SAMARIA- TALA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

PRE-FINAL in 21st CENTURY LITERATURE

General Direction: Read each test item carefully. Choose your answer and write it in your answer sheet.
STORY MAP
1.) Characters
2.) Settings
3.) Conflict/Problem
4.) Climax
5.) Resolution/Ending

The Santo Nino of Cebu (Visayan Folktale)

One Day a poor fisherman went out early to the sea as usual. But the day turned out to be a very unlucky one for him because,
every time he cast his net, all he would catch was a piece of firewood. Thrice the fisherman threw the firewood back to the sea;
each time he pulled in his net; the same piece of firewood would turn up.
Disgusted yet fascinated by what had happened, the fisherman took the driftwood home with him. When he got home, he saw
his wife drying palay on a mat out on their yard. The fisherman threw the firewood on top pf the palay and muttered to himself.
“If you ever are indeed a thing of magic, let’s see you keep the birds and the chickens away from this drying palay.”
Astonishingly, no bird of fowl came near the drying palay. When evening came, the fisherman brought the piece of wood inside
the house and forgot all about it.
But that very night, the fisherman had a strange dream. He dreamed that the firewood which he “caught” that morning had
turned into a statue of a beautiful child. True enough, when he awoke in the morning, he saw a strange transformation
happening before his eyes. The firewood had somehow taken on a form that looked like that of a little child. As the days went
by, the child’s features became clearer and clearer until at last it became the image of the Santo Nino as we would see it today.

SYMBOLISM
Unscramble the words and write the correct symbolism to the film (Lord of Flies) of the following words.
Choose your answer inside the box.

6. Leadership
chonc plarh slags erif cajk
7.Knowledge
8. Chaos raw panit bora deah dwil bora
9. Evilness
10. intelligence
11. Good leader
12. Dictator
13. Truth
SENTENCE FORMING
14.  go/sometimes/they/every/to/the/apartment/weekend. (2 points) 17. class/Hannah/always/is/in/late(2 points)
(-): (-):
Y/N: Y/N:
WH? (go): WH? (In class):
(they): (late):
(every weekend): (Hannah):
(the apartment):
(sometimes):
15. /shop/walked/I/yesterday/fast/to/the. (2 points) 18. fence/the/Max/jump/can/over(2 points)
(-): (-):
Y/N: Y/N:
WH? (walked): WH? (the fence):
(fast): (Max):
(yesterday):
(I):
16. on/man/the/will/the/ turn/aircon/ (2 points)
(-):
Y/N:
WH? (turn on):
(the man):
(the aircon):
 1. Which of the following is the definition of Literature?
a. Origin of Life b. Science of Life c. Study of Life. d. Evolution of Life
2. Which of the following refers to “written of spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure”?
a. Literature b. Prose c. Poetry d. Narration
3. What is the most common type of poetry?
a. Narrative b. Dramatic c. Lyric d. Cryptic
4. Among the forms of Lyrical Poetry, which of them is about meditation on life and death?
a. Elegy b. Haiku c. Ode d. Song
5. Nowadays, which of the following Lyrical Poetry is the most popular?
a. Elegy b. Haiku c. Ode d. Song
6. Which lyrical poetry is about high praises and noble feelings?
a. Elegy b. Haiku c. Ode d. Song
7. Which of the following refers to “long poem about heroes and divine forces”?
a. Sonnet b. Song c. Epics d. Ballads
8. Which of the following refers to “narrative poems that are intended to be sung”?
a. Sonnet b. Song c. Epics d. Ballads
9. Which of the following is a literary work which is a result of the author’s imagination?
a. Novel b. Non-Fiction c. Legend d. Fiction
10. Which literary work is about writing his own life account?
a. Autobiography b. Biography c. Diaries d. News
11. What does Epigram mean?
a. Laws or rules on behavior b. standards on good behavior c. guidelines on good behavior d. All of mentioned
12. What form of poetry is being used in witchcraft or enchantment and was forbidden by the Bible to do so?
a. Riddles b. Elegy c. Epigram d. Chant
13. Which of the following is a form of prose and its common theme is about the origin of a thing, place or name?
a. Epic b. folk tales c. Legends d. Myths
14. Which of the following figures of speech uses the word “like” and “as”?
a. Litotes b. Metaphor c. Personification d. Simile
15. Which of the following figures of speech is related to “sarcasm”?
a. Apostrophe b. Irony c. Metonymy d. Paradox
16. Which of figure of speech uses a term connected with an object to represent that object?
a. Apostrophe b. Irony c. Metonymy d. Paradox
17. Which of the following refers to spontaneous overflow or powerful feelings taking its origin from emotion?
a. Literature b. Prose c. Poetry d. Narration
18. What is Biography
a. Literary work that gives the life account of a person written by own self.
b. Literary work where the author writes another life’s account
c. Literary work which is a result of the author’s imagination
d. None of the above.
19. Which of the following is NOT a quality of a “Great Literature”?
a. Artistry b. Dominance c. Intellectual Value d. Permanence
20. Which of the following is a statement that seems to be UNTRUE, but by close examination, proves to be TRUE?
a. Apostrophe b. Irony c. Metonymy d. Paradox
21. Literary form during Spanish Era which is the dramatic reenactment of St. Helena’s search for the Holy Cross.
a. Cenaculo b. Pasyon c. Carillo d. Tibag
22. In what era did literature in the Philippines marked by our ancestors’ daily life and rituals?
a. Spanish Era b. Precolonial Era c. Postcolonial era d. Post Spanish Colonial Era
23. Is the total of preserved writings belongings to a given language or people.
a) Life b.) Literature c.)Prose d.) Poetry
24. The study of literature is known as “study of _____”
a.) Thoughts b.) feelings c.) life d.) future
25. Who seeks to understand his own nature?
a.) Idea b.) Divine being c.) Human d.) follower
26-27. Written record of man’s best/worst ________ and ______.
a.) Thoughts and feelings b.) Past and present c.)Present and future d.) output and performance
28. Known as literature of ancient times.
a.) Written b.) Oral c.)Alibata d. Roman