Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. Father of English Literature

` a. Geoffrey Chaucer b. William Shakespeare c. Venerable Bede d. Edmund Spenser

2. Father of English Poetry

a. Geoffrey Chaucer b. William Shakespeare c. Venerable Bede d. Edmund Spenser

3. Father of English History

a. Geoffrey Chaucer b. William Shakespeare c. Venerable Bede d. Edmund Spenser

4. Bard of Avon
a. Geoffrey Chaucer b. William Shakespeare c. Venerable Bede d. Edmund Spenser

5. Sweet Swan of Avon

a. Geoffrey Chaucer b. William Shakespeare c. Venerable Bede d. Edmund Spenser

6. Father of Tragedy
a. William Shakespeare b. Aeschylus c. Aristophanes d. Christopher Marlowe

7. The Poet’s poet

a. Percy Bysshe Shelley b. William Wordsworth c. Christopher Marlowe d. Edmund Spenser

8. The Poet of Nature

a. Percy Bysshe Shelley b. William Wordsworth c. Christopher Marlowe d. Edmund Spenser

9. First Novel Author

a. Kung Fu Chu b. Lady Murasaki Shikibu c. Matsuo Basho d. Gao Ming

10. Father of High Epic Fantasy

a. John Milton b. JRR Tolkien c. C.S. Lewis d. David F. Wallace

11. The Faerie Queene

a. Queen Victoria b. Queen Mary of Scots c. Queen Elizabeth II d. Queen Elizabeth I

12. Epic Poet

a. John Milton b. JRR Tolkien c. C.S. Lewis d. David F. Wallace

13. Father of English Tragedy

a. William Shakespeare b. Aeschylus c. Aristophanes d. Christopher Marlowe

14. Father of Sonnet

a. William Shakespeare b. Petrarch c. Edmund Spencer d. Sir Thomas Wyatt

15. Father of Modern African Literature

a. Wole Soyinka b. Nelson Mandela c. Chinua Achebe d. Ben Okri

16. Father of Chinese Philosophy

a. Tu Fu b. Li Po c. Kung Fu Zi d. T’ao Chi’en

17. The Fallen Immortal/ the Immortal of Wine

a. Tu Fu b. Li Po c. Kung Fu Zi d. T’ao Chi’en

18. A Modest Proposal

a. Christopher Marlowe b. Ben Johnson c. Jonathan Swift d. Alexander Pope

19. Jane Eyre

a. Jane Austen b. Charlotte Bronte c. Emily Bronte d.Anne Bronte

20. Panchatatra
a. Ibn Majid b. Rabindranath Tagore c. Vishnu Sharma d. T. Eric Peet

21. It is used by the writer to describe the impressions of the topic or object of writing.
a. Form b. senses and images c. diction d. rhyme scheme
22. The way author arranges words, meters, lines, and stanzas to create coherent sound when the poem is
read aloud.
a. Form b. diction c. word order d. rhyme scheme

23. The arrangement of words and lines, either together or part.

a. Diction b. word order c. structure d. form

24. Foot in poetry which follows the pattern 1 unstressed, 1 stressed syllable.
a. iamb b. trochee c. anapestic d. dactylic

25. A long or stressed syllable followed by a short or unstressed syllable is called?

a. trochee b. anapest c. iamb d. spondee

26. Which of the following is an example of an iamb word?

a. winter b. highway c. delay d. both a and b

27. ‘Writer’ and ‘flower’ are example of what poetic feet?

a. Iamb b. trochee c. anapestic d. dactylic

28. In poetry, it is a sense impression where the writer wants you to feel.
a. visual imagery b. olfactory imagery c. gustatory imagery d. tactile imagery

29. In poetry, it is a sense impression where the writer wants you to smell.
a. visual imagery b. olfactory imagery c. gustatory imagery d. tactile imagery

30. What is the dictionary/literal meaning a certain word?

a. Connotation b. Quotation c. Denotation d. Information

31. Who is the prolific Filipino playwright who wrote Three Rats, Wanted: A Chaperon and The Forsaken
Play?
a. Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero b. Bienvenido Santos c. Alberto Tolentino d. NVM Gonzalez

32. The goddess of Philippine poetry?

a. Ophelia Dimalanta b. Leona Florentino d. Edith Tiempo d. Adelina Guerra

33. Who wrote the book "Records of the Historian"?

a. Ssu-ma Ch’ien b. Lao Tzu c. Li Po d. Wang Wei

34. Which great Chinese novel was Cao Zhan most famous f or?
a. Dream of the Red Chamber c. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
b. Water Margins d. Journey to the West

35. Which of the following animals does not belong in the story of the novel "Record of a Journey to the
West"?
a. Monkey b. Dog c. Pig d. Fish

36. Who influenced the early literature of India?

a. Aryans b. Brahmans c. Folk people d. Buddhist

37. Akutagawa's In the Grove was adapted to the film

a. Ramen b. Rashemen c. Rashomon d. Rashemon

38. Who are primary responsible for preserving the early literature of Africans?
a. Bards b. Storytellers c. Griots d. Town criers

39. This ethical concept suggests a sense of obligation or indebtedness which explains the sense of
patriotism and nationalism of the Japanese.
a. on b. seppuku c. giri d. Kami
40. A distinct of poetry during the age of modernism is ______.

a. Measure b. Blank verse c. Free verse d. Rhyme

41. “If” is a familiar poem by Rudyard Kipling. What value is exhorted in these lines?
“If you can walk with Kings and not lose the common touch, you are a man my son.”
a. Purity and charity c. Great humility
b. Gentlemanhood and desire d. Self-respect and courage
42. According to literary critics tragedy was the first form of the drama. In Marcus Aurelius’ Meditation he
says -
“Tragedies were brought on the stage as a means of reminding man of the things which happen to
them...for a play must end in such a way and even in such cues.”
Thus tragedies are –
a. Reflections of man’s shortcomings c. Portrays ends and sorrows
b. Reflections of hero’s trials and failures d. Replays of life’s journey

43. Browning wrote “Rabbi Ben Ezra” take note of the lines -
“Aye note that potter’s wheel, that metaphor! and feel why time slips fast, why passive lies our clay.”
The lines are reflective of –
a. Optimistic view of life c. The need to mold others
b. Pessimistic outlook on life d. The changes in life

44. Shakespeare is often quoted –

“For love is blind that lovers do not see the petty follies they themselves commit.”
What does it tell?
a. Romeo and Juliet are not allowed to see each other c. Romeo and Juliet are clinically blind
b. Romeo is blind d. Love can cause blindness in a way

45. Walt Whitman is known as a writer of realistic temper. How do the lines from “O Captain, My Captain”
sound?
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

a. Failure in life’s battles c. Bravery of seafarers

b. Homecoming of a hero and his death d. Welcoming of heroes and the splendor

46. One literary form is biographies and autobiographies? One former president of the United States
wrote his biography addressing two audiences the English and the Frenchman. He is known as-
a. Benjamin Franklin c. Abraham Lincoln
b. John Bush d. Franklin D. Roosevelt

47. Carl Sandburg’s message says –

“There is only one child in the world
And the child’s name is All Children.”

a. There are different children according to race

b. Children mature into manhood
c. Children are children everywhere
d. All children are equal regardless of color

48. There should be no artificial treatment of man and nature. This was well crafted in American
Literature as they handled themes on _________
a. Realism b. Democracy c. Romanticism d.Naturalism

49. American early puritan literature were preserved in sermons. What do these lines convey?
“The God that holds you over the pit of hell much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect
over the fire abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked; his wrath towards you burns like fire.”
a. Puritans kept smiling during sermons.
b. Puritans were governed by the words of God.
c. Puritans are taught to fear damnation in hell.
d. Puritans take sermons as escape from reality

50. How does Tennyson treat life in these lines from Ulysses?
“…bowed on earth and heaven that which we are, we are one equal temper of heroic hearts – to
strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.”
a. Life has its ends
b. Life is a continuous struggle
c. Life is found on earth and heaven
d. Life is directed by events
51. Identify the play in which the following lines are taken:
“Good name in man and woman…is immediate jewel of the souls.”
a. Macbeth b. Merchant of Venice c. As You Like It d. Othello

52. “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.”
a. Macbeth b. Romeo and Juliet c. As You Like It d. Othello

53. “Parting is such sweet sorrow.”

a. Macbeth b. Romeo and Juliet c. As You Like It d. Othello

54. “What's in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.”
a. Macbeth b. Romeo and Juliet c. As You Like It d. Othello

55. “The course of true love never did run smooth.”

a. A Midsummer Night’s Dream b. King Lear c. Merchant of Venice d. Romeo and Juliet

56. “How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!”

a. A Midsummer Night’s Dream b. King Lear c. Merchant of Venice d. Romeo and Juliet

57. “If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and
if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?”
a. A Midsummer Night’s Dream b. Macbeth c. Merchant of Venice d. Romeo and Juliet

58. “Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the
stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
a. A Midsummer Night’s Dream b. Macbeth c. Merchant of Venice d. Hamlet

59. O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,

Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!
Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d
His canon ’gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!
How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world!
a. A Midsummer Night’s Dream b. Macbeth c. Merchant of Venice d. Hamlet

60. But love is blind, and lovers cannot see

The pretty follies that themselves commit.
a. A Midsummer Night’s Dream b. Macbeth c. Merchant of Venice d. Hamlet

61. One of the ways to appreciate Dante's achievement is to put it in the context of the 14th century.
Which of the following is NOT true about Dante's Masterpiece Divine Comedy?
a. The rulings that came out of this council did much to change the nature of the Catholic Church in
medieval Europe.
b. Confession wasn't a requirement, so people don't need to know exactly what's qualified as a sin.
c. Church attendance was now mandatory, leading to the construction of more and bigger churches.
d. The need for more priests, and hence more training of priests, spurred the development of the
universities.
62. Which of the following best describes the differences between figures that Dante encounters in the
three canticles of the Divine Comedy?

a. In Inferno, they become more corporeal as Dante descends in the lower circles

b. In Purgatorio, they have corporeal shape but not corporeal

c. In Paradiso, they have neither boodles nor images but simply lights, and In Purgatorio they have
corporeal shape but not corporeal

substance and 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

63. Who wrote “El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha” or the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote
of La Mancha?
a. Gustave Flaubert b. Miguel de Cervantes c. Jose Orgeta y Gasset d. Jose Maria de Pereda
64. Don Quixote rode forth ____.
a. to see his king and country
b. in quest of the Holy Grail
c. to see the world and seek a fortune
d. to defend the oppressed and right the wrong

65. It is a great humanist work that encourages compassion and hope in the face of adversity and
injustice. Jean Valjean is one of the lead characters in this novel.

a. Les Miserables b. Madame Bovary c. Heart of darkness d. Candide

66. Who wrote the play "A Marriage Proposal"?
a. Victor Hugo b. Henrik Ibsen c. Edmond Rostand d. Anton Chekhov

67. Slumdog Millionaire : Simon Beaufoy : : Decameron: ____________

a. Ben Jonson b. Venerable Bede c. Giovanni Boccaccio d. Sir Thomas More

68. Which of the following is NOT true about Boccaccio?

a. He didn't admire and imitate his classical forebears.
b. He adopted Cicero's style of writing in clean, elegant prose.
c. Boethius inspired the theme of Fortune that runs through both the premise and the plots of the
Decameron.
d. Ovid provided him with the example of wit, eloquence, and sensual obsession.
69. If Divine Comedy is characterized by absolute faith in a single truth, what best characterizes
Boccaccio’s Decameron?

a. An equally devout reference for this truth

b. A complete negation of Christian doctrine

c. Characteristics of the merchant class

d. A sexual liberalism that seeks to revive the great pleasures of Ancient Rome

70. All these works are by Leo Tolstoy EXCEPT _____.

a. Father and Sons b. The Death of Ivan Ilyich c. War and Peace d. Anna Karenina

71. The key idea expressed in the stanza below is the __.

Tome is a pair scissors

And life , a bolt of brocade

When the lost section is done

The scraps are committed to a bonfire

a. Transitions of life

b. Cruelty of time

c. Beauty of life

d. Destruction of beauty

72. Which of the following terms describes the subject matter, style, tone and attitude of the literature of
ancient Greek and Rome?

a. Romanticism b. Realism c. Classicism d. Naturalism

73. Which of the following is NOT a lyric poem?

a. Ode b. Sonnet c. Elegy d. Ballad

74. What literacy movement in American literature examines life as it is?

a. Romanticism b. Realism c. Puritanism d. Naturalism
75. Madame Bovary is considered as the best example of French ______.

a. Realism b. Naturalism c. Existentialism d. Symbolism

76. The period of American Renaissance gave birth to ____.

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

77. What conventions or earlier literary and artistic cycle style do both realism and naturalism oppose?

a. Classicism b. Romanticism c. Symbolism d. Neoclassicism

78. “Yes, thou shalt die,

And lie

Dump in the tomb;

Nor of thy name

Shall these be any fame?”

To An Uncultured Lesbian Woman

- Sappho

What does the person tell the lesbian woman about her death?

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
79. What is the English translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s “Gitanjali”?

a. Patriotic Hymns b. Devotional Songs c. Song of Offerings d. Songs

Caesar

80. The first Asian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

a. Yasunari Kawabata b. Rabindranath Tagore c. Wole Soyinka d. Po Chu-I

81. Filial piety is a basic tenet of this school of thought.

a. Taoism b. Confucianism c. Hinduism d. Buddhism

82. What insight is suggested by this haiku from Basho?

Poverty’s child -

He starts to grind the rice

And gazes at the moon

a. Nature has a soothing effect on the human spirit.

b. Child labor is a reality in many Asian nations

c. The poor dreams and are hopeful of better things in their life.

d. Life is never-ending routine of work and leisure.

83. The plot development of the Ramayana.

a. Circular b. En medias res c. Linear d. Pyramid

84. This novel is based on the pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuangzang to India in search of sacred
texts.

a. The Tale of Genji

b. Dream of the red Chamber

c. Record of a Journey to the West

d. On Learning to be an Indian

85. Who among the following is known as the Indian Shakespeare?

a. Kalidasa b. Khagyam c. Tagore d. Sadi

86. Fine arts and literature flourished during this dynasty which is viewed as the Golden Age of Chinese
civilization.

a. Han b. T’ang c. Ch’in d.Shang

87. This excerpt from Soyinka’s Telephone Conversation indicates the universal issue of ____.

a. gender discrimination

b. colonial mentality

c. human rights violation

d. racial discrimination

88. The Hindu belief that life is an illusion is _.

a. dharma b. artha c. maya d. kama

89. AFRICA

Africa, my Africa

Africa or proud warriors

In ancestral savanna

Africa of whom my grandmother song

David Deop

This lines above describe as Africa that is ___.

a. Free and beautiful

b. Mysterious and unexplored

c. War town and undeveloped

d. Primitive and uncivilized

90. In which Jane Austen novel do the following lines appear?

a. Mansfield Park b. Northanger Abbey c. Pride and Prejudice d. Sense and

Sensibility

91. What is the title of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s ‘Tale of Horror’?

a. Bleak House b. Frankenstein c. Heart of Darkness d.Tell-Tale heart

92. The poetry of Ezia Pound is best described _____.

a. Philosophical

b. Imagist

c. Metaphysical

d. Romantic

93. Who did Abraham Lincoln call “the little woman who started the Civil War”?

a. Rosa Parks

b. Sojourner Truth

c. Harriet Beecher Stowe

d. Zora Neale Hurston

94. What sound device is exemplified in the first two lines of Poe’s ‘The Raven’?

a. Anaphora b. Onomatopoeia c. Assonance d. Alliteration

95. What atmosphere do the images create?

a. Confusion b. Contentment c. Longing d.Solitude

96. In the following dialogue, what Filipino value is affirmed by Mario’s statement?

a. Parental sacrifice for children

b. Material comfort for the family

c. Family happiness over job security

d. Child’s care above morality

97. Which short narrative poem is intended to be sung?

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

98. Which famous painting is described in the poem?

a. The Gladiator b. Death in Rome c. The Spolarium d.The Execution

99. “He” in these lines of poetry refers to

a. Juan Luna b. Jose Rizal c. Resurrection Hidalgo d. Emilio Aguinaldo

100.The foremost Filipino sonneteer.

a. Trinidad Tarrosa Subido

b. Angela Manalang Gloria

c. Nina Estrada Puyat

d. Rita Gaddi Baltazar

101.The pre-war writer of local color who excelled in presenting the simple life of the

Ilocano peasants is__.

a. Arturo Rotor b. Francisco Icasiano c. Amador Daguio d.Manuel Arguilla

102.The Food expert who wrote on Filipino Cuisine is___

a. Pura Santillan Castrence

b. Doreen Gamboa Fernandez

c. Gilda Cordero Fernando

d. Carmen Guerrero Nakpil

103.The writer acknowledged to have introduced modernism in Philippine poetry in English is

a. Jose Garcia Villa

b. Angela Manalang Gloria

c. Hilario Francia Jr.

d. Cirilo Bautista

104.Which of the following literacy genre was used to express social protest during the early days of
American regime?

a. Zarsuela

b. Comedia

c. Cenaculo

d. Duplo
105.What is the usual ending of a Comedia?

a. Death of the prince

b. Victory of Muslims

c. Death of the queen

d. Victory of Christians

106.The literary awards started in 1950 is the

a. Commonwealth Literary Awards

b. Republic Cultural Heritage Awards

c. Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Literary Awards

d. Stonehill Awards

107.Who among these writers is famous for using local color in his stories?

a. Manuel Arguilla b. Carlos Bulosan c. F. Sionel Jose d. Juan C. Laya

108.Which writers’ organization tried to create a wide reading public for Filipino

writers by printing low-cost books?

a. The Veronicans

b. Barangay Writers Project

c. Philippine Book Guild

d. Philippine Writers League

109.Aliguyon, the most notable Ifugao hero immortalized in the epic Hudhud has

been written as a long poem by

a. Amador T. Daguio b. Manuel A. Viray c. Ricaredo Demetillo d. Vidal A. Tan

110.What narrative poem tells of the heroic exploits of great heroes?

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

111.What is the function of the Filipino folk narratives?

a. To ward off evil spirits

b. To explain natural phenomena

c. To teach proper behavior

d. To honor the gods

112.The Maranao stories about Pilandok are examples of ____.

a. Fantastic stories b. Creation myths c. Folk tales d. Folk epics

113.Which of the following epic is about the exploits of early Muslim warriors who fought in defense of Islam.

a. Indarapatra and Sulayman

b. Bantugan

c. Parang Sabu

d. Darangan

114.During the Titanomachy, Zeus freed his brothers and sisters from their father, Cronus. As a result, the
brothers and sisters gave Zeus the honor of being their leader , thus, earning the right to rule over the
sky. What does this show about the Greeks?

a. The Greeks value heroism.

b. The Greeks value respect.

c. The Greeks value honor.

d. All of the above.

115.Modern Cosmology is a speculative science which examines the beginning of the universe. Modern
cosmology includes the Big Bang Theory. In Greek mythology, the universe was said to have started
with Chaos. Out of Chaos emerged Gea, the goddess who represents the earth, Tartarus, representing
the land of the dead, and Eros who represented desire. What can be said about the early Greeks
regarding their belief about creation?

a. The early Greeks understand the concept of creation.

b. The early Greeks associated creation in weaving stories of mythology.

c. The early Greeks understand the importance of understanding the logic of creation.

d. The early Greeks believe that creation is a product of mythology.

116.Birth, death and after life are constant stories in the mythologies of the world. What universal idea
about life is reflected in using these motifs?

a. That life has a beginning and an end.

b. That life is a never ending cycle.

c. That life is impermanent.

d. That life is lived only once

117.To punish himself for murdering his father and having sexual relations with his mother, what did Oedipus
do?

a. He castrated himself

b. He killed himself

c. He ordered his sons to murder him

d. He gouged his eyes

148. What can be inferred

118.Which two groups are at war in the Iliad?

a. Trojans and Macedonians

b. Trojans and Achaens

c. Trojans and Minoans

d. Trojans and Phaeacians

119.In Homer’s epic, who kept Odysseus on her Island for seven years?

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

120.The middle ages reflected these mythological creatures as symbol of purity. They are shown even in
modern films as representation of love and beauty.

a. Trolls

b. Dragons

c. Unicorn

d. Kappa

121.He is depicted with an elephant’s head on a human body; and in the Hindu tradition, he is the son of
the Lord Shiva and the goddess Parvati.
a. Ganesh b. Kali c. Durga d.Devi

122.The following are works of Shakespeare, except?

a. Othello b. Hamlet c. Winter’s tale d. Paradise Lost

123.The following are English writers except:

a. Christopher Marlowe b. John Milton c. Mark Twain d. Percy Bysshe Shelley

124.Who wrote ‘Alice adventures in Wonderland”?

a. Lewis Carroll b. Hans Christian Andersen c. Charles Dickens d. C.S. Lewis

125.Who wrote “War and Peace”, considered the Greatest Novel?

a. Anton Chekhov b. Leo Tolstoy c.Nikolai Gogol d. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

126.What is the title of the bestselling novel ever written?

a. The Silmarillion b. The Hobbit c. The Lord of the Rings d. The Lord of Flies

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

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

128.Haikus and poetic travel accounts of Basho are some of the famous works in this era.
a. Instability Period b. Tokugawa Period c. Modern Period d. Pre-modern Period

129.In Greek myth, what is the root or main reason of the Trojan war?
a. The golden apple
b. The Trojan horse
c. The beauty of Helen
d. The udgement of Paris

130.What gift did Hera offered to Paris of Troy ?

a. Continent of Asia
b. Helen, the most beautiful woman
c. Victory on every battle
d. Riches beyond compare

131.What is the Roman name of Athena?

a. Juno b. Bellona c. Minerva d. Diane

132.Who is the Rain-god and Cloud-gatherer?

a. Poseidon b. Morpheus c. Zeus d. Helios

133.The following are parts of Buddhism, except?

a. Four Aims of Life
b. The Four Noble Truth
c. The Eight Fold Path
d. The Three Part Buddhist Scheme
134.Who is the Egyptian goddess of love?
a. Isis b. Heket c. Hathor d. Ma’at

135.A Legendary warrior princess who is recognized as a heroine of Pangasinan.

a. Sima b. Urduja c. Dayang d. Amaya

136.It is considered as one of the greatest literatures of all time where it is focused on national pride and
national identity.
a. Italian Literature b. French Literature c. English Literature d. Russian Literature

137.Who wrote the Gulliver’s Travel?

a. Christopher Marlowe b. Henry Fielding c. Alexander Pope d. Jonathan Swift

138.The following are works of Hans Christian Andersen, except?

a. The Snow Queen
b. The Princess and the Frog
c. The Emperor’s New Clothes
d. The Princess and the Pea

139.The Father of Essay

a. Pierre de Ronsard b. Francois Rabelais c. Michel de Montaigne d. Francois Villion
140.Who is the lover of Psyche?
a. Eros b. Adonis c. Hercules d. Hermes

141.In Greek myth, he is a hunter who is renowned for his beauty and fell in love with his reflection on the
pool.
a. Nessus b. Nemesis c. Narcissus d. Hermaprodite

142.In Greek myth, she is the daughter of Helen and Menelaus.

a. Andromeda b. Hermione c. Ariande d. Clytemnestra

143.In Greek myth, who was the eldest of the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses?
a. Hestia b. Hades c. Poseidon d. Demeter

144.In Greek myth, she was a mortal woman who was made by all of the gods, and given a box that she
was instructed not to open.
a. Andromeda b. Penelope c. Semele d. Pandora

145.Who wrote the American Dictionary of the English Language?

a. Charles Merriam b. Noah Webster c. Joel Barlow d. Ralf Waldo Emerson

146.Who wrote the Scarlet Letter?

a. Edgar Allan Poe b. Emily Dickson c. Nathaniel Hawthorne d. Herman Melville

147.Who wrote Sherlock Holmes?

a. Edgar Allan Poe
b. Sir Thomas Browne
c. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
d. Percy Bysshe Shelley

148.Literary movement is focused on the importance of choice, human freedom and personal
responsibility.
a. Naturalismb. Existentialism c. Idealism d. Transcendentalism

149.___ is the pseudo name of Samuel Clemens

a. Mark Twain b. F. Scott Fitzgerald c. Lewis Caroll d. George Eliot Evan

150.This novel recounts events about the origin of the Prince of Darkness, the story of Adam and Eve and
subsequently, the couple’s expulsion from Eden.
a. The Trial b.Paradise Lost c. A Poison tree d. Brave New World
151.The following are Comedy works of Shakespeare, except?
a. The Merchant of Venice b. The Tempest c. Othello d. Troilus and Cressida

152.Considered to be the most famous lost continent dedicated to Poseidon. It’s been a center of the
writings of Plato.
a. El Dorado b. Lemuria c. Atlantis d. Avalon
153.In Greek myth, he stole the Fire from Zeus and gave it to humanity.
a. Pallas b. Epimetheus c. Prometheus d. Menoetius

154.In Greek myths, he was the human offspring of Poseidon and Medusa.
a. Perseus b. Pegasus c. Chrysaor d. Bellerophon

155.In Gelgamesh, who is the hairy creature created by the deities whose aim is to kill the proud king of
Uruk?
a. Utnapishtim b.Endiku c. Inanna d. Emduka

156.Literary movement defined as the reaction against romanticism, its aim is to give an accurate
portrayal of life as it is.
a. Naturalism b. Idealism c. Realism d. Existentialism

157.In Greek myth, who is the goddess of Victory?

a. Nike b. Iris c. Persephone d. Fortuna

158.In Roman legends, who founded Rome?

a. Vestal Virgins b. Lupa c. Romulus and Remus d. Romanos

159.In Greek myth, she is a mortal weaver who claimed to have skills superior to Athena.
a. Hagno b. Invidia c. Skolopendra d. Arachne

160.In Greek legends, whose face did launched a thousand ships?

a. Cassandra b. Helen c. Hecuba d. Circe

161.In Philippine legends, she was a diwata who resides and protects Mt. Arayat.
a. Maria Makiling b. Maria Sinukuan c. Maria Cacao d. Maria Labu

162.In Hebrew/ Jewish text accounts, who is the first wife of Adam?
a. Eve b. Ruth c. Lilith d. Talmud

163.“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep
your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” Is a line from?
a. The hobbit b. Silmarillion c. Lord of the Rings d. The Lord of Flies

164.“All children, except one, grow up.” Is the opening line of?
a. Tom Sawyer b. Alice in Wonderland c. Peter Pan d. Anna Karinena

165.“There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.” Is the opening line of Jane Eyre, written by whom?
a. George Eliot b. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley c. Charlotte Bronte d. Virginia Woolf

166.“Have I gone mad? I’m afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usually are.” Is a line
from?
a. Tom Sawyer
b. Huckleberry Finn
c. Alice in Wonderland
d. Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

167. “Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”
a. Peter Pan b. Alice in Wonderland c. Tom Sawyer d. Jungle book

168.It is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or
principles.
a. Fable b. farce c. parable d. legend
169. “Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote
The droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour.”
Is the Prologue of?
a. The Merchant of Venice
b. The Tale of Two Cities
c. The Canterbury Tales
d. Ecclesiastical History of the English People

170. It is a modern folk tale consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them.
a. Old wives tale b. Urban legends c. cautionary tale d. frame tale

171.It is a story that tries to explain the reason for some natural phenomenon.
a. Old wives tale b. tall tale c. cautionary tale d. frame tale

172.A story whereby the main content is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of
shorter stories.
a. Frame tale b. tall tale c. cautionary tale d. Old wives tale

173.It is an exaggerated comedy based broadly on humorous situations.

a. Comedy b. dark comedy c. farce d. melodrama

174.A record of events, transactions or observations kept daily or at frequent intervals.

a. Letter b. Diary c. Journal d. Biography

175.A poem of a subjective and meditative nature and is distinguished by its subject, that is, death.
a. Song b. Sonnet c. Elegy d. Tragedy

176.A long, narrative poem in an elevated style that celebrates heroic achievement. It treats themes of
historical, national, religious or legendary significance.
a. Ballad b. Song c. Epic d. Metrical romance

177.The father of English novel

a. Charles Dickens b. Henry Fielding c. John Milton d. Christopher Marlowe

178.Father of Fable
a. Valmiki b. Vyasa c. Aesop d. Rumi

179.Father of Modern Drama

a. Oscar Wilde b. Bernard Shaw c. Henrik Ibsen d. T.S. Eliot

180.Father of Modern Detective Story

a. Edgar Allan Poe b. Washington Irving c. Nathaniel Hawthorne d. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

181. Father of Philippine Journalism

a. Jose Rizal b. Francisco Balagtas c. Marcelo del Pilar d. Jose Corazon de Jesus

182.Father of Philippine Literature

a. Jose Rizal b. Francisco Balagtas c. Marcelo del Pilar d. Jose Corazon de Jesus

183.Which earned Joyce Carol Oates the title of "The Dark Lady of American Letters"?
a. The beautiful insights imposed on her character and settings
b. Her writings have been experiential
c. Her ability to describe and narrate realities
d. She unrelieved sense of death that pervades her writings

184.It is in this period when African-American writers shared a common purpose: to prove that they can
produce literature that equals to ones made by white writers.
a. Lost Generation b. Modern Age c. Harlem Renaissance d. Age of Reason
185.What is the poem by William Cullen Bryant which discusses one's attitude towards death?
a. Thanatopsis b. The Raven c. Because I Could Not Stop For Death d. Douglass

186."The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" are written by?
a. Nathaniel Hawthorne b. Walt Whitman c. Edgar Allan Poe d. Robert Frost

187.Martin Luther King Jr. is known for Civil Rights movement. Martin Luther is known for ________.
a. Neo-Classicism b. Protestantism c. Humanism d. Romanticism

188."To the Memory of My Beloved Master William Shakespeare" is a famous work of ___________.
a. Ben Jonson b. Samuel Daniel c. James Boswell d. John Bunyan

189.Author or Compiler of "Le Mort de Arthur"

a. Edgar Allan Poe b. Sir Thomas Malory c. Sir Thomas Johnson d. Guy de Maupassant

190."Beowulf" is cited as one of the ___________.

a. oldest poems of English Literature b. most famous works of Venerable Bede
c. Old English poems of Geoffrey Chaucer d. most important works of Anglo Saxon
Literature

191.American early puritan literatures were preserved in sermons. What do these lines convey?
“The God that holds you over the pit of hell much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect
over the fire abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked; his wrath towards you burns like fire.”

a. Puritans kept smiling during sermons.

b. Puritans were governed by the words of God.
c. Puritans are taught to fear damnation in hell.
d. Puritans take sermons as escape from reality

192.An approach that emphasizes the value of literature apart from its context, in effect which makes
literature timeless.

a. Structuralism
b. Formalism
c. Historical Approach
d. Marxism

193.A theory that believes that a work of art such as literature should arouse in the reader a definite,
calculate emotion.

a. Feminist Theory
b. Formalistic Literary Theory
c. Affective Theory
d. Marxist Literary Theory

b. Considers literature as the expression of personality, inner drives, neurosis, etc.

a. Psycho-social Approach
b. Impressionistic Approach
c. Psycho-sexual Approach
d. Psychological Approach

194.Which of the following statement is TRUE about structuralism?

a. Structuralism attempts to interpret what an individual text mean

b. Structuralism acknowledge the importance of the author
c. Structuralism makes an attempt to decide whether a work is good or bad
d. Structuralism is concerned with how meanings are created

195.What is the main function of Structuralism theory?

a. To understand the importance of the formal elements of literary structure

b. To formulate relationships among an author, a reader, and a literary work
c. To understand the role of sexuality, gender, race and ethnicity in literary study.
d. To evaluate binary opposition and paradigmatic chain.
196.Modern literary theory began with the work of which theorist?

a. Claude Levi-Strauss
b. Ferdinand de Saussure
c. Karl Marx
d. Mary Wollstonecraft

197.The most important structural anthropologist

a. Claude Levi-Strauss
b. Ferdinand de Saussure
c. Roland Barthes
d. Gerard Genette

198.Which of the following figures is considered to be the father of the linguistic theory known as
structuralism?

a. Claude Levi-Strauss
b. Ferdinand de Saussure
c. Gerard Genette
d. Roland Barthes

199.Which of the following best describes the difference between literary criticism and literary theory?

a. Literary criticism is concerned with the meaning of a literary work, while literary theory is concerned
only with the structure of a literary work.
b. Literary criticism draws upon research derived from sources outside literature, while literary theory
draws upon sources within text.
c. Literary criticism is concerned with how characters in a text act, while literary theory is concerned
with why characters act.
d. Literary theory is concerned with the method used to interpret a work, while literary criticism is the
application of literary theory

200.What is the central idea of Ferdinand de Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics?

a. Language is inseparable from its historical context

b. Language can be analyzed as a formal system of elements
c. Linguistics is too complicated to be distilled to a formula
d. There are three major tenets of linguistic development

201.In general, what is Judith Butler’s concept of gender?

a. Gender is largely a cultural construct

b. Gender is problematic, but essentially true category
c. While gender is not real, the stereotypes that accompany it are true
d. All of the above answers are correct

202.What does gynocriticism recommend as an approach to literature?

a. Considering women’s literature outside of its historical context

b. Becoming more familiar with the history of women and women’s writing
c. Examining only female-authored literature more critically
d. Studying women’s literature for its linguistic qualities only

203.What is the main purpose of literary feminist theory?

a. To counter stereotypes about women

b. To critique phallocentric assumptions about literature
c. To reflect gender equality among the concept of literature
d. To advocate for women’s right
204.Which of the following offers the best definition of ecriture feminine?

a. The inscription of womanhood and femininity in texts

b. Psychological studies of women
c. Literary works which feature women
d. Second-wave feminism

205.With which feminist theorist is gynocriticism most closely associated?

a. Mary Wollstonecraft
b. Judith Butler
c. Elaine Showalter
d. Julia Kristeva

206.Which of the following writers might be considered one of the early founders of first-wave feminism?

a. Mary Wollstonecraft
b. Judith Butler
c. Elaine Showalter
d. Julia Kristeva

207.Which of the following is TRUE about the first-wave feminism?

a. It was largely concerned with issues of equality such as ending discrimination.

b. It focused on the promotion of equal contract and property rights of women and the opposition to
chattel marriage.
c. It focused on “micro-politics” as to what is, or is not, good for females.
d. It focused as much on fighting social and cultural inequalities as political inequalities.

208.How do Marxist theorists react to ideology?

a. They accept ideology as an essential, although sometimes problematic, part of society

b. They promote ideology because it helps to create a dominant social order
c. They reject the idea that ideology has real effects on social progress
d. They subject all ideologies to critique in order to expose biased interests

209.An intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing,
synthesizing and evaluating information gathered.

a. Critical Thinking
b. Literary Criticism
c. Critical Analysis
d. Discourse Analysis

210.Which of the following is TRUE about Marxism?

a. Like Feminism, it investigates how literature can work as force for social change, or as a
reaffirmation of existing conditions.
b. Like New Historicism, it examines how history influence literature; the difference is that Marxism
focuses on the higher class.
c. Like Structuralism, it reflects its meaning through underlying structures present in the society.
d. Like Formalism, it interprets the inherent features texts such as the Communist Manifesto to be
acted in social action.

211. When was Campus Journalism Act of 1991 approved?

a. July 5, 1995
b. July 5, 1991
c. June 5, 1995
d. July 5, 1991
212. During the time of Pork Barrel Issue of Janeth Lim Napoles what can you call about the crisis?
a. Cover up Issue
b. Scoop
c. Sensational Issue
d. Big Issue

213. What kind of lead does a profile story have?

a. Summary lead b. Descriptive lead c. Creative lead d. No lead

214. What is meant by balance in a news story?

a. Having several authors write a story
b. Getting a lawyer’s opinion before writing an article
c. Giving the same amount of space to every paragraph
d. Covering all side of an issue as fairly as possible

215. What is soft news?

a. Entertaining and interesting news
b. Breaking news in which audience expect facts
c. Cartoon column
d. Opinion-based news

216.What is sunshine law?

a. Sunshine law allows reporter to report in public meetings
b. Sunshine law protects readers
c. Sunshine law protects the publisher
d. Sunshine law allows reporter to published anything

217. How long should a lead sentence be?

a. 25-35 words
b. At least 35 words
c. 25-45 words
d. Less than 25

218.Yellow journalism is publishing______.

a. What has passed through the editor’s analysis
b. What is of interest to the public even at the expense of commercial loss
c. Little by little of what the public needs to know
d. Whatever most easily interests the majority

219. Which of the following is NOT true about the inverted triangle in news reporting?
a. It makes makeup easier
b. It delays the reader to grasp information
c. It satisfies curiosity in a logical way
d. It makes the work of the copydesk easier

220.What is the prime function of the editorial page?

a. Provides legitimate place for the expression of opinion and exposure of bias
b. Shows leadership, entertainment, variety, and interpretation of daily events
c. Declares the newspaper’s policies and principles
d. Weighs both sides of the controversies with broad perspective and deep understanding