Part-A Brief Questions with Answers
01. What is the meaning of ‘Abeunt Studia in Mores’?
Ans. The Latin phrase, ‘Abeunt Studia in Mores’ means the study that is representer in our character.
02. What is aphorism?
Ans. Aphorism is a concise statement that expresses a truth or principle.
03. Why, according to Bacon, do crafty men scorn studies?
Ans. Crafty men scorn studies because they do not like to be enlightened by studies. Crafty men consider study less important than craft.
04. What type of writing is the ‘Gettysburg Address’?
Ans. Basically ‘Gettysburg Address’ is a concise and one of the most elegant and eloquent speeches in the history of America. Though short in length, it contains lots of thoughts and is also considered as an essay.
05. What, according to Abraham Lincoln, is the duty of the living?
Ans. According to Lincoln, the most important duty of the moment for the living Americans is to complete the incomplete task started by the martyrs of the Civil War. It means that the living Americans should now devote themselves completely to establish democracy in America in its real sense.
06. What was the occasion of “Gettysburg Address”?
Ans. The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American civil war at the dedication of the soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the union armies defeated those of the confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg.
07. When and where did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place?
Ans. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place on 13 April 1919. The massacre took place in Jallianwala Bagh of Amritsar, Punjab.
08. Who was Lord Chelmsford?
Ans. Lord Chelmsford was the English viceroy of India, Tagore wrote his letter to Lord Chelmsford, rejecting his knighthood, as a protest against the Jalian Walla Bagh Massacre on April 13, 1919.
09. What is Knighthood?
Ans. Knighthood is a prestigious and noble title given by the British King or Queen to a man for his outstanding achievement in any particular field.
10. Whom did the elephant kill?
Ans. The elephant killed a Dravidian Coolie.
11. How much time did the elephant take to die?
Ans. The elephant did not die being shot for several times. Its tortured gasps continued steadily. The writer could not bear it any longer and departed from there. After his departure, it took half an hour to die.
12. What do you understand by the word ‘imperialism’?
Ans. Imperialism refers to the practice of capitalised, cultural economic and racial force to subjugate the weaker nations. It is a colonial expansion by the powerful nations in the world.
13. When and where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his speech, ‘I Have a Dream’?
Ans. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his speech, ‘I Have a Dream’ in front of a crowd of over 2,50,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial on 28 August 1963.
14. Who is the great American?
Or. Who is ‘a great American’ mentioned by Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Ans. The great American that Martin Luther King Jr. refers to at the beginning of his speech is Abraham Lincoln.
15. What does Martin Luther King Jr. mean by the phrase, “Long night of captivity”?
Ans. The phrase “Long night of captivity” is an image of the slavery of the negroes. By the phrase, Martin Luther King Jr. means the shackles of slavery of the black Americans for long two hundred years. They were deprived of their rights and were exiled in their own land.
16. What is the name of Mandela’s political party?
Ans. The name of mandela’s political party is African National congress (ANC).
17. When was Nelson Mandela awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
Ans. In 1993 Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Frederik Willem de Klerk. Then he became the president of South Africa.
18. What is the most valuable resource/greatest wealth for South Africa according to Mandela?
Ans. Mandela believed that the most valuable wealth of his country was its people. In his words these common people are ‘finer and truer than the purest diamond’.
19. Where did Mandela spend the night after his release from jail?
Ans. Nelson Mandela was ushered into a secret meeting with south African President F. W. de klerk for a conversation that sounded
straight from the theater of the absurd.
20. How did the lady flatter the young writer?
Ans. The lady flattered the young writer by admiring his writing.
21. Where did the writer meet his lady admirer for the second time?
Ans. The writer met his lady admirer for the second time at a theatre.
22. What are the items of food and drink did the lady take at Foyot’s?
Or. How many items of food did the lady guest have in luncheon?
Ans. The lady ordered seven costly items of foods and drink at Foyot’s. She ate salmon, asparagus, caviare, ice cream and a peach. She drank champagne and coffee.
23. Why did panic seize the writer during the Luncheon?
Ans. Because he wondered whether he would have enough to pay the bill.
24. What is the original name of O. Henry?
Ans. The original name of noted writer O. Henry is William Sydney Porter.
25. What were the two possessions in which Jim and Della took a mighty pride?
Ans. Two valuable possessions of Jim and Della were their own of which both of them took mighty prid. Della had the beautiful hair and Jim had a worthy gold long pocket watch.
26. Who is Mme/Madame Sofronie?
Ans. Mme/Madame Sofronie is the owner of saloon who bought hair of Della. She is a lady of large figure, white, insincere and very practical.
27. What does ‘Araby’ stand for?
Ans. ‘Araby’ stands for man’s unquenchable quest for ideal beauty and romance.
28. What is the setting of the story ‘Araby’?
Ans. Dublin, the capital city of Ireland is the setting of the story “Araby”.
29. What books did the narrator find in his house in the story ‘Araby’?
Ans. The books found by the narrator in his house were ‘The Abbot’ by Water Scott, ‘The Devout Communicate’ and ‘The Memories of Vidocq’.
30. What was the feeling of narrator when he left Araby?
Ans. When the narrator left Araby, he felt frustrated, disillusioned and suffering. All his dreams about Araby were broken.
31. Why does Laura want to stop the party?
Ans. Hearing the death news of Mr Scott Laura wants to stop the garden party.
32. How did Laura react to the news of Scott’s death?
Ans. Laura was greatly shocked to hear the news of Scott’s death. She wanted to stop the garden party to sympathise with the bereaved family and to show respect to the departed soul.
33. What does the cat stand for?
Ans. In ‘Cat in the Rain’ the cat stands for a child that the woman desperately wants to have.
34. What did the maid bring for the signora?
Ans. The maid brought a cat for the signora.
35. What are the names of the children in ‘Games at Twilight’?
Ans. The names of the children in ‘Games at Twilight’ are Ravi, Raghu, Mira and Manu.
36. Who was the football champion in the story “Games at Twilight”?
Ans. Raghu is the football champion in the story “Games at Twilight.”
37. Who are the biological parents of Eppie?
Ans. Godfrey Cass and Molly Farren are the biological parents of Eppie.
38. What is the reason of the disappoinment of Godfrey?
Or. Why does Nancy refuse for so long to adopt Eppie?
Ans. The reason of the disappointment of Godfrey is he has no child with his wife Nancy.
Part-B Short Questions
01. What is aphorism? Give examples.
02. Write a short note on Bacon’s aphoristic style.
03. What is the background of Lincoln’s ‘Gettysburg Address”?
04. What does Lincoln mean by ‘a new birth of freedom”?
Or, Explain Abraham Lincoln’s concept of democracy..
05. What is the main theme/focus of ‘Gettysburg Address”?
Or, Reproduce in your own words the speech Abraham Lincoln delivered at Gettysburg.
06. How does Tagore depict the colonial rule in his letter to Chelmsford?
07. Why do you understand by imperialism?
08. Why does Orwell hesitate to shoot the elephant?
Or, What made Orwell shoot the elephant?
Or, Why did Orwell shoot the elephant?
09. ‘A sahib has got to act like a sahib-Explain this line with reference to the context.
10. What was the dream of Martin Luther King Jr.?
11. What were the discriminations between the blacks and the whites that Luther mentioned in his speech, ‘I Have a Dream’.
Or, What discriminations between the white and the black does Luther King find?
02. What does Mandela mean by ‘The oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed’?
12. Give a short description of the inauguration ceremony of President Mandela.
13. Describe the character of the lady guest.
14. Give a short description of the flat of Jim and Della.
Or, Describe the flat in which Jim and Della lived.
15. Whose sacrifice is greater Jim’s or Della’s? Why?
16. Why are Jim and Della called the Magi of the Modern world?
Or, Why does O’ Henry call Jim and Della the ‘Magi’ of the modern times?
17. How is the narrator disillusioned at the end of the story, ‘Araby”?
. Or, How was the narrator disillusioned at the end of the story ‘Araby”?
Or, How did the narrator’s quest for the beauty and romance ‘Araby’?
18. How does the narrator in ‘Araby’ feel about his home?
19. Who is the protagonist of the story, ‘Araby”? What does he aspire to are achieve and why?
20. What is the reaction of Laura hearing the news of Scott’s death?
Or, How did Laura react to the death of her poor neighbour?
21. What is a garden party?
22. How is American couple portrayed in ‘Cat in the Rain’?
Or, Discuss the husband, wife relationship in the story ‘Cat in the Rain’.
Or, How is the relationship of the American couple?
23. Why was Ravi unwilling to join the Funeral Game?
Or, Briefly comment on the desperation of Ravi to win the game.
24. Discuss some elements of irony in ‘Games at Twilight’.
25. What are Godfrey’s arguments for adopting Eppie?
Part-C▸ Broad Questions
01. Justify Bacon as an essayist.
Or, What qualities of Bacon as an essayist do you find in ‘Of Studies’?
What salient features do you find in Bacon’s essay, ‘Of Studies”?
Or, What qualities of Bacon as an essayist do you find in ‘Of Studies’?
02. Justify Bacon as a man of practical wisdom with reference to ‘Of Studies’.
Or, How does Bacon use practical wisdom in ‘Of Studies”?
Or, Write a note on Bacon’s Utilitarian/Machiavellian philosophy with reference to ‘Of Studies’,
03. Justify Bacon as the father of English Prose.
Or, Write a note on Bacon’s prose style।aphoristic style.
04. Write a note on the background of Lincoln’s ‘Gettysburg Address’.
Or, Write the historical background that led Abraham Lincoln to deliver his famous speech at Gettysburg.
05. How did Lincoln prove that ‘Democracy’ is the best form of government?
06. Tagore’s ‘Letter to Lord Chelmsford Rejecting Kinghthood’ is a protest against the
British rule in India, -justify the statement.
Or, “Letter to Lord Chelmsford Rejecting Knighthood is a vehement protest against the inhuman oppression of the British Raj in
India.” Discuss.
07. Critically examine Tagore’s ‘Letter to Lord Chelmsford Rejecting Knighthood’.
Or, What marks of Tagore’s patriotism do you find in his ‘Letter to Lord Chelmsford Rejecting Knighthood”?
08. Write a note on Orwell’s attitude towards imperialism.
Or, How does Orwell present the dark side of British imperialistic rule in his essay ‘Shooting an Elephant’?
Or, How does George Orwell depict the hatred of the colonizers and the natives in his essay ‘Shooting an Elephant”?
09. For what reason did Orwell shoot the elephant?
Or, What made Orwell bound to kill the elephant at last?
Or, What wavering state did Orwell experience before shooting the elephant?
Or, How would you justify Orwell’s killing of the elephant?
Or, Discuss the evil of imperialism after George Orwell?
Or, Why did Orwell decide to shoot the elephant at last?
10. Who is Mandela? What is his contribution in establishing democracy in South Africa?
Or, What does Mandela mean by ‘The।oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed’?
Or, How did Nelson Mandela articulate the tragic history of the oppressed black people of South Africa?
Or, Write a note on Mandela’s contribution in establishing democracy in South Africa.
Or, Write a note on Mandela’s life long struggle for the welfare of the common people of South Africa.
11. Comment on the irony of situation depicted in the story ‘The Luncheon’.
Or, What irony do you find in the story ‘The Luncheon’?
12. Why did the author agree to invite the lady admirer at Foyot’s?
Or, Give an account of trials and tribulations of the writer during the Luncheon.
Or, Describe the trials and tribulations that the writer luncheon.
Or, How was the writer exploited by the lady guest?
13. Discuss the theme of love in ‘The Gift of the Magi’? wisest person in the present world.
Or, How is love treated in the story “The Gift of the Magi”?
Or, How did Jim and Della prove their love for each other?
Or, Assess ‘The Gift of the Magi’ as a love story.
Or, Evaluate the love between Jim and Della that makes them the wisest person in the present world.
14. Justify the title of the short story, “The Gift of the Magi”.
15. Comment on the theme of quest for ideal beauty in James Joyce’s short story ‘Araby’.
Or, What picture of Dublin city do you get in ‘Araby’?
16. Describe the social picture you get in Mansfield’s ‘The Garden Party’.
Or, What picture of life and society do you find in Katherin Mansfield’s story, ‘The Garden Party’?
Or, This is the story of class-consciousness- Discuss it?
17. How does Catherine Mansfield portray Laura in her short story ‘The Garden Party’.
Or, Sketch the character and role of Laura Sheridan in the story ‘The Garden Party’
18. “The writer of the story ‘The Garden of Party’ depicts the two contrary pictures, of the rich and the poor”-justify your answer.
Or, How does Katherine Mansfield portray a contrast between the rich and the poor in her story ‘The Garden Party’?
Or, How does Katherine Mansfield depict a sharp contrast between the haves and have-nots in her story ‘The Garden Party”?
Or, How does Katherine Mansfield depict social-class division in ‘The Garden Party”?
19. What idea do you get about American society from the relation of the couple in ‘Cat in the Rain’.
Or, Comment on the theme of alienation in the story ‘Cat in the Rain’.
Or, How is American Couple portrayed in ‘Cat in the Rain’?
20. Comment on Anita Desai’s treatment of child psychology in her short story ‘Games at Twilights’.
Or, What aspects of child psychology are explored in ‘Games at Twilight’?
21. Bring out the symbolic meaning of the title ‘Games at Twilight’
02. Discuss the character of ‘Silas Marner’.
Or, Sketch the character of Silas.
22. Discuss the role of chance and coincidents in the life of ‘Silas Marner’.
Or, Examine the role of chance and coincidence in the plot of the novel ‘Silas Marner’.
Or, Examine the role of chance and coincidence in the novel ‘Silas Marner’
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