B.A. Part II Examination
English General
Paper III
Model Question Paper
Full Marks: 100
Time: 3Hrs
Candidates are advised to write answers in their own words. Spelling and grammatical
errors will be penalized.
Q1. Answer the following questions, each in about 500 words:
2x15=30
a. Write a note on the character of Miranda showing the development of her character in
course of the play.
Or
b. How do the comic scenes in the play involving Caliban, Stephano and Trinculo run
parallel to and parody the main action of the play?
c. Trace the transformation in the character of Eliza Doolittle in Bernard Shaw’s
Pygmalion.
Or
d. Write a note on the title of the play Pygmalion
Q2. Locate and annotate the following excerpts, each in about 200 words:
2x5=10
a. I am your wife if you will marry me, if not I’ll die your maid.
Or
b. The isle is full of noises,
Sounds, and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not.
c. I care for life, for humanity; and you are a part of it that has come my way and been built
into my house. What more can you or anyone ask?
Or
d. The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other sort of
manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you
were in Heaven, where there are no third-class carriages, and one soul is as good as
another.
Q3. Give precise answers to the following questions:
10x2=20
a. How does Prospero's magic differ from that of the witch Sycorax?
b. What elements of revenge are present in the play?
c. Sketch Gonzalo's ideas of an ideal society as exemplified in the play.
d. Discuss why Caliban uses both poetry and prose in the play.
e. Briefly discuss Nepommuck’s role in the play.
f. Pygmalion is often considered a problem play. Briefly state the features.
g. Why does the crowd hiding from the rain get so upset with Higgins for taking notes of
the Flower Girl's speech?
h. What books have Pickering and Higgins written respectively?
i. What reason does Higgins give for deciding to take on the experiment with Eliza?
j. What aspect of Alfred Doolittle’s character attracts Higgins?
Q4. Write short notes on any five of the following literary terms:
5x2=10
Anagnorisis, chorus, unities, conflict, farce, hubris, irony
Q5. Answer any one of the following:
10
a. Write a dialogue between two friends on the issue of whether students should join
politics.
Or
b. Write a dialogue between father and daughter regarding the latter’s choice of
profession.
Q6. Write a composition on any one of the following topics:
1. Write an essay on “Honour Killing”
2. Your College has organized the Annual Social and Cultural Day. Write a
newspaper report on the function.
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