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American Literature
1st Quarter Examination
S.Y. 2013-2014
Name: ________________________
Date:____________________
Course: _______________________
Schedule: ________________
I. MULITIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the space
provided.
_____ 1. He is known as the German-American physicist responsible for the
development of the Theory of Relativity.
a. Nicolaus Copernicus
b. Albert Einstein
c. Galileo Galilei
d. Charles Darwin
_____ 2. Following question number one, what is the date when he was born in
Germany?
a. March 14, 1897
c. March 14, 1798
b. March 14, 1987
d. March 14, 1879
_____3. Where did Einstein received his doctorate?
a. Stanford University
c. Zurich’s Polytechnic Academy
b. Harvard University
d. Academy of Computer Experts
_____4. What year did Einstein retired from the Institute?
a. 1945
c. 1935
b. 1954
d. 1940
_____5. What prize was given to Einstein for his works in his theoretical and
photoelectric law in 1907?
a. Nobel Prize for Literature
c. Pulitzer Prize
b. Nobel Prize for Peace
d. Nobel Prize for Physics
_____6. What institution in Princeton, New Jersey where Einstein continued his work
on general relativity, unified field theories and interpretations of the quantum theory?
a. Institution for Advanced Study
c. Institution for Advanced Knowledge
b. Institution for Advanced Learning
d. Institution for Advanced Learning
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_____7. What project did Einstein proved that his genius reflected his heart more
than anything else?
a. Boston Project
c. Manhattan Project
b. American Project
d. Australian Project
_____8. What year did the Germen-American physicist died?
a. 1953
c. 1952
b. 1954
d. 1955
_____9. Einstein’s political ideal is _______.
a. aristocrat
c. dictatorship
b. democracy
d. monarchy
_____10. According him, everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one
is idolized.
a. Albert Einstein
c. Albert Einstien
b. Albert Ienstien
d. Albert Eintein
II. FILL IN THE BLANKS
Direction: Based on the essay “This I Believe,” fill in the blanks before the number with
the correct answer given in the box.
__________1. Einstein said, ______ is a low and despicable, and I had rather be
smitten in shreds than participate in such doings.
__________2. Every action is rooted in ______.
__________3. _____ is our situation here upon earth.
__________4. Every great deed starts from a simple ______.
__________5. Einstein was a great scientist, but more than that, he is a great ______.
__________6. Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one is ______.
__________7. My political ideal is ______.
__________8. Albert Einstein is the writer of the essay _______.
__________9. The most beautiful thing we can experience is the ______.
__________10. Every motivation is rooted in ______.
War
this I believe
conviction
idolized
strange
mysterious
democracy
action
man
human
motivation
educated man
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III. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE
Direction: Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false.
_______1. Aloofness means ‘a detachment from something or somebody.’
_______2. Sublime refers to sentiments.
_______3. Rendered means ‘made.’
_______4. Rapt denotes a sense of great wonder and amazement.
_______5. Odious describes a very unpleasant smell.
_______6. Divine means ‘to predict, foretell, or foreshadow.
_______7. Degeneracy is the antonym of productivity.
_______8. Bustle is a kind of game.
_______9. Bombast refers to act of bombing.
_______10. Autocratic refers to a type of rule that treats all people as equal.
IV. ESSAY
Direction: Answer the following questions briefly.
1. What was Einstein’s stand on democracy? How did he expound this? (5 pts.)
2. In the last paragraph, the writer shows that art and science are rooted in the
mysterious. How is this possible? (5 pts.)
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V. MATCHIMG TYPE
Direction: Match the answers in column B to the questions given in column A. Write the
letter of the correct answer before the number.
A
B
_____1. The author of the essay This I
Believe
A. 1945
B. Manhattan Project
_____2. The theory that states the
equivalence of mass and energy.
C. Unpleasant smell
_____3. The date when Einstein was
born.
D. Theory of Relativity
_____4. The year when Einstein received
his doctorate in Zurich’s Polytechnic
College.
F. Nobel Prize for Physics
_____5.The year when Einstein retired
from the Institute.
H. Pulitzer Prize
E. Photon Theory of Light
G. March 14, 1879
I. 1905
_____6. The participation of Einstein in
this project proved that his genius
reflected his heart more than anything
else.
J. Nicolaus Copernicus
K. Albert Einstein
_____7. This prize was given to Einstein
for his works in theoretical physics and
photoelectric law.
.
L. detachment from
something or somebody
M. to foretell
_____8. Aloofness
N. American Project
_____9. Rapt
O. amazement
_____10. Divine
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