BEGC-107 · December 2024 · English
IGNOU BEGC-107 December 2024 Previous Year Question Paper
BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA : 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-107, December 2024 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 12 · Sections: 4
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONOURS)
ENGLISH (BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2024
BEGC-107 : BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA : 17TH
AND 18TH CENTURIES
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note:There are three Sections in this paper—
Section A, Section B and Section C. Attempt
all Sections. Write your answer neatly.
Section—A
Q1.Write short notes on any four of the following in about 100 words each : 4x5=20
(a) Petrarchan Sonnet
(b) Metaphysical Poets
(c) Pastoral Elegy
(d) Mock Epic
(e) Rise of the English Novel
(f) Allegory in Il Penseroso
(g) Heroic Couplet
(h) Revenge Tragedy
Section—B
Note : Answer any two questions from this Section
in about 200 words each. 2x10=20
Q2.The character of Bosola in ‘The Duchess of Malfi’.
Q3.The characteristics of Jacobean Drama.
Q4.Symbolism and allegory in L Allegro.
Q5.Characteristics of the poetry of the Augustan Age.
Section—C
Note: Answer any three questions from this
Section in about 350 words each. 3x20=60
Q6.Attempt a character analysis of the Duchess in ‘The Duchess of Malfi’.
Q7.Discuss ‘Lycidas’ as a pastoral elegy.
Q8.Discuss Dryden’s Mac Flecknoe as a satire.
Q9.Write a note on the supernatural machinery of ‘The Rape of the Lock’.
Q10.What features of the Mock Epic does ‘The Rape of the Lock’ display ?
Q11.How does the poem ‘Mac Flecknoe’ describe the contemporary literary scene ?
Q12.Write a note on the rise of the English Novel.