Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
Division of Bulacan
JOHN J. RUSSELL MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
Sibul Springs, San Miguel, Bulacan

FOURTH SUMMATIVE TEST FOR 2ND QUARTER IN 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE
PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

IDENTIFICATION. Determine the following statements what period it happened during Anglo-
American literature. Choose your answer from the descriptions below.

A. Old English B. Middle English

C. English Renaissance D. Neoclassical Period
_________1. There were few surviving texts with little in common.
_________2. Works frequently religiously didactic content.
_________3. Primarily texts for public performance and some books of poetry.
_________4. developed in France (Moliere, Rousseau, Voltaire)
_________5. language closer to modern German than modern English
_________6. Written for performance at court or for festivals
_________7. Marks the transition from the medieval to the modern world
_________8. Emphasized classical ideals of rationality and control.
_________9. Writing should be well structured, emotion should be controlled and emphasize quality like wit
_________10. Reason is emphasized as the highest faculty.

Read the following characteristics of different poets and writers in Anglo- American literature. Choose
only the letter of the correct answer referring to the poet or writer.

11. A revolutionary poet, political both in his life and his art such as paradise lost.
a. John Milton b. John Bunyan c. John Dryden
12. Leading figure of metaphysical school of poetry.
a. John Donne b. Christopher Marlowe c. William Shakespeare
13. The most gifted of the university wits.
a. Christopher Marlowe b. Francis Bacon c. Ben Jonson
14. His name means “shoemaker” and father of English literature.
a. Geoffrey Chaucer b. King Alfred c. John Milton
15. An English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist, and author.
a. Francis Bacon c. John Milton c. Ben Jonson
16. Is widely considered the greatest English poet of the middle ages.
a. Geoffrey Chaucer b. Daniel Defoe c. Francis Bacon
17. He wrote his famous novel entitled the “Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.”
a. Daniel Defoe b. John Milton c. John Milton
18. Was one of the most widely read American poets of the 19th century.
a. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow b. John Dryden c. Francis Bacon
19. American writer known as a poet and critic and master of short story.
a. Edgar Allan Poe b. Daniel Defoe c. John Milton
20. Practitioner of scientific method during the scientific revolution.
a. Francis Bacon b. Ben Jonson c. John Dryden

21-25. Enumerate 5 periods in Anglo- American literature and write one characteristic for each period.

Prepared by: Checked and Reviewed by:

JAYMARIE SP. CASTILLO ROBERTO L. TIBUS

Teacher II Master Teacher I, Filipino

Noted and Approved by:

IMELDA M. PRINCIPE
OIC, HT III, Mathematics