MJC 5 Question Paper Suggestion 2026 Set-3,Bankura University B.A. 4th Semester (Major) Examination, 2026: British Literature: 18th Century (MJC-5) Question Paper

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B.A. 4th Semester (Major) Mock Examination, 2026

    

ENGLISH (MJC-5) — Set 3

    

British Literature: 18th Century (NEP System)

  
     
    
Course Code: A/ENG-401/MJC-5
    
Course ID: 40311
    
Time Allowed: 2 Hours
    
Full Marks: 40
    
Instructions: The figures in the right-hand margin indicate full marks. Candidates are required to give answers in their own words as far as practicable.
  
     
    

Pattern Blueprint Note: This assessment paper strictly implements the official blueprint guidelines (04 long questions from Unit I, 02 long questions from Unit II, 04 short notes from Unit III, and 10 short-concept questions across Units I & II) mapped from IMG_20260606_200243_2.jpg.

  
  
     
              
      
        

1. Answer any one of the following questions from Unit I:

        1 × 10 = 10       
      
            
  1. Examine the portrait of the King of Brobdingnag in Book II of Gulliver's Travels. How do his views on politics and warfare mirror Swift’s own humanist philosophy?
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  2. Discuss how Jonathan Swift targets human pride and physical vanity through the imagery of the body and waste in Books I and II of Gulliver's Travels.
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  3. Analyze how Olaudah Equiano addresses his dual audience (African and European) to make his plea for immediate abolition effective.
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  4. Critically evaluate the significance of commercial trade, capitalism, and shipping records in Equiano's negotiation for his personal freedom.
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2. Answer any one of the following questions from Unit II:

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  1. Discuss Samuel Johnson’s 'London' as an architectural and sensory layout of the city, exploring how noise, crime, and dynamic crowds affect the individual.
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  2. "The path of glory leads but to the grave." Trace the structural development of this central theme in Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'.
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3. Write short notes on any two of the following topics from Unit III:

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  1. The representation of female agency and education in 18th-century English drama.
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  2. The difference between Horatian and Juvenalian modes of satire during the Augustan age.
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  3. The shift from public urban satire to personal, rural landscape observation in mid-18th-century poetry.
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  4. The stylistic contributions of Joseph Addison and Richard Steele to the evolution of modern English prose style.
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4. Answer any five of the following short questions from Units I & II:

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  1. What criteria do the Lilliputian ministers use to select candidates for high offices of state?
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  2. Why does the Lilliputian Emperor request Gulliver to walk through the main streets of Mildendo, and how does Gulliver protect the houses?
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  3. What specific commercial use does the farmer make of Gulliver when he realizes Gulliver can speak and perform tricks in Brobdingnag?
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  4. Name the Christian captain who treats Equiano with exceptional kindness and assists him with currency transactions.
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  5. Mention the specific item or luxury resource Equiano is given that makes him feel momentarily accepted among his early captors.
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  6. Which classic Roman figure does Samuel Johnson invoke at the beginning of 'London' to frame his moral withdrawal?
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  7. What does Johnson say happens to the legal system and historical laws when a city is run by political sycophants?
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  8. Explain the meaning behind the phrase "the dark unfathom'd caves of ocean" in Gray's Elegy.
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  9. What prevents the hidden rural geniuses from matching the legendary achievements of famous English heroes according to Gray?
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  10. Identify what the "breezy call of incense-breathing morn" fails to achieve at the start of the graveyard scene.
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