World Lit Quiz 1

WORLD LITERATURE QUIZ 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read and analyze the sentences very carefully. Choose the
correct answer for each item. (30 points)
1. This quality of great literature is timeless and timely.

A. Intellectual Value C. Spiritual Value
B. Permanence D. Universality
2. It is a poem written on the death of a friend of the poet.

A. Corridos C. Ode
B. Elegy D. Song
3. It is writing in praise of dead person, event or thing.

A. Address C. Eulogy
B. Elegy D. Speech
4. It is a written account of man’s life written by himself.

A. Anecdote C. Biography
B. Autobiography D. Literary Criticism
5. It is written in a spirit of praise of some persons or things.

A. Corridos C. Ode
B. Elegy D. Song
6. This quality of good literature appeals to our sense of beauty.

A. Artistry C. Spiritual Value
B. Intellectual Value D. Suggestiveness
7. Ibong Adarna and Florante at Laura are examples of ______.

A. Propaganda Prose C. Secular Lyrics
B. Prose Narratives D. Secular Poetry
8. It is a story of a certain person’s life written by another who knows him well.
A. Anecdote C. Biography
B. Autobiography D. Literary Criticism
9. This prose consists entirely of dialogues, and is meant to be acted on stage.

A. Lecture C. Satirical Prose
B. Prose Drama D. Sermon
10. It is a lyric poem containing four iambic pentameter lines, and complicated
rhyme.
A. Ballad C. Epic
B. Corridos D. Sonnet
11. This prose is a long fictitious narrative with a complicated plot, and is made up of
chapters.
A. Diary C. Novel
B. Journal D. Short Story
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12. This prose is a fictitious narrative compressed into one unit of time, place and
action, and it deals with a single character interest.
A. Diary C. Novel
B. Journal D. Short Story
13. It is a prose form which by the force of its style and the important of its statement
becomes an object of interest in its own right.
A. Anecdote C. Journal
B. Diary D. Letter
14. It is a daily written record of account of the writer’s own experiences, thoughts,
activities or observations.
A. Anecdote C. Journal
B. Diary D. Letter
15. It is a short tale that illustrates principle, usually by setting forth the application of
the principles to something familiar to the hearer or reader.
A. Eulogy C. Oration
B. Parable D. Pamphlet
16. This quality of good literature stimulates thought and enriches our mental life by
making us realize fundamental truths about life and human nature.
17. This quality of good literature associates with the emotional power that it should
move us deeply and stir our creative imagination, giving and evoking visions above
and beyond the plane of ordinary life and experience.
A. Artistry C. Spiritual Value
B. Intellectual Value D. Suggestiveness
18. This prose is a short literary composition which is expository in nature wherein
the author shares some of his thoughts, feelings, experiences or observation on
some aspects of life that has interested him.
A. Essay C. Parody
B. Oration D. Travel
19. This quality of good literature elevates the spirit by bringing out moral values
which make us better persons.
20. This quality of great work of literature gives fresh delight and new insights and
open new worlds of meaning and experiences.
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21. It is a speech by a clergyman intended to give religious or moral instruction and
usually based on Spiritual text.
A. Lecture C. Sermon
B. Oration D. Talk
22. It is a tale centering about a hero concerning the beginning, continuance, and the
end of events of great significance.
A. Ballad C. Metrical Allegory
B. Epic D. Metrical Tale
23. This prose suggests an eloquent, rhetorical sometimes merely bombastic

speech, especially one delivered on some special occasion.
A. Address C. Oration
B. Lecture D. Sermon
24. This prose suggests informality and is applied either to an impromptu speech or
to an address or lecture which the speaker deliberately uses a simple conversations
approach.
A. Address C. Oration
B. Lecture D. Talk
25. This lyric poetry has twelve-syllables (dodeca syllabic) and slowly sung to the
accompaniment of a guitar or banduria.
A. Corridos C. Ode
B. Elegy D. Song
26. This lyric poetry has measures of eight syllables (octosyllabic) and recited to a
material beat.
A. Ballad C. Epic
B. Corridos D. Sonnet
27. This folk speech expresses the hopes and aspirations, the people’s lifestyles as
well as their loves; often repetitive and sonorous.
A. Folk narratives C. Narrative song
B. Folk song D. Tanaga
28. This expresses norms or codes of behavior, community beliefs or they instill
values by offering bits of wisdom in short.
A. Folk narratives C. Riddle
B. Proverbs D. Tanaga
29. This became known in the Filipino’s commemoration of Christ’s agony and
resurrection at Calvary.
A. The Pasyon C. The Partiels
B. The Partible D. The Particion
30. Rizal’s novels, Noli Me Tangere and the El Filibusterismo, helped usher in the
Philippine revolution resulting in the downfall of the Spanish regime, and, at the
same time planted the seeds of a national consciousness among Filipinos.
A. Propaganda Prose C. Secular Lyrics
B. Prose Narratives D. Secular Poetry
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ANSWER KEY:
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. D
11. C
12. D
13. D
14. B
15. B
16. A
17. D
18. A
19. C
20. B
21. C
22. B
23. A
24. D.
25. D
26. C
27. B
28. B
29. A
30. A
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WORLD LITERATURE QUIZ 1

1. This quality of great literature is timeless and timely.

2. It is a poem written on the death of a friend of the poet.

3. It is writing in praise of dead person, event or thing.

4. It is a written account of man’s life written by himself.

5. It is written in a spirit of praise of some persons or things.

6. This quality of good literature appeals to our sense of beauty.

7. Ibong Adarna and Florante at Laura are examples of ______.

9. This prose consists entirely of dialogues, and is meant to be acted on stage.

23. This prose suggests an eloquent, rhetorical sometimes merely bombastic

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