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    TUET EXAMINATION 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?

    6. State the different romantic subplots in Shakespeare‟s As You Like It.

    7. How many times do the witches appear in Shakespeare‟s Macbeth? Briefly mention the
    occasions.

    8. Where does the word “Anglo-saxon” derive its origin from?

    9. Who wrote The Divine Comedy?

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    10. Who brought the Sonnet from Italy to England?

    11. Which is the first tragedy in English literature?

    12. Mention two characteristics of Metaphysical Poetry.

    13. Name two works of Alexander Pope?

    14. Give two examples of the Elegiac form of poetry.

    15. What do you mean by the figure of Speech “Euphemism”?

    16. What is meant by the Greek word “hubris”?

    17. What is Malapropism?

    18. What is meant by catalectic foot?


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    19. What is a Spondaic foot?

    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?

    23. Who is Elizabeth-Jane?

    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.

    29. Give five examples of French loanwords in English.

    30. What is a Gothic novel? Give two examples.

    31. What is deus ex machina in classical epic poetry and drama?

    32. What do you understand by “humour” in the “Comedy of Humours”?

    33. What do you understand by “hamartia”?

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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?

    36. What is a Chronicle Play? Give an example.

    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?

    39. What is a lyric?

    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”?

    44. Describe nasal /m/.

    45. Give two examples of diphthongs in English. Describe them.

    46. Name the two lovers in Daruwala‟s short story Love Across the Salt Desert.

    47. What is an affricate? Give an example.

    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?

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