ONG CHE TEE – BACONG HIGH SCHOOL

Sacsac, Bacong Negros Oriental

21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World
Final Exam
Name:__________________________ Grade/Section:____________ Date:_________
I. Direction: Multiple Choice. Read the statement carefully and encircle the letter of the best answer.
1. It is dominant in poems because it allows reader to activate their senses when they read this
particular literary work.
a. Image b. Landmarks c. Poetry d. Allusions
2. Readers should familiarize themselves with the ____ of people and events to recognize the
allusions in literature.
a. Couplet b. Image c. Landmarks d. Allusions
3. These are places where people of the modern world visit that connect them to the past.
a. Image b. Landmarks c. Cultural Significance d. Poetry
4. Virgilio S. Almario, who wrote “Stonhenge,” is popularly known by his pen name of
a. Rio Palma b. Rio Alma c. Alamrio d. Virgilio
5. A form of literature that is written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.
a. Allusions b. Poetry c. Couplet d. Image
6. A type of text that is meant to give a lesson.
a. Parable b. Tongue c. Multicultural d. Metrical
7. It has different meanings such as biological and social contexts like for taste and for instrument
for conversation.
a. Speaking b. Image c. Tongue d. Analysis
8. Being _____ means being able to relate to other culture.
a. Metrical b. Cultural Significance c. Multicultural d. Western
9. What is dramatic irony?
a. When an audience knows something that the characters in a story don't know.
b. When an author uses words that appeal to the reader's sense of hearing.
c. Readers understand events that happened to the characters before the story began.
d. The readers what will happen to the characters in the future.
10. What does the American flag symbolize?
a. Freedom b. Pain c. Discomfort d. Sober
11. What does the color red symbolize?
a. Peace b. Love c. Hate d. Joy
12. Authors use flashbacks to
a. Help the readers understand events that happened to the characters before the story began.
b. Show the readers what will happen to the characters in the future.
c. Audience knows something that the characters in a story don't know.
d. Author uses words that appeal to the reader's sense of hearing.
13. A man who is know as a perfect gentleman slams the door in a woman’s face. This is an example
of which type of irony?
a. Dramatic b. Situational c. Flashback d. Sound Taste
14. The “sentence” “she screeched and screamed like a spoiled child” is an example of which type of
imagery?
a. Sound imagery b. Taste imagery c. Flashback d. Irony
15. "Years ago, Michael stole a bike from his neighbor. He never got caught and never told anyone,
but he always felt guilty." This is an example of
a. Flashback b. Situational irony c. Sound imagery d. Taste imagery
16. In many hoor movies, the audience knows where the murdere is but the character does not. This
is an example of
a. Dramatic irony b. Sound imagery c. Allusions d. Imagery
17. Something that is usually a physical object which represents something else, such as an abstract
idea is called
a. Symbolism b. Irony c. Metonymy d. Tone
18. Who wrote the book The Prince?
a. Plato b. Socrates c. Machiavelli d. Marx
19. Which of the following is true of the passage?
a. It romanticizes the British Empire
b. It idealizes the lives of ordinary workingmen
c. It illustrates British class distinction
d. It endorses capital values
e. It criticizes those who are naïve and powerless
20. The last sentence suggest that
a. The boy would enjoy great success one day
b. The boy’s days at Oxford were among his happiest
c. The boy’s father loved his son very much
d. Father Roger failed to nurture the boy’s promising talents
e. Father Roger abandoned the boy at Oxford
21. The Philippine was colonized by two Western superpowers of their time: the Spanish and the
_____.
a. Japanese b. Americans c. Romans d, Russians
22. It refers to a global mindset and characterizes different cultures and worldviews of people.
a. Globalization b. Cosmopolitanism c. City d. Empire
23. Both a chronological and a cultural positioning.
a. Postcolonialism b. Colonialism c. Precolonialism d. Colony
24. A well-known prehistoric landmark in Wiltshire, England.
a. Stonefree b. Stonehenge c. Stoneage d. Stony
25. Things that the tongue has done to the community as a whole.
a. Partake in communal sharing
b. Could be a marker of similarities and differences
c. Develop camaraderie
d. All of the above
26. A Filipino poet, a prolific and an established writer in the field of gender and postcolonial
studies.
a. Garcia b. Estrada c. Arroyo d. Macapagal
27. It is the Malacañang Palace of the _______ where one of the most powerful people on
Earth resides.
a. Philippines b. England c. United States d. Africa
28. According to this philosopher, a good art has social and religious functions.
a. Plato b. Aristotle c. St. Thomas d. Rosseau
29. The author of the book “Wealth of Nations.”
a. Adam Son b. Will Smith c. Adam Smith d. John Locke
30. In the fiction movie The Count of Monte Cristo, who is the apple of the eye?
a. Fenand Mondego b. Edmond Dante c. Danglar d. Mercedes
31. What is the Theme of the movie?
a. Revenge b. Judgment c. Justice d. All of the above
32. The author of the book “The Count of Monte Cristo.”
a. Alexander the Great b. Alexander Dumas c. Alexandria d. None of the above
33. Who is the omniscient of the movie?
a. Alexander the Great b. Alexander Dumas c. Mercedes d. Edmond
34. A Filipina writer based in Australia and wrote the poem “An Earnest Parable.”
a. Rio Alma b. Merlinda Bobis c. Neil Garcia d. Loren Legarda
35. Virgilio S. Almario, known to many writers by his poetry with the pen name of
a. Virgil Rio b. Alma Virgil c. Rio Alma d. Virgil Alma

36. There is a recurring idea that the present that the present is superior to the past simply
because we have
a. Gadgets b.Taller buildings c. Technology d. All of the above
 37. Which part of Europe where selling of hemp is legal?
a. France b. Scotland c. Amsterdam d. Netherland
38. Cosmopolitan is a perspective that is characterized by _______.
a. A particular kind of openness to the world.
b. A substitute for another name.
c. A figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole.
39. Rio Alma is a National Artists for
a. Championing traditional Filipino poetic forms
b. Palanca Award
c. A critic and historian
d. Publishing twelve books of poetry
40. In his poem “From the Amsterdam” he laments how the globalized and cosmopolitan
nature of the city of Amsterdam.
a. Garcia b. Alma c. Mendris d. Briones
41. ______ is a form of literature that is written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.
a. Image b. Landmarks c. Poetry d. Allusions
42. ______ are figures of speech that make reference to historical, mythological, and
fictional figures.
a. Image b. Landmarks c. Poetry d. Allusions
43. A structure of a poem where in the stanza comes in twos.
a. Image b. Couplets c. Poetry d. Allusions
44. When we read a short story, we look for ______ as it is this element that makes the story a story.
a. Imagery b. Protagonist c. Conflict d. Antagonist
45. The pyramids, for instance, were not just built for aesthetic purposes but
a. To keep their treasures c. To honor ancient Egyptian royalty in extraordinary ways
b. To become famous d. To become Gods
46. Cosmopolitanism cities are often _______ cities.
a. Medium b. Small c. Big d. None of the above
47. “Imitate the fox and the lion. The fox is shrewd and cunning, the lion is strong and brave. If you
want to be one or the other, it is better to be a fox.” This statement is taken from the book of
a. The Republic b. The Prince c. Wealth of Nation d. Communist Manifesto
48. A type of text that is meant to give a lesson.
a. Parable b. Tongue c. Multicultural d. Western
49. It is a distinctive type of category of literary composition, such as the epic, tragedy, comedy,
novel, and short story.
a. Genre b. Short story d. Poem d. Couplet
50. It is a form of literature that is shorter than the novel; it has few characters and one conflict.
a. Genre b. Short story d. Poem d. Couplet

II.Choose the best answer in the box provided.

Statue of Liberty Stonehenge Luneta Park Great Wall of China

Pyramid of Egypt Magellan’s Cross Taj Mahal Japanese Shrine

Leon Kilat Angkor Wat

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56.

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59.

55. 60.