Dr.M.Mazumdar

1. Who wrote My Impressions of Assam? A:- Verrier Elwin wrote 'My Impressions of Assam.' 2. Who was Verrier Elwin? A:- Verrier Elwin was an eminent English anthropologist who had made India's northeast his second home. 3. From where has been 'My Impressions of Assam' been taken? A:- 'My Impressions of Assam' has been taken from the collected works of Satish Ch. Kakati which is edited by Prof Kr. Kakati. 4. For how long did Elwin stay in Assam? A:- Elwin spent around four months in Assam. 5. What did Elwin see in Kaziranga? A:- Elwin saw a dozen rhinos and elephants in Kaziranga. 6. Which game sanctuaries did Elwin mention? A:- Elwin mentioned the game sanctuaries of Kenya and Tanganyka. 7. To Elwin, why should wood crafting be included in educational system? A:- Elwin suggested that wood carvings of the northeast should be included in the educational syllabus of the country so that these arts could be saved. 8. Who made great wood carvings? A:- The Thangkuls...

1. Who is the poet? A:- Faiz Ahmed Faiz is the poet of "When Autumn Came." He was born in Pakistan and is an Urdu poet. He was a Marxist and was nominated for Nobel Prize for literature. 2. What is the poem all about? A:- The poem expresses all about the exploitation of the poor people by the rich or capitalists. 3. What are the characteresitics of autumn season? A:- Yellow leaves, scattered leaves, bird exiled from their songs, withered bodies of the dead birds are some of the characteresitics of autumn season mentioned in the poem. 4. What do the autumn characteresitics compare and signify? A:- The poet compares the season of autumn with the capitalist class and the trees with the labour class. 5. What is the impact of autumn on the trees? A:- The trees become devoid of leaves during Autumn which is a dry and dusty season. The leaves of the trees turn yellow and fall scattered over the ground. There were also absence of any birds. 6. What happens to the birds in Autumn? A:-...

1st Unit Test, 2022  TDC 3rd Semester Subject - Alternative English - I (301)   Full Marks - 20 Q.1. Answer *any four* questions: A. When was the poem, *_The Road Not Taken_* published? B. "He is all ________ and I am apple orchard." (Supply the missing word) C. In which season does the mending of the wall take place? D. To which country did Leo Tolstoy belong? E. What was the name of Aksionov's town?  Q.2. Answer *any two* of the following questions. A. Write a critical appreciation of the poem,  *Mending Wall* . B. Bring out the contrast and similarities between the two roads as mentioned in the poem, *The Road Not Taken*. C. Strike out the usage of literary devices like alliteration, personification, quatrain and simile in Emily Dickinson's poem, *The Soul selects her own society* and comment on them elaborately.  D. Write a critical appreciation of Walt Whitman's *O Captain! My Captain.*

1. Who wrote 'Lady Lazarus?' A:- Sylvia Plath wrote Lady Lazarus. 2. What is the theme? A:- The themes of the poem are death, her suicidal attempts and the poet's capacity to recreate herselves. 3. What is Lady Lazarus? A:- The phrase and title 'Lady Lazarus' refers to the New Testament's account of Jesus's resurrection of Lazarus from the dead. 4. What are the symbols? A:- Skin, phoenix and Holocaust imagery are the symbols in the poem. The speaker's skin referred to here experiences the pain she went through. The phoenix imagery at the end of the poem is about rising up and reliving. The Holocaust imagery refers to the men who caused the pains in her life. 5. Is the poem a feminist poem? A:- The poem is a feminist poem. The male gaze only focusses on her suicidal attempts. They missed the strengths of the poet where she ultimately also says how she will rise up and eat the men like air. 6. In which anthology does the poem arrive? A:- 'Lady Lazarus...

1. Who wrote A Pilgrimage to Tawang? A:- Verrier Elwin wrote 'A Pilgrimage to Tawang'. 2. When did Elwin live? A: Elwin lived from 1902 to 1964. 3. Describe in your own words the author’s journey to Tawang. Or, “A Pilgrimage to Tawang” is an authentic document of the tribal life of Arunachal Pradesh”--- discuss the statement.  Or,  Why Elwin titled his journey as “A Pilgrimage to Tawang”. Ans. Verrier Elwin was an anthropologist whose work on Indian tribal life contributed much to understand these people of high land. He was fascinated by the Indian Culture and travel widely throughout India and wrote extensively about the different tribes, especially of the north-eastern region. In recognition to his work Elwin was made Advisor of Tribal Affairs of the Government of India. He was attracted towards Buddhism and when he died in 1963 he was cremated in Shillong according to Buddhist rituals. His autobiography “The tribal world of Verrier Elwin” is a remarkable piece of writing c...

1. What is the Death or He personified to? A:- Death or 'He' personified is a gentleman who could be in the carriage and acts as the husband of the poet. 2. What does the phrase 'we passed' show? A:- The phrase 'we passed' shows how death and the poet passed others and entered eternity. It might also mean how all human beings pass away eventually. 3. What does 'Gazing Grain' indicate? A:- 'Gazing Grain' indicates youth. The poet divides life in three phases. Youth is the middle phase. Grain is personified. Grain gazes(long, thoughtful looks) like humans. 4. What does 'setting sun' mean? A:- 'Setting sun' literally means how the sun sets at the end of the day. In the poem, the phrase is compared to old age. And, this setting sun or old age is of no use to her. 5. What are the wedding clothes in the poem? A:- Gossamer, gown and tulle are some parts of of the wedding dress. 6. What are some of the pronouns used in the poem? A:- '...

1. Who is the poet? A:- Emily Dickinson is the poet of 'The Soul Selects her own Society'. She  belonged to America. She was born in Massachusetts and  lived from 1830 to 1886. 2. What is personified in the poem? A:- The soul is personified in 'The Soul Selects her own Society'. 3. How many poems did the poet write? A:- Emily Dickinson wrote more than 1800 poems or "fascicles" which were discovered by her younger sister Lavinia and mostly published after four years of her death. 4. What are the meanings of "shuts the door", "unmoved" and "like stone?" A:- The phrase "shuts the door" in the poem means, the soul shuts the door to all others after choosing what she wants.  The soul is "unmoved" in the poem.  "Like stone" means the soul is unchanging and firm. 5. Give an example of alliteration from the poem. A:- The line "the Soul Selects her own Society" is an example of alliteration in the po...

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry 1. What is Jim's full name? A: Jim's full name is James Dillingham Young. 2. How much money had Della managed to save for Jim's present? A: Della had managed to save one dollar and eighty-seven cents for Jim's present. 3. Who did she go to, to get money for Jim's present? Ans: Della went to Madame Safronie to get money for Jim's present. 4. What was Jim's gift for Della? Ans: Jim's gift for Della was a set of beautiful tortoiseshell combs, side and back that she always longed for. 5. What was Della's treasured possession? Ans: Della's treasured possession was her long and beautiful hair, rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters. 6. Who were the Magi? Ans: The Magi were the three Wisemen - Gasper, Melchoir, and Balthazar who traveled from the East to Jerusalem to see the infant Jesus born in a stable. They were guided by a star and they carried precious gifts for Jesus.  7. Why was Della worried? Ans: In...

1. Who wrote The Listeners? A:- Walter De La Mare wrote 'The Listeners.'  2.What did the traveller do when he reached the lone house? A:-The traveller knocked at the door when he reached the lone house. 3. What did the traveller say knocking at the door? A:-By knocking at the door the traveller asked if there was anybody there. 4. How did the bird greet when the traveller knocked at the door? A:-The bird greeted the traveller by flowing out of the turret above his head when he knocked at the door. 5. What was the reaction of the traveller when he did not get any response from that house?  A:-The traveller was quite afraid but he stood puzzled and motionless there. 6. When was the traveller perplexed? A:-The traveller was perplexed after his second time knocking at the door in vain. He knocked at the door twice but nobody came out and he felt confused. 7. Why have the hoofs of the horse been described as ‘plunging'? A:-The hoofs of the horse have been described as ‘plunging...

1. Who wrote God sees the truth but waits? A:- Leo Tolstoy wrote God sees the truth but waits. 2. Tolstoy belonged to which country? A:- Tolstoy belonged to Russia which was earlier known as USSR or Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. 3. When was the short story published? A:- God sees the truth but waits was published in 1872. 4. When did Tolstoy live? A:- Tolstoy lived from 1828 to 1910. 5. What bad habits did Aksionov have before his marriage?  A:- Aksionov was a very handsome and jovial person who used to seek his happiness. Before marriage,  he had very bad habits of drinking alcohol and involved in fights. He drank much wine and become riotous. 6. What was the meaning of Aksionov's wife's dream?  A:- The meaning of Aksionov's wife's dream can be a sign of bad omen.  In her dream,  she had seen her husband returning from town with grey hair.  She became quite afraid of that dream and guessed that the dream was like a warning for her husband. 7. Why did...

1. Who is the writer of "The Suitor and Papa?" A:- Anton Chekov is the writer of "The Suitor and Papa." 2. Who are the chief characters of the story? A:- Kondrashkin, Anastasia or Nastya, Pyotr Petrovich Milkin and Dr. Fituyev are the chief characters of the story. 3. To which country did Chekov belong? A:- Anton Chekov belonged to 19th century Russia. 4. Why did Pytor's friend ask for a stag party? A:- Pyotr's friend asked Pyotr for a stag party because there were remours all around about Pyotr's marriage and everyone was certain that he was going to marry Nastya. So, as per customs and expectations his friend asked for a stag party. 5. When did Pytor realise that everyone expected him to marry Nastya? A:- Pytor realized that everyone expected him to marry Nastya when his friend told that everyone knew that he spent whole days with kondrashkin's daughters, eat dinner almost every evening, walked together, and also gave bunches of flowers to her. And...

1. Who is the poet of "The Daffodils?" A:- William Wordsworth is the poet of "The Daffodils." 2. With what did the poet compare himself with? A:- The poet compared himself with a cloud when he was wandering lonely. 3. Where were the daffodils located? A:- The daffodils were located beside a lake beneath some trees. 4. "When all at once I saw a crowd"- What did the author see here? A:- The author saw a lot of golden daffodils growing together beside a lake, beneath the trees. 5. What was the colour of the daffodils? A:- The colour of the daffodils was golden. 6. How were the daffodils found? A:- The daffodils were fluttering and dancing in the breeze. 7. Why did the poet compare the daffodils to the stars? A:- The poet compared the daffodils to the stars because the daffodils were as continuous as the shining stars. And they twinkled as if they were stars on the milky way. 8. "They stretched in never ending line"- Explain. A:- There could be ten t...

A. Answer the following questions in just one line.12×1=12 1. Who wrote 'The Scarecrow?' 2. What was the full name of Mriganko Babu? 3. What tempted the girl to tarry? 4. Who will smite the village girl? 5. What is Jim's full name? 6. What was Jim's gift to Della? 7. How many children listen to the story in "Sita?" 8. Who is the 'poet-anchorite' referred to in "Sita." 9. From which work is "The Testament of a Walker" taken? 10. How many cyclists fell on Narayan's car? 11. Who was Ozymandias? 12. Is 'Ozymandias' a sonnet? B. Answer the following questions very briefly. 16x2=32 1.  What is an automobile to Narayan? 2. What name does Narayan propose for his ambitious work? 3. What kind of shirt was the scarecrow wearing? 4. Whose voice did Mriganko Babu recognize in the voice of the scarecrow? 5. How was the condition of the statue of Ozymandias? 6. What does the poet mean by 'Two vast and trunkless legs of stone?' ...