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Posted By: Punnoose K.Wilson Member Level: Gold Posted Date: 10 Jun 2008
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2007 Calicut University B.Com I- English Paper II - MODERN PROSE AND DRAMA Question paper
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I. Write an essay on any one of the following in not more than 350 words
(a) Explain how-the tribal prejudice against inter-tribe marriage Was broken
(b) Shaws development as a public speaker. (1 x 15 = 15 marks)
II. Write an essay on any one of the following in not more than 350 words
(a) Bring out the importance of Arms and the Man as art anti-romantic
comedy.
(b) Compare and contrast Sergius and Bluntschli. (1x15- 15 marks)
III. Answer six of the following questions in a paragraph of about 120
words, choosing three from each Section :
Section A (Prose)
(a) How does Churchill describe mathematics ?
(b) How did Rosemary meet the poor girl and bring her home ?
(c) Leacock's description of an ideal college campus.
(d) Plomer's firmness in not using modern devices like the typewriters or
the car.
Section B (Drama)
(e)'What is the central theme of the play 'Arms and the Man'. (f)'Why does Bluntschli regard Sergius's cavalry charges as a blunder (g)'How does Sergius realize that war is a fraud like love ? (h) How does Raina respond to Bluntschli's proposal ?(6 x 5 - 30 marks)
IV. Answer any ten of the following questions in not more than two sentences
each, choosing five from each section:
, Section A (Prose)
(a) What does people who do not know English say ?
(b) Where is Gandhiji's memorial to be truly found '.'
(c) What did Rosemary want the shopkeeper to do with the little box
(d) Why-would Leacock not allow women into his college ?
(e) What made the two boys' immensely valuable to the resistance movement
in Verona ? ,
(f) What are the two things For which the English seem to show particular
aptitude ?
Section B (Drama)
(g) What is our duty according to Bluntschli ?
(h) What does the officer say about the public
(j) What is the only thing, that can keep Bluntschli awake ? (k) How does Petkoff describe his father ?
(L) What according to Sergius, is soldiering ? (10x2 = 20 marks)
V Write short annotations on four of the following choosing two from each section:
Section A (Prose)
(a) Think of the proverb : "I'll news travels apace".
(b) These examinations were a great trial to me.
(c) Let us be, worthy of him. ,
Section B (Drama)
(d) There, are only two types of soldiers ; old ones "and young ones.
(e) I won the battle the wrong way- When our worthy Russian generals
were losing it the right way ?
(f) I could no more fight with you than I could make love to an ugly woman.
(g) You've no magnetism ; You are not a man ; You're a machine.
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