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Q.1. Write short answers of the following in 2-3 lines each on your answer sheet. ( ) |

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i. Define Allegory. RT

ii, What does the lion symbolize in The Lion and the bull! Fla 3

iii. Discuss the impact of Dimna’s schemes on the society in Investigation of the Conduct of Dimna.

iv. What is the setting of The Ring-Dove?

y v. How does the crow defeat the owls? (The Owls and the Crows)

vi. Discuss the significance of the spider’s web in A Spider and a Fly.

Vii. What attributes are celebrated by mountain in A Mountain and a Squirrel?

vill. Who was Nausherwan and what does he symbolize?

ix. Explain: The pain you give to others eventually finds its way back fo you.

X. Define epic. Enlist the characteristics of an epic poem.

xi. ~~ What were the names of the sons of the ruler Shah Faridun?

xii. How did Rustam and Tehmina meet in Rustam and Sohrab?

Subjective Part (3*12)

oe Discuss Rustam and Sohrab as an epic.

os Write a note on the theme of kindness and reciprocity in the fable The Ring-Dove.

£4. Compare and contrast the perspectives of the cow and the goat regarding their relation with humans

and what experiences shape their views. (The Cow and the Goat).

Q.5. Discuss the main themes of Hikayat e¢ Sadi. How do these themes reflect the values concerns of

culture and morality?

Q.6. How does the fable Investigation of the Conduct of Dimna reflect themes of dishonesty and

treachery? Provide some examples from the fable.

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