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Bhuvana - VI BA - World Literature - CIA-I May 2024 Answer Keys - Dot
Bhuvana - VI BA - World Literature - CIA-I May 2024 Answer Keys - Dot
Bhuvana - VI BA - World Literature - CIA-I May 2024 Answer Keys - Dot
May-2024
Programme : BA
Semester: VI Max. Marks:40
Subject : World Literature in English and in Time:1.5 Hours
Translation
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SECTION A: NOVEL
I. Answer any TWO of the following: 10*2=20
1. How does Siddhartha’s life with the Samanas condition him for his process of self-
recognition?
Teaches detachment from worldly pleasures.
Involves severe self-denial and discipline.
Realizes the futility of extremes.
Prepares for realization that true enlightenment is internal.
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1. What realization strikes Siddhartha when he leaves the Buddha?
Realizes that enlightenment cannot be taught.
Understands he must find his own path to self-discovery.
Recognizes the importance of personal experience over following others’ teachings.
2. How did Siddhartha change himself to win Kamala’s friendship and support?
Adopts a more worldly and presentable appearance.
Learns the art of love and poetry.
Gains wealth and success as a merchant.
Masters the skills of a courtesan’s lover.
2. How did Mr and Mrs. Loisel arrange and pay off their debt?
They replace the lost necklace by borrowing money.
Live a life of poverty and hard work for ten years.
Mr. Loisel takes on extra jobs and Mrs. Loisel does housework.
They sacrifice their comfort and leisure to repay the debt.
3. Discuss the theme of identity and its fragmentation in “War” by Luigi Pirandello.
Characters struggle with their roles as parents versus their individual identities.
Their nationalistic and personal identities conflict amid the trauma of war.
Fragmentation occurs as they grapple with their public persona and private grief.
The father’s breakdown reveals the vulnerability and fragmentation of self.
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