Thiruvalluvar University College of Arts & Science, Arakkonam
B.A I YR - Dept. Of English – Model Exam Mar 2020
BEN22 – AMERICAN LITERATURE –I
Time: Three hours
Maximum: 75 Marks
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SECTION A – (10X2=20 Marks)
Answer ALL questions
What does Whitman state about the “Modern Man”?
What is meant by “Tankard” in “I taste a liquor..”?
Whom did Sandburg see under the trees in “Happiness”?
What trees did Frost’s friend have in his ranch?
What was the occasion of Emerson’s speech “American Scholar”?
What does Emerson state about the book warm?
Who is Yank?
What animal does Mildred compare herself to?
Which body part has Ahab lost lost to Moby Dick?
What does Ahab nail to the ship’s mast to motivate his crew in his
quest for Moby Dick?
SECTION B – (5x5=25 marks)
Answer any THREE questions
(a) How does Poe liken hilseld to the wanderer returning Home?(Or)
(b) What kind of liquor does Dickson talk about?
(a) How does Frost describe the ordeal of mending the Wall?(Or)
(b) What does Pound mean by “I have beaten out my exile” in The
Rest?
(a) Comment on Emerson’s views on the influence of nature on the
scholar.(Or)
(b) What effect do the books have on the scholar, according to
Emerson?
(a) Discuss the significance of Rodin’s “The Thinker” in The Hairy
Ape.(Or)
(b) In The Hairy Ape, how does Yank’s definition of ‘belonging’
change?
(a) What does Fedallah predict in Moby Dick? (Or)
(b) Why did Startbuck protest Ahab’s intention to kill Moby
Dock?
SECTION C – 93X10=30)
Answer any THREE questions.
Recount the things about which Whitman is singing.
Examine Carl Sandburg’s meaning of happiness,
Exploring Emerson’s views on the duties of the scholar.
Explain expressionistic techniques used in The Hairy Ape.
Describe Captain Ahab in Moby Dick.
Thiruvalluvar University College of Arts & Science, Arakkonam
B.A I YR - Dept. Of English – Model Exam Mar 2020
BEN22 – AMERICAN LITERATURE –I
Time: Three hours
Maximum: 75 Marks
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
SECTION A – (10X2=20 Marks)
Answer ALL questions
What does Whitman state about the “Modern Man”?
What is meant by “Tankard” in “I taste a liquor..”?
Whom did Sandburg see under the trees in “Happiness”?
What trees did Frost’s friend have in his ranch?
What was the occasion of Emerson’s speech “American Scholar”?
What does Emerson state about the book warm?
Who is Yank?
What animal does Mildred compare herself to?
Which body part has Ahab lost lost to Moby Dick?
What does Ahab nail to the ship’s mast to motivate his crew in his
quest for Moby Dick?
SECTION B – (5x5=25 marks)
Answer any THREE questions
(a) How does Poe liken hilseld to the wanderer returning Home?(Or)
(b) What kind of liquor does Dickson talk about?
(a) How does Frost describe the ordeal of mending the Wall?(Or)
(b) What does Pound mean by “I have beaten out my exile” in The
Rest?
(a) Comment on Emerson’s views on the influence of nature on the
scholar.(Or)
(b) What effect do the books have on the scholar, according to
Emerson?
(a) Discuss the significance of Rodin’s “The Thinker” in The Hairy
Ape.(Or)
(b) In The Hairy Ape, how does Yank’s definition of ‘belonging’
change?
(a) What does Fedallah predict in Moby Dick? (Or)
(b) Why did Startbuck protest Ahab’s intention to kill Moby
Dock?
SECTION C – 93X10=30)
Answer any THREE questions.
Recount the things about which Whitman is singing.
Examine Carl Sandburg’s meaning of happiness,
Exploring Emerson’s views on the duties of the scholar.
Explain expressionistic techniques used in The Hairy Ape.
Describe Captain Ahab in Moby Dick.