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English - 2017
English - 2017
M. A. in English
1. “In the room, the women come and go/Talking of Michelangelo…” Briefly explain what the poet
means by women talking about Michelangelo in the given extract.
2. What attitude to life does Wilson represent in Maugham‟s short story The Lotus Eater?
3. Why does W.B.Yeats choose Byzantium as the setting for his poem Sailing to Byzantium?
4. Who are the “riders” in Synge‟s one-act play Riders to the Sea?
5. Bluntschli in Shaw‟s Arms and the Man is a mercenary soldier? Which is his native country and
which country does he fight for in the war against Bulgaria and Serbia?
7. How many times do the witches appear in Shakespeare‟s Macbeth? Briefly mention the
occasions.
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10. Who brought the Sonnet from Italy to England?
20. Who is Lady Catherine de Bourgh? How does she treat Mr. Collins?
21. What are the names of the eldest and the youngest daughters of the Bennett family? Give
one appropriate word to describe the nature of each.
22. Why does Mr. Henchard sell his wife and his daughter?
24. Which are the „two cities‟ that serve as the backdrop of Dickens‟ A Tale of Two Cities?
25. What is a historical novel? Can Dickens‟ A Tale of Two Cities be classified as a historical
novel? Give two reasons.
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26. Who are the two housekeepers in Bronte‟s Wuthering Heights? Where are they employed
and by whom?
27. What was Amal‟s relationship with Madhab in Tagore‟s The Post Office.
28. „she has got over the most trying age‟. Who is the person referred to in Austen‟s Pride
and Prejudice? Give the meaning of „trying age‟ and explain its significance.
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34. What kind of a comedy is Shakespeare‟s As You Like It? Why do you consider it so?
35. Which type of early form of native play inspired Marlowe‟s Dr. Faustus?
37. Who are the symbolic „magi‟ in O. Henry‟s short story The Gift of the Magi?
38. What would have happened to Shakespeare‟s sister, had she existed, according to
Virginia Woolf?
40. To whom does Shakespeare compare a summer‟s day, in his sonnet beginning: “Shall I
compare thee to a summer‟s day?”
41. What is the meaning of “palem ima” in Robin S. Ngangom‟s “A Poem for Mother”?
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42. Who is/are referred to as “my love” in Mamang Dai‟s “The Sorrow of Women”?
43. What image is evoked by the “dotara” in Indira Goswami‟s short story “The Journey”?
46. Name the two lovers in Daruwala‟s short story Love Across the Salt Desert.
48. Draw a vowel quadrilateral and show the position of the cardinal vowel “o”.
49. What does Hokutwisa refer to in Sachlang Tripura‟s poem Dawn at Hokutwisa.
50. Where was the scorpion hiding in Nissim Ezekiel‟s poem Night of the Scorpion?