LORD’S SHEPHERDS ACADEMY

First Monthly Examination in English 8

S.Y 2019 – 2020

Name: _____________________________________ Score:________________________

Year and Section: _______________________ Date: ________________________

General Direction: Read each item carefully. Do what it tells you to do.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES (10 PTS.)

Directions: Read each question carefully; circle the letter of the best answer.

1. It is one of the school of thoughts that was established by Confucius.

a. Confucianicm
b. Confusianism
c. Confussianism
d. Confucianism

2. Why do we need to study literature?

a. It is for academic purposes only, to pass the requirements of the school.
b. This is important to study because of it is the trend nowadays.
c. Literature helps the reader just for the entertainment.
d. Literature is important because it is the mirror through which we can see the lives of
others.

3. For Chinese the Yin and Yang are the perfect models for ______ in the universe.
a. life
b. happiness
c. power
d. balance

4. This is a story of a man fled because did not wish to serve as a soldier for the emperor.
a. Recruiting officer from Shan-Hao
b. Recruiting officer from Shan-Shao
c. Recruiting officer from Shih-Hao
d. None of the above

5. Taoism believes in the concept of natural-way of life, which is the correct practice of
Taoism?
a. Add fertilizer to the soil to make the Papaya Tree more fruitful
b. Catch the Koi Fish from the pond and put it inside the aquarium
c. Caged the birds and feed them everyday
d. Wait for the Mango Fruit to be ripen

6. On the poem “Boating Song” the persona is described as what?

a. He is not rich, because he used to sail for food.
b. The persona is a commoner in the farm, he loves travelling
c. He is a boastful man full of envy to the world that’s why he does not socialize with
others.
d. The persona is wealthy, as suggested by the “flutes of jade” and “pipes of gold”

7. This poem focuses on the feeling and mindset.

a. Epic poems
b. Narrative poems
c. Gothic poems
d. Lyric poems
8. This poem focuses on telling a story.
a. Epic poems
b. Gothic poems
 c. Lyric poems
d. Narrative poems

9. This poem focuses on the heroic battle and usually long.

a. Epic poems
b. Gothic poems
c. Narrative poems
d. Epic poems

10. What is the focus of Confucius’s Golden Rule?

a. Naural-way of life
b. Reading future
c. To harm the nature and human
d. Strict social obligation

II. SUPPLIMENTATION TEST (10 PTS.)

Directions: Supply the corresponding meanings below using the underlined words on the
poem.

Boating Song
Li Po
A boat of sandalwood and oars of magnolia
At both ends sit “flutes of jade and pipes of gold.”
Pretty singing girls, countless flagons of sweet wine.
O, let me follow the waves, wherever they take me.
I am like the fairy who rode away on a yellow crane.
Aimlessly I wander, following the white gulls.
The song of Chu-ping still shine like the sun and moon:
Of the places and towers of the Ch’u Kings no trace is left on the mountains.
With single stroke of my pen I shake the five mountains.
The poem finished, I laugh----my delight is vaster than the oceans.
If riches and fame could last forever,
The Han River would flow northwestward to its source.

__________1. It is a class of wood that is yellowish in color and has a fragrance that stays for .
decades.
__________2. A large tree or shrub with typically creamy-pink waxy flowers.

__________3. A large container in which drink is served, typically with a handle and spout.
__________4. Refers to the “bird of happiness”.
__________5. Without purpose or direction.
__________6. A mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something.
__________7. A mark made by drawing a pen, pencil, or paintbrush in one direction across .
paper or canvas.
__________8. Feeling great pleasure.
__________9. Of very great extent or quantity; immense.
__________10. The state of being known or talked about by many people, especially on account
.. of notable achievements.

III. TRUE OR FALSE TEST (10 PTS.)

Directions: Write T if the statement is TRUE, and write F if it’s FALSE. Write the letter of
your answer on the blanks provided at the left side of the test paper.

____________1. Taoism believes that the golden rule in life is “Do not do unto others if you
don’t want others do unto you”.
____________2. To Fu was the author of the poem “Boating Song”.
____________3. Confucius promotes the “Natural-way of life” idea.
____________4. The poem “Recruiting Officer of Shih-Hao” was written by Li Po.
____________5. The poems “Boating Song” and “Recruiting Officer of Shih-Hao” was written
during the time of the Song Dynasty (618 – 907 CE).
____________6. Since ancient times, the Japanese have aspired for the balance of the universe.
____________7. The “Boating Song” tells about the person who is very rich, riding a boat while
creating a poem and forgetting about the world.
____________8. Shih-Hao was the chief leader officer, but he doesn’t love what he is doing in
his.
____________9.The Chinese believed in the concepts of Yeng and Yang, which state that forces
in the world are interconnected.
____________10. Literature means not creative reflection of life.
 IV. ESSAY (10 PTS.)
Directions: Choose 2 topics and write essays about it.

 “Do not do unto others if you don’t want others do unto you.” –
Confucius

 “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu

 “Knowledge is better than wealth” - Ali ibn Abi Talib

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating.”

- Sophocles

Submitted by: Approved by:

Mr. Jake Austin S. Candido Mr. Gilbert F. Sandil

 LORD’S SHEPHERDS ACADEMY
First Monthly Examination in English 9
S.Y 2019 – 2020
Name: _____________________________________ Score:________________________
Year and Section: _______________________ Date: ________________________

General Direction: Read each item carefully. Do what it tells you to do.

V. MULTIPLE CHOICES (10 PTS.)

Directions: Read each question carefully; circle the letter of the best answer.
1. Why does the poet mention Scyld Scefing at the beginning of the poem?
a. Scyld is the paragon of what it means to be an heroic king
b. Because Scyld builds Heorot
c. Scyld is the father of Hrothgar
d. None of the above

2. Why does Grendel attack Heorot?

a. Hrothgar is his father and he hates Hrothgar
b. He hates the sound of joy and music
c. He is very hungry and needs to eat the men
d. Heorot attacked him first and killed his mother

3. Why can’t the men kill Grendel?

a. They are scared
b. They can’t find him
c. Weapons do not harm Grendel
d. Grendel wears a ring of invisibility

4. How long does Grendel attack Heorot?

a. For a week
b. For a year
c. For 12 years
d. For twenty-four years

5. What does Beowulf boast he is going to do to Grendel?

a. Chop him up with his sword
b. Stab him with his spear
c. Brain him with his ax
d. Destroy him with his bare hands

6. What great deed (of his own) does Beowulf tell to Unferth?
a. How he survived the swimming match with Breca
b. How he killed a dragon
c. How he fought against the Heathobards
d. How he sailed over the ocean in his fast ship

7. What kind of hall is Heorot?

a. A meadhall
b. A fortress
c. A training hall
d. A palace for the king
8. What is the name of Hrothgar's wife?
a. Higmund
b. Hygelac
c. Desdemona
d. Wealtheow

9. Where is Heorot located?

a. Denmark
b. England
c. Scotland
d. Italy

10. To which Biblical character is Grendel compared?

a. Cain
b. Adam
c. Enos
d. Abraham

11. These were the residents of Denmark’s Kingdom

a. Danes
b. Angles
c. Saxons
d. Gargoyles

12. She is as fierce as her son and seems even more vindictive. She is determined to get
revenge for her son's death, a powerful monster.
a. Grendel
b. Grendel’s mother
c. Silenus
d. Bacchus

13. He was Beowulf's childhood friend, defeated Beowulf in what, by consensus, described
as a swimming match.
a. Hrothgar
b. Danes
c. Brecca
d. Gamora
14. He is a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose
mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel.
a. Beowulf
b. Grendel
c. Brecca
d. Wealtheow

15. Hrothgar's wife, the gracious queen of the Danes.

a. Walltawe
b. Welatheow
c. Wealtheow
d. Weowlathe
 VI. GIVE THE MEANINGS (10 PTS.)
Directions: Write the corresponding meanings of the selected kennings below.

Traveling-hel road –
Night-howler -
Bent-necked wood -
Storm of swords -
Gold-Shining Hall -
Guardian of Crime -
Bone-house -
Raven-harvest -
Ring Giver -
Light of battle -
Heaven’s own candle -
Whale-road -
Battle Sweat -
Moon Eater/ Twilight spoiler -
Peace- weaver

VII. IDENTIFICATION TEST (10 PTS.)

Directions: Identify who or what is being asked in the statements below, write your
answers on the spaces provided.

______________1. It is considered as the oldest epic poem of Anglo-Saxon.

______________2. He is the strongest protagonist of the Epic Beowulf.

______________3. These words are metaphorical descriptions and have been a

. typical feature of Anglo-Saxon poetry.

______________4. It is generally defined as a long narrative poem about the glorious

. deeds of a nation’s national hero.

_____________5. It is the repetition of initial consonant sounds.

_____________6. It names a person, thing, idea, place, or event.

_____________7. It substitutes the noun in the sentence.

_____________8. This is the modifier in the parts of speech.

_____________9. This parts of speech describes a verb, an adjective, or another .

adverb.

_____________10. It shows action or being in the sentence.

 VIII. ESSAY (10 PTS.)
Directions: Choose 2 topics and write essays about it.

 The lost of “The Great Library of Alexandria”.

 Beowulf is not a hero, an antagonist of the story.
 Grammar is the measure of intelligence.

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating.”

- Sophocles

Submitted by: Approved by:

Mr. Jake Austin S. Candido Mr. Gilbert F. Sandil