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Esp Exam Q1
Esp Exam Q1
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region l
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE URDANETA CITY
PALINA EAST NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Urdaneta City, Pangasinan
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I. Vocabulary: Encircle the letter of the word that does not belong.
II. Choose the correct subject- verb agreement and write the correct answer on your answer sheets.
III. COMPREHENSION:
The following are two English poems written by Anne Bradstreet and John Milton, respectively. Infer ideas and draw
conclusions based on the facts of the poems. Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.
ON HIS BLINDNESS
TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND John Milton
Anne Bradstreet
When I consider how my light is spent
If ever two were one, then surely we. Ere half my days in this dark world and wide,
If ever man were lo’vd by wife, then thee. And that one Talent which is death to hide,
If ever wife was happy in a man, Lodg’d with me useless, though my soul more bent
Compare with me, ye, if you can. To serve therewith my Maker, and present
I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold My true account, lest He returning chide,
Or all the riches that the East doth hold. “Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?”
My love is such that Rivers cannot quench, I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent
Nor ought but love from thee give recompense. That murmur, soon replies: “God doth not need
Thy love is such I can no way repay. Either man’s work or his own gifts: who best
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray. Bear his mind yoke, they serve him best. His state
Then while we live, in love let’s so persever Is kingly ; thousands at his bidding speed
That when we live no more, we may ever And post oér land and ocean without rest:
They also serve who only stand and wait.”
29. “That when we live no more, we may live ever.” This clinching line illustrates the speaker’s personal hope and
belief:
a. That they will love one another even after death. c. That they will rest in peace.
b. That they will love one another till death. d. That they will truly love one another.
30. Such clinching line breathes of this true spirit that Bradstreet embodies in her poems
a. religious spirit b. Puritan spirit c. daring spirit d. devoted spirit
31. John Milton represents the religious consciousness of the Puritans of England. His poem, “ His Blindness”
embodies this Puritan fervor. Consider this line” When I consider how my light is spent. Light means:
a. life b. happiness c. eyesight d. blindness
32. “And that one talent which is death to hide.” The talent referred to here is
a. acting b. writing ability c. singing d. orating
33. “When I consider how my light is spent. The phrase “is spent” refers to this:
a. eyesight gone b. old age c. money gone d. wasting away
34. When the speaker, who is the author himself learned that he was going blind, his reaction was expressed in this
line:
a. “When I consider how my light is spent” c. “They also serve who only stand and wait”
b. Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?” d. ”Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best’’
35. Two lines below illustrate the religious attitude that the speaker finally takes toward his ailment.
a. ”And post oér land and ocean without rest” c. “Who best bear his mild yoke, they serve him best”
b. “God doth not need either man’s work or his own gifts” d. “They also serve who only stand and wait”
36. He is the author of the play ”While the Auto Waits
a. O. Henry b. Mr. Parkenstacker c. Walter Wykes d. Mr. Porkenblogger
37. It is the most exciting and important part of a play
a. stage b. director c. climax d. character
38. It is a platform on which the actors perform.
a. stage b. director c. climax d. character
39. It explains the situation with which the story begins.
a. climax b. exposition c. resolution d. involution
40. It is a situation with which the story ends
a. climax b. exposition c. resolution d. conclusion