B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
First Semester
English Literature
PROSE
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all the questions.
1. Write a note on kinds of lies?
2. Write about one of the principal fruits of friendship.
3. Whose love does Bacon admire?
4. In which dress people should appear on the Sabbath day?
5. Who is the first member of the spectator club?
6. Why is west Minster Abbey an important place?
7. What did the children say while vanishing?
8. Where does the south sea house stand?
9. Why does a clergyman want to become a king?
10. What is the author's prophecy about hat-hunting?
Sub. Code
4BEN1C2
AFF-4236
2
Ws15
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions.
11. Why does Bacon say that truth is attainable?
Explain.
Or
Why love is necessary according to Bacon?
12. How does Addison explain the character of the Sir
Roger in his essay?
Or
Explain the peculiar characters of members in his
spectator club.
13. Write a note on Goldsmith's approach to his essay
account of West Minster Abbey''.
Or
Express the humour and pathos in the
Children'' of Lamb.
14. Write a short note on the importance of books by
Ruskin.
Or
How does Ruskin analyse Milton's Lycidas?
15. What are the basic attitudes towards life according
to G.K. Chesterton?
Or
Is tolerance is a very dull virtue? Explain.
AFF-4236
3
Ws15
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. ''Friendship is Useful'' Discuss it referring Bacon's essay.
17. Write an essay on "Sir Roger at Church".
18. Write a critical account of "West Minster Abbey" by
Goldsmith.
19. Write an essay on Ruskin's king's treasuries. (Sesame
and Lilies).
20. Write the importance of tolerance as discussed by
E.M.Forster.
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