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(a) The American Scholar
(b) Self-Reliance
(c) Civil Disobedience
(d) None
Total No. of Questions : 3
[Total No. of Printed Pages : 8
(ii) .........is the flagship Journal published by transcendental group in July 1840:
(a) The Dial
(b) The Diary
(c) The Tatler
(d) None
KL-627
M. A. IVth Semester (Reg./Pvt./ATKT)
Examination, 2023
English
Paper - IV (b)
American Lit.
(iii) Which of the following is the work of Thoreau :
(a) Walden
(h) Walking
(c) Cape Cod
(d) All of these
Time : 3 Hours]
[Maximum Marks : Reg.= 85 Pvt.= 100
(iv) Which of the following is Emily Dickinson's longest poem:
(a) I cannot live without you
(b) This is my letter to the world
Note- Read instructions carefully. All questions are compulsory.
SECTION - 'A'
Objective Type Questions
1Ã15=15
1. Choose the correct alternative:
(i) .........is considered as America's intellectual declaration of independence:
(c) Both a and b
(d) None
(v) Emily Dickinson was born in:
(a) 1830
(b) 1803
(c) 1813
(d) None
(vi) Who is credited with the genre of confessional poetry :
(a) Sylvia Plath
(b) Emily Dickinson
(c) Frost
(d) None
(vii) Which of the following is the not work of Tennessee williams:
(a) The glass Menageria
(b) A Street Car Named Desire
(c) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(d) None of these
(viii) When was Edward Albee born:
(a) 1928
(b) 1938
(c) 1948
(d) 1984
(ix) 'The zoo story' was published in the year:
(a) 1959
(b) 1950
(c) 1964
(d) None of these
(x) Who said "This is the world is a zoo" :
(a) Edward Albee
(b) Harper Lee
(c) Sylvia Plath
(d) None
(xi) 'To kill a Mocking bird' is set in:
(a) Alabama
(b) Albania
(c) Alaska
(d) None
(xii) Mayella and Bob Ewell are characters in:
(a) To kill a mocking bird
(b) Of Mice and Men
(c) The Zoo story
(d) None of these
(xiii) 'Of Mice and Men' is a:
(a) Drama
(b) Poem
(c) Novella
(d) None
(xiv) Which of the following characters belong to 'Of Mice and Men':
(a) Lennie
(b) Curley
(c) Both a and b
(d) None
(xv) 'The Bee Meeting' is written by:
(a) Sylvia Plath
(b) Emily Dickinson
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
SECTION - 'B'
Short Answer Type Questions
5Ã3=15
2. (A) Explain the following with reference to context :- (Any 3)
(a) Man thinking must not be subdued by his instruments.
Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read god directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings.
(b) Unjust laws exist : Shall we be content to obey them,
or shall we endeavour to admend them and obey them until we have succeeded or shall we transgress them at once :
(c) Till seraphs suring their snowy Hots -
and saints-to windows run -
To see the little Tippler
Leaning against the-sun !
(d) Now they are giving me a fashionable
White straw italian hat
And a black veil that molds to my
Face, they are making me one of them.
(e) The play is memory, Being a memory play, it is dimly
lighted, it is sentimental, it is not realistic.
In memory everything seems to happen to music.
That explains the fiddle in the wings.
(f) People can't have everything they want. You should know that; its a rule, people can have some of the things they want, but they can't have everything.
(B) Answer the following questions : (Any 2).
2Ã5=10
(a) Write a brief note on the concept of Transcendentalism.
(b) What is the theme of 'To kill a Mocking Bud'.
(c) Critically appreciate 'Lady Lazarus'.
(d) Highlight Tennessee Williams as a play wright in brief.
SECTION - 'C'
Long Answer Type Questions
5Ã9=45
3. Answer the following questions : (Attempt any 5).
(i) Discuss Emerson's Prose style with reference to 'Ameri can Scholar'.
(ii) How are action and experience crucial to the 'American Scholar'. Discuss.
(iii) What is Thoreau's concept of Civil Disobedience ?
(iv) Is Thoreau's conception of Civil Disobedience compat ible with democratic government Discuss.
(v) Critically appreciate the poem, 'This is my letter to the world'.
(vi) Discuss Sylvia Plath as a poet with reference to the po ems you have read.
(vii) Comment on the theme of 'The Glass Menagerie'.
(viii) Discuss Edward Albee as a playwright with reference to 'The Zoo Story'.
(ix) Comment on Harper lee's genius as a novelist with refer ence to his works.
(x) Write a detailed note on the theme of the novel, 'Of Mice and Men'.