Republic of the Philippines

Eastern Visayas State Univerity – Ormoc City Campus

Barangay Don Felipe Larrazabal
Ormoc City, Leyte

Midterm Examination in Lit 002 (Contemporary Literature

2nd Semester/March 11, 2020
Test 1. Multiple Choice. Write the letter only in your examination paper.
Five (5) points each. No erasures.
1. Literature is derived from the Latin word ________.
a. litere c. litero
b. litera d. litere
Answer: B
2. Contemporary Literature offers a ______ approach to literature.
a. Global c. local
b. National d. regional
Answer: A
3. Contemporary Literature explores the literature of the ________.
a. Twentieth century to the present
b. Ninetieth century to the present
c. Ninetieth century to twentieth century
d. All of the above
Answer: D.
4. It is an element in a short story reveals where the story happened.
a. Conflict c. Characters
b. Point of view d. Settings
Answer: D

5. They are the performers of a story.

a. Characters c. Plot
 b. Theme d. Conflict
Answer: A
6. It refers to the storyline in novel, play, film. It is traditionally a scheme
for connected events.
a. Setting c. Conflict
b. Plot d. Point of view
Answer: B
7. It refers to the central idea of any piece of literary work.
a. Setting c. Characters
b. Conflict d. Theme
Answer: D
8. It is a device used by writer in presenting his idea.
a. Theme c. Point of view
b. Conflict d. Plot
Answer: C
9. It refers to the collision between one character and another.
a. Character c. setting
b. Conflict d. plot
Answer:

Test II. Write a composition written in English (introduction, 2 bodies and

conclusion) with the theme “PusosaPuso”. Come up with your own title. 20
points.
Separated Family
Separation hurts and destroyed many families. It can cause
a lot of negativity. Children often do not know how to deal with the
fact that their family is no longer whole, and it will lead to
depression. Many experienced emotional damaged by seeing the
two most important people in their lives fight constantly.
 Ten years old can be consider as a very critical age in
human’s life. I am in grade five when my parents’ separate lives.
Well literally my mother did. She left us and be with another guy. I
have many memories of the bad times my parents argued. The
worst memory I can recall is when my father saying “you need to
look after your baby sister because I need to work to have some
money. Your mother left us and will never come”. Our youngest
sister that time is just eight months old.

At school, my peers had both parents in a relationship still

and it hurts a lot seeing them complete while me and my siblings
are suffering from broken family. I could blame the separation of
my parents on myself by telling myself that if I was better kid or I
would have asked them for less, they might still be together.

Time flies faster and now I already accept the reality that not
all marriage ends happily ever after. We just need to continue
fighting and turns negativity into positive one.