21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World

FINAL EXAMINATION

I. Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space provided before each
number.

______1.” Every inch of shore that their eyes first set upon, every hill and mountain that beckoned to them with a green-and-purple
invitation, every mile of rolling that their view encompassed every river and lake”. What do you mean with the underlined word?
a. embodied b. excluded c. fed d. related
______2. Wellington, which Christopher discovers dead at the outset of the novel “the curious incident of the curious dog in the night-
time, is what kind of animal?
a. poodle b. tabby cat c. parakeet d. a friend snake
______3.” Every river and lake that promised a plentiful living and the fruitfulness of commerce, is a hallowed spot to me”. What do
you mean with hallowed?
a. Compatible b. sacred c. destroyed d. affirmed
______4.” In my blood runs the immortal seed of heroes-seed that flowered down the centuries in deeds of courage and defiance”. What
do you mean with the underlined word?
a. dead b. strong c. eternal d. weak
______5. What implement was used to kill Wellington. To which group does it belong?
a. Swiss army knife, bullet, bolo c. knot, shovel, trowel
b. Shovel, trowel, garden fork d. poisoned Twinkie, knife, bolo
______6. . “In my blood runs the immortal seed of heroes-seed that flowered down the centuries in deeds of courage and defiance”
What do you mean with the underlined word?
a. Surrender b. believe c. strength d. resistance
______7. Why does the police officer arrest Christopher at the murder scene?
a. Christopher hits the police officers
b. Christopher is trespassing on Mrs. Shears’ property
c. Christopher has been reported missing
d. Christopher is a suspect in the crime
______8. That seed is immortal, it is the self-same seed that flowered in the heart of Jose Rizal that morning in Bagumbayan when a
volley of shots put an end to all was mortal to him and made his spirit deathless. Deathless means?
a. alive b. be rich c. conquering d. destined
______9. How do father and mother express to Christopher that they love him?
a. Hugging him close c. Spreading their fingers apart in a fan
b. Verbally mouthing “I love you” d. Giving him milky bars
______10. We define Communication breakdown using what following terms?
a. sender-encoding-message- Receiver-decoding
b. noise-dead zone-illiterate-jargon-diverge
c. Sender-message-channel- receiver- feedback
d. Receiver-Feedback- channel- message-sender
_______11. Learning about the text before really reading it. It enables readers to get a sense of what the text is about and how it is
organized before reading it closely.
a. Contextualizing b. Previewing c. Questioning d. Reflecting
_______12. What genre does Christopher Boones label his book as?
a. Children’s book b. Murder mystery c. Romance novel d. Textbook
_______13. What does “The Case of the Cottingley fairies refer to?
a. First novel c. A 1917 incident involving a series of fake photographs
b. Favorite math problem d. a collection of stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
_______14. All are example of literary elements EXCEPT one.
a. Plot b. character c. theme d. irony
_______15. All would be considered literary techniques EXCEPT one.
a. Theme b. irony c. figurative language d. foreshadowing
_______16. What concept does the Monty Hall problem demonstrate?
a. Intuition can be wrong
b. An infinite number of prime numbers exist
c. Goats are more valuable than cars
d. Wellington’s murderer was male
_______17. What persona does the line “and lifts her leafy arms to pray” of Tree refers to?
a. A lady b. a nun c. a mother d. a tree

_______18. A list of the types of books included set of fiction EXCEPT one.
a. Biography b. mystery c. folklore d. mythology
Essay poetry horror legend
Speech short story humor fable
_______19. Known to his realistic depiction of rural life among his literary works.
a. Robert Frost b. Mark Haddon c. Joyce Kilmer d. Saju Abraham
_______20. Identifying the main ideas and restating them in your own words. Are especially helpful strategies for understanding the
content and structure of a reading selection?
a. Reflecting b. Questioning c. Comparing and Contrasting d. Outlining and Summarizing

II. (21-25) Determine the rhyme scheme used in the poem. Complete the following table with the end word of the line
in the four stanzas of the poem.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth
and both that morning equally lay
in leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
yet knowing how way leads on to way.
I doubted if I should ever come back.

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same
I shall be telling this with a sigh
somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I look the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference.

METER
LINES STANZA I STANZA II STANZA III STANZA IV
1 21.
2 22.
3 23.
4 24.
5 25.

III. Modified Matching Type

Magic Square: select from the numbered statements the best answer for each of the meaning; put the number in the proper
space in the magic square box. The total of the number will be same across each row and down each column (30 points)
Test Terms Statement
A. DRAMA 1. Narrative of a person’s life, a true story about a real person.
B. FABLE 2. Narrative literary works whose content is produced by the imagination and is
C. FANTACY not necessarily based on facts.
D. CIRILO BAUTISTA 3. Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.
E. JOYCE KILMER
F. THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
4. Trees (1913-1919)
G. SAJU ABRAHAM 5. Story based on impact of actual, imagined or potential science, usually set in
H. LEGEND the future or on other planets.
I. SCIENCE FICTION 6. A Man Falls to His Death.
J. ESSAY 7. Story, sometimes of a national or folk hero, which has a basis in fact but also
K. TOBY includes imaginative material.
L. TALL TALE 8. Humorous story with blatant exaggerations, swaggering heroes who do the
M. AUTOBIOGRAPHY impossible with nonchalance.
N. MYTHOLOGY 9. Public address or discourse.
O. POETRY
10. Factual information presented in a format which tells a story.
P. SPEECH
Q. FICTION 11. Story that can actually happen and is true to life.
R. FOLKLORE 12. Fiction full of fun, fancy and excitement, meant to entertain; but can be
S. FICTION IN VERSE contained in all genres.
T. REALISTIC FICTION 13. Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters, fictions which
U. HISTORICAL FICTION invites suspension of reality.
V. HORROR 14. A Prayer From The Womb.
W. SHORT STORY 15. Christopher Boones’ Pet Rat.
X. HUMOR 16. Robert Frost.
Y. NARRATIVE NONFICTION
17. Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that creates emotional responses.
18. Full-length novels with plot, subplot(s), theme(s), major and minor
characters, in which the narrative is presented in verse form.
19. Fiction of such brevity that it supports no subplots
20. Narration demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as
humans; legendary, supernatural tale.
21. Fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the characters and
the reader.
22. Stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where
conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action.
23. A short literary composition that reflects the authors outlook or point
24. Legend or traditional narrative, often based in part on historical events that
reveals human behaviour and natural phenomena by its symbolism; often
pertaining to the actions of gods.
25. The songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a people or folk as handed down
by word of mouth.
***To God be all the Glory!*** Prepared by: JUNELL S. FECHALIN