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Past Paper of Classical Poetry (ENGL-2104) for BS Classes (Fall-2022) | KFUEIT Rahim Yar Khan | Govt. R. I. Graduate College Haroonabad

 

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Department: English
Program: BS English
Exam: Fall 2022 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) (7 x 1 = 7)

1. Geoffrey Chaucer died in ___________.
(A) 1397 
(B) 1398 
(C) 1399 
(D) 1400

2. Geoffrey Chaucer was staying in _________ Inn when he met the pilgrims.
(A) Southwreck 
(B) Canterbury 
(C) Tebard 
(D) None of these

3. The knight loved chivalry, truth, honour, freedom and ___________.
(A) Riding 
(B) Courtesy 
(C) Honesty 
(D) Politics

4. The Squire was a _________ fellow.
(A) Pious 
(B) Lusty 
(C) Mean 
(D) Crook

5. The Friar was ___________ easily.
(A) Bribed 
(B) Deceived 
(C) Defeated 
(D) Condemned

6. 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 man 
(D) Busy old fool

7. 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) (2 + 2 + 4 = 8)

1. Who is the Plowman in 'The Canterbury Tales?
2. What does the Clerk always prefer over rich robes, fiddle, or gay psaltery?
3. Explain the following extract with reference to the context.
And thus, with flattery and suchlike japes, 
He made the parson and the rest his apes.

Part III (Long Questions) (3 x 5 = 15)

1. Describe Chaucer’s attitude towards the church of 14th century.
2. Draw a character sketch of Geoffrey Chaucer’s ‘The Miller’.
3. Critically evaluate John Donne’s song ‘Go and Catch a Falling Star’.

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