PAPER QUESTION ONE
(Explanation with RTC - Poetry and One-Act Plays)
1. Year 2004 ( Group I)
Explain any THREE of the following extracts with reference to the context.
(i) Popova: I shall never go out, why should I? My life is already at an end. He is in his grave. And I have buried myself between four walls.
(ii) Bishop: Come to the cathedral when you are at leisure. You really aught to turn over a new leaf tonight.
(iii) I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end,
I was angry with my foe;
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
(iv) Sun, rain, curving sky
Mountain, oceans, leaf and stone,
You're all that I can call my own.
(v) And so I missed my chance with one of the
lords of life. And I have something to expiate;
A pettiness.
2. Year 2004 (Group II)(ii) Bishop: Come to the cathedral when you are at leisure. You really aught to turn over a new leaf tonight.
(iii) I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end,
I was angry with my foe;
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
(iv) Sun, rain, curving sky
Mountain, oceans, leaf and stone,
You're all that I can call my own.
(v) And so I missed my chance with one of the
lords of life. And I have something to expiate;
A pettiness.
Explain any THREE of the following extracts with reference to the context.
(i) James: I suppose you think it's brave to come back from the front and threaten a defenseless man with a revolver? Is that the sort of fair play they teach you in the Army?
(ii) Lettice: You'll love uncle Charles -- everybody does. Call him, Guy. He may not approve but he won't criticizes. He never criticizes any body.
(iii) I will drain
Long draughts of quiet
As a purgation.
(iv) But if this century is to be made great
than those before, her sons must make
her so.
(v) The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet black bough.
Explain any THREE of the following extracts with reference to the context.
(i) In the company of dog lovers,
The Rebel expresses a preference for cats.
(ii) We passed before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground--
The roof was scarcely visible--
The Cornice--in the Ground--
(iii) A touch of cold in the autumn night
I walked abroad
And saw the ruddy moon lean over hedge.
(iv) It is always a losing game to be a mother. You were a baby and I lost my baby. Then you were a helpless child and I lost her too, and gained a school girl, half of you as dependent as ever you were, the other half a strange new creature with interests that I could not watch or share.
(v) James: At the point of the revolver? You settle your arguments by force? Good heaven, sir! This is just the very thing that we were fighting to put down.
4. Year 2005 (Group II)Explain any THREE of the following extracts with reference to the context.
(i) Smirnov: Silly and rude! I don't know how to behave before women! Madam, in my time I've seen more women than you have seen sparrows.
(ii) Wolf: Stow it! [To Lettice] D'you want me to abandon my craft and start keeping rabbits.
(iii) No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
(iv) Thus I entered and thus I go
In triumphs, people have dropped down dead.
(v) So little happens, the black dog
Cracking his fleas, in the hot sun
5. Year 2006 (Group I)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.
6. Year 2006 (Group II)Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) I came down the steps with my picture
And must wait, must stand and wait,
For there he was at the trough before me.
(ii) Then practice losing farther, losing faster;
Places and names and where it was you went.
(iii) Will lie O' nights
In the bony arms
Of Reality and be comforted.
(iv) If you're satisfied with Primrose, that is the way to treat me ______ as a meddling busybody.
(v) Tell him the password, Redchester. He is done his best. We don't want to ruin his Christmas.
7. Year 2007 (Group I)Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) And my foe beheld its shine
And he knew that it was mine.
(ii) For only gossamer, my gown --
My tippet -- only tulle --
(iii) To go into the unknown
I must enter, and leave, alone
I know not how.
(iv) I'm the Wolf -- so watch out. Sit there, and if you make a sound. I'll plug you.
(v) Excuse me, sir, I am not accustomed to listen to such expressions or to such a tone of voice. I want to hear no more.
8. Year 2007 (Group II)Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) And yet those voices:
If you were not afraid, you would kill him!
(ii) And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, beware! beware!
(iii) So little happens, the black dog
Cracking his fleas in the hot sun
Is history.
(iv) I'm afraid this isn't my evening for listening to the conversation of my aunt.
(v) The password, and quick about it, or I'll plug you! I can't mess around here all night.
9. Year 2008 (Group I)Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) Great duties call the twentieth century
More grandly dowered than those which came before
(ii) Its silence I hear and obey
That I may lose my way
And myself
(iii) It melted and I let it fall and break
But I was well
Upon my way to sleep before it fell.
(iv) My dear uncle, this is holiday. Being in London is holiday.
(v) What grace there was in his strength! Do you remember? Toby, Toby!
10. Year 2008 (Group II)Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) And on her dulcimer she played
Singing of Mount Abora
(ii) To go into the unknown
I must enter, and leave alone,
I know not how.
(iii) Cover me with white
Cold icy kisses and
Let me rest tonight.
(iv) Speaking as a woman in love, I don't see how my mother could have known Charles for what he was.
(v) Thanks; but I'll make my own arrangements. Not a whisper to the Wallabys, mind.
11. Year 2009 (Group I)Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) Will lie o' nights
In the bony arms
Of Reality and be comforted.
(ii) There's nobody on the housetops now
Just a palsied few at the windows set:
(iii) And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow.
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow.
(iv) Now, understand once and for all, Philip, while you remain in my house I expect not only punctuality, but also civility and respect.
(v) It is another of our fatal weakness and has kept us out of law and politics and diplomacy - in fact, everything but the church.
12. Year 2009 (Group II)Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) Walked through a wood, saw the birds in the trees;
They had no politicians and sang at their ease.
(ii) Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
For old, unhappy, far-off things,
And battles long ago.
(iii) And ask no other question than to know
That they have helped the cause of victory
That with their aid the flag is raised on high.
(iv) Ah, but you must not think that after four years of war one has quite the same ideas about the sanctity of human life.How could one?
(v) There ain't no criminal classes, any more than virtuous classes. The rogues and the rulers may both come from the gutter, or the Palace.
13. Year 2010 (Group I)Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) And I sunned it with smiles
Ans with soft deceitful viles
(ii) Then practice losing farther, losing faster,
Places and names and where it was you went
To travel
(iii) I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight
I got from looking through a pane of glass
I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough
(iv) My dear friend, I know a bush with a magnificent bird on it, which you could secure with no trouble whatever.
(v) You had about two looks at me, gasped in horror, and ever since you've been maneuvering for a chance to tell me what you think about me. Am I right?
Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) And the dead man answered:
"Talking brought me here".
(ii) And you see my harvest, what I reap
This very day, now a year is run,
(iii) And depart peaceful, pacified, and thankless,
Into the burning bowels of this earth?
(iv) I expect we should go through this little scene again tomorrow. You haven't enjoyed it, have you? Well, there's lot more of it to come.
(v) You won't get round me like that now! I've had enough! Black eyes, passionate eyes, ruby lips, dimpled cheeks, the moon, whispers, timid breathing -----.
15. Year 2011 (Group I)Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) A legacy of benefits -- may we
In future years be found with those who try
To labour for the good until they die.
(ii) And ere should wane the morning-star,
I'd don my robe and scimitar,
And zebras should draw my car.
And zebras should draw my car.
(iii) But even so, honored still more
That he should seek my hospitality
From out the dark door of the secret earth.
(iv) We live, so to speak, like spiders, and never see the light. The mice have eaten my livery. It isn't as if there were no good people around, for the district's full of them.
(v) Nothing's secure to-day, so we let them have the best we can while the going's good. Give our children a better time than we had ourselves, and --------
16. Year 2011 (Group II)Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) He was talking of you and me, my dear,
He talking of you and me.
(ii) So little happens, the black dog
Cracking his fleas in the hot sun
Is history.
(iii) What conquest over pain and misery,
What heroes greater than were ever of yore.
(iv) It isn't particularly easy to be me. That's all, if you'll just think that over before we discuss my young life.
(v) Do you think I might wake mamma? She'll never forgive us if she misses this. You know how she is always yearning for something to happen.
17. Year 2012 (Group I)Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) Sun, rain, curving sky
Mountains, oceans, leaf and stone,
Star shine, moon glow
You are all that I can call my own.
(ii) I will drain
Long draughts of quiet
As a purgation.
(iii) But if this century is to be more great
Than those before, her sons must make her so
(iv) Lettice: You'll love uncle Charles. Everybody does. Call him; Guy. He my not approve but he never criticizes anybody.
(v) Smirnov: Silly and rude! I don't know how to behave before women. Madam, in my life, I've seen more women than you have seen seen sparrows.
18. Year 2012 (Group II)Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) I will drain
Long draughts of quiet
As a purgation.
(ii) Paid by the world, what dost thou owe
Me? -- God might question; now instead,
'Tis God shall repay: I am safer so.
(iii) The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet black bough.
(iv) We are acquainted with the Wallaby. We knew the place quite well before their time -- decent people lived there once.
(v) Some time before you go home you can unleash your views of me. But not now. Not till I know you've thought over something I'm going to tell you.
19. Year 2013 (Group I)Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the followings:
(i) No time to turn at Beauty's glance
And watch her feet how they can dance
(ii) Will lie o'nights
In the bony arms of reality
And be comforted
(iii) The sun is behind me
Nothing has changed since I began
My eye has permitted no change
I am going to keep things like this.
(iv) I am not here as a creditor, and there is no dress prescribed specially for the creditors.
(v) He seemed just the same last night --- and he still has breakfast at eight o'clock. Been making pots of money I suppose.
Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the followings:
(i) And into my garden stole
When the night had veil'd the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstrech'd beneath the tree.
(ii) Or to what distant lands were may have gone
Through all the years will never have been forgot.
(iii) The fog comes
On little cat feet
(iv) 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.
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21. Year 2014 (Group I)
Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the followings:
(i) Will lie o'nights
In the bony arms
Of Reality and be comforted
(ii) And then the lover
Sighing like a furnace, with woeful balled
Made to his mistresses eyebrow.
(iii) My eye has permitted no change
I am going to keep things like this.
(iv) My dear Uncle this is holiday. Being in London is a holiday.
(v) It is another of our fatal weakness and has kept us out of law and politics and diplomacy - in fact, everything but church.
22. Year 2014 (Group II)
22. Year 2014 (Group II)
Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the followings:
(i) In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree
(ii) Ahead shelf above shelf
Its silence I hear and obey
That I may lose my way
And myself
(iii) But O that I were young again
And held her in my arms
(iv) If it's only a bit of breakfast, I don't say but what I mightn't get it, if I'm asked decent.
(v) It is another of our fatal weakness and has kept us out of law and politics and diplomacy - in fact, everything but church.
PAPER QUESTION TWO
(Short Stories and One-Act Plays)
1. Year 2004 (Group I)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What land of change Ustad Mangu was expecting from the new Act of 1935? Explain. ("The New Constitution" by Saadat Hasan Manto)
(ii) In "Take Pity" by Bernard Malamud, we read an undaunted struggle of a woman against the exploitation of a man. Discuss.
(iii) "The Duchess and the Jeweler" is a story about the moral decadence of the English elite class of those days. Elaborate.
(iv) In "The Shadow in the Rose Garden", it is written, "there was a long silence of hate and suffering" but at the end it says that they "no longer hated each other". They were only "shocked". What kind of story is this: of love, of hatred, or of something else?
(v) Write a character sketch of Wolf. ("Something to Talk About" by Eden Phillpotts)
2. Year 2004 (Group II)(ii) In "Take Pity" by Bernard Malamud, we read an undaunted struggle of a woman against the exploitation of a man. Discuss.
(iii) "The Duchess and the Jeweler" is a story about the moral decadence of the English elite class of those days. Elaborate.
(iv) In "The Shadow in the Rose Garden", it is written, "there was a long silence of hate and suffering" but at the end it says that they "no longer hated each other". They were only "shocked". What kind of story is this: of love, of hatred, or of something else?
(v) Write a character sketch of Wolf. ("Something to Talk About" by Eden Phillpotts)
(a) "THE KILLERS" by Hemingway
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) "There is not anything I can do about it" Ole Anderson said. He looked at the wall. "Tanks for coming to tell me about it". What does Ole Anderson read on the wall? Elaborate.
(ii) Describe Henry's Lunch Room and what happened there?
(iii) Describe Hemingway's typical style of narrating a story.
(b) "RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) Is the daughter more dear to the professor than his art? Discuss.
(ii) What is Giovanni's role in the story?
(iii) "At least" thought he, "her poison in not yet entered into my system. I am no flower to die in her lap". Explain.
Attempt any FOUR of the following questions.
(i) What is the role of Sam, the niggard, in "The Killers"?
(ii) Why Mangu, the Tangawala, in "The New Constitution", is always quarrelling with the goras, the white men? What is on his mind?
(iii) "Whore, bastard, bitch", he shouted at her. "Go away from here. Go home to your children". How was Rosen in "Take Pity" provoked to make such remarks about Eva?
(iv) "Gazing up into the darkness, I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity". This is the last remark of the main character in "Araby". Discuss.
(v) There is always suspicious hope of Matilda Loisel in "The Necklace" Discuss.
(vi) "A Conversation with My Father" is a story demanding a sense of character in a human being. Explain.
(vii) The modes, manners, and speech of "Smoke Screens" are bright but harsh to some people. Discuss.
4. Year 2005 (Group II)Attempt any FOUR of the following questions.
(i) Write a note on Giovanni's sentiments for Beatrice and her father in "Rappaccinni's Daughter".
(ii) Write a note on hypocrisy of Rosen in "Take Pity".
(iii) The role of the main character in "Araby" is to run after the shadows. Discuss.
(iv) E.A. Poe haunts us and puts us into a situation where we can expect anything may happen any time. Discuss in view of his story "Tell Tale Heart".
(v) Explain "The Shadow in the Rose Garden" as a love story.
(vi) "Passion in the Desert" is a fantasy. Explain.
(vii) Explain "Something to Talk About" as a pleasant one-act play.
5. Year 2006 (Group I)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.
6. Year 2006 (Group II)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Discuss Ustad Mangu in "The New Constitution" as a representative of Common Indians.
(ii) Is Rosen, in "Take Pity", secretly in love with Eva but does not have the courage to express his feelings.
(iii) Feudalism has fallen on evil days. Discuss with reference to "Duchess and the Jeweller".
(iv) How does the swallow in Oscar Wild's "The Happy Prince" fare as a friend.
7. Year 2007 (Group I)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) When any why does Giovanni in his address to Beatrice, call Dr. Rappaccini "Your awful father"?
(ii) "Sahib Behadur where do you wish to be taken", says Ustad Mangu with "undisguised irony". Elaborate irony in this remark.
(iii) Towards the end of the story, the mayor calls the Happy Prince, "Little better than a beggar". Why?
(iv) Why is the robber in "Something to Talk About" compelled to remark while addressing Bishop, "you might be one of us yourself"?
(v) Why is Clarice in "Smoke-Screens" so impatient about describing her brother?
8. Year 2007 (Group II)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Giovanni is no more than a pawn on the chess board of Dr. Rappaccini's research. Comment.
(ii) The Duchess is more loathsome than the jeweller. Comment. (The Duchess and the Jeweller)
(iii) The French soldier feels grandeur of the desert with all its force and fascination. Comment. (A Passion in the Desert)
(iv) Discuss Popova as an unreal and fake prude. (The Bear)
(v) What is your true estimation of the character of Primrose? (Smoke-Screens)
9. Year 2008 (Group I)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Prove how Manto was, between the lines, criticising all those who were praising India Act, 1935 (The New Constitution)
(ii) Poison works through Giovanni's system slowly but surely. How? (Rappaccini's Daughter)
(iii) Why does Eva turn down every offer of help of Rosen's (Take Pity)
(iv) Popova makes a mere show as a mourner. Elaborate. (The Bear)
(v) Briefly compare and contrast characters of Uncle James and Philip. (The Boy Comes Home)
10. Year 2008 (Group II)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Popova catches our attention by not only what she says but by what she does. Comment. (The Bear)
(ii) Giovanni falls in Rappaccini's net involuntarily but with disastrous results. Elaborate. (Rappaccini's Daughter)
(iii) Eva stands out as a person who can endure hardships for the sake of female glory. Elaborate. (Take Pity)
(vi) It is the Panther and not the Soldier who wins in the trial of love. Comment. (A Passion in the Desert)
(v) Lucy fails not only as a mother but also as a wife. Elaborate. (Smoke-Screens)
11. Year 2009 (Group I)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What kind of change Ustad Mangu was expecting from the New Act of 1935?
(ii) Describe briefly the effect of romantic love on the adolescent mind of Small boy. (Araby)
(iii) Why does Grace Paley fail to write a story in keeping with the sensibilities of her father's times? (A Conversation with My Father)
(iv) How did Lisby come to know of Simon Byrne's love for her? (The Little Willow)
(v) Discuss the play "The Bear" by Anton Chekhov as a farce.
12. Year 2009 (Group II)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What did make the happy prince weep in "The Happy Prince"?
(ii) Write a note on Eva's character in "Take Pity".
(iii) Why did the boss make no reply? (The Fly)
(iv) How did Simon disclose his love for Lisby? (The Little Willow)
(v) What happens when Primrose declares to marry an ugly man? (Smoke-Screens)
13. Year 2010 (Group I)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Do you think that the killer in the story is a sane person? (The Tell-Tale Heart)
(ii) How has the writer criticized the dark aspects of modern civilization? (Araby)
(iii) Why did Ustad Mangu quarrel with the Gora Soldier? (The New Constitution)
(iv) How did the Swallow help the poor people? (The Happy Prince)
(v) How has Popova been ridiculed in the play? (The Bear)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) The writer calls his meeting with the poor family pleasant. Why? (Breakfast)
(ii) What does the killing of fly by the Boss signify? (The Fly)
(iii) "The Necklace" is a criticism on pride and materialism. Discuss.
(iv) What were people's expectations from the New Constitution?
15. Year 2011 (Group I)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What are Giovanni's sentiments for Beatrice? (Rappaccini's Daughter)
(ii) Write a note on the character of Lisby. (The Little Willow)
(iii) "The Necklace" is a satire on the vanity of women. Discuss.
(iv) "Araby" is a psychological explanation of boy's emotional and mental condition. Discuss.
(v) "Something to Talk About" reflects the modern attitude towards criminals and crime. Elaborate.
16. Year 2011 (Group II)(ii) Write a note on the character of Lisby. (The Little Willow)
(iii) "The Necklace" is a satire on the vanity of women. Discuss.
(iv) "Araby" is a psychological explanation of boy's emotional and mental condition. Discuss.
(v) "Something to Talk About" reflects the modern attitude towards criminals and crime. Elaborate.
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) 'Lord must build if the work is to stand ....'? Comment. (Tolerance)
(ii) All exploration is based on human fallibility. Comment. (To Err is Human)
(iii) How does the writer differentiate between hosts and guests?
(iv) Why did the Muslims of India ask for a country of their own? (Pakistan and the Modern World)
(v) All "fanatical creeds" are harmful to mankind. Discuss. (Science and Values)
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) Explain the title "Smoke Screens", in you own words. (Smoke Screens)
(ii) Why was Ustad Mangu so excited about the implementation of the New Constitution? What did he expect of it? (The New Constitution)
(iii) Breakfast is a critique of modern civilization. Discuss. (Breakfast)
(iv) The human relations in "The Duchess and the Jeweller" are rotten to the core. (The Duchess and the Jeweller)
18. Year 2012 (Group II)
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) Write a note on Olde Anderson's sicknesss with life. (The Killers)
(ii) How the murderer in the story is forced to confess his crime? (Tell-Tale Heart)
(iii) Simon keeps the willow as a token of Lisby's love which gives him solace and strength before and at the time of death. Discuss. (The Little Willow)
(iv) Write a detailed note on the nature of conflict between Philip and James. (The Boy Comes Home)
19. Year 2013 (Group I)Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) Discuss the element of humour and irony in "The Happy Prince".
(ii) Things are rotten at the centre and rotten at the core in "The Duchess and the Jeweler". Discuss.
(iii) Discuss the title of the play "The Smoke Screens".
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) Is Ole Anderson a coward? Discuss with reference to "The Killers".
(ii) Ustad Mangu is painted as a fool in "The New Constitution". Support or refute the statement.
(iii) How does Smirnov make a fun of Popova in "The Bear"?
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21. Year 2014 (Group I)
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) The narrator in "Tell Tale Heart" is a creative artist. Support or refute the statement.
(ii) Draw a character sketch of the Duchess in "The Duchess and the Jeweler".
(iii) Discuss the title of the play "Smoke Screens"
22. Year 2014 (Group II)
22. Year 2014 (Group II)
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) Critically analyze the ending of "Rappaccini's Daughter".
(ii) "Take Pity" critiques the idea of male superiority. Give your own opinion.
(iii) Discuss the element of humour and absurdity in "The Bear".
PAPER QUESTION THREE
(Modern Essays)
1. Year 2004 (Group I)
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) D.H. Lawrence in "Whistling of Birds" shows his fascination for sound and colour. Elaborate.
(ii) There is irony and humour in "The Beauty Industry" by Huxley. Discuss.
(iii) Discuss the real problems of a bachelor. ("The Bachelor's Dilemma" by Herbert Gold)
(iv) Write an essay on tolerance. ("Tolerance" by E.M. Forster)
2. Year 2004 (Group II)(ii) There is irony and humour in "The Beauty Industry" by Huxley. Discuss.
(iii) Discuss the real problems of a bachelor. ("The Bachelor's Dilemma" by Herbert Gold)
(iv) Write an essay on tolerance. ("Tolerance" by E.M. Forster)
Answer any TWO of the following questions.
(i) "There are certain things that our age need, and certain things that it should avoid". Elaborate. ("Science and Values" by Bertrand Russell)
(ii) Make a comparison between Yeats' grandfather and grandmother. ("My Grandfather" by W.B. Yeats)
(iii) In what different ways people gossip and to what effect? ("Gossip" by Francine Prose)
Answer any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Explain the rationale of Pakistan as it is explained in Liaquat Ali Khan's "Pakistan and the Modern World".
(ii) Give an account of the disaster occurred on August 9, 1945 at Nagasaki.
(iii) What kind of character Stephen Leacock draws of the tailor in his essay "My Tailor"?
(iv) Write down the different nourishing qualities of different vitamins as mentioned in Dr. Kenneth Walker's essay, "The Vitamins".
4. Year 2005 (Group II)
Answer any THREE of the following questions.
(i) There is depiction of Nature in "Whistling of Birds". Explain.
(ii) How does Yeats remember different relations especially that of grandfather in his essay "My Grandfather"?
(iii) What kind of hosts were Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as mentioned in "Hosts and Guests"? Explain.
(iv) What is the dilemma of a bachelor as depicted in Herbert Gold's "The Bachelor's Dilemma"?
(v) What Lewis Thomas in his essay, "To Err is Human" says about the lower animals and computers? Explain.
5. Year 2006 (Group I)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?
6. Year 2006 (Group II)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Discuss Winter as a general who has been beaten and retreating. ("Whistling of Birds")
(ii) Gloria Emerson's "Take the Plunge" is a candid account of writer's hopes and fears. Discuss.
(iii) What has the tailor in "My Tailor" to hide?
(iv) How does human body compare with a China Jar? ("Beauty Industry")
(v) How did the writer feel and behave when he discovered while in the bus that he had no money on him? ("On Saying Please")
7. Year 2007 (Group I)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Why didn't the writer and his uncles think it wrong to outwit the grandfather's violence and rigour? ("My Grandfather")
(ii) What does Huxley refer to as 'Repellant' in the make-up of some modern women? (Beauty Industry).
(iii) What is 'NAZI' solution of dealing with the people one does not like?
(iv) What harm can 'pleasant illusions' do? (Science and Values)
(v) How do various vitamins keep human body fit?
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Aldous Huxley in "Beauty Industry" calls annual expenses of one hundred and fifty six million pounds on make up 'A tidy sum'. Why?
(ii) 'Tolerance is not the same as weakness', says E.M. Forster. Elaborate.
(iii) Why does the writer recommend the story of Chesterfield to the lift-man in "On Saying Please"?
(iv) Bertrand Russel argues that by eliminating great wars we can abolish poverty. How? (Science and Values)
(v) Why does G.K. Chesterton in his "Some Policemen And a Moral" call the target of his knife-throwing 'Mangled tree'?
9. Year 2008 (Group I)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Why and how does Huxley compare human body with a Porcelain Jar? (Beauty Industry)
(ii) What wonders does David R. Scott experience on the moon? (Walking on the Moon)
(iii) He who tolerates people different from him is 'Truly Brave'. Elaborate. (Tolerance)
(iv) Our good manners prove that we respect others regardless of their station or status. Elaborate. (On Saying Please)
(v) Evolution from agriculture to industry was not only economic but also cultural and political. Discuss.
10. Year 2008 (Group II)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) How has it become possible for a grandmother to look as young as her granddaughter? (Beauty Industry)
(ii) Tolerance lies in putting up with the people unlike us, not in loving them. Comment. (Tolerance)
(iii) Evolution from agriculture to industry was positive and progressive. Elaborate. (Science and Values)
(iv) Law does not do so much to make social interaction sweet and smooth as do the good manners. (On Saying Please)
(v) Which are the water soluble vitamins and what are their benefits? (The Vitamins)
11. Year 2009 (Group I)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Describe the experience and feelings of the people before and during the solar eclipse.
(ii) 'It is easy to see fanaticism in other people but difficult to spot in oneself'. Explain. (Tolerance)
(iii) Describe Gloria Emerson's experience of parachute jumping.
(iv) How does Francine Prose distinguish gossip from rumour mongering?
(v) Do you agree with Russel's view that the establishment of a single authority in the world will abolish war? (Science and Values)
12. Year 2009 (Group II)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) How does Bertrand Russell prove that all "fanatical creeds" are harmful to mankind? (Science and Values)
(ii) "Our deepest instincts, bad or good, are those which we share with the rest of the animal creation". Explain. (Hosts and Guests)
(iii) "Since now we live in a world of super-things, we might expect them to be made by a race of supermen". Discuss. (Super)
(iv) E.M. Forester in his essay "Tolerance" does not favour love rebuilding civilization. Discuss.
(v) Why did the writer want to jump from the aeroplane with a parachute? (Take the Plunge)
13. Year 2010 (Group I)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What was the condition of the survivors of the nuclear explosion? (Nagasaki, August 9, 1945)
(ii) What were the feelings of Scot and Irwin on landing on the moon? (Walking on the Moon)
(iii) Discuss rumour, slander and gossip and differentiate between them. (Gossip)
(iv) Explain the utility of vitamins on human body. (The Vitamins)
(v) Z. Thomas in his essay "To Err is Human", states that non-human beings or things cannot possess the faculty of reasoning. Discuss.
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Give description of spring presented in "Whistling of Birds".
(ii) "If bad manners are infectious, so also are good manners". Elaborate. (On Saying Please)
(iii) What is the relation between committing mistakes and free will? (To Err is Human)
(iv) Describe the writer's experience of taking the plunge.
15. Year 2011 (Group I)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) "Sometimes I scarcely believe that I have actually walked on the moon". Elaborate. (Walking on the Moon)
(ii) "Whistling" is a sound symbol which stands for the life and movements of birds and of all living creatures. Discuss. (Whistling of Birds)
(iii) Describe the difficulties faced by the people at the time of independence. (Pakistan and the Modern World)
(iv) Write a note on the good manners of the conductor on the bus. (On Saying Please)
16. Year 2011 (Group II)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) 'Lord must build if the work is to stand ....'? Comment. (Tolerance)
(ii) All exploration is based on human fallibility. Comment. (To Err is Human)
(iii) How does the writer differentiate between hosts and guests?
(iv) Why did the Muslims of India ask for a country of their own? (Pakistan and the Modern World)
(v) All "fanatical creeds" are harmful to mankind. Discuss. (Science and Values)
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) Why does the song of the Solitary Reaper give immortal happiness to the poet "even it was heard no more". (The Solitary Reaper)
(ii) How does the poem "Partriot into Traitor" educate us about the political conditions prevailing in the third world countries? (Patriot into Traitor)
(iii) "Lights Out" dwells upon the power of sleep. Discuss. (Lights Out)
(iv) Explain the title of the poem "After Apple Picking" in your own words.
18. Year 2012 (Group II)
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) How specific is the writer about what she expected to see? Does she suggest these expectation without stating them? (The Eclipse)
(ii) How does Gloria Emerson maintain the focus on her feelings throughout the essay? Do these feelings change? (Take the Plunge)
(iii) Critically examine Forester's views on tolerance. (Tolerance)
(iv) What are Russell's views about science and values? (Science and Values)
19. Year 2013 (Group I)(ii) How does Gloria Emerson maintain the focus on her feelings throughout the essay? Do these feelings change? (Take the Plunge)
(iii) Critically examine Forester's views on tolerance. (Tolerance)
(iv) What are Russell's views about science and values? (Science and Values)
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) There is something essentially sad about the portrayal of the Tailor in "My Tailor".
(ii) Are Doctors men of science? Discuss.
(iii) "Policemen in Chesterton's essay behave exactly like our own policemen". Elucidate.
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) How were we, according to Liaquat Ali Khan, justified in our demand for Pakistan?
(ii) Write a note on the character sketch of grandmother in "My Grandfather".
(iii) How does Max Beerbohm differentiate between Hosts and Guests?
Attempt any TWO questions.
(i) Virginia Woolf has turned the ordinary to extraordinary in Eclipse. Discuss.
(ii) Describe the destruction caused by nuclear bomb in "Nagasaki, August 1954".
(iii) "It is easy to see fanaticism in others but difficult to spot in oneself". Discuss with reference to Tolerance by Forster.
22. Year 2014 (Group II)
Attempt any TWO questions.
(i) "Take the Plunge" deals with human desire to do something unusual. Discuss. (Take the Plunge)
(i) "Take the Plunge" deals with human desire to do something unusual. Discuss. (Take the Plunge)
(ii) The rebuilding of civilization is arduous and impossible without tolerance. Discuss. (Tolerance)
(iii) Discuss the difference between hosts and guests (Host and Guest)
PAPER QUESTION FOUR
(Poetry)
1. Year 2004 (Group I)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What are some of the simple delights we miss because of our busy life? Elaborate. ("Leisure" by William Davies)
(ii) How can we master the art of losing? Discuss. ("One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop)
(iii) "In our times the destiny of man presents its meaning in political terms". Thomas Mann.
Explain "Politics" by W.B. Yeats in the light of Mann's given comment.
(iv) "Lights Out" by Edward Thomas dwells on the power of sleep. Elaborate.
(v) Comment upon the seventh stage of man's life in "All the World's A Stage" by Shakespeare.
2. Year 2004 (Group II)(ii) How can we master the art of losing? Discuss. ("One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop)
(iii) "In our times the destiny of man presents its meaning in political terms". Thomas Mann.
Explain "Politics" by W.B. Yeats in the light of Mann's given comment.
(iv) "Lights Out" by Edward Thomas dwells on the power of sleep. Elaborate.
(v) Comment upon the seventh stage of man's life in "All the World's A Stage" by Shakespeare.
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Explain "Tartary" by Walter De La Mare as a romantic poem.
(ii) Explain all what the others do and rebel does not do? ("The Rebel" by D.J. Enright)
(iii) Describe the seventh stage of life in Shakespeare's "All the World's A Stage".
(iv) "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decreed", and then follows the most imaginative poem. What does Coleridge describe in the poem?
(v) Explain the poetic beauty of "Fog" by Carl Sandburg:
The fog come
On little cat feet
It sits looking
Over the harbour and city
On silent haunches
And then moves on.
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) William Davies in his poem "Leisure" emphatically points our that in this rush of life we do not have time to appreciate the beauty of life and nature. Discuss.
(ii) What kind of disgusting picture of woman's life Maya Angelou has drawn in her poem, "Woman Work"? Explain.
(iii) "Thus I entered and thus I go
In triumphs, people have dropped down dead".
Explain these lines from Browning's poem "Patriot into Traitor".
4. Year 2005 (Group II)
Answer any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Explain the following lines by Elizabeth Sewell:
I will drain
Long draughts of quiet
As a purgation
(ii) "One Art" is the art of losing. How can we master this art? Explain.
(iii) Explain the fourth and fifth stages of life as depicted in "All the World's A Stage" by Shakespeare.
(iv) What kind of picture of death Emily Dickinson draws in her poem, "Because I Could Not Stop for Death".
(v) "Lights Out" by Edward Thomas dwells on the power of sleep. Explain.
5. Year 2006 (Group I)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"?
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Is the woman of "Woman Work" fed up with her work? What does she really want?
(ii) Death is a very courteous host in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death". Explain.
(iii) Bring out pathos in "Say This City has Ten Million Souls".
(iv) How does education overcome instinct in "Snake"?
(v) Elaborate the first three stages of life in "All the World's a Stage".
7. Year 2007 (Group I)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Why does Wordsworth call the Solitary Reaper's song 'A melancholy strain'?
(ii) What does T.S. Eliot mean by 'Standing upon the shore of all we know' in his "Departure and Arrival"?
(iii) Why does D.H. Lawrence curse his education? ("Snake")
(iv) What similarity does Robert Frost want to discover in woodchuck's sleep and his own? ("After Apple Picking")
(v) How reliable and durable are 'Love and Fame' in they eyes of Keats? ("When I Have Fears")
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) How is the patriot repaid for his public services? (Patriot into Traitor)
(ii) Why does Shakespeare call the world a stage?
(iii) Describe Emily Dickinson's journey in the company of Death?
(iv) W.B. Yeats does not underestimate politics nor does he reject it. Elaborate.
(v) Sleep is more powerful than all other passions. Explain. (Lights Out)
9. Year 2008 (Group I)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) The Huntsman does discover his blunder but too late. Elaborate. (The Huntsman)
(ii) Death is not the traditional fell sergeant but a friend and guide. Elaborate. (Because I Could Not Stop for Death)
(iii) If we forgive others there will be no need for poison trees. Discuss. (A Poison Tree)
(iv) Apparently the rebel seems to be ridiculous but in fact he is brave. Comment. (The Rebel)
(v) What similarity does the poet hope to discover between his sleep and that of the woodchuck? (After Apple Picking)
10. Year 2008 (Group II)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Modern man can't stand and stare? How can we change this attitude? (Leisure)
(ii) What is unusual about the rebel? Is there anything positive about it? (The Rebel)
(iii) Death is by no means dreadful. He is friendly and patronizing. Comment. (Because I Could Not Stop for Death)
(iv) Poison is in fact unexcused anger and wrath. Elaborate. (A Poison Tree)
(v) Why does the poet feel repentant after his encounter with the snake? (Snake)
11. Year 2009 (Group I)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) How does a woman get tired of doing domestic chores? (Woman Work)
(ii) Write a note on the irony in the Huntsman.
(iii) What does the empty barrel signify in the poem "After Apple-picking"?
(iv) What are John Keats' fears? (When I Have Fears)
(v) Why does the poet think of his education as "accursed"? (Snake)
12. Year 2009 (Group II)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Describe the revival of the colourful life in the village. (The Vanishing Village)
(ii) What is the reason that the poet lets the snake depart unhurt? (Snake)
(iii) The poem "Patriot into Traitor" is a dramatic monologue. Discuss.
(iv) How will the poet change his dreams into reality? (Tartary)
(v) What is the poet's idea of association and memories? (The Solitary Reaper)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Can you point out the subtle changes in the poet's relationship with snake?
(ii) Pick out the fanciful images from "Tartary".
(iii) Discuss the use of elements of suspense and irony in the poem "The Huntsman".
(iv) Write a note on the fourth and fifth stages of man's life.
(v) What are the poet's fears? (When I Have Fears)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What does the empty barrel signify? (After Apple-Picking)
(ii) "All the World's a Stage" in fact, discusses the journey of life. Elaborate.
(iii) How has the poet used the idea of association and memories? (The Solitary Reaper)
(iv) What colour words has the poet used in "Tartary"? What effects do they create?
(v) What is the central idea of "When I Have Fears"?
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) According to the poet losses cannot bring any disaster. Do you agree? (One Art)
(ii) Explain the central idea of "The Solitary Reaper".
(iii) "A Poison Tree" rightly describes the poet's mental and emotional attitude towards his enemy. Elaborate.
(iv) What are Keats' thoughts about his own life and mortality? (When I Have Fears)
(v) Explain the significance of the title of the poem, "Say This City Has Ten Million Souls".
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What does many a road track signify in "Lights Out"?
(ii) Is poison unexcused wrath? (A Poison Tree)
(iii) The poet feels repentant after his encounter with the snake. Why? (Snake)
(iv) Death is friendly and patronizing for the poetess. Comment. (Because I Could Not Stop for Death)
(v) Modern man can't 'stand and stare'. Explain.
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) What did Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan expect of the Americans for the development and stability of Pakistan.
(ii) Write down a character sketch of Yeats' Grandfather. (My Grandfather)
(iii) What kind of a dilemma does a bachelor face in his life? (Bachelor's Dilemma)
(iv) Why are bad manners infectious? (On Saying Please)
18. Year 2012 (Group II)Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) Write a character sketch of the woman depicted in the poem. Is an idealization of some kind necessary for our survival as sane human beings? (Woman Work)
(ii) Discuss in detail the use of elements of suspense and irony in "The Huntsman".
(iii) Write down a critical appreciation of the sonnet, "When I Have Fears".
(iv) Make a comparison between Tartary and Kubla Khan.
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) Is it good to have rebels in society? Discuss with reference to the poem in your course "The Rebel".
(ii) How did the Hunter get hunted in "The Huntsman"?
(iii) Discuss the main theme in the "Snake".
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) The hero's dreams are pure, innocent, and romantic. Elaborate. (Tartary)
(ii) The protagonist in "The Rebel" critiques the monotony of modern life. Discuss.
(iii) What is the real nature of Keats' fears in "When I have Fears."?
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21. Year 2014 (Group I)
Attempt any TWO questions.
(i) Do you share the feeling of William Davies in "Leisure"?
(ii) The poem "Woman Work" deals with the boredom felt in our daily life and especially of women. Discuss.
(iii) Discuss "Fog" as an imagistic poem.
22. Year 2014 (Group II)
Attempt any TWO questions.
(i) How does Emily Dickinson view death in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"?
(ii) Can leisure be helpful in rejuvenating life? (Leisure)
(iii) "After Apple Picking" traces the journey from conscious to subconscious. Discuss.
PAPER QUESTION FIVE
(Novel - The Old Man and the Sea)
1. Year 2004 (Group I)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) The biggest fish is the biggest challenge. Elaborate.
(ii) The sea is a living being. Elaborate.
(iii) At the end of the novel only a skeleton of the gold fish is left. Elaborate.
(iv) What are the qualities of DiMaggio that the old man eulogizes? Elaborate.
(v) Write a note on Old Man's struggle against the fish.
2. Year 2004 (Group II)(ii) The sea is a living being. Elaborate.
(iii) At the end of the novel only a skeleton of the gold fish is left. Elaborate.
(iv) What are the qualities of DiMaggio that the old man eulogizes? Elaborate.
(v) Write a note on Old Man's struggle against the fish.
Answer any THREE of the following questions.
(i) How do you describe Santiago's relationship with the boy?
(ii) Why among all the Spanish people the hero is an American. Discuss.
(iii) Describe old man's struggle against the sharks.
(iv) Explain: "Fish", he said softly, aloud, "I'll stay with you until I am dead".
(v) Killing sharks ultimately would mean defeating death. Discuss.
3. Year 2005 (Group I)
Answer any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What are Santiago's pillars of success? Discuss those qualities of the old man which help hem succeed in his mission.
(ii) Hemingway's knowledge of the ocean is sound. Discuss.
(iii) Discuss Hemingway's knowledge of fishing.
(iv) The fish is a living character with intention and contention. Discuss.
(v) The fish is a symbol of an ideal life for the old man. Discuss.
4. Year 2005 (Group II)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) The theme of victory and defeat is embedded in the story. Explain.
(ii) Explain the relationship of the old man and the boy.
(iii) The sea is presented as a living character in the novel. Discuss.
(iv) Hemingway's mysticism is that he feels one with the fish as part of the grand scheme of Nature.
(v) The fight the old man was fighting with the fish must be won. His life and honour depend upon it. Discuss.
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(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.
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What is DiMaggio's importance in the novel?
(ii) Why didn't Santiago mind when other fishermen made fun of him?
(iii) Discuss old man a 'a strange old man'.
(iv) Write a brief note on Hemingway's style.
(v) How does Santiago prove the truth of his remark: "Man is not made for defeat"?
7. Year 2007 (Group I)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Why does Santiago not mind the derogatory remarks of other fishermen on the terrace?
(ii) Which is the great challenge for the old man; struggle with the big fish or fight against the sharks?
(iii) What is the importance of "The well" in the gulf stream?
(iv) The old man is brave but not reckless. Comment.
(v) Towards the end of the novel, Manolin goes crying to the hotel and does not hide his tears. Why?
8. Year 2007 (Group II)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Describe the old man's poverty and lack of resources.
(ii) The old man is a great fighter. Comment.
(iii) Compare and contrast old man with other fishermen.
(iv) Discuss DiMaggio as a source of inspiration for the old man.
9. Year 2008 (Group I)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) The old man looks upon Manolin as not only his apprentice but also his friend and his equal. Elaborate.
(ii) No other fisherman is as skilled and as perfect in fishing as the old man. Discuss.
(iii) The old man in his struggle against the Marlin does get despaired because that would be worse than death. Comment.
(iv) Of all the challenges faced by the old man, fight against the sharks is the greatest. Discuss.
(v) Sea is as good a character as any other in the novel. Elaborate.
10. Year 2008 (Group II)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) The old man fights against the Marlin to the very end without being despaired. Comment.
(ii) The old man is by all means an extraordinary fisherman. Elaborate.
(iii) Fight against the sharks is the real test of the old man's mettle. Elaborate.
(iv) Trace some of the symbols employed by Hemingway in his novel.
11. Year 2009 (Group I)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Write a note on the heroic spirit of the old man.
(ii) How far do skill and resolution of the old man count in his struggle against the big fish?
(iii) Narrate the hand game competition held between Santiago and the Negro.
(iv) What does the old man dream about? What does that dream signify?
(v) What was the reaction of other fishermen and the tourists when they saw the skeleton of the Marlin tied to the old man's skiff?
12. Year 2009 (Group II)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What were Santiago's views about his failure?
(ii) "A man can be destroyed but not defeated". Discuss.
(iii) How was the old man able to hook the Marlin?
(iv) "Fish", he said softly aloud, "I will stay with you until I am dead". Discuss.
(v) The fish is a symbol of an ideal life for the old man. Discuss.
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Write a note on the hand game competition between Santiago and the Negro.
(ii) "The fish is a symbol of an ideal life for the Old Man". Discuss.
(iii) How would you justify the ending of the novel?
(iv) Who were the Old Man's companions that always talked to in loneliness?
(v) Why did Santiago feel that the fish was killing him?
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Discuss Hemingway's knowledge of fishing.
(ii) This fish is a living character with intention and contention. Discuss.
(iii) An indifferent universe is represented here by the sea and the creatures therein. Explain.
(iv) What different themes are discussed in the novel?
15. Year 2011 (Group I)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Write a note on the first portion of the novel. Summary of the whole novel will not be accepted.
(ii) Is it a novel of triumph of man or his defeat?
(iii) Discuss Santiago's attitude towards the Marlin.
(iv) Examine the attitude of other people towards Santiago before he set sail to catch big fish.
(v) Describe the relationship of Santiago and Manolin.
16. Year 2011 (Group II)Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) The Old Man fights against the Marlin without being despaired. Comment.
(ii) Write a note on Old Man's life on land.
(iii) How does the Old Man physically look?
(iv) Santiago's suffering is more remarkable than even his killing of the fish. Discuss.
(v) Is Santiago a superstitious man?
17. Year 2012 (Group I)
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) Marlin is a symbol of hardships in life. Discuss.
(ii) Why do the fellow fishermen make a fun of the old man?
(iii) Write a note on the ending of the novel.
(iv) What strategies does the old man adopt to end an overwhelming isolation on the sea?
18. Year 2012 (Group II)
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) The Old Man fights against the Marlin to the very end without being despaired. Discuss.
(ii) Discuss the ending of the novel.
(iii) Narrate the hand game competition between the Old Man and the Negro.
(iv) What were Santiago's views about his failure?
19. Year 2013 (Group I)Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) Isolation can be destructive. How does the old man combat it in the Novel?
(ii) Old man found meaning in existence during his combat with the Marlin. Discuss.
(iii) There is almost scientific precision in Hemingwian Prose. Discuss.
20. Year 2013 (Group II)
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) Elaborate Santiago's strategies to confront loneliness.
(ii) Every day is a nes day, says Santiago. Comment.
(iii) Discuss the sea as a living entity.
21. Year 2014 (Group I)
Attempt any TWO questions.
(i) Discuss the element of hope in the novel 'The Old Man and the Sea'.
(ii) Discuss the sea as a living entity in the novel.
(iii) Write a note on Manolin.
22. Year 2014 (Group II)
Attempt any TWO questions.
(i) What, according to you, is really inspiring in the novel 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
(ii) Discuss the sea as a living entity in the novel.
(iii) Write a note on the importance of dreaming in the text.
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