Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION I
PANGASINAN SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE II
MALICO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
San Nicolas, Pangasinan
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QUARTERLY EXAMINATION
THIRD QUARTER, S.Y. 2024-2025
English, Grade 9-RUBY
February 7 & 10, 2025
Name: _________________________________________ Score: ___________
Read and analyze each statement. Choose the correct answer from the
given choice. Write the letter of your answer on the space before the item
number.

1. The author of the poem, THE TELEPHONE.

A. Robert Browning B. Aristotle C. Edward Field D. Shakespeare
2. What is the setting of "Sorry, Wrong Number"?
A. 53 N. Sutton Place (the Stevenson's home in New York, near the Queensborough
Bridge)
B. New York (in the alley near Second Ave.)
C. Chicago (while the Stevenson's are visiting family)
D. Boston (at the location of Mr. Stevenson's emergency business trip)
3. What is a Gerund?
A. A figure of speech
B. A present tense verb and is usually proceeded by to. It is often used as a noun
serving as a subject.
C. An English noun formed from a verb by adding -ing
D. A helping Verb
4. In a play, stage directions are instructions from the____ to the actors and stage
crew.
A. director B. producer C. crew D. playwright
5. “For Conversation, Press #1” is written by .
a. Michael Alvear b. Susan Dennard c. Bart Marks d. O. Henry
6. A stage where the audience sits on one side only.
a. Proscenium b. in the round c. traverse d. Thrust
7. It is the process of drawing conclusions.
A. Logic B. Facts C. Appeal D. Denouement
8. What two families are fighting?
A) Sampson and Gregory B) Benvolio and Bathasar
C) Abram and Tybalt D) Capulet and Montague

9. Where is the setting of Romeo and Juliet in Act 1?

A) Greece B) Spain C) Verona D) Italy

10. Who performs Romeo and Juliet’s marriage?

 A. Friar John B. Friar Lawrence C. Father Vincentio D. Mercutio

11. Lady Capulet wanted _______to marry her daughter however Juliet refused.
a. Romeo b. Paris c. Prince Escalus d. Lord Montague

12. This is a literary device that compare two things that are basically dissimilar in
which
one is described in terms of the other. What do you call this literary device?
a. Hyperbole b. understatement c. metaphor d. personification
13. Where does the story in the play WHILE THE AUTO WAITS take place?
A. At a theatre B. In a park C. In a restaurant D. At a market

14. Participles always act as ________________.

a) adjectives and adverbs b) adjectives only c) nouns d)adverbs only

15. What is the surname of Miss Daisy?

a. Colebur b. Werthan c. Uhry d. Boolie
16. According to the first line of Edward Field's poem, what does his happiness c
depend into?
A. surfing his computer B. browsing TV with its
remote
C. waiting a call from a telephone D. accomplishing tests through
calculator

17. What statement best describes the main conflict in the play?
A. Mrs. Stevenson has overheard a murder plot, but she can’t get anyone to do
anything about it.
B. Mrs. Stevenson is expecting her husband to come home, but he has gone away
on a business trip.
C. Mrs. Stevenson is trying to call her husband’s office, but the line is busy.
D. Mrs. Stevenson wants to hire a nurse, but the hospital won’t send one without a
doctor’s order.

18. What is the significance of the telephone in the play?

A. To drive the plot and create suspense through mistaken identity and
miscommunication.
B. To showcase the character's ability to multitask
C. To provide background noise for the setting
D. To serve as a symbol of modern technology

19. What is the definition of a gerund phrase?

A. A verbal phrase that ends in -int -en -ed -t.
B. A verb that has a adjective pronoun coming after it.
C. A form of a verb adding any compliments and modifiers.
D. A phrase that starts with a verb and adding -ing.

20. What is a one act play ?

A. It is a play where all the action happens in each with no breaks , that is , the
scene is continuous and the setting most likely will not change.
A. It is a play where all the action happens in each with no breaks , that is , the
scene isn’t continuous and the setting is not changing .
B. It is a play where all the action happens in each with breaks , that is , the scene
is continuous and the setting is always changing .
C. It is a play where all the action happens in each with breaks , that is , the scene
is continuous and the setting most likely will not change.

21. What makes a statement is an example of an unsupported fact?

A. It describes poor reasoning, such as the use of fallacious arguments like
personal (ad hominem) attacks, irrelevancies, analogies
B. It arouses the emotions of an audience to move them to act.
C. It urges everyone to develop a good self-concept.
D. It is claimed by an individual or a group of individuals that have actually
occurred but were unable to provide sufficient evidence to support their claim.

22. The climax of the story occurs when:

a) Romeo drinks the poison.
b) Juliet stabs herself with a dagger.
c)Romeo kills Tybalt and is banished from Verona.
d)Juliet drinks the potion that Friar Laurence prepares.

23. What characteristic is not related to Romeo?

a) able to fall in love quickly
b) unwilling to share his emotions with others
c) unable to feel remorse or guilt
d) slow to make decisions

24. When Romeo overhears Juliet talking on the balcony, Juliet sighs: “What’s
Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,/Nor arm, nor face. O, be some other
name/ Belonging to a man./ What’s in a name? That which we call a
rose/By any other word would smell as sweet.”
In saying this, what does Juliet mean?
A. Montague is an unimportant name in Verona.
B. A name does not change what you are.
C. It is wrong to fall in love with a Montague.
D. Romeo should take her last name when they marry.

25. What actually was the GIRL's career?

A. Waitress B. Cashier C. Clerk D. Chauffer

26. What did Miss Daisy tell Hoke about their relationship on the day that her mind
began to fail?
a) she never liked him b) he was taking advantage of her
c) she was in love with him d) he was her best friend

27. Why does Daisy claim her students always liked her?
A. she graded in a timely manner B. she gave them treats
C. she was nice D. she was entertaining

28. When I am trying to save money, I hate buying clothes. What is the
gerund used in the sentence?
A. to save B. am trying C. buying D. hate

29. What is the gerund/gerund phrase in the following sentence?

Helen enjoys sketching the sunset.
A. sketching B. the sunset C. Helen D. enjoys

30. What word means to demonstrate a scene using a frozen pose?

 A. Tableau B. Pantomime C. Expression

31. Which of the following is the example for oxymoron?

A. Parting is such a sweet sorrow.
B. Juliet passed away just this morning.
C. Romeo, Romeo!
D. Where art thou Romeo?

32. The cracked vase cannot be repaired. The participle in the sentence is
_____________.
A. cracked B. vase C. cannot be D. repaired

33. The crying baby had a wet diaper. What is the participle used in the
sentence?
A. the B. crying C. baby D. wet

34. Identify the participle(s).

Mandy marveled at the yard covered in a thin layer of sparkling dew.
A. marveled B. covered C. sparkling D. covered, sparkling

35. With life in this city being what it is./ Each person separated from
friends. /By a tangle
of subways and buses
What do these lines suggest?
A. a maze B. transportation C. an overlap D. disconnection

36. Which line first suggests that Mrs. Stevenson might be the intended victim?
A. “Second Avenue is a very long street, ma’am."
B. “Well, it’s unnerved me dreadfully—and I’m not well.”
C. “It was a perfectly definite murder. I heard their plans distinctly.”
D. “That’s near a bridge. . . And we have a private patrolman on our street.”

37. Which sentence uses swimming as a gerund?

A. I went swimming yesterday.
B. Swimming is my favorite sport. C. Let’s go swimming at the beach.

38. Which of the following is not an element of a one-act play?

a. Setting b. stage c. theme d. characterization

39. Which among these statements is an example of a faulty logic?

A. “Super Asim Talaga” - Datu Puti
B. “Masarap kahit walang sauce” –Chooks to go
C. "We find ways." -BDO
D. “Wala pa ring tatalo sa Alaska” –Alaska
E. “Kaya ka iniiwan, kasi hindi ka naka-Fresh mint.” - Fresh mint

40. Romeo's feelings of guilt over Tybalt's death are an example of

a) External Conflict: Person vs. Society b) External Conflict: Person vs. Person
c)Internal Conflict: Person vs. Self d)External Conflict: Person vs.
Fate

41. Which of the following is not a conflict in the play?

A) Romeo vs. himself B) Montague vs. Capulet
 C) Romeo vs. Tybalt D) Juliet vs. Rosaline.

42. How does the YOUNG MAN detect the GIRL's real identity?
A. She told him by herself. B. He spied on her.
C. His chauffer reported it to him. D. Her friend revealed it.

43. What is the underlined participle modifying?

A hummingbird, seeking food, came to our red azalea blossoms.
a) azalea blossoms b) food c) hummingbird d) came

44. What is the underlined participle modifying? The red shirt, worn by Kevin,
belongs to
my brother.
a) shirt b) brother c) Kevin d) belongs

45. How is the gerund being used in the following sentence? My cat's favorite
activity is sleeping.
A. Subject B. subject complement C. preposition D. direct object

46. People still read Romeo and Juliet because ____________.

I) it was written in the 1900's
II) the themes are still true today.
III) the writing, although difficult, still captures readers' interest.
IV) Shakespeare is considered a great writer.
V) people behave today the way that some of the characters in the play
behave.
a) I, III, IV, V b) All of the above. c) II, III, IV, V d) None of the
above.

47. Romeo believes that his future has been decided by fate. However, he makes
choices over and over that prove that he is the one in control of his life. Each of the
following is an example of a choice he makes that illustrates this:
I) Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet without their parents'
consent.
II) He decides to go to the Capulet's party.
III) He decides to kill Tybalt instead of waiting for the Prince to
pronounce Tybalt's sentence.
IV) He decides to marry Juliet after only knowing her for a few days.
V) Juliet drinks the potion Friar Lawrence gave her.
a) I, II, V
b) I and II only
c) II, III, IV
d)None of the above

48. Another theme found in the play is that making hasty choices/decisions
without thinking them through can lead to terrible consequences. This theme is
evident when:
I) Romeo and Juliet rush into their decision to marry.
II) Romeo kills Tybalt in a fit of rage following Mercutio's death.
III) Mercutio picks a fight with Tybalt, just for fun.
IV) Friar Lawrence creates hastily plan after plan to reunite the couple,
only to have them all fail.
V) Lord Capulet arranges for Juliet to marry Paris just a few days after
the party.
 a) I only b)I, II, III c)None of the above. d)III, IV, V E. All of the above

49.
Choose the correct stage direction for #7.
A. Upstage left B. Downstage Center C. Upstage center

50. In Act 2, line 34, Juliet states "Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if
thou wilt
not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet." Select
the best
paraphrase for this statement.
A. If you will give up your name, I will give up my name, and we can be together.
B. I won't be a Capulet anymore when I marry you.
C. I cannot be with you because you are a Montague.
D. Tell your father that you refuse to marry anyone other than me.

“Everybody is a genius…We are good at a certain thing.”

-Albert Einstein

Prepared by: Checked by:

JOVIEJANE T. SEGUNDO IMELDA S. LAZARO,

EdD
Teacher III PSDS,
OIC

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