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First Year B.A. (English) Examination, November 2011

ENGLISH (Paper 5)
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce
Time : 3 Hours

Max. Marks : 75

Instructions : 1) Question paper is divided into three groups.

2) Each group is of 25 marks.
3) Assume suitable data if necessary.
PART A
Answer any three questions (question no. 1 is compulsory) :
1. What are the essential features or the stream of consciousness novel ? Estimate
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
2. In the stream of the consciousness technique the conventional elements of novel
are given up. Examine this statement with reference to A Portrait of the Artist
as a Young Man.
3. How far is it correct to say that the motifs reinforce the theme of A Portrait of
the Artist as a Young Man ?
4. Write a critical note on the use of the bird symbol in the Novel.
5. The simple beginning of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man has a complexity
which is characteristic of the whole book. Examine this statement.
PART B
Answer any three questions (question no. 6 is compulsory)
6. What is the outer conflict in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ?
7. There is both an outer and inner conflict in the novel. Discuss.
8. One of the most remarkable points of excellence of the novel lies in conflict.
Examine this statement.
P.T.O.

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9. What is meant by motif ? Explain the part played by motifs in A Portrait of the
Artist as a Young Man.
10. A portrait is not strictly an autobiographical novel but there are marked similarities
between its hero. Critically examine this statement.
PART C
11. Fill in the blanks (each question carries 2 marks)
i) James Joyce was born in _____________ Ireland.
ii) James considered _________myth the complete expression of man
iii) Stephens earliest memories are of __________ squabbles.
iv) Stephen accompanied his father ___________ on a business trip to Cork.
v) In this first term at the Jesuit Boarding School of Clongowes Wood Stephen is
___________ and miserable.
12. Multiple choice questions (each question carries 2 marks) :
i) Stephen made a number of efforts to get over his sense of ___________
a) communication
b) isolation
c) stiffness
d) none of these
ii) Walking by Seashore, Stephen met some of the classmates who were _______
a) Having Bath
b) Doing Dance
c) Playing Music
d) Playing Basket Ball
iii) Stephen met Cranly in the _____________ and requested him to accompany
him to a walk.
a) Class Room
b) Physic Lab.
c) National Library
d) Seashore
iv) After receiving his degree in 1902 James went to __________ to Study medicine.
a) London
b) Paris
c) New York d) Dublin
v) James Joyce died due to _________
a) Cancer
b) Ulcer
c) Typhoid
d) T.B.
13. True or False (each question carries 1 mark)
i) After marriage he left France
ii) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is divided in two parts.
iii) The opening chapter begins with the well-known sentence Once upon a time.
iv) James died on January 13, in Zurich.
v) The Portrait publish in New York in 1916.
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