LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

XA 09

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)

 

1. Who are Shakespeare’s peers with whom Jonson does not want to compare him?
2. Why, according to Jonson, should Britain feel proud of Shakespeare?
3. Why are the peasants compared to ‘swarms of flies’?
4. What did the poet see in his vision in Kubla Khan?
5. What kind of scene is described in the opening lines of the poem Dover Beach.
6. What, according to the poet, is the ‘design of darkness’?
7. What is India’s gift to the world?
8. What does a bore think of others?
9. What is a bore’s greatest asset?

10.Who, according to Shaw, is a free person?

11. What is unnatural slavery?
12. 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)

 

13. Sum up in your own words Jonson’s rich tribute to Shakespeare in his poem On Shakespeare.
14. Describe the landscape of Kubla Khan’s pleasure-dome.
15. 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.

16. Describe the supreme sacrifices made by Indian soldiers during the First World War.
17. What are some remedies to save oneself from bores?
18. How is man’s slavery to Nature pleasant? Explain.
19. How does a civilized society protect its citizens?
20. How can we reduce the over-emphasis on examinations?

 

SECTION – C

 

III  Answer the following in about 300 words each:                             (3×10=30)

 

21. a) How does the poet succeed in creating an atmosphere of magic and mystery in Kubla Khan.

(OR)

1. b) How is the poem Night of the Scorpion a true expression of Indian sensibility?

 

22. a) Describe the different kinds of bores, as classified by the writer in Bores.

(OR)

1. b) Why, according to Shaw, is perfect freedom not possible? Discuss.

 

 

23. 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)

1. b) Discuss the teachers’ plan to outsmart Wasserkopf in Refund? Describe how they implement

the plan.

 

24. 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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