1. He is considered the father of essay.

A. Michel de Montaigne

B. Francis Bacon

C. William Shakespeare

D. George Elliot

2. Which work of Leo Tolstoy is about the Napoleonic Invasion in Russia?

A. War and Peace

B. Anna Karenina

C. God Sees the Truth but Waits

D. Fathers and Sons

3. The film Tatarin is based on the short story by Nick Joaquin ___.

A. May Day Eve

B. Summer Solstice

C. Three Generations

D. Woman Two Navels

4. Read the poem below.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,

Went envying her and me—

Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,

In this kingdom by the sea)

That the wind came out of the cloud by night,

Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

What can be the cause of death of Annabel Lee?

A. Consumption

B. Dengue

C. HIV

D. Hepatitis

5. Who is considered as the father of detective stories?

A. Edgar Allan Poe

B. William Shakespeare

C. Robert Frost

D. Shoguna

6. The vellum is also known as the _.

A. Hard palate

B. Soft palate

C. Uvula

D. Alveolar Ridge
7. In Carlo Bulusan’s My Father Goes to Court, what was the accusation of the rich father?

A. Stealing the aroma of the food

B. Stealing the kitchen utensils

C. Stealing the gold bars under their bed

D. Cheating on his wife

8. In Paz Latorena’s story Desire, the main character has a sexy body but a _.

A. Homely face

B. Twisted mind

C. Scaly skin

D. Low IQ

9. The lines below are taken from what Shakespearean play?

If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if
you wrong us, shall we not revenge?

A. Romeo and Juliet

B. Merchant of Venice

C. Hamlet

D. Macbeth

10. What is true about the past perfect tense?

A. There must be two past actions.

B. The auxiliary verb must be has.

C. The main verb must be in the present participial form.

D. The auxiliary verb had must not be used.

11. Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy is originally titled:

A. Comedia

B. DivinaComedia

C. Comedia de Divina

D. D. Divina de CovalandiaComedia

12. Divine Comedy is a trilogy. Which of the three is most widely read?

A. Purgatory

B. Bel and the Dragon

C. Paradise

D. Inferno

13. Who is considered as the master of short story writing?

A. Edgar Alan Poe

B. Leo Tolstoy

C. Jose Rizal
D. Rudyard Kipling

14. The novel Crime and Punishment was written by _.

A. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

B. Leo Tolstoy

C. Anton Chekov

D. Ivan