FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2015
ENGLISH LITERATURE, PAPER - II
PART - I
Q.NO.1. Multiple Choice Questions:
i. Gertrude dies of - Poisonous drink
ii. Laertes goes to study to - Paris
iii. Pygmalion opens under the portico of - St. Paul's Church
iv. Colonel Pickering served in which army - American
v. How long does Gulliver stay at Brobdingnang - Two years
vi. Darcy proposes Elizabeth at - Netherfield Park
vii. Capital of Byzantium - Constantinople
viii. Wasteland was published in - 1922
ix. When the evening is spread out against the sky like a _______ patient upon a table - Etherized
x. Ladean Body from "Among the Children" is a reference to - Leda of Greek mythology
xi. Frost's poetry created illusion of New England ______ poetry - Farmer
xii. Ezra Pound edited which poem of Eliot - The Wasteland
xiii. Sons and Lovers mining town situated in - Eastwood
xiv. D. H. Lawrence last novel - The Man who died
xv. Who revived the tradition of poetic drama in 20th century - T. S. Eliot
xvi. In Waiting for Godot, Gogo is another name of - Estragon
xvii. Hemingway received noble prize for - The Old Man and the Sea
xviii. Darcy in his letter to Elizabeth confesses that he stops Charles from marrying - Jane
xix. So was I myself once a ________ of branches - Swinger
xx. The profession of Gulliver was - Surgeon
PART - II
SECTION - A
Q.No.2. In Thomas Kyd's play 'The Spanish Tragedy' the central character Hieronimo the Marshall of Spain pretends madness in order to implement his plan of revenge. Shakespeare makes Hamlet do the same. Is Hamlet as convincing as Hieronimo?
Q.No.3. How does Shaw's choice of the title 'Pygmalion' justify his telling of the story of Higgins and Eliza Doolittle?
Q.No.4. Why do you think Swift make Gulliver visit the land of pygmies and then the land of giants? Explain you ideas.
Q.No.5. In the novel 'Pride and Prejudice' Jane Austen makes both her central characters Elizabeth and Darcy travel. How do the journeys of these characters contribute to the novel? Explain.
SECTION - B
Q.No.6. Despite various influences on his poetry Yeats all the time 'Kept one foot in Ireland'. Justify this claim with reference to Yeats' major poems.
Q.No.7. Does T.S. Eliot's poetry reflect the true spirit of the literacy movement of modernism? Explain your arguments.
Q.No.8. Paul Morels' tragedy owes less to his mother's intrusion in his amorous relationships and more in his own failure to reciprocate to the love of Miriam and Clara. Elaborate this statement.
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