WorksheetsReviewer part 1
Total questions: 150
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
“She is often portrayed as a kind, gentle, and virtuous young woman who remains patient and hopeful despite the cruelty of her stepmother and stepsisters.” What is the usual type of a main character according to description?
Foil
Flat
Protagonist
Antagonist
It refers to a classification of English literature.
Genre
Fiction
Limerick
Farce
What kind of character is a stepmother such that in Cinderella?
Foil
Stock
Dynamic
Static
The first Asian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Yasunari Kawabata
Rabindranath Tagore
Wole Soyinka
Po Chu-I
Filial piety is a basic tenet of which school of thought?
Taoism
Confucianism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Which ethical concept reflects the sense of indebtedness or nationalism in Japan?
on
seppuku
Giri
Kami
Mark Twain, the renowned author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, adopted his pen name. What was his real name?
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Eric Blair
Charles Dodgson
Mary Ann Evans
George Eliot, known for Middlemarch and Silas Marner, was actually:
Anne Brontë
Mary Ann Evans
Virginia Woolf
Emily Brontë
What theme is suggested by this haiku from Basho? Poverty’s child – He starts to grind the rice And gazes at the moon.
Nature soothes the human spirit
Child labor in Asia
The poor dream of better things
Life is a routine of work and leisure
Who is the leading figure of the Negritude movement?
Leopold Senghor
Dennis Brutus
Wole Soyinka
David Diop
In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar: “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.” This figure of speech is an example of:
Synecdoche
Metonymy
Hyperbole
Apostrophe
Which of the following is the most innovative way of teaching literature?
Students read a literary piece at home
Students memorize stanzas of a poem
Students create a collage of experiences related to the story read in class
Students explain difficult words orally
An English novelist, essayist, and modernist writer, known for her innovative narrative techniques, especially stream of consciousness.
Anne Bronte
Mary Ann Evans
Virginia Woolf
Emily Brontë
When the narrator knows everything about the events and characters, the narrative technique is called:
First-person
Limited omniscient
Omniscient
Objective
A fire station burns down. This is an example of:
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Sarcasm
In Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken,” the two roads symbolize:
The countryside
The seasons
Life choices
Travel destinations
The narrative device where the story returns to an earlier time to provide background information is called:
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Stream of consciousness
In medias res
“Dark clouds gathered as she left the house.” This sentence suggests which device?
Symbolism
Hyperbole
Allusion
Foreshadowing
When a story begins in the middle of the action instead of from the beginning, it uses the technique called:
Cliffhanger
Epiphany
Plot twist
In medias res
The line “He met his Waterloo in the final exam” is an example of:
Alliteration
Allusion
Euphemism
Oxymoron
George Orwell’s Animal Farm is an allegory of:
The Industrial Revolution
The French Revolution
Russian Communism
Greek Mythology
Who is the English novelist better known by the pen name George ELIOT?
Mary Ann Evans
Alexander Dumas
Jane Austen
Elizabeth Gaskell
Who was the first Asian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for his work Gitanjali?
Rabindranath Tagore
Edgar Allan Poe
Mahatma Gandhi
Sri Aurobindo
Galbraith, an author of the Harry Potter series which became the best-selling book. The real name is:
J. K. Rowling
George Eliot
Charles Dicken
Victor Hugo
The novelist better known in Pride and the Prejudice (1813), who wrote this romantic fiction?
Mary Ann Evans
Alexander Dumas
Jane Austen
Elizabeth Gaskell
A foremost writer who wrote “The Necklace,” and “the Horla.”?
Victor Hugo
William Shakespeare
Edgar Allan Poe
Guy De Maupassant
A poet, author and a novelist of “Les Misérables,” and “Notre–Dame de Paris”.
Victor Hugo
William Shakespeare
Edgar Allan Poe
Guy De Maupassant
The world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji, is a classic work of Japanese literature written by:
Sei Shōnagon
Lady Murasaki Shikibu
Matsuo Bashō
Yasunari Kawabata
The Pillow Book (Makura no Sōshi), a collection of essays and observations about court life, was written by:
Sei Shōnagon
Lady Murasaki Shikibu
Haruki Murakami
Yukio Mishima
Which Japanese poet is considered the master of haiku?
Matsuo Bashō
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Kenzaburō Ōe
Natsume Sōseki
Haruki Murakami, a contemporary Japanese novelist, is famous for works blending realism with magical elements, such as:
Snow Country
The Tale of Genji
Norwegian Wood
The Silent Cry
A haiku traditionally consists of how many syllables?
5-7-5 (17 syllables)
7-5-7 (19 syllables)
5-5-5 (15 syllables)
7-7-7 (21 syllables)
A tanka is an older form of Japanese poetry. Its traditional syllable pattern is:
5-7-5
7-5-7
5-7-5-7-7
7-7-5-7-7
Which Japanese poet helped modernize tanka poetry during the late 19th century and early 20th century?
Masaoka Shiki
Lady Murasaki
Sei Shōnagon
Yasunari Kawabata
The caricature of the Filipino who tried to pass up as “Española” by trying hard to speak Spanish and cover her face with make-up was ________.
Tiya Isabel
Maria Clara
Doña Victorina
Doña Pia
A composition in prose or poetry written in the form of a letter to a particular person or group is __________.
Free verse
Short story
Epistle
Allegory
What material did Jose Rizal use for his sculpture “The Triumph of Science over Death”?
wood
crayon
clay
stone
Adios, Patria Adorada Region del Sol Querida Perla del Mar de Oriente, Nuestro Perdido Eden! These are the first lines of the poem, written by Jose Rizal before his execution and known for its title, _________.
Mi Ultimo Adios
Noli Me Tangere
El Filibusterismo
El Verdadero Decalogo
Who is considered as the father of Children’s literature for works like A little pretty pocket-book?
Charles Dickens
John Newbery
Hans Christian Andersen
Lewes Carrol
The Novel, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland was written by__________?
Beatrix Potter
C.S. Lewis
JM Barrie
Lewis Carrol
Which of the following is a fable traditionally attributed to Aesop?
Ugly Duckling
The Lion and The Mouse
Peter and the Wolf
Jack and Beanstalk
In Children’s literature, “a cautionary Tale,” is primarily intended to:
Amuse with nonsense
Retell historical events
Teach Moral through warning
Inspire heroic deed
In Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White tells the story of friendship between the pig and a________:
Mouse
Spider
Dog
Duck
The Brothers Grimm are best known for their:
Fables
Fairy Tales
Nursery Rhymes
Poems
Who wrote, “One Hundred Years of Solitude, known for blending magic and realism?
Isable Alende
Jorge Amado
Paulo Coelho
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Who is the author of the short story How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife, which won first prize in the 1940 Commonwealth Literary Contest?
Manuel Arguilla
Jose Garcia Villa
Mars Ravelo
Nick Joaquin
Which Filipino writer is known as the “Comma Poet” because of his unique style of using commas in unconventional places?
Manuel Arguilla
Jose Garcia Villa
Mars Ravelo
Nick Joaquin
The novel, “The Woman Who Had Two Navels”, which explores themes of identity and history in post-war Philippines, and the “May Day Eve,” was written by which National Artist?
Manuel Arguilla
Jose Garcia Villa
Mars Ravelo
Nick Joaquin
Who created iconic Filipino comic book superheroes such as Darna, Captain Barbell, and Lastikman?
Manuel Arguilla
Jose Garcia Villa
Mars Ravelo
Nick Joaquin
He wrote the novel “Banaag at Sikat?”
Lope K. Santos
Jose Rizal
Francisco Balagtas
Bienvenido Santos
He wrote the novel “Scent of an Apple?”
Lope K. Santos
Jose Rizal
Francisco Balagtas
Bienvenido Santos
Which Filipino author is known for the novels, “Bata-bata pa’no ka ginawa,” “Gapo,” and short story, “Slums of Manila?”
Carlos P. Romulo
Lualhati Bautista
Nick Joaquin
Bienvenido Santos
Who wrote the short story, “My Father Goes to Court?”
F. Sionil Jose
Carlos Bulosan
Nick Joaquin
Bienvenido Santos
Which of the following Filipino authors is considered to be the first novel in Philippine literature?
Lope K. Santos
Jose Rizal
Francisco Balagtas
Bienvenido Santos
Which of the following Filipino authors is considered to be the Prince of Tagalog Poets in Philippine literature?
Lope K. Santos
Jose Rizal
Francisco Balagtas
Bienvenido Santos
Who is the author of the novel, “Ang Mga Ibong Mandaragit”?
Paz Marquez Benitez
F. Sionil Jose
Lualhati Bautista
Amado V. Hernandez
Who is the author of the short story, “Dead Stars”
Paz Marquez Benitez
F. Sionil Jose
Lualhati Bautista
Amado V. Hernandez
It is considered to be one of the greatest Epics in the Philippines, written in Ilocano?
Ang Gayuma
Manika ni Eda
Ibong Adarna
Biag ni Lam-ang
A famous short story of Manuel Arguilla that revolves around the life of a barrio boy named Awiyao and his wife Lumnay as they confronted issues about love, tradition, and culture in the cordilleras?
“The Wedding Dance”
“Dead Stars”
“My Father Goes to Court”
“Midsummer”
The book Matilda, Featuring a gifted girl who loves to read was written by:
Dr. Seuss
A.A. Milne
Enid Blyton
Roald Dahl
The classic Children’s story, “The Little Prince, was originally written in which language?
English
Spanish
German
French
Which of the following is an epic poem?
Annabel Lee
The Great Gatsby
Beowulf
The Rape of Lucrece
The children’s book featuring the talking animals living in the Acre Wood?
The Animal Farm
Charlotte’s Web
Winnie – the – Pooh
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
A historical novel published in 1859 by English author written by Charles Dickens
The Raven
Sonnet
Tale of Two Cities
The Lottery
Who is the author of “Waste Land”?
W. B. Yeats
Ezra Pound
Robert Frost
T.S. Eliot
Which of the following plays is not written by William Shakespeare?
Hamlet
MacBeth
Othello
Pygmalion
Which poetic foot is made up of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllable?
Iamb
Dactile
Spondee
Anapestic
What is the correct pattern of syllables in an anapestic foot?
Stressed - stressed
Unstressed - stressed
Stressed - unstressed - unstresses
Unstressed - unstressed - stressed
Which line best exemplifies iambic pentameter?
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary”
“Tyger, tyger, burning bright”
“Cannon to the right, cannon to left of them”
Which of the following best describes an iambic foot in poetry?
A stressed syllable followed by unstressed syllable
Two stressed syllable
An unstressed syllable followed by stressed syllable
Two unstressed syllable
Recently, the Cambridge dictionary added new words, these are? (August 18, 2025) I. Skibidi II. Delulu III. Tradwife IV. Techi
I & II
II ,III & IV
I, II, & III
I,II,III,& IV
Ms. Aileen Mae likes to post on social media all the events of her daily life. Which Macroskill primarily involves the interpretation of non-verbal symbols and visual media?
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Viewing
In communication, what does Ethos refer to?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Credibility of the Speaker
Structure of message
Ms. Arcy May likes to post on social media all the events of her daily life. In communication process, which macroskill is considered receptive rather than productive?
Listening & Reading
Speaking & Writing
Debating
Writing
A speech is written and memorized beforehand and delivered word for word is known as?
Extemporaneous Speech
Impromptu Speech
Memorized speech
Manuscript speech
Which sentence does not use a linking verb?
Mr. Uy chased the bus.
Kitzy Mariz became a varsity player and a scholar.
I was hungry after a long day at work.
Cat’s fur felt soft.
Which sentence uses parallel structure?
She likes dancing, to swim, and biking
She likes to dance, swim and biking
She likes to dance, swim and bike
She likes dancing, swimming, and to bike
Teaching literature improves students' ability to communicate effectively. Which model is described?
Language Model
Cultural Model
Grammar Model
Personal Growth Model
The “Fourth” wall in theatre refers to:
The back wall of the stage
A literal set wall design
The imaginary wall between actor and audience
The curtain
Which is an example of a cross of the fourth wall?
Narrator being detached from characters
Characters doing apostrophe with God as addressee
Shakespeare’s characters saying an aside to the audience
Hamlet’s soliloquy
Invention; discovering the best arguments; _____ delivery, language and speaking style?
Disposition
Pronunciation
Elocution
Memory
What is being referred to if a stage of the speaking process takes place when a voice is produced in speaking as the expiratory air stream from the lungs goes up through the trachea or windpipe to the larynx?
Breathing Stage
Resonation Stage
Articulation Stage
Phonation Stage
Ms. Oh plans to conduct a theatrical play at University of Cabuyao. The minimal requirements for a theatre building are______?
Curtains, seats, and lobby
Stage and backstage
A place to act and a place to watch
Good acoustic and clean restroom
The characteristics of effective speech based on Cicero’s canons of rhetoric include invention, disposition, elocution, pronunciation and _____.
Voice
Grammar
Arrangement
memory
Which type of play where the plot and characters are symbols of something else and which illustrates a moral or philosophical unit?
Drama
Allegory
Farce
Tragicomedy
Ms. Aliah Keith , a grade 10 teacher, is teaching theatrical stage play to her main characters. Which scene requires gaze on the part of actors?
Antagonist delivering a monologue
Witnesses seeing a crime
Lovers preparing to kiss
Protagonist having an intense argument
After a world-war II, the genre that dominates the theater is called?
Absurdsim
Seri-comedy
Dark – comedy
Comic Reality
What is a soliloquy in theater?
A group of actors speaking in unison
A speech delivered by a single actor on stage
A type of dance performance
None of the above
What is the term used to describe actions that are not part of the script, but actors do for dramatic or comic effect?
Stage direction
Stage business
Stage ad lib
Stage prompting
What is the difference between a monologue and a dialogue?
A monologue is a speech spoken by one person, whereas a dialogue is an exchange of ideas between two or more persons.
A monologue is a type of performance involving dance, whereas a dialogue is a typical vocal recital.
A monologue is a type of costume design, whereas a dialogue is a form of ad lib.
It is between B & C.
As a drama teacher, you wanted to demonstrate pantomime to your student, what might you do among the following choices?
Recite Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Raven”
Sing Evita’s “Don’t Cry for me Argentina”
Sit cross-legged in the center of the room and chant
Attempt to tell a story only facial expressions and bold gestures
Listening, reacting, engaging in eye contact, and thoroughly understanding prompt are all useful elements when nurturing a student‘s ability to develop, what broad skills?
Effective interaction
Performance
Rehearsal
Role playing
The actor said, “he was the black sheep of the family!” This line is a ?
Metaphor
Alegory
Ad lib
metonymy
The following are famous works of Charles Dickens except?
Oliver Twist
A Christmas Carol
A Tale of Two Cities
Sense and Sensibility
In The Odyssey, Odysseus’ long journey home can be interpreted not only as an adventure story but as a reflection of the human struggle for identity and belonging. This view best represents which critical approach?
Formalism
Psychological criticism
Archetypal/Mythological criticism
Historical criticism
Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex reveals how human beings are bound by fate despite their attempts at freedom. This illustrates which enduring theme of Classical literature?
Rebellion against divine authority
Triumph of science over religion
Harmony between man and nature
Conflict between human will and destiny
Dante’s Divine Comedy reflects the Medieval worldview that art and literature should serve moral and spiritual purposes. Which of the following best explains this purpose?
To portray realistic human emotions
To glorify individualism
To guide souls toward salvation
To question religious authority
Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales provides diverse social voices and satire of medieval society. What innovation does this demonstrate in literature?
Emphasis on divine intervention
Use of allegory over realism
Humanization of various social classes
Focus on abstract philosophy
John Milton’s Paradise Lost reimagines the biblical story of Adam and Eve with complex human emotion and reason. This blending of faith and intellect best demonstrates what Renaissance characteristic?
Secularism
Reconciliation of Christian belief and classical learning
Skepticism of religion
Rejection of authority
John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn” explores beauty as eternal and truth as transient. This philosophical reflection reflects Romanticism’s focus on:
Industrial progress
Rationalism
Aesthetic experience and emotional intensity
Religious morality
Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace captures both individual moral struggles and social realities. Which literary movement does this exemplify?
Realism
Romanticism
Modernism
Symbolism
T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land reflects a fragmented, disillusioned world after World War I. This fragmentation in structure and meaning is a hallmark of:
Realism
Romanticism
Modernism
Enlightenment
In Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator insists on his sanity while revealing his madness. What point of view intensifies this irony?
Second-person
First-person
Third-person limited
Omniscient
The tone of a literary work refers to:
The author’s attitude toward the subject
The general atmosphere that readers feel
The emotional reaction of the main character
The time and place of the story
Which statement best describes the difference between tone and mood?
Tone is the reader’s feeling; mood is the author’s opinion.
Tone and mood mean exactly the same thing.
Tone is the author’s attitude; mood is the emotional effect on the reader.
Tone and mood are determined only by plot.
The line “The night was dark and the wind whispered secrets” suggests what mood?
Cheerful and bright
Romantic and calm
Mysterious and eerie
Angry and violent
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the calm and reflective tone of the adult narrator looking back on childhood events creates what overall mood?
Fearful and violent
Nostalgic and thoughtful
Angry and bitter
Sarcastic and mocking
When an author uses a sarcastic tone to describe a “perfectly fair” system that is clearly unjust, what literary device is at work?
Paradox
Irony
Symbolism
Hyperbole
In literature, mood can be most effectively established through:
Plot structure alone
Syntax and sentence length
Imagery, diction, and sensory details
Character names
The pre-colonial period of Philippine literature was characterized by oral traditions such as riddles, proverbs, and epics passed down through generations.
True
False
Written literature flourished during the pre-colonial era because early Filipinos already used the Latin alphabet.
True
False
The awit and corridos during the Spanish period were both written in English and used for entertainment only.
True
False
During the Spanish period, the main purpose of literature was to entertain and express individual emotion, not to evangelize.
True
False
Filipino writers during the American period were forbidden to use the English language in schools and publications.
True
False
The American period marked the rise of literature written in English, including short stories, essays, and modern poetry.
True
False
During the American period, newspapers and magazines became important outlets for Filipino writers.
True
False
The Japanese period saw the banning of English and the promotion of writing in Filipino and other native languages.
True
False
The Japanese occupation suppressed all forms of Philippine literature.
True
False
Contemporary Philippine literature is limited only to traditional printed texts such as books and magazines.
True
False
Pre-colonial literature was already rich in moral lessons, customs, and beliefs of early Filipinos.
True
False
Religious dramas like Senakulo were popularized during the Spanish period to dramatize biblical events.
True
False
The American period encouraged the use of realism and modern techniques in fiction writing.
True
False
The Hudhud ni Aliguyon and Biag ni Lam-ang belong to which period of Philippine literature?
Spanish Period
Pre-colonial Period
American Period
Japanese Period
Riddles (bugtong), proverbs (salawikain), and folk songs reflect which characteristic of pre-colonial literature?
Heavy use of religious themes
Influence of Western thought
Oral and communal nature of storytelling
Modern and experimental writing style
The Pasyon and Senakulo, religious plays about Christ’s life and passion, flourished during which period?
American Period
Spanish Period
Japanese Period
Contemporary Period
The awit and corrido were popular poetic forms during which period?
Spanish Period
Japanese Period
American Period
Pre-colonial Period
During the Japanese period, the use of English was prohibited, which led to:
The growth of Filipino and Tagalog literature
The decline of all literary production
The importation of Western novels
The dominance of English newspapers
The main difference between the Spanish and American literary periods in the Philippines is that:
Spanish writers emphasized secular themes, while American writers promoted religion.
Spanish literature was in English, while American literature was in Tagalog.
Spanish literature was religious and moralistic, while American literature was secular and artistic.
Spanish writers wrote epics, while American writers wrote riddles.
The use of literature as a form of resistance and social commentary against martial law best characterizes:
American Period
Spanish Period
Contemporary or Post-EDSA Period
Japanese Period
Which of the following works is most likely from the Spanish period?
Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang
Florante at Laura
Mga Ibong Mandaragit
Dekada ’70
Literary works like Dead Stars by Paz Marquez Benitez and The Small Key by Paz Latorena are products of the:
Spanish Period
American Period
Japanese Period
Contemporary
Which literary period is best represented by Beowulf, an epic poem that celebrates heroism and fate?
Middle English
Old English
Renaissance
Victorian
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer reflects the social classes and religious attitudes of medieval England. To which period does it belong?
Renaissance
Romantic
Middle English
Modern
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macbeth were written during the period of rebirth in arts and humanism. What period is this?
Renaissance
Neoclassical
Victorian
Enlightenment
The works of Charles Dickens, such as Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities, highlight industrial society and moral reform. These belong to which period?
Romantic
Renaissance
Victorian
Modern
The novels of Virginia Woolf and the poetry of T.S. Eliot reflect experimentation in form and fragmentation in meaning. These are characteristics of which literary period?
Modern
Romantic
Realist
Renaissance
T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land reflects the despair and disillusionment after:
The Renaissance
World War I
The Industrial Revolution
The Reformation
The rise of the novel as a popular form of literature occurred mostly during the:
Victorian period
Old English period
Renaissance
Modern period
Which characteristic is common in Beowulf and other Old English works?
Exploration of industrial life
Psychological realism
Focus on romantic love
Use of kennings and heroic ideals
Which of the following is the most important element in a news story?
Lead
Facts
Opinion
Conclusion
The first paragraph of a news story that contains the most important facts is called the _____.
Body
Lead
Feature
Editorial
The main function of a campus paper is to ____.
Entertain
Advertise
Inform and educate
Promote gossip
The inverted pyramid style means ____.
The story starts with a summary of less important details
The story starts with the most important facts
The story ends with the headline
The story follows chronological order
What do you call the title of a news article printed in bold letters?
Caption
Lead
Headline
Banner
Which of the following is not a type of journalistic writing?
News story
Editorial
Poem
Feature article
A straight news story is written in what tense?
Present
Past
Future
Progressive
The editorial page usually contains ____.
Advertisements
Opinions
Letters
None
The journalist’s “code of ethics” emphasizes ____.
Sensationalism
Personal belief
Fairness and accuracy
Popular opinion
The angle of a story refers to ____.
The writer’s viewpoint
The physical layout
The headline
The size of the article
A feature story focuses on ____.
Hard facts
Human interest
Sports results
Political opinions
