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LET Reviewer English
1. Identify the play from which lines are taken: Will thou be gone? It is not yet near day.
It was the nightingale, and not the lark The period the fearful hollow of thine ear;
Nightly she sings on your pomegranate tree; Believe me, love, it was the nightingale
a. Love’s Labour’s Lost
b. Othello
c. Romeo and Juliet
d. Cymbeline
2. Identify the poem from which the following line is taken: DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES.
AND I WILL PLDGE WITH ME. OR LEAVE A KISS BUT IN THE CUP. AND I’LL NOT LOOK FOR WINE.
a. Song to Celia
b. Crossing the Bar
c. Ode to the West Wind
d. She was a Phantom of Delight
3. Identify the poem from the lines are taken:
Have glimpse that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow is wreathed horn
a. Auguries of Innocence
b. God Moves in a Mysterious Way
c. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
d. The World is Too Much with Us
4. Identify the author of the poem torn which the following lines are taken:
O is she Rosely loved is she lovely rosed
O is she lovely sung as seashells?
a. Fernando M. Maramag
b. Mauro Mendez
c. Natividad Marquez
d. Jose Garcia Villa
5. Who said, “These are the times that try men’s souls?”
a. James Madison
b. Thomas Paine
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. Thomas Jefferson
6. Who wrote the novel WAR AND PEACE?
a. Specer
b. Turgenev
c. Shaw
d. Tolstoy
7. Identify the play from which the lines are take: All that glitters is not gold;
Often you have heard that told;
Many a man his life hath sold but my outside to behold; Glided tombs do norms enfold.
a. MECHANT OF VENICE
b. HAMLET
c. AS YOU LIKE IT
d. MACBETH
8. WHO SAID, “Ask not what tour country can do for you, but what you can do for you country?”
a. Richard M. Nixon
b. John F. Kennedy
c. Dwight D. Eisenhower
d. Lyndon B. Johnson’
9. Identify the poem from which the stanza is take: Trust no future, howe’er pleasant
Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act-act in the living Present Heart within, and God o’erhead
a. HYMN TO THE NIGHT
b. THE CROSS OF SHOW
c. MY LOST YOUTH
d. A PSALM OF LIFE
10. What sense image is used in this line from Latorena’s The Small Key? “There were dark, newly plowed furrows where in due time timorous seedlings would rise to sturdy stalks and golden grain, to a rippling yellow sea in the wind and sun during harvest time.”
A. tactile
B. olfactory
C. visual
D. auditory
11. “Soledad nodded. Her eyes followed her husband down the road, noting the fine set of his head and shoulders, the ease of his stride. A strange ache rose in her throat.” Which emotion best describes Soledad’s feelings in this excerpt from Latorena’s the Small Key?
A. fervent desire
B. discomfort from sore throat
C. instinctive suspicion
D. twinge of sadness
12. What figure of speech is used in this last paragraph from Latorena’s The Small Key? “How quiet and peaceful the day was! A cow that had strayed by looked over her shoulder with a round vague inquiry and went on chewing her cud, blissfully unaware of such things as a gnawing fear in the heart of a woman and a still smoldering resentment in a man’s.
A. irony
B. simile
C. personification
D. metaphor
13. What does William Norris want you to do in his ZIP THE LIP?
If your lips would keep from slips. Five things observe with care;
To whom you speak; of whom you speak And how, when, and where
a. To be truthful
b. To be sincere
c. To show kindness
d. To observe confidentiality
14. Identify the poem from which the lines are taken: Oh’ Lift me as a wave a lead, a cloud!
I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!
A heavy weight of hours has Chann'd and Bow'd One too like thee-tameless, and swift, and proud.
a. Ode to the West Wind
b. Crossing the Bar
c. Ode to Evening
d. My Last Duckess
15. What figure of speech is used in the lines below?
His bright eyes rolled, they never seemed to settle. And glittered like the flowers beneath a kettle:
Geoffrey Chancer, The Canterbury Tales
a. Simile
b. Hyperbole
c. Metaphor
d. Personification
16. Which TYPE reading is CHORAL READING?
a. Buddy
b. Shared
c. Guided
d. Reading aloud to students
17. Of the different principles of effectives teaching of reading, which is IMPROPERLY stated?
a. Effective teachers use the four cueing system to support students
b. Effective teachers used instructional approaches on how children learn
c. Effective teachers go out of the structured classrooms to create community of readers
d. Effective teachers select appropriate reading materials
18. Which languages system is focused on VOCABULARY?
a. Syntactic
b. Pragmatic
c. Semantics
d. Phonological
19. Which theory claims that readers have difficulty in comprehension because they are focused on WORD IDENTIFICATION?
a. Submersion
b. Automaticity
c. Alphabetic
d. Immersion
20. Which speech is considered of the greatest speeches for its vision of American democracy by a
U.S political leader?
a. THE GETTYS BURG ADDRESS
b. John F Kennedy’s INAUGURAL SPEECH
c. LINCOLNMEMORIAL ADDRESS
d. Patrick Henry’s speech
21. Which play of Jose M. Hernandez tells of an artisan who forged cannons for the use of the Spaniards?
a. THE REAL LEADER
b. PANDAY PIRA
c. THE FILIPINO REBEL
d. THE CRY OF THE PHILIPPINES
22. If Dick’s father is John’s son, what relation has Dick to John?
a. Nephew
b. Brother
c. Son
d. Grandson
23. Consider these lines from “The Ideal wife”:
FAVOR IS DECEITFULL AND BEAUTY IS VAIN BUT WOMAN THAT FEARETH THE LORD, SHE SHALL BE PRAISED
Which word infers the moral of the verse?
a. Praised
b. Faareh
c. Favor
d. Beauty
24. Which novel written by Kerima-Tuvera tells of the story of Emma Mercene who struggles for consummation of purse and clean love?
a. THE BARAGAY
b. THE HAND OF THE ENEMY
c. A CHILD OF SORROW
d. THE FILIPINO REBEL
25. William Wordsworth wrote “SHE WAS PHANTOM OF DELIGHT” from which the lines are taken: SHE WAS PHANTOM OF DELIGHT WHEN FIRST SHE GLEAMED UPON SIGHT; A LOVELY APPARITON, SENT
TO BE A MOMENT’S ORNAMENT;
Which figure of speech is used?
a. Hyperbole
b. Personification
c. Metaphor
d. Simile
26. “It is only the heart that one can see nightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” From THE LITTLE PRINCE
BY ANTOINE DE ST. EXUPERY
The aspiration drawn from quote is that
a. Important things are visible to the eye
b. There are things which the eye cannot see.
c. It is better to see things with the heart
d. Only the heart can see the beautiful things in life.
27. Robert Browning wrote” CHILDE ROLAND TO THE DARK TOWER” from which the lines are taken:
NOON STRIKES- HERE SWEEPS THE PROCESSIONI OUR LADY BORNE SMILING AND SMART
WITH A PINK GAUZE GOWN ALL SPANGLES, AND SEVEN SWORDS STRUCK IN HER HEART!
What do the lines mean?
a. The seven swords represent the attributes of the Virgin Mary.
b. It talks of the gifts to the Virgin Mary
c. The swords symbolize the Virgin Mary’s sorrows
d. The Lady is Elizabeth Barrett Browning
28. Consider this poem entitled WINGS written by Victor Hugo. Be like the bird, who Halting in this flight On limb too slight Feels it give way beneath him Yet sings Knowing be hain wings
a. Listen to advices
b. Believe in yourself
c. Be courageous
d. Don’t be over confident
29. Who wrote “HESPERIDES” which contains lyrics filled with themes about country life and beauty?
a. Lord Byron
b. Robert Herrick
c. John Milton
d. George Herbert
30. Which sonnet enumerates the reasons for loving Elizabeth Barrett Browning?
a. SONNET 44
b. SONNET 15
c. SONNET 14
d. SONNET 43
31. How many were going to St. Ives according to these lines? As I was going to St. Ives
I met a man with seven wives: Every wife had seven sacks; Every sack had seven cats; Every cat had seven kits.
a. One
b. Twenty – five
c. Nine
d. Twenty – three
32. Which novel written by E.M. Foster satirizes the manners of the middle-class English folk with their provincial class clannishness and prejudices?
a. WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD
b. A ROOM WITH A VIEW
c. THE LONGEST JOURNEY
d. HOWARDS END
33. What is alluded to by these lines? The man who made it did not want it.
The man who bought it did not use want it The man who used it did not use it
Try to guess just to call just what to call it.
a. Poison
b. Gun
c. Coffin
d. Bomb
34. What does John Keats in the poem, BARDS OF PASSION AND OF MIRTH want these writers to do?
a. To recognize their souls left on earth
b. To avoid living double life
c. To inspire and teach them
d. To remember their souls in heaven
35. Why is THE NAKED AND THE DEAD written by Norman Mailer considered as one of the finest novels written in America since World War II?
a. It portrayed the limitations of radicalism, honor, and virtue in the modem world.
b. It has documentary style, directness, and reality.
c. It was a true picture of World War II
d. It was from his military experiences.
36. Which poem by William Ernest Henley answers the question; Do humans control their own lives?
a. REMMEMBER
b. INVICTUS
c. PRECIOUS STONES
d. THE ALDERKING
37. Who wrote TO LUCASTA?
a. Robert Herrick
b. Richard Lovelace
c. Thomas Carew
d. John Sucking
38. Which earned for Joyce Carol Oayes the title THE DARK LADY OF AMERICAN LETTERS?
a. The beautiful insights imposed on her characters and settings
b. Her writings have been experiential
c. Her ability to describe and narrate realities
d. The unrelieved sense of death that pervades her writings
39. Which psalm is a song of joy and reverence?
a. Psalms 7
b. Psalms 23
c. Psalms 8
d. Psalms 24
40. John Milton wrote “ONHIS BLINDNESS” for which this line is taken: THEY ALSO SERVE WHO ONLY STAND AND WAIT.
Which Filipino Trait
a. Juan “Tamad” attitude
b. “Pakikisama”
c. “Pakikibahagi”
d. “Karangalan”
41 – 43.
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King delivered his famous LINCOLN MEMORIAL ADDRESS from which these paragraphs are taken:
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustration of the moment; I still have a dream.
It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood…
41. Which is the dream of Martin Luther King?
a. Freedom for Jews and gentiles
b. Freedom for all of God’s children
c. Freedom for the black men from Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and slums and ghettos of Northern cities.
d. Freedom for America
42. Which is the dream of Martin Luther King?
a. Freedom for Jews and Gentiles
b. Freedom for all of God’s children
c. Freedom for the black men from Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and slums and ghettos of Northern cities
d. Freedom for America
43. Which difficulties and frustrations are being referred to:
a. Forced segregation, jobs, housing, education, and breath
b. Voting, public accommodation and housing
c. Government indifference
d. Religion with its practices
44. Which refers to CREED?
a. My dream is rooted in America
b. I have a dream
c. The truth is evident
d. All men are created equal
45- 46
John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivered his famous INAGURAL SPEECH from which the paragraphs are taken:
And, so my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country.
My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
45. What is John F. Kenedy asking the citizens of American and the citizens of the world?
a. Economic cooperation
b. Cooperation and support against terrorism
c. High standards of strength and sacrifice too safeguard freedom
d. Adherence to democratic ideals, principles and practices
46. What does Shakespeare want to infer in this line?
The fault, dear BRUTUS, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
a. A statue has never been set up in honor of a critic
b. “Be content with things you have.”
c. Dreams don’t work unless you do
d. A great man is always willing to be little.
47. Which is Chaucer’s collection stories in verse showing his skill as a storyteller in giving a vivid picture of English society in the 1300’s?
a. THE DIVINE COMEDY
b. THE NEW LIFE
c. THE SONG OF ROLAND
d. THE CANTERBURY TALES
48. Which work of Henry David Thoreau contains civil disobedience and passive resistance which were practiced by Mahatma Gandhi of India and Martin Luther King , Jr. in their protest against their governments?
a. ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
b. A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS
c. WALDEN
d. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
49. Alfredo Salazar undergoes epiphany at the end of Marquez-Benitez’ story. What does epiphany mean?
A. regret
B. insight
C. freedom
D. confusion
50. Which BEST described the READING AND THE WRITING PROCESSES?
a. The stages occur in sequence
b. The arrangement implies that the different language arts develop separately
c. The different stages merge and repeat
d. Children different mental process for reading, listening, talking and writing
51. Which of the theories of learning, language and literacy views children as having the ability to relate new information to prior knowledge?
a. Constructivist
b. Interactive
c. Reader response
d. Sociolinguistic
52. What kind of word is TELECAST?
a. Blend
b. Acronym
c. Borrowed
d. Clipped
53. Which word should receive a high level /3/ in this sentence? SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR HER.
a. Look
b. Someone
c. Is looking
54. Which of the theories of learning, language and literacy emphasizes comprehension as students read?
a. Reader Response
b. Constructivist
c. Interactive
d. Sociolinguistic
55. Which of the theories of learning, language and literacy views children as to having the ability to organize and integrate information is schemata?
a. Constructivist
b. Reader Response
c. Sociolinguistic
d. Interactive
56. What do ‘dead stars’ symbolize in Marquez- Benitez’ story?
A. the let-down feeling over the truth of a disillusionment
B. the dilemma between responsibility and freedom
C. the discovery of how life’s values change with time
D. the doubts and uncertainty that stand in a relationship.
57. Which reading and writing SKILL is reading and making graphs?
a. Study
b. Language
c. Reference
d. Decoding
58. “Things that are beautiful have a way of hurting. I destroy when I feel hurt.” What does Fabian’s thoughts reveal about his character?
A. bitter
B. goal-oriented
C. persistent
D. vindictive
59. What system do students use in capitalization and punctuation rules?
a. Pragmatic
b. Phonological
c. Semantic
d. Syntactic
60. Which gives the television an EDGE over print media?
a. Proximity
b. Visual
c. Color
d. Motion
61. Which question falls under the LITERAL COMPREHENSION LEVEL?
a. In the story, who is short?
b. Why is it good to be short?
c. Do you agree with the horse when it said that it is to be what you are?
d. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being tall and short?
62. What method of paragraph development is used in this main idea?
THE EXODUS OF FILIPINO WORKERS TO THE MIDDLE EAST IS A COMPLEX PSYCHO-ECONOMIC PHENOMENON.
a. Classification
b. Process
c. Analysis
d. Cause-effect
63. Which word contains G pronounced as /g/ the hard sound?
a. Nation
b. Rescue
c. Gate
d. Giant
64. Which word is accented on the second syllable?
a. Nation
b. Rescue
c. Himself
d. Garment
65. An interior monologue is prepared when one is .
a. Reviewing events
b. Making a decision
c. Planning
d. Arguing
66. Which is the appropriate way to read REFRAIN in a poem?
a. Put force on the refrain
b. Use normal ton
c. Sing the refrain portion
d. Read in a softer voice than the verse
67. If someone SHRUGS his/her shoulders, which of the following does he/she manifest?
a. Impatience
b. Despair
c. Puzzlement
d. Indifference
68. Which of the following words does not rhyme with the rest?
CENT, RANG, TEMPS , LENTE
a. Lente
b. Temps
c. Rang
d. Cent
69. Which words should receive a mid-pitch level /2/ in this sentence?
a. Is looking
b. Looking for
c. For me
d. Everybody is
70. What correction should be made to this sentence? Our office was moved about fifty blocks from the 7thstreet to 58th Street in New Manila.
a. Change fifty to 50 and 7th to Seventh
b. Change 7th to Seventh
c. Change 7th to seventh
d. Change fifty to 50 and 7th to seventh
71. Which sentence is CORECTLY written?
a. The S.E.C. has three new members: Dr. Carla Chang. Professor Marcos Ruso, and Roberto Principe. Esq.
b. The SEC has three new members: Dr. Carla Chang, Professor Marcos Ruso, and Roberto Principe, Ecs.
c. The SEC has three new members: Dr. Carla Chang, Professor Marcos Ruso and Roberto Principe Esq
d. The SEC has three new members: Dr. Carla Chang, Professor Marcos Ruso and Roberto Principe Esq.
72. What rhythmical device is used in this line from Latorena’s The Small Key? “…even the low square nipa house that stood in unashamed relief against the gray green haze of grass and leaves.”
A. alliteration
B. assonance
C. consonance
D. anaphora
73. What are this line delivered by a TV host? “NEXT, OIL PRICES GOING UP.”
“COMING UP: SANDRA CAM UPDATE.”
a. Bumpers
b. Teasers
c. Commercials
d. Station identification
74. What kind of word is AWOL?
a. Borrowed
b. Clipped
c. Acronym
d. Blend
75. Who comes between the station and the listeners?
a. News reader
b. Scriptwriter
c. Assignment editor
d. Reporter
76. Which phrase should be used to provide explanations?
a. Today, you will have to learn this, or else…
b. This is a long assignment, but you’ll just have to do it.
c. Complete this exercise, otherwise, there’ll be trouble
d. This will be difficult, but it fits in with …
77. Which phrase should be used to accept diversity?
a. Please use ideas that fit in with what I say in class.
b. That’s not the kind of answer we can accept around here.
c. That’s not how I see it, but I can understand how others might see if differently
d. I’ve never heard that expression before, so let’s not start something new.
78. What comment should be avoided so as not to discourage learners?
a. good work
b. You’ve got it
c. You’re being lazy again
d. good try
79. Which behavior is NOT manifested by one who has INTERPERSONNAL INTELLIGENCE?
a. Pursues personal interest
b. Has lots of friends
c. Volunteers help when others need it
d. Enjoys cooperatives game
80. Which approach should be used for teaching reading?
a. Basal textbook
b. Language process
c. Psycholinguistic
d. Skills monitoring
81. Which phrase should be used to give praise and encouragement?
a. That was quick
b. You can never pay attention, can you?
c. That’s a dumb answer
d. I can see you never study.
82. If a student thinks in words and uses language and words in many different forms to express complex meanings, surely he likes to
a. Ask questions
b. Use body language
c. Dance, act, or mine
d. Tell jokes or riddles
83. Which word is an EXCEPTION to the rule when two vowels go walking; the first one does the talking?
a. Head
b. Each
c. Teach
d. Meat
84. Which error is made when the student reads FEATHER for FATHER?
a. Graph phonic
b. Pragmatic
c. Semantic
d. Syntactic
85. Which word is an EXCEPTION to the CVC rule?
a. Cup
b. Land
c. Bat
d. Fork
86. Which should be the cause for poor comprehension?
a. Limited knowledge
b. Lack automaticity
c. Limited vocabulary
d. Insufficient experiences
87. Which stage of the READING PROCESS is inferred when students construct projects?
a. Reading
b. Responding
c. Exploring
d. Extending
88. Which errors is made when the student reads STREAKED for STRETCHED?
a. Syntactic
b. Pragmatic
c. Semantic
d. Graphophonic
89. Which instructional procedure makes use of CHILDREN ‘S LANGUAGE and EXPERIENCES?
a. Directed-Reading-Thinking Activity
b. Language Experience Approach
c. Mastery Learning
d. Individualized method
90. Which is an informal tool for determining student READING LEVELS?
a. Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)
b. Double-Reading-Thinking Activity
c. Double-Entry Journal
d. Mastery Learning
91. Which reading takes place when TWO STUDENTS READ A TEXT TOGETHER?
a. Shared
b. Independent
c. Guided
d. Buddy
92. Which is an ALTERNATIVE to traditional reading instruction that allows children to choose books themselves?
a. Reading Workshop
b. In-service Training
c. Writing Workshop
d. Seminar Workshop
93. Which instructional procedure is a BOOK DISCUSSION in which students explore, make interpretation and reflect on their feelings?
a. Directed Reading-Thinking Activity
b. Double Entry journal
c. Cloze Procedure
d. Grand Conversation
94. What is the instructional procedure used when the gather information about reader’s
abilities to deal with the content and structure of texts read?
a. Cubing
b. Grand Conversation
c. Cloze Procedure
d. K-W-L Chart
95. Which activity makes use of the ELKONIN boxes?
a. Sound watching
b. Segmentation
c. Sound Blending
d. Sound Isolation
96. Which is an INTERDISCIPLINARY UNIT that integrates reading and writing with other curricular areas like social studies, science, mathematics and values education?
a. Cluster
b. Collaborative report
c. Theme study
d. Learning log
97. Which assessment tool is used to measure students’ reading comprehension?
a. Reading Logs
b. Running Record
c. Grand conversation
d. Anecdotal Notes
98. Which activity do a QUICK WRITE or QUICK DRAW, then crumple, throw, and read these pieces of paper?
a. Quaker Reading
b. Snowball Toss
c. Carquset
d. Hot Seat
99. Which are cards to which illustrations and text from a picture book are attached.
a. Story Boards
b. Story Quilts
c. Word Wall
d. Story Maps
100. Which reading takes place when the lead leader reads each line then the group repeats it?
a. Cumulative reading
b. Small group reading
c. Echo reading
d. Chorus reading
101. Below is a sentence from DON QUIXOTE:
In a village of La Mancha a name of which I have no desire to recall, there lived not so long ago one of those gentlemen who always have a lance in the rock, an ancient buckle, a skinny nag and a greyhound….
Which question should you ask if you reading it at a LITERAL LEVEL?
a. Is there a figurative language used?
b. Which word will lown?
c. What are the figurative language and sound techniques used?
d. Which technique creates humor?
102-103. read the poem, 25th HIGH SCHOOL REUNION by Linda Pastan and answer the questions that follows.
We come to hear the endings of all the stories in our anthology of false starts:
how the girl who seemed as hard as hails was the girl who seemed like hard nails
was hammered into shape, how the athletes ran Out of races; How skulls rise to the surface
Like rocks in the bed of a drying stream. Look! We have all Turned into Ourselves.
102. After reading the poem at the THIRD LEVEL, which question should be asked?
a. What were their transformations after 25 years?
b. Who is speaking in the poem?
c. What happened during the reunion?
d. What is meant by the comparison under the skin/ our skull rise /to the surface/ like rocks in the bed/ of a drying stream”?
103. Which question should be asked when the poem is read at the FIRST LEVEL?
a. Who attended the 25th high school reunion?
b. What language is used in the poem?
c. Why were their faces as sharp and pointed as the rocks?
d. To what are the once-young students compared?
104. Which is the lowest of comprehension?
a. critical comprehension
b. critical evaluation
c. literal comprehension
d. Integration
105. Which is the highest level of comprehension?
a. Literal comprehension
b. Critical evaluation
c. Critical comprehension
d. Integration
106. “They dressed him in purple and linen, in myth and mystery, put him astride a black stallion, at the wheel of a blue automobile.” How do the townspeople regard Mr. Reteche in Rotor’s Zita?
A. They find him difficult and confusing.
B. They were in awe of his presence.
C. They mocked him.
D. They respected and admired him.
107. The Maranao stories about Pilandok are examples of.
a. fantastic stories
b. Creation myths
c. Folk tales
d. Folk epics
108. Which of the following epic is about the exploits of early Muslim warriors who fought in defense of Islam?
a. Indarapatra and Sulayman
b. Bantugan
c. Parang Sabu
d. Darangan
109. Which book in the New Testament includes a vision of the end of the world and the second coming of Jesus?
a. Epistle of Hebrews
b. Revelations
c. Epistle of James
d. Colossians
110. Which of the following terms describes the subject matter, style, tone and attitude of the literature of ancient Greek and Rome?
a. Romanticism
b. Realism
c. Classicism
d. Naturalism
111. The Greek alphabet is adapted from the consonantal writing developed by the
a. Phoenicians
b. Assyrians
c. Babylonians
d. Hebrews
112. Which of the following is Carlos Bulosan’s celebrated autobiography?
a. Falling Leaves
b. The laughter of My Father
c. America is in the Heart
d. Footnote to Youth
113. The type of novel which became popular, in the 18th century is .
a. Religious
b. Picaresque
c. Epistolary
d. Gothic
114. Who died at the end of Iliad?
a. Achilles
b. Agamemnon
c. Menelaus
d. Ballad
115. Which of the following is NOT a lyric poem?
a. Ode
b. Sonnet
c. Elegy
d. Ballad
116. The most authentic record of Confucian teaching form which the Tao or Way was learned the correct principles of governing both self and state is .
a. Tu Fu
b. Analects
c. Shih Ching
d. Tao-te Ching
117. What literacy movement in American literature examines life as it is?
a. Romanticism
b. Realism
c. Puritanism
d. Naturalism
118. “The Tale of Genji” was written by .
a. Akutagawa Ryunosuki
b. Lady Murasoki Shokibu
c. Kawabata Syaonari
d. Lady Murasaka
119. Madame Bovary is considered as the best example of French .
a. Realism
b. Naturalism
c. Existentialism
d. Symbolism
120. What is the English translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s “Gitanjail”
a. Patriotic Hymns
b. Devotional Songs
c. Song of Offerings
d. Songs Caesar
121. Who of the following Romans was never emperor?
a. Catullus
b. Claudius
c. Caligula
d. Juluis Caesar
122. Which is NOT a work of Leo Tolstoy?
a. Father and Sons
b. The Death of Ivan Illyach
c. War and Peace – Tolstoy
d. Anna Karenina
123. Which of the following cities was NOT a center of government, religion and culture in the third millennium B.C.?
a. Babylon
b. Baghdad
c. Nineveh
d. Thebes
124. Who among these writers is famous for using local color in his stories?
a. Manuel Arguilla
b. Carlos Bulosan
c. F. Sionel Jose
d. Juan C. Laya
125. What narrative poem tells of the heroic exploits of great heroes?
a. Romance
b. Ballad
c. Epic
d. Lyric
126. If Divine Comedy is characterized by absolute faith in a single truth, what best characterizes Boccaccio’s Decameron?
a. An equally devout reference for this truth
b. A complete negation of Christian doctrine
c. Characteristics of the merchant class
d. A sexual libertinism that seeks to revive the great pleasures of Ancient Rome
127. Time is a pair scissors And life, a bolt of brocade When the lost section is done
The scraps are committed to a bonfire
The key idea expressed in the stanza above is the .
a. Transitoriness of life
b. Cruelty of time
c. Beauty of life
d. Destruction of beauty
128. Which of the following literacy genre was used to express social protest during the early days of American regime?
a. Zarsuela
b. Comedia
c. Cenaculo
d. Duplo
129. In Homer’s epic, who kept Odysseus on her Island for seven years?
a. Athena
b. Calypso
c. Helen
d. Penelope
130. Who wrote “Mga Ibong Mandaragat”?
a. Amado V. Hernandez
b. Lualhati Bautista
c. Virgilio Almario
d. Edgardo Reyes
131. A distinct of poetry during the age of modernism is .
a. Measure
b. Blank verse
c. Free verse
d. Rhyme
132. Her way of speaking is as entertaining as a laundry list “is an example of .
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Hyperbole
d. Onomatopoeia
133. Which short narrative poem is intended to be sung?
a. Ballad
b. Lyric
c. Epic
d. Romance
134. What is the usual ending of a Comedia?
a. Death of the prince
b. Victory of Muslims
c. Death of the queen
d. Victory of Christians
135. The period of American Renaissance gave birth to.
a. Romanticism
b. Naturalism
c. Transcendentalism
d. Realism
136.“Yes, thou shalt die, And lie
Dump in the tomb; Nor of thy name Shall these be any fame”
=To An Uncultured Lesbian Woman=
=Sappho=
What does the person tell the lesbian woman about her death?
a. She will not be famous in death
b. She will find peace
c. She will be placed in a tomb
d. She will be forgotten
137. The Ifugao hero who was immortalized in the epic Hudhud is _.
a. Lumawig
b. Duluyan
c. Banna
d. Aligayon
138. Who among the following is known as the Indian Shakespeare?
a. Kalidasa
b. Khagyam
c. Tagore
d. Sadi
139. What conventions or earlier literary and artistic cycle style do both realism and naturalism oppose?
a. Classicism
b. Romanticism
c. Symbolism
d. Neoclassicism
140. What work of Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as the first collection of short stories in English literature written in poetic form?
a. Canterburry Tales
b. Decaeron
c. Iliad
d. Beowulf
141. The Homeric poems greatly influenced the development of Greek civilization. Which of the following best supports this statement?
a. The Greek became great warriors
b. The great epic characters became models of conduct for later generations of the Greeks
c. The Olympian gods were worshipped
d. The Greek became good architects
142. What is the function of the Filipino folk narratives?
a. To ward off evil spirits
b. To explain natural phenomena
c. To teach proper behavior
d. To honor the gods
143. Which of the following best describes the differences between figures that Dante encounters in the three canticles of the Divine Comedy?
a. In Inferno, they become more corporeal as Dante descends in the lower circles
b. In Purgatorio, they have corporeal shape but not corporeal
c. In Paradiso, they have neither boodles nor images but simply lights, and In Purgatorio they have corporeal shape but not corporeal substance and Inferno, they become more corporeal as Dante descends into the lower circles
d. In Paradiso, they have neither bodies nor images but not corporeal substance
144. Which two groups are at war in the Iliad?
a. Trojans and Macedonians
b. Trojans and Achaens
c. Trojans and Minoans
d. Trojans and Phaeacians
145. AFRICA
Africa, my Africa
Africa or proud warriors In ancestral savanna Africa of whom my grandmother sings
-David Diop
These lines above describe as Africa that is.
a. Free and beautiful
b. Mysterious and unexplored
c. War town and undeveloped
d. Primitive and uncivilized
146. The poetry of Ezia Pound is best described.
a. Philosophical
b. Imagist
c. Metaphysical
d. Romantic
147. To punish himself for murdering his father and having sexual relations with his mother, what did Oedipus do?
a. He castrated himself
b. He killed himself
c. He ordered his sons to murder him
d. He gouged his eyes
148. What can be inferred from Isensees “answer”?
a. She respects Creon
b. She fears Creon
c. She understands Creon
d. She likes Creon
149. Who is NOT a romantic poet?
a. William Blake
b. John Milton
c. Robert
d. John Keats
150. The playwright who used the “alienation effect” in his plays to educate the audience and not merely to play upon their emotion is.
a. Herick Ibsen
b. August Strendberg
c. Bertolt Brecht
d. Thomas Mann
151. How does Shelley regard the west wind in the following ode?
From Ode to the West Wind
Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth, and fill (Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air) With living hues and Oduors plain and hill:
Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; Destroyer and Preserver; hear, oh, hear!
A. It is responsible for preserving life.
B. It can both wipe out and maintain life.
C. It is a wild spirit in nature that is very strong.
D. It is strong but weak since it is everywhere.
152. How does the speaker picture God in the following sermon?
The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider; or some loathsome insect, over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire; he is of purer eyes than to bear to have you in his sight; you are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes, than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours.
A. incensed
B. abominable
C. assertive
D. vengeful
153. Paradise Lost is considered among the greatest epics in English. Which of the following was the basis for this epic poem?
A. treachery of Judas Iscariot
B. the passion of Christ
C. fall from God’s grace
D. sinning of Adam and Eve
154. What does the speaker mean in the following lines?
“Let’s so persevere
That when we live no more, we may live ever” From To My Dear and Loving Husband
A. Let’s continue writing poetry to immortalize us.
B. Let’s have faith in God and He will keep us alive.
C. Let’s be true to our love, and we will be joined in eternity.
D. Let’s have lots of children to remember us when we die.
155. Which of the following is NOT an example of Gothic literature?
A. Dracula
B. Lord of the Rings
C. Frankenstein
D. Tell Tale Heart
156. According to the speaker in Sanburg’s "Chicago," how would most others describe the city?
They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.
A. Admirable
B. Amusing
C. Immoral
D. Vibrant
157. What does the speaker like about Chicago as shown in the following lines?
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.
Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities;
A. Its vitality
B. Its wickedness
C. Its indifference
D. Its progress
158. Who are the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot Paine alluded to in The Crisis?
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
A. The cowards who love their country less
B. The brave men and women in the country
C. The happy optimistic people
D. The former heroes of the revolution
159. What does that the speaker lament over in the following lines?
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet".
- (Romeo and Juliet Act II, Scene II)
A. Roses will always be roses despite their variety.
B. Their names keep Romeo and Juliet apart.
C. Romeo and Juliet will always love one another.
D. Changing names will help Romeo and Juliet.
160. Which of the following is an example of novel of the soil?
A. The Good Earth
B. Bread and Wine
C. Catcher in the Rye
D. Sound and the Fury
161. What does the speaker celebrate in “The Soul Selects her own Society”?
The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door;
On her divine majority Obtrude no more.
A. conformity
B. community
C. life and freedom
D. self-imposed isolation
162. What do the following lines reveal about the world?
"All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts"
- (As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII)
A. Life is just like going to the theater.
B. People have different roles to play in life.
C. Life is but an empty, senseless dream.
D. People live and die at different times.
163. What truth about humans do the following lines from A Noiseless Patient Spider reveal?
And you, O my Soul, where you stand,
Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,--seeking the spheres, to connect them;
Till the bridge you will need, be form'd--till the ductile anchor hold; Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul.
A. People need food and shelter
B. People search for their meaning
C. People need friends and families
D. People endlessly seek to create
164. Which of the following is the resounding theme of contemporary stories like Hemingway’s A Clean and Well Lighted Place and Anderson’s Hands?
A. alienation from the society
B. melancholia in solitude
C. respect for the old
D. contentment in life
165. Who is alluded to as the Captain in the following lines from Whitman’s poem?
O captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won.
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. George Washington
C. John F. Kennedy
D. Thomas Jefferson
166. In the passage, which of the following best describes the speaker's attitude toward the very rich?
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand. They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are because we had to discover the compensations and refuges of
life for ourselves. Even when they enter deep into our world or sink below us, they still think that they are better than we are. They are different.
A. He finds their pessimism alarming and unwarranted.
B. He finds them so different from the rest of society
C. He believes that the rich know more than others do.
D. He thinks that he understands their way of life.
167. What is the tone of the speaker in the previous passage?
A. Optimistic
B. Laconic
C. Pessimistic
D. Sarcastic
168. What do the novels of Bronte, Eliot, Gaskell and Dickens reveal about fiction produced during the Victorian period in English Literature?
A. They closely represent the real social life of the times.
B. The novels were long and full of psychological musings.
C. They concentrate on the effect of industrialization on cities.
D. They were largely produced by upper middle-class women.
169. What do the last two lines from Freneau’s The Wild Honeysuckle reveal about life?
From morning suns and evening dews At first thy little being came;
If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die you are the same; The space between is but an hour, The frail duration of flower.
A. Life is just an hour.
B. Life is frail.
C. Life is short.
D. It is like a flower.
170. What do the following lines from Wordsworth’s Psalm of Life reveal about heroes and heroism?
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;
A. Anybody can be a hero.
B. Heroes are often forgotten.
C. Heroes are easy to find
B. It is easy to do heroic acts.
171. What does the poem celebrate as shown in line 171-172?
A. sadness in death
B. reverence for nature
C. familial bonding
D. sense of foreboding
The best answer is B. “My heart leaps up…” connotes a strong love of or reverence for nature as represented by the rainbow. It shows the persona’s extreme happiness, if not awe, with nature so he hopes to maintain natural piety until his death.
Options A, C, and D all focus on different subjects.
172. What does the persona wish in the last two lines?
A. that he continues to be pious
B. that he be a child once again
C. that he continues to be connected to nature
D. that he fulfills his duties and responsibilities
The best answer is C. The last two lines provide an apt conclusion to the strong reverence for nature presented in lines1-2. In lines 3-6, the persona explains that he has been bound to nature since birth and he hopes to be until his death. Options A and B both pick on key words piety and child to provide distracters, while option D proves a broad option that does not appear in the text.
173. What figure of speech does Wordsworth use in line 7?
A. paradox
B. metonymy
C. oxymoron
D. allusion
The correct answer is A. Line 7 is among the most famous paradoxes in literature. A paradox presents a seemingly contradictory idea, but turns out to be true upon closer analysis. “The child is father of the man” connotes that much wisdom can be learned from the innocence of the young; thus, the persona wishes to keep that youthful innocence that connects the child to nature. Wordsworth himself reiterates this in Ode: Intimations of Immortality and in Tintern Abbey.
174. What is the tone of the following lines from Shakespeare’s Hamlet?
What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason!
How infinite in faculties! In form and moving, how express and admirable!
A. amazement
B. mockery
C. veneration
D. sadness
175. The following lines from Robert Browning’s My Last Duchess exemplify what poetic strategy?
A. Aside
B. Dialogue
C. Monologue
D. Soliloquy
176. From what perspective is the following story told?
"I could picture it. I have a rotten habit of picturing the bedroom scenes of my friends. We went out to the Cafe Napolitain to have an aperitif and watch the evening crowd on the Boulevard." from The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.
A. First person
B. Second person
C. Third person omniscient
D. Third person limited
177. What type of irony does Shakespeare use in Anthony’s speech?
A. dramatic irony
C. causal irony
B. irony of situation
D. verbal irony
178. What do the following lines from William Blake exhort?
A. to appreciate even the smallest of things
B. to be extremely imaginative and creative
C. to believe in fantasy like a child
D. to be strong and faithful to God
179. What poetic device is exemplified in the following lines from Edward Taylor’s “Huswifery”?
A. irony of statement
B. pathetic fallacy
C. a literary conceit
D. a paradoxical line
180. What does the persona in “Huswifery” ask God to do?
A. Complete him as a human being
B. Bless him with food and clothing
C. Mold him into what God wants him to be
D. Clothe him with the finest silk from God
181. Which two sound devices did Alexander Pope use in the following lines?
A. Assonance and consonance
B. Alliteration and onomatopoeia
C. Consonance and cacophony
D. Onomatopoeia and assonance
182. What figure of speech is exemplified below?
“The wind stood up and gave a shout. He whistled on his two fingers.”
A. Allusion C. Onomatopoeia
B. Metaphor D. Personification
183. What type of sonnet is exemplified in the following lines?
A. Elizabethan
B. English
C. Petrarchan
D. Spenserian
184. Which statement best summarizes the Holy Sonnet X by John Donne?
A. Death shall cease in the after life.
B. Death comes through poppy or charms.
C. Death takes so many forms and ways.
D. Death should not be proud since it is not mighty.
185. What does the word “swell’st” in the Holy Sonnet X mean?
A. boast
B. shrink
C. grow
D. swear
186. Which statement about love is true based on Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116?
A. Love dissipates when lovers live apart.
B. Love adapts to changing circumstances.
C. Love never wanes even in old age.
D. Love grows even to the edge of doom.
187. In “To the Virgins to Make Much of Time,” what is the persona’s main message?
A. Be wise in marriage to make life more worthwhile.
B. Marry now, or you may never have another chance.
C. Gather the rosebuds now, before the roses bloom.
D. Choose only lovers who, like roses, are of the highest order.
188. Which word best describes the speaker in “To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars”?
A. cold-hearted
B. sweet-tongued
C. honorable
D. modest
189. To what sensory perception do the following lines from James Joyce’s Araby appeal?
“…we ran…to the dark dripping gardens to the back doors of the dark dripping gardens where odors arose from the ashpits, to the dark odorous stables where a coachman smoothed and combed the horse or shook music from the buckled harness.”
A. auditory
B. olfactory
C. gustatory
D. tactile
190. What does the lamb in “The Lamb” symbolize?
A. Faith and loyalty
B. Innocence and purity
C. Weakness and hopelessness
D. Helplessness and dependence
191. Which of the following best states the theme of Ozymandias?
A. Power and arrogance are both destructive.
B. Temples and statues are witnesses to history.
C. Powerful rulers and great civilizations perish.
D. Life is short and time is fleeting.
192. What 17th Century philosophy does Browning assert in the following lines from Rabbi Ben Ezra?
Ay, note that Potter’s wheel, That metaphor! and feel
Why time spins fast, why passive lies our clay,— Thou, to whom fools propound,
When the wine makes its round,
“Since life fleets, all is change; the Past gone, seize to-day!”
A. anagnorisis
B. carpe diem
C. peripeteia
D. romanticism
193. What lesson does the speaker learn in A.E. Housman’s When I Was One-and-Twenty?
A. The speaker realizes the value of listening to pieces of advice.
B. The speaker learns the foolishness of disobeying his elders.
C. The speaker realizes the folly and pain of youthful love.
D. The speaker learns the stupidity of wasting his youth.
194. How does Shelley regard the west wind in the following ode?
From Ode to the West Wind
Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth, and fill (Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air) With living hues and odours plain and hill:
Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; Destroyer and Preserver; hear, oh, hear!
A. It is responsible for preserving life.
B. It can both wipe out and maintain life.
C. It is a wild spirit in nature that is very strong.
D. It is strong but weak since it is everywhere.
195. How does the speaker picture God in the following sermon?
The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider; or some loathsome insect, over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire; he is of purer eyes than to bear to have you in his sight; you are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes, than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours.
A. incensed
B. abominable
C. assertive
D. vengeful
196. Paradise Lost is considered among the greatest epics in English. Which of the following was the basis for this epic poem?
A. treachery of Judas Iscariot
B. the passion of Christ
C. fall from God’s grace
D. sinning of Adam and Eve
197. What does the speaker mean in the following lines?
“Let’s so persevere
That when we live no more, we may live ever” From To My Dear and Loving Husband
A. Let’s continue writing poetry to immortalize us.
B. Let’s have faith in God and He will keep us alive.
C. Let’s be true to our love, and we will be joined in eternity.
D. Let’s have lots of children to remember us when we die.
198. Which of the following is NOT an example of Gothic literature?
A. Dracula
B. Lord of the Rings
C. Frankenstein
D. Tell Tale Heart
199. According to the speaker in Sanburg’s "Chicago," how would most others describe the city?
They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.
A. Admirable
B. Amusing
C. Immoral
D. Vibrant
200. What does the speaker like about Chicago as shown in the following lines?
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.
Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities;
A. Its vitality
B. Its wickedness
C. Its indifference
D. Its progress
201. Who are the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot Paine alluded to in The Crisis?
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
A. The cowards who love their country less
B. The brave men and women in the country
C. The happy optimistic people
D. The former heroes of the revolution
202. What does that the speaker lament over in the following lines?
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet". - (Romeo and Juliet Act II, Scene II)
A. Roses will always be roses despite their variety.
B. Their names keep Romeo and Juliet apart.
C. Romeo and Juliet will always love one another.
D. Changing names will help Romeo and Juliet.
203. Which of the following is an example of novel of the soil?
A. The Good Earth
B. Bread and Wine
C. Catcher in the Rye
D. Sound and the Fury
204. What does the speaker celebrate in “The Soul Selects her own Society”?
The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door;
On her divine majority Obtrude no more.
A. conformity
B. community
C. life and freedom
D. self-imposed isolation
205. What do the following lines reveal about the world?
"All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts" - (As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII)
A. Life is just like going to the theater.
B. People have different roles to play in life.
C. Life is but an empty, senseless dream.
D. People live and die at different times.
206. What truth about humans do the following lines from A Noiseless Patient Spider reveal?
And you, O my Soul, where you stand,
Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,--seeking the spheres, to connect them;
Till the bridge you will need, be form'd--till the ductile anchor hold; Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul.
A. People need food and shelter
B. People search for their meaning
C. People need friends and families
D. People endlessly seek to create
207. Which of the following is the resounding theme of contemporary stories like Hemingway’s A Clean and Well Lighted Place and Anderson’s Hands?
A. alienation from the society
B. melancholia in solitude
C. respect for the old
D. contentment in life
208. Who is alluded to as the Captain in the following lines from Whitman’s poem?
O captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won.
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. George Washington
C. John F. Kennedy
D. Thomas Jefferson
209. In the passage, which of the following best describes the speaker's attitude toward the very rich?
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand. They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are because we had to discover the compensations and refuges of life for ourselves. Even when they enter deep into our world or sink below us, they still think that they are better than we are. They are different.
A. He finds their pessimism alarming and unwarranted.
B. He finds them so different from the rest of society
C. He believes that the rich know more than others do.
D. He thinks that he understands their way of life.
210. What is the tone of the speaker in the previous passage?
A. Optimistic
B. Laconic
C. Pessimistic
D. Sarcastic
211. What do the novels of Bronte, Eliot, Gaskell and Dickens reveal about fiction produced during the Victorian period in English Literature?
A. They closely represent the real social life of the times.
B. The novels were long and full of psychological musings.
C. They concentrate on the effect of industrialization on cities.
D. They were largely produced by upper middle-class women.
212. What do the last two lines from Freneau’s The Wild Honeysuckle reveal about life?
From morning suns and evening dews At first thy little being came;
If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die you are the same; The space between is but an hour, The frail duration of flower.
A. Life is just an hour.
B. Life is frail.
C. Life is short.
D. It is like a flower.
213. What do the following lines from Wordsworth’s Psalm of Life reveal about heroes and heroism?
Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time;
A. Anybody can be a hero.
B. Heroes are often forgotten.
C. Heroes are easy to find
D. It is easy to do heroic acts.
214. “She did not have the courage to break into the wedding feast.” What did the ‘wedding feast’ stand for in the relationship of Awiyao and Lumnay in Daguio’s “Wedding Dance”?
A. village tradition
B. love for each other
C. desire to have a child
D. patriarchal society
215. “And far away in the middle of the fields a cow lowed softly in answer.” What sense image is used in this excerpt from Arguilla’s How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife?
A. visual
B. olfactory
C. tactile
D. auditory
216. “A little green snake slithered languidly into the tall grass a few yards from the kamansi tree.” What does the snake symbolize in Love in the Cornhusks?
A. betrayal
B. temptation
C. distrust
D. lust
217. “She was deep in the road before she became conscious of her shoes. In horror, she saw
that they were coated with thick, black clay. Gingerly she pulled off one shoe after the other with the hand still clutching the letter.” What does the underlined word in this excerpt from Love in the Cornhusks mean?
A. disgustedly
B. carefully
C. hurriedly
D. determined
218. What historical time is Nick Joaquin’s May Day Eve set?
A. Japanese occupation
B. American time
C. Spanish regime
D. Martial law era
219. What symbol is used to link the events of the three generations in May Day Eve?
A. guardia sereno
B. candle
C. mirror
D. midnight
220. How long is the span of the story May Day Eve?
A. one month
B. almost 50 years
C. overnight
D. 3 years
221. . What does Magnificence refer to in Alfon’s story?
A. the girls’ innocence
B. Vicente’s kindness and generosity
C. the father’s protectiveness
D. the mother’s comforting presence
222. “There was nothing to fear, for the man was always so gentle, so kind.” What literary device is employed in this line from Magnificence?
A. foreshadowing
B. en medias res
C. symbolism
D. flashback
223. What is Cordero-Fernando’s view on the educational system in The Visitation of the Gods?
A. She hates the rotten side of the system.
B. She questions the role of educators.
C. She is proud of the administrators.
D. She upholds quality education.
224. What character of Miss Noel is revealed in this statement? “Sir, during the five years that I’ve taught I’ve done my best to live to my ideals. Yet, I
please nobody. It’s the same old narrow conformism and favor-curriying.”
A. militant
B. stubborn
C. idealistic
D. pessimistic
225. “It was not quite five, and the bread was not yet ready.” What does the bread symbolize in
N.V.M. Gonzales’ Bread of Salt?
A. The boy’s unreciprocated love for Aida.
B. The embarrassment of the boy in the presence of Aida.
C. The boy’s dream of becoming a famous violinist.
D. The differences in the social status between Aida and the boy.
226. “I felt all ardor for her gone from me entirely.” What epiphany does the character experience in
N.V.M. Gonzales’ Bread of Salt?
A. The boy did not like Aida’s aristocratic upbringing.
B. His love for Aida was but an infatuation.
C. He has found another girl to love.
D. Aida did not like him.
227. Which is an olfactory image?
A. The sun had sunk and down from the wooded sides of the Katayagan hills shadows were stealing into the fields.
B. He swallowed and brought up to his mouth more cud and the sound of his insides was like a drum.
C. The thick unpleasant smell of dangla bushes and cooling sun-heated earth mingled with the clean, sharp scent of arrais roots exposed to the night air and of the hay inside the cart.
D. The wind whistled against my cheeks and the rattling of the wheels on the pebbly road echoed in my ears.
228. Which story shows the conflict of person vs. self?
A. The Visitation of the Gods
B. The Virgin
C. May Day Eve
D. Magnificence
229. Which of the following stories is in medias res?
A. Love in the Cornhusks
B. Wedding Dance
C. Dead Stars
D. The Small Key
230. Which story uses the first person narrator point of view?
A. Bread of Salt
B. How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife
C. The Visitation of the Gods
D. Harvest
231. Which story is a satire?
A. The Virgin
B. Wedding Dance
C. The Visitation of the Gods
D. Harvest
232. In which story does the main character experience epiphany?
A. Visitation of the Gods
B. How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife
C. Bread of Salt
D. The Small Key
233. Which among these objects is a phallic symbol in literature?
A. key
B. cornhusks
C. Waig
D. pencil
234. Which story has a circular plot?
A. Dead Stars
B. May Day Eve
C. Magnificence
D. Harvest
235. Which is not characteristic of a story of local color?
A. mores and traditions of a particular locality
B. description of the local setting
C. bias and prejudice of characters
D. politeness and address markers
236. The figure of speech implied in this line from Alfon’s Forever Witches: “MARING: Bastos! I know what you really wanted to say. Pusa ka din!!”
A. metaphor
B. pun
C. personification
D. hyperbole
237. What does Gonzalo mean by “a little longer” in this excerpt from Guerrero’s Three Rats? Adrian: (Laughing): I expect to live a little longer, Gonzalo. Gonzalo: A little longer is right. (Adrian’s face slowly begins to get red. He feels a giddiness in his head – he presses his temples.)
A. He wants Adrian to apologize for his affair with Nita.
B. The cyanide in Adrian’s coffee is taking effect.
C. Adrian is getting drunk and incoherent.
D. His wife’s infidelity makes him suffer in silence.
238. “Gonzalo: I attach myself to nothing and to nobody.” What character trait does Gonzalo reveal in this excerpt from Guerrero’s Three Rats?
A. shyness
B. indifference
C. pride
D. boldness
239. Montano’s Sabina opens with this scene
A. novena prayers for the dead
B. burial of Sabina’s mother, Maria
C. confrontation between Sabina & Mr. George
D. Sabina lighting the lamp
240. “A bamboo flute is heard far away. Once more we hear the turtle crying.” What sense imagery is used in this description of the scene?
A. visual
B. auditory
C. tactile
D. olfactory
241. What is the tone of the father’s statement in this line from Florentino’s The Dancers? “ FATHER: (mimicking her). She’s still a baby! I’m telling you, she’s old enough to have a Baby!
A. bitter
B. sarcastic
C. thrilled
D. hopeful
242. Which comic technique is used in Agana’s NewYorker in Tondo?
A. mistaken identity
B. physical blunder
C. reversal of fortune
D. ridiculous situation
243. This play is a satire
A. Forever Witches
B. The Dancers
C. The Husband of Mrs. Cruz
D. Sabina
244. Which of the following plays is a farce?
A. Forever Witches
B. The Dancers
C. The Husband of Mrs. Cruz
D. Sabina
245. This play is naturalistic in orientation
A. Sabina
B. Forever Witches
C. The Dancers
D. Three Rats
246. The rhyme scheme in Villa’s Sonnet 1
A. quatrain
B. couplet
C. octave
D. sestet
34. What characteristic of poetry is referred to by the line “It must be slender as a bell” in Villa’s Sonnet 1?
A. rhyme & rhythm
B. figurative language
C. form & structure
D. imagery
247. What emotion is expressed in these lines from Manalang-Gloria’s Poems? “The madcap inspirations, bent/On flinging stars about,/Contrive to break away before/I know that they are out”
A. confusion
B. excitement
C. awe
D. fear
248. What figure of speech is used in this line from Alvero’s poem? “Could Gods refuse/Such tempting wine?”
A. apostrophe
B. rhetorical question
C. allusion
D. metaphor
249. This line is an example of personification
A. And hold secret a bird’s flowering
B. Seeking a truer heaven in/The loved deep
C. And so while thoughts went to and fro
D. to teach the trees all that I could
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