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MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN LIT 6 – CONTEMPORARY, POPULAR, AND EMERGENT LITERATURE

Name: ____________________________________________ Date: __________________ Score: ________________

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICES

Directions: Circle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. Strictly no erasures.
1. Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has borne the
unthinkable and not gone mad, yet she is still held captive by memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where
so many hideous things happened.
The text describes which type of conflict?
a. man vs. society b. man vs. nature c. man vs. himself d. man vs. man
2. “Your name’s longer than you are. Bet it’s a foot longer.” The text belongs to which figurative language?
a. paradox b. simile c. metaphor d. irony
3. Leah decides that she wants to live in Africa for the rest of her life and that she also wishes she had a skin of an
African native, also did Orleanna who has had enough of Nathan and decides to be independent for once, and
strike out on her own.
Which type of character is described in the text?
a. flat character b. dynamic character c. round character d. stock character
4. “She smiled then and Denver’s heart stopped bouncing and sat down, relieved and easeful like a traveller who had
made it home.” This line is an example of which figure of speech?
a. metaphor b. oxymoron c. paradox d. simile
5. When and where a story takes place is the ____________ of a story.
a. characters b. setting c. point of view d. climax
6. “After twenty forevers, Dr. Rachel finally returned.” The line illustrates which figure of speech?
a. apostrophe b. hyperbole c. oxymoron d. paradox
7. Meanwhile Sethe’s house has long been troubled by the angry, destructive ghost of her baby, who died nameless
and whose tombstone is engraved with single word: Beloved.
What point of view was used in the text?
a. third person omniscient b. third person limited c. second person d. first person
8. “White people believed that whatever the manners, under every dark skin was a jungle.”
The text is an example of which kind of figurative language?
a. metaphor b. oxymoron c. simile d. hyperbole
9. As the train pulled into the station, we finally met eyes. We had been avoiding this moment, but it was here now.
Tears welled. Words choked. We hugged each other awkwardly before I grabbed my bags and jumped on the
train. A chapter had ended. Things would never be the same between us again.
What is the point of view used in this passage?
a. third person limited b. third person omniscient c. second person d. first person
10. It is the repetition of initial consonant sounds through a sequence of words. For example, nearly napping.
a. alliteration b. assonance c. consonance d. onomatopoeia
11. The resolution is where the story _____________.
a. tells how the problem was solved c. introduces characters and setting
b. has an event that starts the story d. shows when and where the story takes place
12. Which of these might be an example of a story’s theme?
a. Your friend is upset. c. A boy finds a lost treasure.
b. Staying true to yourself is important. d. You will win your soccer game.

13. The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, or lines in poetry is termed as ___________.
a. rhythm b. repetition c. meter d. rhyme
14. How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?
 a. Pronouns like I, my, and him are used. c. The author is addressing the reader.
b. The narrator is not in the story. d. Pronouns like I, my, and we are used.
15. The central idea of the story is ___________.
a. the time and place of the story c. the action of the story
b. what the story is mostly about d. the problem in the story
16. It is a type of writing written to encourage feeling and create a thoughtful response. This type of writing often
uses rhyme and rhythm to convey a message.
a. traditional literature b. poetry c. non-fiction d. fiction
17. Star Wars is an example of what genre?
a. romance b. historical fiction c. science fiction d. women’s fiction
18. The way poem looks is its __________.
a. stanza b. structure c. form d. verse
19. A work of fiction is _____.
a. typically a true story
b. created in the imagination of its author
c. a story featuring real people and events
d. a form of literature that is written in verse
20. The following are the characteristics of the Contemporary style EXCEPT:
a. Reality-based stories c. current, modern setting
b. Believable story lines d. writing is more plot-driven

For items 21 to 24, read the poem below and answer that questions that follow.
“He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.”
-Stop All the Clocks by W.H. Auden
21. What stanza is displayed in the poem?
a. couplet b. septet c. cinquain d. octave
22. What rhyming words can be seen in the poem?
a. West – rest b. song – wrong c. west – wrong d. both a and b
23. What rhyme scheme is applied in the poem?
a. ABCD b. ABAB c. AABB d. AAAA
24. What figure of speech is used in the poem?
a. simile b. apostrophe c. oxymoron d. metaphor*
25. What is situational irony?
a. When what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
b. When the audience knows something the character doesn’t.
c. When what happens is the opposite of what is expected.
d. All of the above.

TEST II. IDENTIFICATION

Directions:
___________________ 26. A person, animal, or object who has a part in the action of the story.
___________________ 27. It is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly and abruptly
resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence.
___________________ 28. This genre includes stories with magic, monsters, superpowers, or other things that do not
exist in reality.
___________________ 29. This refers to the basic beat in a line of a poem.
___________________ 30. It is the condition of a literary piece whereby all its elements successfully work together to
achieve its central purpose.
___________________ 31. This is a type of character that usually has only one or two predominant traits; they can be
summed up in a sentence or two.
___________________ 32. It is a story that has a second meaning beneath the surface, adding significance.
___________________ 33. In this genre, a writer’s objective is to deliver as story with sustained tension, surprise, and a
constant sense of impending doom that propels the reader forward.
___________________ 34. It is a literary device in which a line of poetry carries its idea or thought over to the next line
without a grammatical pause.
___________________ 35. This pertains to a pattern of rhyme in a poem.
___________________ 36. In a literary piece, this is something that means more than what it suggests on the surface.
___________________ 37. It pertains to the right assumed by the poets to alter or invert standard syntax or depart from
common diction/pronunciation to comply with the tonal requirements of their writing.
___________________ 38. It is a humorous rhyming poem written in five lines and having a particular meter.
___________________ 39. It is the way a writer uses words to craft a story or poem.
___________________ 40. It is a poem that does not follow a predictable form or rhyme scheme or metric pattern.

TEST III.
Directions: Identify the rhyme scheme of the sonnet below. (5 pts)
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ______
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height ______
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight ______
For the ends of being and ideal grace ______
I love thee to the level of everyday’s ______
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light ______
I love thee freely, as men strive for right ______
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. ______
I love thee with the passion put to use ______
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. ______
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose ______
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, ______
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and if God chose ______
I shall but love thee better after life. ______
-How Do I Love Thee (Sonnet 43) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

TEST IV. ENUMERATION

46 – 50 Cite at least five (5) types/genres of Fiction Stories
51 – 54 Cite at least four (4) types/genres of Nonfiction Stories
55 – 60 Elements of fiction

“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.”
– Benjamin Spock
Prepared by:
KRISTINE F. CANTILERO, MAT-English
Instructor I
ANSWERS KEY

1. C 8. A 15. B
2. C 9. D 16. B
3. B 10. A 17. C
4. D 11. A 18. B
5. B 12. B 19. B
6. B 13. A 20. D
7. B 14. D 21. A
22. D 29. Rhythm 36. Symbol
23. C 30. Artistic unity 37. Poetic license
24. D 31. Flat character 38. Limerick
25. C 32. Allegory 39. Style
26. Characters 33. Suspense/thriller 40. Free verse
27. Deus ex machine 34. Enjambment
28. Fantasy 35. Rhyme scheme

41-45 ABBAABBA CDCDCD

46 – 50
- Fairy tales - Dramas - Love stories
- Folklore - Adventure stories - Horror stories
- Mythology - Historical fiction - Ghost stories
- Legends - Fantasy - Bedtime stories
- Epics - Science fiction
51 – 54
- Historical events - Cultural history - Travel stories
- News and current events - Crime and justice - Survivor stories
- Biographies/ - Science - War stories
autobiographies - Love
- Memories and experiences - Family
56 – 60
- Character
- Setting
- Plot
- Theme
- POV
- Conflict