THIRD QUARTER LONG QUIZ ONE
21st CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD (11 & 12)
Name: ________________________ Date: ________________________
Score: _______________________
Section: _____________________________Teacher: Ms. Hecsel Marie L. Caldeo Signature of Parent: ____________
General Instructions: 1. Read and understand each of the questions/ statements carefully.
2. Strictly follow each direction. Failure to do so will make your answer incomplete or incorrect.
3. Your name will be recorded and you can only access your quiz once.
TEST I: TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
DIRECTION: Fill in the blanks with the correct literary theories.
1. ____________ is the perspective we can use to distinguish the roles of marginalized women in society.
2._____________ distinguishes the social stratification between the capitalists and the working class, the ruler and its
members, and the rich and poor.
3. _____________ highlights the occurrences that take place after a certain period of outside influence in colonization.
4. _____________ is the perspective used in determining a “coming-of-age” story where a character develops and unveils
his or her desired identity.
5. ______________ points out the effects of a change in politics and governance taking place in a certain area.
For no. 6-7. What are the details that a reader should look for in reading an author’s biography?
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TEST II: HOW’S YOUR COMPREHENSION
DIRECTION: Read the text and answer the following questions.
Sympathy
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;
When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass,
And the river flows like a stream of glass;
When the first bird sings and the first bud opes,
And the faint perfume from its chalice steals—
I know what the caged bird feels!
I know why the caged bird beats his wing
Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;
For he must fly back to his perch and cling
When he fain would be on the bough a-swing;
And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars
And they pulse again with a keener sting—
I know why he beats his wing!
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,
When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,—
When he beats his bars and he would be free;
It is not a carol of joy or glee,
But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core,
But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings—
I know why the caged bird sings!
Guide Questions:
1. What literary theory would be appropriate to use in studying this text? Why?
2. Who is the persona of the poem? What is this person like?
3. What is the central theme of the poem?
4. What message does the poem convey?
5. What was significant about the time the poem was written? How can its influences be seen in the text?