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SECOND PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
ENGLISH 10

NAME: ___________________________________________ SCORE: ______________

GRADE & SECTION: _________________________________ DATE: _______________

INSTRUCTION: Read the instructions carefully, before answering each item.

I. IDENTIFICATION - WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE SPACE PROVIDED.

___________1. He was called as the blind poet.
___________2-3.His two epics were the _____ and the ______.
___________4. The _______ showcases the passions found in and the cruelty of war. This is
also a story of love and heroism.
___________5. The _______ speaks of great adventures of Odysseus after the fall of
Achilles.
___________6. Homer is also called as the ______.
___________7. The Iliad is set during the _____ War.
___________8. The _______ give only what a person asks for one’s destiny is largely a
matter of one’s own making.

II. IDENTIFICATION - WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE SPACE PROVIDED.

___________9. He is the father of the deities. He devised a great war that would sweep
like a conflagration over Greece.
_________10-11. ____is a minor goddess that was married to a mortal named_ ___.
___________12. He is the greatest Greek warrior.
___________13. _____ is the Goddess of mischief.
___________14. _____ is the wife of Zeus.
___________15. _____ is the Goddess that promised to give the most beautiful woman
in the world to Paris.
___________16. ______ is the Goddess of wisdom.

III. IDENTIFICATION - WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE SPACE PROVIDED.

__________17. She was the most beautiful woman in the world.
__________18. He was the king of Sparta.
__________19.he was he king of Mycenae and also their General.
__________20. He was a clever and a Willy warrior.
__________21. He was the father of Hector and Paris.
__________22. She was the cousin of hector and Paris.
__________23. Paris awarded the golden apple to ______.
__________24. He was he messenger of Zeus.
IV. CREATE A SHORT SUMMARY ABOUT THE ILIAD. WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN CAPITAL
LETTERS.
25-32. Brief Summary of the Iliad.

V. FAREWELL BETWEEN HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

QUESTIONS BASED ON TE PROSE TRANSLATION OF THE ILIAD.
33-34. what is the implication of this statement: “The Trojan women have gone to
Athena’s temple to make supplications”?
34-35. what are the specific reasons that Andromache gives to dissuade her husband
from fighting?
36-37. what reasons does Hector give to explain why he has to go out of the city
when troy is well-fortified and safe within?
38-40.what is his concerns for the future of his wife and child?

VI. CONTEXT CLUES

 Prepared by:
John Michael D. Garbiles
ENGLISH TEACHER