LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 1 English 1 2022-23 ATKT 60/40 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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SECTION I - Q.1) Answer in not more than two sentences any six of the following (12 marks)

1. Q1 "A pound of that same merchant's flesh is thine, the court awards it, and the law doth give it." Identify the speaker of the quotation and the persons referred to as 'merchant'.
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2. Q2 "he is a Vagabond, and he shall not settle here, and bring a Nest of Beggars into the Parish" Who is referred as a Vagabond? From which prescribed text is the quoted question taken?
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3. Q3 "Apartment furnished for single gentleman. Inquire within." From which prescribed text the quoted sentences are taken? What do the sentences mean in the context?
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4. Q4 "and then to be hanged by the neck till you be dead." Who uttered the above quoted expression? What is the crime for which such a punishment is given?
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5. Q5 "Now the series is complete," he said with satisfaction, and sat down to inspect these things and enjoy them." Whose expression are quoted above? From which prescribed text the quotation is taken?
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6. Q6 "There are many reasons why I am not grieved, O men of Athens at the vote of condemnation." Identify the speaker of the quotation. Why was he condemned?
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7. Q7 "But neither the culprit nor his advocates attracted so much notice as the accusers." From which prescribed text the quotation is taken? Who was the culprit referred to in the quotation?
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8. Q8 "I wanted to avoid violence, I want to avoid violence." Who wanted to avoid violence? From which prescribed text the quotation is taken?
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9. Q9 "I assure my readers that there will be no more codicils and no more Epilogues." Identify the speaker of the sentence. What is an Epilogue?
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10. Q10 "A similar controversy has surrounded the interpretation of wills." Who is the writer of the above quotation? From which prescribed text is the quotation taken?
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SECTION II - Q.2) Write short notes on any two of the following (12 marks)

1. Q11 Character sketch of John Franting
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2. Q12 Soapy's change of heart in 'The Cop and the Anthem'.
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3. Q13 The Welsh Students Case.
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4. Q14 The Ward of the Court Case.
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SECTION III - Q.3.A) Select any two of the situational passages given below and answer the questions that follow (06 marks)

1. Q15 "There is a new Court House at St. Albans. It is air-conditioned. In May of this year the Crown Court was sitting there. A case was being tried about pornographic films and books. Stephen Balogh was there each day. He was a casual hand employed by solicitors for defence, just as a clerk at pound 5 a day, knowing no law. A case dragged on and on. He got exceedingly bored. He made a plan to liven it up." i) Which case is being referred to in the above passage? ii) Give a brief account of the case.
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2. Q16 "The victimization is not only a criminal offence. It is, to my mind a civil wrong - a tort as lawyers call it. This point was much discussed a few months later: and I regret to say that I found myself in a minority. It was to my mind a shocking case. A house was let out by a landlord in tenement flats. The landlord forcibly evicted one tenant called Harrand. That tenant sued the landlord for damages for wrongful eviction." i) Which case is being referred to in the above passage? ii) Give a brief account of the case.
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SECTION IV - Q.3.B) Write an essay of approximately 250 words on any one of the topics given below (06 marks)

1. Q17 Social networking site: boon or ban.
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2. Q18 Women empowerment: a myth or reality.
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SECTION V - Q.4) Attempt any two of the long answer questions given below (24 marks)

1. Q19 Critically analyse Portia's role as a lawyer in The Merchant of Venice.
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2. Q20 Comment on the evidence presented by Pudd'nhead Wilson.
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3. Q21 Discuss Socrates' views on death.
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4. Q22 Discuss some of the points made by Chagla in the Epilogue.
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