Study and appreciation of

literary texts from the

different regions written in

different genres covering:

Questioner

Test l. Multiple choice

Directions: click the letter of the correct answers:
1. European literature, is also known as ______________________.

Western Literature

English Literature

Anglo Literature

East Literature

2. He wrote the poem “Atlantis: A lost Sonnet”.

Stephen King

Woody Allen

Eavan Boland

Anthony Bordain

3. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was one of the best known contemporary writers of

Latin America. Which of the following works did he authored?

Wasted in Love

The Beautiful Indifference

The Stone Thrower

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

4. It is a name given to the area of land between the Red Sea and the Gulf, from

Israel in the west to Iran in the east.

African Peninsula

Southeast Asia

Middle East

North Asia
5. He famously wrote “Yunus On The Beach,” a contemporary short story.

Hassouna Mosbahi

Gregory Rabassa

Eavan Boland

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

6. In the plot of a short story, it is referred to as the final outcome or untangling of

events in the story.

Falling Action

Denouement

Climax

Introduction

7. It is a piece of writing, usually written from the author’s personal point of view;

also, it is a variant of short nonfiction?

Essay

Short Story

Memoir

Editorial Article

8. She is a novelist and essayist who is one of United States's leading

intellectuals, tackling the big subjects of faith, fear and regret with clarity and

rigor that has earned her a Pulitzer prize and famously wrote an essay entitled

“Happiness”.

Marilynne Robinson

Margaret Atwood

Naomi Woolf

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

9. The following 21st century writers originate from Latin America. Who does not

belong to the Latin American Canon of writers?

Giannina Braschi

Isabel Allende
Diamela Eltit

Derek Walcott

10. The poem “The Breath of Sparrows” by Jim Agustin talked about the death of

Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and

philanthropist. From what African country does this first black head of state

come from?

Kenya

Madagascar

Egypt

South Africa

11. “They gave their sorrow a name and drowned it.”

Metaphor

Imagery

Hyperbole

Symbolism

12. “The world was small then.”

Metaphor

Imagery

Hyperbole

Symbolism

13. “You and I meeting under fanlights and low skies.”

Metaphor

Imagery

Hyperbole

Symbolism

14. “White Pepper; White Pudding - purity & hope”

Metaphor

Imagery
Hyperbole

Symbolism

15. Atlantis - A feeling of needing something that is gone forever and never

finding it again.

Metaphor

. Imagery

Hyperbole

Symbolism

ANSWER KEY:

1.Western Literature
2. Eavan Boland
3. A very old man with enormous wings
4. Middle East
5. Hassouna Mosbahi
6. Denouement
7. Essay
8. Marilynne Robinson
9. Derek Walcott
10. South Africa

11. Metaphor

12. Hyperbole

13. Imagery

14. Symbolism

15.Symbolism

TEST II : TRUE OR FALSE

1. Marilynne Robinson is a novelist and essayist who is one of United States's leading

intellectuals, tackling the big subjects of faith, fear and regret with clarity and

rigor that has earned her a Pulitzer prize and famously wrote an essay entitled

“Happiness”.

2. Derek Walcott does not belong to the Latin American Canon of writers.
3. Kenya is the poem “The Breath of Sparrows” by Jim Agustin talked about the death of

Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and

philanthropist.

4. Hassouna Mosbahi famously wrote “Yunus On The Beach,” a contemporary short story.

5. Denouement it is referred to as the final outcome or untangling of

events in the story.

6. Essay is usually written from the author’s personal point of view

also, it is a variant of short nonfiction.

7. European literature, is also known as Western Literature.

8.Woody Allen is writer of the poem “Atlantis: A lost Sonnet”.

9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was one of the best known contemporary writers of

Latin America.

10. Middle East is land between the Red Sea and the Gulf, from

Israel in the west to Iran in the east.

11. Metaphor is “They gave their sorrow a name and drowned it.”

12.Hyperbole is “The world was small then.”

13. Imagery is “You and I meeting under fanlights and low skies.”

14. White Pepper; White Pudding - purity & hope is symbolism.

15. Atlantis - A feeling of needing something that is gone forever and never

finding it again is symbolism.

ANSWER KEY:

1.T 6.T 11.T

2.T 7.T 12.T

3.F 8.F 13.T

4.T 9.T 14.T

5.T 10.T 15.T