MAYOR PRAXEDES P. VILLANUEVA II MHS
Linguistic context
BAIS CITY
SECOND QUARTERLY EXAM
21st CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE
PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD – GRADE 11
2018-2019
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Directions: Read the statements carefully.
Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which question allows the learners to
reflect on a reading text?
a. Which character would you like to have
as a friend and why?
b. What event or place in the story reminds
you of your life and why?
c. What happened in the beginning of the
story?
d. What is the overall tone of the short
story?
2. Which of the following express meanings in
a nonliteral way?
a. figures of emphasis c. poem
b. essay d. figures of speech
3. Which of the following is classified as
onomatopoeia and alliteration?
a. figures of sound
b. figures of reference
c. figures of relationship
d. figures of emphasis
4. Why do writers use figurative speech in writing
literary pieces?
a. To enhance the artistic quality of their works.
b. To add color to the work.
c. Just for fun
d. To make it more interesting
5. Which of the following figures of speech is
used in the passage below?
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
–from As You Like It by William Shakespeare
a. Simile
b. Personification
c. Metaphor
d. Irony
6. Which of the following refers to the author’s
life and the social, political, and economic
conditions that influenced and shaped it?
a. Biographical context
b.
c. Socio-cultural context
d. Literature
7. Which of the following strategy does the
reader use in analysing a text based on its
biographical context?
a. Compares the literary work to other works
b. Examines the styles and techniques used by
the author
c. Gathers relevant facts about the authors life
d. Identifies the images used by the author.
8. Which of the following tells why we should
consider gathering information about the
author’s literary influences?
a. It helps the reader to understand literary
works thoroughly.
b. It develops the reader reading critical skills
c. It may have caused an impact to the author
and his works.
d. It reveals the authors lack of originality.
9. Which of the following is not true about
literature?
a. It is based on real events.
b. It is based on orchestrated events.
c. It only focuses on the author’s life.
d. It is a form of expression.
10. Which of the following sets of words refer to
literary elements?
a. anaphora, dialogue, setting
b. plot, catharsis, setting
c. setting, theme, characters
d. characters, cliff-hanger, hamartia
11. Below are some questions that can be
asked about a short story:
Who are the main characters?
Where is the story set?
What is the conflict in the story?
What is the purpose of the questions?
a. Comprehension
b. comparison and contrast
c. reflection
d. evaluation
12. Which of the following statements best
describe fictions?
a. A patterned form of verbal or written
expression of ideas in concentrated,
imaginative, and rhythmical terms that often
contain the elements of sense, sound, and
structure.
b. A composition in prose form that presents
story told entirely in dialogue and action, and
written with the intention of its eventual
performance before an audience.
c. A prose composition in moderate length that
presents a tentative exploration of a subject
and thus explains a viewpoint or anything that
can be said on a particular subject.
d. A narrative in prose that shows an
imaginative recreation and reconstruction of life
and presents human life in two levels: the world
of objective reality made up of human actions
and experiences, and the world of subjective
reality dealing with human apprehension and
comprehension categorized either as novel or
short story.
13. Which of the following statements is an
example of hyperbole?
a. The wind screamed my name.
b. Your eyes are the windows to your soul.
c. The teacher gave us tons of work.
d. The book jumped out of my locker
14. Which author is best known both for his
fictional work, especially The Screwtape
Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The
Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian
apologetics, such as Mere Christianity,
Miracles, and The Problem of Pain?
a. Quentin Tarantino
c. Clive Staples Lewis
b. Jonathan Franzen
d. Ian McEwan
15. Who is the author of “The Corrections”
a. Quentin Tarantino
b. Jonathan Franzen
c. Clive Staples Lewis
d. Ian McEwan
16 – 18. What is the text type of the word
scale(s) in the statements below?
16. Lea practices daily, singing the scales and
arpeggios in her flawless voice.
a. business c. biology
b. music d. geology
17. The scale of wages in this factory ranges
from ₱10 to ₱20 per hour.
a. business c. biology
b. music d. geology
18. Feathers cover a bird and scales cover a
fish.
a. business c. biology
b. music d. geology
19. Which of the following should not be
considered in reading through a biographical
context?
a. Educational c. Figurative language
b. Social d. Political
20. What is the Japanese word for comics?
a. manga c. seinen
b. shojo d. kodomo
21. This critical reading strategy involves the
examination of the reader’s personal
responses to the text. What is this strategy?
a. reflecting on a text
b. making an outline
c. asking questions about a text
d. evaluating the argument made in a text
22. What is Digi-Fiction?
a. is a genre of literature where the author
incorporates doodle drawings and hand written
graphics in place of traditional font
b. stories are told completely in dialogue
simulating social network exchanges
c. is a narrative work in which the story is
conveyed to the reader using comic
d. is a literary experience that attempts to
combine three media: the book, the movie, and
the Internet website
23. Who is the author of the book
“Atonement”?
a. Quentin Tarantino
b. Jonathan Franzen
c. Clive Staples Lewis
d. Ian McEwan
24. Who is the main character of the book
“Atonement”?
a. Briony Tallis c. Cecilia
b. Robbie Turner d. Paul Marshall
25. Which of the following is the first book of
The Chronicles of Narnia?
a. The Magician’s Nephew
c. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
b. The Silver Chair
d. Prince Caspian
26. Which of the following defines an
“Illustrated Novel”?
a. is a genre of literature where the author
incorporates doodle drawings and hand written
graphics in place of traditional font
b. is a narrative work in which the story is
conveyed using both traditional text and
illustrated images
c. is a narrative work in which the story is
conveyed to the reader using comic
d. is a literary experience that attempts to
combine three media: the book, the movie, and
the Internet website
27. All statements describe analysing a text
through a biographical context except
a. It is important to know the literary or
philosophical movement that existed during the
author’s time.
b. It is important to know the author’s literary a. Feminist Criticism
background. b. Biographical Criticism
c. It is important to know the educational c. Psychological Criticism
institutions the author has attended. d. Historical Criticism
d. It is important to know what is on the 35. Which of the following examines a text in
author’s mind while writing the text. relation to its historical or cultural backdrop?
28. Literature of Self-Expression a. Feminist Criticism
a. Essay b. Elegy b. Biographical Criticism
c. Ballad d. Lyric Poetry c. Psychological Criticism
29. Which of the following is not true about d. Historical Criticism
literary criticism? 36-45. Identify the type of figures of speech for
a. “Literary criticism” is the name given to each example below.
works written by experts who critique— 36. You are as pretty as a picture.
analyse—an author’s work. a. Metaphor c. Alliteration
b. Literary criticism is often referred to as a b. Simile d. Hyperbole
“secondary source”. 37. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!
c. Literary criticism is used by people who want a. Metaphor c. Alliteration
to use an expert’s opinion to support their own b. Simile d. Hyperbole
ideas. 38. The buzzing bee startled me!
d. It does mean “to criticize” as in a complaint a. Onomatopoeia c. Alliteration
or disapprove. b. Hyperbole d. Metaphor
30-31. Answer the following questions based 39. The sun draped its arms around my
on the story - “Waiting” by Ron Darvin. shoulders.
30. The title of the story is “waiting”, what are a. Oxymoron c. Alliteration
they waiting for? b. Personification d. Metaphor
a. Money c. Food 40. You looked pretty ugly in that dress.
b. Time d. Miracles a. Oxymoron c. Alliteration
31. What do you think is the reason why Miguel b. Personification d. Metaphor
is in difficult? 41. She looked at him with fire in her eyes.
a. Because his mother doesn’t love him. a. Oxymoron c. Alliteration
b. Because his father doesn’t love him. b. Personification d. Metaphor
c. Because his mother lacks time for him. 42. The glass vase is as fragile as a child’s
d. Because his father is a drug addict. sandcastle.
32. From the play Penelopiad by Margaret a. Metaphor c. Alliteration
Atwood, who is the husband of Penelope? b. Simile d. Hyperbole
a. Odysseus c. Timothy 43. “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
b. Zeus d. Telemachus peppers.”
33. Which of the following statements best ~Mother Goose
describe Marxist Criticism? a. Oxymoron c. Alliteration
a. Literature is essentially political; it either b. Personification d. Metaphor
supports or refutes economic oppression. 44. The moon looked down at me.
b. Examines who has/does not have power, a. Oxymoron c. Alliteration
how they attained it/why they don’t have it, and b. Personification d. Metaphor
what they do with it/how they are manipulated 45. I nearly died laughing!
by it. a. Metaphor c. Alliteration
c. This type of criticism reads the text looking b. Simile d. Hyperbole
for the author’s influence.
d. only a and b Prepared by: Quality Assured by:
e. all of the above
34. Which of the following stances of literature JHONABIE C. SULIGAN JUDELYN Z. ABUYABOR
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consider the elements of plot, narrator, Approved by:
structure, etc.?
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