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WORLD LITERATURE PRELIM EXAM 2022

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The part of the plot in which drama intensifies toward the climax.

a)

Climax

b)

Complication

c)

Falling action

d)

Rising action

2.

A complex, fully developed character, often prone to change.

a)

Flat character

b)

Round character

c)

Antagonist

d)

Protagonist

3.

The story’s main character

a)

Antagonist

b)

Character

c)

Characterization

d)

Protagonist

4.

An imaginative or invented story.

a)

Non-fiction

b)

Theme

c)

Fiction

d)

Plot

5.

The point in fiction where the entanglement of forces (complication) after the initial conflict gets resolved or put to rest/the terminal point in fiction.

a)

Theme

b)

Moral

c)

Climax

d)

Denouement

6.

The underlying feeling or atmosphere in the story.

a)

Plot

b)

Setting

c)

Mood

d)

Moral

7.

The villain in the story.

a)

Protagonist

b)

Antagonist

c)

Character

d)

Characterization

8.

Series of events that give a story its meaning and effect.

a)

Plot

b)

Event

c)

Setting

d)

Mood

9.

The key element in a story.

a)

Character

b)

characterization

c)

plot

d)

mood

10.

An example of this element is World War II.

a)

Plot

b)

Event

c)

Setting

d)

Mood

11.

The description of the character or giving life to a certain role.

a)

Character

b)

characterization

c)

Plot

d)

Mood

12.

The central or main idea of the story.

a)

Plot

b)

Theme

c)

Moral

d)

Lesson

13.

The turning point of the story.

a)

climax

b)

conflict

c)

mood

d)

plot

14.

It is how the story is being told.

a)

setting

b)

plot

c)

resolution

d)

point of view

15.

Basic tension, predicament or challenges in a story.

a)

Plot

b)

Setting

c)

Conflict

d)

Climax

16.

A poem of fourteen iambic pentameter lines.

a)

lyric

b)

poem

c)

sonnet

d)

haiku

17.

A long narrative poem that tells about the literature of a tribal hero.

a)

narration

b)

epic

c)

sonnet

d)

novel

18.

It is a quality of literature that appeals our sense of beauty.

a)

artistry

b)

universality

c)

style

d)

intellectual value

19.

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is an example of :

a)

legend

b)

play

c)

comedy

d)

short story

20.

All of the following are criteria for judging an excellent piece of literature except

a)

suggestiveness

b)

permanence

c)

humor

d)

universality

21.

The process by which an author develops a fictional character.

a)

character

b)

characterization

c)

role-playing

d)

visual presentation

22.

______ is a description of someone's travels, given in the form of narrative, public lecture, slide show or motion picture.

a)

journal

b)

diary

c)

travelogue

d)

essay

23.

A genre intended to be acted on stage.

(a)  

24.

It is a product of human experiences.

(a)  

25.

A genre intended to be read in one sitting.

(a)  

26.

A folklore genre that typically consists of a story passed down from generation to generation orally

(a)  

27.

Story, sometimes of a national or folk hero, which has a basis in fact but also includes imaginative material.

(a)  

28.

A fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.

(a)  

29.

An example of this genre is The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.

(a)  

30.

A story about God and Goddesses.

(a)  

31.

A narration demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as humans; legendary, supernatural tale.

(a)  

32.

A short literary composition that reflects the author's outlook or point.

(a)  

33.

An imaginative or invented story.

a)

plot

b)

non-fiction

c)

fiction

d)

theme

34.

An example of this conflict is killing someone and not submitting yourself in the proper authority.

a)

mam vs. man

b)

man vs. fate

c)

man vs. himself/herself

d)

man vs. nature

35.

It is the measure of a line in a poetry

a)

foot

b)

meter

c)

line

d)

stanza

36.

It is the group of lines that develops and emphasizes one idea

a)

meter

b)

foot

c)

stanza

d)

verse

37.

An association that relates not to a word's actual meaning, but to the ideas or qualities that it implies.

a)

denotation

b)

connotation

c)

diction

d)

figures of speech

38.

The repetition of an identical or similarly accented sound or sounds in a work, usually in poetry

a)

verse

b)

line

c)

rhyme

d)

lyric

39.

The point of vision, angle or vantage point from which a story is told is called essay.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Atmosphere is the pervading sense of place, feeling or mood in a piece of fiction ex. atmosphere of gloom, disaster, fear, etc.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

The terms, classes, types and forms of literature are usually taken synonymous and interchangeable.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Literature is the product of human and animal experiences.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Falling action is the part when drama intensifies toward the climax.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

A complex, fully developed character often prone to change is called flat character.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Earthquake is an example of Man vs. Fate.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

The two kinds of characters are antagonist and the villain.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

An image is a sensory impression used to create meaning in a story.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Every culture all over the world has its own literature.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

The character is the process by which an author presents and develops a fictional character.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Novels and Short story have the same content characteristics.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

During World War II is an example of setting.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

A point in fiction where the conflict and the tension continue to increase is called falling action.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

The motive is the one that drives or spurs somebody to a particular action or direction.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

The literal meaning of a certain word is called connotation.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

Essay is a short literary composition in prose dealing with a single matter usually from a personal point of view.

a)

True

b)

False

56.

Literary Criticism is an example of Fiction.

a)

True

b)

False

57.

Fairy tales are stories of some wonderful events popularly believed to have some historical basis.

a)

True

b)

False

58.

A 'dove' stands for 'peace' is an example of image.

a)

True

b)

False

59.

riddles is one of examples of genre.

a)

true

b)

false

60.

Farce is one of the types of epic.

a)

true

b)

false