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Bachelor Degree Programme

B. D. P. Term End Examination — December 2016 & June 2017

Elective Course

ENGLISH ( Old Syllabus )

( Third Paper : The Renaissance ) ( Enrolled up to July 2014 )

Time : Four Hours Full Marks : 100 ( Weightage of Marks : 70% )

Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance

in the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect spelling, untidy work and illegible handwriting.

The weightage for each question has been indicated in the margin.

1. Answer any two of the following : 20 × 2 = 40

a) Discuss the chief features of the

Renaissance Movement in England.

b) Write a short essay on the Elizabethan

sonnet sequences.

c) Attempt a critical appreciation of

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 144.

d) Bring out the elements of the Renaissance

and the Reformation in Milton’s Lycidas.

e) Do you consider Macbeth to be a typical tragic hero ? Discuss with illustrative references from the text.

f) Discuss the salient features of Bacon’s prose style with reference to the texts in your syllabus.

2. Answer any three of the following : 12 × 3 = 36

a) Assess the contribution of the Humanists to the Renaissance in England.

b) How does Shakespeare use dramatic irony in Macbeth ?

c) What is the significance of the opening soliloquy in Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus ?

d) Briefly discuss the importance of the comic scenes in the plot of Doctor Faustus.

e) Discuss the Trial Scene in The Merchant of Venice.

f) With reference to the major characters in The Merchant of Venice, comment on the relationship between the Christians and the Jews.

g) Bring out the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 65.

h) Comment on the title of the poem The Pulley.

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3. Answer any four of the following : 6 × 4 = 24

a) Mention some features of the Morality plays

you find in Doctor Faustus.

b) What are the sources of Shakespeare’s The

Merchant of Venice ?

c) Give your estimate of the character of

Fleance in Macbeth.

d) Assess the contribution of Thomas More to

Renaissance Humanism.

e) Explain any one of the major conceits in

John Donne’s ‘The Good Morrow’.

f) Explain with reference to the context :

For hitherto though I have lost all my time

Me lusteth no longer rotten boughs to climb.

g) Bring out the dramatic significance of

Faustus’ apostrophe to Helen in

Dr. Faustus.

h) What do you understand by the term

Comedy of Humours ?