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PNR No:: 117181DEN467219

COURSE CODE : DENG202

COURSE NAME : ELECTIVE ENGLISH-III
Time Allowed: 03:00 hrs Max.Marks: 80
1. This question paper is divided into two parts A and B.
2. Answer all the questions in serial order.
3. Part A contains 10 questions of 2 marks each. All questions are compulsory.
4. Part B contains 10 questions (Questions 2 to 11) of 10 marks each, attempt any 06 questions out of 10.
Attempt all parts of the selected question. Only first 06 attempted questions would be evaluated.
5. The student is required to attempt the question paper in English medium only.
6. Simple non programmable calculator is allowed.
PART A
Q1(a) Draw a brief character sketch of Mali.
(b) What is the theme of the poem “A Dream within a Dream”?
(c) Write a note on the characters, in the play “Chitra” by R.N. Tagore.
(d) What led R.K. Narayan to create a fantasy world, “Malgudi”? What is its significance?
(e) Why does Pahom die in his pursuit of the land? How much land does it take to bury him?
(f) What is the theme of the story ˜The Agony of Win”? Elaborate.
(g) Discuss briefly John Clare as a romantic poet
(h) What are the essential features of Tagore's poetry that create 'Essential music' in his
poetry?
(i) Write a brief biography of R.K. Narayan.
(j) What literary term applies to O Henry’s writing? Cite specific examples from stories which
exemplify this term.
PART B
Q2 Tradition and modernity is finely blended in “The Vendor of Sweets”. Elaborate.
Q3 a) Analyse the story “The Linguist”.?
(b) Write in detail about Geetashree Chatterjee.?
Q4 Discuss feminism in Tagore’s writings taking into account “Chitra”.
Q5 What are the various themes explored by the Poe in “A Dream with a Dream”?
Q6 “In Love Lives Beyond the Tomb, a sense of the endurance of love is created; an emotion
that the speaker suggests can defy even death”. Elaborate.
Q7 “ In A Terribly Strange Bed, an artist, who remains unnamed, has been hired to paint the
portrait of a wealthy man named Faulkner”. Elaborate this part of the story.
Q8 “In Beggarly Heart, the poet writes that when the grace from the world and life of the human
is lost, he urges the Lord of Peace to fill himself and the world with his eternal peace, which will
make everyone’s life a harmonious one indeed”. What do you infer out of this?
Q9 What is an example of human nature in Leo Tolstoy's short story "How Much Land Does a
Man Need?"
Q10 Whose life in the novel "The vendor of sweets" do you consider the most successful?
Why?
Q11 In the story "The Agony of Win", do you think Amrita and Sunil did the right thing by hiding
their affair? Why or why not?

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