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Sunday, 31 May 2020

Nineteenth Century Novel (Honours 4th Year Question, 2019-20)

ENGLISH
Subject Code: 241101
(Nineteenth Century Novel)
Time-4 Hours
Full Marks-80

Part A
(Answer any ten questions)
Marks-1x10=10

1.     (a)    What was the original title of the novel Pride and Prejudice?
        (b)    Who was the King of France at the time of French Revoulition?
        (c)    What happened in Paris on 14 July 1789?
        (d)    What is Sorrow?
        (e)    Why did Tess murder Alec?
        (f)    What is Netherfield Park?
        (g)    What kind of lady was Mrs. Reed?
        (h)    What does the Red-room symbolise?
        (i)    Name the two cities mentioned in A Tale of  Two Cities.
        (j)    Why did Wickham agree to marry Lydia?
        (k)    Who is Edward Rochester?
        (l)    Why was Tess hanged to death?

Part B
(Answer any five questions)
Marks-4x5=20

2.    How was Jane treated in the Reed family?
3.    How did Darcy declare his love for Elizabeth?
4.    Why did Dickens consider the year 1775 as "the best of times and the worst of times"?
5.    Who is responsible for Tess' death?
6.    How does Mr. Brocklehurst ill-treat Janre at Lowood School?
7.    What is Mrs. Bennet's ambition about her daughters?
8.    Critically coment on the trial scene in A Tale of Two Cities.
9.    How did Angel react to Tess' confession of her past?


Part C
(Answer any five questions)
Marks-10x5=50

10.    Sketch the character of Jane Eyre.
11.    Write an essay on the role of Fate and Chance in Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
12.    How does Dickens correlate love and war in his novel A Tale of Two Cities?
13.    Discuss the influence of Alec and Angel on the life of Tess.
14.    Discuss how Jane Austen reflects the social and economic reality of her age in Pride and
         Prejudice?
15.    Would you call Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities a historical novel? Give reasons for your answer.
16.    Discuss how Wickham-Lydia affair affects Darcy-Elizabeth relationship.
17.    In what sense in Jane Eyre an unconventional novel? Discuss.

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