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LITERARY CRITICISM and ENG-AM LITERATURE

College LET Review

I. Understanding and Appreciating Literature.


Directions: Infer the trait, or type of person described in the following passages. Encircle the correct letter.
1. What sort of person would have this attitude?
“For yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well-lived makes yesterday a dream of happiness, and
every tomorrow a vision of hope.”
a. dreamer b. optimist c. realist d. prophet
2. What trait is implied in:
Picking up a fist-sized stone, he said, “You shall pay for this,” and hurled it against the boy.
a. disappointment b. pain c. embarrassment d. vindictiveness
3. “Somehow – I know not how – but she ranked my gift of a nine hundred years old as if it’s just any gift.”
The speaker is ___________.
a. proud b. jealous c. envious d. disgusted
4. “Come in, you two,” Mrs. Gomez said to the twin. “Your father and mother called and left word that you may spend the night
with us. They were held up by the storm in town.” Mrs. Gomez is
a. anxious b. accommodating c. articulate d. adamant
5. “You should be ashamed of yourself, robbing the poor peddler of the happiness of making a sale; fifty pesos more would not
have hurt your pocket but it would have bought a small banana for his supper.”
a. disgusted b. apprehension c. sarcastic d. disappointed
6. “If you can’t afford expensive projects, then you have no business studying in this school – not even if you
were on scholarship. We are supposed to be students; not beggars.”
The speaker is:
a. thoughtless b. proud c. snobbish d. envious
7. The shadow uncoiled longer and longer, took shape, lightened in color, and glittered green and gold in the moonlight… poised
the head high, swaying slightly as if listening… coiled its tremendous length around and around the pole… yawning, hissing, and
withdrawing; evil eyes glistening. What is described?
a. dancer b. killer c. serpent d. thief
8. “Shall we spare our own lives then? Nay for this is for a noble cause. Hear ye my cry. Men of great souls can bear the blows of
heaven and not flinch.” The speaker is:
a. chivalrous b. courageous c. strong d. heroic
9. “What can I do but die? Live? A branded man for all to say, ‘Look. There is he who killed his wife and sons!’” The speaker
feels:
a. sad b. despair c. hatred d. angry
10. “There is something very manly about him. Of course it’s true he’s got only one eye, but he sees as well with it as if he had
two.” The speaker is:
a. appreciative b. insulting c. romantic d. criticizing

II. Reading Comprehension.


Directions: Read each passage/ selection carefully. Each passage is followed by a question based on its content and meaning.
Choose the best answer to each question by writing the letter of the correct answer. (10 pts)
11. “I prefer a government run like hell by Filipino…”. This quote by Manuel Quezon means:
a. Filipinos could not run their countries well.
b. The Philippines should be governed by foreigners.
c. Filipinos can better run their country.
d. Filipinos should depend on foreigners for good governance.
12. Rizal gave the time of his death in this quotation: “I die when the dawn breaks to herald the day.” What is the time of his death?
a. sometime at sunset c. sometime at sunrise
b. sometime in midnight d. sometime at noon
13. “You see things which are and you ask why; but I dream that never were and ask why not.” This quotation by George Bernard
Shaw simply reflects his:
a. clear thinking b. immortality c. curiosity d. rich imagination
14. The line “No man is an island” mirrors:
a. Individualization b. Solitude c. Friendship d. Brotherhood
15. Which among the lines below has the same meaning as this statement: “Our commitments can develop us or can destroy us, but
either way, they will define us.”
a. Flexible commitment is what everyone needs today.
b. We must make full commitment to our goals.
c. Our lives are shaped by what we are committed to.
d. Our commitments need to be planned ahead.
16. “All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thought. If a man
speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.”
------ Bhagaved Gita ------
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What lesson can be inferred from the passage below:
a .We must change for the better. c. We must have right thoughts
b. We must think carefully. d. We must be hardworking like the ox.

Whenever our souls are tried, we often put the blame on God whom we hold responsible for anything that concerns his
creation. It is inherent in a person to believe in a presence of a supernatural element in his existence, thus, his belief in God.
Nonetheless, despite the wondrous works of God in our lives, we don’t trust him completely as evidenced by our filthiness during
critical moments. We suffer not because God always wants us to be miserable. While the inspirational message “We have to go
through pains and sorrows in order for God to complete his work in us” is true, it is not fair to claim his participation in every
desperate condition we are into. Sometimes, our adversaries are caused by our flaws and follies.

17. The paragraph tells us that


a. Our God is not a cruel God. c. Things happen according to God’s plan.
b. God has a perfect plan for each of us. d. People complain when things go wrong.
18. What does the paragraph prove about God?
a. God performs miracles when the need arises.
b. God’s glory can be seen in everything because he can do all things.
c. God may have unfathomable plans but he wants us to enjoy the gift of life.
d. God puts his children to series of tests so that we could be a reflection of his glory.
19. Filthiness means ______________.
a. anything that separates us from the love of God. c. absence of divine will to move on.
b. an act characterized by moral defilement. d. lack of spiritual strength.
20. The clause whenever our souls are tried is an allusion to:
a. trials and tribulations c. vulnerability to temptations
b. near death experiences d. hopelessness in the face of physical conditions
21. What can be inferred from the stanza below?
Time is a pair of scissors
And life, a bolt of brocade
When the lost section is done,
The scraps are committed to a bonfire
a. transitories of life b. cruelty of time c. beauty of life d. destruction of beauty
22. What does Sappho tell the lesbian woman about her death nit the poem below?
To An Uncultured Lesbian Woman
“Yes, thou shalt die,
Dump in the silent tomb;
Nor of thy name
Shall these by any fame”
a. She will not be famous in death c. She will find peace
b. She will be placed in a tomb d. She will be forgotten
23. Who is speaking in the poem below?
“Sunset and the evening star
And one clear call for me
And may these be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to the sea”
a. a dying man b. a captain of the ship c. a fisherman d. a traveler
24. What does Lao Tzu mean when he said, “A journey of a thousand league begins with a simple step”?
a. Finish ahead of schedule b. Act with a sense of urgency c. Make good use of time d. Start on time
25. What is Walter D. Wintle’s attitude towards the power of the mind as seen in the following lines from the poem “If You
Think?”
If you think you are beaten, you are
If you think you dare not, you don’t
If you want to win, but you think you can’t
It’s almost a cinch you won’t
a. optimistic b. serious c. hopeful d. sympathetic
26. Which of the following lines below is parallel with this line: “I am not a star because all my songs are hits; all my songs are hits
because I am a star”?
a. I am not a star because every song is enjoyed; I am a star because people pay to watch me
b. I am the final word in the classroom not because of my judgment is always correct, but my judgment in the classroom is always
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c. I am not the instructor because I know all there is about dance, rather I am an instructor because of my ability to teach dancing
d. I am not competent I my duties because I am a nurse; I am competent in my duties because of my
training in nursing.
27. Coleridge cited what the cultural belief about the threshold in the lines of his poem “Chrisabel”!
The lady sank, belike through pain,
And Christabel with might and main
Lifted her up, a weary weight,
Over the threshold of the gate:
Then the lady rose again,
And moved, as she were not in pain
a. anybody could cross the threshold c. the threshold was the sanctuary of persons in pain
b. a clean heart could help one cross the threshold d. evil spirits could not cross a Christian threshold
28. Below is a poem written by John Updike. This paved the way for him to be called “The Brilliant Young Writer”. What
constitutes to this relation with the meaning of the poem?
Your nothing street corners
Your ugly eateries
Your dear barbarities
And vacant lots
A*M*E*R*I*C*A
You are the only land
a. the search for the true meaning of life b. nostalgic thoughts of his early childhood
c. the portrayal of a country with all its ugliness d. truthfulness and simplicity in his work
29. What word infers the moral of the lines from the poem “The Ideal Wife”?
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman
That feareth the Lord, she shall be praised
a. favor b. feareth c. beauty d. praised

IV. Identify the author and the title of the given famous passages. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
30. “Let not ambition mock their useful toil; Their homely homely joys and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a smile; The
short and simple annals of the poor”
a. Ben Johnson (Song to Celia) c. Thomas Gray (Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard)
b. William Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice) d. Rudyard Kipling (If)
31. “If you prick us, do we not bleed?”
a. Ben Johnson (Song to Celia) c. Thomas Gray (Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard)
b. William Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice) d. Rudyard Kipling (If)
32. “Drink to me only with thine eyes and I will pledge with mine.”
a. Ben Johnson (Song to Celia) c. Thomas Gray (Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard)
b. William Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice) d. Rudyard Kipling (If)
33. “Trust no future, however pleasant; Let the dead past bury its dead”
a. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (A Psalm of Life) c. John Keats (Ode to a Nightingale)
b. Francis Bacon (Of Studies) d. William Shakespeare ( Sonnet 29)
34. “For thy sweet love remember’d such wealth brings; That then I scorn to change my state with kings”
a. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (A Psalm of Life) c. John Keats (Ode to a Nightingale)
b. Francis Bacon (Of Studies) d. William Shakespeare ( Sonnet 29)
35. “Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man”
a. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (A Psalm of Life) c. John Keats (Ode to a Nightingale)
b. Francis Bacon (Of Studies) d. William Shakespeare ( Sonnet 29)
36. “My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains; My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk”
a. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (A Psalm of Life) c. John Keats (Ode to a Nightingale)
b. Francis Bacon (Of Studies) d. William Shakespeare ( Sonnet 29)
37. “I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul”
a. Rudyard Kipling (If) c. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (A Psalm of Life)
b. William Ernest Henley (Invictus) d. Alfred Lord Tennyson (Crossing the Bar)

III. Identifying Sonnets. Read and assess the following poems if they are sonnets. If the poem is a sonnet, place a check mark on
the number. Place an X mark if it is not a sonnet. (10 pts.)

38. Life hurries on, a frantic refugee, 40. I wish to perish, yet I ask for health;
And Death, with great force marches, follows fast I love another, and yet I hate myself;
And all the present leagues with all the past I feed in sorrow, and laugh in all my pain.
And all the future to make war on me.

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39. White and gentle friendly smoke 41. I shall be telling this with a sigh
Curling up from kitchen rooftops, Somewhere ages and ages hence:
You give me warmth, comfort, security, Two roads diverged in a wood and I,
White gentle smoke from kitchen stoves. I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference.
42. Quite suddenly, from all green around,
Something--- you hardly know just what has gone;
You feel the dark itself drawing in upon
The windows and growing silent. The last sound.

IV. Literary Analysis (10 pts.) Invictus. Provide what is being asked in each number. Choose the correct answer by shading the
letter on the given answer sheet.
43. The poem “Invictus” is a Latin term for the word _________________.
a. invincible b. courageous c. unconquered d. victorious
44. Who is the author of the poem “Invictus”?
a. William Robert Henley b. William Ernest Henley c. William Robert Henry d. William Ernest Henry
45. Complete the given line:
“ I am the ________________ of my fate… I am the _______________ of my soul.”
a. captain: master b. master: captain c. owner: author d. author: owner
46. Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
Based from the poem, what is the meaning of the word “pit”?
a. world b. hole c. death d. grave
47. This stanza depicts the writer having what?
a. imagination b. reflection c. inspiration d. regret
48. In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
What word from the lines above is the definition of being beaten or forced down?
a. fell b. chance c. bludgeoning d. bloody
49. What word from the lines above is rendered as a powerful, oppressive force which the speaker refuses to be ruled?
a. fell b. chance c. bludgeoning d. bloody
50. Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
What is meant by the word ‘place’ as mentioned in the first line?
a. life b. death c. punishment d. hell
51. What is meant by the word ‘shade’ in the second line?
a. life b. death c. punishment d. hell
52. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll…
What word from the above lines is a reference to the divine penalties or trials assigned by God to the writer?
a. strait b. gate c. charged d. scroll

V. Understanding Old English. Analyze the meaning of the underlined words through the use of context clues. (10 pts.)
53. “When thou methinks I who planned the crime and performed the assassination, aye, I am wroth, and will not stint my words
against thee.”
a. hurt b. worried c. angry d. afraid
54. “God pity thee! thou wast to misery born, thy life preserved for the worst of woes, controlled by dreadful weird.”
a. gods b. fate c. stupidity d. days
55. Not once but oft, he struck his eyes, and at each stroke the ensanguined orbs bedewed his beard, not oozing drop by drop, but
one gory downpour.”
a. bloodied b. blinded c. useless d. cursed
56. “Alack, alack! What have I done? All brought to pass, all true! O light, may I behold thee nevermore!”
a. an expression of pain c. an expression of anger
b. an expression of fear d. an expression of regret
57. “O Oedipus has spoken angry words. This is no time to wrangle but consult how best we may defy it.”
a. fear b. run away c. argue d. wait
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58. “One drop would save my soul: rend not my heart for naming my Christ! Yet, I will call on him.”
a. destroy b. tear c. stab d. pierce
59. “It is gone and see, where God stretches out his arm, and bends his ireful brows! Mountains and hills, come, come, and fall on
me and hide me from the heavy wrath of God!”
a. angry b. thick c. dark d. judgmental
60. “Yet for Christ’s sake, whose blood has ransomed me, impose some end to my incessant pain.”
a. constant b. intense c. violent d. cursed
61. “All beasts are happy for when they die, their souls are soon dissolved in elements; but mine must live still to be plagued in
hell.”
a. imprisoned b. tormented c. punished d. thrown
62. “Cursed be the parents that engendered me! No, Faustus, curse yourself, curse Lucifer that has deprived you of the joys of
heaven.”
a. provoked b. stimulated c. produced d. prompted

VI. FAMOUS ENG-AM LITERATURE BOOKS and AUTHORS.


1. Identify the author of this literary work: MEN WITHOUT WOMEN
a. Ernest Hemingway b. Benjamin Disraeli c. Louis-Ferdinand Celine d. E.M. Forster
2. PILGRIMS PROGRESS was written by:
a. John Bunyan b. Jack London c. Henry Fielding d. Stendhal
3. DON QUIXOTE
a. Gustave Flaubert b. Joseph Condrad c. Miguel de Cervantes d. D.H. Lawrence
4. Which of the following works by DANIEL DEFOE features a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near
Venezuela, encountering Native Americans, captives, and mutineers before being rescued?
a. Memoirs of a Cavalier b. Robinson Crusoe c. Moll Flanders d. Captain Singleton
5. VANITY FAIR is a novel satirizing society in early 19th-century Britain. Who wrote this classic?
a. Daniel Defoe b. Wikie Collins c. Herman Melville d. William Makepeace Thackeray
6. JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT
a. Wikie Collins b. Herman Melville c. Louis-Ferdinand Céline d. Franz Kafka
7. AS I LAY DYING
a. William Faulkner b. Jerome K. Jerome c. Erskine Childers d. George Grosmith
8. THE TRIAL is a novel which tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the
nature of his crime never revealed either to him or the reader. Who is the writer?
a. Henry James b. Franz Kafka c. Thomas Hardy d. Fyodor Dostoevsky
9. THE GREAT GATSBY
a. Ford Madox Fod b. F. Scott Fitzgerald c. D.H. Lawrence d. Joseph Condrad
10. A PASSAGE TO INDIA is about the racial tensions and prejudices between indigenous Indians and the British colonists who
rule India. Who wrote this novel?
a. Virginia Woolf b. Oscar Wilde c. Jack London d. E. M. Forster
11. MRS. DALLOWAY is a novel that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway in post-World War I England. Who is its
author?
a. Virginia Woolf b. Charlotte Bronte c. Mary Shelley d. Emily Bronte
12. ULYSSES chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin during an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. The title alludes to
Odysseus, the hero of Homer’s Odyssey. Name the author of Ulysses.
a. Anthony Trollope b. Kenneth Grahame c. Laurence Strene d. James Joyce
13. THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS features the adventures of Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip. Who wrote
this novel?
a. Honore De Balzac b. Samuel Richardson c. John Buchan d. Thomas Love Peacock
14. THE GOOD SOLDIER’s original title was The Saddest Story, but after the onset of World War I, the publishers asked its
author for a new title. What is the name of its author?
a. Gustave Flaubert b. Henry Fielding c. Ford Madox Ford d. Samuel Richardson
15. THE RAINBOW is a novel with a frank treatment of sexual desire and the power it plays within relationships as a natural and
even spiritual force of life. Who is its author?
a. D. H. Lawrence b. Jonathan Swift c. Alexandre Dumas d. Daniel Defoe
16. IN THE SEARCH OF LOST TIME
a. Laurence Sterne b. Marcel Proust c. Jack London d. Thomas Hardy
17. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS is a classic of children’s literature which was adapted partly on stage as Toad of Toad Hall
in 1929. Name its author.
a. Kenneth Grahame b. E.M. Foster c. Thomas Hardy d. Erskine Childers
18. NOSTROMO features Señor Gould, a native Costaguanero of English descent who owns the silver-mining concession in
Sulaco. Name the author of this novel.
a. Joseph Condrad b. Samuel Richardson c. George Elliot d. Thomas Hardy
19. THE CALL OF THE WILD is known for its dog protagonist. It is sometimes classified as a juvenile novel, suitable for
children, but it is dark in tone and contains numerous scenes of cruelty and violence. Who wrote this novel?
a. Oscar Wilde b. Jack London c. Henry James d. Kenneth Grahame

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20. THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS is an early example of the espionage novel, with a strong underlying theme of militarism. It
has been made into a film and TV film. Who wrote this novel?
a. Erskine Childers b. William Faulkner c. Jerome K. Jerome d. Honore De Balzac
21. JUDE THE OBSCURE, include themes such as class, scholarship, religion, marriage, and the modernisation of thought and
society. Name its author.
a. Samuel Richardson b. Franz Kafka c. Thomas Hardy d. Joseph Condrad
22. THE DIARY OF A NOBODY has spawned the word “Pooterish” to describe a tendency to take oneself excessively
seriously.Who is the author of this novel?
a. John Buchan b. George Grossmith c. Anthony Trollope d. Samuel Richardson
23. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY is about a young man who sold his soul to the devil to ensure his portrait would age
rather than himself. Which of the following is its author?
a. Herman Melville b. Oscar Wilde c. Jonathan Swift d. Wikie Collins
24. THREE MEN IN A BOAT was initially intended to be a serious travel guide with accounts of local history along the route.
Who wrote this novel?
a. Benjamin Disraeli b. Jerome K. Jerome c. Laurence Stern d. Marcel Proust
25. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences
between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the misanthropic Edward Hyde. Who is its author?
a. James Joyce b. Jack London c. Robert Louis Stevenson d. Stendhal
26. Which of the following is a work of SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS?
a. Animal Farm b. Uncle Tom’s Cabin c. The Scarlet Letter d. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
27. Which is a HENRY JAMES masterpiece?
a. Vanity Fair b. The Portrait of Dorian Gray c. The Portrait of a Lady d. David Copperfield
28. Which novel features JOSEPHINE “JO” MARCH?
a. Wuthering Heights b. Little Women c. Sense and Sensibility d. Scarlet Letter
29. Which is an HONORE DE BALZAC novel?
a. The Black Sheep b. The Charterhouse of Parma c. The Count of Monte Cristo d. Dangerous Laisons
30. Which of the following gothic authors wrote the THE INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE?
a. Anne Rice b. Mary Shelley c. Bram Stoker d. Gaston Leroux
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