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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION GENERAL ENGLISH
THIRD SEMESTER APRIL 2017
EL 3060 ENGLISH THROUGH LITERATURE
Date: 06-05-2017 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
I. Answer any TEN of the following in 50 words each (10 x 3 30) marks
1. Describe the woods as mentioned by the poet in 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Evening'
2. What are the three stages of life mentioned in the poem Heart Leaps' by
Wordsworth?
3. What is the role of education according to John Ruskin?
4. What has become of the leaves in autumn? Where does the West Wind carry them?
5. Why is Pride the chief of all other sins?
6. What was the news conveyed by the rider to the Emperor in Robert Browning's
"Incident of the French Camp"?
7. Why was Kabuliwala arrested?
8. How does Milton want to serve his Maker?
9. What is the reference to the in Poison Tree'
10. What is symbolically meant by 'domestic walls' in "Gitanjali" by Tagore?
11. Why did winter remain for long in the Giant's garden?
12. How did the children Estha and Rahel react at the death of Sophie Mol, their
cousin?
II. Answer any FIVE of the following in 150 words each x 8 40) marks
13. Why does the poet praise the West Wind?
14. What is the central idea of the poem "On His Blindness"?
15. Explain the last stanza of 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost.
16. Explain the phrases 'Wounds of 'Garden of Paradise' from "The Selfish Giant"
17. How does Tagore express the concept of equanimity in Song 36?
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18. List out the character traits of Kabuliwala.
19. How are the Seven Deadly sins inter related to each other?
III. Answer any TWO of the following in about 300 words each. x 15 30) marks
20. "The Selfish Giant" is a simple story that has lessons for Humanity- Elaborate
21. Why thrive better than truth? Explain your view point with reference to the
poem "Of Truth" by Francis Bacon.
22. Write an essay on any act of Patriotism from the history of the freedom struggle of
India.
23. Critically appreciate the poem "A Poison Tree" by William Blake.
24. Bring out the positive and destructive power of nature.