QUIZ IN LITERATURE 1

Name:_________________________ Course: _______________Date:___________

Score:___________
I.

Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write only the
letter of your answer on the space before the number.
1. The following are reasons for reading literature except for_____.
a. Pleasure
b. relaxation
c. discovery
d. acquiring
knowledge
2. It is characterized by beauty of expression and form and by the universality of
intellectual and emotional appeal.
a. Literature
b. story
c. poem
d.
prose
3. It deals with the analysis of the theme.
a. Analytic
b. thematic
c. historical
d. universal
4. It is a quality of literature which appeals to our sense of beauty.
a. Style
b. artistry
c. universality
d.
intellectual value
5. It is a discourse which uses sentences usually forming paragraph to express ideas,
feeling and actions.
a. Poetry
b. literature
c. prose
d. novel
6. It is a quality of literature associated with the emotional power of literature.
a. Suggestiveness
b. style
c. artistry
d.
permanence
7. It is a rhythmic imaginative language expressing the invention, thought,
imagination, passion and insight of the human soul.
a. Prose
b. poetry
c. literature
d. fiction
8. It is an epic from Ancient England.
a. El Cid
b. The Song of Roland
c. Beowulf
d. Iliad
9. It is a drama that has a tragic ending just like the death of the main character.
a. Monologue b. comedy
c. masque
d. tragedy
10.
It is a short simple narrative poem composed to be sung.
a. Song
b. ballad
c. ode
d. sonnet

II. Match the epic to the country or place it came from. Write only the letter
on the space before the number.
COLUMN A
COLUMN B
11.
Greece
A. Mahabarata and Ramayana
12.
Germany
B. Hudhud and Alim
13.
Ifugao
C. Niebelungenlied
14.
India
D. Ibalon
15.
Spain
E. Iliad and Odyssey
16.
France
F. Beowulf
17.
Mindanao
G. El Cid
18.
Panay
H. Hinilawod
19.
Bicol
I. The Darangans of Mindanao
20.
England
J. The Song of Roland

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IV.

Choose the letter of the answer; write A- meaning of literature, Bviewpoints in literature, C-aims of literature or D-literary standards.
Write only the letter on the space before the number.
We can get the meaning of a piece of literature by having lived it because
literature is a product of and about life.
Literature is the total of preserved writings belonging to a given language or
people.
Life illumines literature just as literature illumines life.
It is the peculiar way in which a writer writes, sees life forms his ideas and
expresses them.
Great literature is timeless and timely.
Literature elevates the spirit by bringing out moral values which make us
better persons.
Literature is an eternally burning flame, exuding light that renders
significance to civilization.
Literature refers to the practice and profession of writing. It comes from
human interest in telling a story.
Literary forms exist because writer have fashioned them to serve their needs.
We study literature so that we can better appreciate our literary heritage.
Choose the letter that does not belong to the group then write the
generalization of the remaining three that you did not choose. Write
the letter on the space before the number; write the generalization on
the space below. (2 pts. Each)

_______1. A. artistry
B. style
C. universality
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D. historical

_______2.A. simple lyric

B. sonnet
c. ballad
D. song
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_______3.A. ballad
B. metrical romance
C. epic
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D. ode

_______4.A. tragedy
B. comedy
C. sonnet
d. Masque
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_______5.A. lyric
B. epic
C. narrative d. dramatic
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