QUIZ IN LITERATURE 1

Name:_________________________ Course: _______________Date:___________ Score:___________

I. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write only the letter of your answer on
the space before the number.

_______1. The following are reasons for reading literature except for_____.
a. Pleasure b. relaxation c. discovery d. acquiring knowledge
_______2. It is characterized by beauty of expression and form and by the universality of intellectual
and emotional appeal.
a. Literature b. story c. poem d. prose
_______3. It deals with the analysis of the theme.
a. Analytic b. thematic c. historical d. universal
_______4. It is a quality of literature which appeals to our sense of beauty.
a. Style b. artistry c. universality d. intellectual value
_______5. It is a discourse which uses sentences usually forming paragraph to express ideas, feeling and
actions.
a. Poetry b. literature c. prose d. novel
_______6. It is a quality of literature associated with the emotional power of literature.
a. Suggestiveness b. style c. artistry d. permanence
_______7. It is a rhythmic imaginative language expressing the invention, thought, imagination, passion
and insight of the human soul.
a. Prose b. poetry c. literature d. fiction
_______8. It is an epic from Ancient England.
a. El Cid b. The Song of Roland c. Beowulf d. Iliad
_______9. It is a drama that has a tragic ending just like the death of the main character.
a. Monologue b. comedy c. masque d. tragedy
_______10. It is a short simple narrative poem composed to be sung.
a. Song b. ballad c. ode d. sonnet

II. Match the epic to the country or place it came from. Write only the letter on the space before the
number.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
_______11. Greece A. Mahabarata and Ramayana
_______12. Germany B. Hudhud and Alim
_______13. Ifugao C. Niebelungenlied
_______14. India D. Ibalon
_______15. Spain E. Iliad and Odyssey
_______16. France F. Beowulf
_______17. Mindanao G. El Cid
_______18. Panay H. Hinilawod
_______19. Bicol I. The Darangans of Mindanao
_______20. England J. The Song of Roland
III. Choose the letter of the answer; write A- meaning of literature, B- viewpoints in literature, C-aims
of literature or D-literary standards. Write only the letter on the space before the number.

_______21. We can get the meaning of a piece of literature by having lived it because literature is a
product of and about life.
_______22. Literature is the total of preserved writings belonging to a given language or people.
_______23. Life illumines literature just as literature illumines life.
_______24. It is the peculiar way in which a writer writes, sees life forms his ideas and expresses them.
_______25. Great literature is timeless and timely.
_______26. Literature elevates the spirit by bringing out moral values which make us better persons.
_______27. Literature is an eternally burning flame, exuding light that renders significance to
civilization.
_______28. Literature refers to the practice and profession of writing. It comes from human interest in
telling a story.
_______29. Literary forms exist because writer have fashioned them to serve their needs.
_______30. We study literature so that we can better appreciate our literary heritage.

IV. Choose the letter that does not belong to the group then write the generalization of the remaining
three that you did not choose. Write the letter on the space before the number; write the
generalization on the space below. (2 pts. Each)

_______1. A. artistry B. style C. universality D. historical

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_______2. A. simple lyric B. sonnet c. ballad D. song

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_______3. A. ballad B. metrical romance C. epic D. ode

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_______4. A. tragedy B. comedy C. sonnet d. Masque

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_______5. A. lyric B. epic C. narrative d. dramatic

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