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Philadelphia University

Faculty of Arts

Department of English

Examination Sheet

PART 1 :

A : Information

Student's No. : / Name: Student's
Academic year :2015-2016 / Semester: first
Module No: 120353 / Module Title : Poetry / Tutor's Name: Dr.Areen Khalifeh
Day: Sunday / Date: 18/11/2015 / Time: 9:10-10
Examination: First
-The exam consists of four categories and the total mark is (20).
- Each question has its own mark.
-The answer must be written clearly.
C. Exam Questions, Grades and Time Allocated for Each Question:
Question / Minutes / Total point / Points Earned
1. / 30 / 12
2. / 15 / 6
3. / 5 / 2
4.
5.
Total

D- Student Comments on the Questions ( If any )

E- Tutor's Remarks:

PART II : Questions

FIRST Category :Knowledge and Understanding
The aim of these questions is to asses the basic knowledge and skills the student acquired.

Question ( 1)

Interpret the following lines from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales after pointing to the character that these lines describe.

1-  As leene was his hors as is a rake,
And he was nought right fat, I undertake,
But looked holwe, and therto sobrely. hollow
Ful thredbare was his overeste courtepy; cloak
For he hadde geten hym yet no benefice,
Ne was so worldly for to have office. Secular employment
For hym was levere have at his beddes heed
Twenty bookes, clad in blak or reed,
Of aristotle and his philosophie,
Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrye. fiddle
But al be that he was a philosophre,
Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre; coffer
But al that he myghte of his freendes hente, take
On bookes and on lernynge he it spente,
And bisily gan for the soules preye
Of hem that yaf hym wherwith to scoleye. study

2-  A lovyere and a lusty bacheler,
With lokkes crulle as they were leyd in presse. curly
Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse.
Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, moderate
And wonderly delyvere, and of greet strengthe. agile/great
And he hadde been somtyme in chyvachie expeditions
In flaundres, in artoys, and pycardie,
And born hym weel, as of so litel space, time
In hope to stonden in his lady grace. lady's
Embrouded was he, as it were a meede embroidred
Al ful of fresshe floures, whyte and reede. red
Syngynge he was, or floytynge, al the day; whistling
He was as fressh as is the month of may.
Short was his gowne, with sleves longe and wyde.

3-  So plesaunt was his in principio,
Yet wolde he have a ferthyng, er he wente. Small coin
His purchas was wel bettre than his rente. income
And rage he koude, as it were right a whelp.
In love-dayes ther koude he muchel help, much
For ther he was nat lyk a cloysterer
With a thredbare cope, as is a povre scoler,
But he was lyk a maister or a pope.
Of double worstede was his semycope, short robe
That rounded as a belle out of the presse. bell-mold
Somwhat he lipsed, for his wantownesse, lisped/affectation
To make his englissh sweete upon his tonge;
And in his harpyng, whan that he hadde songe,
His eyen twynkled in his heed aryght,
As doon the sterres in the frosty nyght.
This worthy lymytour was cleped Huberd.

Intellectual Skills

Second Category : (Cognitive and Analytical)
The aim of these questions is to asses the students ability to recognize and analyze information.

Question ( 2 )

Compare the ideal of courtly love in the prioress tale with that in the Wife of Bath. Are the female characters in the two tales different or the same? Back up your argument with evidence from the text.

THIRD Category :Practical Skills
Students should be able to apply their knowledge in solving unfamiliar problems.

In Shakespeare's sonnet 18, the persona immortalizes his lover through lines of poetry, do you believe in this or do you think that love is the thing that immortalizes the poem? Discuss your personal point of view.

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