BLEP REVIEW 2019

English Specialization
Prof. Erly Parungao
February 13, 2019

Directions: Read each item carefully, then choose the letter of the best answer.

1. The judges chose Mawmaw the best dog in the show. The italicized phrase functions as
______.
A. object complement C. indirect object
B. direct object D. appositive

2. Which of the following simple past verb forms is a marked form?

A. wrote C. weighed
B. dreams D. kept

3. It's raining hard.We have put _____our work for today.

A. across C. out
B. away D. off

4. In the sentence, "The club meeting will be over in an hour," the underlined phrase functions
as _______.
A. subject complement C. prepositional phrase
B. predicate noun D. adverbial

5. Which of the following sentences does not contain a phrasal verb?

A. The Board winded their meeting up quite early
B. We look up to him as our role model.
C. Do not lean against the wall.
D Am I going to round off the numbers?

6. I can hardly hear the news. Please turn ____ the volume.
A. over C. around
B. up D. on

7. Which of the following plural nouns is an unmarked form?

A. students C. women
B. bacteria D. sheep

8. In the verb phrase, will have been chosen properly, the operator verb is ____.
A. Will C. been
B. Have D. chosen

9. Which of the following adjective phrases is syntactically correct?

A. the most perfect C. the very perfect
B. nearly perfect D. less perfect

10. Which of the following questions is positively phrased?

A. How young are you today?
B. How old are you today?
C. What's your age today?
D. All of the above
11. You can sleep on the beach or in the woods. The sentence has conjoined ________.
A. clauses C. verb phrases
B. predicates D. prepositional phrase
12. The amount which she paid for is a student loan. The underlined group of words is
considered _______.
A. an independent clause C. a fragment
B. a dependent clause D. a subject complement

13. Which adverbial phrases come in the right order?

A. (walks) every morning hurriedly to catch the bus
B. (walks) to catch the bus hurriedly every morning
C. (goes) at seven o’clock in the library to return some books
D. (goes) to the library at seven o’clock to return some books

14. Which of the following sentences shows an error in subject-verb agreement?

A. Measles is contagious.
B. The committee works hard even on holidays.
C. One hundred pesos are hard to earn in one day.
D. My pajamas are still wet.

15. Which of the following yes/no questions is not formed accurately?

A. Have you all the things that you need for the trip?
B. Do you want to play badminton?
C. Won’t you have been the rightful heiress?
D. Can you not deliver your speech without a script?

16. Father drove the car into the garage beside our house with its headlights on.
The reference of the underlined word is ______.
A. father C. garage
B. car D. house

17. The imperative "Have an enjoyable vacation," is used as _______.

A. suggestion C. an advice
B. a wish D. an invitation

18. Which of the following sentences should have the article THE on the blank?
A. The Artist I talked in the Art Fair is _____ Michelangelo.
B. ______ Philippines has a lot of wonderful tourist destinations.
C. Obama Wins by _______ Landslide.
D. _______ sampaguita lei is usually given to a guest of honor.

Introduction to Linguistics

19. Teachers who believe that language is a system of structures consisting of sounds, words,
and sentences will predictably follow a teaching syllabus that revolves around __________.
A. communicative tasks C. functions of language
B. the “building blocks of language D. elements and functions of language

20. Language teaching practices that involve drills, patter practice, mimicry and memorization
uphold the process of ________ in language learning.
A. simplification C. habit-formation
B. hypothesis testing D. overgeneralization

21. The meaning expressed by the stress pattern in the following sentence is ___________.
“These are côoking ápples.”
A. Apples are being cooked. C. Apples are sold there.
B. Apples are good for eating. D. Apples are for cooking only.
22. As predicted by Krashen, the structure that is likely to be acquired late by a second language
learner is shown in the underlined item in __________.
A. The girl is chasing the ducks.
B. He saw many animals on the farm.
C. My son enjoys riding on the carabao.
D. The family went home happy.

23. The sentence that contains an acceptable example of a verb derived from a noun is
A. Neil and his friends morninged at the bar.
B. The artist flowered the restaurant tables.
C. The massacre orphaned the boy.
D. Many shoppers escalatored at the busy mall.

24. That all normal children the world over acquire a mother tongue supports the idea that
language is _______.
A. creative C. arbitrary
B. conventional D. universal

25. A sign in front of a construction site reads, “Beware of falling debris.” The illocutionary
force conveyed by the signage is to _______.
A. threaten C. give a warning
B. apologize D. make an announcement

Listening and Speaking

26. Nora heard the phone ring, but she ignored it. What kind of listening has she been to?
A. Marginal C. Critical
B. Attentive D. Appreciative

27. Every time Lorenz listens to her teachers’ lectures, she uses her schema regarding the topic
and draws inferences about it. The process used by Lorenz is the top-down process which
involves _______.
A. information within the text only
B. inside information that the listener brings to the text
C. language information, contextual clues, and prior knowledge
D. the ability to process acoustic signals

28. Which among the four basic types of speaking requires to parrot back words, phrases, and
sentences which they hear?
A. imitative C. extensive
B. interactive D. responsive

29. Mr. Palermo asked his students to produce different consonant sounds. First, he told the
students to form some sounds by completely obstructing the stream of air either their lips or
their tongues and then releasing air stream. He taught them to produce ___________.
A. fricatives C. nasals
B. affricates D. plosives

30. When a language learner modulates his/her voice, one is working out voice’s __________.
A. volume C. pitch
B. projection D. stress

31. Ms. Sarah, an English teacher divided the class into groups and gave a problem-solving
activity entitled “Dessert Dilemma”. She wanted to monitor closely the students in the group
who knows how to signal that one wanted to speak. What specific speech routine in
conversation did Ms. Tess adhere to?
 A. negotiation of meaning C. interaction
B. feedback D. turn-taking

Reading and Writing

32. Reading is defined as a process of constructing meaning through the interactions of several
important factors that make each reading act unique. What are these factors?
A. Reader’s language competence, organization of the text, and purpose for reading
B. B. Reader’s existing knowledge, information suggested by the written language,
and the context of the reading situation
C. Reader’s decoding ability, writer’s cultural background, and the pattern of
organization
D. Reader’s motivation to learn, writer’s expression of ideas and context

33. Schema activation helps readers to bridge the gap between the known and the new. Which of
the following is NOT a good activity for schema activation?
A. giving direct instruction C. brainstorming ideas
B. previewing a passage D. constructing graphic organizer

34. Knowledge of text organization guides the reader’s interaction and helps to determine the
important details of the selection. The following are the organizational patterns used in
exposition EXCEPT
A. Narration C. Cause-Effect
B. Comparison-Contrast D. Time Order

35. If students think about their own thinking, they are involved in the process called _______
A. higher-order thinking C. creative thinking
B. critical thinking D. metacognition

36. Which one can help students develop the habit of critical thinking?
A. Obeying authority without any questions
B. Making the students prepare posters
C. asking questions explicitly answered by the text
D. Being willing to suspend judgment until sufficient evidence is presented

37. Metacognition is one’s awareness about one’s thinking. Students can be taught the
metacognitive strategies for autonomous learning. which of the following does NOT reflect
a metacognitive strategy?
A. regulating one’s thoughts
B. Distinguishing fact and opinion
C. Checking one’s understanding
D. Repairing comprehension problems

38. A technique for generating a pool of ideas in order to eventually select the most appropriate
ideas for use in writing or some other creative task
A. delayed copying C. Dictocomp
B. Precis Writing D. Brainstorming

39. The following are different aspects of a subject that a writer considers in cubing as a
technique in generating ideas EXCEPT
A. describing C. comparing
B. listing D. arguing for/against

40. The course of action taken when a person follows one step after another in order to develop
a piece of writing, where each step needs to be completed before moving on to the next step.
A. recursive writing C. rethinking
B. linear writing D. drafting
41. The line of reasoning of a written product in terms of its approach and modes used
throughout
A. topic sentence C. negation of meaning
B. purpose D. rhetorical structure

42. Ms. Cruz collects a variety of samples of her student’s work produced for different
assignments and purposes. She uses her collection in assessing her students’ writing across
time. She is using _________.
A. authentic texts C. topic-based guidelines
B. chain stories D. portfolios

43. effective evaluation should provide the following kinds of information to the writer
EXCEPT
A. to whom is the writer writing for
B. Does the writer use language accurately and appropriately?
C. Is the content relevant to the task?
D. Is the content clearly expressed?

44. How is the writing process characterized when “writers can engage in any act of composing
– finding ideas, thinking about ways of organizing them, imagining ways of expressing them
--at any time during their writing and often perform these acts many times while writing.”
A. linear C. cyclical
B. recursive D. spontaneous

Preparation and Evaluation of Instructional Materials

45. It is a type of instructional material which includes provisions for remedial activities to
support lessons in the textbook.
A. Reference Book C. Module
B. Workbook D. Work Text

46. The textbook evaluator is examining the relationships of tests and exercises to learner needs
and course content. What kind of evaluation is he doing?
A. Internal Validation C. Evaluation on Generalizability
B. External Evaluation D. Overall Evaluation

47. One important factor to consider in the curriculum implementation to ensure link of the
instructional materials to the curriculum is to
A. identify learner needs C. test learners
B. evaluate curriculum D. monitor and adapt instruction

48. The conceptual framework combines and minor concepts on language learning, language
teaching theories, and materials design principles upon which the material is anchored. The
following are minor concepts except for
A. selection and gradation of content
B. theories of language learning
C. format of the materials
D. organization of language skills

49. Which basic principle in materials development is least considered?

A. Materials should require and facilitate learner self-investment
B. Materials must ensure students performance in examinations
C. Materials should take into account that learners differ in affective attitudes
D. D. Materials should provide opportunities for outcome feedback

50. The following are considerations in adapting materials except

 A. adaptation should only be based on qualitative effects
B. techniques in materials could be a combination with some other techniques
C. there should be a matching process in selecting techniques
D. content can be adapted using a range of techniques

51. A teacher asks her class to prepare a genealogy of the characters in the drama Oedipus the
King. What could be her objective in asking the class to do that?
A. Check if the students really read and appreciated the text
B. Help the class see the relationship of the characters to each other
C. Motivated the class to be interested in reading the play on their own D. Have
students use their prior knowledge to approach the text

52. A teacher wrote in her lesson plan for teaching Oedipus the King this: “What qualities make
a good king? Fill up the web below with words that describe an ideal king.” What is
primarily the purpose of this activity?
D. Build students’ schema
E. Evaluate students’ learning
F. Give students some literary experience
G. Enhance students’ literary competence

53. This passage is from Oedipus the King: “You mock my blindness, do you?/But I say that
you, with both your eyes, are blind: “You cannot see the wretchedness of your life.” What is
the objective in teaching the students that the passage uses a figure of speech called
paradox?
H. Literary appreciation
I. Multiple intelligence
J. Literary competence
K. All of the above

54. What does the speaker celebrate in “The Soul Selects Her Own Society”? The soul selects
her own society,
Then shuts the
door; On her
divine majority
Obtrude no
more.

L. conformity C. life and freedom

M. community D. self-imposed isolation

55. What do the last two lines from Freneau’s The Wild Honeysuckle reveal about life? From
morning suns and evening dews
At first thy little being came;
If nothing once, you nothing lose,
For when you die you are
the same; The space
between is but an hour, The
frail duration of flower.

N. Life is just an hour.

 O. Life is frail.
P. Life is short.
Q. It is like a flower.

56. Below is an excerpt from the Bhagavad-Gita.

Arjuna sat dejected,/ filled with pity,/ his sad eyes blurred by tears. Krishna gave him
counsel.

Lord Krishna: Why this cowardice/ in time of crisis, Arjuna?/ The coward is ignoble,
shameful, foreign to the ways of heaven.// Don’t yield to impotence!/ It is unnatural in
you!/ Banish this petty weakness from your heart./ Raise to the fight, Arjuna!
Arjuna: Krishna, how can I fight/ against Bhishma and Drona/ with arrows/ when they
deserve my worship?// It is better in this world/ to beg for scraps of food/ than to eat
meals/ smeared with the blood/ of elders I killed/ at the heights of their power/ while their
goals/ were still desires.

What reason does Arjuna give for not wanting to fight?

A. He feels weak from hunger.

B. He wants to use another weapon aside from the arrows.
C. He does not want to kill his elders whom he admires.
D. He proposes for a dialogue between the two camps.

57. Varnas, the theoretical basis for the caste system of the Hindus rests on ________.

a. One’s birthright
b. Karma of past thought and actions C. A person’s capacity and
intelligence D. The quality of contribution to society

58. A collection of non-speculative hymns representative of the Aryan religious spirit often
comparable to the psalms in the Old Testament.
a. Bhagavad Gita C. Rigveda
b. Dhammapada D. Upanishads
c.
59. What rhetorical device is used in this line from the Ramayana?
“Dearly, loved, devoted Sita! Daughter of a royal line.”
a. Onomatopoeia c. Alliteration
b. Assonance d. Consonance

60. What do these thoughts of Dushyanta reveal about his character?

“A tranquil spot! Why should I thrill?/ Love cannot enter there – ”

a. Indecisive c. Emotional
b. Rational d. Ambivalent

61. What does the falling of the plums in this excerpt from the Book of Songs mean?

Ripe plums are

dropping, Now there
are only seven. May
a fine lover come for
 me Now while there
is yet time.

a. Getting older C. Overripe fruits

b. Fewer men D. Lost opportunities

62. Chinua Achebe’s novel, the title of which is an epigraph from Yeat’s’ The Second
Coming, is a lament over the disintegration of Nigerian society represented by Okwonko, once
a respected chieftain who looses his leadership with the coming of the British colonizers.

A. Things Fall Apart B. A Man of the People C. No Longer at Ease D. Arrow of God

Read the excerpt below from Grace A. Ogot’s Rain

It was no longer a question of being the chief of hunger-stricken people that weighed
Labong’s hear. It was the life of his only daughter that was at stake. At the time when
Oganda came to meet him, he saw the glittering chain shining around her waist. The
prophecy was complete. “It is Oganda, Oganda, my only daughter, who must die so
young.” Labong’o burst into tears before finishing the sentence. The chief must not weep.
Society had declared him the bravest of men. But Labong’o did not care anymore. He
assumed the position of a simple father and wept bitterly. He loved his people, the Luo, but
what were the Luo for him without Oganda?

63. What is the main conflict of the story?

a. Individual vs. Self C. Individual vs. Society
b. Individual vs. Another D. Individual vs. Nature

64. One of these selections is a frame story.

a. Panchatantra C. The Tale of Genji
b. Record of a Journey to the West D. The Rain Came

65. This literary selection is an example of a satire.

a. R.K. Narayans’ The English Teacher
b. Cao Zhan’s Dream of the Red Chamber
c. Junichiro Tanizaki’s The Makioka Sisters
d. Mongo Beti’s The Poor Christ of Bombay

66. This novel is developed in a form of a recit, the French style of a diary-like confessional
work.
a. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
b. The Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono
c. The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon
d. Song of Lawino by Okot P’Bitek

67. From what perspective is the following story told?

At the top of a squatty, three-story brick Sue and Johnsy had their studio. "Johnsy" was
familiar for Joanna. One was from Maine; the other from California. They had met at the
 table d'hôte of an Eighth Street "Delmonico's," and found their tastes in art, chicory salad
and bishop sleeves so congenial that the joint studio resulted.
a. First person c. Second person
b. Third person omniscient d. Third person limited

68. What type of figure of speech appears in the last line from George Herbert’s The Altar?
With thee
Let me combine,
And feel this day thy vitorie,
For, if I imp my wing on
thine, Affliction shall advance the
flight in me.

a. Paradox C. Oxymoron
b. Personification D. Metaphor

69. What do the following lines reveal about people and the world?
"All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their
exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts" - (As You Like It,
Act II, Scene VII)
a. Life is just like going to the theater.
b. B. People have different roles to play in life.
C. Life is but an empty, senseless dream.
D. People live and die at different times.
70. What is the main contention of Shylock in his speech in the Merchant of Venice?

If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do
we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?

a. He has all reasons to avenge himself.

b. Jews are capable of mercy and justice.
c. Jews feel the same way as other people do.
d. Shylock responds quickly to various situations.

71. Which statement about love is true based on Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116?

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and

cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass
come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and
weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of
doom.

a. Love never wanes even in old age. b. Love dissipates when lovers live apart.
c. Love does not succumb to temptations. d. Love adapts to changing circumstances.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore?”
This I whispered and an echo murmured back the word,
Lenore!”
Merely this and nothing more.
From The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
 57. What atmosphere do the images create?
A. Confusion C. Longing
B. Contentment D. Solitude

58. What truth about humans do the following lines from

Whitman’s A Noiseless Patient Spider reveal?

And you, O my Soul, where you stand, Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless

oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,--seeking
Till the bridge you will need, be form'd--till the ductile
anchor hold; Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch
somewhere, O my Soul.

A. People need food and shelter.

B. People naturally search for their
meaning.
C. People need friends and families.
D. People endlessly seek opportunities to create.

59. What do the following lines from Freneau’s The Wild Honeysuckle exhort?

From morning suns and evening dews/ At first thy little

being came; If nothing once, you nothing lose,/ For
when you die you are the same; The space between is
but an hour,/ The frail duration of flower.

A. Humans experience the transience of life.

B. Life is short; it must be lived meaningfully.
C. People are as frail as wild honeysuckles.
D. Everyone must prepare for the inevitable.

60. What do the following lines from Wordsworth’s Psalm of Life reveal about heroes
and heroism?

Lives of great men all remind us

We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;

A. Anybody can be a hero. B. Heroes are often forgotten.

C. Heroes are easy to find D. It is easy to do heroic acts.

61. What figure of speech is used in the following lines written by Langston Hughes?
 From A Dream Deferred
Langston Hughes

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up/ like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-- /And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-- /like a syrupy sweet?

A.Simile C. Personification
B. Metaphor D. Apostrophe

62. What device is used in the poem A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes?

a. Parallel construction C. Rhetorical questions

b. Antithetical questions D. Anaphoric repetition

63. Frost wrote Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening in one sitting. Which of the
statements below best describes the persona?

Whose woods these are I think I know./His house is in the

village, though; He will not see me stopping here /To watch
his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it
queer/ To stop without a farmhouse near Between the
woods and frozen lake/ The darkest evening of the year.

A. He was very tired of travelling and longed desperately for a rest.

B. He was smitten by the woods and wished to stay despite the odds.
C. He tried to allay his fear of the frozen lake and the darkest evening.
D. He had travelled far, but hoped eagerly to rest in the farmhouse nearby.

64. Which novel centers on a sensitive 16-year-old young man who flees his elite
boarding school for the outside world of adulthood, only to become disillusioned by its
materialism and phoniness?

A. The Kite Runner C. Black Boy

B.Catcher in the Rye D. Great Expectations

65. Given this analysis of the poem by William Wordsworth, what is the
theory/approach applied?
‘The speaker – a persona, not necessarily the poet – recalls a frame of mind
sometime in the past, when “she” (the female figure) was so active and alive that the
speaker (mother? father? lover?) could hardly comprehend any earthly touch to the
living female figure. Now, in the present, the speaker tells the reader or listener that
the female is dead, but does so by circumlocution, or indirect statement. Only one word
“diurnal,” should give even the mildest pause to most readers: it means “daily.” The
meter is unvarying to the point of monotony – alternating soft and strong syllables. The
rhymes are equally regular and predictable. There is classic restraint and regularity, a
tight control.’

a. Deconstruction C. Romantic
b. Formalist D. Psychoanalytical
 66. The above analysis concerns itself with the ________ of the text.

A. Local texture C. Moral implication

B. Logical structure D. Mimetic content

67. The central irony in the poem is ________.

a. To die is to rest
b. Death is certain for everyone
c. The dead is finally at peace
d. In dying a person lives forever

68. Using the psychoanalytic approach to literary criticism, the best statement to
interpret and analyze the passage below is ________.

Miss Mijares stepped down to a sidewalk in front of the boarded store. The wind had
begun again and she could hear it whipping in the eaves above her head. “Ma’am,” the man’s
voice sounded at her shoulders, “I’m sorry if you thought I lied.”
She gestured, bestowing pardon.
In her secret heart, Miss Mijares’ young dreams fluttered faintly to life, seeming monstrous
in the rain, near this man – seeming monstrous but also sweet and overwhelming. I must get
away, she thought wildly, but he had moved and brushed against her, and where his touch had
fallen, her flesh leaped, and she recalled how his hands had looked that first day, lain tenderly
on the edge of her desk and about the wooden bird (that looked like a moving, shining dove)
and she turned to him: with her ruffles wet and wilted, in the dark she turned to him.
from The Virgin by Kerima Polotan Tuvera

A. Most of the individual mental processes are unconscious.

B. All human behavior is motivated ultimately by sexuality.
C. Because of powerful social taboos, many of our desires are repressed.
D. All of the above.

69. This scene shows that Miss Mijares is evidently ruled by her ________.
A. Superego B. Id C. Ego D. All of the above

In the Dark Depths

Jose Ma. Sison

The enemy wants to bury us

In the dark depths of prison
But shining gold is mined
From the dark depths of the earth
And radiant pearl is dived
From the dark depths of the sea.
We suffer but we endure
And draw up gold and pearl
From depths of character
Formed so long in struggle.

70. One pair of binary oppositions that the poem In the Dark Depths presents is
________.
 a. The enemy and the prisoners
b. The prisoners and radiant pearl
c. The enemy and the pearl
d. The prisoners and shining gold

71. To apply a deconstructive reading of the poem, we should ________.

a. Look first for the metaphor, explain the comparison, and then tell why the comparison is
not appropriate.
b. Identify the figures of speech used, explain each figure, and look for the weakness in the
comparison.
c. Determine the central binary opposition, look for the weakness in the relationship of
the binary, then reverse the hierarchy.
d. All of the above.

‘Araby by James Joyce is a story of a boy’s first romantic experience of love. It

uses a more removed method of presenting inner experience: there is no
distinction between objective reality perceived by an omniscient narrator and a
subjective reality apprehended by the main character. The whole narrative told
from an ‘I’ point of view is experience recollected in relative maturity. The
refinement and poetry of the language describing the inner experience reflect the
delicacy and purity of sentiment nurtured by the boy for his lady love.’

72. The above analysis on Araby is leaning towards the

A. Psychoanalytical Literary Theory
B.American New Criticism
C.Russian Formalism
D. Structuralist Literary Theory

73. The answer in item # 32 is supported in the analysis by the focus on ________.

A. Narrative method C. Language

B. Point of view D. All of the above

74. Identify the play from which lines are taken:

Will thou be gone? It is not yet near day.

It was the nightingale, and not the lark
The period the fearful hollow of thine ear;
Nightly she sings on your pomegranate tree;
Believe me, love, it was the nightingale

A. Love’s Labour’s Lost C. Romeo and Juliet

B. Othello D. Cymbeline

75. Identify the poem from which the following line are take:

DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES.

AND I WILL PLDGE WITH ME.
OR LEAVE A KISS BUT IN THE CUP.
 AND I’LL NOT LOOK FOR WINE.

A. Song to Celia
B. Crossing the Bar
C. Ode to the West Wind
D. She was a Phantom of Delight

76. Identify the poem from the lines are taken:

Have glimpse that would make me less forlorn;

Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow is wreathed horn

A. Auguries of Innocence
B.God Moves in a Mysterious Way
C.Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
D. The World is Too Much With Us

77. Identify the author of the poem torn which the following lines are taken:
O is she
rosely
loved is
she lovely
rosed
O is she lovely sung as sea-shells?

A. Fernando M. Maramag C. Natividad Marquaez

B.Mauro Mendez D. Jose Garcia Villa

78. Who said, “These are the times that try men’s souls?”
A. James Madison C. Benjamin Franklin
B.Thomas Paine D. Thomas Jefferson

79. Who wrote the novel WAR AND PEACE?

A. Spencer C. Shaw
B.Turgenew D. Tolstoy

80. Identify the play from which the lines are take:

All that glitters is not gold;

Often you have heard that told;
Many a man his life hath
sold But my outside to
behold; Glided tombs do
norms enfold.

A. Mechant of Venice C. As you Like It

B.Hamlet D. Macbeth

81. Identify the poem from which the stanza is take:

 Trust no future, howe’er
pleasant Let the dead
Past bury its dead!
Act-act in the living Present
Heart within, and God o’erhead

A. Hymn to the Night C. My Lost Youth

B.The Cross of Show D. A Psalm of Life

82. What virtue is inferred in the poem?

Little things
It’s the little things we do or say
that make or break the beauty of the average
passing day Hearts, like doors, , will open with
ease To very, very little keys.
And don’t forget that two of these
Are “I thank you”, and “If you please.”

- Anonymous
A. Kindness C. Friendliness
B.Confidentiality D. Encouragement

83. What does William Norris want you to do in his ZIP THE LIP?
If your lips would keep from slips.
Five things observe with care;
To whom you speak; of whom you speak
And how, when, and where

A. To be truthful C. To show kindness

B. To be sincere D. To observe confidentiality

84. What figure of speech is used in the lines below?

His bright eyes rolled, they never seemed to settle.
And glittered like the flowers beneath a kettle:

Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

A. Simile C. Metaphor
B.Hyperbole D. Personification

85. Which speech is considered of the greatest speeches for its vision of American democracy by
a U.S political leader?
A. THE GETTYS BURG ADDRESS
B. John F Kennedy’s INAUGURAL SPEECH
C. LINCOLN MEMORIAL ADDRESS
D. Patrick Henry’s speech

86. Which play of Jose M. Hernandez tells of an artisan who forged cannons for the used of the
Spaniards?
A. The Real Leader
B.Panday Pira
 C. The Filipino Rebel
D. The Cry of the Philippines

87. Which novel written by Kerima-Tuvera tells of the story of Emma Mercene who struggles
for consummation of purse and clean love?
A. THE BARANGAY
B.THE HAND OF THE ENEMY
C.A CHILD OF SORROW
D. THE FILIPINO REBEL

88. William Wordsworth wrote “SHE WAS PHANTON OF DELIGHT” from which the lines
are taken:

SHE WAS PHANTOM OF DELIGHT

WHEN FIRST SHE GLEAMED UPON SIGHT;
A LOVELY APPARITON, SENT
TO BE A MOMENT’S ORNAMENT;

Which figure of speech is used?

A. Hyperbole C. Metaphor
B. Personification D. Simile

89. “It is only the heart that one can see nightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
From THE LITTLE PRINCE
BY ANTOINE DE ST. EXUPERY

The aspiration drawn from quote is that ________.

A. Important things are visible to
the eye
B. There are things which the eye
cannot see.
C. It is better to see things with the heart
D. Only the heart can see the beautiful things in life.

90. Consider this poem entitled WINGS written by Victor Hugo.

Be like the bird, who
Halting in this flight
On limb too slight
Feels it give way beneath him
Yet sings
Knowing he has wings

A. Listen to advices C. Be courageous

B.Believe in yourself D. Don’t be over confident

91. Who wrote “HESPERIDES” which contains lyrics filled with themes about country life and
beauty?
A. Lord Byron C. John Milton
 B.Robert Herrick D. George Herbert

107. Which novel written by E.M. Foster satirizes the manners of the middle-class English
folk with their provincial class clannishness and prejudices?
A. Where Angels Fear to Tread
B.A Room with a View
C.The Longest Journey
D. Howards End

92. What is alluded to by these lines?

The man who made it did not want it.
The man who bought it did not use it.
The man who used it did not own it.
Try to guess just to call just what to call it.

A. Poison B. Gun C. Coffin D. Bomb

93. Which poem by William Ernest Henley answers the question; Do humans control their own
lives?
A. Remember C. Precious Stones
B.Invictus D. The Alderking

94. Who wrote TO LUCASTA?

A. Robert Herrick C. Thomas Carew
B.Richard Lovelace D. John Sucking

95. Which earned for Joyce Carol Oates the title THE DARK LADY OF AMERICAN
LETTERS?
A. The beautiful insights imposed on her characters and settings
B.Her writings have been experiential
C.Her ability to describe and narrate realities
D. The unrelieved sense of death that pervades her writings

96. Which psalm is a song of joy and reverence?

A. Psalms 7 C. Psalms 8
B.Psalms 23 D. Psalms 24

97. John Milton wrote “ON HIS BLINDNESS” for which this lines is taken:
THEY ALSO SERVE WHO ONLY STAND AND WAIT.
Which Filipino Trait does is show?

A. Juan “Tamad” attitude C. “Pakikibahagi”

B. “Pakikisama” D. “Karangalan”

98 - 102. On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King delivered his famous LINCOLN
MEMORIAL ADDRESS from which these paragraphs are taken:
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustration of the
moment; I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
 I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its
creed. “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the
sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood…

98. Which is the dream of Martin Luther King?

A. Freedom for Jews and gentiles
B.Freedom for all of God’s children
C.Freedom for the black men from Mississippi,
Alabama, Louisiana, and slums and ghettos of Northern cities.
D. Freedom for America

99. Which difficulties and frustrations are being referred to:

A. Forced segregation, jobs, housing, education, and bread
B.Voting, public accommodation and housing
C.Government indifference
D. Religion with its practices

100. Which refers to CREED?

A. My dream is rooted in America
B.I have a dream
C.The truth is evident
D. All men are created equal

John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivered his famous INAGURAL SPEECH from which the
paragraphs are taken:
And, so my fellow Americans: Ask no t what your country can do for you-ask what you can
do for your country.
My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you but what together we
can do for the freedom of man.

101. What is John F. Kennedy asking the citizens of American and the citizens of the
world?

A. Economic cooperation
B.Cooperation and support against
terrorism
C. High standards of strength and
sacrifice too safeguard freedom
D. Adherence to democratic ideals, principles and
practices

102. What does Shakespeare want to infer in this line?

The fault, dear BRUTUS, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.

A. A statue has never been set up in honor of a critic

B. “Be content with things you have.”
C. Dreams don’t work unless you do
D. A great man is always willing to be little.
 103. Which is Chaucer’s collection stories in verse showing his skill as a story teller in
giving a vivid picture of English society in the 1300’s?
A. The Divine Comedy
B.The New Life
C.The Song of Roland
D. The Canterbury Tales

104. Which work of Henry David Thoreau contains civil disobedience and passive
resistance which were practiced by Mahatma Gandhi of India and Martin Luther King, Jr.
in their protest against their governments?
A. On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
B. A week on the Concord and Merrimack rRvers
C. Walden
D. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

105. Below is a sentence from DON QUIXOTE:

In a village of La Mancha a name of which I have no desire to recall, there lived not so
long ago one of those gentlemen who always have a lance in the rock, an ancient buckles, a
skinny nag and a greyhound….

Which question should you ask if you are reading it at a LITERAL LEVEL?

A. Is there a figurative language used?

B. Which word will l own?
C. What are the figurative language and sound techniques used?
D. Which technique creates humor?

106. Which is the highest level of comprehension?

A. Literal comprehension
B.Critical evaluation
C.Critical comprehension
D. Integration

107. The Maranao stories about Pilandok are examples of ________.

A. Fantastic stories C. Folk tales
B.Creation myths D. Folk epics

108. Which of the following epic is about the exploits of early Muslim warriors who
fought in defense of Islam?
A. Indarapatra and Sulayman
B.Bantugan
C.Parang Sabu
D. Darangan

109. Which book in the New Testament includes a vision of the end of the world and
the second coming of Jesus?
A. Epistle of Hebrews C. Epistle of James
B.Revelations D. Colossians

110. Which of the following terms describes the subject matter, style, tone and attitude
of the literature of ancient Greek and Rome?
A. Romanticism C. Classicism
B.Realism D. Naturalism

111. The Greek alphabet is adapted from the consonantal writing developed by the
A. Phoenicians C. Babylonians
B.Assyrians D. Hebrews

112. Which of the following is Carlos Bulosan’s celebrated autobiography?

A. Falling Leave C. America is in the Heart
B.The laughter of My Father D. Footnote to Youth

113. The type of novel, which became popular, in the 18th century is ________.
A. Religious C. Epistolary
B.Picaresque D. Gothic

114. The most authentic record of Confucian teaching form which the Tao or Way was
learned the correct principles of governing both self and state is ________.
A. Tu Fu C. Shih Ching
B.Analects D. Tao-te Ching

115. What literacy movement in American literature examines life as it is?

A. Romanticism C. Puritanism
B.Realism D. Naturalism

116. “The Tale of Genji” was written by ________.

A. Akutagawa Ryunosuki
B.Lady Murasoki Shokibu
C.Kawabata Syaonari
D. Lady Murasaki

117. What is the English translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s “Gitanjali”?

A. Patriotic Hymns C. Song of Offerings
B.Devotional Songs D. Songs Caesar

118. . One of the most popular love stories in Greek mythology is the story of Cupid
and Psyche. Psyche’s undying love and devotion to her husband earned the respect of the
Gods. What was Psyche’s mistake that nearly broke up her marriage?

a. Psyche had an affair.

b. Psyche listened to the evil suggestion of her sisters to leave her husband.
c. Psyche defied her husband by looking at his face in the middle of the night.
d. Psyche stopped loving her husband.

119. Which is NOT a work of Leo Tolstoy?

A. Father and Sons
B.The Death of Ivan Illych
C. War and Peace
D. Anna Karenina

120. Who among these writers is famous for using local color in his stories?
A. Manuel Arguilla C. F. Sionel Jose
B.Carlos Bulosan D. Juan C. Laya
 121. What narrative poem tells of the heroic exploits of great heroes?
A. Romance C. Epic
B.Ballad D. Lyric

122. If Divine Comedy is characterized by absolute faith in a single truth, what best
characterizes Boccaccio’s Decameron?
A. An equally devout reference for this truth
B.A complete negation of Christian doctrine
C.Characteristics of the merchant class
D. A sexual libertinism that seeks to revive the great pleasures of Ancient Rome

123. Time is a pair scissors

And life, a bolt of brocade
When the lost section is done
The scraps are committed to a bonfire

The key idea expressed in the stanza above is

the ________.
A. Transitoriness of life C. Beauty of life
B.Cruelty of time D. Destruction of beauty

124. Which of the following literary genre was used to express social protest during the
early days of American regime?
A. Zarsuela B. Comedia C. Cenaculo D. Duplo

125. In Homer’s epic, who kept Odysseus on her Island for seven years? A. Athena
B. Calypso C. Helen D. Penelope

126. A distinct of poetry during the age of modernism is ________.

A. Measure C. Free verse
B.Blank verse D. Rhyme

127. Her way of speaking is as entertaining as a laundry list “is an example of

________.
A. Simile C. Hyperbole
B.Metaphor D. Onomatopoeia

128. Which short narrative poem is intended to be sung?

A. Ballad B. Lyric C. Epic D. Romance

129. What is the usual ending of a Comedia?

A. Death of the prince C. Death of the queen
B.Victory of Muslims D. Victory of Christians

130. The period of American Renaissance gave birth to ________.

A. Romanticism C. Transcendentalism
B.Naturalism D. Realism

131. “Yes, thou shalt die,

And lie
Dump in the tomb;
Nor of thy name
 Shall these be any fame”
=To An Uncultured Lesbian Woman=
=Sappho=

What does the person tell the lesbian woman about her death?
A. She will not be famous in death
B.She will find peace
C.She will be placed in a tomb
D. She will be forgotten

132. The Ifugao hero who was immortalized in the epic Hudhud is ________.
A. Lumawig B. Duluyan C. Banna D. Aliguyon

133. Who among the following is known as the Indian Shakespeare?

A. Kalidasa B. Khagyam C. Tagore D. Sadi

134. What conventions or earlier literary and artistic cycle style do both realism and
naturalism oppose?
A. Classicism C. Symbolism
B.Romanticism D. Neoclassicism