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Q1- State whether the following are false or true. (20 Pts)
1- Epiphany means manifestation.
2- Impressionism is a highly personal manner of writing in which the author presents characters, scenes or modes as they appear to the individual temperament at a precise moment.
3- Modernism does not depend on irony and understatement.
4- Darkness in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is associated with death.
5- Sophistication is written by Matthew Arnold.
6- Claude McKay If We Must Die is a lyric.
7- In Nobel Address Faulkner is a pessimist.1- Epiphany means manifestation.
2- Impressionism is a highly personal manner of writing in which the author presents characters, scenes or modes as they appear to the individual temperament at a precise moment.
3- Modernism does not depend on irony and understatement.
4- Darkness in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is associated with death.
5- Sophistication is written by Matthew Arnold.
6- Claude McKay If We Must Die is a lyric.
8- The packaged society is a criticism of the socio-cultural society.
9- The protagonist is the least important character in a play, a novel or a short story.
10- Realism is fidelity to actuality in its representation to literature.
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Q2- Choose the best answer (30 Pts)
1- A Clean Well Lighted Place is written by………
a- Hemingway b- Faulkner c- Miller
2- The narrator in A Rose for Emily is ………….
a- Omniscient b- third person plural c- I narrator
3- ……….. is a highly personal manner of writing in which the author presents characters, scenes and moods as they appear to an individual temperament at a precise moment and from a particular vantage point rather than as they are presented to be an actuality.
a- Impressionism b- parody c- naturalism
4- ……….. the chief character in a play, a novel, a short story or film. He is a leading figure both in terms of importance and in terms of the ability to enlist interest and sympathy.
a- Protagonist b-antagonist c- anti hero
5- ………….work omits explanations, summaries, connections and whatever was counted on to provide a traditional work.
a- American literature b- native literature c- modernism
6- In Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening the horse considers the stopping go f the farmer as
a- Usual b- unusual c- natural
7- The Red Wheel Barrow is a piece of ………
a- Free verse b- traditional poem c- rhymed verse
8- The Packaged Society is written by………..
a- Martin Luther King b- James Thurber c- Russel Lynes
9- An Episode of war is usually considered as an example of ………
a- Naturalism b- traditional literature c- neo classical literature
10 – The stories of Winesburg Ohio are …………
a- Revolutionary b- written by James Joyce c- conventional
1- A Clean Well Lighted Place is written by………
a- Hemingway b- Faulkner c- Miller
2- The narrator in A Rose for Emily is ………….
a- Omniscient b- third person plural c- I narrator
3- ……….. is a highly personal manner of writing in which the author presents characters, scenes and moods as they appear to an individual temperament at a precise moment and from a particular vantage point rather than as they are presented to be an actuality.
a- Impressionism b- parody c- naturalism
4- ……….. the chief character in a play, a novel, a short story or film. He is a leading figure both in terms of importance and in terms of the ability to enlist interest and sympathy.
a- Protagonist b-antagonist c- anti hero
5- ………….work omits explanations, summaries, connections and whatever was counted on to provide a traditional work.
a- American literature b- native literature c- modernism
6- In Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening the horse considers the stopping go f the farmer as
a- Usual b- unusual c- natural
7- The Red Wheel Barrow is a piece of ………
a- Free verse b- traditional poem c- rhymed verse
8- The Packaged Society is written by………..
a- Martin Luther King b- James Thurber c- Russel Lynes
9- An Episode of war is usually considered as an example of ………
a- Naturalism b- traditional literature c- neo classical literature
10 – The stories of Winesburg Ohio are …………
a- Revolutionary b- written by James Joyce c- conventional
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Q3- A- In Willa Cather’s Paul’s Case the setting exercises a deep influence on the protagonist. Explain. (15 Pts) p 24
The setting exercise a deep influence on the protagonist . the drabness of his life at home prompted him to run away the beauty of his surrounding in new york gave him a taste of fulfillment and the threat of the inevitable return to his home was a decisive factor in his decision to commit suicide
Even death seems to be more bearable than life at home . the life of vulgar lower middle class
As for characterization the focal point is paul the protagonist his involvement with the Carnegie hall where he was an us her might lead some readers to believe that he is atolented potential artist , but really he is not , no artistic talent or tendency shows in his stay in new york and none appeared at home
B- Comment on Emily’s characteristics as presented by Faulkner. (10 Pts)
P52/53
The Emily is not kind of person one meets in ones every day life . not because she had qualities which one hardly ever sees in a human being , she seems to be characteristic is this woman's tendency to ignore the different between illusion and reality two of these are firm will and hautiness , both of which are closely related these two qualities are clear in her dealing with various parties first of all with the deputation of the board of alderman of her town : she refuses to pay taxes and imposes her will on them secondly in her dealing with the druggist whom she forces to violate the official regulation which control the selling of poison and to sell her on her own terms
Q4- Critically comment on Claude McKay If We Must Die. P 121 (25 Pts)
If we must die is an angry sonnet it is a carefully controlled poem in both structure and tone
Structurally this sonnet is made up of four parts : three quatrain and a couplet throughout the poem the speaker is concerned with reaction to the almost certain condition of death . in the first quatrain he totally rejects dying like a hog if death is inevitable the second quatrain that we should die noby .this would exact the respect of our enemies
The third quatrain he exhorts his people to opt for his earlier proposition to deal the enemy even one blow in response to his thousand blows since the speakers people are outnumbered
The tone is controlled it being as logical and quiet in the first two quatrain , becoming emotional and angry in the quatrain and couplet
The setting exercise a deep influence on the protagonist . the drabness of his life at home prompted him to run away the beauty of his surrounding in new york gave him a taste of fulfillment and the threat of the inevitable return to his home was a decisive factor in his decision to commit suicide
Even death seems to be more bearable than life at home . the life of vulgar lower middle class
As for characterization the focal point is paul the protagonist his involvement with the Carnegie hall where he was an us her might lead some readers to believe that he is atolented potential artist , but really he is not , no artistic talent or tendency shows in his stay in new york and none appeared at home
B- Comment on Emily’s characteristics as presented by Faulkner. (10 Pts)
P52/53
The Emily is not kind of person one meets in ones every day life . not because she had qualities which one hardly ever sees in a human being , she seems to be characteristic is this woman's tendency to ignore the different between illusion and reality two of these are firm will and hautiness , both of which are closely related these two qualities are clear in her dealing with various parties first of all with the deputation of the board of alderman of her town : she refuses to pay taxes and imposes her will on them secondly in her dealing with the druggist whom she forces to violate the official regulation which control the selling of poison and to sell her on her own terms
Q4- Critically comment on Claude McKay If We Must Die. P 121 (25 Pts)
If we must die is an angry sonnet it is a carefully controlled poem in both structure and tone
Structurally this sonnet is made up of four parts : three quatrain and a couplet throughout the poem the speaker is concerned with reaction to the almost certain condition of death . in the first quatrain he totally rejects dying like a hog if death is inevitable the second quatrain that we should die noby .this would exact the respect of our enemies
The third quatrain he exhorts his people to opt for his earlier proposition to deal the enemy even one blow in response to his thousand blows since the speakers people are outnumbered
The tone is controlled it being as logical and quiet in the first two quatrain , becoming emotional and angry in the quatrain and couplet
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