BEGC-104 · December 2021 · English
IGNOU BEGC-104 December 2021 Previous Year Question Paper
BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA (14TH–17TH CENTURY)
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-104, December 2021 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 3 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. IN ENGLISH (HONOURS)
(CBCS) (BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2021
BEGC-104 : BRITISH POETRY AND
DRAMA—14TH TO 17TH CENTURY
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : All Sections/questions are compulsory.
Section—A
Q1.Explain with reference to the context any four of the following passages (150 words each) : 4×5=20
(a) Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty anddreadful, for than art not so, For those whom you think’st then dost overthrow
(b) Lyke as a huntsman after weary chace, Seeing the game from him escapt away, Sits downe to rest him in same shady place,
(c) When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st : So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
(d) Sweet warrior when shall I have peace with you ? High Time it is, this warse now ended were : which I no lenger can endure to sue,
(e) Not marble, nor the gilded monuments of princes, shall outline this powerfulrime; But you shall shine more bright in these contents
(f) I was aboute to wedde a wyf; allas, what should I bye it on my flesh so deere ? yet hadde I levere wedde no wyfe t-yeere !
Section—B
Q2.Write short notes on any two of the following (in 200 words each) : 2×10=20
(a) Irony in ‘Dr. Faustus’
(b) Interaction between Witches and Macbeth
(c) Tudor poetry
(d) Cavalier Poets
Section—C
Note : Attempt any three of the following questions
(in about 500-600 words each). 3×20=60
Q3.(a) Critically analyse the ending of the play ‘Dr. Faustus’.
(b) Critically analyse the poem The Sun Rising.
(c) Discuss the portrayal of the Wife of Bath in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue.
(d) Write a critical appreciation of ‘ Death Be Not Proud.’
(e) Analyse Macbeth from the po int of view of Marxism.