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1. Explain with reference to the context the following passage, adding critical comments where necessary: 'Still my drum continued to beat, rippling the air with quickened tempo compelling the quick and the dead to dance and sing with their shadows.'
2. Comment critically on the following lines: 'Your hand is heavy, night, upon my brow. I bear no heart mercuric like the clouds, to dare exacerbation from your subtle plough woman as a calm, on the sea's crescent.'
3. Write a short note on 'The Mystic Drum'.
4. Bring out the chief characteristics of Derek Walcott's poetry.
5. Comment on the title of the poem 'A Far Cry from Africa'.
6. Discuss the appropriateness of the title of Things Fall Apart.
7. Comment on Chinua Achebe's treatment of cultural conflict in Things Fall Apart.
8. Write a note on J.M. Coetzee's portrayal of the South African Society in Disgrace.
9. Draw a character sketch of Mr. Biswas in A House for Mr. Biswas.
10. Write a note on the significance of the title of Fences.
11. Briefly discuss the major themes of African literature.
12. What are the distinctive features of Caribbean Literature? Discuss in brief.
13. Examine critically the achievements of Gabriel Okara as a poet.
14. Write a critical appreciation of Wole Soyinka's 'Night'.
15. Discuss A House for Mr. Biswas as a novel of Indian Diaspora.
16. Justify the title of Disgrace.
17. Evaluate August Wilson as an American playwright with reference to Fences.
18. Discuss the circumstances leading to the exile of Okonkwo from Umuofia in Things Fall Apart.