Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2006 B.A Political Science The Victorian Age - Question Paper
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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION - JANUARY, 2006. (For AY 2003 - 04 and CY 2004 students) Second Year THE VICTORIAN AGE
Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 75
Write short notes on any FIVE of the following in about 30 words: (5x3 = 15)
1. What, according to Ruskin, is the popular idea of learning?
2. How are books better than the talk of the people?
3. Are women shadows to men?
4. Bring out the danger of inaccuracy in reading.
5. Why does the Duke not correct the behaviour of the Duchess?
6. How does Ulysses rate hia mariners?
7. Comment on the Hellenic spirits present in "Chorus from Atalanta in Calydon".
8. When can true love conquer everything?
Write short essays on any THREE of the following in about 200 words each: (3 x 10 = 30)
9. What are the dramatic devices used by Oscar Wilde to make Lady Windermere's Fan a well-made-play?
10. 'Ruskin thought and said not only what he himself had seen and felt, but what everyone will think and say in the future1 - Discuss.
11. Bring out Arnold's views about the Humanity of his times.
12. How will you account "Chorus from Atalanta in Calydon'1 a dramatic poem?
13. Do you agree with the view that the popularity of The Mill on the Floss is due to its autobiographical element?
14. 'Hard Times is a deliberately polemical work attacking the utilitarianism of the nineteenth century' -Discuss.
Write short notes on any TWO of the following:
(2 x 10 = 20)
15. What doeB Ruskin say about books as better companions?
16. Bring out the main theme of Arnold's "Dover Beach.
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17. How are similes helpful for Christiana Rossetti to expose her joyful feelings?
18. Elaborate Mrs. Erlynne's maternal feelings.
Write an essay on any ONE of the following.
19. What is the contrast that you find between Ulysses and Telemachus?
20. Account the reasons for the popularity of Lady Windermere's Fan.
21. On what grounds does Ruskin criticize England and its people in King's Treasures?
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