Macalpi-ay National High school

Pastrana, Leyte

FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

IN ENGLISH 8: AFRO-ASIAN LITERATURE

Name: ________________________________ Grade & Sec: ___________________ Date: _____________Score: ______________

MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

A. Directions: Encircle the letter of your answer.
1. This is often called the “Dark Continent” not because of the complexion of the inhabitants but because most people know very
little about it.
a. Asia b. Africa c. America d. Australia
2. Which of the following proverbs advises people to be cautious?
a. “Time destroys all things.” c. “Restless feet may walk into a snake pit.”
b. “Rain does not fall alone in one roof.” d. “The fool is thirsty in the midst of water.”
3. An Ethiopian proverb says, “What one hopes for is always better than what one has.” Which familiar proverb teaches the
same thing?
a. “The grass is always greener on the other side.” c. “A fool and his money are soon parted.”
b. “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.” d. “It was out of the frying pan and into the fire.”
4. A proverb from Cameroon says that “Rain does not fall on one roof alone,” meaning that —
a. the weather is unpredictable c. people are only as strong as their beliefs
b. everyone suffers and rejoices together d. only big houses can withstand storms
5. The Kenyan proverb “He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony” describes someone who —
a. wants to learn to dance c. admits to his shortcomings
b. makes excuses for himself d. takes responsibility for himself
6. A proverb from Madagascar says, “Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you.” Which familiar proverb says
about the same thing?
a. “Birds of a feather flock together.” c. “March to the beat of a different drummer.”
b. “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” d. There is safety in numbers.”
7. Napoleon Bonaparte called this country as “The Sleeping Giant”, for when it awakens, it will astonish the world.
a. China b. Germany c. United States d. Russia
8. Chinese literature has begun about ______________ years ago.
a. 5,000 b. 50,000 c. 500 d. 500,000
9. The Chinese is a ___________. The same word changes its meaning depending on its tone and pitch.
a. Spoken language b. written language c. tonal language d. ancient language
10. Chinese language has no alphabet. It consists of about ____________ characters.
a. 5,000 b. 50,000 c. 500 d. 500,000
11. The child learning to write Chinese has to learn to write or draw ___________ signs, instead of 26.
a. 412 b. 214 c. 124 d. 142
12. A group of words that follows an adjective and completes its meaning.
a. Adjective phrase b. adjective clause c. Adjective compliment d. adjective
13. The emphasis placed on a sound, syllable, or word by saying it relatively more loudly and forcefully.
a. Stress b. Pause c. Intonation d. Gesture
14. Refers to the way the pitch of a speaker's voice rises or falls.
a. Stress b. Pause c. Intonation d. Gesture
15. A break, temporary stop, or rest in speaking (or reading) to emphasize or clarify meaning.
a. Stress b. Pause c. Intonation d. Gesture
16. In the Tower of the Great Bell: now the mallet is lifted to smite the lips of the metal monster—the vast lips inscribed with
Buddhist texts. A mallet is _______
a. a hammer b. an axe c. a saw d. a steel
17. All the green-and-gold tiles of the temple are vibrating; the wooden goldfish above them are writhing against the sky. writhing
means ________
a. twisting b. pointing c. leading d. pulling
18. Therefore, the worthy mandarin Kouan-Yu assembled the master-molders and the renowned bellsmiths of the empire, and all
men of great repute and cunning in foundry work. cunning means _______
a. innocent b. expert c. skillful d. wise
19. Therefore, the molds had to be once more prepared, and the fires rekindled, and the metal remelted, and all the work
tediously and toilsomely repeated. rekindled means_______
a. lighted again b. set on fire again c. stopped the fire d. extinguishes

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 20. Gold and brass will never meet in wedlock, silver and iron never will embrace, until the flesh of a maiden be melted in the
crucible; until the blood of a virgin be mixed with the metals in their fusion.” What does this mean?
a. Gold, brass, silver and iron will never be fused together by a virgin maiden
b. The blood of a virgin maiden mixed with gold, brass, silver and iron
c. Gold, brass, silver and iron will fuse when mixed with the blood of a virgin
d. Gold, brass, silver and iron will be mixed altogether.

B. Directions: Identify who supplied the explanation why the palms of the blacks are lighter than the rest of their body.
Choose your answer from the box below.

A. Father Crsitiano B. Senhor Frias E. Dona Dores

C. Senhor Antunes D. Dona Estefania F. Mother

21. “Smoke, smoke, smoke- and there you have them, black as coals. And now do you want to know why their
hands stayed white? Because their hands are tied.”
22. “God made their hands lighter like that so they wouldn’t dirty the food that they made for their masters, or
anything else that they were ordered to do that had to be kept quite clean.”
23. “He must be thinking of this when he made the hands of the blacks be the same as the hands of those men
who thank God they are not black!”
24. ‘It was like that because they always went about their hands folded together, praying in secret.”
25. “It’s only because their hands became bleached with all the washing.”
C. Directions: In order to complete the poem “African Child”, choose the letter of the correct word to fill in the blanks provided.

26. I am an African child. Born with the skin the color of chocolate. Bright, ____________, and articulate
a. Brilliant b. shining c. bold d. strong
27. Strong and bold I am gifted. ____________ enough to be the best. I am an African child.
a. Gifted b. talented c. sophisticated d. bright
28. Often the target of ____________. My future is not confined to charity.
a. Bullying b. racism c. pity d. compassion
29. Give me the gift of a lifetime. Give me a dream, a door of ____________. I will thrive. I am an African child.
a. Charity b. opportunity c. necessity d. poverty
30. Do not hide my fault. Show me my wrong. I am like any other. Teach me to ____________. And I will become.
I am an African child
a. Character b. discipline c. dream d. hard work
31. I am the son, daughter of the soil. Rich in texture and ____________.
a. Content b. contentment c. dream d. discipline
32. Full of ____________ for a better tomorrow.
a. Opportunity b. potential d. hope d. dreams
33. Teach me ____________.
a. Discipline b. hard work d. character d. content
34. Teach me ____________,
a. Discipline b. hard work d. character d. content
35. Teach me ____________Teach me to think like the star within me. I am an African child.
a. Discipline b. hard work d. character d. content

D. Directions: Choose the letter that best describes the pattern used in each sentence.

36. Little remains.

a. S-IV b. S-LV-C c. S-TV-DO d. V-S Inverted
37. They studied Confucian analects.
a. S-IV b. S-LV-C c. S-TV-DO d. S-TV-DO-OC
38. The poems were incantations.
a. S-IV b. S-LV-C c. S-TV-DO d. S-TV-DO-OC
39. Confucius gave his people moral ideas.
a. S-IV b. S-LV-C c. S-TV-IO-DO d. S-TV-DO-OC
40. The men called Confucius Master.
a. S-IV b. S-LV-C c. S-TV-DO d. S-TV-DO-OC

Prepared by:
MS. SHARMAINE A. MALINAO

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Parent/Guardian’s Signature Over Printed Name

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