[BA 5th Sem Question Papers, Dibrugarh University, 2013, English, Major, Great European Thinkers]
UNIT – I
1. Answer any one of the following: 14
- What re the main difficulties faced by a ruler in a mixed principality? How does Machiavelli guide the prince through this complex new state in ‘Chapter 3’ of The Prince?
- “Therefore it is necessary for a prince to understand how to avail himself of the beast and the man.” Analyze this statement by Machiavelli.
- Why is it necessary for a prince to avoid being despised and hated, according to Machiavelli? How can a prince do this?
UNIT – II
2. Answer any one of the following: 14
- Examine Locke’s theory of the imperfection of word.
- Write a note on John Locke as a philosopher.
- “As to communication by words, that too has a double use – I. Civil, and II. Philosophical.”
Examine the above statement of Locke.
UNIT – III
3. Answer any one of the following: 14
- How does Rousseau try to balance the rights and duties of the citizen in his philosophical analysis in the extract from The Social Contract? Give a reasoned answer.
- How does Rousseau address the conflict between the demands for individual liberty and the need to surrender to the mind of society? Discuss.
- Why did Rousseau find it necessary to put forward his social contract theory? How is it relevant to the study of literature?
UNIT – IV
4. Answer any one of the following: 14
- Why does Marx link history to class struggle? Is it a universal phenomenon? Discuss.
- Discuss the steps in the development of the bourgeoisie as depicted by Marx.
- Would you agree with Marx’s explanation of human character in terms of economic determinism?
Or
Would you make a case for exceptions too?
UNIT – V
5. Answer any four of the following: 4x4=16
- What is Machiavellianism? Elucidate.
- Why and how can a prince keep faith? Write briefly.
- Write a short note on the concept of ‘arbitrary imposition’ of ideas on words, as Locke perceives it.
- Write a brief note on the concept of ‘the sovereign’ after Rousseau.
- Show your acquaintance with The Communist Manifesto by Marx.
- Write a briefly about the steps in the rise of the proletariat as delineated by Marx.
UNIT – VI
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6. Give very short answers to any eight of the following: 1x8=8
- Name a book written by Niccolo Machiavelli.
- What does Locke mean by the term ‘idea’?
- Name the book written by Rousseau where the chapter ‘Citizen’ appears.
- Which nation did Karl Marx belong to?
- Who is the writer of Das Kapital?
- What did Marx mean by the term ‘bourgeoisie’?
- Which philosopher advocated the concept of ‘return to nature’?
- Which nationality did the empiricist philosopher John Locke belongs to?
- Which century did Niccolo Machiavelli belong to?
- What, according to Rousseau, is the ‘rift model of political societies’?
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