Meraresult.com Sample Paper – 2013 Class – XII Subject – Literature in English Time: 1hr 30 minutes NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURY VERSE – edited by Chris Woodhead Question 1. ‘I have walked and prayed for this young child on hour’ writes W B Yeats in ‘A Prayer for my daughter.’ What are the blessings wished by an anxious father for his child? Question 2. Describe the farewell given to the doomed youth as described by Wilfred Owen in his poem “An Anthem for the Doomed Youth”. Question 3. What had Thetis expected to see on the shield of Achilles? What did she actually see in the poem The Shield of Achilles by W H Auden? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WUTHERING HEIGHTS – Emily Bronte Question 4. Analyze the character of Edgar Linton. How does he compare to Heathcliff Question 5. Discuss the theme of precarious class distinction running through the novel. Support your answer with instances from the novel. Question 6. Write short notes on any two: (a) Victorian England. (b) Motifs in the novel (c) Significance of the location for Wuthering Heights? ARMS AND THE MAN– George Bernard Shaw Question 7. 'Arms and Man' is called a modern play. It has no modern theme but it is modern in the sense of new way of thinking. Comment. [10] Question 8. Comment on the critical responses that were received by the play ‘Arms and the Man.’ Question 9. Write short notes on any two: (a) Problem plays written by G B Shaw. 1/2 Meraresult.com (b) Frivolousness of Louka (c) The theme of Romanticism of War. --------------------------***--------------------------***------------------------------------ 2/2