DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS SHORT STORIES & ONE ACT PLAYS - B.A. ENGLISH PART ONE NOTES

3. DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS

(SHORTS STORIES & ONE ACT PLAYS)

1. Answer the following questions. 

(i) What is the role of Nick Adams in "The Killers"?

(ii) "I would rather have been loved, not feared" says Beatrice before dying in "Rappaccini's Daughter". Elaborate.

2. Answer the following questions. 

(i) Describe the quarrel between Ustad Mangu and the Gora Soldier. (The New Constitution)

(ii) Why does Eva turn down every offer of Rosen in "Take Pity"?

3. Answer the following questions. 

(i) How does the Swallow sacrifice his life for the love of the Happy Prince? 

(ii) Describe the effect of romantic love on the adolescent mind of the Small Boy. (Araby)

4. Answer the following questions. 

(i) How does E.A. Poe build an atmosphere of horror in "Tell-Tale Heart"?

(ii) "The Necklace" is a satire on the vanity of women. Discuss. 

5. Answer the following questions. 

(i) How does the story "The Duchess and the Jeweler" reflect the moral decadence of the English aristocracy? 

(ii) The Wife in "The Shadow in the Rose Garden" cannot help digging her past. Discuss. 

6. Answer the following questions. 

(i) Describe the love between the French Soldier and the Panther. 

(ii) How is Lisby different from her elder sisters? 

7. Answer the following questions. 

(i) Discuss the play "The Bear" as a farce. 

(ii) What is the conflict between Uncle James and his nephew, Philip? 

8. Answer the following questions. 

(i) Write a character sketch of Wolf. (Something to Talk About by Eden Phillpotts)

(ii) Why has Primrose decided to marry an ugly man?