Mindanao State University

Malabang Community High School

Tubok, Malabang Lanao del Sur
S.Y. 2023 - 2024
FINAL EXAMINATION IN
21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

Name: _____________________________________ Grade & Section: _______________ Score: _______

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
 Read the instructions carefully.
 Any forms of erasures or alteration will be considered wrong.
 Use BLACK ballpen to write your answers.
 Do not write anything on this paper except for your names, grade and section, and your answer.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read the following sentences. Write the letter of your choice on the blanks provided
before the number. (2 pts. each)
____ 1. Which of these works is written in Middle English?
A. The Canterbury Tales C. The Merchant of Venice
B. The Importance of Being Earnest D. Songs of Innocence and of Experience
____ 2. Which period is the golden age of lyric poetry?
A. Elizabethan Period C. Twentieth Century Period
B. Romantic Period D. Victorian Period
____ 3. Which statements can be said about the haiku?
A Haiku by Basho
A. It shows a solitary man.
A snowy morning
B. It shows a very poor man. --by myself,
C. It shows a very cold morning. chewing on dried salmon.
D. It shows a moment during summer time.
____ 4. What does the persona likely feel about his situation?
A Poem by Du Fu
A. contentment
The river's blue, the bird a perfect white,
B. excitement The mountain green with flowers about to blaze.
C. fear I've watched the spring pass away again,
D. weariness When will I be able to return?

____ 5. Which of the following best describes a haiku?

A. a long Chinese poem C. a poem of seven syllables with four lines
B. a short Japanese poem D. a poem of seventeen syllables and three lines
____ 6. What is the most common subject of haikus?
A. Buddhism B. food C. nature D. vicissitudes of life
____ 7. In her 124-word story "What Is to Come," Lilledeshan Bose tells the story of a woman whose
husband, a congressman, has another woman. Which genre is the most appropriate classification for
it?
A. fiction B. flash fiction C. poetry D. short story
____ 8. Which is a fictional story often set in the future that combines elements of fantasy and scientific facts?
A. drama B. magic realism C. poetry D. science fiction
____ 9. Which is a major type of literature that makes use of imagery, figurative language, and sometimes
uses rhyme?
A. drama B. fiction C. non-fiction D. poetry
____ 10. What genre of literature tells fictional stories based on or around important people or events from the
past?
A. fantasy B. historical fiction C. realistic fiction D. science fiction
____ 11. Suppose a novel is about a young woman named Daniella who moves out of her parents' house and
moves into a new apartment owned by Hector, with whom she feels an unexpected emotional
connection. What genre of popular fiction is the novel likely?
A. biography B. chick literature C. magic realism D. novella
____ 12. Which of the following best defines non-literary texts?
A. The texts that you need to study for an exam.
B. Texts that you read in a classroom, particularly at university level.
C. Texts that are more accurate and correct than other texts and are written by academics.
D. Texts whose primary purpose is to convey information without narrative or fictional elements.
____ 13. Words or phrases that express meanings in a non-literal way are referred to as
A. figures of sound C. figures of speech
B. figures of emphasis D. figures of relationship
____ 14. Which of the following figures of speech is used in the passage below?
A. hyperbole
All the world's a stage,
B. metaphor And all the men and women merely players;
C. simile They have their exits and their entrances,
D. synecdoche -from As You Like It by William Shakespeare

____ 15. Which of the following correctly states why literary writers use figures of speech?
A. Literary writers use figures of speech to puzzle the readers.
B. Literary writers use figures of speech to lengthen their works.
C. Literary writers use figures of speech to make their works popular.
D. Literary writers use figures of speech to enhance the artistic quality of their works.
____ 16. Complete the following sentence: A euphemism is a mild or roundabout word or phrase ________
A. used to emphasize the meaning of the text.
B. used to indicate a common idea in a clear, unambiguous way.
C. used to communicate the writer's strong, overpowering emotion.
D. used in place of a word or phrase considered painful or offensive.
____ 17. You are thinking of buying a wedding dress that has been previously loved. What kind of dress are
you getting?
A. A second-hand or used dress.
B. A dress that all the guests really liked.
C. The most popular dress in last month's Bride magazine.
D. A dress that a bride kept wearing during her honeymoon.
____ 18. Which of the following best describes anaphora?
A. repetition of a phrase in a direct row
B. repetition of a phrase at the end of sentences
C. repetition of a phrase in the middle of sentences
D. repetition of a phrase at the beginning of sentences
____ 19. Which phrase is an example of anaphora in the following passage?
“Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers -
to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where
science and progress will lead to all men's happiness.”
A. a world B. all men's happiness C. let us fight D. with national barriers
____ 20. In which of the following sentences is the word "suits" an example of metonymy?
A. No, Mary, really this dress does not suit you.
B. The suits from upstairs are in a big meeting.
C. Hearts, aces, and clubs are three of the suits in card decks.
D. The CEOs of the two companies were both wearing finely tailored suits.
____ 21. In the following sentence, what word is an example of synecdoche? 'Dan loves to take his boat out on
the waves.'
A. boat B. Dan C. out D. waves
____ 22. Which of the following is NOT an example of antihero?
A. Jay Gatsby (The Great Gatsby) C. Don Quixote
B. Severus Snape (Harry Potter series) D. Harry Potter

____ 23. Which of the following best describes a text's biographical context?
A. The text's vocabulary, sentence structures, and literary form.
B. The beliefs, education, culture, and experiences of the author.
C. The reader's own experiences, culture, education, and beliefs.
 D. The events and ideas that surround an author and help shape his or her writing.
____ 24. In analyzing a text based on its biographical context, a reader
A. identifies the images used by the author
B. compares the literary work to other works
C. gathers relevant facts about the author's life
D. examines the style and techniques used by the author
____ 25. Which of the following should not be considered in reading through a biographical context?
A. educational background C. political
B. figurative language D. social
____ 26. Which of the following is not a critical reading strategy?
A. previewing a text C. contextualizing a text
B. translating a text to another language D. comparing and contrasting related texts
____ 27. This critical reading strategy involves the examination of the reader's personal responses to the text.
What is this strategy?
A. making an outline C. reflecting on a text
B. asking questions about a text D. evaluating the argument made in a text
____ 28. Which of the following is not the purpose of critical reading?
A. Readers read texts critically for amusement.
B. Readers read texts critically to learn new information.
C. Readers read texts critically to learn more about culture and society.
D. Readers read texts critically for better understanding of their meaning.
____ 29. Which question allow the learners to reflect on a reading text?
A. What is the theme of the story?
B. What is the overall tone of the short story?
C. What happened in the beginning of the story?
D. What event or place in the story reminds you of your life and why?
____ 30. Which of the following is not true about the importance of critical reading in literature?
A. Critical reading is done to make a literary work popular.
B. Critical reading develops one's critical thinking skills and makes one keen to details.
C. Critical reading enables readers to understand and appreciate a piece of literature further.
D. Critical reading enables readers to write a critical review or analysis of a piece of literature.
____ 31. Which of the following figures of speech is used in the sentence below?
The bubbly baby babbled busily as Bobby bustled about his bassinet.
A. synecdoche C. onomatopoeia
B. alliteration D. hyperbole
____ 32. Carrie likes figures of speech, and her friends know she has a tendency to use oxymora in casual
conversations. Which of the following is she likely to say when she finds that a friend of hers is
unusually quiet?
A. Have you turned mute all of a sudden? C. You're like a completely different person today.
B. You're so silent today that it scares me. D. Your deafening silence today perplexes me.
____ 33. Among the following sentences, which does not use a figure of relationship?
A. I died of fright when, as I was walking along the dark hallway, he suddenly appeared in front of me.
B. Would you please lend me a hand so that we could finish this task right away?
C. She walked onto the stage and found a hundred pairs of eyes staring at her, waiting for her to speak.
D. Rachel's tears were like waterfalls as she wished her parents good-bye at the airport.
____ 34. Olivia is writing a poem, and she wants it to have auditory imagery so that the reader could imagine
hearing every twang and noise referred to in the poem. Which of the following should Olivia use in her
poem?
A. alliteration C. simile
B. onomatopoeia D. metonymy
____ 35. These are essential to a story as writers utilize these components to serve as the structure of and to
develop a story.
A. catharsis C. foreshadowing
B. literary techniques D. literary elements
____ 36. Which of the following sets of words refers to literary elements? Select your answer.
A. plot, catharsis, setting C. anaphora, dialogue, setting
B. setting, theme, characters D. characters, cliff-hanger, hamartia
____ 37. All statements describe anaphora except. Select your answer.
A. It is also called tragic flaw. C. It is also called epanaphora.
B. It is used to stir emotions among the audience. D. It adds rhythm to a particular line or paragraph.
____ 38. Which of the following is true about the antihero? Select your answer.
A. The protagonist has dignity.
B. The protagonist does not possess the traits expected of a hero.
C. The protagonist is brave.
D. The protagonist possesses the traits expected of a hero.
____ 39. It is derived from a Greek word which means “purgation” or “purification.” Select your answer.
A. epanaphora C. hamartia
B. tragedy D. catharsis
____ 40. Which of the following is not true about the stream of consciousness? Select your answer.
A. The plot is developed based on the characters’ recollection of past events.
B. It is also called interior monologue.
C. It uses dialogue to explain certain situations.
D. It is a common technique employed by Modern writers.

What the Thunder Said (An Excerpt)

By T. S. Eliot
After the torchlight red on sweaty faces
After the frosty silence in the gardens
After the agony in stony places
The shouting and the crying
Prison and palace and reverberation
Of thunder of spring over distant mountains
He who was living is now dead
We who were living are now dying
With a little patience
____ 41. The passage is an example of _______. Select your answer.
A. hamartia C. cliff-hanger
B. anaphora D. stream of consciousness
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (An Excerpt)
By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
No, said Snow White, I dare not take anything. Are you afraid of poison, said the old woman, look, I will
cut the apple in two pieces, you eat the red cheek, and I will eat the white. The apple was so cunningly made
that only the red cheek was poisoned. Snow White longed for the fine apple, and when she saw that the
woman ate part of it she could resist no longer, and stretched out her hand and took the poisonous half. But
hardly had she a bit of it in her mouth than she fell down dead. Then the queen looked at her with a dreadful
look, and laughed aloud and said, white as snow, red as blood, black as ebony-wood, this time the dwarfs
cannot wake you up again.
____ 42. Which of the following techniques best describe the excerpt? Select your answer.
A. foreshadowing C. hamartia
B. catharsis D. antihero
____ 43. Gollum was a notable character from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. He was portrayed as a
creature who constantly struggles between good and evil. What can you infer about Gollum? Select
your answer.
A. He is a villain. C. He is an antihero.
B. He is a hero. D. He is just another creature.
 Nestor Vicente Madali “N. V. M.” Gonzalez was born on September 8, 1915 in Romblon, Romblon. At
the age of five, his family moved to Mindoro. He attended the Mindoro High School from 1927 to 1930 and the
National University, but he was not able to obtain a degree. His first essay was published in the Philippine
Graphic. He was also an editor for the Manila Chronicle and Evening News Magazine.
____ 44. The passage about N. V. M. Gonzalez is a _________.
A. fiction C. biography
B. biographical context D. biographical analysis
How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife (An Excerpt)
By Manuel E. Arguilla
"You are Baldo," she said and placed her hand lightly on my shoulder. Her nails were long, but they
were not painted. She was fragrant like a morning when papayas are in bloom. And a small dimple appeared
momently high on her right cheek. "And this is Labang of whom I have heard so much." She held the wrist of
one hand with the other and looked at Labang, and Labang never stopped chewing his cud. He swallowed and
brought up to his mouth more cud and the sound of his insides was like a drum.
____ 45. What makes this piece of text distinctly Filipino?
A. It uses a short, simple statement that indicates Filipino practicality.
B. It uses images and scents that exist in the rustic Philippine countryside.
C. It uses a flourish of words that melodramatic Filipinos tend to enjoy.
D. It uses the summer season, which happens all-year-round in the Philippines.
(In 1980 “Immigrant Blues” was included in Bienvenido Santos’s short story collection Scent of Apples,
published by the University of Washington Press. In 1993, the “The Tomato Game” was published along with
other works in the collection The Bread of Salt and Other Stories.)
____ 46. What is the subject of the short story “Immigrant Blues” by Bienvenido Santos?
A. the culture shock of immigrants in America
B. the challenges of losing someone’s spouse
C. the loss of identity of old men as they age
D. the hardships that Filipino immigrants face
(The story is about the woes of the Filipinos living abroad. Like the characters Seniang, Antonietta, and
Monica, Filipino women living abroad are forced to resort to desperate measures like marrying a stranger for
citizenship so that they would not be deported.)
____ 47. Which statement best describes Alipio, the main character in the short story “Immigrant Blues”?
Select your answer.
A. Alipio is miserable about his life, and he thinks of ending it to join his wife.
B. Alipio is hopeless romantic and deeply devoted to his late wife Seniang.
C. Alipio is old and weary of the world, and he desperately wishes for relief.
D. Alipio is lonely, and he needs company.
(Though lonely and old, Alipio is neither weary of the world nor miserable. He was devoted to his wife when
she was alive. With her gone, he needs company.)
____ 48. What is the subject of the short story “The Tomato Game”?
Select your answer.
A. a man who deceives his fellow countrymen for money
B. a man who arranges marriage for others for a fee
C. a man who takes advantage of the mail order bride industry
D. a man who makes a living out of unmarried men’s desires
(Basically, the story is about a man named Sopi who calls himself “Importer-Exporter of Brides,” someone who
arranges marriage for others for a fee. However, he does not do it honestly or out of his goodness. He uses
people for his personal gain.)
____ 49. Which statement best describes the narrator of the short story “The Tomato Game”?
A. His is an opportunistic businessman.
B. He is a willing teacher.
C. He is an unsuspecting victim.
D. He is a person with conscience.
____ 50. Who is Achilles?
A. The greatest historian in the world who fought against the Trojans
B. The greatest philosopher in the world who fought against the Trojans
C. The greatest warrior in the world who fought against the Trojans
D. The greatest king in the world who fought against the Trojans
____ 51. Who is Hector?
A. The greatest of all Trojan warriors
B. The greatest of all Macedonian warriors
C. The greatest of all Greek warriors
D. The greatest of all Persian warriors
____ 52. Achilles still refuses to fight. Patroclus puts on Achilles armor, fights the Trojans and dies. Who kills
Patroclus?
A. Achilles` C. Agamemnon
B. Hector D. Odysseus
____ 53. Why does Achilles finally rejoin the war?
A. To avenge Patroclus' death C. To avenge Agamemnon's death
B. To avenge Hephaestus's death D. To avenge Apollo's death
____ 54. Who was Helen's husband?
A. Paris C. Agamemnon
B. Hector D. Menelaus
____ 55. Who was the Prince of Troy that gave the golden apple to Aphrodite in exchange for the most
beautiful woman of the world?
A. Hector C. Agamemnon
B. Paris D. Achilles
____ 56. Who is the goddess discord?
A. Ares C. Eric
B. Eris D. Aries
____ 57. How long did the Trojan War lasted?
A. 9 year C. 11 years
B. 10 years D. 12 years
____ 58. Who is the hero of The Odyssey?
A. Perseus C. Theseus
B. Odysseus D. Hercules
____ 59. Why does Poseidon despise Odysseus?
A. Odysseus does not respect the sea.
B. Odysseus tricked him with a disguise.
C. Odysseus and his men attacked him.
D. Odysseus blinded his son.

____ 60. What was the name of Odysseus’ wife?

A. Penelope C. Calypso
B. Athena D. Circe

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ZENAIDA S. CANDIA CACHEY GIRLY G. ALIPALA DR. CONAIDA B. GAMPONG - CAMAMA

Subject Teacher SHS Coordinator Unit Principal