BEGC-133 · December 2022 · English
IGNOU BEGC-133 December 2022 Previous Year Question Paper
BRITISH LITERATURE
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-133, December 2022 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 16
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B.A. (GENERAL)(CBCS)
(BAG)
Term-End Examination
December, 2022
BEGC-133 : BRITISH LITERATURE
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Answer all questions. All questions are
compulsory.
I. Explain any four of the following passag es with
reference to the context in around 150 words
each : 48=32
Q1.“Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleave of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labour’s bath, Balm of hurt minds, great Nature’s second course, Chief nourisher in life’s feast.”
Q2.“Here’s the sm ell of the blood still : all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.”
Q3.“And there was Don Quixote flourishing like a drum major, thinking he’d done the cleverest thing ever known, whereas he ought to be court-martialled for it. Of all the fools ever let loose on a field of battle, that man must be the very maddest.”
Q4.“I perish by this people which I made Tho’ Merlin sware that I should come again To rule once more — but let what will be, be, I am so deeply smitten thro’ the helm That without help I cannot last till morn.”
Q5.“If thou shoulds’t never see my face again, Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day.” II. Write short notes on any four of the following in around 100 words each : 46=24
Q6.The significance of the Porter scene in Macbeth
Q7.The influence of Ibsen on the drama of Bernard Shaw
Q8.The literary landscape of Wessex in the novels of Thomas Hardy
Q9.Tennyson’s ‘Idylls of the King’ and the Arthurian Legend
Q10.‘Victorian Conflict’ as expressed in the poetry of Tennyson III. Write short essays on any two of the following in around 200 words each : 212=24
Q11.Write a note on the characters in Far From the Madding Crowd and show how together they create a picture of rural English society of the nineteenth century.
Q12.Discuss the central themes of Tennyson’s poem ‘Morte d’Arthur’ and comment on its allegorical significance.
Q13.“Class distinctions and mobility between classes are significant concerns of the play Arms and the Man.” Discuss. IV. Answer any one of the following in around 300 words :
Q14.Lady Macbeth is often called the fourth witch in the play Macbeth. Do you agree with this view ?
Q15.Give your opinions on the role of Lady Macbeth in this play.
Q16.Explain why Arms and the Man is considered to be an anti-Romantic comedy.