PARANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Long Test in English Grade 10

Name: ____________________________
Section: _________________________ Score: _____Date: ______
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Strictly NO ERASURES. Alteration of any kind is also considered an
erasure. MISSPELT ANSWER bares no point!
I. Multiple Choice/Identification.
1. Which Pope did Dante see in the Vestibule of Hell?
a. Pope Celeste V
b. Pope Celestene V c. Pope Celestine V
d. Pope Celistine V
2. What river did Virgil and Dante reach after passing through the gate?
a. Acheron
b. Styx
c. Charon
d.Checharon
3. What ancient demon attempts to reject Dante's passage before being rebuked by Virgil?
a. Hades
b.Asmodeus
c.Charon
d. Cerberus
4. Who guided Dante in his journey to hell?
a. Vigil
b. Vergil
c. Vergel
d. Virgil
5. In the Vestibule of Hell, Dante and Virgil find those angels who
a. supported neither side in the war between God and Satan.
b. supported God in the war between God and Satan.
c. supported Satan in the war between God and Satan.
d. none of the above
6. The manner in which words come together and a connection is made
a. Juncture
b. Intonation
c. Stress
d. Pitch
7. The accent, the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note
a. Juncture
b. Intonation
c. Stress
d. Pitch
8. The the property of sound with variation in frequency of vibration
a. Juncture
b. Intonation
c. Stress
d. Pitch
Which element of a news story is suggested by the statement, question or example?
9. 24-hour news access, breaking news is important.
a. Significance
b. Timeliness
c. Proximity
d. Prominence
10. How many people are affected?
a. Significance
b. Timeliness
c. Proximity
d. Prominence
11. The closer a story hits home, the more newsworthy it is.
a. Significance
b. Timeliness
c. Proximity
d. Prominence
12. When famous people are affected, the story matters (i.e., car accident involving your family vs. a car
accident involving the President).
a. Significance
b. Timeliness
c. Proximity
d. Prominence
13. It is the main idea of an essay?_____________________
14. The first paragraph of a news article that summarizes the story. ________________
15. Restates the main claim and gives one or two general statements which exactly summarize the
arguments and support the main premise. _____________________

1. existing from the beginning

primordial

2. a series of loops; spiral

retrograde

3. an agency or force of unlimited power

lamentation

4. to speak of or address with irreverence

throng

5. to crowd together in great numbers

blaspheme

6. a crying out in grief

scourge

7. to beat as if by blows of a whip

omnipotence

8. being or relating to the rotation of a

satellite in a direction opposite to that of
the body orbited

coil

III. Definition: Be able to define the following term using the structure learned in the lesson.
1. Argumentative Essay
2. News
3. Intonation
IV. Enumeration. Give examples of the following.
a. Four (4) Sources of Family Conflict
b. Three (3) Results of Aggressive Driving
c. Three (3) Parts of a News Article
V. Essay. Answer briefly but precisely.
a. Why is news article written in inverted pyramid structure? (5)
b.