REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Department of Education
Division of Toledo City
South Toledo District
BATO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Bato, Toledo City

SECOND PERIODICAL TEST

in
ENGLISH 10

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read carefully each item and write the letter of the most appropriate answer
on your answer sheet.

A. Choose the correct answer:

1. What is the smallest unit of the society and it is everything.

a. Family b. School c. Church d. Community

2. What is the first part of Dante Alighieri’s “Divine Comedy”?

a. Earth b. Inferno c. Paradiso e. Purgatorio

3. Who are the main characters of Dante’s “Inferno”?

a. Quasimodo, Esmeralda, Frollo c. Roland, Charlemagne, Ganelon
b. Athos, Aramis, Porthos d. Dante, Virgil, Charon

4. Which of these speeches persuades others through logical reasoning and analysis?
a. Impromptu Speech c. Argumentative Speech
b. Roast Speech d. Extemporaneous Speech

5. What are the three parts of an argumentative essay?

a. Affirmation, Negation, Opposition
b. Introduction, Body, Conclusion
c. Introduction, Affirmation, Negation
d. Introduction, Summary, Conclusion

6. How do you call a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or
idea is right or wrong?
a. Argument b. Proposition c. Negation d. Affirmation

7. It is a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc. are better than the others that usually results
in treating some people unfairly. What is it?
a. Prejudice b. Bias c. Stereotype d. Judgment

8. What is an unfair feeling of dislike for a person or group because of race, sex, religion, etc.?
a. Stereotype b. Prejudic c. Judgment d. Bias

9. The term sonnet is derived from the Italian word “sonnetto” which means _____________________________.
a. little poem b. epic poem c. novel d. song

10. What composed a Petrarchan sonnet? It is composed of ______________________________________________.

a. an octave and a sestet c. a sestet and quatrain
b. a couplet and a sestet d. a couplet and an octave

11. How many lines a Petrarchan sonnet has?

a. 12 b. 10 c. 14 d. 18
12. What is the other name of Petrarchan sonnet which was named after Francisco Petrarch?
a. Italian Sonnet c. English Sonnet
b. Shakespearean Sonnet d. Spenserian Sonnet

13. How do you call the English Sonnet with a rhyming scheme of abab cdcd efef gg?
a. Italian Sonnet c. Petrarchan Sonnet
b. Shakespearean Sonnet d. Spenserian Sonnet

14. What is the epic poem in the Medieval Period that deals with the heroic deeds of great men and
with the theme of betrayal?
a. Establishing Solidarity c. Decameron
b. The Song of Roland d. Imagine

15. Who is the hero in the epic poem “The Song of Roland” who at the same nephew of Charlemagne?
He leads the rear. Guard of the French forces; bursts his temples by blowing his olifant-horn and dies
facing the enemy’s land.
a. D’Artagnan b. Marsilion c. Ganelon d. Roland

16. Which of the following is one of the stories in Giovanni Boccaccio’s “Decameron”?
a. Ibong Adarna b. The Raven c. Federigo’s Falcon d. Of Men and Mice

17. What comprises 100 novellas told by 10 men and women over a 10-day journey away from plague-
infested Florence?
a. The Plague c. The Three Musketeers
b. The Song of Roland d. Decameron

18. Who wrote the famous novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”?
a. Victor Hugo c. Alexander Dumas
b. Dante Alighieri d. Edgar Allan Poe

19. Who is the tragic hero of the novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”?
a. Federigo b. D’Artagnan c. Quasimodo d. Macbeth

20. According to Joseph Bruchac, “We as human beings will never, never survive unless we recognize
and celebrate our differences as well as our similarities.” This is best shown by __________________________.
a. accepting individual differences.
b. empathizing with others.
c. finding common ground.
d. being sensitive to others.

21. What famous novel that Alexandre Dumas fictionalized his father’s real life exploits?
a. The Prince b. The Three Musketeers c. The Pearl d. The Analects

22. “One for all, all for one” motto embodies the friendship of four gentlemen in what novel?
a. The Pearl b. The Analects c. Decameron d. The Three Musketeers

23. Who is the main character in “The Three Musketeers” together with Athos, Aramis, and Porthos?
a. Constance c. D’Artagnan
b. Cardinal Richelieu d. Milady de Winter
24. What is the novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a plague sweeping the
French Algerian City of Oran? It asks a number of questions relating to the nature of destiny and the
human condition.
a. The Plague c. Decameron
b. The Song of Roland d. The Three Musketeers

25. Who wrote the speech “Follow your Heart: Pursue Your Dream” addressed to the Ateneo De Manila
University Class of 2003?
a. Leni Robredo c. Jesse M. Robredo
b. Mar Roxas d. Meriam Defensor-Santiago

26. When you are asked to define the weight of an object in terms of the numbers that appears when
that object is placed on a weighing scale, you are actually defining the term ____________________________.
a. operationally. b. technically. c. lexically. d. contextually.

27. What are the two sides of the Oxford-Oregon debate?

a. Rebuttal, opposition c. Affirmation, negation
b. Negation, rebuttal d. Affirmation, opposition

28. What is the purpose of the author in writing a book of over 1,000 believe-it-or-not stories?
a. to inform c. to entertain
b. to persuade d. to advertise

29. What is the purpose of the writer in his/her arts craft book containing procedures for making
scrapbook, origami, and other do-it-yourself arts novelty items?
a. to persuade c. to advertise
b. to entertain d. to inform

30-31. What are the two aims of a debate program?

a. To enhance students’ social/communication skills.
b. To enhance students’ locational skills.
c. To enhance students’ writing skills.
d. To enhance students’ intellectual skills.

B. Tell whether the sentences below express unsupported generalization or exaggerated expression.

1. It takes a lifetime to forgive someone who had gravely wronged you.

2. Most teachers wear their hair in bun.
3. I will stand by you forever.
4. Dogs are the most domesticated off all animals.
5. Generally speaking, men are emotionally susceptible.

32. Which sentences express unsupported generalization?

a. 2,4,5 b. 1,3,5 c. 1,2,4 d. 1,4,3

33. Which sentences express exaggerated expression?

a. 1,4 b. 3,5 c. 1,3 d. 2,5
C. Identify the affirmative and negative expressions from the statements below.

1. No doubt about it.

2. Pardon me, but…
3. You have a good point, however…
4. Certainly.
5. I have nothing against it.
6. I respect you for that, but…
7. That is indeed great.
8. I understand that. However…

34. Which statements are affirmative expressions?

a. 1,4,5,7 b. 2,3,6,8 c. 1,3,6,8 d. 2,4,6,8

35. Which statements are negative expressions?

a. 2,3,5,7 b. 1,4,5,7 c. 2,3,6,8 d. 1,3,7,8

D. Here is a comic strip. Be able to determine the bias reflected in it. Then, answer the questions that
follow.

36. To whom is the bias directed in this comic strip?

a. boys b. girls c. both boys and girls d. adult girls

37. What is the meaning reflected in this comic strip?

a. It assumes that all girls have difficulty with Math.
b. It assumes that some girls have difficulty with Math.
c. It assumes that only girls who are studying have difficulty with Math.
d. It assumes that boys and girls have difficulty with Math.

E. Read carefully the story/poem in each box and write the letter of the most appropriate answer to
complete each of the following numbered items.

“Then you will have the artesian well here right away”, he said. He ordered that the area
commander to get pipes and pumps from the armed forces supply depot, and demanded they
should be brought to the spot immediately. He asked the army to bring in bulldozer, troops
and trainees for labor and also organize the civilians.
38. The text implicitly stated that President Ramon Magsaysay was ______________________________________.
a. a man of disguise. c. a man of values.
b. a man of principle. d. a man of action.

39. The statement “Then you will have the artesian well here right away” as directly stated in text is a/an
_________________________________________________.
a. explicit information. c. general information .
b. implicit information . d. first-hand information.

40. The purpose of the author in writing the text is _______________________________________.

a. to inform. c. to persuade.
b. to entertain. d. to expose.

Child, you are like a flower

So sweet and pure and fair;
I look at you and sadness
Comes on me, like a prayer
I must lay my hands on your forehead
And pray God to be sure
To keep you forever and always
So sweet and fair-and pure

- Heine

41. The theme of the poem is ___________________________________.

a. on a child’s innocence.
b. a fathers great love to a daughter.
c. a blessing.
d. a father’s prayer.

42. The values implied are _______________________________________.

a. being loving and caring.
b. being prayerful and peaceful.
c. being affectionate and prayerful.
d. being nonsense and callous.

43. The feelings of the poet that are implicitly express _______________________________.
a. tender and loving. c. a blissful and peaceful.
b. caring and gentle. d. all of the above.

Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself
alone in a dark wood. How shall I say.
What wood that was! I never saw so drear, so rank, so arduous a wilderness. Its very
memory gives a shape to fear.

- “The Inferno”, Canto 1 by Alighieri

44. At the beginning of the passage the mood is _____________________.
a. quiet. b. regretful. c. eerie. d. energetic.

45. The last three lines signify the tone of the author as __________________________.
a. fearful. b. bold. c. wonder. d. awe.

46. From the passage, it could be implied that ____________________________________________________________.

a. the speaker had not been a good man in his lifetime.
b. the speaker was in a deep dark forest.
c. the speaker was into a great adventure.
d. the speaker was lost.

47. At the end of the passage the evident mood is ___________________.

a. tranquil. b. fearsome. c. eerie. d. gross.

Arrange the steps to deliver a speech.

1. Use visual aids.
2. Maintain eye contact.
3. Incorporate gestures and facial expressions.
4. Use your voice effectively.

48. Which of the following is the correct arrangement of the steps in delivering a speech effectively.
a. 4,2,3,1 b. 1,2,4,3 c. 4,2,1,3 d. 2,1,3,4

GOD BLESS YOU!!!

Prepared by:

GEMMA M. CANILLO
Subject Teacher