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


ENGLISII
(A) Americrn Literaturc
Paper-IIl
1-ime : I hrec Hoursl [l\taximum lvlarks : 100
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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
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(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

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(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

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