SECOND PERIODICAL TEST IN 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE
NAME:_______________________________ DATE:___________
SECTION:_____________________________ SCORE:__________
1. A type of literary criticism based on the writings of German philosopher Karl Marx . It is a critical
approach to literature which shows the relationship between literature and the social condition in
the society.
a. Ideology b. Marxist c. Materialism d. Class struggle
2. It teaches that literature must be understood in relation to historical and social reality as
interpreted from a Marxist standpoint.
a. Class struggle b. Ideology c. Equality d. Marxist Criticism
3. The major events that move the action in a narrative. It is the sequence of major events in a story,
usually in a cause-effect relation.
a. character b. plot c. point of view d. setting
4. That combination of place, historical time, and social milieu that provides the general background
for the characters and plot of a literary work.
a. character b. plot c. point of view d. setting
5. The author’s type of diction, syntax , and other linguistic features of a work.
a. style b. settings c. theme d. character
6. A figure in a literary work.
a. character b. plot c. point of view d. setting
7. The central and dominating idea or ideas in a literary work.
a. style b. settings c. theme d. character
8. _________is a genre of fiction, defined as a very short story.
a. flash fiction b. conflict c. fiction d. poem
9. A picture that is produced by a camera, artist, mirror.
a. image b. audio c. video c. animation
10. A way of making movie by using a series of drawings, computer graphics, or photographs of
objects that are slightly different from one another and that when viewed quickly one after another
create the appearance of movement.
a. image b. audio c. video d. animation
11. A movie, television show, or event that has been recorded onto a videocassette or DVD so that it
can be watched on a television or computer.
a. image b. audio c. video d. animation
12. Relating to the sound that is heard on a recording or broadcast.
a. image b. audio c. video d. animation
13. This approach is one way of solving student’s reading problems.
a. scanning b. skimming c. reading approach d. extensive reading
14. An approach to language learning, including foreign language learning, by means of a large
amount of reading.
a. scanning b. skimming c. reading approach d. extensive reading
15. It is a technique wherein students search for keywords or ideas.
a. scanning b. skimming c. reading approach d. extensive reading
16. The main idea of a text is quickly identified.
a. scanning b. skimming c. reading approach d. extensive reading
17. Mina wants to answer questions quickly so she looked for specific titles in the selection. She used
a. skimming b. scanning c. extensive reading d. reading approach
18. Randie quickly understood the main idea of the poem he is reading. He used
a. extensive reading b. reading approach c. scanning d. skimming
19. Princess loves reading novels and short stories. It improves her Vocabulary a lot. She is using
a. reading approach b. scanning c. skimming d. extensive reading
20. Ma’am Karen encouraged her students to read a lot and use techniques in understanding the text
and improving their knowledge. She is talking about
a. extensive reading b. scanning c. reading approach d. skimming
21. 1. It refers to imaginative literature usually consisting of a few hundred words.
a. Short story b. Flash fiction c. Doodle fiction d. Graphic fiction
22. Which is NOT a feature of a graphic novel?
a. Graphic novel is in condensed form.
b. Graphic novel is a combination of book and screen.
c. It encourages interactivity in the minds of the reader as he fills in the blanks between pages.
d. Its language, syntax and meaning spring primarily through the relationship between images than
words.
23. Flash fiction is also known as _____________.
a. short story b. macro stories c. graphic fiction d. postсard fiсtion
24. It is a flash fiсtion story that сenters on finding tattered teddy bear that the speaker adored as a
сhild.
a. “Taylor Swift”
b. "Unnecessary Things”
c. “Angels and Blueberries”
d. “I remember her fifty years later.”
25. Which is NOT a common characteristic of flash fiction?
a. brief b. has complete plot c. uses speech bubbles d. presents twists in the ending
26. It is where dialogues in graphiс fiсtion are written.
a. Image panels b. Speeсh bubbles с. Illustration boxes d. Beside illustrations
27. How do flash fictions commonly end the story?
a. The story ends with a twist.
b. It presents a painful ending.
c. It usually ends happily and merrily.
d. Readers have the liberty to give their own ending.
28. It is a сreative pieсe written in comic form.
a. comiс story b. storyboard с. flash fiction d. graphic fiсtion
29. Tara Campbell explains the various сolors of the sky in flash
fiсtion story entitled_________________.
a. “Taylor Swift”
b. “Unneсessary Things”
c. “Angels and Blueberries”
d. “For sale: baby soсks, never worn”
30. Graphiс novel is also known as _____________.
a. digi-fiсtion b. flash fiсtion c. doodle fiсtion d. graphiс fiсtion
31. The most exciting part of a story is called _______________.
a. character b. conflict c. climax d. plot
32. It refers to the tension, the fight or the struggle between the various characters or forces in the
story.
a. conflict b. setting c. theme d. plot
33. This element refers to the topic that the writer writes or comments on in his or her writing.
a. plot b. climax c. conflict d. theme
34. What plot structure component is known as the inciting incident where the
author introduces the characters, identifies where the story is happening, and establishes the main
conflict?
a. exposition b. falling action c. climax d. rising action
35. What plot structure component is considered as the solution to the problem in a story?
a. exposition b. falling action c. climax d. resolution
II. True or False
36. Skimming is done at a speed three to four times faster than normal reading.
37. Scanning is quickly reading a text to get the summary of it.
38. Reading Approach is an approach wherein students are demanded to read to improve their
knowledge and get new ideas.
39. Students will know about the different of culture by reading across cultural understanding by
reading.
40. In reading approach, students are expected to improve their English skills.
41. Marxist critics focused on literary representations of workers and working classes.
42. Marxist criticism is concerned with differences between economic classes & implications of
capitalist system
43. Audio is relating to the sound that is heard on a recording or broadcast. It not is important
because it can’t tell us about character, place, and time.
44. Audio is relating to the picture that is see on a recording or broadcast.
45. Graphic fiction or a graphic novel is a comic book narrative that is equivalent in form and
dimension to the prose novel.
46. Flash fiction presents the story with fewest words as possible.
47. Complete plot. Flash fiction emphasizes the development of plot. It has a beginning, middle and
ending of the story.
48. Surprising ending. The successful hallmark of a flash fiction is its twist at the end of the story.
49. “Angels and Blueberries” by Tara Campbell is a story of various explanations for the color of the
sky that involves angels and blueberries.
50. The protagonist is the main character. He or she is in conflict with another character, who is
known as the antagonist.
