2015 Question Paper University Exam Paper of Alagappa University Karaikudi
Question Paper Code - RW– 10186
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2015
Fourth Semester
English
AMERICAN LITERATURE
(CBCS – 2012 onwards)
Time : 3 Hours Maximum : 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 = 20)
Answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each.
1. What motto does Thoreau readily accept?
2. What, according to Poe, is the province of the poem?
3. What three things does the carriage pass in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"?
4. What causes the gaps in the wall in Frost's "Mending Wall"?
5. What is the source of the fortune that Judge Thatcher is keeping in trust for Huck?
6. Why does Manolin no longer fish with Santiago?
7. How does Claudia describe Mr. Henry when she first meets him in The Bluest Eye?
8. What type of store does Louis Karp run in The Assistant?
9. What causes the rift between Biff and Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman?
10. What does Yank tell the I.W.W. he will do for them in The Hairy Ape?
Part B (5 x 5 = 25)
Answer the following questions choosing either (a) or (b).
11. (a) Discuss the three kinds of influence upon the scholar.
Or
(b) Analyze Thoreau's opinion on wealth and consumption.
12. (a) Comment on the satirical tone of Cummings's poem "Cambridge Ladies".
Or
(b) Analyze the conflicting voices in Frost's "Mending Wall".
13. (a) How does Huck's literal voice impact the novel Huckleberry Finn?
Or
(b) What are Santiago's feelings toward the marlin?
14. (a) Analyze the role of Cholly Breedlove in The Bluest Eye.
Or
(b) Discuss the tone of sadness throughout the novel The Assistant.
15. (a) Why is Willy so jealous of Charley in Death of a Salesman?
Or
(b) How far is Yank a tragic hero in The Hairy Ape?
Part C (3 x 10 = 30)
Answer any three of the following questions in about 800 words each.
16. Examine Pee's remarks on the philosophy of poetic composition.
17. Discuss the intense grief of the speaker in "When Lilac Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd".
18. Bring out the literary symbolism in The Old Man and the Sea.
19. Compare and contrast Claudia and Pecola in terms of their ability to fight injustice.
20. Discuss Willy as a tragic figure in Death of Salesman.
Question Paper Code - RW– 10186
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2015
Fourth Semester
English
AMERICAN LITERATURE
(CBCS – 2012 onwards)
Time : 3 Hours Maximum : 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 = 20)
Answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences each.
1. What motto does Thoreau readily accept?
2. What, according to Poe, is the province of the poem?
3. What three things does the carriage pass in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"?
4. What causes the gaps in the wall in Frost's "Mending Wall"?
5. What is the source of the fortune that Judge Thatcher is keeping in trust for Huck?
6. Why does Manolin no longer fish with Santiago?
7. How does Claudia describe Mr. Henry when she first meets him in The Bluest Eye?
8. What type of store does Louis Karp run in The Assistant?
9. What causes the rift between Biff and Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman?
10. What does Yank tell the I.W.W. he will do for them in The Hairy Ape?
Part B (5 x 5 = 25)
Answer the following questions choosing either (a) or (b).
11. (a) Discuss the three kinds of influence upon the scholar.
Or
(b) Analyze Thoreau's opinion on wealth and consumption.
12. (a) Comment on the satirical tone of Cummings's poem "Cambridge Ladies".
Or
(b) Analyze the conflicting voices in Frost's "Mending Wall".
13. (a) How does Huck's literal voice impact the novel Huckleberry Finn?
Or
(b) What are Santiago's feelings toward the marlin?
14. (a) Analyze the role of Cholly Breedlove in The Bluest Eye.
Or
(b) Discuss the tone of sadness throughout the novel The Assistant.
15. (a) Why is Willy so jealous of Charley in Death of a Salesman?
Or
(b) How far is Yank a tragic hero in The Hairy Ape?
Part C (3 x 10 = 30)
Answer any three of the following questions in about 800 words each.
16. Examine Pee's remarks on the philosophy of poetic composition.
17. Discuss the intense grief of the speaker in "When Lilac Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd".
18. Bring out the literary symbolism in The Old Man and the Sea.
19. Compare and contrast Claudia and Pecola in terms of their ability to fight injustice.
20. Discuss Willy as a tragic figure in Death of Salesman.
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