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Fourth Quarter Examination

ENGLISH I
S.Y. 2011 – 2012

Name:___________________________________________________Year&Section:_________
School:__________________________________________________ Score :________________

I. Listening Test. Browse through the questions. Listen as your teacher reads the poem twice. Answer the questions
about the poem; write the letter of your answer.
_______1. What is meant by a bountiful land?
a. full of harvest c. rich in natural resources
b. with many tourist’s spots d. with splendid beauty of nature
_______2. Which of the following tells about our “riches” in the Philippines?
a. Mt. Everest b. Taj Mahal c. Great Wall of China d. Palawan Underground River
_______3. Why are the hills called young?
a. because the hills are denuded
b. because the hills are made into kaingin
c. because of the fresh air that surrounds the hills
d. because of the green plants and trees that grow all around the hills
_______4. “Behold the bountiful land” appeals to what sense?
a. sight b. smell c. touch d. hearing
_______5. “the young hills and the corn” is an example of _______________
a. simile b. metaphor c. hyperbole d. personification
_______6. Why are the rivers green?
a. because they are clean c. because they are full of algae
b. because they are polluted d. because they are full of green leaves
_______7. “blue fish in the sea” blue is a/an _____________.
a. noun b. adverb c. adjective d. pronoun
_______8. What is the general mood of the poem?
a. happy b. lonely c. calm d. mournful

II. Read the poem below. Answer the questions that follow. Write the letter of your answer.

Soothing As Night Winds Are

Salvador G. Espinas

1 Love is gentle, love is quiet 5 Love is patient and unselfish

2 Like any distant star; 6 Divine, true, neutral, fair
3 Love is beauty, love is music 7 Love is ageless and immortal
4 Soothing as night winds are 8 Lost love is just somewhere

Source: Josephine B. Serrano & Milagros G. Lapid Communication Arts and Skills Through
Filipino Literature I Textbook, 1994 p. 245

Fill in the blanks with pair of rhyming words then write the rhyme scheme used by the author.
9. lines 2 & 4 _____________ ______________
10. lines 6 & 8 _____________ ______________
11. Rhyme scheme _________________________
_______12. “Like any distant star” is an example of _______________.
 a. simile b. metaphor c. hyperbole d. personification
_______13. “Soothing as night winds are” appeals to the sense of _______________.
a. sight b. taste c. touch d. smell

Ballad of a Mother’s Heart

Jose La Villa Tierra
1 17
The night was dark, for the moon was young Without another word, Youth left
2 18
And the stars were asleep and rare And went to his mother dear,
3 19
The clouds were thick, yet Youth went out And opened her breast and took her heart
4 20
To see his maiden fair He did not shed a tear!
5 21
“Dear One,” he pleaded as he knelt Then back to his Maiden fair he ran;
6 22
Before her feet, in tears, Unmindful of the rain;
7 23
”My love is true; why have you kept But his feet slipped and down he fell
8 24
Me waiting all these years?” And loud he groaned in pain

9 25
The Maiden looked at him unmoved, Still in his hand he held the prize
10 26
It seemed it whispered low That would win his Maiden’s hand;
11 27
“Persistent Youth, you have to prove And he thought of his mother dear
12 28
By deeds your love is true.” So kind, so sweet, so fond.

13 29
“There’s not a thing I would not do And then he heard a voice, not from
14 30
For you, Beloved,” said he. His lips but all apart:
15 31
“Then go,” said she, “to your mother dear, “Get up,” it said “were you hurt, Child?”
16 32
And bring her heart to me.” It was his mother’s heart

Source: Josephine B. Serrano & Milagros G. Lapid Communication Arts and Skills Through Filipino Literature
I Textbook , 1994 pp. 238-239

_______14. What kind of a night is described in the first stanza?

a. dark b. rainy c. warm d. young
_______15. Stanza 4 lines 13 & 14 tell that the young man as a suitor is a/an __________.
a. obsessed lover c. fair weather lover
b. hopeless romantic d. head over hills in love with the woman

_______16. Why did the Maiden ask her suitor to bring her the heart of his mother?
a. The Maiden needs a heart transplant.
b. The maiden wants to preserve the heart.
c. The Maiden likes to donate the heart to a patient.
d. The Maiden wants to measure how much her suitor loves her.

_______17. What line tells you of the young man’s thoughts about his mother?
a. He did not shed a tear!
b. By deeds your love is true
c. And loud he groaned with pain
d. And he thought of his mother dear so kind, so sweet, so fond

_______18. What is the author’s purpose in writing the poem?

a. To let the readers see the different faces of love.
b. To show that son has the capacity of hurting his mother.
c. To entertain the readers about the story of a mother and son.
d. To tell how forgiving and how great the love of a mother is for her son.

_______19. How can one cause his/her mother’s death without actually killing her?
a. by disobeying his mother c. by doing things against his mother’s will
 b. by appreciating his mother d. by thanking her of all the sacrifices she gave
_______20. What does “him” in stanza 3 line 9 refer to?
a. maiden b. mother c. suitor d. father
_______21. “prize” in stanza 7 line 25 is referred to as _____________.
a. mother b. trophy c. heart d. suitor
_______22. What strong trait among Filipinos is revealed in the poem?
a. hospitality b. mañana habit c. close family ties d. love of parents for their children
_______23. In what point of view is the poem told?
a. first person b. second person c. third person d. third person omniscient

24-29. Encircle the vivid adjectives then draw an arrow pointing to the nouns they modify.

1 In a quiet village ,
2 Seven miles a way
3 There I had a lovely sweetheart,
4 Known as my gentle May.
5 Once we had a petty quarrel
6 And she and I drifted apart,
7 Yet she knows I love her
8 But she left me with a broken heart.
Sedilla,C.& Villamin A. (2004,p.244).Roads
to Greatness

30. Who is the persona? ____________________

______31. Line 1 appeals to what sense?

a. sight b. smell c. touch d. taste

______32. What sound device is used in line 6?

a. alliteration b. assonance c. repetition d. onomatopoeia

_______33. What emotion of the persona is revealed in line 8?

a. worried b. frustrated c. confused d. discouraged
_______34. What point of view is used?
a. first person b. second person c. third person d. third person omniscient

STRAWBERRY JAM
R. Ochinang
 1 brakes went out of control
2 wheels disconnected
3 headlight smashed…..
4 squeal, shriek, screech…..
5 collision!
6 Blood.
7 Time passed;
8 men in white
9 robes
11 ran after it….
12 honk! beep!
13 cry of sirens heard
14 ER’s and OR’s set-
15 Then, hospital beds…
16 finally,
17 the bills.

Sedilla,C.& Villamin A. (2004,p.236).Roads to Greatness

______35. What sound device is used in line 4?

a. alliteration b. assonance c. repetition d. onomatopoeia
______36. What is the poem all about?
a. road accident b. hospital drama c. emergency situations d. Doctor’s duty
______37. Line 12 uses what sound device?
a. alliteration b. assonance c. repetition d. onomatopoeia
______38. Who are referred to in line 8?
a. angels b. doctors c. drivers d. traffic aids
______39. The poem “STRAWBERRY JAM” has no fixed metrical pattern, it is called ___
a. free verse b. haiku c. sonnet d. cinquain
_____40. What sense does the imagery “cry of sirens heard” appeal to?
a. touch b. sound c. sight d. smell
______41. What does “Strawberry Jam” symbolize?
a. life’s trials c. reddish squashed fruit
b. bloody car accident d. bloody hands of doctors

1
Poets tell us that the world is full of beautiful, wonderful things. 2You need not be a poet to realize
that it is true. 3All you need is to rub sleep out of your eyes and look around with a keener, more
observant gaze. 4Feel some leaves of the banana, smoother, and more delicate than the palms of a
baby’s hands. 5Watch the clouds as they float lazily across the summer sky. 6Study the outlines of trees.
7
You don’t have to be a poet to know that the world is full of beauty.

_______41. What do poets tell us?

a. Simplicity is beauty. c. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
b. A thing of beauty is a joy forever. d. The world is amazing and delightful.
_______42.Which line appeals to the touch?
a. “the clouds float lazily across the sky” c. “study the outlines of trees
b. “rub slip out your eyes” d. “smoother and delicate palms of the baby”
_______43. The word “gaze” in line 3 means ________
a. stare b. observe c. study d. rub
_______44. The phrase “to realize” in line 2 is a ____________
a. clause b. infinitive c. participial d. prepositional phrase
_______45. The phrase “of the banana” in line 4 modifies __________
a. hands b. clouds c. leaves d. poets
_______46. What figure of speech is used in line 5?
a. simile b. metaphor c. hyperbole d. personification
_______47. What kind of noun complement is “of a baby’s hand” in line 4?
a. clause b. infinitive c. participial d. prepositional phrase
_______48. What is modified by the infinitive “to know” in line 7?
a. hands b. clouds c. leaves d. poet
_______49. Why did the author say that the world is beautiful?
a. It is clean. c. The world is full of nature.
b. It has work of art. d. God made the world beautiful.
_______50. What message does the author want to convey?
a. Be optimistic. c. Appreciate life.
b. Observe your surroundings. d. Live life to the fullest.