Calicut University 2006-1st Year B.A ENGLISH ( ) - Question Paper
1st YEAR B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION,JUNE 2006
Part I - English
Paper II -ADVANCED PORSE AND DRAMA
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Reg. No..................................FIRST YEAR B.ATB.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, JUNE 2006
Part IEnglish Paper IIADVANCED PROSE AND DRAMA
(Private/SDE Candidates)
[2005 admissions]
Time : Three Hours Maximum : 100 Marks
I. Write an essay on any one of the following in about 350 words
(a) Nehru6 account of the state of India in the twenties and thirties.
(b) Give an account of Thurbers experience at Ohio State University.
(1 x 15 = 15 marks)
II* Write an essay on any one of the following in about 350 words :
(a) How far is Noras life a representation of social reality ? it
(b) The role and character of Nora Helmer.
(1 x 15 = 15 marks)
III. Answer six of the following questions each in a paragraph of around 120 words, choosing three from each section :
Section A (Prose)
(a) The role of luck in Menons life.
(b) Bellocs comparison of a mans life and that of a cat.
(c) Indias contribution to world civilisation.
(d) The forgetfulness of politicians.
(3 x 5 = 15 marks)
Section B (Drama)
(e) Why does Christine Linde feel that her life is unspeakably empty ?
(f) Dr. Ranks estimate of his father.
(g) A Dolls House as a modern tragedy.
(h) The use of symbols in A Dolls House.
(3 x 5 = 15 marks)
IV. Answer any ten of the following questions in not more than two sentences each, choosing five from each section:
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Section A (Prose)
(a) . On what ground do people regard a book or a work of art harmful to the public mind ?
(b) How did Cardus spend his spare time at Shrewsbury ?
(c) What according to Sarojini Naidu, is our common wish and ambition ?
(d) Why are anglers generally absent minded ?
(e) Why did Mikishara refuse to join the Reds ?
(f) Who, according to K.P.S. Menon, is a good administrator ?
Section B (Drama)
(g) What help did Mrs. Linde expect from Nora ?
(h) What lie did Nora tell her husband about the money she gathered to go abroad ?
(i) What is Torvalds attitude to money ?
(j) What does Krogstad suggest to Nora when she thinks of running away from home ?
(k) What makes Krogstad send the bond back to Nora ?
(1) What makes Nora think that for eight years she has been living with a strange man ?
(10 x 2 = 20 marks)
Read the following and write short annotations on four of them, choosing not less than two from prose and drama :
Section A (Prose)
(a) You are secure, I said sadly, morality is not before you. There is in your complacency no foreknowledge of death nor even of separation.
(b) Within the four seas, said the great sage, Confucius, all men are brothers.
(c) It has been a struggle of women transformed into strength and power like the Kali, the goddess of strength they worship.
Section B (Drama)
(d) Deprave my little children? Poison my home? Its not true. It cant possibly true?
(e) A barristers profession is such an uncertain thing, especially if he wont undertake unsavoury cases.
(f) Isnt it an insult to think that I should be afraid of a starving pen pushers vengeance ?
(4 x 5 = 20 marks)
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