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MODEL HOME WORK No. :2

Term : Spring Course Code : ENG 109

Course Title: Reading and Writing Skills-II Max. Marks: 30

Name of the planner : Rupinder Toor ID of the planner :

Important: Industry oriented academic activity should be encouraged. If the academic activity is

organization based, please specify the organization with respect to the assignment / HW. Absolute

theoretical academic assignments, which involve only copying from the books, should not be given.

Evaluation criteria should also be specified in the space provided below:

S.No Roll No Objective of

Academic Activity

Topic Organization (if

applicable)

Evaluation

Criteria

1. To all

students

To enable better

understanding of the

texts

Assignment

based on

questions and

vocabulary of

Vision and The

Village by Sea

NA Sentence

construction

Vocabulary

Originality

thought

The following particulars are to be filled by course instructors (section wise) after modifying the

model HW appropriately for their section. They are not to be filled by the HW planner :

School Deptt. : LSA Program : Section: R1908

Date of Allotment: 19.03.11 Date of Submission: 02..03.11

Name and Unique ID of Course Instructor : Rupinder

Q1. Discuss the themes in The Village by the Sea. (150 words) [10marks]

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Q2.Write the meaning of the following words and then use those words in framing sentences:

a) crumpled

b) fermented

c) turmoil

d) Braggart

e) fascinated [05marks]

Q3.Read the passage below and answer the given questions in 1-2 lines:

"" The time might come when it would be good for your husband to break his oath and marry

again." But the woman, who was within me, said: "That may be; but all the same an oath is

an oath, and there is no way out." The Goddess, who was within me, answered: " That is no

reason why you should exult over it." But the woman, who was within me, replied: " What yousay is quite true, no doubt; all the same he has taken his oath." And the same story went on

again and again. At last the Goddess frowned in silence, and the darkness of a horrible fear

came down upon me.

a) The time might come when it would be good for your husband to break his oath and

marry again." .Who said this to whom and why ? [2]

b) who is the goddess and what mental turmoil is she undergoing?[1]

c) What has happened in the end of the story ? [1]

d) Is the title of the story justified? [1]

Q4.Discuss the character of Abinash in the story Vision. 70-80 words [05 marks]

Q5. Analyze the character of Hari in The Village by the Sea. 70-80 words [05 marks]

Q6. You are awful as my God. I cannot live my everyday life with you. I want a womanjust

an ordinary womanwhom I can be free to chide and coax and pet and scold." Discuss the

relevance of given lines in todays world. [15 marks]

will tell you the truth. I am afraid of you. Your blindness has enclosed you in its fortress, and Ihave now no entrance. To me you are no longer a woman. You are awful as my God. I

cannot live my everyday life with you. I want a womanjust an ordinary womanwhom Ican be free to chide and coax and pet and scold."

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