GRADE 10 3RDQUARTER EXAM REVIEW

She is a childless woman who adopts a baby abandoned at the gate of her husband’s plantation in Louisiana.

• Madame Valmondé

• Désirée

• Armand

• Madame Aubigny

The following are the major themes in Kate Chopin’s story Desiree’s Baby EXCEPT:

• Intersection of Classism

• Irony, Misjudgments, and Fate

• Slavery and Racism

• Immense objectification of women and physical violence

Why does Myriel let Valjean spend the night in his house?

• He thinks that Valjean has money

• He wants to treat his fellow man with kindness and respect

• Because Valjean once saved Myriel’s life

• He wants to convert Valjean to Christianity

Why was Jean Valjean originally arrested?

• He kidnapped Cosette

• He abandoned Fantine

• He stole a loaf of bread

• He impersonated a manufacturer

 _______________ is a dominant and prevalent issue of interest in Desiree’s Baby.

• Racism

• Nihilism

• Epicureanism

• Stoicism

Which of the following is TRUE about formalism?

• It is concerned with the historical events outside of the story, cultural, and religious beliefs

• It uses quick reading to get the main idea of the text and compare it with

  other related works.

• It analyzes the work as a whole, the form of each individual part of the text from the individual scenes and chapters, elements, and literary devices

• It analyzes the content and values; for literature is a traditional mode of imparting morality, philosophy, and religion.

Which of these is NOT one of the petty jealousies mentioned by the Duke?

• The dropping of daylight

• flowers and peonies

• a white mule

• a bough of cherries

What is the approach used in the definition below? Explain. (2 points)

Elephants are the largest land mammals on earth. They have long trunks, floppy ears, and four wide and thick legs.

• Giving an Analogy

• Stating the Functions

• Compare and Contrast

• Providing Descriptions

_________ means domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing

• trifling

• imperious

• unwonted

• munificence

__________ is a French term referring to a domesticated pig

• perdition

• gendarme

• cochon

• countenance