Vinayaka Missions University 2012 B.A Advanced english - ii ( / b/ bca / bbm /bsc/ bsw /bcom /bmm) 1010109 - Question Paper

COURSE CODE - 1010109
UG DEGREE exam - FEB 2012
BA / BBA/ BCA / BBM /BSC/ BSW /BCOM /BMM
ADVANCED ENGLISH - II
(For Candidate Admitted from Calendar 2007 Onwards)
Time: three Hours Max.Marks:75
PART - A
ans All the Questions: 10 X two = 20
1. Annotate the following:
In soothe I know not why I am so sad
It wearies me-you say it wearies you-
But how I caught it, obtained it, or come by it
What stuff this made of, where of it is born
I am to learn.
2. Glamis hath murdered sleep and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more, Macbeth shall sleep no more
3. Duncan is in his grave After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well.
4. Demetrius loves you fair, U happy fair your eyes are lodestars, and tongue's sweet air more tunable that lark to shepherd's ear when wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear
5. I am that merry wanderer of the night I Jest to Oberon, and make him smile
6. God keep your ladyship still in that mind! So a few gentleman or other shall 'scape a predestinate scratch'd face
7. O mistress mine! Where are you roaming? Oh stay and hear I your actual love's coming That can sing both high and low
8. I am sure Caesar fell down, and the rabble clapped him and hissed him as he pleased and displeased them, just as they treat the players in the theatre.
9. My lord, I can't tell what to think of it but that she loves him with an enraged affection. It is past the infinite of thought
10. How are viola and her twin brother separated?
PART - B
ans All the Questions: five X five = 25
11. a. Casket Scene in Merchant of Venice.
(Or)
b. Fair is Foul and Foul is fair Macbeth.
12. a. Comment on the title of the play 'Twelfth Night'.
(Or)
b. Write on the ring episode on 12th Night?
13. a. Draw a character – sketch of puck in 'A Midsummer Night's dream
(Or)
b. Write a note on the title of the play 'A Midsummer Night's dream.
14. a. elaborate the improbabilities and inconsistencies in the plot of Much Ado about nothing?
(Or)
b. Compare and contrast Beatrice and Benedick
15. a. Write a note on the Roman mob in Julius Caesar.
b. Sketch the character of Brutus.
PART - C
16. The heart and soul of The Merchant of Venice is Portia – explain.
17. Bring out the dramatic functions of songs and music in A midsummer Nights Dream
18. 'King Lear is a tragedy' - explain.
19. Consider Much Ado about nothing as a comedy of wit and humour.
20. The treatment of love in 12th night.

Earning:   Approval pending.