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KONGUNADU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) [Re-accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade 3.64 CGPA-(3rd Cycle)] Coimbatore – 641 029 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH (AIDED) KASC-English (Aided) QUESTION BANKS SUBJECTS S.No Name of the Subject 1. American Literature 2. Children’s Literature 3. Drama 4. English Language Teaching 5. Ethics in Literature 6. Fiction 7. English Grammar And Usage 8. Indian Literature In English Translation 9. Indian Writing In English 10. Inspiring Speeches 11. Introduction to Journalism 12. Introduction to Phonetics 13. Poetry I 14. New Literatures In English 15. Poetry I 16. PoetryKASC-English Ii (Aided) 17. Shakespeare-I 18. Social History Of England 19. Personality Development 20. Women’s Writings In English KONGUNADU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH (AIDED) III BA ENGLISH LITERATURE SEMESTER V AMERICAN LITERATURE 15UEL510 Unit I (Poetry) Hamatreya-Emerson Wait till the Majesty of Death –Dickinson Mending Wall – Robert Frost In Just Spring-E.E.Cummings Man and Wife –Robert Lowell One’s Self I Sing – Walt Whitman Because I Could not stop for Death-Dickinson The Emperor of Ice Cream-Wallace Stevenson Praise for an Urn-Hart Crane Lady Lazarus – Sylvia Plath Unit II (Prose) Where I Lived and What I Lived For-Thoreau The Manic in the Moon – James Thurber Unit III (Drama) Glass Menagerie – James Thurber Unit IV (Fiction) A Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway Unit V (Short Stories) A Retrieved Reformation – O.Henry The Count and the Wedding Guest – O.Henry The Chrysanthemums – John Steinbeck KASC-EnglishSome Words with a Mummy – Edgar (Aided) Allan Poe Staff Incharge: Dr. Mangayarkkarasi K.S Dr. P.Chitra Section A (100x1=100) Choose the correct answer from the options given below: UNIT I 1. The poem “Hamatreya” expresses the reality of humankind’s relationship to ______ (a) technology (b) science (c) nature (d) family 2. Hamatreya is other version of ________ (a) Mathrubumi (b) Maitreya (c) Metteyya (d) Buddha 3. “Wait till the majesty of Death” was written by ________ (a) Robert Frost (b) E.E. Cummings (c) Emily Dickinson (d) Walt Whitman 4. Fill in the blanks. “Full ______ is his state!” (a) white (b) red (c) pink (d) purple 5. _______ says “Good fences make good neighbours.” (a) Robert Frost (b) E.E. Cummings (c) Emily Dickinson (d) Walt Whitman 6. Fill in the blanks. “He is all _______ and I am ________ orchard (a) barbary fig, papayaKASC-English (Aided) (b) pine, apple (c) almond, papaya (d) pine, guava 7. The beginning lines of the poem “In just Spring” set the scene that ______ realized the springtime (a) village (b) city (c) entire world (d) childhood 8. Eddie and Bill come running from ________ and _______ (a) hop-scotch, jump-rope (b) marbles, piracies (c) kho-kho, langdi (d) goilli-dhanda, hide and seek 9. Robert Lowell’s poem “Man and wife” helps the readers to understand ________ (a) man’s hatred towards woman (b) undying love for his wife (c) affection towards his mother (d) age old love 10. “Oh my Petite, clearest of all God’s creatures,”. “My Petite” refers to (a) angel (b) demi-god (c) poet’s wife (d) lady-love 11. Walt Whitman’s poetry “One self I sing” emphasizes ________ (a) self-actualization (b) political equality of man and woman (c) love (d) self-respect 12. Walt Whitman’s poetry “One self I sing” was taken from _________ (a) Songs of Innocence (b) Songs of Experience (c) The Lost World (d) Leaves of Grass 13. _______ took the speaker on a ride in “Because I could not Stop for death.” (a) angel (b) her husband (c) death in the form of gentleman suitor (d) suitor 14. “And I had put away My labor and my leisure too”. “I”refers to ______ (a) speaker (b) Emily DickinsonKASC-English (Aided) (c) Emily Dickinson’s mother (d) poet’s friend 15. The woman’s dresser lack ______ (a) three glass knobs (b) a hand-held mirror (c) its top drawer (d) Two cigar 16. _______ makes the ice cream. (a) the mother (b) the roller of big cigars (c) the newspaper boys (d) the speaker 17. Ernest Neson has used ______ coverlet and pillow (a) yellow (b) white (c) pink (d) red 18. “Praise for an Urn” was written by ______ (a) Sylvia Plath (b) Hart Crane (c) Wallace Stevens (d) E.E. cummings 19. Sylvia Plath calls herself _______ in the poem “Lady Lazarus”. (a) a cat (b) a her Doktor (c) a wedding ring (d) a gold filling 20. In the poem “Lady Lazarus” Sylvia Plath mainly talkes about her _______ attempt at suicide. (a) third (b) first (c) fourth (d) second UNIT II 1. In the essay “Where I lived and what I lived for” ______ is called Homer’s requiem. (a) Hum of a mosquito (b) the somnolence (c) Aurora (d) the morning 2. Thoreau concludes his stay at ____ season in Walden Pond. (a) Summer (b) Winter KASC-English (Aided) (c) Autumn (d) Spring 3. Thoreau spends most of his life in ________ (a) Boston (b) Concord (c) Plymouth (d) Providence 4. Thoreau’s house at Walden Pond was closest to ____________. (a) A Canal (b) A mill (c) A rail road (d) A school 5. The ice of Walden Pond colour is ___________. (a) Bluish (b)Yellowish (c) Pure white (d) Greenish 6. Henry David Thoreau was born in _______. (a)1817 (b) 1837 (c) 1857 (d)1877 7. Thoreau’s friendship with ___________ was the most important relationship in his life. (a)Walt Whitman (b)Ellery Channing (c) Ralph Waldo Emerson (d)Nathaniel Hawthorne 8. Thoreau stays ______ years at Walden Pond. (a)1 year (b) 2 years (c) 3 years (d) 4 years 9. Thoreau raises _________ crop while at Walden Pond. (a) Corn (b) potatoes (c) beans (d) tobacco 10. One of Thoreau’s conclusions is that “we must ____________ our lives and live fully”. (a) Abandon (b) meet KASC-English (Aided) (c) study (d) challenge 11. Thoreau moves into his house at Walden Pond in __________. (a) 1836 (b) 1845 (c) 1848 (d) 1854 12. By “my next excursion” Thoreau suggests his_____________. (a) Movement to a spiritual after life (b) Writing his next book (c) Upcoming trip into town (d) Talking up a new profession 13. Thoreau went to the woods because he wanted to _________________. (a) Write a book (b) Escape from work (c) Escape from the police (d) Live deliberately 14. The author of “The manic in the Moon” is _____. (a) Henry James (b) James Thurber (c) O.Henry (d) Ernest Hemingway 15._____ has been described as “a second-rate planet with a second-rate sun.” (a)The earth (b)The moon (c) Neptune (d) Pluto 16. Clara was upset because the narrator told her: “get thee to a _____.” (a) nunnery (b) monastery (c) moonastery (d) nursery 17. In “The manic in the Moon”, the narrater’s friend is ______ (a) German (b) Italian (c) American (d) French 18. “Everybody is talking in ______ syllables.” Fill in the blanks. (a) earth (b) Neptune KASC-English (Aided) (c) moon (d) Pluto 19. A professor told Thurber that people mostly thought and spoke about _______ a) the sun b) the moon c) stars d) planets 20. Thurber is afraid that in the future “strange-eyed” would refer is _______ a) being bright and lively b) fond of astronomy c) ambition d) an opthalmological ailment 21. The expected cost of the moon landing was _______ dollars a) forty-eight billion b) fifty-eight million c) one trillion d) half a million 22. “Anodyne” means_________ a) painkiller b) antibiotic c) ointment d) antacid 23. “Fit-to-be tied” means _________ a) celebrated b) unconscious c) mad d) lovely 24. After the moon landing, many ______ could change in meaning a) prepositions b) idioms c) nouns d) clauses UNIT III 1. The action of the play takes place in the (a)1960's (b)1930's (c)1950's (d)1890's 2. The setting of the play is (a) St. Louis (b) New Orleans (c) New York KASC-English (Aided) (d) Chicago 3. Tom works at ________ (a) pharmacy (b) shoe warehouse (c) flower shop (d) newspaper 4. Tom wants to write _______ (a) poetry (b) musical librettos (c) Journalistic dispatches (d) Bad checks 5. At the beginning of the play, where is Laura supposedly attending classes? (a) At a language school (b) At a language school (c) At a business college (d) At a dance academy 6. ________ memory is drawn in the play The Glass Menagerie. (a) Tom’s (b) Amanda’s (c) Laura’s (d) Mr. Wingfield’s 7. The action of the play is set nearest to ________ era of American history (a) reconstruction (b) the great depression (c) the roaring twenties (d) the swell fifties 8. Laura keeps a collection of tiny glass ________. (a) cocktail stirrers (b) animals (c) Christmas ornaments (d) flowers 9. Jim calls Laura “Blue Roses” because _______ (a) she wore blue roses in her hair (b) it was the title of a popular song (c) it sounds like pleurosis (d) he calls all the girls like that 10. ________ is across the alley from the Wingfield’s apartment (a) a church (b) a speakeasy (c) a library (d) a dance hall KASC-English (Aided) 11. Amanda senses that Tom wants to leave home. She tells him he can do it as soon as (a) they have saved up two thousand dollars (b) both they have found a husband for Laura and they have saved up two thousand dollars (c) they have found a husband for Laura (d) Amanda has started her business 12.