I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read th questions carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

(2 points each). NO ERASURES AND SUPERIMPOSITIONS

1. Which of the four genres of literature “presents a story that is invented and not literally ‘true.’ It
is written to be read rather than to be acted or performed, and the events depicted are told to
us by a narrator, not enacted or dramatized.”?
A. Prose Fiction
B. Poetry
C. Drama
D. Non-fiction Prose

2. Which of the four genres of literature is “a piece of art written by a poet in meter or verse expressing
various emotions which are expressed by the use of variety of techniques including metaphors, similes,
and onomatopoeia. The emphasis is the use of aesthetics of language and the use of techniques such as
repetition, meter and rhyme. It heavily uses imagery and word association to quickly convey
emotions.”?

A. Prose Fiction
B. Poetry
C. Drama
D. Non-fiction Prose

3. Which of the four genres of literature is “a story acted out, It shows people doing through some
eventful period in their lives, seriously or humorously. The speech and action of a play recreate the flow
of a human life, which comes fully to life only on the stage.”?

4. Which of the four genres of literature “presents factual information or expresses a viewpoint.”?

A. Prose Fiction
B. Poetry
C. Drama
D. Non-fiction Prose
5. Which is often known to be a story of origins, how the world and everything in it came to be?

A. Novel
B. Myth
C. Parable
D. Fairy Tale
6. Which is known to be unverified story handed down from earlier times from generation to
generation, especially one popularly believed to be historical?

A. Novella
B. Fable
C. Short Story
D. Legend

7. Which is known to be a simple story illustrating a moral or religious story?

A. Novel
B. Myth
C. Parable
D. Fairy Tale

8. Which is usually known to be short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often
employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans?
A. Novel
B. Fable
C. Short Story
D. Legend
9. Which of the following we can meet witches and queens, giants and elves, princes, dragons, talking
animals, ogres, princesses, and sometimes even fairies?
A. Novel
B. Myth
C. Parable
D. Fairy Tale
10. What is known to be a piece of prose fiction marked by a relative shortness and density, organized
into a plot and some kind of denouement at the end?
A. Novella
B. Fable
C. Short Story
D. Legend
11. What is usually known to focus on one important event in the lives of a small number of central
characters?
A. Novella
B. Fable
C. Short Story
D. Legend
13. Which is known to be a fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is
unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of numerous characters placed in a number of different
situations?
A. Novella
B. Myth
C. Parable
D. Fairy Tale
14. Which is known to be a fictional prose narrative that is no longer that a short story, but shorter than
a novel?
A. Novella
B. Fable
C. Short Story
D. Legend
15. It is a type of poetry that is comparatively short, non-narrative poem in which a single speaker
presents a state of mind or an emotional state. It retains some of the elements of song which is said to
be its origin.
A. Lyric Poetry
B. Fictional Poetry
C. Dramatic Poetry
D. Narrative Poetry
II. Differentiate (3 points each)

1. Myth from Legend

2. Parable from Fable

3. Fairy tale from Short story

4. Novel from Novella

5. Define ‘Literature.’