3rd Quarter Major Exam

in English 10

Test I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Read each item carefully. Write the CAPITAL letter that corresponds to the
correct answer.
1. This is the purpose of the story “Our Lady’s Juggler.”
a. To convey to the readers that the poor and the simple of heart are closer to God,
and that their faith is stronger.
b. To show the state of pervasive poverty during the reign of King Louis
c. To show the negligence of the state over the plight of the poor
d. To illustrate the difficult life of a jester

2. Through this the author in “our Lady’s Juggler” was able to establish his purpose.
a. by showing that God accepts and rewards the poor
b. by making the Virgin descend from the altar, and with her blue mantle, wipe the
sweat from the juggler’s forehead
c. by making Barnabas wander from city to city perform tricks
d. by showing the difficulties Barnabas had to go through to earn his living

3. One day, Barnabas had a conversation with a monk wherein he remarked that
he’s estate could be compared with that of the monk. The underlined word in the
sentence means:
a. talent b. landholding c. riches d. work

4. This is the purpose of the Lottery Ticket.

a. To show the extravagance in people’s imagination
b. To show the people’s predisposition to buying lottery tickets
c. To show people’s faith in games and chances
d. To illustrate how material riches can whet one’s appetite and desire for
worldly materialism, decadence, and depraved living.

5. This is the reason why the husband and wife in the story “The Lottery Ticket”
deliberately refrained from checking the complete series of their ticket.
a. They wanted to torment and tantalize themselves with hopes of possible
fortune.
b. They were positive that they got the winning series; thus they started to
dream.
c. They did not believe in the game of chance.
d. They knew that chances of winning were farfetched, so they simply allowed
themselves to dream.

6. These are the reasons the wife, on the other hand, felt hatred for her husband.
a. The wife knew her husband too well so she knew that she was not included in
his dreams.
b. The wife’s hopes were dampened by the image of her husband’s poor
relatives knocking at their door.
c. The wife knew that her husband was already plotting a scheme so he could
get the bigger share of the prize money.
d. The wife did not like her husband to count the chicks before the eggs were
hatched.
7. This is the reason the father of Rosa and Pinin was forced to sell La Cordera.
a. Life was hard for the family, such that they could not even pay their rent.
b. The cow was bullheaded.
c. The cow was not deemed as an asset to the family but a liability.
 d. The cow was more of a burden than of use.
8. When the children lost La Cordera, they realized that the world was rapacious.
What does rapacious mean?
a. unkind b. cruel c. materialistic d. covetous
9. The story “Adios, Cordera!” illustrates the rapaciousness of the world. Choose
the details that illustrate this?
a. The children would secretly let loose the young calf, which was wild with
delight and stumbling over everything in its path.
b. He saw in La Cordera his only available asset and realized that she must be
sold in spite of the fact that she was considered one of the family.
c. The man who bought La Cordera was excited about the wine and the weight
of the money in his pocket, while Anton continued to extol her domestic
qualities… the other only smile as he realized what destiny awaited her.
d. Pinin and Rosa gazed with hatred upon the railway and the telegraph that
contained the closely-packed cattle to be slaughtered.
10. “I turn him loose, and he goes to the meadow, and, with his nose, he gently
caresses the little flowers of rose and blue and gold… I call him softly, ‘Platero?’
and he comes to me in a gay little trot that is like laughter of a vague, idyllic
tinkling sound.”
Choose below which qualities of Platero is the narrator referring to:
a. Platero possesses childlike glee, innocence, and curiosity.
b. Platero possesses excitable characteristic.
c. Platero possesses nasty characteristic.
d. Platero possesses childlike exuberance.
11. It is a speech given at a memorial service to pay tribute to the deceased.
a. Memorial speech b. Eulogy c. Elegy d. Dialogue
12. It is a great way to liven up a story because it enables the writer to “show” rather
than just “tell”.
a. Memorial speech b. Eulogy c. Elegy d. Dialogue
13. This approach takes a fundamental tenet that “literature” exists not as an artifact
upon a printed page but as a transaction between the physical text and the mind
of the reader.
a. Historical criticism c. Sociological criticism
b. Reader-response criticism d. Formalist criticism
14. It is the comparison, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of works of
literature.
a. Literary Criticism c. Literary Works
b. Literary Devices d. Literary Pieces
15. What do structuralist and formalist critics have in common?
a. Both sets of critics reject the importance of historical context in studying
literature.
b. Both sets of critics study the underlying forms of texts.
c. Both sets of critics study the underlying forms of texts.
d. All of the above answers are correct.
16. Ultimately, the literary theory of deconstruction argues that:
a. The meaning of a text always relies on context.
b. Texts are always heterogeneous.
c. Any system for the production of meaning is inevitably bound by context, yet
also limitless.
d. All of the above answers are correct.
17. Reader-response theory is focused on considering which of the following?
a. How readers learn to read
b. How readers imagine visual images in a text
c. How readers participate in creating the meaning of a text
d. How readers regard critics
18. The words ‘tree’ or ‘dog’, for instance, conjure up different mental images for
different people—and because literature is made up of words, literature
possesses no fixed, single meaning.
 What approach of literary criticism is referred to in the aforementioned
statement?
a. Reader-response Criticism c. Sociological Criticism
b. Deconstructionist Criticism d. Historical Criticism
19. Analyze the following questions and answer what literary criticism approach
does it refer to.
“How does the text make you feel?”
“What memories or experiences come to mind when you read?”

a. Reader-response Criticism c. Sociological Criticism

b. Deconstructionist Criticism d. Historical Criticism
20. Analyze the following questions and answer what literary criticism approach
does it refer to.
“How does the story re-inscribe or contradict traditional gender roles?”
“Are the men prone to action, decisiveness, and leadership while the female
characters are passive, subordinate?”
a. Sociological Criticism c. Gender Criticism
b. Marxist Criticism d. Psychoanalytic Criticism

Directions: Select the correct word based on other words and their relationships or
analogies. Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank.
21. evening is to morning as dinner is to ________
a.) breakfast c.) soup
b.) coffee d.) time
22. left is to right as horizontal is to ________.
a.) below c.) down
b.) middle d.) vertical
23. all is to many as few is to ________.
a.) some c.) none
b.) never d.) always
24. hip is to ankle as shoulder is to _______.
a.) knee c.) wrist
b.) bone d.) joint
25. butcher is to knife as hairdresser is to ________.
a.) scissors c.) curls
b.) hair d.) blond
26. warm is to hot as old is to ________.
a.) oldest c.) years
b.) history d.) antique
27. earth is to ball as pancake is to ________.
a.) flat c.) soccer
b.) flag d.) disc
28. bow is to arrow as ________ is to bullet.
a.) defend c.) shoot
b.) lead d.) gun
29. bridge is to river as __?__ is to __?__.
a.) mountain : rails
b.) subway : underground
c.) tunnel : mountain
d.) water : rock
30. prose is to poetry as conversation is to _______
a.) song c.) language
b.) poem d.) listening
31. What is ‘sensory language’?
a. language that is not very descriptive
b. language that connects to the five senses to create an image or description
c. language that has been censored
d. language that us unfamiliar to the reader
32. Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of SMELL?
a. aromatic, fresh, scented c. fluorescent, translucent, transparent
b. hot, cold, flowery d. syncopated, rhythmic, shrill
33. Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of sight?
a. smokey, pungent, flowery c. rocky, hairy, drenched
b. ticking, hissing, cracking d. thick, tender, smooth
34. Lando couldn’t believe it. The beast couldn’t be from this world. It was at least 10
feet tall and moving with more speed than any two-legged animal that Lando knew of.
What sense did the writer describe?
a. touch b. sight c. smell d. sound
35. My teeth chattered as the temperature dropped.
a. hear and touch b. taste c. see and smell d. hear
36. A writer describes the smell of a forest fire. Which of the following would be a good
sensory detail to include?
a. the fear that she has about the fire spreading
b. the number of times she’s been to the forest
c. the strong and smoky smell reminds her of toasting marshmallows
d. the number of forests that there are in town
37. National service can teach the values of hard work, self-sacrifice, and learning to
live with different people. It can put youth back to work. It can teach them job skills and
instill the values of discipline, responsibility, and civic obligation. It can also provide
long-term investment in the education and skills of our citizens. National service can
also bring us together as a nation. We need to move back to a central core of beliefs.
What is the author promoting?
a. Starting a national service program
b. Living with different people
 c. Making long-term investment
d. Writing a central core of beliefs
38. National service can teach the values of hard work, self-sacrifice, and learning to
live with different people. It can put youth back to work. It can teach them job skills and
instill the values of discipline, responsibility, and civic obligation. It can also provide
long-term investment in the education and skills of our citizens. National service can
also bring us together as a nation. We need to move back to a central core of beliefs.
When the author writes, ‘it can also provide long-term investment in the education and
life skills of our citizens,” she is trying to convince the reader that---
a. Education is more important than national service.
b. The benefits of national service can last a lifetime.
c. Education is important to the citizens of this country.
d. National service is a long-term program.
39. People are concerned that irradiated food will lead to an increase in cancer. But
what about the benefits of reduced toxins, food decontamination, and a longer shelf life?
Have x-rays cause people to become radioactive? Irradiation eliminates poisonous
toxins and microorganisms. Scientists have found more of a chemical reaction in frozen
and canned food than in food that has been irradiated. 67% of consumers would be
willing to pay more for chicken that has significantly fewer toxins, according to a recent
survey.
What is the author’s purpose in writing this selection?
a. To convince people that x-rays are safe
b. To convince people supermarkets raise their prices
c. To convince people that x-rays are unsafe
d. To convince people that irradiated food is safe
40. People are concerned that irradiated food will lead to an increase in cancer. But
what about the benefits of reduced toxins, food decontamination, and a longer shelf life?
Have x-rays cause people to become radioactive? Irradiation eliminates poisonous
toxins and microorganisms. Scientists have found more of a chemical reaction in frozen
and canned food than in food that has been irradiated. 67% of consumers would be
willing to pay more for chicken that has significantly fewer toxins, according to a recent
survey.
With which statement would this author most likely agree?
a. X-rays cause people to become radioactive.
b. Frozen foods are safer than irradiated foods.
c. People are foolish to worry about cancer.
d. Irradiation reduces the risks of contamination

Test II. Composition/Essay

41. Write a Dialogue about two best friends buying a lottery ticket. It’s up to you on how
you start and end the dialogue. Be creative in coming up with your own storyline.
(10pts.)