LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034  U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

AP 04

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

         EL 1058 – ENGLISH THRO LITERATURE – I

(Also equivalent to GEL 058)

 

 

Date & Time : 27-10-2006/1.00-4.00           Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

 

I Answer any TEN of the following in about 50 words each.                     (10×3=30)

 

1. What impact did Shakespeare’s death make on Elizabethan drama?
2. What did the poet, in the poem Kubla Khan, see in his vision?
3. What solution does Mathew Arnold prescribe to mitigate the sufferings of this dark world? Do you agree with the poet? Give reasons.
4. Comment on the line – ‘If design govern in a thing so small’.
5. Why are the peasants compared to ‘swarms of flies’?
6. What do you learn about the character of the mother from the last two lines of the poem Night of the Scorpion?
7. What devices does the writer recommend to avoid bores?
8. How do workers tend to lose in a general strike?
9. How does the master class, in the modern age, maintain hold on the slave class? Explain.
10. Why is it impossible to achieve excellence in any subject? Give reasons.
11. What should a reader look for in a biographical account? Why?
12. Sum up Shaw’s views on ‘work’ and ‘leisure’.

 

 

II Answer any FIVE of the following in about 100 words each.            (5×5=25)

 

13. Why does Shaw consider slavery of man to man as unnatural slavery?
14. What reasons does Livingstone give to opt for Literature as a subject to see man full face?
15. How did the girl get the third goat from Sindhu?
16. How did the mathematics master trap Wasserkopf at the end?
17. Why does the poet not wish to lodge Shakespeare by Chaucer, Spenser or Beaumont?
18. Comment with examples on the qualities of magic and superstition in Kubla Khan.
19. Explain the high philosophy of the peasants’ prayers in Night of the Scorpion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[EL 1058 English Through Literature]

 

III Answer the following in about 250 words each.                           (2×15=30)

 

20. Enumerate Bernard Shaw’s views on Freedom.

(or)

Analyse critically Mathew Arnold’s reflections in his poem Dover Beach.

 

21. Choose a candidate or political party you like and formulate an essay defending your freedom of choice.

(or)

Narrate an event in your life and share your concerns over the cultural degradation due to the influence of media.

 

IV Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.           (5×1=5)

 

We have to focus our eyes —(1)—the business of the moment, and —(2)—power of long vision is easily lost. But man needs —(3)—long vision —-(4)— life and should view it —(5)—bifocal spectacles.

 

V  Dialogue writing                                                                                (10 marks)

 

Construct a dialogue between a travel agent and the representative of your class over arranging a mini bus for an educational tour for a week.

 

 

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