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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DEGREE EXAMINATION –GENERAL ENGLISH

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

EL 1058 – ENGLISH THRO LITERATURE – I

 

 

Date & Time: 03/05/2007 / 9:00 – 12:00        Dept. No.                                                     Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

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

 

1. Bring out Shakespeare’s contribution to Elizabethan drama?
2. Describe the pleasure dome that Kubla Khan wanted to build?
3. Comment on Arnold’s use of the sea as an image of faith.
4.  ‘If design govern in a thing so small’. Bring out the significance of this extract.
5. Mention any two characteristics of the peasants described in the Poem Night of the Scorpion.
6.  Mention any two superstitious beliefs of the villagers in the poem Night of the Scorpion?
7. Why are bores always sure of an audience?
8. What is a bore’s greatest asset?
9. What, according to Shaw, should be the object of all honest governments?
10. What is unnatural slavery?
11. How does Richard Livingston distinguish between knowledge and education?
12. Which subjects tell us about man at his best?

 

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

 

1. What, according to Richard Livingston, are the essentials of good education?
2. How is man’s slavery to Nature pleasant? Explain.
3. How did the girl get the third goat from Sindhu?
4. How does the Mathematics Master describe Wasserkopf’s character?
5. How does Jonson pay rich tributes to Shakespeare in his poem? Explain.
6. How does Coleridge achieve a fine blend of magic and superstition in Kubla Khan? Give examples.
7. Bring out your understanding of the Indian rural life from your reading of Night of the Scorpion.

 

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

 

1. Why, according to Shaw, is perfect freedom not possible? Discuss the role of governmental agencies in this context.           (or)

What is the melancholic view of life expressed by Arnold in his poem Dover Beach?

 

1. Do you think there is perfect freedom in India? Justify your answer.

(or)

Do you think there are alternative methods  to examinations to measure a person’s knowledge?  Discuss with examples.

 

 

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

 

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 —(4)– laws of the land and your possession of money enough to buy —(5)– interesting book or pay for a seat at the pictures, or on a half a holiday at a football match.

 

V  Dialogue writing                                                                                (10 marks)

 

Construct a dialogue between the representative of your class with the Principal of another college to invite their students for the cultural festival organized in your college.

 

 

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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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U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

NM 36

FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 1058 – ENGLISH THRO LITERATURE – I

 

 

 

Date & Time: 02/05/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00  Dept. No.                                                    Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

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

 

1. Why does Jonson call Shakespeare the ‘Soul of the Age’?
2. Why does Jonson not compare Shakespeare with his peers?
3. Why is the pleasure-dome a strange invention in Kubla Khan?
4. Comment on the opening lines of the poem Dover Beach.
5. Who are the ‘assorted characters’ of ‘death andblight’ in Frost’s Design?
6. What is India’s gift to the world?
7. What impression do you form of the child’s father in Night of the Scorpion?
8. What does the true bore think of himself?
9. What are a bore’s favourite topics?
10. What is, according to Shaw, natural slavery?
11. How do laws of the land protect the citizens?
12. Why are the peasants compared to ‘swarms of flies’?

 

SECTION – B

II  Answer any FIVE of the following in about 100 words each:                (5 x 6 = 30)

 

13. How does Jonson pay rich tribute to Shakespeare in his poem On Shakespeare?
14. Describe the landscape of Kubla Khan’s pleasure-dome.
15. What is, according to the poet, the ‘design of darkness’?
16. How does Sarojini Naidu describe the supreme sacrifices made by Indian soldiers

during the First World War?

17. Describe the various kinds of bores.
18. What are Shaw’s views on working hours and retirement?
19. How is vocational education useful?
20. Which subjects are grouped under humanities? Why?

SECTION – C

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

 

21. a) What solution does Arnold prescribe to mitigate the sufferings of this dark world? Do you agree

with the poet? Justify your answer.

(OR)

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

 

22. a) Suggest some remedies to save oneself from bores.

(OR)

1. b) Write a summary of Shaw’s views on Freedom.

 

23. a) How did Sindhu finally succeed in winning the landlord’s daughter in The Three Dancing

Goats? Explain.

(OR)

1. b) Describe the manner in which the Mathematics Master traps Wasserkopf.

 

24. 24. Complete the following passage by filling in the blanks with suitable articles and

prepositions.                                                                                 (10 x 1 = 10)

 

Tom appeared —1— the side walk with —2— bucket of whitewash and —3— long-handled brush. He surveyed —4—fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled —-5—- upon his spirit. Thirty yards of Board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but —-6— burden. Sighing he dipped his brush and passed it —-7—– the topmost plank; repeated the operation; did it again; compared —–8— insignificant whitewashed streak —-9—- the far-reaching continuent of unwhitewashed fence, and sat down —10—- a tree-box discouraged.

 

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