SUMULONG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Antipolo, City
PRELIM EXAMINATION
CONTEMPORARY, POPULAR AND EMERGENT LITERATURE
NAME: ______________________________________ Program: __________ Score: ___________
I. Multiple Choice: Read the different scenarios presented and determine the type of conflict
depicted. Choose the LETTER of the correct answer.
1. Ana had just given birth to a healthy baby boy. Her husband is the lone bread winner of the family.
As such, she has to tend to all their children ages, 6, 4 and the newborn. Aside from this, she also
has to do all the household chores. Ana felt tired and helpless. She started to be irritable and easily
gets angry. She has postpartum symptoms. Postpartum is the period just after delivery, as with
postpartum depression. Postpartum refers to the mother, and postnatal to the baby.
a. Man vs. Man b. Man vs. Self c. Man vs. Society d. Man vs. Technology
2. The recent pandemic that swept the world, brought a lot of change in the teaching and learning.
Classes shifted to modular and online. Both students and teachers use technology in teaching and
learning. Parents grappled between their works and household chores to help their kids learn. But
many learners struggle in using laptops and gadgets.
a. Man vs. Man b. Man vs. Supernatural c. Man vs. Technology d. Man vs. Society
3. A newly transferred neighbor discovered that the house they are renting has some ghosts living in
it. The family experienced strange things happening at night.
a. Man vs. Man b. Man vs. Technology c. Man vs. Supernatural d. Man vs. Society
4. Residents of Makilala, North Cotabato were hit the most by the recent series of earthquakes. It
resulted to destroyed homes, buildings and schools.
a. Man vs. Supernatural b. Man vs. Nature c. Man vs. Society d. Man vs. Self
5. The teacher was busy discussing her lesson, when suddenly two of her students suddenly got
engaged in a punching duel. She found out that the boy who delivered the punch was a victim of
bullying and that he cannot take it anymore.
a. Man vs. Nature b. Man vs. Self c. Man vs. Man d. Man vs.
Society
6. It refers to a point of view which the story is told in first person by a narrator whose knowledge and
prerogatives are unlimited.
a. Omniscient b. Third Person Limited c. First Person d. Objective
Point of View
7. It is from the viewpoint of one character in the story. No knowledge of what other characters are
thinking or feeling.
a. Omniscient b. Third Person Limited c. First Person d. Objective
Point of View
8. It is a type of point view in which the author disappears into one of the characters, who tells the
story in the first person. This may be either a minor or major character, protagonist, or observer, and
it will make a considerable difference whether the protagonist tells the story or someone else tells it.
Shares the limitations of the third-person limited point of view.
a. Omniscient b. Third Person Limited c. First Person d. Objective Point of View
9. It is a type of point view in which the narrator disappears into a kind of roving sound camera. This
camera can go anywhere but can record only what is seen and heard. It cannot comment, interpret,
or enter a character’s mind.
a. Omniscient b. Third Person Limited c. First Person d. Objective Point of View
10. It is literary element that gives the story its unity.
a. point of view b. conflict c. theme d. main character
II. Directions: Identify the following. Choose your answer from the words below.
Mystery Dilemma Protagonist Antagonist Plot Manipulation Chance
Coincidence
Flat Characters Round Characters Stock Characters Static Character
________ 11. It is an unusual set of circumstances for which the reader craves an
explanation
_______ 12. It is a position in which he or she must choose between two courses of action,
both undesirable
_______ 13. It is the central character in a conflict, sympathetic or unsympathetic
_______ 14. It is any force against protagonist.
_______ 15. It is unjustified turn in the plot by the situation or the characters.
_______ 16. It refers to the occurrence of an event that has no apparent cause in previous
events or in predisposition of character.
_______ 17. It refers to the chance occurrence of two events that may have a peculiar
correspondence. Consider the function of plot in trying to understand the relationship of
each incident to the larger meaning of the story.
______ 18. They usually have only one or two predominant traits; they can be summed up
in a sentence or two.
______ 19. They are complex and have many sided; they have the three-dimensional
quality of real people
______ 20. They are type of flat character; stereotyped figures who have recurred so often
in fiction that we recognize them at once: silent sheriff, mad scientist, brilliant detective.
III. Modified True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and if it is FALSE
underline the word/s which make/s statement incorrect then write the correct
word/s on space provided before each number.
______ 21. Mystery is a popular genre, boasting a huge established audience.
______ 22. Romance is a huge category aimed at diverting and entertaining women.
______ 23. Science fiction/fantasy novels depict distant worlds and futuristic technologies
that whirl readers far away from the here and now and yet provoke contemplation of
contemporary issues.
______ 24. Suspense novels and thrillers are tense, exciting, often sensational works with
ingenious plotting, swift action, and continuous suspense.
______ 25. Horror is filled with gut-wrenching fear, this popular genre keeps readers turning
the blood-filled pages.
______ 26. Young adult is a genre which includes any type of novel with a protagonist in the
12 to 16 age range that speaks to the concerns of teenagers.
______27. From a writer’s perspective, some key characteristics of Women’s Fiction books
include a focus on relationships.
_____ 28. In romance novels, you have elements of fantasy, love, naïveté, extravagance,
adventure, and always the heroic lover overcoming impossible odds to be with his true love.
_____ 29. All mysteries focus on a crime, usually murder.
_____ 30. Mainstream fiction is a general term publishers and booksellers use to
describe both commercial and literary works that depict a daily reality familiar to most
people.
VI. Directions: Answer the following questions briefly but comprehensively.
1. Explain the following:
1.1 Fiction is Subjective (10pts)
1.2 Fiction is Evocative (10pts)
1.3 Interpretation: A Personal Understanding (10pts)
2. Write a short synopsis of “The Necklace by Guy De Mauppasant (10pts)
Prepared by: Reñer G. Aquino, LPT
College Instructor 6
