ABE International Business College

Tacloban City
2ND QUARTER EXAMINATION
21ST CENTURY LITERATURE

Name: ________________________ Course & Year: _____________________ Date: _______________

A. Multiple Choice. Directions: Choose the correct answer among the given choices. 15 pts.

1. He is known as the “Bard of Avon”.

a. Edgar Allan Poe b. Robert Lee Frost c. William Shakespeare d. Pedro Bukaneg
2. The author of the piece “The Road Not Taken”.
a. Edgar Allan Poe b. Robert Lee Frost c. William Shakespeare d. Pedro Bukaneg
3. Who is the Father of the Horror Stories?
a. Edgar Allan Poe b. Robert Lee Frost c. William Shakespeare d. Pedro Bukaneg
4. The author who is blind since birth.
a. Edgar Allan Poe b. Robert Lee Frost c. William Shakespeare d. Pedro Bukaneg
5. Who is the Father of English Tragedy?
a. Bienvenido Santos b. Geoffrey Chaucer c. Jose Garcia Villa d. Christopher Marlowe
6. Filipino author whose stories have the concept of American culture.
a. Bienvenido Santos b. Geoffrey Chaucer c. Jose Garcia Villa d. Christopher Marlowe
7. He is the Morning Star of English Literature.
a. Bienvenido Santos b. Geoffrey Chaucer c. Jose Garcia Villa d. Christopher Marlowe
8. He is known as the “Comma Poet”.
a. Bienvenido Santos b. Geoffrey Chaucer c. Jose Garcia Villa d. Christopher Marlowe
9. A Filipino author who is known of its “love sonnets”.
a. Nick Joaquin b. Ophelia Dimalanta c. Cicero d. Francis Bacon
10. He is the Father of English Essay.
a. Nick Joaquin b. Ophelia Dimalanta c. Cicero d. Francis Bacon
11. He is known as the “Orator of the World”.
a. Nick Joaquin b. Ophelia Dimalanta c. Cicero d. Francis Bacon
12. An author whose pen name is “Quijano de Manila”
a. Nick Joaquin b. Ophelia Dimalanta c. Cicero d. Francis Bacon
13. The one who wrote the ”Rubaiyat”.
a. Manuel Arguilla b. Omar Khayam c. Samuel Clemens d. Hans Andersen
14. The Father of Fairytales.
a. Manuel Arguilla b. Omar Khayam c. Samuel Clemens d. Hans Andersen
15. The author of “How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife”.
a. Manuel Arguilla b. Omar Khayam c. Samuel Clemens d. Hans Andersen
16. He is known of his pen name “Mark Twain”.
a. Manuel Arguilla b. Omar Khayam c. Samuel Clemens d. Hans Andersen
17. The Father of English Drama.
a. Homer b. Geoffrey Chaucer c. Shakespeare d. Robert Lee Frost
18. The best modern American poet.
a. Homer b. Geoffrey Chaucer c. Shakespeare d. Robert Lee Frost
19. The author of Canterburry Tales.
a. Homer b. Geoffrey Chaucer c. Shakespeare d. Robert Lee Frost
20. The author of Illiad and Odyssey.
a. Homer b. Geoffrey Chaucer c. Shakespeare d. Robert Lee Frost

The opposition of forces, essential to the plot is called __________.

a. Setting b. Conflict c. Character d. Climax

b. The most exciting part of the story is called __________.
a. Setting b. Exposition c. Climax d. Rising action
 c. What is a person or animal which takes part in the action of a story called?
a. Setting b. Plot c. Character d. Narrator
d. The character who opposes the main character is called the __________.
a. Antagonist b. Protagonist c. Dynamic character d. Static character
e. What is the sequence of events involving characters and a central conflict called?
a. Setting b. Plot c. Character d. Narrator
f. Who is the author of the story “Dead Stars”?
a. Angela Manalang Gloria b. Miguel D. Cervantes
c Paz Marquez Benitez d. Manuel D. Arguilla
g. Who wrote the story “How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife”?
a. Angela Manalang Gloria b. Miguel D. Cervantes
c Paz Marquez Benitez d. Manuel D. Arguilla
h. The author who organized a guerilla intelligence against the Japanese forces and was executed?
a. Angela Manalang Gloria b. Miguel D. Cervantes
c Paz Marquez Benitez d. Manuel D. Arguilla
i. This author’s work is considered as the first modern Philippine short story.
a. Angela Manalang Gloria b. Miguel D. Cervantes
c Paz Marquez Benitez d. Manuel D. Arguilla
j. This author founded the first women’s magazine in the country.
a. Angela Manalang Gloria b. Miguel D. Cervantes
c Paz Marquez Benitez d. Manuel D. Arguilla

B. Identification. Directions: Identify the answers in each items among the choices given inside the box. 20 pts

1. The one who narrated the story “How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife”.
2. The main character of the story “Dead Stars”.
3. The two women whom Alfredo were in-love with.
4. It is the place where Alfredo and Julia first met.
5. The name of the bull wherein Baldo, Leon, and Maria rode with.

6. It is the place where Leon came from.

7. The father of Alfredo Salazar.
8. The brother-in-law of Julia Salas.
9. The song that Leon and Maria sang during their trip on the Waig.
10. The road that the Father of Leon wants Maria to challenge with.
11. It is the place wherein the climax of the story “Dead Stars” situated. It is where the procession took place.
12. What’s the type of conflict that the story “Dead Stars” has?
13. What’s the type of conflict that the story “How My brother Leon Brought Home a Wife” has?
14. What’s the point of view shown on the story “Dead Stars”?
15. What’s the point of view shown on the story “How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife”?
16. It is the place where Alfredo and Julia last met wherein Alfredo realized that Julia is like a dead star.
17. The city girl that Leon wants to be introduced to his family whom described as beautiful, supportive, and a loving
wife.
18. The one who wants to challenge Maria as a wife of Leon to see if she will survive the probinsyano life that they
have.
19. What’s the real name of Leon?
20. The woman whom Alfredo Salazar ended up with.

Alfredo Salazar Julia Salas Baldo

Esperanza Judge Del Valle’s House Leon
Don Julian Calle Real Noel
Judge Del Valle Sta. Cruz Maria
Labang Father of Leon Nagrebcan
Sky Sown Stars Waig Third person omniscient
C. Essay. Directions: Write an essay about the question given below. 5 pts.

- Who is the “Dead Star” of your life? Why?

“A Lamborghini can’t take you as far as a diploma.

So strive harder!”
– Darlene de Paz

Prepared by: Ma. Darlene M. de Paz, LPT