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General Tips in answering English Multiple-choice Questions

General Tips for answering English multiple-choice questions: Read the entire question carefully before looking at the answer choices. Make ...

LET Reviewer in ENGLISH (AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE) Set 3

LET Reviewer in ENGLISH (AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE) Set 3

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<b>PRACTICE TEST IN ENGLISH</b><br />
<b><i>ENGLISH & AMERICAN LITERATURE</i></b><br />
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My Heart Leaps Up<br />
William Wordsworth<br />
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My heart leaps up when I behold<br />
A rainbow in the sky.<br />
So was it when my life began;<br />
So is it now I am a man;<br />
So be it when I grow old,<br />
Or let me die!<br />
The Child is father of the Man;<br />
And I could wish my days to be<br />
Bound each to each by natural piety.<br />
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1. What does the poem celebrate as shown in line 1-2?<br />
A. sadness in death<br />
B. reverence for nature<br />
C. familial bonding<br />
D. sense of foreboding<br />
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The best answer is B. “My heart leaps up…” connotes a strong love of or reverence for nature as represented by the rainbow. It shows the persona’s extreme happiness, if not awe, with nature so he hopes to maintain natural piety until his death. Options A, C, and D all focus on different subjects.<br />
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2. What does the persona wish in the last two lines?<br />
A. that he continues to be pious<br />
B. that he be a child once again<br />
C. that he continues to be connected to nature<br />
D. that he fulfills his duties and responsibilities<br />
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The best answer is C. The last two lines provide an apt conclusion to the strong reverence for nature presented in lines1-2. In lines 3-6, the persona explains that he has been bound to nature since birth and he hopes to be until his death. Options A and B both pick on key words piety and child to provide distracters, while option D proves a broad option that does not appear in the text.<br />
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3. What figure of speech does Wordsworth use in line 7?<br />
A. paradox<br />
B. metonymy<br />
C. oxymoron<br />
D. allusion<br />
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The correct answer is A. Line 7 is among the most famous paradoxes in literature. A paradox presents a seemingly contradictory idea, but turns out to be true upon closer analysis. “The child is father of the man” connotes that much wisdom can be learned from the innocence of the young; thus, the persona wishes to keep that youthful innocence that connects the child to nature. Wordsworth himself reiterates this in Ode: Intimations of Immortality and in Tintern Abbey.<br />
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1. What is the tone of the following lines from Shakespeare’s Hamlet?<br />
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What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason!<br />
How infinite in faculties! In form and moving, how express and admirable!<br />
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A. amazement<br />
B. mockery<br />
C. veneration<br />
D. sadness<br />
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2. The following lines from Robert Browning’s My Last Duchess exemplify what poetic strategy?<br />
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That's my last Duchess painted on the wall,<br />
Looking as if she were alive. I call<br />
That piece a wonder, now: Frà Pandolf's hands<br />
Worked busily a day, and there she stands.<br />
Will't please you sit and look at her?<br />
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A. Aside<br />
B. Dialogue<br />
C. Monologue<br />
D. Soliloquy<br />
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3. From what perspective is the following story told?<br />
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"I could picture it. I have a rotten habit of picturing the bedroom scenes of my friends. We went out to the Cafe Napolitain to have an aperitif and watch the evening crowd on the Boulevard." from The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.<br />
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A. First person<br />
B. Second person<br />
C. Third person omniscient<br />
D. Third person limited<br />
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4. What type of irony does Shakespeare use in Anthony’s speech?<br />
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When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:<br />
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:<br />
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;<br />
And Brutus is an honourable man.<br />
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A. dramatic irony<br />
C. causal irony<br />
B. irony of situation<br />
D. verbal irony<br />
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5. What do the following lines from William Blake exhort?<br />
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To see a World in a Grain of Sand<br />
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,<br />
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand<br />
And Eternity in an hour.<br />
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A. to appreciate even the smallest of things<br />
B. to be extremely imaginative and creative<br />
C. to believe in fantasy like a child<br />
D. to be strong and faithful to God<br />
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6. What poetic device is exemplified in the following lines from Edward Taylor’s “Huswifery”?<br />
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Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheel complete,<br />
Thy Holy Word my Distaff make for me.<br />
Make mine Affections thy Swift Flyers neat<br />
And make my Soul thy holy Spool to be.<br />
My Conversation make to be thy Reel<br />
And reel the yarn thereon spun of thy Wheel.<br />
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A. irony of statement<br />
B. pathetic fallacy<br />
C. a literary conceit<br />
D. a paradoxical line<br />
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7. What does the persona in “Huswifery” ask God to do?<br />
A. Complete him as a human being<br />
B. Bless him with food and clothing<br />
C. Mold him into what God wants him to be<br />
D. Clothe him with the finest silk from God<br />
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8. Which two sound devices did Alexander Pope use in the following lines?<br />
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Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows,<br />
And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;<br />
but when loud surges lash the sounding shore,<br />
The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar:<br />
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A. Assonance and consonance<br />
B. Alliteration and onomatopoeia<br />
C. Consonance and cacophony<br />
D. Onomatopoeia and assonance<br />
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9. What figure of speech is exemplified below?<br />
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“The wind stood up and gave a shout. He whistled on his two fingers.”<br />
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A. Allusion<br />
B. Metaphor<br />
C. Onomatopoeia<br />
D. Personification<br />
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10. What type of sonnet is exemplified in the following lines?<br />
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When I consider how my light is spent<br />
Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,<br />
And that one talent which is death to hide<br />
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent<br />
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A. Elizabethan<br />
B. English<br />
C. Petrarchan<br />
D. Spenserian<br />
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11. Which statement best summarizes the Holy Sonnet X by John Donne?<br />
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And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well<br />
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?<br />
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,<br />
And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.<br />
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A. Death shall cease in the after life.<br />
B. Death comes through poppy or charms.<br />
C. Death takes so many forms and ways.<br />
D. Death should not be proud since it is not mighty.<br />
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12. What does the word “swell’st” in the Holy Sonnet X mean?<br />
A. boast<br />
B. shrink<br />
C. grow<br />
D. swear<br />
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13. Which statement about love is true based on Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116?<br />
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Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks<br />
Within his bending sickle's compass come:<br />
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,<br />
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.<br />
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A. Love dissipates when lovers live apart.<br />
B. Love adapts to changing circumstances.<br />
C. Love never wanes even in old age.<br />
D. Love grows even to the edge of doom.<br />
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14. In “To the Virgins to Make Much of Time,” what is the persona’s main message?<br />
A. Be wise in marriage to make life more worthwhile.<br />
B. Marry now, or you may never have another chance.<br />
C. Gather the rosebuds now, before the roses bloom.<br />
D. Choose only lovers who, like roses, are of the highest order.<br />
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15. Which word best describes the speaker in “To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars”?<br />
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Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind,<br />
That from the nunnery<br />
Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind<br />
To war and arms I fly.<br />
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A. cold-hearted<br />
B. sweet-tongued<br />
C. honorable<br />
D. modest<br />
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16. To what sensory perception do the following lines from James Joyce’s Araby appeal?<br />
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“…we ran…to the dark dripping gardens to the back doors of the dark dripping gardens where odors arose from the ashpits, to the dark odorous stables where a coachman smoothed and combed the horse or shook music from the buckled harness.”<br />
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A. auditory<br />
B. olfactory<br />
C. gustatory<br />
D. tactile<br />
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17. What does the lamb in “The Lamb” symbolize?<br />
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Little Lamb, who made thee?<br />
Dost thou know who made thee?<br />
Gave thee life, and bid thee feed,<br />
By the stream and o'er the mead;<br />
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A. Faith and loyalty<br />
B. Innocence and purity<br />
C. Weakness and hopelessness<br />
D. Helplessness and dependence<br />
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18. Which of the following best states the theme of Ozymandias?<br />
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"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:<br />
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"<br />
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay<br />
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare<br />
The lone and level sands stretch far away.<br />
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A. Power and arrogance are both destructive.<br />
B. Temples and statues are witnesses to history.<br />
C. Powerful rulers and great civilizations perish.<br />
D. Life is short and time is fleeting.<br />
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19. What 17th Century philosophy does Browning assert in the following lines from Rabbi Ben Ezra?<br />
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Ay, note that Potter’s wheel,<br />
That metaphor! and feel<br />
Why time spins fast, why passive lies our clay,—<br />
Thou, to whom fools propound,<br />
When the wine makes its round,<br />
“Since life fleets, all is change; the Past gone, seize to-day!”<br />
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A. anagnorisis<br />
B. carpe diem<br />
C. peripeteia<br />
D. romanticism<br />
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20. What lesson does the speaker learn in A.E. Housman’s When I Was One-and-Twenty?<br />
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'The heart out of the bosom<br />
Was never given in vain;<br />
'Tis paid with sighs a plenty<br />
And sold for endless rue.'<br />
And I am two-and-twenty,<br />
And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.<br />
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A. The speaker realizes the value of listening to pieces of advice.<br />
B. The speaker learns the foolishness of disobeying his elders.<br />
C. The speaker realizes the folly and pain of youthful love.<br />
D. The speaker learns the stupidity of wasting his youth.<br />
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<b>PRACTICE TEST IN ENGLISH</b><br />
<b><i>LITERATURE - Mythology</i></b><br />
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1. He is known as the Ruler of the Olympians and is respected as the protector of the Greeks.<br />
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A. Hephaestus<br />
B. Zeus<br />
C. Poseidon<br />
D. Hades<br />
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2. 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?<br />
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A. The Greeks value heroism.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
B. The Greeks value respect.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
C. The Greeks value honor.<br />
D. All of the above.<br />
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3. 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?<br />
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A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The early Greeks understand the concept of creation.<br />
B.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The early Greeks associated creation in weaving stories of mythology.<br />
C.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The early Greeks understand the importance of understanding the logic of creation.<br />
D.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The early Greeks believe that creation is a product of mythology.<br />
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4. 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?<br />
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A. That life has a beginning and an end.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
B. That life is a never ending cycle.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
C. That life is impermanent.<br />
D. That life is lived only once.<br />
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5. The middle ages reflected these mythological creatures as symbol of purity. They are shown even in modern films as representation of love and beauty.<br />
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A. Trolls<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
B. Dragons<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
C. Kappa<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
D. Unicorns<br />
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6. A story says that Hera was jealous of yet another woman-interest of Zeus, Io. Zeus turned Io to a cow to protect her from the wrath of his wife who saw how he transformed himself as a cloud to escape the watchful eyes of Hera and be close to Io. Seeing this, Hera asked Argus, a monster with a hundred eyes of different colors to watch over Io so that she will never become human again. But Hermes played his lyre and killed Argus, following the order of his father, Zeus. Fearing Hera’s wrath, Hermes took the eyes of Argus and gave them to Hera who put these eyes in the tail of her favourite bird. The story reflects the origin of which bird?<br />
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A. Hummingbird<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
B. Peacock<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">   </span><br />
C. Dove<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
D. Eagle<br />
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7. What does the story of Hera and Io show about Zeus?<br />
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A. His superiority over his dominions<br />
B. His infidelity.<br />
C. His weakness as a god and as a husband.<br />
D. His need for a woman.<br />
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8. The story presented is an example of which type of myth?<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
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A. Saga<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">   </span><br />
B. Pure myth<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
C. Folktale or fairytale<br />
D. None of the above<br />
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To the ancient Egyptians, their ruler was both god and king, a descendant of the sun god, Ra. His power was absolute, and no one could question his decisions or repeal his judgments. Because the ruler was a god, no one was allowed to address him directly or to talk about him. Instead people called him pharaoh, meaning, “the Great House.”<br />
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9. What information can be inferred from the passage?<br />
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A. A god has no name.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">    </span><br />
B. A name demystifies a god.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">   </span><br />
C. Ra is both god and human.<br />
D. A god has no address.<br />
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10. What is the moral of the fable below?<br />
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Four bulls were such great friends that they always ate together. A Lion watched them for many days with longing eyes, but since they were never  far apart from each other, he was afraid to attack them. At length he succeeded in making them jealous of one another, and their jealousy eventually turned into a mutual aversion. When they strayed far away from each other, the Lion fell upon them singly, and killed them all.<br />
- Asian Mythology<br />
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A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Only by working together can the greatest good for all be achieved.<br />
B.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The enemy of my enemy is my friend.<br />
C.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The quarrel of friends are the opportunities of enemies.<br />
D.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Never underestimate the viciousness of your enemy.<br />
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11. One of the most popular love stories in Greek mythology is the story of Cupid and Psyche. Psyche’s undying love and devotion to her husband earned the respect of the Gods. What was Psyche’s mistake that nearly broke up her marriage?<br />
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A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Psyche had an affair.<br />
B.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Psyche listened to the evil suggestion of her sisters to leave her husband.<br />
C.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Psyche defied her husband by looking at his face in the middle of the night.<br />
D.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Psyche stopped loving her husband.<br />
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12. The gods and goddesses of world mythology, in most cases, act like human beings. What term can be best used to refer to their characteristic?<br />
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A. Anthropomorphic<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
B. Ethereal<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">   </span><br />
C. God-like<br />
D. Anthropocentrism<br />
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13. Philippine mythology has fewer characters similar to the Olympians. Instead of these gods, Philippine mythology is rich in characters like<br />
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A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Supernatural – cafre, aswang, duwende, etc.<br />
B.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sea creatures- sirena, syokoy,etc.<br />
C.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Angels – cherubs, guardian angels, etc.<br />
D.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Representational characters – malakas at maganda, etc.<br />
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14. The mythological background of the Trojan war is said to be caused by Paris, the prince of Troy. Eris, the goddess of discord, brought to a party a golden apple with an inscription- for the fairest. Hera, Athena and Aphrodite all made a quick claim on the apple. Fearing that he may anger any of the goddess, Zeus decided to send the three women to Paris. Each of the three goddesses offered a bribe to Paris: Hera promised him unlimited political power ; Athena assured him that he would always be victorious  in battle and Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful woman in the world, as his wife. Being young and romantic, he gave the apple to Aphrodite. Who was this beautiful woman offered to Paris as bribe?<br />
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A. Penelope , queen of Ithaca<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">   </span><br />
B. Persephone, queen of the underworld<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
C. Helen of Troy<br />
D. Hera, queen of Olympus<br />
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15. As a result, Hera and Athena helped Troy’s enemy, Greece, in the war while Aphrodite helped Troy. What does this show?<br />
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A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Serious decisions have serious consequences<br />
B.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Paris was wrong in choosing Aphrodite as the winner<br />
C.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hera and Athena harboured ill feelings<br />
D.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Zeus ordered the goddesses to take sides in the war.<br />
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16. The Trojan war is technically set due to the abduction of Helen by Paris. This is remembered in the modern times referring to Helen as<br />
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A. The woman who started the war<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
B. The face that launched a thousand ships<br />
C. The woman who left the husband<br />
D. The face which surpassed all beauties. <br />
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17. Apollo was the god of sun and poetry. He has mastered the craft of prophesy and earned the reference as the god who mostly reflected of Zeus . What is his Roman name?<br />
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A. Mars<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
B. Neptune<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
C. Jupiter<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
D. Apollo<br />
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18. In the story of Odysseus, as they were sailing back to Ithaca after the Trojan war, they passed along a narrow straits and were tested by the monster Scylla and the giant whirlpool, Charybdis. These two women used to be beautiful maidens who earned the anger of Amphitrite. What was the cause of the anger?<br />
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A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Amphitrite was jealous because her husband, Poseidon, took a liking to the two.<br />
B.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Amphitrite was envious of the beauty of the two women.<br />
C.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Amphitrite was worried about the condition of Odysseus.<br />
D.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Amphitrite lost in a beauty contest organized by Zeus.<br />
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19. The following are theories which could be adapted to study the different myths except<br />
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A. Jungian archetypes<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
B. Structuralism<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">   </span><br />
C. Evolutionism<br />
D. Feminism<br />
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20. She is the wife of Zeus and considered as the goddess of fertility and of the Earth.<br />
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A. Hera<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
B. Athena<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">  </span><br />
C. Aphrodite<br />
D. Artemio<br />
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<b>PRACTICE TEST IN ENGLISH</b><br />
<b><i>ENGLISH & AMERICAN LITERATURE</i></b></div>
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Read the poem below then answer questions 1–3 </div>
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My Heart Leaps Up</div>
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-William Wordsworth</div>
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My heart leaps up when I behold</div>
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A rainbow in the sky.</div>
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So was it when my life began;</div>
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So is it now I am a man;</div>
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So be it when I grow old, 5         </div>
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Or let me die!</div>
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The Child is father of the Man;</div>
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And I could wish my days to be</div>
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Bound each to each by natural piety</div>
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1. What does the poem celebrate as shown in line 1-2? </div>
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A. sadness in death  </div>
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B. reverence for nature  </div>
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C. familial bonding</div>
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D. sense of foreboding</div>
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2. What does the persona wish in the last two lines?</div>
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A. that he continues to be pious </div>
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B. that he be a child once again </div>
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C. that he continues to be connected to nature  </div>
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D. that he fulfills his duties and responsibilities</div>
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3. What figure of speech does Wordsworth use in line 7?</div>
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A. paradox   </div>
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B. metonymy  </div>
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C. oxymoron</div>
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D. allusion</div>
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1. What is the tone of the following lines from Shakespeare’s Hamlet?</div>
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A. amazement  </div>
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B. mockery  </div>
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C. veneration</div>
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D. sadness </div>
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2. The following lines from Robert Browning’s My Last Duchess exemplify what poetic strategy?</div>
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That's my last Duchess painted on the wall,</div>
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Looking as if she were alive. I call</div>
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That piece a wonder, now: Frà Pandolf's hands</div>
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Worked busily a day, and there she stands.</div>
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Will't please you sit and look at her?</div>
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A. Aside  </div>
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B. Dialogue</div>
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C. Monologue</div>
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D. Soliloquy  </div>
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3. From what perspective is the following story told?</div>
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"I could picture it. I have a rotten habit of picturing the bedroom scenes of my friends. We went out to the Cafe Napolitain to have an aperitif and watch the evening crowd on the Boulevard." from The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. </div>
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A. First person   </div>
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B. Second person  </div>
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C. Third person omniscient</div>
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D. Third person limited</div>
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4. What type of irony does Shakespeare use in Anthony’s speech?</div>
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When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:</div>
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Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:</div>
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Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;</div>
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And Brutus is an honourable man.</div>
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A. dramatic irony</div>
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C. causal irony</div>
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B. irony of situation  </div>
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D. verbal irony</div>
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5. What do the following lines from William Blake exhort?</div>
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To see a World in a Grain of Sand</div>
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And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,</div>
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Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand</div>
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And Eternity in an hour.</div>
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A. to appreciate even the smallest of things</div>
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B. to be extremely imaginative and creative</div>
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C. to believe in fantasy like a child</div>
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D. to be strong and faithful to God</div>
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6. What poetic device is exemplified in the following lines from Edward Taylor’s “Huswifery”? </div>
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Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheel complete,</div>
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Thy Holy Word my Distaff make for me.</div>
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Make mine Affections thy Swift Flyers neat</div>
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And make my Soul thy holy Spool to be.</div>
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My Conversation make to be thy Reel</div>
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And reel the yarn thereon spun of thy Wheel.</div>
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A. irony of statement </div>
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B. pathetic fallacy</div>
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C. a literary conceit </div>
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D. a paradoxical line</div>
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7. What does the persona in “Huswifery” ask God to do?</div>
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A. Complete him as a human being</div>
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B. Bless him with food and clothing</div>
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C. Mold him into what God wants him to be</div>
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D. Clothe him with the finest silk from God </div>
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8. Which two sound devices did Alexander Pope use in the following lines?</div>
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Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows,</div>
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And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;</div>
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but when loud surges lash the sounding shore,</div>
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The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar:</div>
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A. Assonance and consonance</div>
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B. Alliteration and onomatopoeia</div>
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C. Consonance and cacophony</div>
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D. Onomatopoeia and assonance</div>
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9. What figure of speech is exemplified below?</div>
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“The wind stood up and gave a shout. He whistled on his two fingers.”</div>
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A. Allusion   </div>
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B. Metaphor</div>
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C. Onomatopoeia </div>
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D. Personification</div>
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10. What type of sonnet is exemplified in the following lines?</div>
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When I consider how my light is spent </div>
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Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, </div>
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And that one talent which is death to hide </div>
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Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent</div>
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A. Elizabethan</div>
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B. English</div>
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C. Petrarchan</div>
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D. Spenserian</div>
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11. Which statement best summarizes the Holy Sonnet X by John Donne?</div>
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And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well</div>
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And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?</div>
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One short sleep past, we wake eternally,</div>
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And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.</div>
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A. Death shall cease in the after life.</div>
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B. Death comes through poppy or charms. </div>
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C. Death takes so many forms and ways.</div>
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D. Death should not be proud since it is not mighty.</div>
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12. What does the word “swell’st” in the Holy Sonnet X mean?</div>
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A. boast   </div>
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B. shrink</div>
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C. grow</div>
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D. swear</div>
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13. Which statement about love is true based on Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116? </div>
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Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks</div>
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Within his bending sickle's compass come:</div>
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Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,</div>
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But bears it out even to the edge of doom.</div>
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A. Love dissipates when lovers live apart.</div>
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B. Love adapts to changing circumstances.</div>
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C. Love never wanes even in old age.</div>
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D. Love grows even to the edge of doom. </div>
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14. In “To the Virgins to Make Much of Time,” what is the persona’s main message?</div>
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A. Be wise in marriage to make life more worthwhile.</div>
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B. Marry now, or you may never have another chance.</div>
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C. Gather the rosebuds now, before the roses bloom.</div>
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D. Choose only lovers who, like roses, are of the highest order.</div>
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15. Which word best describes the speaker in “To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars”?</div>
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Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind, </div>
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That from the nunnery </div>
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Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind </div>
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To war and arms I fly. </div>
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A. cold-hearted</div>
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B. sweet-tongued</div>
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C. honorable</div>
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D. modest</div>
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16. To what sensory perception do the following lines from James Joyce’s Araby appeal?</div>
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“…we ran…to the dark dripping gardens to the back doors of the dark dripping gardens where odors arose from the ashpits, to the dark odorous stables where a coachman smoothed and combed the horse or shook music from the buckled harness.”</div>
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A. auditory   </div>
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B. olfactory</div>
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C. gustatory</div>
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D. tactile</div>
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17. What does the lamb in “The Lamb” symbolize?</div>
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Little Lamb, who made thee? </div>
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Dost thou know who made thee? </div>
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Gave thee life, and bid thee feed, </div>
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By the stream and o'er the mead;</div>
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A. Power and arrogance are both destructive.</div>
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B. Temples and statues are witnesses to history.</div>
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C. Powerful rulers and great civilizations perish.</div>
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D. Life is short and time is fleeting.</div>
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18. Which of the following best states the theme of Ozymandias?</div>
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"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: </div>
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Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" </div>
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Nothing beside remains. Round the decay </div>
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Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare </div>
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The lone and level sands stretch far away. </div>
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A. Power and arrogance are both destructive.</div>
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B. Temples and statues are witnesses to history.</div>
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C. Powerful rulers and great civilizations perish.</div>
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D. Life is short and time is fleeting.</div>
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19. What 17th Century philosophy does Browning assert in the following lines from Rabbi Ben Ezra?</div>
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Ay, note that Potter’s wheel,</div>
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That metaphor! and feel</div>
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Why time spins fast, why passive lies our clay,—</div>
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Thou, to whom fools propound,</div>
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When the wine makes its round,        </div>
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“Since life fleets, all is change; the Past gone, seize to-day!”</div>
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A. anagnorisis    </div>
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B. carpe diem</div>
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C. peripeteia</div>
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D. romanticism</div>
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20. What lesson does the speaker learn in A.E. Housman’s When I Was One-and-Twenty?</div>
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'The heart out of the bosom</div>
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Was never given in vain;</div>
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'Tis paid with sighs a plenty</div>
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And sold for endless rue.'</div>
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And I am two-and-twenty,</div>
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And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.</div>
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A. The speaker realizes the value of listening to pieces of advice.</div>
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B. The speaker learns the foolishness of disobeying his elders.</div>
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C. The speaker realizes the folly and pain of youthful love.</div>
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D. The speaker learns the stupidity of wasting his youth.</div>
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1. How does Shelley regard the west wind in the following ode?</div>
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From Ode to the West Wind</div>
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Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth, and fill</div>
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(Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air)</div>
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With living hues and odours plain and hill:</div>
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Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;</div>
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Destroyer and Preserver; hear, oh, hear!</div>
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A. It is responsible for preserving life.</div>
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B. It can both wipe out and maintain life.</div>
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C. It is a wild spirit in nature that is very strong.</div>
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D. It is strong but weak since it is everywhere.</div>
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2. How does the speaker picture God in the following sermon?</div>
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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; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire; he is of purer eyes than to bear to have you in his sight; you are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes, than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours.</div>
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A. incensed   </div>
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B. abominable</div>
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C. assertive</div>
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D. vengeful</div>
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3. Paradise Lost is considered among the greatest epics in English.  Which of the following was the basis for this epic poem?</div>
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A. treachery of Judas Iscariot  </div>
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B. the passion of Christ   </div>
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C. fall from God’s grace</div>
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D. sinning of Adam and Eve </div>
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4. What does the speaker mean in the following lines?</div>
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“Let’s so persevere</div>
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That when we live no more, we may live ever”</div>
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From To My Dear and Loving Husband</div>
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A. Let’s continue writing poetry to immortalize us.</div>
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B. Let’s have faith in God and He will keep us alive.</div>
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C. Let’s be true to our love, and we will be joined in eternity.</div>
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D. Let’s have lots of children to remember us when we die.</div>
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5. Which of the following is NOT an example of Gothic literature?</div>
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A. Dracula   </div>
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B. Lord of the Rings</div>
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C. Frankenstein</div>
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D. Tell Tale Heart </div>
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6. According to the speaker in Sanburg’s "Chicago," how would most others describe the city? </div>
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They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.</div>
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A. Admirable   </div>
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B. Amusing</div>
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C. Immoral</div>
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D. Vibrant</div>
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7. What does the speaker like about Chicago as shown in the following lines? </div>
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Come and show me another city with lifted head singing</div>
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     so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.</div>
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Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on</div>
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     job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the</div>
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     little soft cities;</div>
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A. Its vitality</div>
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B. Its wickedness</div>
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C. Its indifference</div>
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D. Its progress</div>
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8. Who are the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot Paine alluded to in The Crisis?</div>
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THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.</div>
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A. The cowards who love their country less    </div>
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B. The brave men and women in the country  </div>
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C. The happy optimistic people</div>
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D. The former heroes of the revolution </div>
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9. What does that the speaker lament over in the following lines?</div>
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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet". - (Romeo and Juliet Act II, Scene II)</div>
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A. Roses will always be roses despite their variety.</div>
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B. Their names keep Romeo and Juliet apart.</div>
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C. Romeo and Juliet will always love one another.</div>
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D. Changing names will help Romeo and Juliet.</div>
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<br /></div>
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10. Which of the following is an example of novel of the soil?</div>
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A.  The Good Earth   </div>
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B.  Bread and Wine   </div>
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C.  Catcher in the Rye</div>
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D.  Sound and the Fury</div>
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11. What does the speaker celebrate in “The Soul Selects her own Society”?</div>
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The soul selects her own society,</div>
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Then shuts the door;</div>
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On her divine majority</div>
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Obtrude no more.</div>
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A.  conformity  </div>
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B.  community</div>
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C.  life and freedom</div>
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D.  self-imposed isolation</div>
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12. What do the following lines reveal about the world?</div>
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"All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts" - (As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII) </div>
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<br /></div>
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A. Life is just like going to the theater.  </div>
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B. People have different roles to play in life.</div>
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C. Life is but an empty, senseless dream.</div>
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D. People live and die at different times.</div>
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13. What truth about humans do the following lines from A Noiseless Patient Spider reveal?</div>
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And you, O my Soul, where you stand,</div>
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Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space, </div>
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Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,--seeking </div>
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    the spheres, to connect them;</div>
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Till the bridge you will need, be form'd--till the ductile anchor hold;</div>
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Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul.</div>
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A. People need food and shelter</div>
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B. People search for their meaning</div>
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C. People need friends and families</div>
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D. People endlessly seek to create</div>
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14. Which of the following is the resounding theme of contemporary stories like Hemingway’s A Clean and Well Lighted Place and Anderson’s Hands?</div>
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A. alienation from the society  </div>
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B. melancholia in solitude</div>
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C. respect for the old</div>
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D. contentment in life</div>
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15. Who is alluded to as the Captain in the following lines from Whitman’s poem?</div>
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O captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done,</div>
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The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won.</div>
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A. Abraham Lincoln   </div>
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B. George Washington</div>
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C. John F. Kennedy</div>
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D. Thomas Jefferson</div>
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16. In the passage, which of the following best describes the speaker's attitude toward the very rich? </div>
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Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand. They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are because we had to discover the compensations and refuges of life for ourselves. Even when they enter deep into our world or sink below us, they still think that they are better than we are. They are different.</div>
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A. He finds their pessimism alarming and unwarranted.</div>
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B. He finds them so different from the rest of society </div>
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C. He believes that the rich know more than others do.</div>
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D. He thinks that he understands their way of life.</div>
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17. What is the tone of the speaker in the previous passage?</div>
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A. Optimistic   </div>
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B. Laconic</div>
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C. Pessimistic</div>
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D. Sarcastic</div>
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18. What do the novels of Bronte, Eliot, Gaskell and Dickens reveal about fiction produced during the Victorian period in English Literature?</div>
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A. They closely represent the real social life of the times.</div>
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B. The novels were long and full of psychological musings.</div>
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C. They concentrate on the effect of industrialization on cities. </div>
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D. They were largely produced by upper middle-class women.</div>
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19. What do the last two lines from Freneau’s The Wild Honeysuckle reveal about life?</div>
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From morning suns and evening dews </div>
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At first thy little being came; </div>
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If nothing once, you nothing lose, </div>
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For when you die you are the same; </div>
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The space between is but an hour, </div>
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The frail duration of flower.</div>
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A. Life is just an hour.     </div>
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B. Life is frail.</div>
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C. Life is short.</div>
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D. It is like a flower.</div>
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20. What do the following lines from Wordsworth’s Psalm of Life reveal about heroes and heroism?</div>
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Lives of great men all remind us</div>
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  We can make our lives sublime,</div>
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And, departing, leave behind us</div>
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  Footprints on the sands of time;</div>
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A. Anybody can be a hero. </div>
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B. Heroes are often forgotten. </div>
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C. Heroes are easy to find</div>
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B. It is easy to do heroic acts.</div>
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<b>PRACTICE TEST IN ENGLISH</b><br />
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101. Below is a sentence from DON QUIXOTE: </div>
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In a village of La Mancha a name of which I have no desire to recall, there lived not so long ago one of those gentlemen who always have a lance in the rock, an ancient buckles, a skinny nag and a greyhound….</div>
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Which question should you ask if you reading it at a LITERAL LEVEL?</div>
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a. Is there a figurative language used? </div>
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b. Which word will lown? </div>
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c. What are the figurative language and sound techniques used? </div>
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d. Which technique creates humor? </div>
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102-103. Read the poem, 25th HIGH SCHOOL REUNION by Linda Pastan and answer the questions that follows. </div>
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We come to hear the endings </div>
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of all the stories </div>
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in our anthology </div>
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of false starts: </div>
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how the girl who seemed </div>
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as hard as hails </div>
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was the girl who seemed</div>
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 as hard nails </div>
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was hammered into shape, </div>
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how the athletes ran </div>
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Out of races; </div>
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How skulls rise </div>
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To the surface </div>
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Like rocks in the bed </div>
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Of a drying stream. </div>
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Look! We have all </div>
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Turned into </div>
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Ourselves.</div>
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102. After reading the poem at the THIRD LEVEL, which question should be asked? </div>
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a. What were their transformations after 25 years?</div>
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b. Who is speaking in the poem? </div>
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c. What happened during the reunion? </div>
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d. What is meant by the comparison under the skin/ our skull rise /to the surface/ like rocks in the bed/ of a drying stream”?</div>
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103. Which question should be asked when the poem is read at the FIRST LEVEL? </div>
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a. Who attended the 25th high school reunion? </div>
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b. What language is used in the poem? </div>
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c. Why were their faces as sharp and pointed as the rocks? </div>
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d. To what are the once-young students compared?<br />
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104. Which is the lowest of comprehension?</div>
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a. critical comprehension </div>
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b. critical evaluation </div>
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c. literal comprehension </div>
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d. integration </div>
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105. Which is the highest level of comprehension? </div>
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a. Literal comprehension </div>
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b. Critical evaluation </div>
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c. Critical comprehension </div>
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d. Integration </div>
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106. To read the sentences below at the LITERAL LEVEL:<br />
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I could be forgiven a few siddity aris. In fact, a pretension to worldiness was expected of me, and I was too happy to disappoint. </div>
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I should say<br />
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a. When the women returned home she pretended to be religious </div>
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b. And, why does she need to pretend? </div>
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c. I have to get a dictionary to look up an unfamiliar word siddity</div>
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d. I cannot understand why she has to use unfamiliar words. </div>
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107. The Maranao stories about Pilandok are examples of ____. </div>
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a. Fantastic stories </div>
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b. Creation myths </div>
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c. Folk tales </div>
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d. Folk epics</div>
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108. Which of the following epic is about the exploits of early Muslim warriors who fought in defense of Islam.</div>
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a. Indarapatra and Sulayman </div>
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b. Bantugan </div>
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c. Parang Sabu </div>
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d. Darangan </div>
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109. Which book in the New Testament includes a vision of the end of the world and the second coming of Jesus? </div>
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a. Epistle of Hebrews </div>
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b. Revelations </div>
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c. Epistle of James </div>
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d. Colossians </div>
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110. Which of the following terms describes the subject matter, style, tone and attitude of the literature of ancient Greek and Rome? </div>
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a. Romanticism </div>
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b. Realism </div>
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c. Classicism </div>
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d. Naturalism </div>
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111. The Greek alphabet is adapted from the consonantal writing developed by the </div>
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a. Phoenicians </div>
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b. Assyrians </div>
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c. Babylonians </div>
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d. Hebrews</div>
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112. Which of the following is Carlos Bulosan’s celebrated autobiography?</div>
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a. Falling Leaves </div>
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b. The laughter of My Father </div>
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c. America is in the Heart </div>
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d. Footnote to Youth </div>
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113. The type of novel which became popular, in the 18th century is ____. </div>
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a. Religious </div>
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b. Picaresque</div>
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c. Epistolary </div>
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d. Gothic </div>
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114. Who died at the end of Iliad? </div>
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a. Achilles </div>
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b. Agamemnon </div>
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c. Menelaus </div>
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d. Ballad </div>
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115. Which of the following is NOT a lyric poem? </div>
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a. Ode </div>
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b. Sonnet </div>
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c. Elegy </div>
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d. Ballad </div>
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116. The most authentic record of Confucian teaching form which the Tao or Way was learned the correct principles of governing both self and state is ____. </div>
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a. Tu Fu </div>
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b. Analects </div>
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c. Shih Ching </div>
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d. Tao-te Ching </div>
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117. What literacy movement in American literature examines life as it is? </div>
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a. Romanticism </div>
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b. Realism </div>
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c. Puritanism </div>
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d. Naturalism </div>
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118. “The Tale of Genji” was written by ____. </div>
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a. Akutagawa Ryunosuki </div>
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b. Lady Murasoki Shokibu </div>
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c. Kawabata Syaonari </div>
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d. Lady Murasaka </div>
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119. Madame Bovary is considered as the best example of French ______. </div>
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a. Realism </div>
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b. Naturalism </div>
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c. Existentialism </div>
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d. Symbolism </div>
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120. What is the English translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s “Gitanjail” </div>
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a. Patriotic Hymns </div>
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b. Devotional Songs </div>
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c. Song of Offerings </div>
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d. Songs Caesar</div>
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121. Who of the following Romans was never emperor?</div>
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a. Catullus </div>
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b. Claudius </div>
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c. Caligula </div>
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d. Juluis Caesar </div>
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122. Which is NOT a work of Leo Tolstoy? </div>
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a. Father and Sons </div>
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b. The Death of Ivan Illyach </div>
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c. War and Peace – Tolstoy </div>
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d. Anna Karenina</div>
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123. Which of the following cities was NOT a center of government, religion and culture in the third millennium B.C.? </div>
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a. Babylon </div>
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b. Baghdad </div>
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c. Nineveh </div>
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d. Thebes </div>
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124. Who among these writers is famous for using local color in his stories? </div>
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a. Manuel Arguilla </div>
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b. Carlos Bulosan </div>
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c. F. Sionel Jose </div>
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d. Juan C. Laya </div>
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125. What narrative poem tells of the heroic exploits of great heroes? </div>
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a. Romance </div>
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b. Ballad </div>
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c. Epic </div>
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d. Lyric </div>
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126. If Divine Comedy is characterized by absolute faith in a single truth, what best characterizes Boccaccio’s Decameron? </div>
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a. An equally devout reference for this truth </div>
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b. A complete negation of Christian doctrine </div>
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c. Characteristics of the merchant class </div>
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d. A sexual libertinism that seeks to revive the great pleasures of Ancient Rome </div>
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127. Read the poem below and answer the following question.<br />
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Time is a pair scissors</div>
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And life , a bolt of brocade </div>
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When the lost section is done </div>
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The scraps are committed to a bonfire</div>
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The key idea expressed in the stanza above is the __.</div>
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a. Transitoriness of life </div>
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b. Cruelty of time </div>
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c. Beauty of life </div>
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d. Destruction of beauty </div>
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128. Which of the following literacy genre was used to express social protest during the early days of American regime? </div>
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a. Zarsuela </div>
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b. Comedia </div>
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c. Cenaculo </div>
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d. Duplo </div>
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129. In Homer’s epic, who kept Odysseus on her Island for seven years? </div>
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a. Athena </div>
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b. Calypso </div>
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c. Helen </div>
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d. Penelope </div>
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130. Who wrote “Mga Ibong Mandaragat”?</div>
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a. Amado V. Hernandez </div>
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b. Lualhati Bautista </div>
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c. Virgilio Almario </div>
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d. Edgardo Reyes </div>
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131. A distinct of poetry during the age of modernism is ______. </div>
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a. Measure </div>
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b. Blank verse </div>
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c. Free verse </div>
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d. Rhyme </div>
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132. Her way of speaking is as entertaining as a laundry list “is an example of _____. </div>
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a. Simile </div>
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b. Metaphor </div>
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c. Hyperbole </div>
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d. Onomatopoeia </div>
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133. Which short narrative poem is intended to be sung? </div>
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a. Ballad </div>
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b. Lyric </div>
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c. Epic </div>
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d. Romance </div>
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134. What is the usual ending of a Comedia? </div>
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a. Death of the prince </div>
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b. Victory of Muslims </div>
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c. Death of the queen </div>
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d. Victory of Christians </div>
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135. The period of American Renaissance gave birth to ____.</div>
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a. Romanticism </div>
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b. Naturalism </div>
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c. Transcendentalism </div>
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d. Realism </div>
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136. Read the poem below and answer the following question.<br />
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“Yes, thou shalt die, </div>
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And lie </div>
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Dump in the tomb; </div>
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Nor of thy name </div>
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Shall these be any fame”<br />
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<i>To An Uncultured Lesbian Woman</i></div>
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- Sappho<br />
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What does the person tell the lesbian woman about her death? </div>
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a. She will not be famous in death </div>
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b. She will find peace </div>
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c. She will be placed in a tomb </div>
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d. She will be forgotten </div>
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137. The Ifugao hero who was immortalized in the epic Hudhud is _____. </div>
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a. Lumawig </div>
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b. Duluyan </div>
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c. Banna</div>
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d. Aligayon </div>
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138. Who among the following is known as the Indian Shakespeare? </div>
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a. Kalidasa</div>
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b. Khagyam </div>
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c. Tagore </div>
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d. Sadi </div>
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139. What conventions or earlier literary and artistic cycle style do both realism and naturalism oppose? </div>
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a. Classicism </div>
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b. Romanticism </div>
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c. Symbolism </div>
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d. Neoclassicism<br />
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140. What work of Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as the first collection of short stories in English literature written in poetic form? </div>
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a. Canterburry Tales </div>
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b. Decaeron </div>
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c. Iliad </div>
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d. Beowulf </div>
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141. The Homeric poems greatly influenced the development of Greek civilization. Which of the following best supports this statement? </div>
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a. The Greek became great warriors </div>
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b. The great epic characters became models of conduct for later generations of the Greeks </div>
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c. The Olympian gods were worshipped </div>
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d. The Greek became good architects</div>
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142. What is the function of the Filipino folk narratives? </div>
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a. To ward off evil spirits </div>
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b. To explain natural phenomena </div>
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c. To teach proper behavior </div>
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d. To honor the gods</div>
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143. Which of the following best describes the differences between figures that Dante encounters in the three canticles of the Divine Comedy? </div>
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a. In Inferno, they become more corporeal as Dante descends in the lower circles</div>
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b. In Purgatorio, they have corporeal shape but not corporeal </div>
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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</div>
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d. In Paradiso, they have neither bodies nor images but not corporeal substance </div>
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144. Which two groups are at war in the Iliad? </div>
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a. Trojans and Macedonians </div>
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b. Trojans and Achaens </div>
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c. Trojans and Minoans </div>
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d. Trojans and Phaeacians<br />
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145. Read the poem below and answer the following question.<br />
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AFRICA </div>
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Africa, my Africa </div>
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Africa or proud warriors </div>
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In ancestral savanna </div>
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Africa of whom my grandmother sings </div>
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- David Diop</div>
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These lines above describe as Africa that is ___. </div>
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a. Free and beautiful </div>
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b. Mysterious and unexplored </div>
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c. War town and undeveloped </div>
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d. Primitive and uncivilized </div>
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146. The poetry of Ezia Pound is best described _____. </div>
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a. Philosophical </div>
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b. Imagist </div>
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c. Metaphysical </div>
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d. Romantic </div>
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147. To punish himself for murdering his father and having sexual relations with his mother, what did Oedipus do? </div>
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a. He castrated himself </div>
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b. He killed himself </div>
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c. He ordered his sons to murder him </div>
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d. He gouged his eyes </div>
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148. What can be inferred from Iseneses “answer”?</div>
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a. She respects Creon </div>
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b. She fears Creon </div>
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c. She understands Creon </div>
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d. She likes Creon</div>
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149. Who is NOT a romantic poet? </div>
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a. William Blake </div>
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b. John Milton </div>
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c. Robert </div>
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d. John Keats </div>
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150. The playwright who used the “alienation effect” in his plays to educate the audience and not merely to play upon their emotion is ____. </div>
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a. Herick Ibsen </div>
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b. August Strendberg </div>
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c. Bertolt Brecht </div>
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d. Thomas Mann </div>
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