Fiction II COLLECTED

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SEMESTER:III CIA NO: I

SUBJECT CODE: 33B SUBJECT: FICTION II
COURSE: II B.A.ENGLISH LITERATURE CIA TOTAL MARKS: 75
UNIT- I
One Mark
1. When was Oliver Goldsmith born?
a) 2 February 1744
b) 18 May 1742
c) 8 August 1736
d) 10 November 1730
2. Where was Oliver Goldsmith born?
a) Belfast
b) Kilkenny West
c) Durham
d) Falkirk
3. Which college did Oliver Goldsmith attend?
a) William and Mary College
b) Pembroke College
c) Rhodes College
d) Trinity College
4. Which book of Oliver Goldsmith is a collection of essays?
a) The Citizen of the World
b) The Vanity of Human Wishes
c) The Rambler
d) The Task
5. When did Oliver Goldsmith write The Vicar of Wakefield?
a) 1742
b) 1762
c) 1757
d) 1764
6. When did Oliver Goldsmith write The Deserted Village?
a) 1794
b) 1782
c) 1776
d) 1770
7. Which play did Oliver Goldsmith write in 1773?
a) Life of Richard Nash
b) The Good Natur’d Man
c) She Stoops to Conquer

d) Chinese Letters
8. Which poem of Oliver Goldsmith remained incomplete?
a) Retaliation
b) The Traveller
c) A Song of David
d) The Castaway
9. When did Oliver Goldsmith die?
a) 7 January 1779
b) 4 April 1774
c) 11 July 1773
d) 12 November 1785
10. Where did Oliver Goldsmith die?
a) Dublin
b) London
c) Roquebrune
d) Woking
Five Marks
1. How does the vicar change throughout the novel?
2. Discuss the novel's tone, style, and genre. How are each of these complicated throughout
the work?
3. The Primrose family is frequently duped throughout the novel. What makes them so
susceptible to being fooled?
4. In what way is this novel a satire?
5. How are the events of the novel similar to those of Goldsmith's own life?
6. Why are the stakes so high for Olivia's "abduction" in the novel?
7. How does Sir William fit into the novel's moral themes?
8. What are the literary predecessors to [The Vicar of Wakefield]?
9. What is the significance of the novel's title?
10. One could easily argue that the string of calamities in the novel's second half is
exploitative and unrealistic. Defend the extremity of these events.
Eight Marks
1. Compare and contrast the characters of Sophia and Olivia.
2. Discuss the calamities in the novel, The Vicar of Wakefield.
3. Who are the main characters in The Vicar of Wakefield?
4. Give a character sketch of Thornhill in the novel, The Vicar of Wakefield.
5. Discuss the vicar of Wakefield as a domestic novel.
6. Conceit and Misfortune in Oliver Goldsmith’s The Vicar of Wakefield
7. Discuss the Inaccessible Inner Life of Wakefield
8. Discuss the Life Outside of Life in Hawthorne’s Wakefield
9. Comparing Piety in The Wakefield Mystery Plays, The Book of Margery Kempe, and Le
MorteD'Arthur
10. Discuss Dr. Flint’s behaviours And Wakefield Acts
UNIT- II
One Mark
1. What was Silas Marner's profession?
a) Teacher
b) Farmer
c) Weaver
d) Preacher
2. Which of the following didn't apply to Silas Marner?
a) He was ill-tempered
b) He was subject to fits of catalepsy
c) He was nearsighted
d) He was stoop-shouldered
3. From what far place did Silas come?
a) London
b) Nottingham
c) Canterbury
d) Lantern Yard
4. Why did Silas leave his home and friends, and come to Raveloe?
a) He had a falling-out with his family
b) He had committed a crime
c) He was falsely accused of a crime
d) He could find no work in his old home
5. What quickly became Silas' consuming passion, once he'd settled in Raveloe?
a) Revenge
b) His garden
c) His money
d) His religion
6. What great disaster befell Silas about fifteen years after he came to Raveloe?
a) He was robbed
b) He was stricken with palsy
c) His house burned down
d) He went blind
7. About a year after the disaster befell Silas, a little child wandered from the snowy night
into his house. Who were the child's parents?
a) An opium addict and the Squire's respectable son
b) An opium addict and a tinker
c) An opium addict and the Squire's dissolute son
d) We never find out.
8. Silas named the child Hephzibah, or Eppie for short. Who was she named after?
a) Neither
b) His mother
c) Both
d) His sister
9. After Silas decided to keep Eppie and raise her as his own child, which neighbor took a
particular interest in helping Silas?
a) Nancy Lammeter
b) Dolly Winthrop
c) Priscilla Lammeter
d) Molly Cass
10. What strange thought did Silas sometimes have about Eppie?
a) That she was gold that had changed to a golden-haired child.
b) That she had sprung up out of the snow like a flower.
c) That she was an angel who had fallen to earth.
d) That he had dreamed her, and she'd become real.
Five Marks
1.Do you think that regeneration or redemption is the main theme of Silas Marner?
2. How did Silas react to the boys who peered into his window ?
3.What suggestion was offered to Silas for the recovery of his lost gold?
4.How are the Osgoods related to the Lammeters in Silas Marner?.
5.How does George Eliot set the novel Silas Marner in a background of Romanticism?
6.Why do people find weavers suspicious in Silas Marner?
7.What is the talk like between Ben Winthrop and Mr. Macy in Silas Marner?
8.Why did the weavers like Silas Marner develop eccentric habits in the novel Silas Marner?
9.What life lessons can we learn from the novel Silas Marner?
10 What was Godfrey's attitude about his father's methods of raising children?
Eight Marks
1. Compare differences in attitudes towards nature held by the characters of Silas Marner.
Consider especially Eppie, Dunstan Cass, Godfrey Cass and Silas Marner.
2. What functions do the intermitent scenes of village life serve in the novel?
3. Consider the story of Mr. Cliff and the Warrens told by Mr. Macey in Chapter Six. How
does that ghostly digression contribute to the novel as a whole? How does it fit into the
structure of the novel?
4. Consider the two Christian sects depicted in the novel: Lantern Yard's puritanism and
Raveloe'sanglicanism.
5. George Eliot is one of the most famous and well regarded women among novelists. How
does Silas Marner engage issues of gender and feminism
6. Silas Marner left Lantern Yard after having been wrongfully accused of stealing gold. He
then turned to a life of hoarding gold. What is the logic in this progression?
7. Consider Marner himself, the mysterious peasant, and the strange sound of Marner's loom.
What is the attitude of the villagers toward these alien elements?
8. What is "luck" in Silas Marner? Who is lucky or unlucky? To what extent do luck and fate
depend on Eliot's choices?
9. Lantern Yard frames the novel. What is the importance of Marner's return to Lantern
Yard?
10. Marner is a weaver. Examine the importance of his trade in the novel. Where do we see
his wares? For whom does he work?
UNIT- III
One Mark
1. Who is the narrator?
a) Jim Hawkins
b) Dr. Livesey
c) The Captain
d) Long John Silver
2. What is Long John Silver's nickname?
a) Captain
b) Snake-Eyes
c) Barbeque
d) Johnny
3. Where Does The Story Begin?
a) The Admiral Benbow Inn
b) Treasure Island
c) Hispanolia
d) None Of The Above
4. Who is the first pirate that Jim encounters?
a) Billy Bones
b) Long John Silver
c) Israel Hands
5. On the journey to Treasure Island, who falls overboard on the ship?
a) Mr. Arrow
b) Israel Hands
c) Long John Silver
d) No One
6. What phrase does Long John's bird repeat over and over?
a) "Pieces Of Six"
b) "I Am Flint's Bird"
c) "Pieces Of Eight"
d) "Pieces Of Four"
7. What is the name of the ship?
a) The Seeker
b) The Coracle
c) The Hispanolia
d) The Treasure Island
8. Who did Billy Bones work for?
a) Blind Pew
b) Long John Silver
c) Flint
d) Dr. Livesey
9. Where did Jim hide when he overheard Long John Silver planning his mutiny?
a) In A Lifeboat On Board The Boat
b) In The Bottom Of A Boat
c) In An Apple Barrel
d) In The Captain's Quarters
10. Which pirate is blind?
a) Pew
b) Billy Bones
c) Long John Silver
Five Marks
1. What happened to Mr Arrow in Treasure Island?

2. Why was Jim frightened when he first saw the man of the island?
3. Why does Captain Smollett allow Silver and the crew to go ashore immediately?
4. What does the writer hope to achieve by introducing autobiographical 1 and adding that the
'treasure is still there '?
5. What was the situation when Jim and Silver confronted the pirates who want to kill both of
them?
6. How does Silver convince the men to continue to searching for the treasure? How effective
is he?
7. What might Jim consider appropriate or prophetic about the song the drunken pirates are
singing?
8. Why did he fear such a man as Dr.Livesey?
9. According to the text, in what way is Treasure Island still influential?
10. Why has Mr Trelawney hired the captain, the ship and the crew?
Eight Marks
1. Why was Long John Silver excited when he thought that Captain Smollett was going to
show him the chart of the island?
2. When the Hispaniola reached Treasure Island, Long John Silver appeared to believe that
Captain Smollett was about to show him the actual map of the island, the one that Jim had
found in Billy...
3. What type of novel is Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson?
4. What are Doctor Livesey's concerns about staying on the ship while it is anchored in
stagnant waters?
5. Why does Captain Smollett raise the British colors in the stockade even though the
mutineers use it to aim their attacks?
6. What is a good thesis statement for the book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson?
7. Describe the entry of the old seaman in the Admiral Benbow Inn. What did he look like?
8. Captain Smollett and the loyal crew are in the stockade. How is being in the stockade an
advantage to them? A disadvantage?
9. Discuss the events following Bones' death do you think is most exciting?
10. What are the conflicts in Treasure Island? All the conflicts.
UNIT- IV
One Mark
1. When Brown and his crew reach Patusan, where does the ship drop anchor?
a. Off Patusan's north shore.
b. Off Zamboanga.
c. Off Madrid.
d. Off Batu Kring.
2. What is the name of the native chief that Jim will meet?
a. Elliot.
b. Cornelius.
c. Allang.
d. Doramin.
3. When referring to the specter of Jim's past that continually haunts Jim, how does Marlow
term Jim's appearance?
a. As being under a cloud.
b. As being in dark days.
c. As being abandoned and alone.
d. As being lost in life.
4. In whose courtyard is Jim held prisoner?
a. Kassim.
b. Conrad.
c. Allang.
d. Elliot.
5. What does Jim see in the storehouse that convinces him that this attempt on his life is not a
false alarm, but is, in fact, real?
a. Cornelius in the shadows.
b. The blood stains from another murder.
c. Sherif Ali's crest on his attacker.
d. The whites of another man's eyes.
6. Back in Patusan, who is the first person to hear about the attack on Dain Waris' camp?
a. Doramin.
b. Jim.
c. Stein.
d. Jewel.
7. Where do Jim, Tamb' Itam, and Jim's men station themselves as they wait for Brown to
pass by as Brown leaves Patusan for good?
a. In the Bugis camp.
b. In the Rajah's stockade.
c. In the tall river grasses.
d. In the fishing huts.
8. Who gives the signal for the attackers to begin their assassination attempt on Jim?
a. Kassim.
b. Cornelius.
c. Sherif Ali.
d. Cornelius' stepdaughter.
9. The night of the assassination attempt, what does Jewel ask Jim to do?
a. Confront Cornelius.
b. Go for help.
c. Leave Patusan.
d. Talk to Marlow.
10. When does the attack on Ali's compound - as plotted by Jim - begin?
a. At sunrise.
b. At midnight.
c. At midday.
d. At sunset.
Five Marks
1. What does Stein mean when he calls Jim a "romantic"?
2. If Jim is "one of us," is Marlow a romantic?
3. In terms of Stein's symbolism, is Jim a butterfly or a beetle?
4. What role does Jewel play in Jim's life?
5. Describe Jim's relationship with Tamb' Itam.
6. What causes Jim to trust Brown?
7. Discuss the symbolism of the silver ring.
8. Trace Conrad's use of light and darkness throughout the novel.
9. Why did Jim choose to try and find forgiveness in a dark, wild, isolated pocket of
mankind?
10. Outline your ideas for a short essay on the "jump motif" in this novel.
Eight Marks
1. What is Marlow's narrative purpose in the novel?
2. What dramatic effect is gained by having an unidentified narrator tell Jim's story until he
jumps from the Patna?
3. What is the moral wrong that Jim believes he has committed?
4. Define the word "dilemma"; what is Jim's dilemma?
5. Discuss Marlow as a father-figure to Jim.
6. What is Jim's final, redeeming act of courage? Define the word "courage" in relation to
your answer.
7. Does Jim find "redemption" in Patusan? Define the word "redemption" in relation to your
answer.
8. Discuss the terms guilt, responsibility, duty, courage, cowardice, and honor in terms of
Jim's life.
9. Discuss the symbolism and/or irony in Jim's wearing white clothing.
10. Can any of Jim's reactions be explained in terms of the details of his childhood from the
clues that are revealed to us?
UNIT- V
One Mark
1. Which animal hides during the Battle of the Cowshed?
a. Boxer
b. Clover
c. Jessie
d. Mollie
2. To whom does Napoleon sell the farm’s pile of timber?
a. Mr. Pilkington
b. Mr. Frederick
c. Mr. Jones
d. Snowball
3. How does Napoleon express his contempt for Snowball’s windmill plans?
a. By spitting on them
b. By giving a scathing speech
c. By urinating on them
d. By writing Snowball a letter
4. Who reduces the ideals of Animalism to the phrase “Four legs good, two legs bad”?
a. Snowball
b. Napoleon
c. Squealer
d. Boxer
5. Who teaches the sheep to chant “Four legs good, two legs better”?
a. Napoleon
b. Moses
c. Clover
d. Squealer
6. What is Sugarcandy Mountain?
a. The name of the lullaby that Napoleon forces the pigeons to sing to his thirty-one
piglets
b. The idea of animal heaven propagated by Moses the raven
c. The setting for the story that Mollie tells to the lambs
d. The mountain visible on Animal Farm’s horizon
7. How many letters is Boxer able to learn?
a. Four—A through D
b. Zero
c. Six—the number of different letters in Napoleon’s name
d. All twenty-six, plus certain letters in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet
8. Which of the pigs proves the best writer?
a. Napoleon
b. Squealer
c. Snowball
d. Curly
9. Which pig writes the poem lauding Napoleon?
a. Squealer
b. Snowball
c. Minimus
d. Napoleon himself
10. What does Napoleon rename Animal Farm in his toast at the end of the novel?
a. Napoleon Farm
b. Pig Farm
c. Freedonia
d. The Manor Farm
Five Marks
1. Why does Napoleon insist the windmill must be rebuilt immediately?
2. How does Napoleon react when the hens rebel against his orders?
3. Why does Napoleon revive the threat of the farm being sabotaged by Snowball?
4. Explain why the animals confessed to being traitors. Or is there any explanation?
5. Why does Napoleon order the animals to stop singing "Beasts of England?"
6. What purpose is served by the production figures Squealer reads to the animals?
7. How is Napoleon becoming more and more like a typical dictator?
8. Describe the sale of the stack of lumber. How does Napoleon outwit himself?
9. What makes the battle against Frederick's men different from the Battle of the Cowshed?
10. Why do the men blow up the windmill?
Eight Marks
1. Compare the lives of the animals when they live under Jones and under Napoleon. In what
ways has Napoleon proven himself a similar tyrant?
2. Closely examine old Major's speech to the animals in Chapter 1 and discuss the ways in
which he uses language to persuade his listeners.
3. Explain how one of the novel's minor characters (such as Mollie or Moses) illuminates
Orwell's major themes and issues.
4. Examine Orwell's tone when describing the way the animals think of themselves under
Napoleon's rule: How does Orwell's tone add to the novel's humor?
5. Explain how the human characters contribute to the novel's themes and issues.
6. Based upon Animal Farm, what deductions can a reader make about the kind of political
system of which Orwell would approve?
7. Every individual fights his/her own war. What are examples of this in Animal Farm?
8. In the book Animal Farm, did the character Boxer ever get freedom? How?
9. Why would the animals be glad to believe that they are better off now, even if they know
they are suffering? What idea is Orwell communicating?
10. Why do the pigs in Animal Farm convince the other animals that Sugarcandy mountain
does not exist?

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