Teaching and Assessment of Literature Studies

Name: Angela M. Cobacha Professor: Dr. Neliza Cayaban

I. Read the statements carefully and encircle the correct answer among the given
choice.

____1. Why does Connell’s mother frequently go to Marianne’s home?

a) To deliver food
b) To arrest Marianne’s brother
c) To meet with Marianne’s mother

____2. Which best describes Connell and Marianne at school?

a) Marianne is popular while Connell is a bully
b) Connell is popular but Marianne is friendless
c) Connell is considered a class clown while Marianne is considered a bully.

____3. What is Connell’s greatest passion in high school?

a) Cooking
b) Football
c) Writing

____4. Which of the following books do the protagonists discuss?

a) Wuthering Heights
b) Crime and Punishment
c) The Communist Manifesto

____5. What course did Marianne persuade Connell to study in College?

a) History
b) Biology
c) English

____6. What secret does Marianne share with Connell?

a) Her father was abusive
b) She has a crush on Eric
c) She is sick with cancer

____7. What part of his relationship with Marianne was frightening for Connell?
a) Her willingness to do anything he asks
b) Her strict moral and aesthetic principles
c) Her anger towards him for his past treatment of her

____8. Why does Marianne want to acquire the scholarship?

a) To fund her thesis research
b) To give the money to charity
 c) To feel validated for her intelligence

____9. How does Connell talk about his new relationship with his friends when he was in high
school?
a) He kept it a secret
b) He told them he was in love
c) He constantly tells them he wants to be single again

____10. Which of the following rumors did Marianne’s classmates in high school like to gossip
about?
a) The time she threw up on a school bus
b) The time she kissed Connell in front of a teacher
c) The time she called the police on a classmate’s party

II. Select which statement is more accurate by putting a ✓ inside its box.

1. ▢ Marianne suggested Connell study English at Trinity because she thinks he will be
wasting his life as a lawyer.

▢ Marianne suggested Connell study English at Trinity because she thinks he will
waste his life as a layer.

▢ Marianne suggested Connell study English at Trinity because she is staying in

Carricklea and wants him to move away.

▢ Marianne suggested Connell study English at Trinity because she knows he loves to
read and she wants them to be together in Dublin.

2. ▢ Connell admires Marianne’s independence because his friends tease him for
depending on them and he wishes he could be more like her.

▢ Connell admires Marianne’s independence because he has had many clingy

girlfriends before and Marianne is not one of them.

▢ Connell admires Marianne’s independence because it makes her seem like nothing
means anything to her and she doesn’t care what others think of her.

▢ Connell admires Marianne’s independence because he is jealous she is not as

dependent on her mother as he is.

3. ▢ After abruptly stopping her intercourse with Connell, Marianne asked him to tell her
that she belongs to him and he can do anything to hurt her.
 ▢ After abruptly stopping her intercourse with Connell, Marianne tells him that she is
still in love with Jamie and cannot actually be with him.

▢ After abruptly stopping her intercourse with Connell, Marianne asks him to tell her
she is beautiful.

▢ After abruptly stopping her intercourse with Connell, Marianne tells him that it is
unclear to her why they keep doing this.

4. ▢ Marianne made peace with the idea of Connell moving to New York by telling
herself that she will easily be able to meet someone new.

▢ Marianne made peace with the idea of Connell moving to New York by telling
herself that she will move to New York with him the following year.

▢ Marianne made peace with the idea of Connell moving to New York by reminding
herself that Connell has always loved his writing more than her.

▢ Marianne made peace with the idea of Connell moving to New York by telling
herself that the pain of loneliness is nothing compared to her former pain of
unworthiness.

5. ▢ Connell’s severe depression was triggered by his recent breakup with Helen and his
frustration for not being able to stay in a relationship.

▢ Connell’s severe depression was triggered by his most recent parting with Marianne
and his inability to repair their relationship.

▢ Connell’s severe depression was triggered by the suicide of his mother Lorraine and
his guilt for not having moved sooner.

▢ Connell’s severe depression was triggered by the suicide of his high school friend
rob and his guilt for not having to preserve their relationship.
 III. Complete each section of the graphic organizer with information from the novel
“Normal People” by Sally Rooney.

Normal People

The Main Characters: Setting:

The Problem of Conflict (What the main characters had to go through)

Plot (Major events and lay actions that contribute to the story)

Resolution/Ending (How the conflict was solved)