TAMBULIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TULUAN EXTENSION

First Quarter Examination

August 10-11, 2017
English 9

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TEST I . MULTIPLE CHOICE.

DIRECTIONS: Write the letter that corresponds to the correct answer on the line before each number.

1. The dreadful weather has caused damage all over the city. Dreadful means
A. great B. excitement C. very bad D. enormous
2. Caught betwixt adulthood and childhood , the adolescence years can be quite confusing.
A. undergone B. among C. between D. almost
3. The repetition of consonant sounds within and at the beginning of the words .
A. Imagery B. Assonance C. Alliteration D. Consonance
4. The writer of " The Day of Destiny "
A. Confucius B. Sir Thomas Malory C. Lee Emm D. King Arthur
5. The heroes of the country inspire him. What is the subject of this sentence?
A. Inspire B. Heroes C. Him D. Country
6. He was the author of the poem " Mother to Son". He lived with his grandmother at Kansas. Who is he ?
A. Sir Thomas Malory B; Robert Browning C. Arnold Adoff D. Langston Hughes
7. A sound device used by poets to suggest actions, movements, and meanings.
A. Repetition B. Onomatopoeia C. Imagery D. Assonance
8. It is said to be the greatest epic poem ever written in a modern European language.
A. Beuwulf B. Beowulf C. Beuwolf D. Beawulf
9. Which is an example of onomatopoeia?
A. Shining morning face, creeping like a snail. B. The hissing of the snake made me shoo it away.
C. Some late visitor witnessed the announcement. D. Glittered in their steel shells.
10.It refers to the form that expresses the attitude of the speaker toward the subject actions that the verb
likely of factual statement.
A. mode B. theme C. tone D. rhythm
11. It is a poem that have full advise to her son how to cope with challenges in life.
A. Mother to Son B.A Psalm of Life C. The Battle w/ Grendel D. The Seven Stages of Man
12. It's a poetry with an unrhymed iambic pentameter lines.
A. blank verse B. open letter C. free poem D. internal rhyme
13.The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of the words .
A. Imagery B. Assonance C. Alliteration D. Consonance
14. . Who writes the poem “ If” ?
A. Rudyard Kipling B. Stephen Spencer C.Edwin Markham D. John Donne
15. " All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and entrances
And one man in his time plays many parts." These words are from the poem
titled____________________.
A. A Psalm of Life B. The Seven Ages of Man C. Mother To Son d. If
16. . It is said to be the greatest epic poem ever written in a modern European language.
A. Beuwulf B. Beowulf C. Beuwolf D. Beawulf
17. It refers to the form that expresses the attitude of the speaker toward the subject actions that the verb
likely of factual statement.
A. mode B. theme C. tone D. rhythm
18. This is an old-fashioned direct address to an absent or dead person or thing.
A. Alliteration B. Onomatopoeia C. Palindromes D. Apostrophe
19. It refers to the form that expresses the attitude of the speaker toward the subject actions that the verb
likely of factual statement.
A. mode B. theme C. tone D. rhythm
20. Who tried to dissuade King Arthur from fighting Sir Mordred after the battle had broken out ?
A. Sir Benedict B. Sir Bedevere C. Sir Lucan D. Sir Gawain
21. What is a stanza ?
A. a rhyme pattern at the ends of the lines B. a division in a poem
C. a short, well- worded truth life D. a type of a comparison
22. The speaker in the " Psalm of Life" highlights life's difficulties when he says life is like a
A. a field of battle B. an empty vision C. dust in a grave D. muffled drums
23. In the poem " The Seven Ages of Man", the poet compares the world to
A. a story book B. a film C. a stage D. a playground
24. The poet in the " The Seven Ages of Man" compares "exit" to
A. birth B. life C. doors D. death
25." Creeping like a snail' is an example of
A. metaphor B. alliteration C. personification D. simile
26. The poem "Seven Ages" is written by
A. William Wordsworth B. William Shakespeare C. William Golding D. Alfred Tennyson
27.___________ you like to come with me?
A. shall B. may C. might D. would
28. I_______ visit my hometown.
A. may B. would C. can D.will
29. If Teacher Shiela came to my party, perhaps, I _______ be much happier.
A. might B. may C. can D.would
30. I ________have difficulty answering that question.
A. will B. would C. might D. may
31.Young Filipinos today _______ still acquire the traits of Filipinos in the past.
A. should B. would C. can D. may
32. It is the central idea or topic of the story.
A. Topic sentence B. Main idea C. Controlling idea D. Theme
33. It refers to the series of related events that make up a story.
A. character B. plot C. setting D. theme
34. Who writes the poem “ If” ?
A. Rudyard Kipling B. Stephen Spencer C.Edwin Markham D. John Donne
35. If a narrator uses I, me, my as point of view, he is a/an ____________ in the story.
A. Participant B. Observer C. Nonparticipant D. Omniscient
36. . Late students will not be given a test. How does the underlined word function?
A. adjective B. adverb C. noun D. verb
37. The man painted the room ________.
A. skillful B. skillfully C. more skillful D. most skilfully
38. . It was raining too _______ that work was cancelled.
A. hard B.harder C.hardly D.hardest
39. A sound device used by poets to suggest actions, movements, and meanings.
A. Repetition B. Onomatopoeia C. Imagery D. Assonance
40. ." Creeping like a snail' is an example of
A. metaphor B. alliteration C. personification D. simile

TEST II. ESSAY. 40- 50.

How can you have a purpose driven life ? ( 7-10 sentences only )

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" The Lord is my light and my salvation."

-Psalm 27 :1