Second Quarter Pretest in English for Grade 10
Quiz by Ma. Victoria Ambas
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- Q1
Read each of the following questions carefully and choose the letter of your answer from the given choices.
__________refers to any written works that communicate human experiences, feelings, insights, beliefs, ideas in excellent form and structure.
thesis
literature
research
theme
60s - Q2
_____is one of the ways to identify the theme of a literary text.
skimming the literary text
reading the title
determining what the character has learned
reading the ending of the text
60s - Q3
The words spoken by a character in a play is ____________.
script
dialogue
exposition
conflict
60s - Q4
The process by which the character is revealed through his actions, utterances, and direct description.
allusion
characterization
exposition
resolution
60s - Q5
It is a brief fictional work that can be read in one sitting with the intent ofevoking a single effect or mood.
short story
novel
essay
poem
60s - Q6
It refers to the time and place the story happens.
characters
plot
settings
exposition
60s - Q7
This refers to the person or sometimes animal that takes part in the action of short story or other literary work.
characters
exposition
plot
settings
120s - Q8
It is the sequence of events or incidents that happen in a play or story. Under Freytag’s Pyramid, it consists of five parts.
plot
exposition
settings
characters
60s - Q9
It is the central idea of a story, or the lesson or message the author wants to convey to the reader. It is usually an abstract, universal idea about human condition, society, or life.
resolution
dialogue
exposition
theme
60s - Q10
This refers to the words spoken by the characters which helps move the action of the story or play. The words used, the accent, the pronunciation, pauses, and tone say something about the character not just his traits but also his status in life.
dialogue
exposition
theme
resolution
60s - Q11
1Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
2And sorry I could not travel both
3And be one traveler, long I stood
4And looked down one as far as I could
5To where it bent in the undergrowth;
“The Road Not Taken”
The word “diverged” in line 1 most likely mean ______
joined
unequaled
divided
ruined
60s - Q12
1Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
2And sorry I could not travel both
3And be one traveler, long I stood
4And looked down one as far as I could
5To where it bent in the undergrowth;
“The Road Not Taken”
What is the setting of the poem?
City
Beach
garden
Forest
60s - Q13
1Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
2And sorry I could not travel both
3And be one traveler, long I stood
4And looked down one as far as I could
5To where it bent in the undergrowth;
“The Road Not Taken”
What decision does the speaker face on line 1?
whether to stop or continue
which road to take
whether to turn right or left
whereto rest
60s - Q14
1Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
2And sorry I could not travel both
3And be one traveler, long I stood
4And looked down one as far as I could
5To where it bent in the undergrowth;
“The Road Not Taken”
What do lines 1 and 2 mean?
the speaker waits for someone to tell him which path to take
the speaker wants to be with someone in the adventure
the speaker feels sad of not taking the other path from the start
the speaker thinks both path are equally good
60s - Q15
6Then took the other, as just as fair,
7And having perhaps the better claim,
8Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
9Though as for that the passing there
10Had worn them really about the same,
11And both that morning equally lay
12In leaves no step had trodden black.
13Oh, I kept the first for another day!
14Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
15I doubted if I should ever come back.
“The Road Not Taken”
How does the two roads differ according to the poem?
one road has a panoramic view
one road is slightly less traveled
one road looks so safe to travel
one road is a little wider
60s