D93745
D93745
FIRST SEMESTER (CUCBCSS-UG) DEGREE EXAMINATION
NOVEMBER 2020
English
ENG 1A 02-WAYS WITH WORDS LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
(2017 Admissions)
Time: Three Hours Maximum: 80 Marks
I. (A) Choose the correct answer from the options. Each question carries1 mark?
1. The figurines of grandmother's gods are made up with…………
(a) Gold. (c) Brass.
(b) Silver. (d) Iron.
2. The laps of the Old folks are filled with:
(a) Memories. C (c) Sweets.
(b) Money. (d) None of these.
3. What favour did Mrs. Maloney ask the policemen ?
(a) Eating the lamh, (b) Finish the investigation.
(c) Helping her to get (d) Leaving her alone,
4. The most repellant specimen of all the bores is:
(a) Buttonholing bore. (c) Funny bore.
(b) humorous bore. (d) Eccentric bore.
5. The colour of the car which Uncle Raz gave to Dad was………..
(a) Red. (c) Blue.
(b) Green. id) White.
(5 x 1 = 5 marks)
(B) Answer all the following questions in a word or a phrase. Each question carries 1 mark :
6. Who is Mr. Hadley ?
7. How many years did Grace work for Miss Cornelia ?
8. Miss Cornelia wants to become the ………. of the Society Club.
9. What is the wailful choir described by Keats in the III stanza ?
10. Who is the speaker in the story Appointment in Samarra?
(5 x 1 = 5 marks)
II. Answer any ten from the following in one or two sentences. Each question carries 2 marks :
11 What is the particular state of mind of Shakespeare when the poem
was written ?
12 Why is it said that summer has over brimmed the clammy cells of bees ?
13 What are the reasons for which a car may stop in front of the roadside stand, according to the farmer ?
14 Why do you think the cracks in grandmother's house 'colourless'?
15 What is the comparison made about the bellies '
16 What do snakes stand for in "snake's bare fangs" !
17 Do you think Sally is an ideal companion for Jerome. Why?
18 What might be the probable reasons for Patrick to leave his wife ?
19 How could Dad buy a new car?
20 Why did Peti hate swimming at school ?
21 Why is Lucas' peer described as eccentric ?
22 What are meteorites ?
(10 x 2 = 20 marks)
III. Answer any four of the following questions in a paragraph. Each question carries
5 marks :
23 Comment on the subject of death discussed in
"Old Folks Laugh."
24 What is the persona of the farmer that is revealed in 'A Roadside Stand' ?
25 Discuss how the story 'Appointment in Samarra' expounds fatalism.
26 How did the winning of the lottery affect the parents and children?
27 Bring out the relevance of the title, 'Something unspoken'.
28 Why does the speaker in sonnet 29 say that he is out of favour with "Fortune and men's
eye" ?
(4 × 5 = 20 marks)
IV. Answer
any two of the following in an essay.
Each question carries 15 marks :
29. Describe Jerome's inner conflicts about his father's death and his attempts to overcome them ?
30. Write anessay on the intricacies of the relationship between Miss Cornelia and Miss Grace Lancaster.
31. "Once Upon a Time" as a commentary on the hypocrisies of the society.
32. Write an essay on EV Lucas as an observer of life in the light of Bores ?
(2 × 15 = 30 marks)
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