Test I.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer sheet.

1. It is a body of work composed of three books: Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso.

a. The Song of Roland b. Divine Comedy c. Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s Day
2. It tries to change the reader’s mind by convincing the reader to agree with the writer’s point of view. It attempts to be highly
persuasive and logical.
a. Persuasive Essay b. Argumentative Essay c. Descriptive Essay
3. It is an epic poem and as such, deals with the heroic deeds of great men. It was written in the Medieval Period A.D. 450-1300.
a. Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s Day b. Divine Comedy c. The Song of Roland
4. It is especially applied to an unmemorized speech given from notes or an outline.
a. impromptu b. extemporaneous c. speech choir
5. It is one of the parts of argumentative essay that introduces the problem and gives background information needed for the
argument and the thesis statement.
a. conclusion b. introduction c. body
6. It is composed of 14,233 lines that are divided into 3 cantiche each consisting of 33 cantos.
a. The Song of Roland b. Divine Comedy c. Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s Day
7. It is applied to a speech given, a poem recited, or a song sung without advance notice or warming.
a. Impromptu b. Extemporaneous c. Speech choir
8. It is a poetic form which originated in Italy. It has 14 lines and is written in iambic pentameter.
a. epic b. sonnet c. lyric
9. It is named after the 14th century Italian poet. It has an octet or octave followed by a sestet.
a. Elizabethan b. Shakespearean c. Petrarchan
10. It is form of sonnet that has three quatrains followed by a couplet.
Elizabethan b. Shakespearean c. Petrarchan
11. It is a line of verse with five metrical feet each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or
stressed) syllable.
a. anapest b. dactyl c. iambic pentameter
12. It is a pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or a song.
a. repetition b. rhyme scheme c. end rhyme
13. He is the author of Divine Comedy.
a. William Shakespeare b. Francesco Petrarch c. Dante Alighieri
14. It is the manner in which words come together and a connection is made
a. juncture b. stress c. pitch
15. It is the property of sound with variation in frequency of vibration.
a. stress b. pitch c. juncture
16. The following are the characteristics of an argumentative essay EXCEPT
a. presents and explains the issue or case
b. refutes (proves wrong) opposing arguments
c. avoids terms that are complicated or more technical
17. It is one of the parts of argumentative essay restates the main claim and gives one or two general statements that summarize
the arguments.
a. conclusion b. introduction c. body
18. The following are the key components of a good news story EXCEPT
a. human interest b. use of quotes b. a strong summary
19. The following make a story newsworthy EXCEPT
a. timing b. prominence c. real facts
20. It is one of the parts of argumentative essay that contains the reasons and supporting materials.
a. conclusion b. introduction c. body

VOCABULARY
Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer sheet.

21. They blasphemed God, their parents, their time on earth. What does the underlined word mean?
a. existing from the beginning b. to speak of or address with irreverence c. a crying out in grief
22. I made out a throng assembled on the beach of a wide river. What does the underlined word mean?
a. a crying out in grief b. to crowd together in great numbers c. a series of loops
23. Here sighs and cries and wails coiled. What does the underlined word mean?
a. to beat as if by blows of a whip b. series of loops c. crying out in grief
24. I was raised here by the divine omnipotence. What does the underlined word mean?
a. crying out in grief b. an agency or force of unlimited power c. series of loops
25. Their lamentation stuns the very air. What does the underlined word mean?
a. to beat as if by blows of a whip b. crying out in grief c. series of loops
26. Scourged them from Heaven for its perfect beauty. What does the underlined word mean?
 a. to beat as if by blows of a whip b. to crowd together in great numbers c. crying out in grief
27. There will be a flash or scintillation of ultraviolet light. What does the underlined word mean?
a. apathy b. dullness c. radiance
28. The argument in the office turned into a tempest in a tea pot. No one really cared about the problem. What does the
underlined idiomatic expression mean?
a. A commotion about something insignificant
b. A very quick and superficial tour
c. To accept a different time for appointment
29. Marco was bragging about how much money he earned last Christmas until he learned that most of us make more that took
the wind out of his sails. The idiomatic expression means ________.
a. to deflate someone’s ego c. to rush hard or fast
b. to rain very heavily d. to spoil or dampen someone’s happy feeling
30. The atmosphere is full of smoke thick forming its perpetual cloud with its suffocating and poisonous gases. What does the
underlined word mean?
a. free b. light c. unventilated

Test II. LITERATURE

A. Direction: Identify the form of sonnet and rhyme scheme observed in the poem.
Last word of each line Rhyme Scheme
SONNET XIIV
31
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
32.
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
33.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
34. And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
35. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
36. And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
37. And every fair from fair sometime declines,
38. By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed;
39. But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
40. Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
41. Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,
42. When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st.
43. So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
44. So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

45. The form of sonnet is ___________________.

B. Direction: Sequence the events listed below by numbering them 1-5.

46. Ganelon paid the penalty for his crimes.

_____47. Emperor Charlemagne and his men sped on their way to rescue Roland.
_____48. The Saracens had fled, but not one Frenchman was left alive.
_____49. The rear guard of Charlemagne’s Army had been treacherously attacked by King Marsilion’s Saracens.
_____50. Roland blew his great Olifant.