Paavai Guide for B.A. English Periyar University Fiction

This college guide contains notes for the following fictions:

1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Notes include author introduction,  introduction of the novel, important characteristics, outline summary, chapter-wise summary, short answers, paragraph answers, and essays.

It is based on Periyar University Syllabus for B.A. English Literature Second Year Fourth Semester.

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Model Question Paper is given below:

PERIYAR UNIVERSITY

B.A. ENGLISH

FOURTH SEMESTER

FICTION

[From the academic year 2017 – 2018 onwards]

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

Time: Three hours                                                                                                             Maximum: 75 marks

SECTION A- (10 X 2=20 marks)

Answer the following questions

1.  Why does Elizabeth reject Darcy‟s proposal?

2.  Does Elizabeth accept Collins‟s proposal of marriage?

3.    Write on Lydia‟s elopement with Wickham?

4.  Why does Mrs. Bennet request her husband to make friends with Bingley?

5.  Who were the members of Charlie‟s family?

6.    Who were the Oompa-Loompas?

7.  What kind of a person was willy wonka?

8.  What were the Golden Tickets?

9.  Why has harry to face hardships?

10.  How does Dobby go against his “masters”?

Section B ( 5 X 5= 25 )

Answer the following questions in about 100 words each.

11. (a) How does Mrs. Bennet encourage the flirtatious habits of her daughters? 

Or

(b)   What efforts does Lady Catherine take to prevent the marriage between Elizabeth and Darcy?

12. (a) Why was Elizabeth reluctant to dance with Darcy?

Or

(b) What were the conditions of Wickham to marry Lydia?

13. (a) Describe the Chocolate Room?

Or

(b)     How did the television Chocolate machine work?

14. (a) What happened to the palace of the Prince of Pondicherry?

Or

(b)   How did Charlie find the Golden Ticket?

15.  (a) What does Harry‟s character represent?

(b)   What does Ron use to solve most mysteries?

Section C (10 X 3=30)

Answer any THREE of the following.

16.  Consider Pride and Prejudice as a domestic comedy

17.  What efforts does Lady Catherine take to prevent the marriage between Elizabeth and Darcy?

18.Charlie Bucket is the hero of the novel‟Charlie and the Chocolate factory‟.-Discuss.

19.  Narrate the experiences of Mike Teavee in the Television Room

20.  Explain- Reliance on a Community as the theme of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

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