CONCEPCION CASTRO GARCIA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

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SUMMATIVE TEST IN ENGLISH 9

Name:___________________________Grade & Sec:____________________Date:____________Score:

MUTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Read each question carefully and then circle the letter of the best answer.

1. What mood is suggested by the last two lines of William Ernest Henley’s poem, Invictus:
“I am the master of my ship, I am the Captain of my soul”?
a. Persistent b. sad c. vindictive d. funny

2. Prose is written in sentences which are arranged in paragraphs while poetry is written in lines grouped
in _____________.
a. Composition b. clause c. stanza d. phrase

3. “I should have forgotten you not for the wind who whispered your name to me” What figure of speech is
used in the sentence?
a. Metaphor b. alliteration c. personification d. irony

4. What literary devices are used in the poem, “O Captain, My Captain,” by Walt Whitman?
“But O heart! Heart! Heart!, O the bleeding drops of red
Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead”
a. Simile and metaphor c. hyperbole and assonance
b. Apostrophe and alliteration d. apostrophe and metaphor

5. “O Captain, My Captain” is an example of a/an _________________?

a. epic b. sonnet c. elegy d. ode

6. The song, “Auld Lang Syne” is intentionally played during ____________?

a. Funeral service b. birthdays c. Christmas party d. New Year’s Eve

7. Auld Lang Syne is a title of a poem written by Robert Burns in 1788. What does the phrase literally
mean?
a. Happy New Year c. Old long since
b. For the good times d. Till we meet again

8. Our national heroes, soldiers, poets, artists, educators, and leaders are great people in the society.
During this time of pandemic, who could be your new heroes? Identify at least three sectors of people
in your society whom you consider great and heroic.
a.__________________________ b._________________________ c.___________________________

9. Which of the following sentences uses an adverb?

a. The doctor is very jolly and lovely.
b. The show will be held tomorrow at the quadrangle.
c. The policeman warned the people politely.
d. Both b and c

10. The following sentences contain different types of adverb. Which one does not?
a. Today, the Bayanihan spirit thrives among the people.
b. The modern-day heroes are the front liners who serve ceaselessly amid the dangers of
COVID-19.
c. Doctors and nurses work under great pressure in the hospital.
d. The president praised all the front liners.

11. Which of the given sentences below contain an adverb of manner?

a. Today, the Bayanihan spirit thrives among people.
b. The modern-day heroes are the front liners who serve ceaselessly amid the dangers of
COVID-19.
c. Doctors and nurses work under great pressure in the hospital.
d. The president praised all the front liners.
12. Which of the following statements is true about adverb?
a. It is a part of speech that modifies noun and pronoun.
b. It is a part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
c. It is a part of speech that tells when, where, and how a thing is done.
d. Both b and c

13. Which sentence correctly shows an adverb of manner?

a. She talks spontaneously and fluently.
b. Ana delivered a short message in front of the children.
c. Ben strolled at the park.
d. They arrived one hour late at the venue.

14. What sentence correctly shows an adverb of time?

a. Alex waited for me for almost three hours.
b. He immediately consulted his doctor about the symptoms that he felt.
c. “Meet me at the lobby”, said the nurse.
d. The soldier instructed him to show his quarantine pass.

15. The police officer handed back my pass carefully and cheerfully. What type of adverb are the
underlined words?
a. Adverb of manner c. Adverb of place
b. Adverb of time d. None of the above

16. Is basically a literary piece presented in the pattern of natural, straightforward, and ordinary language
written in sentences that are arranged in paragraphs.
a. Poetry b. Prose c. Fiction d. Ode

17. Is a special kind of artistic writing. It is a way of blending art with language. Repetition and rhythm
are often used as building blocks.
a. Poetry b. Prose c. Fiction d. Ode

18. A group of lines that form the basic metrical unit in a poem or verse. It may be classified into different
types, such as couplet-two lines that rhyme, tercet-three lines that may or may not rhyme and so on.
a. Rhyme b. Stanza c. Meter d. Tone

19. The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the end of each line. It is achieved when two or more
words have the same sound when spoken or read, though these words may not have the same
spelling.
a. Stanza b. Rhyme c. Meter d. Tone

20. The attitude of the writer about a subject. This is created by word choice, setting, regular or irregular
meter, and figurative language.
a. Stanza b. Rhyme c. Meter d. Tone

21. The emotion evoked by the author. It is the feeling or the atmosphere that the reader gets when he is
reading a text.
a. Rhythm b. Mood c. Stanza d. Meter

22. The use of vivid words that appeal to the five senses in order to deepen the reader’s understanding of
the text.
a. Rhythm b. Mood c. Imagery d. Tone

23. Refers to the language that conveys deeper and more complex meaning of words than what it literally
suggests.
a. Language b. Tone c. Imagery d. Figurative Language

24. A well-known dramatist and a poet, started using sonnets during the Elizabethan Era. He was born in
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England.
a. William Shakespeare c. William Blake
b. William Thorn d. William Henry

25. An Italian poet who wrote a lot of poems compiled in a book called Canzoniere, meaning songs.
a. William Shakesepeare b. Francesco Petrarch d. Francisco Balagtas
c. William Blake