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BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER -- ENGLISH LITERATURE S.No. 8099 P 16 EN 12 (For candidates admitted from 2016-2017 onwards) M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2019. English Major MODERN LITERATURE I (1400-1660) Time: Three hours Maximum: 75 marks PART A-(10 × 2 = 20) Answer the following in a sentence or two each: 1.What does Chaucer soup about the altire of the Clerk of Oxford? 2. What does "Epithalamion" literally mean? 3. Why does Donne ask his ladylove to spare the flea? 4. What was the only gift God withheld from humans? 5. How does the fear of death affect men, according to Bacon? 6. Why does Jesus say that the poor in spirit are blessed? 7 What excuse does the governor nee to conGunsto all of Barabas estate? 8. In The White Devil has does Isabella die? 9. How does The Spanish Tragedy begin? 10. Why has Edward Knowell come to London? PART B (5×5=125) Answer ALL questions choosing either (a) or (b) in each 11. (a) How does Chaucer's Clerk of Oxford rep...

Q & A ON THOMAS KYD’S THE SPANISH TRAGEDY – PART IV 1) Who are the servants helped Balthazar and Lorenzo to kill Horatio?  Ans: Pedringano and Serberine.  2) Who is Serberine?  Ans: Balthazar's Servant.  3) Where did Horatio was murdered?  Ans: Horatio is murdered in the garden.  4) How did Horatio was murdered.  Ans: The murderers stab him to death and hang him on the tree.  5) Who found the body of Horatio?  Ans: Hieronimo and his wife Isabella.  6) What happened to Isabella?  Ans: She became mad after his son died.  7) What happened to Bellimperia?  Ans: Bellimperia was dragged away from the garden and imprisoned by Lorenzo.  8) Who got the bloody letter from Bellimperia?  Ans: Hieronimo.  9) Who told Pedringano to kill Serberine for gold?  Ans: Lorenzo wants to clear all the evidence of Horatio's murder and told Pedringano to kill Serberine.  10) What did Lorenzo promised to Ped...

Q & A ON THOMAS KYD’S THE SPANISH TRAGEDY – PART IIl 1) Who won the battle between Spain and Portuguese?  Ans: Spain.  2) Who is the protagonist?  Ans: Hieronimo.  3) Who was taken as a prisoner after Andrea's death?  Ans: Balthazar.  4) Who got the ransom money for capturing Balthazar?  Ans: Horatio.  5) What happened to Balthazar after he was captured by Spanish army?  Ans: He was taken as a prisoner and stays in  Lorenzo's home.  6) Who ordered Lorenzo to take Balthazar to his place?  Ans: The King of Spain.  7) Who is Lorenzo?  Ans: The son of Duke of Castile.  8) Who is Duke of Castile?  Ans: Brother of the King of Spain.  9) What is the relationship between the King of Spain and Lorenzo?  Ans: Lorenzo is the nephew of the King of Spain.  10) What happened in Portugal after Balthazar was captured by Spanish army?  Ans: Viceroy of Portugal believes that his son is dead...

  Q & A ON THOMAS KYD’S THE SPANISH TRAGEDY – PART I       1.   Which play created a new genre in English theatre? Ans: The Spanish Tragedy. 2.     Mention the genre of the play? Ans: The revenge tragedy. 3.     The genre revenge tragedy of Thomas Kyd is also called-----------------. Ans: Senecan Tragedy. 4.     The Spanish Tragedy was written between the years of -------------. Ans: Between 1582 and 1592. 5.     When did the play Spanish Tragedy was published? Ans: It is believed to be published in 1592. 6.     Which is the first example of a revenge tragedy? Ans: The Spanish Tragedy. 7.     What is the full title of the play Spanish Tragedy? Ans: The Spanish Tragedy or Hieronimo is Mad Again. 8.     Who are the famous writers inspired by this play Spanish Tragedy? Ans: Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlowe. 9.     Which play o...