UP-TO-DATE PAPER (A) 2006 - B.A. ENGLISH (PU)

PAPER NO. 5

(YEAR 2006 - GROUP I)

1. Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following. 

(i) And the dead man answered,

'Talking brought me here'.

(ii) We passed the Field of Gazing grain

We passed the setting Sun ____

(iii) The fog comes 

On little cat feet.

(iv) Don't spoil it _____ don't be rude and violent! Put that thing down. I'd always intended to give you the password if you failed. Be bright, be sensible. Remember the day! The password is 'SOPHY'.

(v) Primrose: Of course, I don't mean marriage in general. I mean marriage with John. He makes me feel all funny inside. 

2. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. 

(i) Write a note on the state of law and order in USA after your study of "The Killers".

(ii) In "The New Constitution", Ustad Mangu is at best a half-wit. Elaborate. 

(iii) Happy Prince sees best when he has no eyes to see. Explain. 

(iv) The wife in "The Shadow in the Rose Garden" cannot help digging her past. Discuss. 

(v) Uncle James in "The Boy Comes Home" is not a lion but a jackal in the garb of a lion. Elaborate. 

3. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. 

(i) To Liaqat Ali Khan, demand for Pakistan was the most reasonable and entirely practicable. Explain. 

(ii) How was it easy to deceive the grandfather in "My Grandfather"?

(iii) Even great depression could not beat down American women's habit of make-up. Explain with reference to "The Beauty Industry".

(iv) What according to Max Beerbohm is good guestship?

(v) How does the bachelor fare in American society? 

4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) The hero's dreams are pure, innocent and unharmful. Elaborate. ("Tartary")
(iii) The protagonist in "The Rebel" is fake not real, yet important. Explain.
(iv) Elaborate visual effects in "The Solitary Reaper".
(iv) Write a note on Shakespeare's accurate observation of life in "All the World's a Stage".
(v) What is the real nature of Keats's fears in "When I Have Fears"?
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) Elaborate Santiago's hand game with the Negro.
(ii) 'Every day is a new day'. says Santiago. Comment.
(iii) Describe Santiago's search for fish.
(iv) Elaborate the final stage of Santiago's struggle with the fish.
(v) Santiago is more philosophic than formal philosophers. Explain.