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KL-617

M.A. IInd Semester (REG/PVT./ATKT)

Examination, 2023

English

Paper - II

Drama

Time : 3 Hours]
[Maximum Marks : Reg.= 85
Pvt.= 100
Note- Attempt all questions.
SECTION - 'A'
Objective Type Questions
1ÂŊ×10=15
1. Choose the correct alternative:
(i)
How does Cleopatra kill herself?
(a) She stabs herself with a dagger
(b) She jumps from the top of a hill
(c) She lets herself be bitten by poisonous snakes
(d) She drowns herself in the nile
(ii)
What is the subtitle of the play "All for lone"?
(a) As you like it
(b) The world well lost
(c) What you will
(d) All is well that ends well
(iii)
"The way of the world" was written in the year :
(a) 1700
(b) 1702
(c) 1705
(d) 1708
(iv)
Lord Illingworth tries to seduce-
(a) Mrs. Arbuthnot
(b) Lady Hunstanton
(c) Hester
(d) One of the House maids.
(v)
Which one of the following plays is not written by Ibsen?
(a) Pillars of Society
(b) The Wild Duck
(c) The Eldest Son
(d) Ghosts
(vi)
Where does nora Helaner take her husband for recovery?
(a) France
(b) Italy
(c) Spain
(d) Portugal
(vii)
G.B. Shaw was awarded Nobel Prize in-
(a) 1926
(b) 1930
(c) 1932
(d) 1936
(viii)
On the models of whose problem plays did Galsworthy write his plays?
(a) Henry Arthur Jones
(b) Arthur Pinero
(c) Henrick Ibser
(d) T.W. Robertson
(ix)
The play "The proposal" revolues around.................. character/characters.
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(x)
Which honour did John Boynton Priestley accept in 1977?
(a) George Cross
(b) Knighthood
(c) Order of Merit
(d) Nobel Prize
SECTION - 'B'
Short Answer Type Questions
5×5=25
2.
Explain with reference to the context the following passages, giving suitable critical comments:
(a)
Dortents and prodigies have grown so frequent, That they have lost their name.
OR
Thou best of thieves : Who, with an easy key, Dost open life and unperceived by us, Even steal us from ourselves.
(b)
Why do we daily commit disagreeable and dangerous actions? To save that idol, reputation.
OR
He has not obliged me to that with those excesses of himself, and now I'll have none of him.
(c)
Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.
OR
I think that before all else I am a human being, just as much as you are-or at least I will try to become one.
(d)
If you can't appreciate what you've got, you'd better get what you can appreciate.
OR
The law is what it is a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which lests on another.
(e)
You look terrible. I wouldn't wear that face even for charles spence.
OR
These meadows aren't valuable. They only come to about 12 acres, but that's not the point, It's the unfairness.
SECTION - 'C'
Long Answer Type Questions
11×5=55
3.
What are the features of Dryden's heroic tragedy? How is "All for love" a heroici tragedy? Elucidate.
OR
How is the theme of Rove expressed in "All for love"?
4.
"The way of the world" by congreve is a mirror of the contemporary society". Elucidate.
OR
Write a note on the character sketch of Mirabell.
5.
Discuss the main themes of Oscar Wilde's "A woman of no importance".
OR
Write a note on "A Doll's House" as a problem play.
6.
Write a note on "Justice" as a realistic play.
OR
Discuss the transformation of Eliza in "Pygmalion".
7.
"In the play The Proposal" chekhov has given description of the social economic conditions of the Russia in the 19th century. Elucidate.
OR
Compare and contrast the characters of Mrs. Pearson and Mrs. Fitzgerald in the play "The Mother's Day".