CLASS—BA SEMESTER VI PAPER—ELECTIVE ENGLISH

MID-TERM EXAMINATION, APRIL 2023

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100

NOTE: Candidates are required to attempt five questions in all, selecting at least one question
from each section. The fifth question may be attempted from any section.

SECTION A
1. Write short notes on the following : (4X5=20)
(a) The Romantic Revival
(b) The Poets of the First World War
(c) The Pre-Raphaelites
(d) Write a detailed note on the Metaphysical School of Poets.
2. (a) Write a detailed note on the Poets of the Second World War.
(4X5=20)
(b) Write a short note on the Ottava Rima.
(c) Write a short note on Heroic Couplet.
(d) Write a short note on the Classical Movement.
SECTION B
3. (a) Trace the origin of the English Drama
(4X5=20)
(b) Autobiography
(c) Biography
(d) Shakespeare's English Historical Plays
4. (a) Write a detailed note on Shakespearean Comedy. (4X5=20)
(b) Write a short note on Shakespeare's Roman Plays.
(c) Write a short note on Shakespeare's Tragedy
(d) Write a short note on Shakespearean Romance

SECTION C
5. Critically discuss the theme of the novel The Power and The Glory. (8)
6. Answer the following questions in short: (3X4=12)
a. Who was Brigitta and what was her role in the novel?
b. How did the whisky priest manage to get wine in the capital city of the state?
c. Bring out the contrast between the characters of the whisky priest and the lieutenant.
SECTION D
7. Discuss the picture of manmade famine depicted by Bhabani Bhattacharya in the novel So
Many Hungers. (8)
8. Answer the following questions in short: (3X4=12)
a. Who was Prokash? What did he tell Rahoul about himself?
b. What is the historic background of the novel So Many Hungers?
c. Who is Samarendra Basu? What is his role in the novel?