(d) David Diop. - Kottakkal Farook Arts & Science College

(c) Willy Lowman:

7 Spotthe odd one:

(a) Charles.

(c) Uncle Ben.

,(d) None of them.

(b) Bernard:

(d) David Diop.. ,';.

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I ,Who else was looking at the Stranger apdrt from the narrator in the story"Killing fime"J

I "The bitter taste of libert/ is a phrase from the poem by :

(a) David,Diop.

(c) Sflvia Plath.

10 Thetheme of Hanestid-"(a) Peasant life. , &) Org,an transplant.

IL Answer ap.y ten o{the followfurg questions in two or three sentehces :

!

11 Theme and treatment in the poem "Edge,:

t2 Comment on thetitle "America Singingr.

13 What is the theme ofthe story "Killing Time, ?

L4 Wlio burns the barns ?

15 Where was the urn placed ?

16 How doesPoe's storyend ? '

18 IIow did naftrre react to,the coming of Columbus ?:

19 What is the role of the mother inffiaruest? '

' 2A What is the theme ofMargaretAtwoo&'s poem ?

2l Comment on the aptness of the title -"A, Searp. .

22 Who wrote the book fuIy Thynw iS Upia,"A Scarf.'

III. Answer any fourof the following questions in a paragraplz of 100 words :

24 The narrator in Poe's story.

(a) A boy.

(c) Cafe owner.

(b) Bearded ma.

(d) None of these.

(b) Whitman.

(d) Gabriel Okara-

(10x1=10msrks)

(10x2=2Omarks)

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26 ttre episoae of the ryS.

26 Life in Lartgstgn Hughes poem.

27. Technology in the play ltraruest.

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(4x5=2Ornarks)i

IV. Airswer any twoof the following q'uestions in 800 words :

29 IIow does Miller rmmask the unddrside of riiodern Auiericarn capitalisrh ?

81 'Ha*eetdapttrres the frightening dimensions of teehnological exploitatlbn : Estdblish.

gZ Discuss the political and crrltural concerns of posteblonial liieratirre.

(2 x lE = g0 inarks)

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sq$H SEMESTER B.A- DEGREE D(AMINATION, IIIARCH 2019

(CUCBCSS)

English

ENG 68 O2-LITERATURES IN ENGLISH_AMERICAN AND POST COLONIAL

Time : Three Hours , Maximum: gO Marks

I. Answer the follbwing bunches of questions :

1. The characters in "I Hear America Singing" are similar to Walt Whitman in that they :

(a) Are constantly singing. (b) Are mechanics and shoemakers.

k) Have worked in a print shop. (d) Aie full of life.

2. What is Snopes accused of ?

. (a) Arson. (b) Larceny.

(c) Murder. (d) Perjury.

A. Roderick IJsher, the narrator discoverd, is all of the following except :

(a) Exceedingly neruous and gloomy

, (b) Hypersensitive and superstitious.

(c) Broken in spirit and deranged.

(d) Bedridden.t

4. Where did Biffget the football ?

(a) Biffhad stolen it from school.

(c) He bo.rrowed it from Happy.

(d) He had stolen it from a kid down the street.

(a) Suicidal note. (b) As a work of art.

6. The photo was taken the day.after the speaker is : :

(a) Drowned. (b) Faced death.

(c) Took bath. (d) On the way.I\rrn over

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7. The mystic drum stands for :

(b) Wilderness

(c) Colonial power.

(d) Spiritual pulse of traditional African life.

8. The black of Africa breaks under the weight of :

' (a) Humiliation. (b) Colonization.

(c) Imagination. (d) Imperialism

9. Who is Om Prakash's wife ?

(a) Anitha. (b) Jaya.

(c) Ginny. (d) None of these.

10. Who wrote the novel'My Thyme is up'?

(a) Mrs. Scribano. (b) Mrs. Chris.' (c) Mrs. Rita Winter. (d) Mrs. Norah.

(10x1_10marks)II. Answer any ten of the following questions in two or three sentences :

11. What kind of singing is heard by Whitman ?

12. What is the metaphor used by Langston Hughes to compare the mother's life ?

13, Who all make up the family of Willy Loman ?

14. Why does the narrator arrive at his Roderick's house ?

15. Why does Abner decide to burn Major de Spain's barn ?

16. Who creates the history of women in the poem "This is a Phoiograph of Me" ?

On what percept Kerala becomes a house of thousand doors ? '

18. What happened to men and fish when the drum invoked the sun and moon ?

19. What does the tree mentioned in the poem *Africa, represent ?

20. What are the conditions to be kept once an organ donor commits to a buyer ?

i Nasibu Mwanukuz ?2L. Where does Nasibu Mwanukuzi find the stranger ?

22. Who are the three daughters of Mrs. Winter ? : '

(10x2=20marhs)

3 c6o?ilIIII. Answer any four ofthe following questions in a paragrap,h of g,Lwords :

23.WhatdoesStevensconveythroughthemetaphorofthejar?

24. Give a character sketch of Willy Loman.

25. What are the gothic features in the story'The Fall of the House of Usher, ?

26. Attempt a character sketch of coronel sartorius snopes.

27. How does Brathwaite picture the migrated people ?

28- Write a note on the two physically absent characters. in the play,Harvest, ?

w. Answer any two of the following questions in 800 words :

29. Write a critical appreciation of the poem "Edge".

30' Explain how Edgar Allen Poe's short story 'The Fall of the House of Usher, is a brilliantexample of gothic fiction.

31' "Killing fime" can be considered as an interweaving of reality with magic. Explain.

(2 x lS = B0 marks)

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' English

ENG 6B O2-LITERATURES IN ENGLISH : AMERICAN

Time : Three Hours

1 Whose life is compareil to a crystal stair case :

(a) Brother.

(c) Mother.

(a) Ttre palace on the IIi[.' (c) The lXaunted Palaee.

(a) The poet himself.

(c) Blackpeople.

7 The mystic drum beats :

(a) Around the town.

(c) In the external nature.

2 What is the name of Usher's improvised poem ?

(Pages:3)

(b) Father.

(d) .Teacher.

. &) The Haunted House.

(d) The Fallen Flower.

A fountain pen.

The keys to the offiee.

,

Upon a hill.

upon the ground.

(b) romantic'poetry.

(d) feministpoetry.

(h) Europeans

(d) White people.

AND POST.C'OLONIAL

Maximum:80 Marks

3 What did Bifftake from Bill Oliver ?

(a) A silver picture frame. ' (b) ,

t(e) A twenty dollar bill. (d)

4 Where is the jar placed on ?

(a) In TennesSee.

(c) on the table.

5 Sylvia Plath's poetry comes under the genre of ;

(a) Confessional poetry.

(c) Metaphysical poetry

(b)

(d)

6 'Whose journey is deseribed in the poem'The Emigrants ?

(b)

(d)

In the mat'ket place.

Inside the mind of the poet.

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8 David Diop's'Africa'celebrates the typical love of the African fortheir:

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(a) Parents.

(c) Mother land.

9 'Who is Om Prakash'p brother ?

(a) Jithin.

(c) JennY.

10 Who decided to buy Norah the perfect scarf ?

(a) Mrs. Scribano.

(c) Mrs. RitaWinter.

G)' Girls.

(d) Ancestors.

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(b) Jeethu.

(d) None of these.

(!)'' Mrs. Chris.

(d) Mrs. Nancy.

ilI.

(10x1=10marks)

Answer any ten of the following questions in two or three sentences :

11. How does Whitman acknowledge the individuality of the l\merieans who sing ?

12. What does the jar symbolize ?

13. Who is the speaker and the addressee of the poem "Mother to son" ?

L4. Why does Oliver refuse to recognize Biff?

15. Why did Abner Snopes have to leave town ?

16. What is the problem with others making history of females ?

l7'. What is Meena Alexander's poem'House of a Thousand D*."" about ?

18.. What happened when the drum stopped beating ?

19..ofwhomdoesDavidDiop,sgrandmoth!rsingtohim?

20. Why is Jaya forced to pretend as Om's sister ?

rliar about the old man rising up in the cafe ?21. What was pecu

Answer any four of the following questions in a paragraph of 80 words :

23. What is thq significance of the title poem'I hear America singing'.?

24. Write short notes on the poem "Edge" bySylvia Plath.

25. What is peculiar about the House of Usher and why has it been built so ?

28. Describe the themes reflected in Atwood's poem "This is a Photograph of Me".

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27 . How does Diop through his poem'Africa" encourage his people to act against the dominating

(4x5=20marks)

tr, Answe: alryfioo of the following duestigns in 800 wordsl

Itragedy in'Death of a salesman'. Explain.

30. Write an essay on the theme employed in the story oBarrt Burningl.

3X, "Kiiling fime" can be considered as an interweaving of reality with magic. Explain.

q2. Attempt an appreciation o{Carold Sti"nt *A Scarf.

(2 x 15 = 30 marks)

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(a) First.

(c) Third.

(a) Dr. Hansen.

(c) Mr. Harris.

6 Whois Willy'swife ?

(a) Letty.

(c) JennY.

7 With whom did Billy have a brief affair ?

(a) Linda.

(c) The Woman.

SDrTH SEMESTER B.& DEGREE EXAIVIINATION,

(CUCBCSS-UG)

English

ENG 68 O2_JITERATTIRE IN ENGLISH : AMERICAN AND

fime : Three Hours

I Answer the following bunches of questions :-1 What person point of view is used in Whitman's poem ?

(b) Second.

(d) None of these.

(b) Major Harold.

(d) None ofthem.

G) Linda.

(d) Happy.

(b) Ben's wife.

(d) None of these.

POST.COLONIAL

Maximum:80 Marks

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2 Which is the figure of speech in "I hear America singingl ?

(a) Simile.

(c) Personification.

3 What does the jar symbolize ?

(c) People.

4 What words are used

(a) Tacks.

(c) Sweat.

5 Who among the following is Snopse's boss ?

(b) Metaphor.

(d) None of these.

(b) Chaos. :

(d) None of these.

by the mother to signiff pain and suffering of her life ?

(b) Blood.

(d) Crystal stair.

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I Wiro wrote the story "Killing fime" ? v

(a) Nasibu. (b) Faulkner.

(c) Carol Shields. (d) None of these.

I David Diop uses 7- to represent future Africa.

(a) Yellow flag. (b) Red fruit.

(c) Green apple. (d) White faded flower.

10 Haruestis

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play.

(a) Modernist. (b) Futuristic.

(c) Anonymous. (d) None of these.

(10x1=10marks)

II. Answer ten of tlcre following questions in two or three sentences :-11 What was the significance of the poem {Edge'in the life of Sylvia Plath ?

LZ What is the theme of Whitmads poem ?

13 What was the warning about life given to the son by the mother ?

14 What happened at thb trial in'Barn Burningl ? .

15 What is Wallace Stevens trying to say through his poem ?

16 What did the narrator of Poe's story see at the end of the story ?

L7 Mention the impact of the druq beat on any two things around.

18 State the political significance of lGmdu's poem.

19 Comment on the title nKillingTime".

20 What is the theme of Margaret Aiwood's poem ? "

.21 Who is the narrator's friend inthe story "A Scarf ?

22 Who might be reading My Thyme is (Jpaccording to Scribano ?

(10x2=20marks)

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\- r III. Answerfozr of the following qrrestions in a paragraph of.100 words,:-

23 Death in Millet's play.

24 Ttre element of horror in Poe's story.

25 The protagoriist of the stoly Sarn Burning", Sarty.

Iughes poem.

27 The role of the rirother in the play Haroest.

28 fire narratot's friend in'A Scarf

(4xE=20marks)

ry. Answer any two of the following questions in 300 words.

29 Discuss Arthur Millet's engagement with the issues of the modern society of his time.

30 What are t,l.e distinct features of American fiction prescribed for study?

81 Colonization of the body of the other is the theme of the play Haruesf : Examine.

Discuss the thematic and structural innovations of postcolonial poetry

(2 x L5= g0 marks)

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SD(TH SEMESTER B.A. DEGREE (UG.CCSS)

(SDE)

English

EN 68 2_LITERATURE IN ENGLISH : AMERICAN AND POST COLONIAI1

(20L2 Admissions)

Time : T$o Hours and.Forty-five Minutes Maximum: 27 Weightage

Part B

L Answer each of the following questions in hro or three sentbnces. Each question earries a weiglrtageof 1:

ridered as the father offree verse ?I Who is conr

2 Where was the jar placed ?

3 How does the poet define the death of the children in the poem "Edge" ?

4 Why did Wi[y leave the school ?

5 Which is the first gothic novel in English ?

6 What does the phrase obarn burningl mean ?

7 When was the photograph taken ?

8 What is the theme of Kamau Braithwaite's poem ? '

9 What is the impact of the mystic drum ?

(9x l=gweightage)

II. Answer fi,ue of thle following questions in a paragraplr. of 100 words each. Each question carries a

weightage of 2 :

10 Symbols inDeath of a Salesmnn.

11 The ending of Poe's story. :

lson?

13 Elaborate the theme of the poem'Africa'.

L4 The boy's conflict in'Barn Burningi. :

15 Consumerism in the play Haruest.

16 Story element in'A Scarf '.t.5xZ = l0weightage)

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SIXTH SEMESTER B.A. DEGREE E)(ANIINATION, IIIAPRIL(UG_CCSS)

EN6B2-LrrERAruRE rN ENcl*;;tlilro,"*QAL} Admission onwards)

Time : Three Hours

IWD POST COLONIAL

.Answer all twelve questions

I (A) Answer the following bunches of questions.

1 How do Usher and the narrator know one another ?

(a) Ttrey are brothers.

(b) They have never met.

(c) They met during the war.

(d) They were boyhood friends.

2 Who wrote the story'Killing fime' ?

(a) Manjula Pathmanabhan.

*{b) Nasisbu Mwanukuzi.

(c) WilliamFaulkner.(d) Gabriel Okara.

3 The black of Africa breaks under the weight of :

(a) Humiliation.

(c) Imagination.

(b) Co-lonization.

(d) Imperialism.

Maximum : 30 Weightage

(a) But standing behind a tree.

(b) Fishes became fishes.

(c) The dead to dance and sing'

(d) Things stopped to grow.

(B) Answer the following :-5 Atwood describes a photograph only to commend on :

(a) Its inability to capture the realities of place.

(b) To explore identity of a person.

(c) Sexrlality.

(d) Wisdom.

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6 The shocking image in the poem'Edge'is :

. (a) Dead children coiled like white serpents

(b) HER TOGA.

(c) Night flower

(d) pitches of milk

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@nif """fizes that Willy's philosophy was wrong,.and most of Willy's life was made up of

illusion. What does he say ?

(a) "He took a wrong turn miles back and never figured it out".

(b) "He was a liar and a cheat. He tried to buy our love and he failed".

(e) 'He had all the wrong drearns. All, all wrongr.

(d) "His brother made millions, but he only made mistakes,.

8 The Fqll of the House of Usher emphasizes from the start a major parallel, one thatinvolves :

' (a) Art and life.

pf e,building and a family.

(c) TWo close friends. <a'

(d) A poem and an event.

(C) Match the following

9 ln Mother to Son,Hughes characterizes the speaker as :

. (a) A young man unsure of his place in the world.

(b) A blaek servant who longs to be treated with equality and respect.

(c) An innocent child harmed by the discrimination he has experienced.

(d) An average, working-class man who hates his job.

10 ln I Hear Arnerica Singing,the poet probably described people at work because :

(a) People often sing at work.

(b) He sgw America as a poor country.

(c) He liked working more than doing other activities.

(d) He saw America as a country that was prospering.

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11 Who is Jeetu in Haruest ? ,

(a) Om praksh's brother. (b) Jaya's Husband.

(c) Ma's hrrsband. (d) Jaya's son.

L2 "It took dominion everywhere'What does.it, stand for ?

(a) Ttre hill. (b) Wilderness

(c) Ihe poet's thoughts. (d) The jar.

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[I' Answer each of the following questions in'two or three sentences. Each question carries 1 weightage.

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, @ ln Death of a Salesman, Lind.a'says, aMere free and clear'. What does it mean ?

What is Snopes accused of inBarn Burning ?

What happens at the end of Fall of the House of Usher ?

{o wrrat is the problem between Biffand w4lv in Death of a salesman ?./

V{ .Vlnatdoes the title of Sylvia Plath's Ed.ge suggest ?

18 What according to the fancy of the namator in Kitling Time could be the problems of the '

stranger ?

19 what does the woman behind the tree nTtte Mystic Drumrepresent ?

20 Wlien, according'to the author was the photograph in This is a Photograph of Me taken ?

2l What does the "red scar" in the poemAfrica mean ?

(gx1=gweightage)

IIII. Answer any fiue of the following questions in a paragraph of 100 words. Each question carries 2weightage.

,@ *UnWhitman's poetic technique in I Hear Amerba Singtng.

@ What is the character traits revealed of the speaker 1n Motfter to Son ?

@ aUrraonment as a theme of Death of a Salesman.

25 Wfrat is the significance of the grandmothey's song inAfri.ca?

26 What is the central.theme of The Emigrants

27 The nature and ecosystem of Kerala as depicted in House of a Thousand Doors.

28 How is magrc realism used as a mode to convey the theme of Killing Tirne ? N(5 x Z= to weightaA

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