English

LET REVIEWER for September 2018

1.This book in the New testament tells about the vision of the second coming of Jesus, and
the end of the world.

a. Epistle of Hebrews c. Epistle of James

B. Revelations d. Colossians
2. This term describes Greek literature in terms of its subject matter, style, tone, and
attitude.
a. Romanticism c. Classicism
B. Realism d. Naturalism

3. ________________ is Carlos Bulosan’s most famous autobiography.

a. Falling Leaves c. American is in the Heart

B. The Laughter of my Father d. Footnote to youth

4. _______________ died at the end of Iliad.

a. Achilles c. Menelaus
B. Agamemnon d.Hector

5.________________ is the most authentic records Confucian teaching from which the
“Tao” or “way” was learned.

a. TuFu c.Shih Ching

B. Analects d.Tao Te Ching

6. This is a literary movement in America that looks trough life as it is.

a. Romanticism c. Puritanism
B. Realism d. Naturalism

7. _____________ wrote the very first true novel “The Tale of Genji”

a. Akutagawa Ryunosuki c. Kawabata Syaonari

B. Lady Murasoki Shikibu d. Lady Murasaka

8. Rabindaranath Tagore’s ____________ is the English translation of his “Gitanjali”.

a. Patriotic Hymns c. Songs of Offerings

B. Devotional Songs d. Song of Songs

9. All of the Romans below are made become emperors except ____________.

a. Catullus c. Caligula
B. Claudius d. Julius Caesar

10. All the works below are made of Leo Tolstoy except ___________.

a. Father and Sons c. War and Peace

B. The Death of Ivan Illyach d. Anna Karenina
11. This Filipino writer is known for using local color in his works.

a. Manuel ArguillA c.F.Sionil Jose

B. Carlos Bulosan d. Juan C. Laya

12.This narrative poem is about the adventures of great heroes.

a. Romance c. Epic
B. Ballad d. Lyric

13.What is the main idea that can be inferred from the stanza below?

Time is a pair of scissors

And life, a bolt of brocade
When the lost section is done
The scraps are committed to a bonfire.

a. Transitoriness of life c. Beauty of life

B. Cruelty of time d. Destruction of beauty

14.In the epic “The Odyssey”, who kept Odysseus on her island for seven years?

a. Athena c. Helen
B. Calypso d. Penelope

15. Poetry in during the age of modernism is characterized by _____________.

a. Measure c. Free Verse

B. Blank Verse d. Rhyme

16. “Her dress is as blue as the sky” is an example of _____________.

a. Simile c. Hyperbole
B. Metaphor d. Onomatopoeia

17. A Comedia usually ends with the ____________.

a. Death of the prince c. Death of the Queen

B. Victory of Muslims d. Victory of Christians

18. The American Renaissance also known as the American Romantic Movement paved the
way for the birth of ___________.

a. Romanticism c. Transcendentalism
B. Naturalism d. Realism

19. What does Sappho tell the lesbian woman about her death in the poem below?
To An Uncultured Lesbian Woman
“Yes, thou shalt die.
And lie
Dump in the silent tomb;
Nor of thy name
Shall these by any fame”
a. She will not be famous in death c. She will be placed in a tomb
B. She will find peace d. She will be forgotten

20. Who is considered the Indian counterpart of Shakespeare?

a. Kalidasa c. Tagore
B. khagyam d. Sadi

21. This is Geoffrey Chaucer’s collection of stories in poetic form.

a. The Canterbury Tales c. Iliad

B. Decameron d. Beowulf

22. Which of the statements below supports this statement: “The Homeric poems greatly
influenced the development of Greek Civilization.”

a. The Greek became great warriors

b. The great epic characters became the models of conduct for the later generations of
the Greeks
c. The Olympian gods were worshipped
d. The Greek became good architects

23. Among the following statements, which best describes the difference among the three
canticles of the Divine Comedy?

a. In Inferno, they become more corporeal as Dante descends into the lower circles
b. In Purgatorio, they have corporeal shape, but not corporeal shape, but not corporeal
c. In Paradiso, theu have neither bodies nor images bit simply lights; in Purgatorio,
they have corporeal substance; and in inferno, they become more corporeal as
Dante descends into the lower circles
d. In Paradiso, they have neither bodies nor images but not corporeal substance

24. ______________________ are at war in the Iliad.

a. Trojans and Macedonians c. Trojans and Minoans

b. Trojans and Acheans d. Trojans and Phoenicians

25. The lines of the poem below describe Africa as a land that is _____________.

AFRICA
David Deop
Africa, my Africa
Africa of proud warriors
In ancestral savanna
Africa of whom my grandmother
Songs

a. Free and beautiful c. War town and undeveloped

b. Mysterious and unexplored d. Primitive and uncivilized

26. Because of his poetic style, Ezra Pountic style Ezra Pound is considered a/ an ________.

a. Philosophical c. Metaphysical
b. lmagist d. Romantic

27. 0edipu__________________as a punishment for killing his father and having sexual
relation with his mother.
a. Castrated himself c. Ordered his sons to murder him
b. killed himself d. Gouged his eyes

28. In the poem below, what could be the author’s feeling toward lesbian women?
To An Uncultured lesbian woman
”Yes, thou shalt die,
And lie
Dump in the silent tomb;
Nor of thy name
Shall these by any fame”

a. pity c. Regret
b. Sadness d. Anger

29.Who is speaking in the poem below:

“Sunset and the evening star

And one clear call for me
And may these be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea”

a. A dying man c. A fisherman

b. A captain of a ship d. A traveler

30. Based on Zeus’ plan _____________ comes from suffering.

a. The consolation of death c. The certainty of more suffering

b. The ecstasy of truth d. Understanding and progress

31. The word Gospel is derived from a Greek word that means _____________.

a. Holy word c. Law of God

b. Good news d. Message of God

32. The line below expresses _____________.

“While a cold hand snatched you away like a kite—I should have come home”.

a. Regret c. Sadness
b. Loss d. Love

33. Which statement best characterizes the Old testament as a literary piece?

a. A collection of religious anecdotes c. An inspirational prose

b. A chronicle of Jewish events d. An anthology of Jewish literature

34. Pre-colonial literature is best described by ______________ themes.

a. Sad and dramatic c. Playful and entertaining

b. Serious and imaginative d. Communal and functional

35. What lesson can be inferred in the passage below:

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought it is founded on our thoughts, it is
made up of our thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as
the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.” – Bhagavad Gita
 a. We must change for the better c. we must have right thoughts
b. We must think carefully d. we must be hard working like the ox

36. Among the following statements bellow, which is not an accurate representation of
ancient Greek religious beliefs?

a. The Greeks credited humanity with intervening morality

b. The Greek God Zeus was subject to my mysteries power of fate
c. The Greek gods were expressions of the world’s uncontrollable forces
d. The Greeks blamed humanity for disorder in the universe

37. Euripides produced the play “Medea” to ___________.

a. Express his shock c. Criticize Greek Behavior

b. Attack the deepest prejudices of the levels d. entertain the audience

38. The following are works of Sophocles except:

a. Agamemnon c. Antigone
b. Oedipus Rex d. Oedipus at Colonus

39. Sappho is considered as the _______________.

a. The greatest woman poet of antiquity c. The leader of women in Lesbos

b. A model of women in Greece d. A very passionate poet

40. Mistakes in pronunciation are immediately corrected in the Audio-Lingual method because:

a. So that behavior doesn’t become habits

b. To make learners conscious of their mistakes
c. So that learners will practice more
d. To develop accuracy and fluency

41. Which of the following statements below will help the students, who are asked to listen to a set of
instruction in English, process the material?

a. Identifying the topic sentence c. Listening to every word

b. Identifying the key words d. Repeating each sentence

42. Vowels are characterized by ________________.

a. Freely flowing air through the nasal cavity c. Friction that is present in the vocal tract
b. The little obstruction in the vocal tract d. Vibrations of the vocal cords

43. Which statement below is a feature of suggestopedia?

a. Learners share their feelings in a small group
b. Only listening activities are provided
c. Learners are in relaxed and reclining position
d. Reading and writing are emphasized

44. If a teacher believes that language is a system of structure composed of sounds, words, and
sentences, then his syllabus might focus on __________.

a. Communication tasks c. Functions of language

b. Building blocks of language d. Form and function of language
45. This process of language learning is characterized by repeated practices of sentence patterns until
they become automatic.

a. Language performance c. Hypothesis testing

b. habit formation d. Overgeneralization

46. Filipinos find it hard to learn tenses because _____________.

a. Tense cannot be translated to Filipino c. It is not presenting Philippine language
b. English has many tenses d. The Filipino tense is different from English
47. It ______________ unfair that she should stay on stage longer.
a. Has to c. tends to
b. needs d. seems

48. “She transformed a dragon into a pinworm” is an example of ___________.

a. Has to c. Metaphor
b. Metonymy d. Alliteration
49. This is the smallest unit of sound.
a. Allophone c. Morpheme
b. Allomorph d. Phoneme

50. Krashen said that knowledge of grammatical rules in language performance functions as
__________.
a. Monitor c. output
b. Affect d. input