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Final Examination
Lit 1: The Literatures of the Philippines
Prof. ETM Solmerano
The universe is made up of stories, not of atoms. - Muriel Rukeyser
I. Poetry Analysis Test
Read the poem carefully then answer the questions that follow.
Icarus in Catechism Class
By Dominador Ilio
O make us angels all, with dirty feet,
Without wings, chanting the beatitudes
Without exultation nor thought, counting
The silver halos on the heads of saints,
And ignoring the pastels on the stunning
Stained glass windows.
This morning Daedalus
My father scraping the wax of last night's taper
Spoke of escape from this dark labyrinth,
This walled-in wilderness where the black
birds twitter Homilies from the pulpit.
O I wait
The noon. Soon the minutes will glibly run
Into the decades full of women and sinners --
O hour of my death, O let the noon bell ring,
I want to go home I want to put on my wings.
1. The poem is:
a. lyric
b. dramatic
c. narrative
d. expository
2. As to form, this poem is an example of:
a. structured
b. free verse
c. both a and b
d. prose
3. As to language, the poem can be classified as:
a. prose
b. verse
c. poetic prose
d. lyrical
4. The persona speaking in the poem is:
a. the poet
b. Icarus
c. Daedalus
d. nobody in particular
5. The lines are addressed to:
a. the poet
b. Daedalus
c. Icarus
d. the readers
6. The persona’s gender is a:
a. boy
b. girl
c. homosexual
d. lesbian
7. The locale where the persona is situated is in:
a. a convent
b. a classroom
c. a church
d. a prison cell
8. The persona is enrolled in what subject:
a. Math
b. Poetry class
c. Religion
d. NSTP
9. Stanza 1 contains:
a. a paradox
b. a symbol
c. an irony
d. a metaphor
10. An alliteration can be found in the first stanza in:
a. lines 1 and 3
b. lines 2 and 4
c. lines 5 and 6
d. all of these aforementioned
11. Which sound-effect device is not found in line 5?
a. alliteration
b assonance
c. consonance
d. rhyme
12. The figure of speech used in the mention of “Daedalus” in line 7 is:
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. allusion
d. symbol
13. The figure of speech used in the mention of the “Labyrinth” in line 9 is:
a. metaphor
b. personification
c. paradox
d. symbol
14. An alliteration can be found in the second stanza in:
a. line 7
b. line 8
c. line 9
d. line 10
15. The figure of speech used in the mention of “black Birds” chirping a Sermon from the pulpit is:
a. a simile
b. a symbol
c. an allusion
d. an understatement
16. Lines 12- 13 (“Soon the minutes…women and sinners”) contain:
a. a simile
b. a metaphor
c. an irony
d. a hyperbole
17. Line 15 is an example of:
a. an irony
b. an antithesis
c. an apostrophe
d. a paradox
18. The persona in the poem could be characterized as:
a. attentive, animated
b. laid-back, unconcerned
c. happy, glad
d. bored, depressed
19. The persona’s desire or longing in the poem is:
a. to remain or to stay put
b. to escape and ran away
c. to socialize and mingle with women and sinners
d. to be alone with his father
20. The essential value of this poem as art is that:
a. it appeals to our sense of beauty
b. it conveys a moral
c. it gives information
d. all of the above
II. Figurative Language
Identify the figure of speech used in the following examples.
21. Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. irony
d. understatement
e. hyperbole
22. I stood in the mires of Usher and looked for the light on Sinai.
a. allusion
b. antithesis
c. paradox
d. symbol
e. metonymy
23. Her voice is full of money.
a. metonymy
b. synecdoche
c. understatement
d. hyperbole
e. metaphor
24. No man is an island.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. apostrophe
e. symbol
25. Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.
a. apostrophe
b. personification
c. paradox
d. irony
e. allusion
26. My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. oxymoron
d. allusion
e. antithesis
27. Friends, Romans, countrymen: lend me your ears.
a. metonymy
b. synecdoche
c. understatement
d. allusion
e. apostrophe
28. I had so much homework last night that I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home.
a. hyperbole
b. understatement
c. antithesis
d. irony
e. oxymoron
29. We talked with each other about each other tough neither of us spoke.
a. metonymy
b. paradox
c. synecdoche
d. personification
e. irony
30. Give them nothing, but take away from them everything.
a. antithesis
b. irony
c. symbol
d. paradox
e. litotes
31. Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone without a dream in my heart and without a love of my own.
a. apostrophe
b. personification
c. allusion
d. antithesis
e. symbol
32. Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. apostrophe
e. allusion
33. Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire.
a. antithesis
b. irony
c. symbol
d. paradox
e. metonymy
34. The cat, quick as lightning, pounced on the rat.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. oxymoron
d. allusion
e. hyperbole
35. “I'm really glad that you have come to visit,” said the spider to the fly.
a. hyperbole
b. understatement
c. antithesis
d. irony
e. allusion
Make your own mistakes, not somebody else's.
Lit 1: The Literatures of the Philippines
Prof. ETM Solmerano
The universe is made up of stories, not of atoms. - Muriel Rukeyser
I. Poetry Analysis Test
Read the poem carefully then answer the questions that follow.
Icarus in Catechism Class
By Dominador Ilio
O make us angels all, with dirty feet,
Without wings, chanting the beatitudes
Without exultation nor thought, counting
The silver halos on the heads of saints,
And ignoring the pastels on the stunning
Stained glass windows.
This morning Daedalus
My father scraping the wax of last night's taper
Spoke of escape from this dark labyrinth,
This walled-in wilderness where the black
birds twitter Homilies from the pulpit.
O I wait
The noon. Soon the minutes will glibly run
Into the decades full of women and sinners --
O hour of my death, O let the noon bell ring,
I want to go home I want to put on my wings.
1. The poem is:
a. lyric
b. dramatic
c. narrative
d. expository
2. As to form, this poem is an example of:
a. structured
b. free verse
c. both a and b
d. prose
3. As to language, the poem can be classified as:
a. prose
b. verse
c. poetic prose
d. lyrical
4. The persona speaking in the poem is:
a. the poet
b. Icarus
c. Daedalus
d. nobody in particular
5. The lines are addressed to:
a. the poet
b. Daedalus
c. Icarus
d. the readers
6. The persona’s gender is a:
a. boy
b. girl
c. homosexual
d. lesbian
7. The locale where the persona is situated is in:
a. a convent
b. a classroom
c. a church
d. a prison cell
8. The persona is enrolled in what subject:
a. Math
b. Poetry class
c. Religion
d. NSTP
9. Stanza 1 contains:
a. a paradox
b. a symbol
c. an irony
d. a metaphor
10. An alliteration can be found in the first stanza in:
a. lines 1 and 3
b. lines 2 and 4
c. lines 5 and 6
d. all of these aforementioned
11. Which sound-effect device is not found in line 5?
a. alliteration
b assonance
c. consonance
d. rhyme
12. The figure of speech used in the mention of “Daedalus” in line 7 is:
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. allusion
d. symbol
13. The figure of speech used in the mention of the “Labyrinth” in line 9 is:
a. metaphor
b. personification
c. paradox
d. symbol
14. An alliteration can be found in the second stanza in:
a. line 7
b. line 8
c. line 9
d. line 10
15. The figure of speech used in the mention of “black Birds” chirping a Sermon from the pulpit is:
a. a simile
b. a symbol
c. an allusion
d. an understatement
16. Lines 12- 13 (“Soon the minutes…women and sinners”) contain:
a. a simile
b. a metaphor
c. an irony
d. a hyperbole
17. Line 15 is an example of:
a. an irony
b. an antithesis
c. an apostrophe
d. a paradox
18. The persona in the poem could be characterized as:
a. attentive, animated
b. laid-back, unconcerned
c. happy, glad
d. bored, depressed
19. The persona’s desire or longing in the poem is:
a. to remain or to stay put
b. to escape and ran away
c. to socialize and mingle with women and sinners
d. to be alone with his father
20. The essential value of this poem as art is that:
a. it appeals to our sense of beauty
b. it conveys a moral
c. it gives information
d. all of the above
II. Figurative Language
Identify the figure of speech used in the following examples.
21. Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. irony
d. understatement
e. hyperbole
22. I stood in the mires of Usher and looked for the light on Sinai.
a. allusion
b. antithesis
c. paradox
d. symbol
e. metonymy
23. Her voice is full of money.
a. metonymy
b. synecdoche
c. understatement
d. hyperbole
e. metaphor
24. No man is an island.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. apostrophe
e. symbol
25. Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.
a. apostrophe
b. personification
c. paradox
d. irony
e. allusion
26. My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. oxymoron
d. allusion
e. antithesis
27. Friends, Romans, countrymen: lend me your ears.
a. metonymy
b. synecdoche
c. understatement
d. allusion
e. apostrophe
28. I had so much homework last night that I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home.
a. hyperbole
b. understatement
c. antithesis
d. irony
e. oxymoron
29. We talked with each other about each other tough neither of us spoke.
a. metonymy
b. paradox
c. synecdoche
d. personification
e. irony
30. Give them nothing, but take away from them everything.
a. antithesis
b. irony
c. symbol
d. paradox
e. litotes
31. Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone without a dream in my heart and without a love of my own.
a. apostrophe
b. personification
c. allusion
d. antithesis
e. symbol
32. Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. apostrophe
e. allusion
33. Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire.
a. antithesis
b. irony
c. symbol
d. paradox
e. metonymy
34. The cat, quick as lightning, pounced on the rat.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. oxymoron
d. allusion
e. hyperbole
35. “I'm really glad that you have come to visit,” said the spider to the fly.
a. hyperbole
b. understatement
c. antithesis
d. irony
e. allusion
Make your own mistakes, not somebody else's.