Model 20 Unit Tests. Even Semesters April 2023

Short questions

2nd sem:-
1. Give the names of the three main characters in 'The Open Window'.

4th sem:-
1. What was the profession of Mathilde's husband?

6th sem:-
1. Who is single in the field in 'The Solitary Reaper'?

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2nd Sem:-
1. Who was Vera? What was the outcome of her joke in the short story 'The Open Window'?

4th Sem:-
1. Who is the poet of "Falling Stars"? What is the meaning of the poem?
2. Comment on the theme of the poem 'Childhood'.

6th Sem:-
1. Who called poetry the 'criticism of life'? Discuss the features of Victorian Poetry.

Q.1. How does Pablo Neruda try to discover the latent soul of ordinary things in the poem "Cat's Dream"?

Q.2. Write a critical appreciation of Neruda's poem, "Love Sonnet - XVII : I do not Love you."

Q.1. How does the cat sleep in the poem, "Cat's Dream" ?
Q.2. What image is created by the phrase 'stone-carved moustache' ?
Q.3. What kind of sonnet is "Love Sonnet - XVII : I do not Love you" ?

TDC 4th Semester
TDC 2nd Semester 

Q.1. How does John Keats personify autumn in the poem "To Autumn"? Marks : 08

Q.1. "Thou hast thy music too."
Who is referred to as "thou" here? Marks : 01


TDC 6th Semester 

Q.1. In Keats' "To Autumn", Autumn is personified. What personality is indicated? What does
descriptive detail in each of the three stanzas contribute to the definition of that personality?
How is this personality related to the mood of the poem-and the theme? Marks: 08

Q.1. "Or by cider-press" -
Who is seen as 'cider-press' here? Marks: 01

TDC 2nd Semester

Short questions 
1. Who is Tom Dacre?
2. What does "coffins of black" signify? 
3. When was the poem " The Chimney Sweeper" from Song of Experience was published?
4. Where have the parents gone in the poem "The Chimney Sweeper" from Song of Experience?

Broad Questions (8 marks)

1. Comment on the major themes of the poem " The Chimney Sweeper " (from the Song of Innocence)? 

             Or

Compare and Contrast between the poems The Chimney Sweeper of Song of Innocence and of Song of Experience?

TDC 6th Semester 👇

1. Discuss " My Last Duchess"by Robert Browning as a dramatic monologue? 8

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