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(b) Scout Finch
(c) Atticus Finch
(d) Boo Radley
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ST-626
M.A. (Reg./PVT./ATKT) Examination, 2025
(Fourth Semester)
ENGLISH
Paper-IV (b)
American Literature
Time : 3 Hours
[Maximum Marks : {
Reg. : 85
Pvt. : 100
}
Note : Attempt all questions.
Section A
(Objective Type questions)
1.
Choose the correct answer :
1.5×10=15
(i) Who is the defense attorney in the trial of Tom Robinson in 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' ?
(a) Jem Finch
(b) Scout Finch
(c) Atticus Finch
(d) Boo Radley
(ii) When was Edward Albee born ?
(a) 1920
(b) 1928
(c) 1930
(d) 1940
(iii) What is the setting of 'The Glass Menagerie' ?
(a) New York City
(b) New Orleans
(c) St. Louis
(d) Chicago
(iv) Which of the following is not a work by Ralph Waldo Emerson ?
(a) Nature
(b) Self-Reliance
(c) Walden
(d) The American Scholar
(v) When was Emily Dickinson born ?
(a) 1830
(b) 1832
(c) 1836
(d) 1840
(vi) In which year was 'Civil Disobedience' published first ?
(a) 1849
(b) 1850
(c) 1855
(d) 1859
(vii) Which philosophical movement is Ralph Waldo Emerson often associated with ?
(a) Romanticism
(b) Realism
(c) Existentialism
(d) Modernism
(viii) Which literary movement is Sylvia Plath associated with ?
(a) Romanticism
(b) Beat Generation
(c) Confessional Poetry
(d) Harlem Renaissance
(ix) 'Of Mice and Men' is a/an :
(a) Drama
(b) Poem
(c) Novella
(d) Elegy
(x) 'Phi Beta Kappa' is the name of :
(a) a literary society
(b) a book
(c) a film
(d) a political party
Section B
2.
Explain the following with reference to context
(any three) :
5×3=15
(a) Him Nature solicits with all her placid, all her monitory pictures. Him the past instructs. Him the future invites.
(b) The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are the standing army, and the militia, jailers, constables, posse comitatus, etc.
(c) This is my letter to the World
That never wrote to Me â
The simple News that Nature told â
With tender Majesty.
(d) Who are these people at the bridge to meet me? They are the villagers â
The rector, the midwife, the sexton, the agent for bees.
(e) In memory, everything seems to happen to music.
(f) We know what we got, and we don't care whether you know it or not.
3.
Short answer type questions. Attempt any two of the following :
2×5=10
(a) Write a brief note on Transcendentalism.
(b) Write a brief note on death theme in Emily Dickinson's poetry.
(c) What is the difference between a Novel and a Novella ?
(d) Comment on the title of 'To Kill a Mocking Bird'.
Section C
(Long Answer Type Questions)
Note : Attempt any five questions.
5×9=45
1.
Discuss Emerson as an essayist in detail.
2.
Write a short essay about Thoreau's concept of Civil Disobedience.
3.
Discuss Symbolism in Emily Dickinson's poetry with reference to her poems you have read.
4.
Discuss Sylvia Plath as a confession poet.
5.
Critically appreciate Plath's poem 'Daddy'.
6.
Comment on the various themes in 'The Glass Menagerie'.
7.
Attempt a critical appreciation of 'The Zoo Story'.
8.
Write a short essay on the symbolism in Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mocking Bird'.
9.
Comment on the style of 'Of Mice and Men'
Or
Write a detailed note on the theme of this novella.