TIHU COLLEGE
Sessional Examination, 2022
Class: BA 5th Semester
Subject: English (Honours)
Paper Code: ENG-HC-5026
Time: One hour
1. Answer any five of the following:
Marks: 30
1× 5=5
(a) From which book is the poem ' Lady Lazarus' taken?
(b) Why does Eunice de Souza advise women to keep
cats?
(c) In the short story 'Bliss', what does Bertha discover
about Pearl at the end of the story?
(d) What form was the novel The Color Purple written in?
(e) What was the tradition family business of Kuhila Bai,
as mentioned in the short story ‘Celebration’?
(f) ‘I don’t even look at mens. That’s the truth’- who is ‘I’
here?
(g) In which year was Rasasundari Devi’s Aamar Jiban
published?
(h) To whom does Rassundari compare herself in Aamar
Jiban ( Fourth Composition)?
(i) In which age was Rassundari married?
2. Answer any five of the following questions:
2 × 5 = 10
(a) What advice does Eunice de Souza give to her
readers in the poem, ‘Advice to Women’?
(b) In what context does Eunice de Souza use the words
'plastic flower' in her poem ‘Bequest’?
(c) What does ‘the pear tree’ symbolise in Katherine
Mansfield’s ‘Bliss'?
(d) What is the paradox created by the title and the
theme of Katherine Mansfield’s story ‘Bliss'?
(e) What does the title of the story ‘Celebration’ signify?
(f) Mention two common slogans used during the
Andolan in Nirupama Borgohain’s ‘Celebration’?
(g) ‘I see him looking at my little sister’-To whom do ‘I’
and ‘little sister’ referred to here?
(h) Who is the speaker’s enemy in ‘Lady Lazarus’? Why
is it so?
(i) What does Dopdi’s refusal to be clothed signify in
Mahasweta Devi’s “Draupadi”?
3. Answer any one of the following:
5 × 1= 5
(a) Write a short note on the character of Kuhila Bai.
(c) Write a short note on the character of Shug Avery.
4. Answer any one of the following:
10 × 1= 10
(a) Discuss the significance of the title, The Color
Purple.
(b) Attempt a critical analysis of Eunice de Souza’s
poem ‘Advice to Women’.
(c) Evaluate Sylvia Plath as a confessional poet with
special reference to her poems ‘Daddy’ and ‘Lady
Lazarus’.
(d) Discuss The Color Purple as an Epistolary Novel.
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