Reading Postcolonial Literature

Examinee’s
Name:
_____________________
 
 Department
of
English
 Bahauddin
Zakariya
University
 Multan
 BS‐English,
Semester‐VII,
2008‐2012
 Final‐term
Exam

 13th
January,
2012
 


Roll
Number:
___________________
 
 Course
Title:
Post‐Colonial/Postcolonial
Literature
 Course
Code:
407
 Course
Instructor:
Junaid
Hafeez
 Exam
starts
at
9:00
AM

 Time
allowed:
120
minutes

 Maximum
Marks:
50


Attempt
 all
 the
 questions.
 Let
 the
 space
 between
 adjacent
 words/lines
 be
 nominal,
 i.e.,
 do
 not
 give
 more
than
necessary
space
between
the
words
or
lines
you
produce.

 Q.1:
How
does
the
following
pamphlet
from
An
American
Brat
show
that
arbiters
of
religion
maintain
 their
hegemony
in
the
name
of
‘purity’
through
arbitrary
laws
that
do
not
follow
any
logic?
Why
has
 the
 pamphlet
 been
 written
 in
 block
 letters?
 Do
 you
 find
 any
 similarity
 for
 the
 given
 ‘rule’
 in
 your
 society
 when
 it
 comes
 to
 cross‐cultural,
 cross‐lingual,
 and
 cross‐provincial
 marriages,
 or
 when
 the
 bride
and
groom
do
not
belong
to
the
same
caste/religious
sect?
How
would
you
infer
from
the
given
 sermon
 that
 the
 given
 attitude
 suggested/ordered
 by
 the
 religious
 powers
 is
 a
 threat
 to
 pluralism,
 peace,
and
harmony
in
the
society/world?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 











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 NOTICE
 PLEASE NOTE THAT ACCORDING TO THE PARSEE, ZOROASTRIAN RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, PERCEPTS, TENETS, DOCTRINES, HOLY SCRIPTURES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, ONCE A PARSEE-ZOROASTRIAN MARRIES A NONZOROASTRIAN, HE OR SHE IS DEEMED TO HAVE RENOUNCED THE FAITH AND CEASES TO BE A PARSEE-ZOROASTRIAN. THE LAWS OF PURITY OF THE ZOROASTRIAN FAITH FORBID INTERMARRIAGES, AS MIXING PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL GENES IS CONSIDERED A CARDINAL CRIME AGAINST NATURE. HENCE, HE OR SHE DOES NOT HAVE ANY COMMUNAL OR RELIGIOUS RIGHTS OR PRIVILEGES. Q.2:
 After
 going
 through
 the
 given
 passage
 from
 God
 of
 Small
 Things
 and
 the
 photograph
 showing
 castrated
 horse
 statues
 in
 Multan
...