Department of Education

Region III-Central Luzon

Schools Division of Tarlac Province
STA. JULIANA HIGH SCHOOL
(O’Donnell High School-Annex)
Capas, Tarlac

21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

FINAL EXAMINATION
(Grade 11)

Name: __________________________ Score: ____________________

Grade & Section: _________________ Date: _____________________

Answer each item by writing the letter of your choice in your answer sheets.

1. Flash Fiction in Philippine Literature is also known as __________

a. tanaga b. dagli c. haiku d. duplo
2. Which of the following correctly describes a flash fiction?
a. a very short short story c. a short story
b. a short novel d. a short novella
3. Which of the following statements is true about flash fiction?
a. It is nonfiction.
b. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the story.
c. The form is poetry.
d. It uses a lot of words with detailed descriptions of the setting and characterization.
4. Which correctly characterizes a flash fiction?
a. It uses a lot of words with detailed descriptions of the setting and characterization.
b. It has a twist in the story’s ending.
c. It consists of several conflicts and resolution.
d. It’s divided into several chapters.
5. All of the following are characteristics of a flash fiction, except __________
a. It is characterized by extreme brevity.
b. It only shows an episode or a scene in a story.
c. It has a twisted ending.
d. It has detailed characterization and specific setting.

Choose the best item that explains the given lines from the story The Little Prince. Write only the letter of your choice in your
answer sheets.
6. What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...
a. Good things come to those who wait.
b. Good things happen when you least expect them.
c. The journey is all about the travel not the destination.
d. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
7. Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.
a. Problems make us stronger.
b. Patience is a virtue.
c. Caterpillars eventually turn into butterflies.
d. Life is a matter of choice.
8. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
a. The things that are important are things that we cannot see.
b. Material things are also important.
c. Use your heart not your mind.
d. Mind over heart.
9. It is such a mysterious place, the land of tears.
a. Happiness is shown when tears of joy come out.
b. There is a mysterious place called land of tears.
c. Our feelings are very difficult to explain when tears come out.
d. Tears come out when we are too sad.
10. The only things you learn are the things you tame”
a. You will know the person well if you build a relationship with that person.
b. Don’t judge people whom you do not know well.
c. People do not have time to make friends.
d. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
(For items 11-20) Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. Write the letter of your choice on your answer
sheets.

Names
By Wendy Cope

She was Eliza for a few weeks Now she was Nanna. Everybody
when she was a baby- Calls me Nanna,” she would say to visitors.
Eliza Lily. Soon it changed to Lil. And so they did – friends, tradesmen, the doctor.

Later she was Miss Steward in the baker’s shop In the geriatric ward,
And then my love, my darling, Mother. They used the patients ‘ Christian names.
“Lil we said or Nanna
Widowed at thirty, she went back to work But it wasn’t in her file
As Mrs. Hand. Her daughter grew up, And for those last bewildered weeks
Married and gave birth. She was Eliza once again.

11. What is the poem about?

a. names b. woman c. aging d. losing
12. What is the atmosphere in the poem?
a. happy b. sad c. sarcastic d. annoyed
13. Who is the persona in the poem?
a. Eliza b. Wendy Cope c. Eliza’s husband d. Nanna
14. What is the subject’s complete birth name?
a. Eliza b. Eliza Lily c. Nanna d. Christian
15. In the second paragraph, the subject is ________
a. a baby b. a grown up woman c. a grandmother d. an aged woman
16. When the subject got married what became her complete name?
a. Eliza Lily c. Eliza Lily Steward
b. Mrs. Hand d. Eliza Lily Hand
17. In the second paragraph, the subject is ________
a. a baby b. a grown up woman c. a grandmother d. an aged woman
18. What is being symbolized in the last stanza of the poem?
a. birth b. death c. aging d. getting married
19. What does the line “And for those last bewildered weeks…” mean?
a. birth b. death c. aging d. getting married
20. What does the changing of names symbolize?
a. It symbolizes the subject’s aging.
b. It symbolizes the subject’s environment.
c. It symbolizes the subject’s life changes.
d. It symbolizes the subject’s death.

Identify the terms described below. Write the words in your answer sheet.
21. Examples of this kind of poem are ballad, metric tales, epics and romances.
22. A lyric work that exhibits dialogue and characterization which are known to be elements of drama.
23. Songs belong to this kind of poetry
24. A speech delivered by an individual in a dramatic performance
25. It mainly discloses a poet’s feelings and emotions which can be perceived to be subjective and personal
26. A lyric poem consist of 14 lines
27. A monologue used to develop the character of a speaker by providing information by the revelation of the character’s personal
thoughts, emotions and feelings.
28. A poem that is non-dramatic in which the prime goal of the author is to narrate a story.
29. A kind of poem that laments the death of a person or group of individuals
30. A kind of literature that evokes emotions, aspirations, conditions, despite its shortness which are mainly written in lines and
stanzas.
A. Below are characters in the novel, The Little Prince. Match the characters in Column A with the descriptions in Column B.
Write the letter of your answer on your answer sheets.

A B
31. Businessman a. he gives orders but has nobody in his kingdom
32. Fox b. to him, all men are admirers
33. Tippler c. he keeps on drinking because he was ashamed that he was a drunkard
34. Flower d. he was so much occupied of counting stars
35. Geographer e. he who was so loyal to his job
36. Lamplighter f. he doesn’t leave his desk because he is busy recording the travels of explorers
37. Snake g. he taught little prince of taming
38. Narrator h. he wanted a sheep who could eat the baobabs in his planet
39. Little Prince i. he discovered Asteroid 325
40. King j. she was admired by the little prince because he thought she was one of a kind
k. he is so powerful that he can send back to the earth whomever he touched from where he came
l. he became the little prince’s friend in the earth

B. Match the key aspects of poetry in Column A with the descriptions provided in Column B. Write the letter of your answer
on your answer sheets.

A B
41. Structure a. the use of various rhyming patterns and even sound devices
42. Sound b. established through meanings of words, symbolisms, and images used by the writer
43. Theme c. poems are arranged in lines and in stanzas
44. Persona d. the one speaking in a poem
45. Title e. the one being talked to by a persona
46. Sense f. the kind of work (dramatic, lyric, narrative)
47. Addressee g. the prevailing emotion in the poem
48. Symbol h. significant truth or central idea that the writer attempts to disclose
49. Imagery i. words used to make readers see, hear, taste, smell, and feel what the poem presents
50. Tone j. that which provides a gist of what the poem is about
k. the writer of the poem
l. a word that bears other meaning aside from its literal or ordinary meaning

Prepared by:

EILEEN L. DE LEON
Teacher III

Checked:

LIEZL M. SANCHEZ
Head Teacher I

Approved:

ROMELITO T. LUGTU
OIC – Head Teacher VI