Post by ernesto thaddeus m. solmerano on Jun 15, 2007 21:57:11 GMT -5
SHORT STORY ANALYSIS TEST
Direction: Read the short story carefully then answer the questions that follow.
1. The point of view used in "Of Fish, Flies, Dogs and Women" is:
a. first person
b. second person
c. third person limited
d. third person omniscient
2. With respect to point of view, the story is presented through the sense impressions, perception and consciousness of:
a. Maria Lab-asera
b. Mana Biben
c. Angelica Disgrasyada
d. the concealed narrator
3. The time setting is:
a. primitive
b. medieval
c. present
d. futuristic
4. The locale of the story is:
a. an office
b. in the market place
c. inside the house
d. in the bedroom
5. The local color of the story is:
a. in the Ilocos Region
b. in the Tagalog province
c. in the Visayas Region
d. somewhere in Bicol
6. The central character in the story is:
a. Maria Lab-asera
b. Angelica Disgrasyada
c. Both a and b
d. Mana Biben
7. The economic status of the family of Maria in the story is:
a. elite
b. upper middle class
c. middle class
d. poor
8. The element of fiction used in the first three sentences ("So, Mana Biben, you want to know how I turned my life around? You think I became the biggest fish dealer in this town by crying on my sleeves? Look at me— you think it's all that easy?") of the text is:
a. foreshadowing
b. irony
c. symbol
d. style
9. The element of fiction used in the first sentence (“Five years ago, my husband used to beat me up”) of paragraph 4 is:
a. symbol
b. irony
c. flashback
d. foreshadowing
10. Maria, in the beginning of her narration, is portrayed as being:
a. carefree
b. complacent, trusting
c. timid, cowardly
d. stoic, indifferent
11. At the end of her narration, Maria becomes:
a. sad
b. bold, daring
c. gloomy, depressed
d. stoic, indifferent
12. The external conflict in the story is that between:
a. Maria vs. herself
b. Maria vs. Mana Biben
c. Maria vs. the flies
d. Maria vs. the dogs
13. One complication in this conflict is that Maria:
a. is very complacent and trusting
b. does not care about the welfare of her children
c. is very busy and dedicated with her job
d. is cowardly and afraid
14. At stake in this conflict is:
a. the family's reputation
b. her own happiness
c. her relationship with her husband
d. the children’s lives and future
15. Maria and Angelica Disgrasyada are fine examples of:
a. flat characters
b. type characters
c. developing characters
d. round characters
16. The element of fiction used in the characterization of Atty. Sabate as Angelica Disgrasyada’s father is:
a. symbol
b. irony
c. style
d. tone
17. The literary device used when Maria compared Angelica Disgrasyada and her love-child to the Madonna and Child is:
a. a symbol
b. an allegory
c. an allusion
d. a parody
18. The title of the story "Of Fish, Flies, Dogs and Women":
a. has no significance in the story whatsoever
b. is symbolic
c. is ironic
d. is used for ornamentation and vivid effect only
19. The change in the Maria’s nature or attitude, from being weak and afraid to being strong and defensive, is the ___________ of this story:
a. conflict
b. complication
c. movement
d. theme
20. The “dogs” mentioned in the story become a symbol of:
a. Maria’s good-for-nothing husband
b. irresponsible and worthless men
c. opportunistic people
d. all of the above
21. The “flies” mentioned in the story become a symbol of:
a. bloodsucking pests
b. rumormongers
c. opportunistic people
d. all of the above
22. Does this story have unity of time?
a. yes
b. no
c. perhaps
d. none of the above
23. Angelica Disgrasyada’s reaction to Maria after her encounter with the dogs is one of:
a. sympathy
b. apathy, indifference
c. admiration
d. dislike
24. The tone of this story may be described as:
a. quite objective
b. rather serious
c. humorous with an undercurrent of pathos
d. ridiculous or absurd
25. The essential value of the story, as art, is that it:
a. conveys a moral
b. reveals something about the human nature
c. gives aesthetic pleasure
d. all of the above
Direction: Read the short story carefully then answer the questions that follow.
1. The point of view used in "Of Fish, Flies, Dogs and Women" is:
a. first person
b. second person
c. third person limited
d. third person omniscient
2. With respect to point of view, the story is presented through the sense impressions, perception and consciousness of:
a. Maria Lab-asera
b. Mana Biben
c. Angelica Disgrasyada
d. the concealed narrator
3. The time setting is:
a. primitive
b. medieval
c. present
d. futuristic
4. The locale of the story is:
a. an office
b. in the market place
c. inside the house
d. in the bedroom
5. The local color of the story is:
a. in the Ilocos Region
b. in the Tagalog province
c. in the Visayas Region
d. somewhere in Bicol
6. The central character in the story is:
a. Maria Lab-asera
b. Angelica Disgrasyada
c. Both a and b
d. Mana Biben
7. The economic status of the family of Maria in the story is:
a. elite
b. upper middle class
c. middle class
d. poor
8. The element of fiction used in the first three sentences ("So, Mana Biben, you want to know how I turned my life around? You think I became the biggest fish dealer in this town by crying on my sleeves? Look at me— you think it's all that easy?") of the text is:
a. foreshadowing
b. irony
c. symbol
d. style
9. The element of fiction used in the first sentence (“Five years ago, my husband used to beat me up”) of paragraph 4 is:
a. symbol
b. irony
c. flashback
d. foreshadowing
10. Maria, in the beginning of her narration, is portrayed as being:
a. carefree
b. complacent, trusting
c. timid, cowardly
d. stoic, indifferent
11. At the end of her narration, Maria becomes:
a. sad
b. bold, daring
c. gloomy, depressed
d. stoic, indifferent
12. The external conflict in the story is that between:
a. Maria vs. herself
b. Maria vs. Mana Biben
c. Maria vs. the flies
d. Maria vs. the dogs
13. One complication in this conflict is that Maria:
a. is very complacent and trusting
b. does not care about the welfare of her children
c. is very busy and dedicated with her job
d. is cowardly and afraid
14. At stake in this conflict is:
a. the family's reputation
b. her own happiness
c. her relationship with her husband
d. the children’s lives and future
15. Maria and Angelica Disgrasyada are fine examples of:
a. flat characters
b. type characters
c. developing characters
d. round characters
16. The element of fiction used in the characterization of Atty. Sabate as Angelica Disgrasyada’s father is:
a. symbol
b. irony
c. style
d. tone
17. The literary device used when Maria compared Angelica Disgrasyada and her love-child to the Madonna and Child is:
a. a symbol
b. an allegory
c. an allusion
d. a parody
18. The title of the story "Of Fish, Flies, Dogs and Women":
a. has no significance in the story whatsoever
b. is symbolic
c. is ironic
d. is used for ornamentation and vivid effect only
19. The change in the Maria’s nature or attitude, from being weak and afraid to being strong and defensive, is the ___________ of this story:
a. conflict
b. complication
c. movement
d. theme
20. The “dogs” mentioned in the story become a symbol of:
a. Maria’s good-for-nothing husband
b. irresponsible and worthless men
c. opportunistic people
d. all of the above
21. The “flies” mentioned in the story become a symbol of:
a. bloodsucking pests
b. rumormongers
c. opportunistic people
d. all of the above
22. Does this story have unity of time?
a. yes
b. no
c. perhaps
d. none of the above
23. Angelica Disgrasyada’s reaction to Maria after her encounter with the dogs is one of:
a. sympathy
b. apathy, indifference
c. admiration
d. dislike
24. The tone of this story may be described as:
a. quite objective
b. rather serious
c. humorous with an undercurrent of pathos
d. ridiculous or absurd
25. The essential value of the story, as art, is that it:
a. conveys a moral
b. reveals something about the human nature
c. gives aesthetic pleasure
d. all of the above
