Past Paper of Classical Poetry (ENGL-2104) for BS Classes (Fall-2021) | KFUEIT Rahim Yar Khan | Govt. R. I. Graduate College Haroonabad

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Department: English
Program: BS English
Exam: Fall 2021 Mid Semester Exam
University: Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology Rahim Yar Khan

Affiliated College: Govt. Rizvia Islamia Graduate College Haroonabad
Course Code: ENGL-2104
Course Title: Classical Poetry (from Chaucer to Pope)
Total Marks: 30
Time Allowed: 90 Minutes

OBJECTIVE

Part I (Multiple Choice Questions) (6 x 1 = 6)

1. What was Chaucer’s profession?
(A) Poet 

(B) Nobel 

(C) Civil Servant 

(D) Merchant

2. What does the Squire wear?
(A) A velvet doublet and hose 

(B) Cloth embroidered with flowers

(C) Green and peacock-blue hunting gear 

(D) A beaver hat

3. According to the Wife of Bath, what do women most desire?
(A) Sovereignty over their husbands 

(B) True love

(C) Perfect beauty 

(D) Great love

4. Which pilgrim has a forked beard?
(A) The Summoner 

(B) The Merchant 

(C) The Reeve 

(D) The Physician

5. In ‘The Sunne Rising’, which of these adjectives are used by the poet to describe the Sun?
(A) Celestial orb 

(B) Crazy old man
(C) Silly old woman 

(D) Busy old fool

6. John Donne compares the lovers to parts of a compass in his poem ‘A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning’. Such type of comparison is called __________.
(A) Simile 

(B) Conceit 

(C) Metaphor 

(D) Metonymy

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SUBJECTIVE

Part II (Short Questions) (4 x 2 = 8)

1. Who is the Plowman in the Canterbury Tales?

2. What does the Parson do first before he teaches his flock?

3. What was the favorite food of the Summoner?

4. Explain the following extract with reference to the context.

She was so charitable and piteous

That she would weep if she but saw a mouse

Caught in a trap, though it were dead or bled.

Part III (Long Questions) (2 x 8 = 16)

1. Assess Geoffrey Chaucer’s contribution to English poetry.
2. Critically Evaluate John Donne’s poem ‘The Good Morrow’.

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