Domkal Girls’ College Internal Assessment, 2020 Semester-II Subject: English Marks: 10 Paper: III (Indian Writing in English)

Answer any five of the following multiple-choice questions: 5x2=10

1. In Amitav Ghosh’s The Ghost of Mrs. Gandhi, who helps the Bawa couple escape from their house?

a) Cook b) Mrs. Sen c) Narrator d) Hari

2. How would you define Kamala Das’ poem, “An Introduction”? It is a--

a) Dramatic Monologue b) Confessional Poem c) Romantic Ballad d) Nature Poem

3. In Ezekiel’s “Enterprise”, where, according to the poet, can one gather ‘grace’?

a) Pilgrimage b) Cities c) Desert d) Home

4. In Toru Dutt’s “Our Casuarina Tree,” who or what is the ‘giant’ wearing the scarf?

a) The grey baboon b) The Creeper c) The Casuarina Tree d) The Python

5. In Arun Kolatkar’s The Bus, what is the destination of the journey?

a) Mumbai b) Delhi c) Kolkata d) Jejuri.

6. In Mahapatra’s Dawn at Puri, whose eyes have been described as ‘austere’?

a) Fish b) poet c) mother d) widows

7. In Girish Karnad’s play Hayavadana, who is the strange creature with the head of a horse, the body of a human and the voice of a man?

a) Bhagavata b) Rudra c) Hayavadana d) Kapila

8. In Desai’s In Custody, who promises Deven to arrange for a room to interview the poet Nur Sajahanabadi in exchange for some money?

a) Murad b) Siddiqui c) Nur’s First Wife d) Jain

Instructions for Examinees

1. To take the test please follow the link to Google forms and answer any 5 of the Multiple- choice questions. 2. Anyone who cannot use the Google forms may download the question paper and write the answers and send it back through mail to [email protected] or whatsapp. @ 9734136074. 3. Anyone who has a problem with this can also submit physically at the college, but this must be treated as a last resort due to Covid -19 precautions.

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