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NORTH NEGROS COLLEGE

Cor. Villena Juan Luna Sts., Brgy Zone - 4 Cadiz City

CHAPTER TEST IN 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES & THE WORLD
Name, Grade & Section: ____________________________________________________________________
Date: ____________________________________ Score: ______________________________

I. TRUE/FALSE: Read the following statements below. Write T if the statement is correct and
change the underlined word/words if otherwise. Write your answer BEFORE each statement.

1. Fiction is an interplay and interlayering of other elements like character, setting, point of view, and
tone.
2. The part of the plot where the initial state of things is being described is called introduction.
3. Rising action refers to the unravelling of the consequences of the major decision made at the turning
point of the plot.
4. Romantic paradox injects some realism into the romantic text and makes this realism – romance
tension clear to the reader.
5. The mood or general feeling evoked by the setting is called the tone.
6. The story’s plot is its critical point, its unique insight about its chosen subject.
7. The time and space or the physical and social contexts where a story takes place is called atmosphere
8. An intrusive narrator knows and reveals everything, including what’s in the mind of the characters.
9. Diction is the poem’s choice of words, with each word suggestive in terms of its meaning, sound, and
placement together with other words.
10. A symbol is an object with literal presence in the poem but whose meaning or significance is greater
and beyond the literal.
11. Accent refers to stresses that occur at fixed intervals.
12. The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of or inside successive words is known as
assonance.
13. Rhyme refers to two or more words that contain the same combination of vowel and consonant sounds.
14. Pasyon is a biblical tale of Mary and Joseph’s search for a place to stay on the night Jesus was born
15. Sarcasm is a type of verbal irony with a bitter or mocking tone.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read and answer the following questions. Write the letter
corresponding to the answer of your choice AFTER each question.

1. The following are traditional forms of literature; EXCEPT _________________.


a. Folktales b. Legends c. Myths d. Science Fiction
2. Nick Joaquin is the author of the story entitled “The Summer’s Solstice”. As an author, what is his role
over the story?
a. He is the narrator. c. He holds authority over the meaning of his composition.
b. He can be a national artist. d. He is understands that his work will be criticized by experts.
3. Martina is a narrator who tells the story using the first, third or in rare instances second person. What
kind of narrator is Martina?
a. omniscient narrator c. editorial narrator
b. unreliable narrator d. first and third narrator
4. What figure of speech is reflected on the statement that follows, “Shara sells sea shells by the seashore”?
a. Assonance b. Alliteration c. Assonance d. Cacophony
5. Benjie and his girlfriend went on movie date last Saturday where his girlfiend cried the whole time
while watching it. What do you call the emotional release Benjie’s girlfriend did?
a. Emotional state b. Catharsis c. Feelings d. Emotions
6. It refers to the patterns of consonants and vowels, in tandem with meaning, that contribute greatly to the
poem’s effect.
a. Sound b. Music c. Emtions d. Euphony
For items 7 – 10. A. Aside B. Dialogue C. Monologue D. Soliloquy
7. When a single character delivers a long speech, it is called ________________.
8. When that long speech is delivered as through the character is speaking to himself / herself alone on the
stage, it is called ________________.
9. When characters speak to one another, the exchange of words is called
10. When a character steps out of the scene for a while to confidentially address the audience, perhaps to
comment about the scene or another character, it’s called an ________________.
11.
For items 11 – 13. A. Dramatic B. Lyric C. Narrative
12. A poetry which expresses the thoughts, ideas, or feelings of the speaker or persona.
13. A poetry which deals with series of events (e.i. plot acton)
14. A poetry wherein the speaker is an imaginary character addressing another imaginary character who
remains silent.
15. Mrs. Robinson, Mr. Grey’s friend, is fond of reading Shakespeare’s masterpieces. As a matter of fact,
she was able to read all his 38 plays and _____________ sonnets.
a. 183 b. 178 c. 154 d. 149
16. The following makes up a play’s spectacle, EXCEPT ________________.
a. sound effects b. costumes c. props d. characters
17. Which of the following statements BEST define world literature?
a. World literature is a literary production across the country.
b. World literature is not an infinite, graspable canon of the works but rather a mode of circulation and
of reading.
c. World literature is the story of us as a people both alive and dead.
d. World literature is truly global in scope and is deeply rooted in the Indio – European classics,
especially those of Ancient Greece.
18. Shakespeare is known in the world for his famous works and notable contributions in the world
literature. As a concrete example, he was regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the
world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and nicknamed ___________.
a. The Berd of the Avon c. The best of Avon.
b. b. The greatest of England d. None of the above.
For items 18 – 20. Identify what genre are the following works of Rabindranath Tagore
a. Fiction b. Non – Fiction c. Play d. Essay e. Poetry
19. The Cycle of Spring
20. The Mother's Prayer
21. Sadhana: The Realisation of Life
22. It is a literary method of representing such a blending of mental processes in fictional characters, usually
in an unpunctuated form of interior monologue.
a. Combination b. Stream of Consciousness c. Fiction and Non – Fiction d. Representation

23. The generation by models of a real without origin or reality refers to _________________.
a. Hyperreal b. Simulacra c. Realism d. Representation
For items 23 – 25. A. Truman Show B. Matrix C. Simone D. Ruby Sparks
24. This film is influenced by Baudrillard’s theory of the hyperreal of the cyberpunk tradition. – Matrix
25. This film is a baby who was born and raised in the set of a TV reality serial based on his life. . Because
he has never been outside the set, it has become his “reality”, till as a grown-up he started sensing that
there must be a “real world” out there.
26. This film is a hologram representation of the perfect celebrity, created by a film director who couldn’t
find the right human actress for his artistic vision.
III. ENUMERATION:

1 – 2. The purpose of tragedy is to elicit two emotions from the audience, WHAT ARE THESE EMOTIONS?
1. ________________________
2. ________________________
3 – 5. Terms referring to rhythm and meter.
3. ________________________
4. ________________________
5. ________________________
6 – 7. Classification of plays according to purpose.
6. ________________________
7. ________________________
8 – 10. Reasons why a literary text may be circulated across countries.
8. ________________________________________________
9. ________________________________________________
10. ________________________________________________
11 – 15. Give 5 context you need to consider when reading literature work from a different country or region.
11. ________________________
12. ________________________
13. ________________________
14. ________________________
15. ________________________
16 – 18. In African Literature, African – centered perspective may involve:
16. ________________________________________________
17. ________________________________________________
18. ________________________________________________
19 – 20. Challenges which Global South Countries faces
19. ________________________________________________
20. ________________________________________________
21 – 22. Labors of Hercules
21. ________________________________________________
22. ________________________________________________
23 – 25. Names of Second Generation Titans
23. ________________________________________________
24. ________________________________________________
25. ________________________________________________
IV. COMPLETE THE TABLE

Greek Name Roman Name Description


Zeus
Juno
God of the Sea
Pluto
God of Light and Truth
Artemis
Venus

V. IDENTIFICATION. Choose you answer from the box. Write your answer AFTER each item.

Eros The Furies The Fates Odysseus Hercules Theseus


Jason Perseus Oedipus Orestes Paris Helen
Hector Aeneas Agamemnon Achilles

1. He is a beautiful young man, though he is typically depicted as a winged cherub.


2. The most famous Greek in the Trojan War, whose strength and bravery are unrivaled. He is selfless,
courageous, and devoted to the gods—he is the finest Greek warrior.
3. He slayed Medusa.
4. His most notable feat is his assembly of a cast of heroes to travel on a long fraudulent quest—the
recovery of the Golden Fleece.
5. His cold-hearted sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia ultimately costs him his life
6. The only great Trojan warrior who survives the war because is protected by Aphrodite, his mother.
7. The son of King Aegeus of Athens and a quintessential Athenian hero. He is the model citizen: a kind
leader, good to his friends and countrymen
8. The bravest and most famous of the Trojan warriors
9. Three mysterious sisters who affect the paths of all in the universe
10. He frees Thebes from the menace of the Sphinx and marries the widowed queen, Jocasta.
11. He unwittingly starts the Trojan War by judging Aphrodite the fairest of all the goddesses
12. He is the king of Ithaca and a great warrior in the Trojan War but is best known for his decade-long trip
home from the war. He survives the challenges he encounters by using his wits
13. He is renowned for his incredible strength and bravery, but he lacks intelligence and self-control.
14. The most beautiful woman who has ever lived, she is promised to Paris after his judgment of Aphrodite.
15. They are known as the Erinyes.

Pandora Medea Iphigenia Medusa The Minotaur


Orpheus Ariadne The Sphinx The Cyclopes Polyphemus
Oracle at Delphi Cerberus

1. The daughter whom Agamemnon offers at Aulis as the human sacrifice that Artemis demands.
2. She is a horrible woman-beast with snakes for hair. Her gaze turns men to stone. She is killed by
Perseus.
3. The half-man, half-bull monster that terrorizes Minos’s Labyrinth. It is killed by Theseus.
4. The first and most famously foolish woman of Greek myth.
5. A priestess of Apollo and the most famous prophet in all of Greece.
6. She falls in love with the hero Theseus and uses a golden thread to help him defeat the Labyrinth of the
dreaded Minotaur.
7. A vile three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hades.
8. They forge the thunderbolts of Zeus, who favors them.
9. The terrible Cyclops who imprisons Odysseus and his men and eats them alive.
10. A beast with the head of a woman and the body of a winged lion.

“A happy ending is attainable for those who are prepared by difficult circumstance to receive and cherish it.”
KEEP STANDING STILL!
// mbpanes

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