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    This document appears to be an examination for an American Literature course. It contains 8 questions testing knowledge of various American literary works and authors from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The questions cover short form responses identifying quotes and their context, multiple choice questions about literary terms and works, and longer form essay questions requiring analysis of characters, themes, and symbols within specific novels and plays.

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    This document appears to be an examination for an American Literature course. It contains 8 questions testing knowledge of various American literary works and authors from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The questions cover short form responses identifying quotes and their context, multiple choice questions about literary terms and works, and longer form essay questions requiring analysis of characters, themes, and symbols within specific novels and plays.

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    A\'_7 12

    \I._,t. (part_ ) E:iamination


    ENGLISII
    (A) Americrn Literaturc
    Paper-IIl
    1-ime : I hrec Hoursl [l\taximum lvlarks : 100
    :-
    All qucstjons arc compulsory
    Note
    1. \\'rite short notes on an) t$o ofthc follo$ing in about 200 l,rords each i

    (i) Hunard Univercity


    (ii) Naturalism as a Literary lvlethod
    (iii) lmpact of\Vorld \\'ar I on Amedcan Sociely
    (iv) Nobel Prize \4'inners. 16
    2. (A) Explain uith reference to the conlext any four ofthe lollouing :

    (i) The fact is the sweetest dream that labor knows


    My long sclthe whispered and lefi rhe hay ro make.
    (ij) ivlan is by irlstinct a loler,
    a huntcr, a fighter and
    none oflhose instincts arc
    given much play at the warchouse.
    (iii) I am sired by gold and damned by it. as they say at the race track - damned in morc
    ways than one.
    (iv) This grass is very dark to me lrom the rvhite heads 01 old mothers,
    Darker than the colourless beards ofold men
    Durk to come from undcr the faint red rools ofmouths
    (rJ Wc live in an old chaos of thc Sun
    Or old dependenc,"- ofday and night
    Or island solitude. unsponsared free.
    Of that wide \laler, incscapable.
    (ri) There will bc a ccrtain loss oflibcrty. I imagine, as a result ol this experimcnt
    but diversiq s'ill no longer be fie goal. Cullures and races will eventuall) tanish
    _ the ants will take ovcr the world. 16
    -
    (B) Choose fic correct option lrom those givcn belorv. Write full senlences:
    (i) Whom does Ezra Pound ret'er to as'a gallart foe in flallad for (iloorn ?

    (a) A U'arrior (b) The F.mperor


    (c) ]'he Naralor (d) Cod
    (ii) Which ofthe following is not a poern b) Wallace Stevers '1

    (a) Jar
    Anecdote ofthe (b) The Retum
    (c) Sunday N{oming (d) A High Tonned \\bman

    wPZ 2991 (Conld.)


    (iii) Ihc Rivcr Nlerchrnt and his *ifc Iir ed in _ _ r ilLage.
    (a) Chokan (b) Ku-to yen
    (c) Kimr (d) Cho-lu-sa
    (i'") $hcre does the \" scene of 'The }{air} Ape take placc l
    (a) U'ashinglon ib) An isl$nd
    (c) Thc slokc-hc,le td) fihh Avenuc \eu \brk
    (v) Whose treatise diil lhourcau Llscd aj his agricullurirl guide ?

    (a) Arisl()tle {b) Calo


    (c) Cacsar (d) Plalo
    (ri) Which oflhe l'ollo*rng Eugcnc O Neills plals *as awarded thc Pulitzer Prize ?

    (a) A-nnaChristir (b) Beyond lhe llorizon


    (c) Thc Hairy Apc (d) Thc Lmperor Joncs
    (\'ii) Wh) does the horse in'Stopping tsy the Woods on A Snowy [vening'shake his bells'l
    (a) to,'r'am other animals (b)_ to enjoy rhe sounC
    (c) to trsk if thcrc is some mistake (d) lo rcsl in larmhousc
    (!iii) What stale ofAnr.rica \\'ald.n PonJ is loccled in "
    (a) Calili,mia (b) .l'exas
    (c) Ohio (d) N{assachussctlcs 8

    Attempt a character skctch oI Yank.


    OR
    Consider 'l'he Glass Menurerie'as a Memory Play. l5
    -l Attempt a charactcr skctch ol Nlartha.
    ol{
    Discuss Thoreau s !ic$s on Iile as reflected in thc prcscribed text. l5
    a Illustrate lvith commcnls thc inherent symbolism of'l he Sound ;md Fury.

    OR
    Assess John Steinbeck as the Champion ofthe downtrodden with rcl'erence 1o The Crapes of
    Wrath'. 15

    (j Write a note on the complexiq' of themes in Toni Morrison's ''fhe Bluest Eye'.
    OR
    Exanline critically the sienificancc ol thc title 'i\ Farewcll 1o ,,\rms'. 15

    \r'P.z 2991 l [:

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