PREVIOUS QUESTIONS
Restoration and 18th century Fiction
2017
English
Subject Code:
231107
(Restoration and
18th century Fiction)
Time: 4 Hours Full
Marks: 80
Part-A
1. Answer any ten of the following questions 1
× 10 = 10
a) What
is Royal Veil?
Ans:
Royal Veil is a sacred veil given to any
woman whom the African king desires to have as his kept.
b) Who
is the great Mistress in Oroonoko?
Ans:
Behn’s
narrator is the great Mistress in Oroonoko.
c) What does the name ‘Allworthy’ signify?
d) How
many years did Crusoe stay in the isolated island?
Ans:
Robinson stayed more than 28 years in the
isolated island
e) What
was Crusoe’s original sin?
Ans:
The act of ignoring his father’s advice was
Crusoe's original sin.
f) Who
was Friday?
Ans:
Friday was a Caribbean native, one of the
"savages" that Robinson sees on his island. Friday is taken as a
prisoner by some cannibals who prepare to eat him on Robinson's island, but he
manages to escape. Robinson helps rescue him,
g) Who
was the supposed mother of Tom Jones?
Ans:
Jenny Jones was supposed mother of Tom Jones.
h) Whom
did Miss Bridget marry in ‘Tom Jones”?
Ans:
Miss Bridget married Captain Blifil in ‘Tom
Jones”.
i)
Mention the full title of the third part of “Gulliver’s Travels”.
Ans:
The full title of the third part of
“Gulliver’s Travels” is “A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg,
Glubbdubdrib, and Japan.”
j) What
was the name of the metropolis of Brobdingnag?
Ans:
Lorbrulgrad or the Pride of the Universe was
the name of the metropolis of Brobdingnag.
k) Who
is Skyresh Bolgolam?
Ans:
Skyresh Bolgolam is the High Admiral of
Lilliput, who is the only member of the administration to oppose Gulliver's
liberation.
1)
Which Political Party of England has been satirized in Book I of “Gulliver’s
Travels”?
Ans:
Whig
along with Tory has been satirized
in Book I of “Gulliver’s Travels”
Part-B
Answer
any five of the following questions:
4
× 5 = 20
2. How does Oroonoko plan a slave revolt?
3. Write a short note on the Houyhnhnms.
4. How did Crusoe become a slave from
merchant?
5. Write a note on the foot-print episode
in “Robinson Crusoe”.
6. Why did squire Allworthy banish Tom
Jones from his house?
7. What was lady Bellaston’s Plan against
Sophia?
8. Who were the Big Endians and little
Endians?
9. Why was Oroonoko attracted towards
Imoinda?
Part-C
Answer
any five questions: 10
× 5 = 50
10. Attempt a character study of Oroonoko.
11. Make a study of the horrors of slavery
and the harsh attitude of the European colonists in “Oroonoko”.
12. Write a note on the theme of sin,
punishment and repentance in “Robinson Crusoe.”
13. Comment on the themes of commerce in
the novel “Robinson Crusoe.”
14. Comment on Fielding's Concept of
morality and Sexuality in “Tom Jones”.
15. Comment on the disclosure of Tom’s
parentage at the end of the novel “Tom Jones”.
16. How does Swift satirize Science in
“Gulliver’s Travels”?
17. Compare and contrast between the king
of Lilliput and the king of Brobdingnag.
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