not want to compare him?
- Why, according to Jonson, should Britain feel proud of Shakespeare?
- Why are the peasants compared to ‘swarms of flies’?
- What did the poet see in his vision in Kubla Khan?
- What kind of scene is described in the opening lines of the poem Dover Beach.
- What, according to the poet, is the ‘design of darkness’?
- What is India’s gift to the world?
- What does a bore think of others?
- What is a bore’s greatest asset?
10.Who, according to Shaw, is a free person?
- What is unnatural slavery?
- What is the difference between knowledge and education?
SECTION – B
II Answer any FIVE of the following in about 100 words each: (5×6=30)
- Sum up in your own words Jonson’s rich tribute to Shakespeare in his poem On Shakespeare.
- Describe the landscape of Kubla Khan’s pleasure-dome.
- What solution does the poet prescribe to mitigate the sufferings of this dark world in
Dover Beach? Do you agree with the poet? Give reasons.
- Describe the supreme sacrifices made by Indian soldiers during the First World War.
- What are some remedies to save oneself from bores?
- How is man’s slavery to Nature pleasant? Explain.
- How does a civilized society protect its citizens?
- How can we reduce the over-emphasis on examinations?
SECTION – C
III Answer the following in about 300 words each: (3×10=30)
- a) How does the poet succeed in creating an atmosphere of magic and mystery in Kubla Khan.
(OR)
- b) How is the poem Night of the Scorpion a true expression of Indian sensibility?
- a) Describe the different kinds of bores, as classified by the writer in Bores.
(OR)
- b) Why, according to Shaw, is perfect freedom not possible? Discuss.
- a) Why did Sindhu in The Three Dancing Goats want to marry the landlord’s daughter? How did
he finally succeed in winning her?
(OR)
- b) Discuss the teachers’ plan to outsmart Wasserkopf in Refund? Describe how they implement
the plan.
- Complete the following passage by filling in the blanks with suitable prepositions. (10×1=10)
Now let us put the case in figures. If you have to work —–(1)—–twelve hours a day, you have no freedom at all. If you work eight hours —-(2)—- day you have four hours a day to do what you like —-(3)—–, subject to the laws —–(4)—– of the land and your possession of money enough to buy —(5)—– interesting book or pay —-(6)—- a seat at the pictures, or, on a half-holiday, —(7)—- a football match, or whatever your fancy may be. But even here Nature will interfere a good deal; —–(8)——— if your eight hours’ work has been of a hard physical kind, and when you get home you want to spend your four hours —–(9)——- reading my books to improve your mind, you will find yourself fast asleep in half —-(10)—– minute, and your mind will remain in its present benighted condition.
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