Charis School

High School Department

1st Quarterly Examination in English 10- World Literature

School Year 2019-2020
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Grade & Section: Class No.: Date:
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I.Identification
Complete each sentence with the correct word or phrase. Ring the letter of the correct answer.

1.__________________ is a country in the Mediterranean which is officially named Hellenistic Republic.

a. Egypt b. Greece c. Italy d. Palestine
2. The following seas surround Greece except _______________________.
a. Mediterranean Sea b. Aegean Sea c. Ionian Sea d. Dead Sea
3. The capital city of Greece is _____________________.
a. Athens b. Acropolis c. Olympus d. Thessaloniki
4. The ___________________ is a holiday wherein the traditional roles of the people of the Northern Greece are reversed.
a. Hellenistic Festival b. Olympics c. Gynaikratia d. Summer festival
5. The following are the greatest Greek tragic writers except ____________________.
a. Aeschylus b. Aristophanes c. Sophocles d. Euripides
6. __________________ is known as the blind poet of Greece who wrote Iliad and Odyssey.
a. Herodotus b. Euripides c. Homer d. Aeschylus
7. The Homeric epic, _________________, happened “in medias res”.
a. Odyssey b. Iliad c. Antigone d. Oedipus Rex
8. _____________is the greatest architectural structure that was build during the Golden Age of Greece in honor of the
goddess Athena.
a. The Colisseum b. Temple of Olympian Zeus c. Parthenon d. Erechtheion
9. ____________ is major dramatist of the Athenian Age who is also known as the “father of tragedy”
a. Aeschylus b. Homer c. Aristophanes d. Sophocles
10. ___________ was a famous Greek painter who painted “Helen of Troy”.
a. Herodotus b. Pericles c. Euripides d. Polygnotus
11. __________ was a great lyric poem of Rome who immortalized the beauty of the Italian countryside through his poems.
a. Horace b. Virgil c. Epictetus d. Martial
12. _______________ was a Roman philosopher who, like Socrates, did not write anything, but his views were compiled by
his student under the title, “The Enchiridion” or “Handbook”.
a. Virgil b. Homer c. Martial d. Epictetus
13. _________________,the belief in many gods appear in many Greek literary works.
a. Monotheism b. Atheism c. Agnosticism d.Polytheism
14. ______________ was the greatest writer of Rome comparable to Homer of Greece.
a. Herodotus b. Virgil c. Polygnotus d. Martial
15._____________ is a literary type, which attacks the evils of society, was said to have been invented by the Romans, and
flourished when social conditions and morals were low in Rome.
a. satire b. odes c. codes d. epic
16. The Hebrew ________________ is the greatest literary work of the ancient Palestinians of the east.
a. Pentateuch b. Bible c.Gospels d.Proverbs
17. A ___________________ is a literary piece which is an expression of the author’s subjective emotions. Its name
derived from a musical instrument which the Greeks used.

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 a. lyric poem b.epic d. drama d. sonnet

18. ______________ refers to words that are commonly used in the olden times but are rarely used today.
a. Archaic b. Latin c. Roman d. Greek
19. The Golden age of Greece was also known as ___________________________.
a. Athenian age b. Age of Homer c. The dramatic age d. Age of Virgil
20. The Golden age of Greece was called as such because _________________ flourished.
a. epic b. lyric c. drama d.fables

II. Recalling Details

A. The following are titles of selections read in the class followed by 5 statements. On the blank before each
statement, write a check if the statement is true about the selection and write x if not.
Selection: Iliad
_____1. Aphrodite helped Paris abduct Helen and took her to Troy.
_____2. Paris killed Patroclus, a dear friend of Achilles.
_____3. Menelaus was able to get back Helen of Troy after winning the war.
_____4. Achilles refused to join the war because Agamemnon took Briseis from her.
_____5. King Priam begs Achilles to give him back the body of his son, Hector.
Selection: Odyssey
______6. Calypso, a nymph fell in love with Odysseus and kept him imprisoned for seven years.
______7. Upon the command of Apollo, Calypso released Odysseus who sails happily back home.
______8. The Lotus flowers in the land of the Lotus eaters, made Odysseus’ men forget about going homes.
_____ 9. Odysseus pleases Polyphemus with the delicious wine he gave the cyclops.
_____ 10. After overcoming and slaying the suitors of his wife, Odysseus was reunited with his faithful wife, Penelope, who
patiently waited for him for ten years.
Selection: Oedipus Rex
_____ 11. Oedipus became the king of Thebes because he was able to save Thebes from destruction by solving the riddle
of the Sphinx.
_____12. Jocasta reveals that she has abandoned her infant son because it was prophesied earlier that this son will kill his
father and marry his own mother.
_____13. Oedipus wasn’t aware that the man he killed on the crossroads on his way to Thebes was in fact, his father.
_____14. Oedipus was tasked to look for the person who killed King Laius, and he easily found him.
_____15. Upon knowing the murderer of her husband, Jocasta lived with Oedipus peacefully ever after.
Selection: The Stratagem of the Wooden Horse and the Fall of Troy
_____16. The Grecian Chiefs, built a huge wooden horse and made the Trojans believe that it is an offering to the Greek
gods for the Greeks’ safe travel from Troy.
_____17. After building the horse, a chosen band of Greek warriors and heroes sat quietly inside the belly of the wooden
horse while others set sail to Tenedos to await the signal of the others.
_____18. Laocoon told the men that the wooden horse was a deceitful gift from the Greeks.
_____19. Sinon told the Trojans about the presence of the Greek warriors inside the belly of the huge horse.
_____20.The belly of the wooden horse was opened and the Greeks stepped out, destroying Troy.

B. Choose five (5) wrong statements from the selections above and write the corrected statements below. Indicate
the item numbers you chose to correct before writing the corrected statement.

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III. Grammar
A. Tell whether the underlined pronoun is reflexive or intensive.
______________________1. The government calls itself a democracy.
______________________2. Odysseus’ men themselves, opened the oxhide containing the westwind.
______________________3, Polyphemus himself, moved the stone blocking the cave
______________________4. They fed themselves with lotus flowers and have forgotten about their ships and homes.
______________________5. Oedipus volunteered himself to be the searcher of King Laius’s murderer.

B. Underline the verbal phrase in each sentence and tell whether each is a Gerund Phrase, Participial phrase or an
infinitive phrase.
_______________________1. The story of Aeneid begins with the burning of Troy and the massacre of men.
_______________________2. Knowing the truth, the queen hangs herself.
_______________________3. Apollo’s messenger refused to provide any information about the death of the king.
_______________________4. His task, keeping watch over the beacon signal light that will tell him that Troy has fallen, is
finally over.
_______________________5. She persuades the elders that her action was done to avenge the death of her daughter.

IV. Essay
A. Give a short description about the following Greek and Roman influences/legacies. (2 pts each)
1. The Socratic Method

2. Pax Romana

3. How the planet Venus got its name

4. The Roman numerals

5. Narcissism

B. Explain what is being alluded to by following lines from the Greco-Roman era. (5 pts each)
You may use the back of the paper if needed.
1. “the face that launched a thousand ships”
2. “the conquered becoming the conquerors and the conquerors becoming the conquered”

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