Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II
Division of Quirino
BURGOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
(Integrated Junior & Senior)
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH 9
Direction: Read comprehensively and choose the best answer. Write your answer on your
answer sheet.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5”
ELEMENTS OF POETRY/FEATURES OF A POEM
1. A type of literature that expresses ideas, feeling, or tells a story in a specific form.
A. Poetry C. Short story
B. Essay D. Novel
2. The text “The Seven Ages of Man” is an example of ________________.
A. Poetry C. Short story
B. Essay D. Novel
3. A group of words together in one line of a poem
A. Rhythm C. Stanza
B. Line D. Sentence
4. A series of lines that are grouped together to form a structure of a poem
A. Rhythm C. Stanza
B. Line D. Rhyme
5. The beat created by the sounds of the words in the poem
A. Rhythm C. Stanza
B. Line D. Rhyme
6. The repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, or words having the same
sounds
A. Alliteration C. Rhyme
B. Assonance D. Consonance
7. The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words usually at the beginning of
words.
A. Alliteration C. Rhyme
B. Assonance D. Consonance
8. The repetition of similar internal vowel sounds in a line of a poem
A. Alliteration C. Rhyme
B. Assonance D. Consonance
9. The narrators or writer’s attitude towards whatever the poem is focused on.
A. Tone C. Rhythm
B. Mood D. Theme
10. The concrete representation of a sense impression, feeling, or idea the triggers our imaginative re-
enactment of a sensory experience. It used to represent a certain action, object, and idea in a way that
would appeal to the five senses
A. Rhythm C. Symbolism
B. Theme D. Imagery
ANALYZE THE GIVEN LINES OF POEM FROM “THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN” AND IDENTIFY THE
ELEMENTS USED.
11. “with spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose well saved, a world too wide”
A. Near rhyme
B. Internal rhyme
C. End rhyme
D. Blank verse
12. “and all the men and women merely players;
A. Near rhyme
B. Internal rhyme
C. End rhyme
D. Blank verse
13. “and shining morning face, creeping like a snail”
A. rhyme
B. alliteration
C. imagery
D. onomatopoeia
14. “all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players;”
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole
15. “And then the whining school boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like a snail”
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole
16. “Sans teeth,sans eyes,sans taste,sans everything.”
A. Rhyme
B. Imagery
C. Repetition
D. Figures of speech
17. “And then the whining school boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like a snail”
A. Alliteration
B. Consonance
C. Assonance
D. Onomatopoeia
18. “with spectacles on nose and pouch on side”
A. Alliteration
B. Consonance
C. Assonance
D. OnomatopoeiaThe Seven Ages of Man
19. What are the seven ages or stages of man’s life according to the poem?
A. The infant, the schoolboy, the teenager, the lover, the soldier, the justice, and the old-age
B. The infant, the schoolboy, the teenager, the married man ,the soldier ,the justice, and the old-age
C. The infant, the schoolboy, the lover, the married man, the justice and the old-age
D. The infant, the schoolboy, the lover, the soldier, the justice, the lean and slippered pantaloons and
the old-age where he entered the second childhood
20. What stage is the adulthood where a man tries to live a fair and justified life?
A. The lover
B. The soldier
C. The justice
D. The lean and slippered pantaloons
21. The stage where life is full of obligations, commitments, compliances, oaths and vows.
A. The lover
B. The soldier
C. The justice
D. The lean and slippered pantaloons
22. Why does the school boy creeps like a snail?
A. The school boy does not want to go to school.
B. The school boy thinks that by creeping like a snail, he will not reach the school.
C. The school boy thinks that by creeping like a snail, he will reach the school immediately.
D. The school boy thinks that by creeping like a snail, he will reach the school quickly.
23. According to the speaker or “persona” in the poem,
what physical and mental changes take place as a
man reaches the sixth and seventh ages?
I. He has stronger teeth, bright eyes and senses.
II. He is thin and weak old man and his strength begins to weaken and spends more time within
the roof of his house.
III. He shanks begins to shrink with time; the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee
and the ankle; leg.
IV. Even his voice begins to descend to a lower tone. In his free time, he smokes his pipe and
whistles his matured melodies.
V. It is the beginning of the end of his eventful history. It is also the stage of oblivion; the state of
being completely forgotten or unknown
A. I,II,III,IV
B. II,III,IV,V
C. I,III,IV,V
D. I,II,IV,V
24. In the poem “The Seven Ages of Man”, what is
compared to the “Stage” in the first two lines?
A. Actors
B. Actresses
C. World
D. People
25. What is the theme of “The Seven Ages of Man” by William Shakespeare?
A. The theme is about growing up and growing old and that as we grow old, we play different roles
depending on our age and task assigned to us.
B. The theme is about life which is full of difficulties and challenges and overcoming them.
C. The theme is about playing our roles effectively and overcoming all the challenges in life.
D. The theme is about men and women playing their parts effectively in every stage of life.
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
26. At first the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
A. Playing and cuddling C. Laughing and playing
B. Crying and vomiting D. Crying and biting
27. Then, the whining schoolboy with his satchel
A. running and shoulder bag C. laughing and bag
B. complaining and a school bag D. walking and pouch
28. Then the true lover, sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad.
A. Sorrowful C. cheerful
B. Happy D. painful
29. Then a soldier, full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard
A. promise and cat C. oatmeal and leopard
B. commitment and dog D. solemn promises and leopard
30. Last scene of all is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything
A. forgetfulness and without C. forgetfulness and having something
B. consciousness and having something D. being old and have nothing
31-35. ON USING CAPITALIZATION. Rewrite the following sentences with the correct capitalization.
31. i WenT to manila last October 2021.
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32. terry and louis went to central Park is neAr the mAniLA bay.
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33. we will Go To caGayan vaLLey This coming christMAS holidays.
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34. my toyota Vios is my second car next to montero.
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35. on Sunday, I will see the movie “kill me, heal me” and eat at mang inasal.
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36-40. PUNCTUATION MARKS. Fill in the blanks with the correct punctuation marks.
Put correct punctuation marks at the end of the sentence.
36. She is good___ for ___ nothing girl.
37. Ouch___why did you step on my foot ____
38. Oil ___ steel____ and wheat ___these are the sinews of Industrialization
39. To feed ___ clothe ____ and find shelter for the
Africans ___ these are real achievements
40. Sarah doesn__t like her new apartment
“The HARDER the STRUGGLE, the GLORIOUS the TRIUMPH.”
Prepared by:
LIBY JOY P. NAGNAP
Subject Teacher
Checked by:
ZOSIMA A. CANILAO
Principal IV
