Literary History B.A Model Question Papers : alagappauniversity.ac.in

Name of the University : Alagappa University
Degree : B.A
Department : English
Subject Code/Name : Literary History
Semester : II
Document Type : Model Question Papers
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Literary History :

Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks
Section A :

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1. Who brought the story of Beowulf with them to England-
2. What is lyrical poetry-
3. What are the general features of the poetry of chaucer-
4. What is Tottel’s Micellany-
5. What is coleridge’s chief contribution to ‘The Lyrical Ballads’-
6. Mention the theme of Hopkins Terrible sonnets.
7. To whom was T.S.Eliot’s ‘The waste Land’ dedicated-
8. What are Mystery plays-
9. Mention the first comedy in English-
10. Who are university wits-
11. What is a blank verse-
12. Who are the rivals in sheridan’s play The Rivals-
13. What is Absurd Drama-
14. What is a problem play-
15. Name some of the allegorical places describe in The Pilgrim’s progress.
16. Who is called the father of English Fiction-
17. Mention any Three novels of scott.
18. In which novel in the French Revolution used as background-
19. What is George Eloit’s real name-
20. What is stream of Conciousness-
21. What is meant by the term scientific fiction-
22. Name three members of the spectator club.
23. Who wrote ‘confessions of a English opium Eater’.
24. Who wrote ‘The Essay on Man’-
25. What is classicism-
26. Write a note on Chaucer’s contribution to English versification-
27. Write a note on Marlowe’s work and their influence on Shakespeare.
28. What are the salient features of Metaphysical poetry-
29. Comment on the themes of Shaw’s Plays-
30. Account for the importance of the Victorian Novel.
31. What do you know about conan Doyle-
32. What were major prose writings of Charles Lamb-
33. Write a note on the development of criticism in the 20th Century.
34. What are the characteristics of Anglo-Saxon prose.
35. Write on Browning as a writer of dramatic monologues.
36. What are the special features of Eliot’s poetry-
37. Comment on the origins of English drama.
38. How was Jonson’s comedy different from that of Shakespeare-
39. The Themes of Bacon’s Essays.
40. The salient features of Jane Austen’s Novels.
41. Dickens’s outlook in his novels.
42. Salient features of twentieth – century prose.
43. Victorian Criticism.

Section D : (2 × 15 = 30)
Attempt two of the following in about 600 words each.
44. Write an essay on the contribution of Tennyson and Browning to the development of Victorian poetry.
45. Bring out the special features in the development of English Essay form.
46. ‘The Four forms’ of English Literature to the development of English – Discuss.
47. What are the salient features of Shakespearean tragedy? Discuss with reference to the tragedies you have read.

B.A. Degree Examination, April 2011 :
Third Semester
English Vocational :
Age Of Dryden And Pope :
(Non-CBCS—2004 onwards)
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks
Answer all questions (15 × 1 = 15)
Choose the right answer
1. Who is shock in The Rape of the Lock?
(a) Belinda’s horse.
(b) Belinda’s Lapdug
(c) The Baron’s horse.
(d) The poet’s muse.

2. Who inspire’s Belinda’s dream in the first canto?
(a) The Muse.
(b) The Baron.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Umbriel.

3. Whom does Dryden depict as an heir to the throne of nonsensical literature?
(a) Zimri.
(b) Monmouth.
(c) Shadwell.
(d) Saintsbury

4. What according to Donne, is pure and exalted language?
(a) Soul’s language.
(b) Human language
(c) English language
(d) Greek language

5. What is needed as a pathway to supreme bliss?
(a) body.
(b) soul.
(c) heart.
(d) mind

6. What does the speaker in “To His Coy Mistress” feel to be hurrying near?
(a) Time’s winged chariot
(b) his lover
(c) a carriage
(d) footsteps of god

7. Where does Fag meet Thomas in The Rivals?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Bath.
(c) Norway
(d) Denmark.

8. What is Lydia fond of reading in The Rivals?
(a) Poems.
(b) Sentimental Novels
(c) historical Novels
(d) Picaresque Novels

9. Who is the heroine of the subplot of The Rivals?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Julia
(c) Helena.
(d) Hermia

10. When Crusoe eats eggs on the island, from what animals do they come?
(a) Seagull.
(b) Quail
(c) Penguin.
(d) Turtle.

11. In what century is Robinson Crusoe set?
(a) 16th.
(b) 19th
(c) 18th
(d) 17th

12. Where does Robinson crusoe serve as a slave?
(a) North Africa
(b) Argentina
(c) Algeria
(d) Siberia

13. Iago is a character in …………………………..
(a) Hamlet
(b) Othello
(c) Macbeth
(d) King Lear

14. The first defect of Shakespeare is the has sacrificed ………………………….. to convenience.
(a) Vice
(b) Virtue
(c) Bad
(d) Heroes

15. Addison and Steele are said to be precusors of …………………………..
(a) Drama
(b) One act play
(c) Novel
(d) Shortstory

16. Write a paragraph of about 150 words on any one of the following (1 x 5 = 5)
a) The role of Clarissa in The Rape of the Lock.
b) Treatment of love in “Exstasie”
c) Johnson’s remarks on Shakespeare’s observance of Unities.

17. Write a paragraph of above 150 words on any one of the following (1 x 5 = 5)
a) The role of fag and Lucy in The Rivals.
b) What is the central theme of Robinson Crusoe?
c) Comment on Marvel’s idea of love in “To His Coy Mistress”.