ENGLISH MAJORSHIP DRILL NO. 6
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- Q1
More than one friendly whale has nudged a boat with such _________ that passengers have been knocked overboard
enthusiasm
lethargy
animosity
serenity
60s - Q2
An experienced politician who knew better than to launch a campaign in troubled political waters, he intended to wait for a more________ occasion before he announced his plans.
propitious
unseemly
questionable
provocative
60s - Q3
This well-documented history is of importance because it carefully __________ the __________ accomplishments of the Filipino artists who are all too little known to the public at large.
scrutinizes . . . illusory
recognizes . . . negligible
distorts . . . noteworthy
substantiates . . . considerable
60s - Q4
There is nothing __________ or provisional about Bronte’s early critical pronouncements; she deals ___________ with what then radical new developments in poetry.
dogmatic . . . arbitrary
tentative . . . confidently
shallow . . . superficially
imprecise . . . inconclusively
60s - Q5
Although Tagalogs often use the terms Bisaya and Cebuano ____________, people coming from the Southern part of the Philippines are profoundly aware of the ___________ the two.
unerringly . . . significance of
interchangeably . . . dissimilarities between
deprecatingly . . . controversies about
confidently . . . origins of
60s - Q6
Identify the author of this literary work: MEN WITHOUT WOMEN.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Ernest Hemingway
E.M. Forster
Benjamin Disraeli
60s - Q7
Which of the following gothic authors wrote the THE INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE?
Bram Stoker
Anne Rice
Gaston Leroux
Mary Shelley
45s - Q8
Which is an HONORE DE BALZAC novel?
The Charterhouse of Parma
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Black Sheep
Dangerous Laisons
60s - Q9
Which novel features JOSEPHINE “JO” MARCH?
Wuthering Heights
Little Women
Scarlet Letter
Sense and Sensibility
60s - Q10
Which is a HENRY JAMES masterpiece?
Vanity Fair
David Copperfield
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
60s - Q11
Which of the following is a work of SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS?
Animal Farm
The Scarlet Letter
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
60s - Q12
It consists of four-line stanzas, or quatrains, with second and fourth lines of each stanza rhyming?
Elegy
haiku
Ballad
Sonnet
60s - Q13
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?
James Joyce
Stendhal
Jack London
Robert Louis Stevenson
60s - Q14
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?
Marcel Proust
Jerome K. Jerome
Benjamin Disraeli
Laurence Stern
60s - Q15
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?
Jonathan Swift
Oscar Wilde
Herman Melville
Wikie Collins
60s