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Directions: Encircle the letter of your answer.

1. Which of the following best states the theme of “Federigo’s Falcon”?

a. A person’s true worth is best measured by the possessions he or she accumulates.
b. Money is not a true indicator of a person’s worth.
c. A person’s worth determines his/her fate
d. Money can bring happiness to those who wait.
2. Which of the following literary devices is present in the story?
a. Onomatopoeia
b. Irony
c. Extended metaphor
d. Personification
3. Who is considered as the antagonist in the story?
a. Monna Giovanna
b. Monna Giovanna’s son
c. Monna Giovanna’s husband
d. None
4. What is the main conflict or struggle between Federigo and Monna Giovanna?
a. The unclaimed falcon
b. The unrequited love
c. The classes of nobility
d. The custody over Monna Giovanna’s son
5. What symbolizes the falcon?
a. Respect
b. Love
c. Sacrifice
d. Nobility
Direction: Arrange the following according to the right sequence of the events. Number it from
1-5.

___________1. Monna Giovanna married other man and bore a child. After his husband died of an
illness, her child went the same way and asked her for Federigo’s Falcon in order to get well.

___________2. To his mother’s extreme sorrow, whether in disappointment in not having the falcon
or because his illness inevitably led to it, the boy passed from this lie only a few days later

___________3. Federigo is a fine, rich man from Italy who fell in love with a lady name Monna
Giovanna. In order to win her love, he spent his wealth until he turned into a poor man left only with his
small farm and a falcon. But Monna Giovanna still rejected his love.

___________4. Monna went to Federigo to ask for the falcon. In surprise of her visit, Federigo decided
to cook the fine falcon for her as a form of respect to her without knowing that it is the only motive of
Monna Giovanna upon her visit.

___________5. With her brothers’ urge to remarry, Monna Giovanna decided to take Federigo as her
husband in account of the man’s ultimate generosity and they live happily the rest of their lives.
KEY TO CORRECTION:

1. B
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. C
6. 2
7. 4
8. 1
9. 3
10. 5