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QP CODE: 21102901 Reg No : .....................

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UNDER GRADUATE (CBCS) REGULAR/SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS,

OCTOBER 2021
Fourth Semester
Common Course I - EN4CCT08 - ENGLISH-REVISITING THE CLASSICS
For Model I B.Com programmes
For Regular Candidates: 2019 Admission only
For Private Candidates : 2017 Admission Onwards
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Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
Instructions to Private candidates only: This question paper contains two sections. Answer
SECTION I questions in the answer-book provided. SECTION II, Internal examination questions
must be answered in the question paper itself. Follow the detailed instructions given under
SECTION II

SECTION I

Part A
Answer any ten questions.
Each question carries 2 marks.

1. Why is night described as fairer in the poem Lovely is Youth?

2. Why is youth compared to a meteor?

3. What was Dante's request to Virgil?

4. Who saved Milton from the dilemma?

5. Why is Juliet dissatisfied with her lover's name?

6. Where does Romeo plan to go once he says goodbye to Juliet?

7. Shylock will show no mercy to Antonio. Why?

8. What does Don Quixote tell Sancho Panza not to do, in their upcoming adventures?

9. Why does Don Quixote not complain about his pain?

10. What job did Jean Valjean do at Grasse?

11. Why is Madame Magloire worried about the stolen silverware?

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12. Who is Darcy?
(10×2=20)
Part B
Answer any six questions.
Each question carries 5 marks.

13. Who become foolish prophets after death? Why are they called so?

14. "The flower that once has blown for ever dies". Explain.

15. "When I consider how my light is spent, ere half my days, in this dark world and wide".
Explain.

16. Analyse Romeo's passion for Juliet through the images presented in the balcony scene.

17. Describe the circumstances which led Gratiano to cry out in delight “A second Daniel! A
Daniel, Jew!”?

18. Why was Antonio summoned to court?

19. What were the reasons for the Basque to attack Quixote?

20. "He wavered for a whole hour, and there was certainly some element of conflict in his
vacillations". Why does the narrator say so about Valjean?

21. What is Jane's opinion about Mr. Bingley?

(6×5=30)
Part C
Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 15 marks.

22. Explain the role of Athena in the father-son reunion?

23. Explain divine intervention in the poem Odyssey.

24. Shakespeare presents in detail the “game of justice” in a court in The Merchant of Venice
where “words” are used to defeat “words” both logically and literally. Elucidate.

25. Throw light upon the social life depicted in Pride and Prejudice.
(2×15=30)

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