Licensure

Examination for
Teachers (LET)

GEN ED ENGLISH

Ali G. Anudin
Faculty of Arts and
Languages
PNU, Manila
What does the LET-Literature test?

1. Content knowledge WHO, WHAT, WHERE,

WHEN & HOW

2. Literary skills INTERPRETATION

SKIMMING, SCANNING,
3. Overall reading MAKING INFERENCES,
skills DRAWING CONCLUSIONS
 What does the LET-Literature
exam test?
1. Content writers, works (characters,
plot, symbolisms, etc.), literary
knowledge theory, lit. terms

2. Literary skills Line interpretation,

analysis of symbols,
characterization,

3. Overall reading SKIMMING, SCANNING,

MAKING INFERENCES,
skills DRAWING CONCLUSIONS
1. The Divine Comedy of Dante has for its theme
A. repentance, forgiveness and salvation.
B. sloth, lust and gluttony.
C. Power, wealth and glory.
D. War, adventure and victory.

2. Epics are long, narrative poems that recount the

supernatural deeds of a hero, and the theme is the

A. power of love.
B. triumph of good versus evil.
C. importance of duty
D. Necessity of war to find peace.
The Divine Comedy – written by
Dante, is the great epic of Italy and of
Medieval Christianity.

The epic has three parts: Inferno,

Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The great
purpose to be accomplished in the
epic is the salvation of soul.
3. One of the general themes in Shakespearean
play is
A. jealousy and hate.
B. Love and ambition.
C. Hypocrisy and pretentiousness
D. Order and disorder

4. One specific theme in Shakespearean plays is

moral and spiritual turmoil that causes some
mental conflict and this is evident in
A. Romeo and Juliet C. Hamlet
B. Anthony and Cleopatra D. Julius Caesar
5. “Doctor Faustus” by Christopher
Marlowe explores the theme of

A. Temptation of power and the dread of

damnation
B. Renunciation of religion in favor of
power.
C. Realizing one’s potential to rule the
world.
D. Desire for limitless wealth and power.
“It was now midnight, and my task was drawing to
A close, I had completed the eight, the ninth, and the
Tenth tier. I had finished a portion of the last and the
Eleventh; there remained but a single stone to be fitted
And plastered in,
I struggled with its weight; I placed it partially
In its destined position. But now there came from out
the Niche a low laugh that erected the hairs upon my
head…

- Edgar Allan Poe

6. This part of the short story “The Cask of
Amontillado” creates an atmosphere of
A. suspense and thrill
B. excitement and happiness
C. sadness and sullenness
D. terror and horror

7. The images that help create the atmosphere in

the passage from the “The Cask of Amontillado”
are mostly clearly shown in Sentences

A.1 & 2 B. 3 & 4 C. 2 & 4 D. 1 & 3

8. It is a literary medium distinguished
from poetry especially by greater
irregularity and variety of rhythm and its
closed resemblance to the patterns of
everyday speech.

A. Poetry
B. Prose
C. Sonnet
D. Elegy
9. It is a short narrative poem, which could
be sung. It’s very short and told in great
rapidity. It told a simple, serious story,
which usually had a tragic ending; love,
tragedy, and the supernatural
predominated.

A. Ode C. Sonnet
B. Elegy D. Ballad
Ode It is the most majestic type of lyric
poetry. It expresses enthusiasm, lofty praise
of some person or thing, deep reflection or
restrained feeling.

Elegy a poem of serious reflection, typically a

lament for the dead.

Sonnet a poem of fourteen lines using any of

a number of formal rhyme schemes, in
English typically having ten syllables per line.
10. Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s
Travels” is an example of:

A. Autobiography
B. Parody
C. Satire
D. Tragedy
Autobiography an account of a person's life written by
that person: he gives a vivid description of his childhood in his
autobiography.

Parody an imitation of the style of a particular writer,

artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic
effect

Satire the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to

expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices,
particularly in the context of contemporary politics and
other topical issues.

Tragedy an event causing great suffering, destruction, and

distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural
catastrophe.
11. It is England’s oldest epic, which is
about the heroic deeds of a protagonist
who helps save the kingdom of
Heorot.

A. Hercules
B. Beowulf
C. Achilles
D. Prometheus
12. It is the genre of dramatic literature
that deals with the light or amusing or
with the serious and profound in a light,
familiar, or satirical manner.

A. Drama
B. Allegory
C. Farce
D. Comedy
Allegory a story, poem, or picture that can
be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning,
typically a moral or political one.

Farce a comic dramatic work using

buffoonery and horseplay and typically
including crude characterization and
ludicrously improbable situations.
13. It is known as the great epic of Persia,
a story which tells of the struggle of Persia
to overthrow her enemies. It was written
by Firdausi meaning “Singer of Paradise.”

A. The Nibelungenlied
B. The Shah Namah
C. The Cid
D. The Song of Roland
The Nibelungenlied – a folk epic
consisting of 39 parts called
adventures.

It tells the story of Siegfried and how

he helped King Gunther win his
bride. It is also about the lack of
union between rival, kindred tribes.
The Cid – is the great epic of Spain,
written about 1200 A.D.

The story tells of the deeds of the

great “Cid” or “lord”, Rodrigo in his
wars with the Moors.
The Song of Roland – the great epic of
France was probably written near the
end of the 11th century.

The story depicted the great struggle of

Christian knights of France under
Charlemagne against the Moors or the
Mohammedans.
14. It is the organization and presentation of
events and scenes in a work of fiction or
drama so that the reader or observer is
prepared to some degree for what occurs
later in the work.

A. Flashback
B. En Medias Res
C. Foreshadowing
D. Stream of Consciousness
15. It is a novel told through the medium of
letters by one or more of the characters.
This was one of the earliest forms of the
novel to be developed.

A. Picaresque novel
B. Epistolary novel
C. Gothic novel
D. Roman- a -Clef
Picaresque novel – an early form of the
novel, usually a first-person narrative,
relating the adventures of a rogue or
lowborn adventurer (Spanish: picaro) who
drifts from place to place and from one social
milieu to another in an effort to survive.

Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes; The

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark
Twain
Gothic novel – European Romantic,
pseudo medieval fiction having a
prevailing atmosphere of mystery and
terror.

Frankenstein – Mary Wollstonecraft

Shelley; Dracula – Bram Stoker; Jane
Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
Roman- a -Clef – French, literally it
means novel with a key.

A novel that has extra literary

interest of portraying identifiable,
sometimes real people more or less
thinly disguised as fictional
characters.
16. It is the most majestic type of lyric poetry.
It expresses enthusiasm, lofty praise of some
person or thing, deep reflection or restrained
feeling.

A. Ode
B. Elegy
C. Sonnet
D. Ballad
17. “ I am the master of my fate, I am
the captain of my soul” was written
by

A. Henley
B. Dickens
C. Elliot
D. Shelley
18. America’s greatest humorist

A. Benjamin Franklin
B. Mark twain
C. Washington Irving
D. Samuel Clemens
19. Considered the father of the modern
American short story

A. Shakespeare
B. Bacon
C. Edgar Allan Poe
D. Robert frost
20. It is a Japanese poem with 17
syllables.

A. Niponggo
B. Haiku
C. Canto
D. Tanaga
CANTO - one of the sections into which certain
long poems are divided.

TANAGA - is a type of Filipino poem,

consisting of four lines with seven syllables
each with the same rhyme at the end of each
line --- that is to say a 7-7-7-7 Syllabic verse,
with an AABB rhyme scheme as in this
example:
In the modern Tagalog syllabication:
"Katitibay ka Tulos
Sakaling datnang agos!
Ako'y mumunting lumot
sa iyo'y pupulupot."

Translation:
"Oh be resilient you Stake
Should the waters be coming!
I shall cower as the moss
To you I shall be clinging."
21. A collection of literary pieces

A. Prose
B. Biography
C. Anthology
D. Diary
22. Verse with 14 iambic pentameter lines

A. Epic
B. Sonnet
C. Verse
D. Prose
23. Longest epic ever written

A. Invictus
B. Lam-ang
C. Mahabharata
D. Lament
24. Stories that reflect people’s beliefs and
are handed from generation to generation

A. Prose
B. Folktales
C. Poetry
D. Ballad
25. Filipino essayist and Patriot who edited
and published “La Solidaridad”

A. Apolinario Mabini
B. Andres Bonifacio
C. Jose Rizal
D. Marcelo H. del Pilar
26. A poem lamenting the dead

A. Sonnet
B. Ode
C. Elegy
D. Satire
Ode It is the most majestic type of lyric poetry. It
expresses enthusiasm, lofty praise of some person
or thing, deep reflection or restrained feeling.

Elegy a poem of serious reflection, typically a

lament for the dead.

Sonnet a poem of fourteen lines using any of a

number of formal rhyme schemes, in English
typically having ten syllables per line.
27. A speech by a person who reveals
his thoughts

A. Sonnet
B. Metaphor
C. Soliloquy
D. Simile
28. Author of “ How My Brother Leon
Brought Home a Wife”

A. Manuel Arguilla
B. Fernando Maramag
C. Paz Benitez
D. None of these
29. He wrote the famous letter “ To the
Women of Malolos”

A. Gregorio del Pilar

B. Andres Bonifacio
C. Jose Rizal
D. Emilio Jacinto
30. Who is the author of “The legend of
sleepy Hollow” which revolves around a
headless horseman’s tale

A. George Washington
B. Robert Surtess
C. Washington Irving
D. Shakespeare
31. Considered as one of the world’s
greatest short stories and it is Edgar
Allan Poe’s story of terror about a
hypochondriac living in morbid fear.

A. Annabel Lee
B. The fall of the house of Usher
C. Macbeth
D. The Raven
32. “I am the master of my fate, I am
the captain of my soul”,, is taken
room the poem

A. O Captain, my captain
B. Invictus
C. The Arrow and the Song
D. None of these
33. What does the name “Oedipus”
mean?

A. “Incest-monger”
B. “Swollen foot”
C. “Blinded by Fate”
D. “King of Thebes”
34. What provokes Achilles’ rage against
Agamemnon?

A. Agamemnon’s insults of Achilles’ lineage

B. Agamemnon’s defeat of Achilles in a footrace
C. Agamemnon’s repeated sending of Achilles
to the front lines, where the danger of being
killed is greatest
D. Agamemnon’s demand that Achilles hand
over Briseis
35. Based on this conversation, “’I drink to
the buried that repose around us,” says
Fortunato. “And I to your long life,”
Montresor replies,” what figure of speech
is displayed?

A. Metaphor
B. Allusion
C. Hyperbole
D. Irony
36. It is known as the morbid attraction
toward corpses.

A. Nymphomania
B. Necrophobia
C. Necrophilia
D. Psychosis
37. Hemingway sets the story Hills Like White
Elephant at a train station to highlight the fact
that:

A. the relationship between the American man and

the girl is at a crossroad.
B. the American and the girl are not meant to be.
C. the American is wealthy and the girl is
underprivileged.
D. It symbolizes something no one wants; A
burdensome or costly possession.
38. What was Gilgamesh doing that
angered Enkidu to challenge him to a
fight?

A. Collecting heavy taxes from farmers

B. Enslaving peasants for his own
amusement
C. Sleeping with newly married brides
D. Putting the elderly of the city to death
39. In drama it is known as
overweening pride or excessive
pride.

A. Stichomythia
B. Peripeteia
C. Anagnorisis
D. Hubris
40. Why did the gods create Enkidu?

A. To defeat and overthrow Gilgamesh

B. To stop Gilgamesh from finding a bride
C. To be a counterforce to Gilgamesh
D. To prevent Gilgamesh from destroying
them
Teaching Philippine Literature
in English (RECALL)
The Early Period (1900-1930)
 coincided with the American occupation
 English became the medium of instruction in 1900 in all
public schools
 first teachers were American soldiers
 in 1901 the Thomasites arrived
 numerous newspapers in English were published
 PNS was founded in 1901; UP was founded in 1908
 first Filipino novel in English was written by Zoilo Galang
– A Child of Sorrow (1921)