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Name of the University : Alagappa University
Degree : B.A
Department : English
Subject Code/Name : Prose and Composition
Semester : I
Document Type : Model Question Papers
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Prose & Composition :

Duration : 3 Hours
Maximum : 75 Marks
Section – A :

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1. What according to Bacon is beauty ?
2. Why does Bacon say that unmarried men are not always best subjects ?
3. How does Sir Roger encourage his people to come to Church, regularly ?
4. Name the last theatre that Sir Roger had seen.
5. Why does Oliver wish to keep his acquaintance with the man in black ?
6. Who, according to the man in black, are the impostors ?
7. Name the treasure that Ruskin talks about during his lecture.
8. What according to Ruskin is ‘advancement in life’?
9. How does a poor man please a rich man ?
10. How does Chesterton flatter his Charwoman ?

Section – B : (5 × 5 = 25)
Answer the following questions.
11. (a) What are the advantages of single life ? (Or)
(b) Why does Bacon feel that there is a close connection between beauty and virtue ?
12. (a) What kind of man in Sir Andrew Freeport ? (Or)
(b) How is the relationship between Sir Roger and his Chaplain ?
13. (a) Why did Bo-bo and his father often burn their house ? (Or)
(b) How did the man in black help the first beggar ?
14. (a) What are Ruskin’s opinions on books ? (Or)
(b) Why does Ruskin give importance for ‘reading’, in his lecture ?
15. (a) How do the modern men praise the rich ? (Or)
(b) What are Shakespeare’s errors that are printed out by Lynd ?

Section – C : (3 × 10 = 30)
Answer any three of the following questions in about 350 words each.
16. Write an essay on ‘Bacon’s use of language’.
17. How does Steele give the account of the Spectator Club ?
18. Why does Charles Lamb say that ‘Every man has two birth-days’ ?
19. What does Ruskin convey through his lecture, “Sesame : Of King’s Treasuries” ?
20. Why does Robert Lynd praise the mistakes committed by writers ?

B.A. Degree Examination, November 2010 :
English :
FICTION : (CBCS—2008 onwards)
Duration : 3 Hours
Maximum : 75 Marks
Section – A : (10 × 2 = 20)
Answer all questions.
1. How much did Hughie give to the old beggar modal ?
2. What was the appearance of the old gentleman who came to Hughie’s house ?
3. Why does Dr.Watson go to 221, Baker Street ?
4. What was Mrs.Packletide’s pleasure ?
5. Why is Oliver trashed from Mr. Bumble’s workhouse ?
6. Who is Fagin ?
7. Why does Grace’s father take effort to make her daughter to forget Giles ?
8. Is Fitzpiers a faithful husband ?
9. What is the central theme of “Lord of the Flies”.
10. Who do survive after the British plane crash ?

Section – B : (5 × 5 = 25)
Answer all questions in about 150 words each.
11. (a) How did Trevor explain about his profession to Hughie ? (Or)
(b) Why does Jimmy undergo a complete reformation ?
12. (a) What does Holmes ask Watson to do ? (Or)
(b) Why does Mrs. Packletide decide to shoot a tiger ?
13. (a) How does Mr. Browlow help oliver ? (Or)
(b) Why does Nancy kidnap Oliver ?
14. (a) H ow does Hardy portray the rustic life in “Woodlanders” ? (Or)
(b) Comment on the role played by Mr. Fitzpiers.
15. (a) List the qualities that make Ralph to become the leader. (Or)
(b) What does the destruction of conch suggest ?

Section – C : (3 × 10 = 30)
Answer any three questions in about 300 words each.
16. Why doesn’t Ben arrest Jimmy when he opens the safe of Annabel’s bank ?
17. How does Holmes manipulated Smith’s weaknesses to reveal his crimes ?
18. How did fate play in the life of Oliver ?
19. Comment on the unhappy ending of “Woodlanders”
20. Justify the title “Lord of the Flies”.

Poetry—I : (Cbcs—2008 Onwards)
Duration : 3 Hours
Maximum : 75 Marks
Part – A : (10 × 2 = 20)
Answer all questions in a sentence or two.
1. What did the poet write on the strand ?
2. What is meant by “Charter’d street” ?
3. Explain the word “Harolt’s curse” .
4. What is a sonnet ?
5. To whom does Shakespeare refer to in the poem ?
6. Define “Hippocrene” ?
7. What does “magic casement” refers to ?
8. Why could Kubla not-realise his dream ?
9. Why does Keats think that wine will help him ?
10. Whom does the poet refer to in “My Last Duchess”?

Part – B : (5 × 5 = 25)
Write paragraphs on the following, choosing one from each question.
11. (a) What aesthetic message does Edmund Spenser convey in “One Day I Wrote Her Name” ? (Or)
(b) What is the theme of sonnet ‘one’ ?
12. (a) What does the poet say about Death ? (Or)
(b) How does Will i am Blake describe Chimney sweepers and Young soldiers in ‘London’ ?