Mountain Ridge Christian School

Mahusay, Salaysay, Marilog, Davao City

4th Midterm Exam
ENGLISH 9
NAME: _______________________________________________________________ SCORE:________
TEACHER:YUNTING, YVONNE L. _DATE:_________
I. MATCHING TYPE: VOCABULARY
Instructions: Match column A with column B. Write the correct answer in the space
provided.
A B
___________1. Déclassé a. deserved punishment
___________2. Rueful b. very great; extreme
___________3. Anguish c. deeply and intensely
___________4. Resplendent d. disarranged and untidy
___________5. Coarse e. lowered in social status
___________7. Disheveled f. crude, unrefined
___________8. Profoundly g. great suffering
___________9. Exuberant h. causing sorrow or pity
___________10. Retribution i. shining brightly
J. lowness of spirits
II. MULTIPLE CHOICES: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write it on the space provided
before the number.
___________1. He is one of the greatest American 20th century novelists, a 1954 Nobel Prize winner
and the author of a story “A day’s wait.”
a. Guy de Maupassant c. Robert Frost
b. Ernest Hemingway d. Frank R. Stockton
___________2. It is a situation in which a person must choose between two alternatives. There is no
objective way to determine that one alternative is better than the other.
a. Denotation c. Dilemma
b. Connotation d. Characterization
___________3. It is the act of expressing your thoughts with words. It is generally defined as spoken
language.
a. Verbal communication c. written communication
b. Oral communication d. gestures
___________4. He was born in Philadelphia, his earliest stories were for children but later he began
writing for adults. His best known work was The Lady or the Tiger.
a. William Shakespeare c. Frank R. Stockton
b. Saki d. Guy de Maupassant
___________5.it is a contrast between an expected outcome and the actual outcome or between
appearance and reality.
a. Simile c. hyperbole
b. Metaphor d. irony
III. DIAGRAM: (5pts each)
INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the diagram below; give the denotative and connotative
meaning of the given word below.
Connotative meaning

to a little child:

Denotative meaning

RAIN
a farmer:

a devorcee:

IV. EXPLANATION: LITERATURE (5pts each)

Instructions: Explain the following questions below.
1. In the story “The story the Lady or the Tiger”, what is the King’s method of trying
accused criminals?
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2. How does the author influence describe the nature of the princess? How might this
quality influence her decision?
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V. ESSAY:
INTSRUCTION: Write an example of a Dilemma base on your experiences in life.
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