Balagarh Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya

First Internal Assessment Examination, 2022

Semester 2
Sub: English (Hons)
Paper: CC III
Name: _______________University Roll: ______
(Write all of the above and the Question in your answer script)

Answer any two of the following questions: 5x2=10

1. What natural elements does the poet compare Freedom with in Freedom
to the Slave?
2. “… when first/ He knew that he was free!”- What were the reactions
when he knew that he was free?
3. What does the scorpion symbolise in the poem “Night of the Scorpion”?
4. Explain how giant scorpion shadows were created on the “mud baked
walls”?
5. “Must you end toiling forever?” Explain briefly after the poet the daily
toils of the mother?
6. What is the name of the poet’s mother and her advice about time and
money in Robin S. Ngangom’s “A Poem for Mother”?
7. What role does Hyder Ali play in the novel “Clear Light of the Day”?
Contrast the life styles of Hyder Ali's family and Das Family.
8. What kind of man is Bakul? What about him is attractive to Tara?
9. What roles does Aunt Mira play in raising the children and forming their
values?

Or
Answer any one of the following questions: 10x1=10
1. . In Ezekiel's poem, "Night of the Scorpion," discuss how differences in
beliefs are brought out with the simple occurrence of the scorpion's sting.
2. Discuss “Clear Light of the Day” as a partition novel.

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