LITERATI QUIZ BEE:

EASY – 1 POINT FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER

1. What Figure of Speech is used in the sentence below? A
“Death comes like a thief in the night…”
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification
d. Hyperbole
2. Which of the following is an example of an Imperative sentence? D
a. “The house will be built on a hill.”
b. “How did you find the card?”
c. “The monster is attacking?”
d. “Charlie, try the other door.”
3 “The myths explained the origin of the world.” B
What pattern does the sentence use?
a. S-IV
b. S-TV-DO
c. S-TV-IO-DO
d. S-LV-SC
4 How many lines does a Shakespearean Sonnet have? C
a. 8
b. 12
c. 14
d. 17
5. What is the term given to the study of meaning of words? D
a. Morphology
b. Phonetics
c. Syntax
d. Semantics
6. Literature is derived from the Latin term blank which means blank
a. Leter
Litera....
b. Litera
Letter
c. Listra
d. None of the above
7. Man’s loves, griefs, thoughts, dreams and aspirations coached in beautiful B
language is called
a. Suffering
b. Literature
c. Ideas
d. None of the above
8. A type of literature consists of those written within the common flow of A
conversation in sentences and paragraphs.
a. Prose
b. Poetry
c. Novels
d. None of the above
 9. A type of literature wherein expressions are in verse with measure and rhyme, A
line and stanza and has a more melodious tone.
a. Poetry
b. Prose
c. Novels
d. None of the above
10. Who is the known as the Father of English Poetry? C
a. William Shakespeare
b. William Wordsworth
c. Geoffrey Chaucer
d. John Milton

AVERAGE – 3 PTS EACH CORRECT ANSWER

1. Which of the following is not an epic? D
a. Hinilawod
b. Biag ni Lam-ang
c. Ramayana
d. All of the Above
2. Kind of poetry meant to be sung to the accompaniment of a lyre. A
A. LYRIC POETRY
B. Ballads
C. Metrical tale
D. Ode
3. Which of the following is not a kind of lyric poetry?
a. Folksongs
b. Sonnets
c. Elegy
d. AENID
4. It deals with the life of a person which may be about himself, written by himself. B
a. Biography
b. Autobiography
c. Essay
d. None of the above
5. It deals with fictitious narratives about different origins of things, places, etc. A
a. Legends
b. Fables
c. Plays
d. None of the above
6. Stories about life adventures, love, horror, and humor where one can derive A
lessons about life.
a. Folk tales
b. Epic
c. Folk songs
d. None of the above
 7. What is Zeus’s symbol as a Greek god?
a. Dove
b. Silver Arrow
c. Thunderbolt
d. Trident
8. Who is Hermes’ counterpart in the Roman gods/goddesses?
a. Phoebus
b. Mercury
c. Pluto
d. Saturn
9. He is angry because he lost the competition to be chief god. His weapon is a
trident and his brother is Zeus. Who is this Greek god/goddess?
a. Artemis
b. Apollo
c. Poseidon
d. Hades
7. She was known in the Greek Mythology as the Queen of Heaven and wife to Zeus B
A. Jupiter
B. Hera
C. Rhea
D. None of the above
3. She was the Roman counterpart of the Greek goddess of Wisdom C
a. Athena
b. Ares
c. Minerva
d. None of the above
10. It is a narrative poem about the life of Jesus Christ, beginning from his birth and B
up to his death. Sung in Lenten Season
a. Awit
b. Pasyon
c. Carillo
d. None of the above

DIFFICULT (no choices) 3 POINTS EACH CORRECT ANSWER

1. Which poet wrote this famous poem “TREES”? A
a. Joyce Kilmer
b. Gertrude Stein
c. Robert Frost
2. This character from which play by William Shakespeare is Macduff? A
a. Macbeth
b. Hamlet
c. Julius Caesar
3. It is the blood-and-thunder melodrama depicting the conflict of Christians and C
Muslims. Battles to the death and proofs of faith.
a. Pasyon
b. Duplo
c. Moro-moro
 4. This article is used when a singular noun comes after it begins with a consonant B
letter.
a. THE
b. A
c. AN
d. THEY
5. He is known as the Greek God of the underworld A
a. Hades
b. Pluto
c. Jupiter
6. This is known as the epic story of Central Panay B
a. Biag-ni-Lam Ang
b. The Hinilawod
c. Florante at Laura
d. None of the above

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