1. The student's requests to re-set the test ___________reasonable.
A. Were
B. Very
C. Are
D. Is
2. "If you want the moon I will get
it for you is an example of ________.
A. Hyperbole
B. Synecdoche
C. Irony
D. Personification
3. What figure of speech is: "O wild
west wind!"
A. Irony
B. Metaphor
C. Apostrophe
D. Hyperbole
4. What figure of speech is: "The
Lord is my shepherd"
A. Simile
B. Hyperbole
C. Irony
D. Metaphor
5. The figure of speech, "Sturdy and
strong, the Filipinos are like the molave" is _________________.
A. Simile
B. Irony
C. Metaphor
D. Hyperbole
6. What figure of speech is present in
this line of the poem "The Brook", "The second time it was a
tiny snake."?
A. Personification
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Apostrophe
7. The Filipinos are deeply religious;
however, sometimes this religiosity instills the NEGATIVE attitude of ________.
A. Social responsibility to participate in
the development of the society.
B. Resignation and ends up into doing nothing to improve one's
condition,
C. Total surrender to God in times of
helplessness is best.
D. God who is omnipotent and omniscient
will allow what is best.
8. Read the paragraph and answer the item
that follows,
"I am a retired public school
teacher. As a teacher, I was branded as terror in school. The pupils dreaded
the day they would enter my class. Little did they know that behind my
unpopular facade was a heart full of compassion. But how did I earn this
moniker? I did not tolerate dirty pupils in my class. I wanted them to know
that cleanliness of body was good for their health. I inspected their teeth,
nails, footwear, handkerchief, clothes, ears, noses and hair."
The public school teacher gives much
importance to her pupils'
A. Cleanliness
B. Study
C. Absence
D. Posture
9. Select the most appropriate heading for
the paragraph: "Stephen Crane was born in 1971 in New Jersey, but his
family settled in New York. His father, a Methodist minister, died when Stephen
was nine years old. He came to know New York through its slum and street life,
particularly in Bowery,"
A. Stephen's family and boyhood
B. Stephen's genealogy
C. Stephen as an Orphan
D. The New York Slums
10. What emotion or feeling is expressed
in the following line?
To be or not to be, that is the question
Whether this nobler in the mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of outrageous
Fortune, or to take arms against a Sea of
Troubles, and by opposing end them?
A. Sadness
B. Anger
C. Joy
D. Indecision
11. "My concept of inner peace came
from my mother's daily activities which I now recall with fondness and awe. She
was a full-time housewife, wholly dependent on my father's monthly salary. How
she made both ends meet, guided us in our studies and did small acts of charity
on the side was beyond me,"
The mother's financial resources are:
A. More than enough
B. Abundant
C. Miserable
D. Limited
12. One of the eggs _________ broken.
A. is
B. Are
C. Wasn't
D. Were
13. Manolo approached the platform with
his speech. His palms were sweaty and his hands were shaking. He felt the
palpitations of his chest and perspiration began to appear at his forehead.
Manolo is experiencing _____________.
A. Heart attack
B. Nausea
C. Stage fright
D. Epilepsy
14. "Nothing happens in this world by
chance; it is all of a grand design."
The author speaks of one's
A. Ambition
B. Luck
C. Destiny
D. Dream
15. Filipino writer whose stories and
poems depict Filipino-Spanish cultural beliefs and traditions.
A. Edilberto Tiempo
B. Bienvenido Santos
C. N.V.M. Gonzales
D. Nick Joaquin
16. A story put together through an
exchange of letter is called _________
literature.
A. Fiction
B. Epistolary
C. Episodic
D. Classic
17. Though nothing can bring back
The hour of splendor in the glass,
Of glory in the flower,
We will grieve not,
Rather find strength in what remains
behind.
This stanza expresses _____________.
A. Grief
B. Hope
C. Loss
D. Despair
18. The celebrated play of William
Shakespeare about two ill-starred who come from warring families.
A. Romeo and Juliet
B. Hamlet and Ophelia
C. Anthony and Cleopatra
D. Ana and the King
19. Who is the proponent of the arena
theater?
A. Carpio
B. Tinio
C. Montano
D. Avellana
20. She is known for the love sonnets she
wrote.
A. Paz Marquez Benitez
B. Edith Trernpo
C. Gilda Cordero Fernando
D. Ophelia Dimalanta