CADIZ VIEJO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

1st SUMMATIVE TEST IN ENGLISH 9

3rd QUARTER

Name: _______________________________________________ Section:___________________ Score: _____________

TEST I
A. Directions: read and identify the kinds of biases and prejudices below. Write your answer on the space provided.

_________1. Making retirement mandatory or strongly encouraged at a specific age based on the prejudice that people
of that age won't be as productive or able to do their jobs.
A. Ageism Prejudice B. Religion Bias C. Racial Prejudice D. Gender Bias
_________2. If someone has a bias about women, they can take two different approaches. If they are biased towards
women, they might hire only women because they feel they make better employees for some gender-related reason.
Conversely, if they are biased against women, they might hire a man over a more-qualified female candidate.
A. Ageism Prejudice B. Religion Bias C. Racial Prejudice D. Gender Bias
________3. Biases toward certain religions can be manifested in two different ways. If someone is biased toward their
own religion, they will think their beliefs and practices are superior to any other form of religion. If, however, they're
biased against a certain religion, they might show it by making rude or insensitive comments or go as far as vandalizing
religious buildings.
A. Ageism Prejudice B. Religion Bias C. Racial Prejudice D. Gender Bias
________4. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, any person of Japanese descent living in America was considered a
suspect. As prejudices against the Japanese grew simply because they had a genetic link to an enemy country,
discrimination became evident as President Roosevelt had them rounded up and held in internment camps.
A. Ageism Prejudice B. Religion Bias C. Racial Prejudice D. Gender Bias
________5. is a preconceived affective feeling towards a person or group member based solely on his or her group
membership. The word is often used to refer to preconceived, usually unfavorable, feelings towards a person or people
because of their sex, gender, beliefs, values, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, language,
nationality, beauty, occupation, education, criminality, sport team affiliation or other personal characteristics.
A. Bias B. Racial Prejudice C. Prejudice D. Gender Bias
________6. is a tendency to lean in a certain direction, either in favor of or against a particular thing. It may be a favor of
or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
A. Bias B. Racial Prejudice C. Prejudice D. Gender Bias

B. Directions: Read the following situations and understand the context of each. Then, answer the questions that follow.

A judge in a local beauty pageant is the uncle of one of the candidates. Given the criteria for judging, the
candidate ranks second only to her contender. Everyone was surprised when at the end of the contest, the
candidate rose to first place after her uncle changed his scores in the last minute.

________7. The scenario illustrates a/an ______________________.

A. Bias B. Prejudice C. Discrimination D. Opinion
________8. Which factor affected the favor given by the judge?
A. personal relationship B. religious affiliation C. community membership D. set of criteria
 For the upcoming Barangay Day, the people of Brgy. Cadiz Vijeo were gathered by their barangay captain to plan
for the activities to be done on the day of the celebration. One of the proposed activities is the Amateur Singing
Contest to be participated by both young people and adults. When the prize was discussed, the barangay captain
suggested that the prize for the adult category must be larger than the prize for the youth category.

________9. The scenario illustrates a ______________________.

A. Bias B. Prejudice C. Discrimination D. Opinion
________10. What do you suggest to make the situation get rid of favors and biases?
A. Encourage the people not to vote the captain in the next election.
B. Cancel the contest and prize money.
C. Let the majority decide about the prize money allocation for both categories.
D. Convert the prize money into a new project in the barangay.

C. Directions: Tell whether the situation presented is a BIAS or a PREJUDICE. Write B if it states a bias and P if it states a
prejudice
_______ 11. A store manager did not hire a competent man just because of his tattooed arms and neck.
_______ 12. A black man found it hard to be liked by his fiancée’s white parents even if it is legally accepted to
interracially marry.
_______ 13. A judge who is related to a particular politician dismisses the case against his relative.
_______ 14. Your friend’s father talks ill about the government because he thinks the president is incompetent.
_______ 15. After the 9-11 bombing, Americans looked at Muslim people with hate and disgust.

TEST II
Directions: Brgy. Cadiz Viejo is famously known for its banana-shaped island resort. As a local, create an acrostic poem
featuring your pride towards the famous “LAKAWON”.

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