English II Old Question Paper Year 2017
Attempt ALL questions
1. Write four levels of interacting with the text to The Death of Moth. [12]
2. Answer any FIVE of the following questions: [5×5=25]
a. How do ‘Ballad of the Landlord’, ‘Girlhood Among Ghosts’ and ‘Sorry Wrong Number’ represent the American society in general? Explain.
b. Are some hypotheses better than others in Huxley’s essay ‘We are All Scientist’? Why or why not? You may take the reference of ‘A Most Forgiving Ape’ to analyze how the hypothesis is demystified.
c. Compare two stories ‘The Lottery’ and ‘The Hitch-Hiker’ to talk about views on human nature, human rationality and human society?
d. How do the poets immortalize their beloved wife and father in the poem ‘The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner’ and ‘My Papa’s Waltz’ respectively? What are the experiences they narrativize by means of their poetry?
e. How the issues of women identity and empowerment are clearly expressed in ‘Chandalika’ and ‘Metaphors’? Discuss.
f. How do the poem ‘Eight O’clock’ and ‘The Buddha’ contrast each other with the idea of human vulnerability and the immense human potential? Discuss.