Post by ernesto thaddeus m. solmerano on Mar 10, 2009 3:10:37 GMT -5
Short Story Analysis Test:oThe Summer Solstice
:oBy Nick Joaquin
1. The point of view used in “The Summer Solstice” 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. Nick Joaquin
b. the concealed narrator
c. Doña Lupeng
d. Amada
3. The time setting is:
a. 18th century
b. 1850’s
c. 19th century
d. 1920’s
4. The geographical setting of this story is:
a. an industrial city
b. a provincial town
c. a reclamation area
d. an urbanized city
5. The tone may be described as:
a. sardonic
b. humorous
c. serious
d. ironic
6. The literary device used in the mention of St. John’s Day is:
a. an allusion
b. an irony
c. a paradox
d. a motif
7. The description of the temperature as scorching, searing and sweltering is using what element of fiction:
a. setting
b. symbol
c. irony
d. both a and b
8. When the story opens, Doña Lupeng was feeling:
a. irritable
b. dizzy
c. hot
d. all of these aforementioned
9. The element of fiction used in the description of Amada as lewd, vulgar and out of character is:
a. irony
b. foreshadowing
c. movement
d. flashback
10. The element of fiction used in the conversation between Doña Lupeng and Entoy in the first part of the story is:
a. style
b. tone
c. conflict
d. foreshadowing
11. The element of fiction used when Doña Lupeng recalls how Entoy brutally treats Amada is:
a. flashback
b. conflict
c. irony
d. point of view
12. The description of the image of St. John as heroic, arrogant and very masculine as carried by hordes of young men in wet clothes walking proud and tall in the procession is using what element of fiction:
a. irony
b. character
c. symbol
d. style
13. The element of fiction used when Guido tells Doña Lupeng that women should be glorified and adored then he lifts her skirt and kisses her feet is:
a. flashback
b. irony
c. foreshadowing
d. conflict
14. What element of fiction is used when Doña Lupeng tells her husband that besides following her around, Guido also kissed her feet. Don Paeng, disgusted by the thought, says that a woman should not be adored, but loved and respected. Doña Lupeng tells him that, perhaps, women “do not want to be loved and respected—but to be adored”?
a. movement
b. pace
c. point of view
d. conflict
15. In the first half of the story, Doña Lupeng can be described as:
a. introverted
b. indifferent
c. submissive
d. aggressive
16. In the last half of the story, she becomes:
a. passionate
b. assertive
c. deviant
d. all of these aforementioned
17. One external conflict in the story is that between:
a. Doña Lupeng vs. Don Paeng
b. Entoy vs. Amada
c. Doña Lupeng vs. Guido
d. Doña Lupeng vs. her children
18. At stake in this conflict is:
a. Don Paeng’s masculinity
b. their relationship
c. Doña Lupeng’s image or reputation
d. the celebration of Tatarin
19. The climactic action in this story takes place:
a. in the stable where Doña Lupeng saw Amada
b. in the tiny plaza where the cult of Tatarin is celebrated
c. in the bedroom of the couple
d. all of the above
20. The title of the story "The Summer Solstice":
a. has no significance in the story whatsoever
b. is symbolic
c. is ironic
d. is used for ornamentation and vivid effect only
21. The change in Doña Lupeng nature or attitude, from being passive or subservient to being assertive and firm, is the ___________ of this story:
a. conflict
b. complication
c. movement
d. theme
22. Doña Lupeng is an example of a _______________ character.
a. flat
b. type
c. dynamic
d. round
23. Don Paeng is an example of a _______________ character.
a. static
b. type
c. developing
d. round
24. Amada is an example of a _______________ character.
a. static
b. type
c. developing
d. round
25. Entoy is an example of a _______________ character.
a. static
b. type
c. developing
d. round
26. One contrast enacted in the story is that between:
a. Apollonian male vs. Dionysian female
b. life vs. death
c. happiness vs. sorrow
d. illusion vs. reality
27. Another contrast depicted in the story is that between:
a. truth vs. illusion
b. pagan rituals vs. Christian practices
c. innocence vs. sophistication
d. beauty vs. unattractiveness
28. A further contrast shown in the story is that between:
a. sun and moon
b. day and night
c. faith and superstition
d. all of these aforementioned
29. The description of the image of St. John as “crude, primitive, grotesque image, its big-eyed head too big for its puny naked torso, bobbing and swaying above the hysterical female horde and looking at once so comical and pathetic “ as carried by prancing, screaming, writhing women is using what element of fiction:
a. irony
b. character
c. symbol
d. point of view
30. The element of fiction used when Don Paeng follows Doña Lupeng into the crowd but when the women realize that he is male, they hit his face, scratch his skin, and push him down is:
a. foreshadowing
b. conflict
c. symbol
d. all of these aforementioned
31. What element of fiction is used to end this story?
a. conflict
b. irony
c. theme
d. symbol
32. This story can be classified as:
a. prose
b. verse
c. poetic prose
d. lyrical and dramatic
33. The central character in the story is:
a. Don Paeng
b. Doña Lupeng
c. Both a and b
d. Amada
34. The central theme in the story is the depiction of:
a. the disintegration of culture and tradition
b. the battle of the sexes
c. the paradoxical nature of women
d. the duality of nature of man
35. 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
