CREATIVE NONFICTION

QUARTER 1

Directions: Read and analyze the items below. Use a separate sheet for your answers. Write only the
letter of the best answer for each test item. Use CAPITAL LETTERS.

1. When Achilles thought that he is completely invincible, he manifested _____________.

A. Tragic figure C. Tragic hero
B. Tragic flaw D. Tragic weakness
2. In Elie Wiesel’s Night, the setting from the lines below is _____________.
“And then, one day all foreign Jews were expelled from Sighet. And Moishe the Beadle was a
foreigner. Crammed into cattle cars by the Hungarian police, they cried silently. Standing on the
station platform, we too were crying. The train disappeared over the horizon; all that was left was
thick, dirty smoke. Behind me, someone said, sighing, ‘What do you expect? That’s war .”
A .1940s, Hungary C. 1950s, Hungary
B. 1940s, station platform at Sighet D. 1950s, station platform at Sighet
3. Hamlet wants to kill his father’s murderer, Claudius, but he also looks for proof to justify his action.
This is a _____________ conflict.
A. Man vs. Man C. Man vs. Self
B. Man vs. Nature D. Man vs. Society
4. Faustus thinks honestly about repenting, acting upon the advice of ‘the good angel,’ but ‘the bad
angel’ distracts him by saying it is all too late. This is a _____________ conflict.
A. Man vs. Man C. Man vs. Self
B. Man vs. Nature D. Man vs. Society
5. In Arguilla’s How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife, the lines below exemplify
_____________.
“The sky was wide and deep and very blue above us; but at the saw-tooth rim of the Katayagan Hills
to the southwest flamed huge masses of clouds. Before us, the fields swam in a golden haze through
which floated big purple and red and yellow bubbles when I looked at the sinking sun .”
A. Anthropomorphism C. Metaphor
B. Imagery D. Personification
6. When the mother said “Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair ,” in Langston
Hughes’ Mother to Son, she used _____________.
A. Allusion C. Metaphor
B. Hyperbole D. Symbolism
7. The underlined phrase in the sentence “ I would take your part in the play tonight at the drop of a
hat!” means _____________.
A. Behaving inappropriately C. Something is easy or nice
B. Doing it immediately D. Very eager for something
8. The sentence “Death lays his icy hands on kings.” Employs _____________.
A. Imagery C. Personification
B. Metaphor D. Symbolism
9. The sentence “She accepted it as the kind cruelty of the surgeon’s knife .” exemplifies
_____________.
A. Hyperbole C. Oxymoron
B. Irony D. Paradox
10. The sentence “It was a cold stormy night that would introduce her to eternal darkness, forever
changing the course of her life.” applies_____________.
A. Euphemism C. Flashback
B. Exposition D. Foreshadowing
11. In a Creative Nonfiction, what do you call the framework of a particular story?
A. Blueprint C. Sequence
B. Plot D. Timeline
12. “Maria is very anxious about her current situation. She doesn’t know what to do.” Granting that
this is told by a narrator, what point of view (POV) is being applied?
A. 1st Person POV C. 3rd Person POV
B. 2nd Person POV D. 4th Person POV
13. What is the most appropriate question that should be asked in order to analyze the characters
and their characterizations in the story?
A. What are the names of the characters?
B. What are the dialogues that they uttered?
C. How many characters are there in the story?
D. How did the characters exemplify their roles in the story?
14. Which of the following guidelines should be taken into consideration when you need to analyze
the Point of View used in the story.
A. The important dialogues should be considered.
B. The characters’ speech should be analyzed based on their attitude.
C. The narrator of the story and the pronouns he/she uses should be considered.
D. The author of the story should point out the over-all meaning of the story.
15. What level of thinking is best applied when you ask this question: “How did the conflict affect the
succeeding events in the story?”?
A. Literal Level C. Lower Order Thinking Skills
B. Interpretive Level D. Higher Order Thinking Skills
16. “God’s faithfulness is evident” is an example of _________.
A. Mood C. Theme
B. Moral D. Tone
17. Granting that you are reading a CNF story and you came across with this sentence: “I can hear
the loud and endless cries of our people because of this pandemic.” What kind of figurative language
is exemplified?
A. Apostrophe C. Onomatopoeia
B. Hyperbole D. Personification
18. How do you analyze the symbolisms present in a CNF story?
A. Look at the object in a literal level.
B. Try to compare the object with another object of its kind.
 C. Look for the deeper meaning of the object and connect it with how it is valued or given
importance in the story.
D. Figure out what’s in the object which cannot be found in another object for you to unveil its
symbolism in the story.
19. How do you analyze the different figurative languages in the story?
A. Interpret them in its surface level.
B. Read them as if you are reading them normally.
C. Read them in their deeper sense and see their relationship with the story.
D. List the different figurative languages that you can see and identify what kind they are.
20. What are the most essential skills in analyzing the elements in a CNF story?
A. The ability to read the text.
B. The ability to read and understand the texts.
C. The ability to read, understand and analyze the texts.
D. The ability to read, understand, and analyze both the texts and the elements of the story.
21. Writing is a process that uses symbols to ______________________.
A. Communicate thoughts and ideas to give confusion
B. Communicate thoughts and ideas to damage one’s morale
C. Communicate thoughts and ideas in a readable form
D. Communicate thoughts and ideas in a confusing form
22. Writing is known to be ___________________________.
A. Simple C. Complex
B. Compound D. Compound – Complex
23. What is being utilized for the expression of one’s creativity?
A. Beauty and Creativity C. Beauty and Flexibility
B. Beauty and Dynamism D. Beauty and Intelligence
24. What is provided to readers when ideas are permanently marked through writing?
A. Amusement in reading
B. Amusement and enjoyment in reading
C. Understanding of facts and valid pieces of information
D. Both A and B
25. What writing stage where there is the elucidation of details and ideas?
A. Pre – Writing C. Post Writing
B. During the Writing / Drafting Stage D. Revision
26. This element makes creative nonfiction literally.
A. theme and content C. language and style
B. form and structure D. coherence and unity
27. It is an ongoing process of rethinking the paper, reconsidering your arguments, reviewing your
evidence, refining your purpose and reorganizing your presentation.
A. drafting C. planning
B. editing D. revising
28. It is called as a story within a story.
A. flashback C. parallel structure
B. frame story D. histories
29. This refers to big-picture edits in which making sure the conventions of creative nonfiction make
sense and organized.
A. macro revision C. micro revision
B. proof-reading D. post-writing
30. This type of revision is also known as line-edit in which spelling, grammar and punctuations in a
work are revised or edited.
A. macro revision C. micro revision
B. proof-reading D. post-writing