Questions in Past Papers (PU) | Adam Bede By George Eliot | Eureka Study Aids

1. Discuss Adam's education and growth to maturity through a process of suffering; as demonstrated in George Eliot's novel Adam Bede. (2003) 

2. Trace the development of Adam Bede's self-realization through a process of emotional turmoil within him. (2004) 

3. George Eliot's Narrative Technique 1/2 (2004) 

4. The character of Adam Bede is built up from the firm foundation of Native Sagacity and an indomitable sense of justice. Comment. (2005) 

5. Unlike Hetty, Adam Bede is a man we are called upon to understand in depth; where she is static and bewildered, he is evolving and aware. (2005) 

6. Being superior to Hetty both in years and in experience of the world, Arthur's responsibility is much greater for the suffering and tragedy of poor Hetty. Discuss. (2006) 

7. Hetty lives simply by the coercive morality of the community and when this is broken, she is destroyed. Discuss. (2006) 

8. George Eliot's Art of Narration 1/2 (2006) 

9. Hetty is profoundly and eternally selfish. Discuss. (2007) 

10. Arthur is too weak to follow his own conscience without being forced to do so. Discuss. (2007) 

11. George Eliot's Art of Characterization 1/2 (2007) 

12. Adam Bede reflects George Eliot's psychological insight into human character and motives. Discuss. (2008) 

13. George Eliot's Art of Novel Writing 1/2 (2008) 

14. The novels are George Eliot are 'organic wholes' in as much as story, characters and the social environment are well integrated. Do you agree? Attempt with reference to Adam Bede. (2009) 

15. George Eliot's Realism in Adam Bede 1/2 (2009) 

16. "George Eliot's Adam Bede is nothing but Adam's growth to maturity through a process of suffering". Substantiate. (2010) 

17. How far do you think that the ending of George Eliot's Adam Bede is effective? (2011) 

18. "Of all George Eliot's novels Adam Bede possesses the most clearly discernible pattern." Elaborate. (2012) 

19. George Eliot's Vision 1/2 (2012) 

20. Would it be pertinent to interpret George Eliot's Adam Bede as an attainment of a better understanding of life? (2013) 

21. George Eliot's Intimate Knowledge of Country Life and Interests 1/2 (2013) 

22. Trace the development of Adam Bede's self-realization through a process of emotional turmoil within him. (2014) 

23. Methodism in Adam Bede 1/2 (2014) 

24. Describe George Eliot's art of characterization with special reference to Adam Bede. (2015) 

25. George Eliot's Morality 1/2 (2015) 

26. "Of all George Eliot's novels ADAM BEDE posssesses the most clearly discernible pattern." What is your opinion? (2016) 

27. Methodism in ADAM BEDE 1/2 (2016) 

28. Discuss in detail the dynamics and presentation of the Poyser family in Eliot's "Adam Bede". (2017) 

29. Religion in "Adam Bede" (2017)

30. Discuss the significance of Love as a transformative force in Eliot's "Adam Bede". (2018) 

31. Symbolism in Adam Bede 1/2 (2018) 

32. Explore how Eliot's characterization in "Adam Bede" is a probing into the human psyche, its motivations, suffering and description of the underlying connections between the conscious and subconscious. (2019)