BATO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL- BAVIERA EXTENSION

4TH QUARTER EXAMINATION IN GRADE 10 ENGLISH

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Test 1. LITERATURE

Directions: Read each item carefully and write the letter of the most appropriate answer before each number.

1. What figure of speech is present in these examples?

“As he fled, he ran right into the law.”
“The town was starving within days.”
a. synechdoche b. onomatopoeia c. allusion d. antithesis

2. Which line illustrates apostrophe as a figure of speech?

a. So Doc, what's up? b. And thou, Dejection, begone!
c. Unhand her, you brutish knave! d. A thousand smiles greeted her.

3. Choose the example of a metaphor.

a. clockwork men b. tall as the truth
c. light winced on their knives d. dead fish are polished marble

4. Identify the literary device used below.

i. It is certainly not an insignificant issue!
Litotes b. hyperbole c. apostrophe d. Personification

5. Consider the statement "In death, there is life." Such seemingly self-contradictory statements are called ...
- a. Oxymoron b. synecdoche c. metonymy d. simile
6. Metonymy is exemplified in which line?

a. our dearly departed

b. to live by the sword

c. the gnashing of teeth

d. not in a thousand years

7. What figure of speech is illustrated in this line?

“Anarchy has a thousand faces in Somalia.”

A. Personification b. irony c. metaphor d. paradox

8. Late in the first decade of the 20th century Picasso co-developed the art style known as 'Cubism'. Who was his
partner in the creation of the Cubist style?

a. Fernand Léger b. Georges Braque c. Juan Gris d. Robert Delaunay

9. Who is the lover of Pablo which became the inspiration of “The Weeping Woman”?
a. Julieta b. Dora Maar c. Linda d. Analie
10. Pablo Picasso is probably the most important figure of 20th century, in terms of art, and art movements that
occurred over this period.
a. True because he invented Symbolism and Surrealism.
b. False because Leonardo Da Vinci was very popular back then.
c. True because throughout the long course of his career, he created more than 20,000 paintings, drawings,
sculptures, ceramics and other items such as costumes and theater sets.
d. False because Pablo Picasso drew only anti-war portraits

TEST 2. COMPREHENSION

Comprehension Directions: Read the selection carefully. Then, answer the following questions. Choose the
letter of the correct answer.

1)A practical joke is not something which is said but nothing which is done and it is usually intended to
make people laugh at somebody. 2) So long as the person upon whom a joke is played is not hurt, or not put in
danger of being hurt, practical joking is only for fun. 3) You may hide a friend’s books, and be amused when he
loos everywhere for them. 4) But if you pull a chair away just as he is sitting down, or put something for him to
pull over, he may seriously injure himself. 5) Such practical jokes are foolish 1. To what/whom does the
pronoun “he” refers to in sentence 3? a. books b. everywhere c. friend 2. Why do people joke? a. to hurt people
b. to make people laugh c to injure someone 3. which statement is not true? a. pulling away a chair hurts b.
practical jokes are foolish c. jokes are fun at all times 4. sentence 1 which is a topic sentence is a/an ____ a.
explanation b. definition c. result 5. The best title for the selection is _____. a. jokes are foolish b. joking is part
of friendship c. practical joke