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1. Explain any three passages with reference to the context.
2. What are the disadvantages of excessive study?
3. Write a short note on Sir Roger.
4. Who is Will Honey Comb?
5. What facilities has Sir Roger provided to the church and the villages?
6. What ideas does Lamb present about children's psychology in 'Dream Children'?
7. State Goldsmith's view of 'Citizen of the World' as described in his essay 'On National Prejudices'.
8. How does Chesterton describe the behavior of young men with old men in 'On the Pleasures of No Longer Being Very Young'?
9. What is the general opinion about the superstition of No. 13?
10. What happens when the habits are not killed? How do bad habits oppress men?
11. Who was Erasmus? What did he write about?
12. Write a note on Richard Steele as an essayist. What is his contribution to periodical essays?
13. Write a short note on Charles Lamb as an essayist.
14. Evaluate Oliver Goldsmith's prose style giving examples from 'On National Prejudices'.
15. Write a note on the contribution of Hilaire Belloc to English prose.
16. What do you mean by impersonal essay?
17. What is autobiography?
18. Write a short note on memoir.
19. What was Addison's aim in writing periodical essays?
20. What is a familiar essay?
21. What is the difference between a travelogue and memoir?
22. What do you mean by aphoristic style?
23. What is euphuism?
24. Give the names of some famous biographies.
25. What are the characteristics of a personal essay?
26. Write a critical appreciation of Bacon's essay 'Of Studies'.
27. Comment on the chief characteristics of Lamb's prose style illustrating your answer from his essay.
28. What are the suggestions given by R.L. Stevenson for useful walking in 'Walking Tours'?
29. Summarize the views of Robert Lynd as expressed in his essay 'On Holidays'.