YBIRI NATIOAL HIGH SCHOOL

FINAL EXAMINATONS IN
ST
21 CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE WORLD

NAME:__________________GRADE&SECTION____________DATE:__________

I.Multiple Choice
Directions: Wrie the letter of the correct answer before each number.
Choices: a. Odyssey b Illiad c. Oddyseus d. Homer
1.
It is a long poem that describes the Trojan War.
2.
A poem that tells the adventures of Oddyseus after the war was over.
3.
He is a Greek hero.
4.
A both poet and writer who probably lived around 8th century.
5.
It is much older than poem and storytelling.
a.
Drama b. Legend c. Song
6.
Mahabarata is a form of literary work in ________.
a.
Arabia b. Asia c. India
7 The writing system of Korean . a. Hang-Gul b. Haiku c. Alibata
8.In 1910, Korea was under the reign of__.
a.
Japanese b. Chinese c. Hongkong
9. The Christmas Carol was written by
a. Charles Dickens b. Victor Hugo c. Ann Murray
10. The greatest writer in the history of English language.
a. William Shakespeares b. Victor Hugo c. Elizabeth Browning
11. Its fullname in the Spanish is Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
a. Mexico b.
Japan c. Europe
12. The last in a series of great native American Civilization in Mexico.
a. Maya b. Aztec Empire c. Spaniards
13. The native American people who built the ancient cities in Mexico in more
than 1000 years.
a. Cherokee b. Maya c. Eskimo
14. Mexico is the origin of pure_____.
a. foods b. gold c. chocolate
15. The “ Low Art” is an example of ____
a. History b. fiction c. Histographic Metaphication
16. It resumes the conversations of Homer’s The Odyssey.
a. The Low Art b. The Self c. Penelopiad
17. The wife of Ullyses: a. Malinali b. Lulu c. Penelope
18. A conquistador who was given way by the Aztecs whom they believe their
God comes back in a form of a white man.
a. Herman Cortes b. Hector c. Herman Moreno
19.The name of the God of the Aztec
a. Allah b. Budha c. Quetzacoatal
20. What is the role of Malinali to Cortes?
a. lover b. translator c. a&b
21. What is the Duty of Le Malinche ? a. The Tongue b. The Voice c. The Cook
22. What does it mean by a courtesn house?
a. hotel b. resort c. house of prostitution
23-26. Who among the characters of the excerpts has stated the following?
Choices: a. Lulu b.Penelope c. Malinali d. Cortes
23. “ I needed to protect the whole of which I named scientifically, “My pure self
being.”
24. “ God does’nt have a wife.”
25. “ Because without a womb, without darkness, light cannot emerge.”
26. ” Now that I’m dead I know Everything!”
27. What /figure of speech has been used in number 26?
a. simile b. metaphor c. hyperbole
29. What Literary genre was originated in the medieval period?
a. romance b. drama c. comedy
30. The period of extending Italian Histories of the time.
a. Renaissance b. 21st century c. medieval

II. What figure of speech do the following exemplify? Write your answer at the
left side.
1. “You’re my everything, the sunshine of my soul.”
2. “The heaven pours out countless blessings to those who are humble.”
3. “Her smile is like a grin of dog because of anger.”
4. Peace can only achieved through dedication, peace can only be achieved
through diligence, peace can only be achieved through fidelity to the rule of
law.
5. “ Oh Father! Please forgive them because they know not what they do.”
6. I can’t help crying when I read Carlos Bulosan ( a expartriate writer).
7. Only five years old, this child prodigy, this Mozart has composed at least a
dozen short piano pieces and performed in the Philippine Musical Center.
8. Has information technology advanced slowly by leaps and bounds?
9. You can witness her devilish eyes when she is upset.
10.Allah is their hope and living aid.
11.The hissing of the snake made me shoo it away.
12.Doubting,drearing, dreams no mortal.
13.Along the window sill, the lipstick stabs.
14.Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.
15.The bubbling brook breaks.

Goodluck!!!