MIDTERM EXAM

SED LIT 1
NAME__MALINES, RHEALY M.___ DATE Sep. 9, 2020_____ SCORE_________

I. MATCHING TYPE: Match the following correct entries from the choices given.

____1. Flourished between 1580 to 1603.

_____2. Are narrative songs that became popular during the Middle Ages?

____3. A collection of stories in verse, using the natural rhythms of the spoken language. It gives the
reader a vivid picture of English society in the 1300s.

_____4. Were based in the stories from the Bible.

____5. Taught moral and ethical values.

_____6. Wrote Tamburlaine and Dr. Faustus.

_____7. A new literary form invented by Michel de Montaigne.

_____8. Portrays shepherds who live rustic lives in the countryside.

_____9. Reflects the heroic struggles of the Germanic people who settled in England.

_____10. Has become more literary and more objective. It presents both the good and the bad aspects
of their subject.

___W__11. Probably the most common type of oral literature.

_____12. Are briefs stories that taught a moral, or a lesson?

_____13. Reflects the heroic struggles of the Germanic people who settled in England.

___E__14. Is a long narrative poem whose central character is a hero, who is a noble figure with great
courage and sometimes superhuman abilities.

__N___15. Composed in verse, they challenged the listener or readers to guess their subject.

___L__16. Are tales of adventure that celebrate the brave deeds of noble knights?

___B__17. Were plays about the lives of saints?

__A___18. Are long poems about heroic deeds which grew out of the oral tradition?

___T__19. Taught moral and ethical values.

___V__20. Reflected values that were largely pagan.

__X___21. Is a lyric poem in which a single speaker expresses thoughts and feelings?

___S__22. Are about love and sung by wandering poets known a minnesingers in Germany and
troubadours in France.

____J2_23. Written by Niccolo Machiavelli.

____Z2_24. Share the same emphasis on the inner workings of the subject.

____O_25. Composed his masterpiece, the poem Metamorphosis.

____Q_26. Wrote Epodes and Odes.

____F_27. A great writer and statesman, His letters, speeches, and philosophical works and influenced
people for many centuries.

____C_28. Wrote lyric poetry of great intensity.

___R__29. Wrote Utopia.

___K__30. Wrote Aeneid, an epic poem that is a masterpiece of world literature.

II. Through a Venn diagram, compare and contrast the following: (10 points each)
 A) Literature vs Philosophy

Literature
Philosophy

- Study of written works

- Stories are mainly fiction -Use- of creative
- beliefs
- Superior artistic words
-

- about reality

B) Literature vs Psychology

Literature

- EXPESSESS
- Study PSYCOLOGY
EMOTIONS
the
- Cultivates or -studies emotions
patterns
improves human
of - improves nervous
creativity
human system]

C) Literature vs History

Literature history
- Figurative, creative, - plain, documentary,
entertaining
-it includes
About the
past
-heroic stories
III. Answer briefly and concisely (10 points each)
A) Why do we need to study Literature?
B) Literature is life, what could be the greatest contribution of literature to man’s life?
The greatest contribution of literature to man’s life are entertainment, reflection,
realization, moral, and others. Literature can give entertainment through stories,
drama’s, and plays that people can enjoy reading. Reading literary works can make a
person realize something and even learn good things from it.
C) Compare and contrast:
1) Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries
Seventeenth century

2) The Nineteenth and 20th century

In the nineteenth century literary movements were made such as realism, most
predominantly in novels and naturalism. The main themes written in the 19th
century in Europe include rural life and community. While in the 20th century
literatures tend to be structured in linear and chronological order. The common
themes are alienation, transformation, consumption, and the relativity of truth

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