B.A-B.A English Special 3rd Sem AGE OF DRYDEN AND POPE(Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu-2011)

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2011
Third Semester
English Vocational
AGE OF DRYDEN AND POPE
(Non-CBCS—2004 onwards)
Time : 3 Hours Maximum : 100 Marks
Answer all questions (15 × 1 = 15)
Choose the right answer
1. Who is shock in The Rape of the Lock?
(a) Belinda’s horse.
(b) Belinda’s Lapdug
(c) The Baron’s horse.
(d) The poet’s muse.
2. Who inspire’s Belinda’s dream in the first canto?
(a) The Muse.
(b) The Baron.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Umbriel.
3. Whom does Dryden depict as an heir to the throne of nonsensical literature?
(a) Zimri.
(b) Monmouth.
(c) Shadwell.
(d) Saintsbury
4. What according to Donne, is pure and exalted
language?
(a) Soul’s language.
(b) Human language
(c) English language
(d) Greek language
5. What is needed as a pathway to supreme bliss?
(a) body.
(b) soul.
(c) heart.
(d) mind
6. What does the speaker in “To His Coy Mistress” feel to be hurrying near?
(a) Time’s winged chariot
(b) his lover
(c) a carriage
(d) footsteps of god
7. Where does Fag meet Thomas in The Rivals?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Bath.
(c) Norway
(d) Denmark.
8. What is Lydia fond of reading in The Rivals?
(a) Poems.
(b) Sentimental Novels
(c) historical Novels
(d) Picaresque Novels
9. Who is the heroine of the subplot of The Rivals?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Julia
(c) Helena.
(d) Hermia
10. When Crusoe eats eggs on the island, from what animals do they come?
(a) Seagull.
(b) Quail
(c) Penguin.
(d) Turtle.
11. In what century is Robinson Crusoe set?
(a) 16th.
(b) 19th
(c) 18th
(d) 17th
12. Where does Robinson crusoe serve as a slave?
(a) North Africa
(b) Argentina
(c) Algeria
(d) Siberia
13. Iago is a character in ................................
(a) Hamlet
(b) Othello
(c) Macbeth
(d) King Lear
14. The first defect of Shakespeare is the has sacrificed ................................ to convenience.
(a) Vice
(b) Virtue
(c) Bad
(d) Heroes
15. Addison and Steele are said to be precusors of ................................
(a) Drama
(b) One act play
(c) Novel
(d) Shortstory
16. Write a paragraph of about 150 words on any one of the following (1 x 5 = 5)
a) The role of Clarissa in The Rape of the Lock.
b) Treatment of love in “Exstasie”
c) Johnson’s remarks on Shakespeare’s observance of Unities.
17. Write a paragraph of above 150 words on any one of the following (1 x 5 = 5)
a) The role of fag and Lucy in The Rivals.
b) What is the central theme of Robinson Crusoe?
c) Comment on Marvel’s idea of love in “To His Coy Mistress”.
18. Give a critical interpretation of the following with reference to the context, meaning and other stylistic devices. (1 x 15 = 15)
Some nymphs there are, too conscious of their face, For life predestined to the gnomes’ embrace. These swell there prospects and exalt their pride, When offers are disdained, and love denied: Then gay ideas crowd the vacant brain, While peers and dukes, and all their sweeping train, And garters, stars and coronet, appear, And in soft sounds, ‘Your Grace’ salutes their ear. ‘Tis these that early taint the female soul, Instruct the eyes of young coquettes to roll, Teach infant-cheeks a bidden blush to know
And little hearts to flutter at a beau.
19. Write an essay in about 3 pages on any one of the following (1 x 20 = 20)
a) Analyse Pope’s treatment of supernatural machinery in The Rape of the Lock.
b) Consider Mac Flecknoe as a delightful lampoon.
c) How far is The Rivals a comedy of manners?
20. Write an essay in about three pages on any one of the following (1 × 20 = 20)
a) Examine Donne’s portrayal of love in “Exstasie”.
b) Analyse the human qualities of Robinson Crusoe.
c) Examine the merits and defects of Shakespeare.
21. Write an essay in about 300 words on any one of the following. (1 × 10 = 10)
a) comment on Marvell’s philosophy of love in “To his Coy Mistress”.
b) How does Downe treat platonic concept in “Exstasie”.
c) Sketch the character of Jack Absolute in The Rivals.
22. Write an essay in about 300 words on any one of the following (1 × 10 = 10)
a) Comment on the portrayal of Friday in Robinson crusoe.
b) Sketch the character of Belinda in The Rape of the lock.
c) What are Johnson’s remarks on Shakespeare’s plots?

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