CAMFORD UNIVERSITY FINALS JUNE 2050: ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Section A: Questions 1,2,3 are Multiple Choice. In each question there is only one wrong answer. It should be obvious which one it is.

Spelling and punctuation will not be taken into account. Inclusiveness, avoidance of divisiveness and elitism will earn extra marks.

1. Shakespeare's "King Lear" deals with the theme of

(a) Senile dementia and the need for euthanasia
(b) Male chauvinism
(c) Marxist critique of the family as an institution.
(d) Female aspiration
(e) Hamartia and peripateia.

2. Bob Dylan is:

(a) The new Keats.
(b) Better than Keats.
(c) The greatest poet since Pam Gems.
(d) The greatest poet since Siegfried Sassoon.
(d) Crap.

3. Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' is:

(a) An interesting piece of literary archaeology, but homophobic.
(b) A critique of the Roman Catholic Church.
(c) Only readable when raunchy.
(d) Written in Old English.
(e) The first great work of literature in modern English.

4. Imagine you are Hamlet, and have just seen your father's ghost. Stand up in the space between the desks and act out your feelings for five ot ten minutes. Then write about a hundred words about how you felt.

5. You are working in Macdonalds. (You will be).

How do you feel about that? (100 words)