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1. Which type of reading occurs when a leader reads each line and the group repeats it?A. Cumulative readingB. Small-group readingC. Echo readingD. Chorus reading
2. Based on the opening sentence of Don Quixote, which question asks for a literal comprehension response?A. What items does the gentleman keep in his house?B. Why does the narrator refuse to name the village?C. What theme of illusion and reality does the passage develop?D. How does Cervantes satirize the chivalric tradition?
3. After reading the poem '25th High School Reunion' by Linda Pastan at the third level of comprehension, which question should be asked?A. what were their transformations after 25 years?B. what is meant by the comparison 'under the skin/our skulls rise/to the surface/like rocks in the bed/of a drying stream'?C. who is speaking in the poem?D. what happened during the reunion?
4. Which question should be asked when reading the poem '25th High School Reunion' at the first level of comprehension?A. what language is used in the poem?B. why were their faces as sharp and pointed as the rocks?C. to what are the once-young students compared?D. who attended the 25th high school reunion?
5. Which represents the lowest level of reading comprehension?A. critical comprehensionB. literal comprehensionC. critical evaluationD. integration
6. Which represents the highest level of reading comprehension?A. literal comprehensionB. critical evaluationC. critical comprehensionD. integration
7. To read these sentences at the literal level: 'I could be forgiven a few siddity airs. In fact, a pretension to worldliness was expected of me, and I was too happy to disappoint.' What should you do?A. when the woman returned home she pretended to be religiousB. I have to get a dictionary to look up an unfamiliar word 'siddity'C. and, why does she need to pretend?D. I cannot understand why she has to use unfamiliar words
8. The Maranao stories about Pilandok are examples of what type of literature?A. fantastic storiesB. creation mythsC. folk epicsD. folk tales
9. Which epic tells of early Muslim warriors fighting in defense of Islam?A. DaranganB. Indarapatra and SulaymanC. BantuganD. Parang Sabu
10. Which New Testament book contains visions of the end times and Christ's second coming?A. Epistle of HebrewsB. Epistle of JamesC. ColossiansD. Revelation
11. Which literary movement describes the subject matter, style, and tone of ancient Greek and Roman literature?A. ClassicismB. RomanticismC. RealismD. Naturalism
12. The Greek alphabet was adapted from the consonantal writing system developed by which ancient civilization?A. AssyriansB. PhoeniciansC. BabyloniansD. Hebrews
13. Which work is Carlos Bulosan's renowned autobiography?A. Falling LeavesB. The Laughter of My FatherC. Footnote to YouthD. America is in the Heart
14. Which type of novel gained popularity during the 18th century?A. ReligiousB. PicaresqueC. EpistolaryD. Gothic
15. Who dies at the conclusion of Homer's Iliad?A. AchillesB. AgamemnonC. MenelausD. Hector
16. Which of the following is NOT a lyric poem?A. BalladB. OdeC. SonnetD. Elegy
17. Which text contains the most authentic record of Confucian teachings about governing self and state?A. Tu FuB. AnalectsC. Shih ChingD. Tao-te Ching
18. Which American literary movement focuses on examining ordinary life realistically rather than idealizing it?A. RomanticismB. PuritanismC. RealismD. Transcendentalism
19. Who authored 'The Tale of Genji'?A. Akutagawa RyunosukeB. Lady Murasaki ShikibuC. Kawabata YasunariD. Lady Murasaki
20. 'Madame Bovary' is considered the finest example of French what?A. NaturalismB. ExistentialismC. RealismD. Symbolism
21. What is the English translation of Rabindranath Tagore's 'Gitanjali'?A. Song OfferingsB. Patriotic HymnsC. Devotional SongsD. Songs of Caesar
22. Who among these Romans was never an emperor?A. ClaudiusB. CaligulaC. CatullusD. Julius Caesar
23. Which work is NOT by Leo Tolstoy?A. The Death of Ivan IlyichB. War and PeaceC. Fathers and SonsD. Anna Karenina
24. Which city was NOT a center of government, religion, and culture in the third millennium B.C.?A. BabylonB. NinevehC. BaghdadD. Thebes
25. Which Filipino writer is renowned for incorporating local color in his stories?A. Carlos BulosanB. Manuel ArguillaC. F. Sionil JoseD. Juan C. Laya
26. Which narrative poem recounts the heroic deeds of legendary figures?A. RomanceB. BalladC. EpicD. Lyric
27. If Dante's Divine Comedy represents absolute faith in divine truth, what best characterizes Boccaccio's Decameron?A. an equally devout reverence for this truthB. characteristics of the merchant classC. a complete negation of Christian doctrineD. a sexual libertinism that seeks to revive the great pleasures of Ancient Rome
28. In this stanza: 'Time is a pair of scissors / And life, a bolt of brocade / When the last section is done / The scraps are committed to a bonfire,' what key idea is expressed?A. cruelty of timeB. transitoriness of lifeC. beauty of lifeD. destruction of beauty
29. Which literary genre was used to express social protest during the early American colonial period?A. ComediaB. CenaculoC. DuploD. Zarzuela
30. In Homer's Odyssey, which goddess kept Odysseus on her island for seven years?A. CalypsoB. AthenaC. HelenD. Penelope
