DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Region III
FRANCISCO G. NEPOMUCENO MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
Citicenter, Pandan, Angeles City
FINAL EXAMINATION
21ST Century Literature from Philippines and World
2ndSemester, 2018-2019

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Section: _______________________________ Date: __________________
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Multiple Choice
Direction: Read each statement carefully and select the best answer from the choices given. Blacken
the encircled letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. Who is the Filipino-Chinese writer who has penned award-wining works in Philippine
literature such as the “Customs House Boy”?
A. Charlson Ong B. Chinua Achebe C. Ernesto Yu D. Yu Bien

2. World literature is a associated with the following ideas except_____________.

A. existentialism B. Goethe C. universal D. weltliteratur

3. What is the symbolism of the story “Customs House Boy”?

A. boys B. house C. letter D. uncle

4. Some countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines make up ___________.
A. Africa B. Europe C. North America D. Southeast Asia

5. From what country did Yukio Mishima’s “Swaddling Clothes” took place?
A. Burma B. Japan C. Nigeria D. Spain

6. Which characters works against the protagonist?

A. Foil character B. Denouement C. Antagonist D. Opposition

7 . What happens in the exposition?

A. the story’s resolution
B. the story hits its high point
C. the protagonist is matched with the antagonist
D. the main characters and the story’s conflict are introduced

8. What does swaddling clothes mean in Japanese?

A. linen B. mop C. newspaper D. rugs

9. An American author, poet, editor and literary critic who was best known for his tales of
mystery and macabre.
A. Caedmon B. Edgar Allan Poe C. Chinua Achebe D. Yukio Mishima

10. Which is the best point of view for an author to use if he/she wants the reader to know the
main character intimately?
A . first person B. second person C. third person D. fourth person

11. From the excerpt of Monsoon Country, what does the name of Prem means?
A. joy B. mute C. rain D. tadpole

12. Which story of Edgar Allan Poe convinced the readers of the narrator’s sanity while
simultaneously describing a murder they commited.
A. Custom House B. Little Red-Cap C. Monsoon country D. Swaddling Clothes

13. Who is the Nigerian author of the poem “Civilian and Soldier”?
A. Chinua Achebe B. Edgar Allan Poe C. Wole Soyinka D. Yukio Mishima

14. Which of the following is a concept that looks at the form and technique of a literary work
rather than its content to defamiliarize the reader?
A. Existentialism B. Formalism C. Marxism D. Modernism
15. Which of the following is an intellectual process of returning to the former independence
that colonies enjoyed before they were colonized?
A. Decolonization B. Formalism C. Marxism D. Modernism

16. Which literary concept looks at the class struggles between capitalist and the proletariat?
A. Colonialism B. Feminism C. Marxism D. Queer studies

17. What country is said to be the birthplace of mankind or the “ seat of human civilization”?
A. Africa B. Argentina C. Columbia D. Spain

18. “ Whose story is it? ”. What literary element do you ask yourself this question?
A. Character B. Plot C. Point-of-View D. Setting

19. What literary genre is the selection of the “Civilian and Soldier”
A. drama B. fiction C. non-fiction D. poetry

20 Which word or phrase used in non-literal sense that possesses a separate meaning from its
literal definition?
A. Parts of Speech B. Figures of Speech C. Dubious D. Crevice

21. From France, which school of thought that the love story of “Romeo and Juliet” be an
example of?
A. Existentialism B. Formalism C. Modernism D. Romanticism

22. Which of the given phrases is an example of personification?

A. She’s older than that. C. The snowflakes danced.
B. Everybody knows that D. Mad world! Mad kings! Mad Composition!

23. From the given phrases below, which is an anaphora?

A. She’s older than that. C. The snowflakes danced.
B. Everybody knows that D. Mad world! Mad kings! Mad Composition!

24. “The manager is letting him go” is an example of what figures of speech?
A. Assonance B. Euphemism C. Hyperbole D. Metaphor

25. What figures of speech is used in this line: “Therefore, all seasons shall be sweet to thee”?
A. Assonance B. Hyperbole C. Simile D. Synecdoche

26. Which literary concept places emphasis on “close reading” of the text itself?
A. Formalism B. Modernism C. New Criticism D. Romanticism

27. What is the global computer network that democratized the reach of information and how
you are able to reach them?
A. cellphone B. internet C. literature D. twitter

28. What made the confession of the murder in the short story of “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
A. conscience B. gold C. sanity D. vulture-eye

29. Caedmon’s Hymn and Tell-Tale Heart is an example of what literary theory?
A. Formalism B. New Criticism C. Modernism D. Romanticism

30. Which literary technique weaves fantasy and myth into everyday life?
A. Formalism B. New Criticism C. Magic Realism D. Romanticism

31. What literary concept first originated in architecture and rejects the modernist way of living?
A. Formalism B. Modernism C. Postmodernism D. Romanticism

32. What is Anglo-Saxon literature?

A. new people B. new English C. old people D. old English

33. It is believed to be one of the longest and most important Anglo-Saxon epic poem.
A. Beast B. Beowulf C. Caedmon D. Grendel
 34. The following statements are contributions of literature to the world EXCEPT :
A. to understand life C. to take a closer look at different facts of life

B. to understand internet D. to give insights into history and different cultures

35. Which buzz word trigger headlines everyday?

A. Climate change B. Economy C. Floods D. Rain

For nos. 36-45: TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is true otherwise write FALSE.

______36. “Beowulf” is one of the longest and most important poems in Old English, and it started
through oral tradition.

______37. World literature is to share and learn from one another’s culture, societies, and ways of
living.

______38. New criticism is the union with old historicism’s attention to context and background and is
a way to look at the literary selection as to how it works.

______39. Romanticism emphasizes the degree of freedom that a human being may possess and
argues against it.

______40. The theory of “The Death of the Author” by Roland Barthes argues against looking at the
author’s identity and the context in which the author lived in to understand the author’s literary
text.

______41. Magic realism can be a representation of an event that you have gone through in your
own life.

______42. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”, the narrator use a personification to compare the
old man’s eye to “ the eye of a vulture”.

______43. The theory of “The Death of the Author” by Roland Barthes argues against looking at the
author’s identity and the context in which the author lived in to understand the author’s literary
text.

______44. One of the pros of using the Internet is the increasing concern and the information
campaign for the people’s stand against climate change or environmental hazards.

______45. Postmodernism is a rejection of its predecessor, modernism, in favor of the variety and the
air of skepticism it lends to all works of art.

For numbers 46-50: Write an essay on how world literature and learning about it can change
your life as a senior high school student. Your essay must have at least 5 sentences and an
appropriate title.

Prepared by:

WILMAFREDA C. DAVID
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