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Midterm Exam in Great Books

The document summarizes a midterm exam for a Great Books course. The exam tests students on multiple choice questions about literature terms and concepts. It also includes modified true/false questions about story elements and character details. Finally, it contains short essay questions requiring students to recall and analyze details from literary works they have read, like identifying a fruit Odysseus' men ate and what happened afterwards.

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Midterm Exam in Great Books

The document summarizes a midterm exam for a Great Books course. The exam tests students on multiple choice questions about literature terms and concepts. It also includes modified true/false questions about story elements and character details. Finally, it contains short essay questions requiring students to recall and analyze details from literary works they have read, like identifying a fruit Odysseus' men ate and what happened afterwards.

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Midterm Exam in Great Books

Name: Course Yr & Section: Student #:

I. Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the right answer.

1. Literature comes from the Latin word meaning letters of the alphabet.
a. “liter”
b. “litera”
c. “littera”
d. “literra”

2. S/he defines literature as “the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against


a sense of something missing.”
a. Octavio Paz
b. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
c. Carl William Brown
d. Katie Wales

3. “Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost


possible degree.”
a. Carl William Brown
b. Octavio Paz
c. Lionel Trilling
d. Ezra Pound

4. It entails classifying, outlining, summarizing, and synthesizing ideas.


a. Testing Inference
b. Testing Appreciation
c. Testing Literal Comprehension
d. Testing Reorganization

5. Tragedy and Comedy is a subgenre of…


a. Drama
b. Fiction
c. Poetry
d. Non-fiction
6. Examples include The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney and Timmy Failure
by Stephan Pastis.
a. Science Fiction
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Flash Fiction
d. Creative Non-Fiction

7. It is a website containing short articles called posts that are changed regularly.
a. Text-Talk Novels
b. Graphic Novel
c. Blog
d. Illustrated Novel

8. “The golf ball walked gently into the ninth hole.”


a. personification
b. metaphor
c. hyperbole
d. oxymoron

9. What figurative language is this: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”
a. personification
b. proverbs
c. idioms
d. synecdoche

10. The following are reasons for reading literature, EXCEPT;


a. Reading literature transports us out of our current context and into other ages
and places.
b. Reading literature enables us to see the world through the eyes of others.
c. Reading literature gives a unique pleasure – aesthetic quality.
d. Reading literature fosters contemplation and reflection, and improves our facility with
language and vocabulary

II. Modified True or False: Draw a triangle if the statement is true and underline the
word/phrase that makes the statement wrong and write the correct one if it is false on the
blank space provided.
_ 1. The Hero's adventure begins when he receives a call to action, such
as a direct threat to his safety, his family, his way of life or to the
peace of the community in which he lives.
2. The Ordeal is always the climax of the story.
3. There are 12 stages in a hero’s journey.
_ 4. Ordinary world, call to adventure and refusal to console are few of
the stages of heroes’ journey.
5. King Dasharatha decided it was time to give his throne to his eldest
son Bharata.
6. The Greek poet Homer was born sometime between the 12th and 8th
centuries BC, possibly somewhere on the coast of Asia Minor.
7. When Europa's men go to collect water, they are attacked by a giant
serpent who kills them all.
8. Exposition, Theme, Climax and Denouement are parts of a plot
structure.
9. Third person limited can control all the characters in the story.
10. Simplicity, kindness and compassion are three of greatest treasures
according to Tao Te Ching.

III. ESSAY (5 pts each):

1. What did Gilgamesh discovered when his friend was slain? How do you decipher his
statement: “Life, which you look for, you will never find, For when the gods created
man, they let death be his share, and life withheld in their own hands.”

2. In the summary of the poem ‘Metamorphosis”, what was the root cause of Europa’s
revenge to Samele and how did she do it?

3. If you were Europa, would how would you respond to the news, would you do the same
as what she did? Why?

4. What was the name of the fruit that Odysseus’ men had eaten? What happened
afterwards?
IV. Enumeration: List down the following:
1-6. Five literary standards

7-10. One example of each of the main genres of literature you have watched/read.

~~ “It is through reading that makes us know more about the world. Be a
voracious reader.” ~~

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