BEGC-104 · December 2023 · English
IGNOU BEGC-104 December 2023 Previous Year Question Paper
BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA (14TH–17TH CENTURY)
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-104, December 2023 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 3 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (HONOURS) ENGLISH (CBCS)
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2023
BEGC-104 : BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA–14TH
TO 17TH CENTURY
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Answer questions as per the instructions
given in each Section.
Section–A
Q1.Explain with reference to the context any four of the following passages (150 words each) : 4 × 5 = 20
(a) Ye cruell one, what glory can be got, In slaying him that would live gladly yours ? [ 2 ] BEGC–104 Make peace therefore, and graunt me timely grace, That al my wounds would heale in little space.
(b) When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword , nor war’s quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory
(c) Thy beams, so reverend and strong Why shouldst thou think ? I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink, But that I would not lose her sight so long;
(d) Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell, And poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well, And better than thy stroake; why swell’st thou then ? [ 3 ] BEGC–104
(e) My verse your vertues rare shall eternize, And in the heavens wryte your glorious name : Where whenas death shall all the world subdue, Our love shall live, and later life renew.
Section–B
Q2.Write short notes on any two of the following (200 words each) : 2 × 10 = 20
(a) Alison and Jankins in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
(b) Metaphysical Poetry
(c) The seven deadly sins in Dr. Faustus
(d) Significance of the Porter scene in Macbeth
(e) The Shakespearean Sonnet
Section–C
Q3.Attempt any three of the following questions (500-500 words each) : 3 × 20 = 60
(a) Discuss The Wife of Bath’s Prologue as an example of social criticism. [ 4 ] BEGC–104
(b) Write a critical appreciation of Spenser’s LXVII.
(c) Discuss Dr. Faustus as a morality play.
(d) Is Macbeth a victim of his own character or circumstances ? Discuss.
(e) Write a critical note on John Donne’s poetic sensibility with reference to any one poem prescribed in the syllabus.