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Department of Education
Region X
LANAO DEL NORTE DIVISION
Gov. A. Quibranza Prov’l. Gov’t. Compound
Pigcarangan, Tubod Lanao del Norte
(063)227 – 6633, (063)341 – 5109
lanao.norte@deped.gov.ph

SECOND QUARTER TEST

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21 CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

Name: __________________________________________ Score: _______________

Grade/Section: __________________________ Date: ________________
I. POEM. Read and analyze the poem “Lumbay” by Rolando S. Tinio. Write A if the idea/statement is
expressed in the poem and B if otherwise. Write the letter of your answer in the space provided.

Lumbay
Rolando S. Tinio
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Nalulumbay ang puno ng goma sa gilid ng bulibard
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At ang puno ng akasya sa likod ng goma.
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Mukhang uulan sa buong mundo.
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Wala na ang mahal ko, iniwanan ako.

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Nalulumbay ang tubig na lagging kulay-abo
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At ang tatlong bapor na kulay-kalawang sa laot,
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At sa likod, ang ulap na parang tinggang natunaw.
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Wala na ang mahal ko, iniwanan ako.

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Nakatungo ang mga dahon ng niyog,
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Marahang pakampay-kampay
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Sa hanging humahampas, naglalarong
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Anaki’y mga batang walang kamalay-malay
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Sa talas-kutsilyo, talas-labaha ng lumbay.

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At naalala ko ang isang awit na puno ng hinagpis
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Parang sugat na humahapdi, laong tinitistis.
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At naalala ko ang wala nang mahal ko
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Na naparaan sa aking mundo,
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Parang ulap na bumitin nang ilang saglit,
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Saka nagpatuloy sa maraming lakad sa himpapawid
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At, sa tingin ko, hindi na, hindi babalik.

1. The narrator remembers the memories he has with his loved one. _______
2. The narrator expresses gratitude towards his loved one. _______
3. The narrator is healing his broken heart. _______
4. The poem is about the hardships of letting go. _______
5. Death separated the narrator from his loved one. _______
6. Everything seems so lonely when you are lonely. _______
7. A song is a reflection of one’s feelings. _______
8. The narrator wants to die. _______
9. The narrator’s loved one relocated to the foreign land. _______
10. The narrator believes that he should not be happy without his loved one. _______
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II.The Illiad. Match the description to the correct character. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space
provided before the number.

Description Character
11. A mother who asked Zeus to make the Trojans temporarily a. Sarpedon
victorious. b. Achilles
12. He was in battle frenzy, drives the Trojans back toward Troy and c. Polydamas
killed many people. d. Pandarus
13. A giant-like man who is an embodiment of a good soldier and e. Agamemnon
second-greatest of the Achaean warriors. f. Priam
14. One of the commanders and the greatest men among the Trojan g. Odysseus
allies who were killed by Patroclus. h. Thetis
15. Commander of a Trojan troop and a great counsellor who provided i. Great Ajax
Hector with wise advice but he did not follow it. j. Oilean Ajax
16. He achieved his aristeia and wounded Aphrodite. k. Diomedes
17. A Trojan archer who shot at Menelaus which breaks the temporary l. Chryses
truce between the two sides. m. Chryseis
18. A priest of Apollo in a Trojan-allied town whose daughter took as n. Hephaestus
war prize. o. Ares
19. Arrogant and often selfish, he provides the Achaeans with strong but
sometimes reckless and self-serving leadership.
20. He helps the Achaeans by forging a new set of armor for Achilles.

III. The Illiad and Odyssey. Modified True of False.

Write A if both statements are true.
Write B if the first statement is true and the second is false.
Write C if the first statement is false and the second is true.
Write D if both statements are false.

21. Odysseus’ men were given the lotus-plant to eat. The effect of this food is losing all thoughts of home and
wishing to remain in that country.
22. Odysseus and his men arrived in the pasture land of Helios. Helios drove a chariot with three horses every
day, from west to east.
23. The suitors are at first contented to party and munch through the kingdom’s richness until Penelope
revealed her secret. The revelation angered the suitors.
24. They were warned by Charybdis,a horrible creature with 6 feet and 12 long necks and 3 rows of teeth.
Another monster is Scylla, the whirlpool.
25. Odysseus and the sea nymph Nauskleia lived as lovers in her island. But he has not chosen to forget his
wife.
26. Penelope asks Eurykleia to wash the beggar’s feet. She recognized Odysseus.
27. Penelope gets the bow from the stroreroom and she gives her condition. Many suitors tried but failed, the
first one try is Antinoos, the strongest among the suitors.
28. Odysseus meets the dead. His mother Antikleia appears first and she demanded proper burial.
29. Circe tells Odysseus to have his men cover their ears with wax. Odysseus was tied in a post so he can still
listen and they will all be safe as they pass by the sirens.
30. Aeolus gives Odysseus a gift that contains the good wind to Ithaca. He watches over it for three straight
days but he got weary and fell asleep.
31. Iliad opens on the tenth year of the Trojan war. Agamemnon and Achilles are in a great argument
pertaining Chryseis, the woman captive of Achilles.
32. Diomedes and Glaucus face each other in Book VI. They have a happy reunion as they discovered they
are relatives.
33. In Trojan War, Athena fights and wounds Hephaestus and Aphrodite. Apollo and Poseidon taunt each
other, and Hera smashes Aphrodite.
34. Agamemnon achieves his aristeia in Book XI. Diomedes is wounded in the foot by the arrow of Paris.
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35. The Trojans retreat at the sight of Glaucus in Achilles’ armor. Glaucus, drunk of his victory, pushes too
far and forgets the warning of Achilles.
36. Dolon is noticed by Odysseus and Diomedes before he can ever run for his dear life. But Odysseus cuts
Dolon’s head.
37. Agamemnon for the third time suggests it is about time to be home. Odysseus and Diomedes say it is time
to fight.
38. Achilles continues to drag the body of Hector. The gods preserve Hector’s body from decay or injury.
39. Athena tricked Hector to fight Achilles. She appeared as Deiphobos, Hector’s friend.
40. Agamemnon and Paris meet in a man-to-man combat. Agamemnon is enraged by the vanished foe.

IV. Anagram on Greek and Roman Mythology. Unscramble the letters to identify the correct Gods/Goddesses
being described below. Write the correct answer on the space before the number.
41. SEUVN She appears to her son a number of times throughout the epic to offer him aid.
(Roman)
42. IVEARMN She aids Juno in her quest to destroy the Trojans. She protects the Greeks during the
battle in Troy. (Roman)
43. NLCAUV He crafts a set of arms for Aeneas that helps him win the battle. (Roman)
44. TAUSRN Father to both Jupiter and Juno and the former king Olympus. (Roman)
45. ETANAH She sprang from Zeus’ head, fully grown. (Greek)
46. IPNSEODO He lived in a beautiful palace under the sea and caused earthquakes when he was in a
temper.
47. DEASH He ruled over the dead and the husband of Persephone whom he kidnapped. (Greek)
48. TSIEMRA Goddess of hunting and protector of women in childbirth. (Greek)
49. RMESHE He was the messenger god, a trickster, and a friend to thieves. The speediest of all, he
wore winged sandals and a winged hat and carried a magic wand. (Greek)
50. OALPLO He was the god of music and healing. He was also an archer and hunted with a silver
bow. (Greek)

V. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. Apply the realization from your reading on The Divine Comedy by
enumerating what is asked by the following items based on Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy. Clues are
given by each item.
A. 7 Deadly Sins
51. P_ _ _ _ _
52. E _ _ _ _
53. A _ _ _ _
54. S _ _ _ _
55. A _ _ _ _ _ _
56. G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
57. L _ _ _

B. 7 Cardinal Virtues
58. F _ _ _ _
59. H _ _ _
60. L _ _ _
61. P _ _ _ _ _ _ _
62. J _ _ _ _ _ _
63. F_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
64. T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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C. 9 Circles of Hell
65. ____________ (Unbaptized and the virtuous pagans such as Aristotle, Plato, Homer,
Horace, Ovid)
66. ____________ (Overmastering sexual desire such as Helen, Paris, Achilles, Cleopatra)
67. ____________ (Indulging in something excessively especially food)
68. ____________ (Greed for riches)
69. ____________ (Fierce in anger; ill-humored)
70. ____________ (Variance with the accepted doctrine of a church)
71. ____________ (acting with uncontrolled rough force and violence)
72. ____________ (cheating and dishonesty)
73. ____________ (Traitorous)

VI. Short Stories. Examine the two columns below as to who have written the context of each of the short story.
Match the authors in the column A to their respective short stories from column B. Write the letter of your answer
in the space provided after each number.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
74. Kate Chopin(1894) __ A. ARABY
75. William Sydney Porter/ O. Henry B. CLAIRE DE LUNE
__ C. WINTER DREAMS
76. William Cuthbert Faulkner __ D. A ROSE FOR EMILY
77. F. Scott Fitzgerald __ E. THE GIFT OF MAGI
78. Guy de Maupassant __ F. THE STORY OF AN HOUR
79. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce__

VII. Controlled Essay. (80-90)Construct/Create a 10-sentence essay on the message of the poem that follows:

A Moment’s Indulgence
Rabindranath Tagore

I ask for a moment’s indulgence to sit by thy side.

The works that I have in hand I will finish afterwards.

Away from the sight of thy face my heart knows no rest nor respite,
And my work becomes an endless toil in a shoreless sea of toil.

Today the summer has come at my window with its sighs and murmurs; and
The bees are plying their minstrelsy at the court of the flowering grove.

Now it is time to sit quite, face to face with thee, and to sing
Dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.
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