POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

Taguig City Campus

Gen. Santos Ave., Upper Bicutan, Taguig City
WORLD LITERATURE
Students Name: ______________________________________________________
S!"e: ___________
#i"eti!ns: Read the statements carefully and encircle the best answer that suits the
questions.
1. Why did Pygmalion made the statue Galatea?
a. He is a lonely man and needed a wife.
b. Females in his time spend their lies in criminal pursuits and ices.
c. Galatea seres as a model for the women that time.
d. He is afraid to grow old alone.
!. "n the story #$he scent of apples% by &ienenido 'antos( what does the phrase #scent
of apples% symboli)e?
a. $he beautiful relationship of *elestino Fabia found with his +merican wife.
b. *elestino Fabia became rich because of apples.
c. the economical status of *elestino Fabia after migrating in +merica.
d. $he low self concept which the Filipinos see as humility.
,. What is the main conflict of the story #-ne hundred years of solitude% by Gabriel
Garcia .arque)?
a. Poerty
b. "nasion of "nsomnia plague
c. /0pansion of .alondo into a town.
d. $he rialry between the church and the state.
1. -n2no2wo3s suicide in the noel # $hings fall apart% by *hinua +chebe symboli)es
self destruction of the tribe. Why is this so?
a. -n2no2wo is the god of the trine
b. -n2no2wo is the greatest warrior of 4nuofia
c. -n2no2wo is the symbol of power and pride of the tribe had.
d. -n2no2wo is the 2ing of the tribe.
5. Why does the "slamic literature considered as a part of the uniersal worls literature?
a. $he 2oran depicts the culture of the muslims( artistically written to describe
the people3s life.
b. $he 2oran reflects it3s e0cellent literary characteristics such as it3s poetic lines
with combination of repetition and ariation of sounds.
c. $hey portray a form of writing style fitted for blunt warnings and which carry
preaching tone.
d. +ll of the aboe
6. What is the real name of the author of #$wenty 7oe poems% by Paolo 8eruda?
a. Gabriel .istral
b. 8eftali &asoalto
c. 9oseph Harris
d. &en:amin 9onah
;. /0plain the meaning of the lines from the poem #Faorites% by $homas /. Feeney.
And I ran to the mirror and I looked at me
And I tell you, it made me think!
a. $he spea2er wants to 2now if he also has a defect.
b. $he spea2er wonders if he also has a defect which made the little girl li2e him.
c. $he spea2er is conscious of how he loo2s li2e.
d. $he spea2er wants to loo2 good in the eyes of the child.
<. +natole France is the author of # -ur 7ady3s 9uggler%. What is the real name of
+natole France?
a. +natole 9acques
b. 9acques $homas +natole
c. 9acques +natoles $hibault
d. $homas +natoles $hibault
=. French 7iterature is 2nown for haing attribute of # "spirit Gaulois% the gallic spirit
meaning >>>>>>>>>>>>.
a. + light?hearted gaiety.
b. + tendency not to ta2e life too seriously but with natural learning for the good
things in life.
c. +ll of the aboe
d. 8one of the aboe
1@. $he wor2s of Guy de .aupassant reflects life as he saw it( it portrays >>>>>.
a. 7oe and intense passion
b. 7ife3s miseries( tragedy and 7ife3s triality
c. Politics and goernance
d. 'ocietal class.
11. How does Hrothgar 2now of &eowulf?
a. &eowulf was once proposed to his daughter.
b. Hrothgar was friends with &eowulf3s father.
c. &eowulf has gained a widespread reputation after slaying a dragon
d. He read about him on the internet.
1!. From the 8oel #Romeo and 9uliet% of William 'ha2espeare( to which city does
Romeo go after being e0iled from Aerona?
a. Padua
b. Rome
c. Aenice
d. .antua
1,. Why is Romeo /0iled?
a. For 2illing $hibalt
b. For marrying 9uliet against her father3s will.
c. For 2illing .ercutio
d. For publicly admitting his atheism
11. &ased on # "nferno% by Bante +leghieri( which group of sinners must remain
submerged in the 'wampy 'ty0?
a. $he uncommitted
b. $he traitor to their 2in
c. $he Heretics
d. $he sullen
15. "n the drama # $he *rucible% by +rthur .iller( why will not /li)abeth not be hanged
if she is found guilty?
a. &ecause she is a woman
b. &ecause the puritans do not allow capital punishment.
c. &ecause she is pregnant.
d. &ecause 9ohn Proctor is well respected.
16. "n -edipus at *olonus( in the boo2 # $he -edipus Plays% by 'ophocles( How does
*reon attempt to coerce -edipus to return to $hebes?
a. He 2idnaps his daughters
b. He bribes $heseus
c. He threatens war with Polynices
d. He promises -edipus new eyes.
1;. From # $he adentures of Huc2leberry Finn% by .ar2 $wain( how does Huc2 2now
that Pap has returned to 't. Petersburg?
a. Pap isits 9udge $chatcher to demand Huc23s money
b. Pap tells him.
c. $he authorities determine that the corpse found in the rier is not Pap.
d. He sees Pap3s boot prints in the snow.
1<. "n # $he *atcher in the Rye% by 9.B. 'alinger( the word Catcher in the #ye
symboli)es >>>>>>>>>>>.
a. Holden3s dream :ob.
b. .Phoebe3s faorite stuffed animals
c. +n old college buddy of Holden3s father.
d. + symbolically important drin2ing glass.
1=. "n #"nferno% by Bante +leghieri( why is 9udas unable to spea2?
a. His tongue is a writhing sna2e
b. His lips are made of fire.
c. His head lies fro)en beneath the ice.
d. 7ucifer is chewing on his head.
!@. From # $he adentures of Huc2leberry Finn% by .ar2 $wain( how do Huc2 and 9im
initially acquire the raft?
a. $hey steal it.
b. $hey build it.
c. $hey bought it from a slade trader.
d. $hey find it during a flood.
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