SARAH TUCKER COLLEGE (AUTONOUMOUS) TIRUNELVELI-7

II CIA FEBRUARY 2020 II MA ENGLISH

CANADIAN LITERATURE SUB.CODE:18-4PEH15
Time:1 hr Marks:30
Part A

I. Choose the best Answer 4x1=4

1. Mary Schaffer first visited ------- in 1888
a) The Canadian Rockies b) London c) America d) Egypt
2. What is the subtitle of the poem The Lonely Land?
a) Group of Seven b) My Canada c) A wild duck d) Quebec
3. The Narrator return to ------ in the novel Surfacing
a) Manitoba b) Quebec c) California d) London
4. April is blamed by her foster parents for being a -------
a) Black b) half breed c) girl d) None

Part B
II. Answer the following 2x5=10
5. a) Give a brief sketch of the Metis Community
(or)
b) Why are April and Cheryl given to foster Parents?
6. a) Comment on the character of Dr. Jacob Waterman in James Reaney’s Three
Desks.
(or)
b)Describe the role of Prof. Max Niles in James Reaney’s Three Desks.
Part C
2x8=16
III. Answer the following
7. a) i) Write a short note on Mary Shaffer’s style in writing poetry.
ii) Why does the narrator return to Quebec in the Novel Surfacing?
(or)
b)i) Write a short note on Mary Shaffer’s Old Indian Trials.
ii) Trace the circumstances that led to the abortion of the baby in the hospital

8. a) i) Explain the relationship between the author and nature in J.M. The Lonely
Land
ii) Write a note on the Portrayal of the nameless heroine of Surfacing
(or)
b)i) Write a note on Archibald Lampman’s A January Morning.
ii) What is the message of the father to the protagonist in Part II of Margaret
Atwood’s Surfacing.