Restoration and Eighteenth Century Poetry and Drama (MCUC Question)

English

Subject Code: 231109

(Restoration and Eighteenth Century Poetry and Drama)

Time-4 Hours

Full Marks-80

Part A

(Answer any ten questions)

Marks-1x10=10

1.     (a)    What is a satire?

        (b)    Who was Absalom?

        (c)    What type of poem is Absalom and Achitophel?

        (d)    What does Proviso-scene signify?

        (e)    What is a cabal night?

        (f)    Who disguises himself as Sir Rowland?

        (g)    What is a mock-epic?

        (h)    Who is Belinda's guardian sylph?

        (i)    Who tries to prevent the Baron from cutting off the lock of Belinda?

        (j)    Who is Dorothy?

        (k)    Why does Tony take revenge on his mother?

        (l)    Who does Achitophel stand for?

Part B

(Answer any five questions)

Marks-4x5=20

2.    Identify the political personages in the poem Absalom and Achitophel.

3.    Write a short note on Shimei.

4.    Comment on the character of Lady Wishfort.

5.    Write a short note on comedy of manners.

6.    Describe Belinda's toilette.

7.    Describe the game of ombre at Hampton Court,

8.    Give an account on the casket episode.

9.    Why did Hastings and Miss Neville plan to elope?

Part C

(Answer any five questions)

Marks-10x5=50

10.    Evaluate Dryden as a satirist in the light of his poem Absalom and Achitophel.

11.    In Absalom and Achitophel Dryden is both typical and universal. - Discuss.

12.    In The Way of the World Congreve satirises the contemporary aristocratic society of England. - Explain

13.    Discuss Congreve's use of wit and humour in his play The Way of the World.

14.    Discuss Pope's The Rape of the Lock as a mock-epic poem.

15.    What picture of the contemporary society of London do you find in The Rape of the Lock?

16.    She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy of intrigues. - Discuss.

17.    Comment of the theme of dual identities in She Stoops to Conquer.