B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
First Semester
English Literature
FICTION
(CBCS 2011 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 1 10)
Answer the following objective questions.
1. The Giant returned home after spending ——————
years with his friends.
six seven
eight
2. The boy who acted as a model for the child Christ had the
face of ——————.
an infant an angel
a Priest
3. Mohan Lal stepped into the compartment and sat in a
corner, reading ——————.
The Hindu Deccan Chronicle
The Times
4. The girl in "The White Flower" has studied upto
——————.
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5. Jane constantly described —————— as extremely cold
and unfeeling.
Rochester St. John
Mr. Oliver
6. St. John Rivers finds Jane a teaching job in the town of
——————.
Ferndean Thornfield
Morton
7. in Satis House means
enough scarce
abundant
8. —————— is the reason Pip wants to be a gentleman.
Miss Havisham Molly
Estella
9. —————— teaches the song called Beasts of England,
and it will later become the song of the Rebellion.
Old Major Jones
Boxer
10. There are —————— commandments in The Animal
Farm.
six seven
eight
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Part B x 7 35)
Answer the following questions, choosing either or
11. Describe the garden where the children played.
Or
How did the painter get a model for Judas Iscariot?
12. Bring out the difference between Mohan Lal and
Lachmi.
Or
How does Narayan satirize the horoscope beliefs?
13. Analyze the role of Helen Burns in Jane Eyre.
Or
Comment on the theme of love in Jane Eyre.
14. Discuss the part played by Jaggers in Great
Expectations.
Or
How far is Estella a sympathetic character in Great
Expectations?
15. Comment on the role of Boxer in Animal Farm.
Or
How does Orwell depict Old Major in Animal Farm?
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Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three of the following questions.
16. Examine the transformation of the giant in Selfish
Giant."
17. Comment on the significance of the title Karma.
18. Discuss Jane's search for love, and the various
relationships in which she finds love in Jane Eyre.
19. Examine Pip's search for fulfillment in Great
Expectations.
20. How far is Animal Farm a powerful satire?
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