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PSSOU From Restoration to Middle Georgian age (1660 A. D. to 1798 A. D.) M-242 Solved Assignment 2025-26

PSSOU MA English Solved Assignment 2025-26

Pandit Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University
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Session – July – June 2025-26
M.A (English Literature) Previous
Subject – From Restoration to Middle Georgian age (1660 A. D. to 1798 A. D.)

(Assignment—1)
Section—A
1. ‘The Rape of the Lock’ is a parody of which epic poem ?
2. To what does the term ‘billet doux’ refer.
3. Which poet Dryden attacks in ‘Mac Flecknoe’ ?
4. In which university Thomas Gray was a professor ?
5. Whom does Jack love in the play ‘The Rivals’ ?
6. In which year Richard Steele started ‘The Tatler’ ?
7. Who write the play ‘The Rivals’ ?
8. Who founded ‘The Spectator Club’ ?
Section—B
9. What is the main theme of Elegy ?
10. What happened to the lock of hair at the end of the poem ?
11. Write a note on verse satire.
12. What is the moral lesson of ‘The Rivals’ ?
13. Name all the members of ‘The Spectator Club.’
14. What is restoration comedy ?
(Assignment—2)
Section—C
15. What moral lesson do you find in ‘The Rape of the Lock’ ?
16. Discuss the element of ‘fine-railling’ and wit in ‘Mac Flecknoe’ ?
17. Write a note on ‘Gray as a poet and a person.’
18. What does the epilogue mean in ‘The Rivals’ ?
(Assignment—3)
Section—D
19. Write in brief about Addison’s contribution to literature.
20. Write a note on the supernatural machinery in ‘The Rape of the Lock’.
21. Write a note of Dryden’s portraiture of Shadwell in ‘Mac Flecknoe’.
22. Explain the character of Jack Absolute in ‘The Rivals’.
(Assignment—4)
Section—E
23. What picture of 18th century social life do we get in ‘The Rape of the Lock’ ?
24. Explain the character of Sir Roger De Coverly from essays you have read.