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THIRD SEMESTER (CUCBCSS—UG) DEGREE EXAMINATION
NOVEMBER 2021

English
ENG 3B 02/DMENG 3B 02—READING FICTION
(2014—2018 Admissions)
Time : Three Hours Maximum : 80 Marks
I. Answer the following bunches of questions :

1 Human greed and meddling with the natural order of things is the main theme
of ——_—___—_—__..

(a) Misery. (b) The Phoenix.
(c) Miss Brill. (d) Of White Hairs and Cricket.
2 The reoccurrence of cricket in “Of White Hairs and Cricket” symbolizes —————_—_—.
(a) Love of sport. (b) World of competition.
(c) Longing to beachild again. (त) Patriotism.
3 Where did Old Jerome Warren’s brother Dick go to seek out a fortune ?
(a) Australia. (b) India
(c) West. (१) Kast
4 Where does the story The Old Man and the Sea take place ?
(a) Cuba. (b) Canary Islands.
(c) Marshall Island. (d) Puerto Rico.

5 Manolin’s parents refuse to let the boy fish with the old man because they believe Santiago is
salao. How does Hemingway translate this word ?

(a) Crazy. (b) Selfish.

(c) Washed up. (d) The worst form of unlucky.
6 Santiago thought the light of what city would guide him home ?

(a) San Juan. (b) Cardenas,

(c) Havana. (d) Bautista. Turn over

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