Sumulong College of Arts and Sciences

Antipolo, City

Final Examination
Survey of English and Grammar Literature

Direction: Choose the letter of best answer. 2pts each

1. In the excerpt, the theme conveyed by the lines "Who made him dead to rapture and
despair, / A thing that grieves not and that never hopes, / Stolid and stunned, a brother
to the ox?" best reflects which element of the painting?

a. the contrast between the dark foreground and light background

b. the realistic depiction of a rural landscape
c. the textures of the wooden hoe, tilled soil, and rustic clothing
d. the subject's expressionless facial features

2. What does Beowulf do when he meets Hrothgar?

a. He begs for assistance.
b. He boasts of his exploits.
c. He gives the king a sword.
d. He greets the king humbly.

3. Beowulf’s followers are unable to harm Grendel because

a. they are sleeping soundly.
b. they lack sufficient courage.
c. Grendel proves too powerful.
d. Grendel has put a spell on their weapons.

4. Beowulf defeats Grendel with his

a. shield.
b. sword.
c. powerful grip.
d. loyal followers.

5. In Beowulf, the visitors to the Danish meadhall are

a. Geats.
b. Scyldings.
c. English warriors.
d. relatives from the south.

6.Prior to Beowulf’s coming to their assistance against Grendel, Hrothgar’s people

a. fought among themselves.
b. thought about escaping by sea.
c. made sacrifices to the old stone gods.
d. made plans to construct another mead hall.
7. In Beowulf, Grendel dies after his
a. head is severed.
b. arm is torn from its socket.
c. armour yields to Wayland’s steel.
d. heart is pierced by Beowulf’s sword.

8. Beowulf’s personal reason for coming to Denmark is his

a. loyalty to Welthow.
b. desire for lasting fame.
c. friendship for Hrothgar.
d. obedience to his leader’s orders.
9. Referring to Grendel as "that shadow of death" is an example of a
a. boast.
b. simile.
c. caesura.
d. kenning.
10. Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” should be classified as
a. a pastoral.
b. an antipastoral.
c. a Petrarchan sonnet.
d. an anti-Petrarchan sonnet.

11. “And we will all the pleasures prove” (line 2)

This line from “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” contains
a. inversion; assonance
b. alliteration; trochaic meter
c. inversion; alliteration
d. assonance; pentameter

12. “Thy silver dishes for thy meat     

As precious as the gods do eat,     
Shall on an ivory table be     
Prepared each day for thee and me.”
This stanza from "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" is a
a. tercet
b. quatrain
c. cinquain
d. Sestet

13. “Come live with me and be my Love...     

Then live with me and be my Love.”
The first line and the last line of “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” demonstrate
the poetic device of
a. inversion.
b. repetition.
c. personification.
d. caesura.

14. “Time drives the flocks from field to fold,

When rivers rage, and rocks grow cold...”
These lines from Raleigh’s “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” contain both
a. paradox and allusion.
b. alliteration and simile.
c. simile and personification.
d. alliteration and personification.

15. Sir Walter Raleigh’s Nymph suggests that she might be the shepherd’s love if
a. youth could last.
b. birds could sing madrigals.
c. she were to receive beds of roses.
d. the shepherd were more passionate.
“If all the world and love were young,
And truth in every shepherd’s tongue,
These pretty pleasures might me move
To live with thee and be thy love.”

16. This first stanza of “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” is written in
a. terza rima.

b. blank verse.

c. heroic couplets.

d. iambic tetrameter.

17. The Nymph in “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” is

a. unrealistic.
b. extremely angry with the shepherd.
c. worldy.
d. easily convinced by the shepherd.

Directions: Choose the character that matches each description. Not all of the
characters will be used, and some may be used more than once.
___ 18. nephew to Lady Capulet a. Escalus
___ 19. servant to Juliet’s nurse b. Tybalt
___ 20. Prince of Verona c. Mercutio
___ 21. nephew to Montague d. Benvolio
___ 22. "Prince of Cats" e. Paris
___ 23. punster who duels with words f. Friar Laurence
___ 24. romantic go-between g. Peter
___ 25. handsome suitor h. John
___ 26. Romeo’s servant i. nurse
___ 27. "ghostly confessor" j. Balthasar

28. _____ To whom does the ghost speak?

a. Hamlet

b. Marcellus

c. Ophelia

d. Francisco

29. _____ How is Claudius related to Hamlet before marrying Gertrude?

a. He is Hamlet’s father

b. He is Gertrude’s brother, and Hamlet’s uncle

c. He is a close family friend, and of no relation

d. He is the brother of Hamlet’s father, and therefore Hamlet’s uncle

30. _____ What does Laertes tell Ophelia?

a. Not to fall in love with Hamlet

b. To become a nun

c. To obey her father

d. To uphold her domestic duties

31. _____ Who does the ghost ask for the second time he appears in the play?

a. Horatio b. Hamlet c. Marcellus d. Bernardo

32. _____ What does the ghost ask Hamlet to do?

a. Obey his mother

b. Bring Gertrude to him so that the couple may be reunited

c. Avenge his death by murdering Claudius

d. Forgive his uncle, Claudius

33. _____ Who does Claudius ask to keep an eye on Hamlet?

a. Ophelia

b. Horatio

c. Marcellus

d. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

34. _____ What reason does Polonius offer for Hamlet’s madness?

a. He is upset about the marriage of Claudius and Gertrude

b. He loves Ophelia

c. He is distraught over his father’s death

d. He’s a moody teenager

35. _____ Claudius is _________ when Hamlet decides he could kill him, but holds off.

a. Praying

b. Sleeping

c. Eating

d. Reading

36. _____ Who overhears the “To be or not to be” speech in Act III?

a. Horatio

b. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

c. Ophelia

d. Polonius and Claudius

37. _____ Who killed Hamlet’s father?

a. Fortinbras
b. Claudius

c. Polonius

d. Laertes

38. _____ Who kills Polonius?

a. Hamlet

b. Laertes

c. Claudius

d. Ophelia

39. _____ Where is Polonius when he is killed?

a. In the courtyard

b. At his own home

c. Hiding behind a curtain

d. Away at war

40. _____ Why does Claudius send Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England?

a. To bring back gifts for the queen

b. To spy on Hamlet

c. To order Hamlet’s death

d. To give them an education

Prepared by:

Mr. Reñer G. Aquino

College Instructor