Hons 1st Year || English Reading Skills || Final Suggestion || 100% Common || Department of English
Department of English
Hons 1st Year (Session: 2022-2023)
English Reading Skills (Final Suggestion)
Part-A: Passage for Practice
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The French word "Renaissance" has originated from the Latin word "renasci" which means 'to be born again'. In English, the "Renaissance" means the rebirth or revival of the ancient Greek and Roman learning, art and culture. The rebirth was caused by a historical event. In 1453 with the fall of the then Constantinople, the scholars living there fled to different countries of Europe, especially to Italy. They took with them the ancient Greek and Italian literature which gradually become the centre of interest of the people. The ancient learning was rediscovered. This rediscovery or rebirth is called renaissance. It kindled a kind of wild fire of knowledge that kept of burning for several centuries. In England, it led the writers to classical learning that liberated them from religious control. It broadened the literary, philosophical and intellectual horizons. It generated among them the spirit of adventure, inquiry and doubt in old ideas. The humanistic movement that started with enhanced sensitivity to the formal beauty and the cultivation of the aesthetic sense. This sense of beauty influenced architecture, sculpture, painting, music, dancing, drama, costume and the like. In literature also it took numerous forms. Spenser, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Bacon and many other later writers had been writing in the literary atmosphere. The 'Renaissance' was thus the result of various series of events that followed and accompanied one another from the fourteenth to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
1. Answer any ten questions: 1 * 10 = 10
Answer the following questions. (a - e)
(a) What is Renaissance?
(b) Which historical incident pioneered Renaissance?
(c) What is the impact of classical writings on English writers?
(d) What areas are affected by the cultivation of the aesthetic sense?
(e) What is the time span of Renaissance?
Choose the right answer: (f-i)
(f) "Renasci", the original Latin word for Renaissance, means:
(i) rebirth (ii) to be born again (iii) to return to root
(g) The fall of Constantinople was a
(i) religious event (ii) political event (iii) historical event
(h) Renaissance was rediscovery of:
(i) Greek and Latin literature (ii) learning of Europe (iii) ancient learning
(i) Marlowe was:
(i) an Elizabethan writer (ii) a Renaissance writer (iii) a famous tragedian
Change the following sentences as directed: (j - n)
(j) The scholars living in Constantinople fled to different countries of Europe. (Complex)
(k) The ancient learning was rediscovered. (Active)
(1) It kindled a kind of wild fire of knowledge. (Complex)
(m) This rediscovery or rebirth is called renaissance. (Interrogative)
(n) It broadened the literary, philosophical and intellectual horizon. (Passive)
Write meaning of the following words and make sentences with them. (o - q)
(o) kindle (p) inquiry (q) aesthetic
Fill in the gaps with suitable words: (r - s)
(r) The ancient learning was----------. (s) Various series of events resulted in------.
Part-C (Marks-50) (Most Important)
1) Summary
2) Author’s position
3) Rhyme-Scheme
4) Critical Appreciation
5) Scancion
6) Theme
7) Tone and Attitude
8) Figures of Speech
Most Important Poems
Syllabus based:
1) On His Blindness
2) The Good Morrow
3) To Daffodils
4) The Patriot
5) How Do I Love Thee
6) Where The Mind is Without Fear
7) Ode to The West Wind
8) Ode to Autumn
9) A Prayer for My Daughter
Out of Syllabus
1) My Mistress Eyes-William Shakespeare
2) London 1802-William Wordsworth
3) London-William Blake
4) Lullaby-Alfred Tennyson
5) She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways-William Wordsworth
6) The Solitary Reaper-William Wordsworth
7) Delight In Disorder-Robert Herrick
8) Breathes There The Man-Walter Scott
9) Curfew Tolls The Knell of parting Day-Thoman Gray
10) Ozamyndius-P.B Shelley
11) When You are Old-William Shakespeare