MAEG03 Caroline to Reformation Age MA Question Bank : vmou.ac.in

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Degree : MA
Department : English
Subject Code/Name : MAEG-03 – Caroline to Reformation Age
Year : I
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VMOU Caroline to Reformation Age Question Bank

MAEG-03 – Caroline to Reformation Age Question Bank

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Section A

1) To which genre Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel belongs-
2) What is the purpose of Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel-
3) What can you say about the form of Absalom and Achitophel-
4) Why is the speaker of “A Portrait” important in School for Scandal-
5) What does the speaker of “A Portrait” advise against in School for Scandal-

6) How is She Stoops to Conquer a Comedy of Manners-
7) Define She Stoops to Conquer as A Romantic Comedy-
8) What kind of stooping do you find in She Stoops to Conquer-
9) Who is the narrator in Tristram Shandy-
10) What does Mrs. Shandy question while she and her husband are conceiving Tristram-

11) According to Uncle Toby, when do Tristram’s problems begin-
12) What is the assumption left up to the reader in the Preface in Moll Flanders-
13) What does the narrator tell the reader to expect in the story in Moll Flanders-
14) What is the theme in Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe-
15) Briefly mention the subject of the “Ode on a distant Prospect of Eton College”.

16) Who are/were among the famous graduates of Eton mentioned in Gray’s Elegy-
17) Why does Collins use the unrhymed form to write “Ode to Evening”-
18) How is “Ode to Evening” a transition poem-
19) Comment on the opening lines of the poem “Ode to Evening” .
20) Delineate the rural setting of Blake’s ‘ Introduction’ to ‘Songs of Innocence’.

21) Discuss the Biblical background of “The Lamb”.
22) What is the theme of the poem “The Little Black Boy”.
23) What do you mean by ‘Puritanism’-
24) Write about the decay of the drama in the seventeenth century.
25) Who were the Spenserian poets-

Section-B

1) Give a brief charactersketch of Achitophel.
2) What do you know about the Popish plot-
3) Discuss Absalom and Achitophel as an allegory.
4) What is the theme of gossiping in School for Scandal-
5) Analyze the character of snake in the School for Scandal.

6) What is the effect of Tristram’s frequent addresses to his audience-
7) What is Sterne’s attitude toward science-
8) How sensitive is Defoe to the plight of women in his contemporary social milieu-
9) Delineate the development of Moll as a character over the course of the novel.
10) How penitent is Moll by the end of the novel-

11) Write a note on the depiction of atmosphere in Collins’ “Ode to Evening”.
12) Discuss the allegorical features in Collins’ “Ode to Evening”.
13) How Collins’ treatment of evening in his ode is different from that of other poets-
14) What is Collins’s idea of simplicity in “Ode to Simplicity”-

Section C

Answer the following in detail (800 words) :
** How does Absalom and Achitophel reflect the ethos of the Restoration period?
** Write an essay on the historical background of Absalom and Achitophel.
** Write a note on Dryden’s art of characterisation in Absalom and Achitophel.
** Discuss Sheridan’s School for Scandal as a literary piece of Satire.
** Examine the plot structure of School for Scandal.

** Analyse School for Scandal as a comedy of manners.
** Explain the meaning and significance of the title She Stoops to Conquer.
** In what ways is Tony Lumpkin a hero in the play? Use historical/social detail to explain why this heroism is unconventional.
** How does the device of dramatic irony facilitate the play’s major themes and comedy?

** Define what “town” and “country” mean in the context of this play, using characters as examples.
** In what way is it possible to reconcile the statement that the book will “be kept a-going” for forty years (Book 1- Chapter 22) with the contention that Tristram Shandy is a completed novel?