GENERAL LUNA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

General Luna, Surigao del Norte

DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN ENGLISH 9
s/y 2019-2020
A Journey Through Anglo-American Literature

Test I. MATCHING TYPE

Directions: Identify the authors of the following literary texts. Choose the correct answer for Column A from Column B. Write your answer on the space provided
before each number. Use CAPITAL LETTERS only.
A B
____ 1. The Seven Ages of Man a. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
____ 2. Mother to Son b. Robert Frost
____ 3. The Battle with Grendel c. Sir Thomas Malory
____ 4. A Day of Destiny d. Langston Hughes
____ 5. A Psalm of Life e. William Shakespeare
____ 6. If--- f. Burton Raffel
g. Rudyard Kipling
Test II. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Analyze each question carefully. Choose from among the choices the letter of the correct answer. Use CAPITAL LETTERS in writing your answer on the
space before the number.
____ 7. In the poem “The Seven Ages of Man”, Shakespeare compared the world and life to a ___.
a. stairway b. wheel c. a stage play d. movie
_____8. It is a narrative poem that depicts the life of a hero and his adventures against supernatural beings and monster.
a. legend b. lyric poetry c. epic d. myth
____9. It is a feature of a lyric poem that presents comparison over several lines throughout the poem.
a. metaphor b. extended metaphor c. simile d. personification
____10. What is the tone of the poem “Mother to Son”?
a. serious b. happy c. sad d. optimistic
____11. In the poem “Mother to Son”, the life of the mother is compared to ____.
a. crystal stairway b. empty bottle c. glass d. none
____12. “The bubbling brook breaks” is an example of ___.
a. alliteration b. consonance c. assonance d. onomatopoeia
____13. A sound device used by poets to suggest actions, movements and meanings.
a. onomatopoeia b. imagery c. verse d. alliteration
_____14. It refers to the subcategory of Lyric poetry that was originally a love poem which dealt with the lover’s sufferings and hopes
a. occasional poetry b. sonnet c. elegy d. ode
_____15. The phrase “exits and entrances” in the poem “The Seven Ages of Man” is a symbol for ___.
a. life and miracles b. birth and death c. doors and doorknobs d. light and dark
____16. It is a figurative expression that replaces a name or a noun. They are little riddles in a very compact form.
a. paradox b. kenning c. parable d. fable
____17. These are words that can signal how to interpret the relationship between sentences in a number of different ways.
a. flowery b. sequence markers c. texts d. all of them
____18. What is the meaning of the underlined word?
At first, the infant
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms
a. sleeping b. vomiting c. crawling d. crying
____19. She is King Arthur’s wife.
a. Queen Elizabethb. Queen Diana c. Queen Martha d. Queen Guinevere
____20. What is the meaning of the underlined word?
And there was a day assigned betwixt King Arthur and Sir Mordred that they should not meet upon a field beside Salisbury and not far from the coast.
a. between b. twisted c. twin d. companion
____21. They can indicate chronological order, or order of importance
a. first … secondly … thirdly b. furthermore c. similarly d. as a result
____22. They can indicate cause-result relationships
a. first … secondly … thirdly b. furthermore c. similarly d. as a result
____23. The symbol for ellipsis is five dots.
a. True b. False c. Maybe d. I don’t know
____24. This refers to the punctuation mark that is used to show that something has not been expressed.
a. hyphen b. dash c. ellipsis d. comma
For items 25 – 26, according to the poem “The Battle with Grendel”, tell whether each statement is true. If it is true to the poem, write TRUE, otherwise, write
FALSE.
______25. Beowulf and Grendel had enormous strength.
_______26. The weapons of the warriors could easily kill the monster.
___27. The basic structure of skaldic/Viking kenning includes the base word, determinant, and ….
a. determination b. reference c. referee d. referent
___28. It is commonly called to words that have the same meaning in the same language.
a. synonym b. homonym c. antonym d. phoneme
___29. This refers to a word with a meaning that is opposite to the meaning of another word.
a. synonym b. homonym c. antonym d. phoneme
___30. Which of these words has the same meaning as oblivion as used in the sentence:
For two weeks, each year, the stressed-out couple enjoys the blissful oblivion that comes with a vacation at the beach.
a. nirvana b. memory c. consciousness d. awareness
___31. Which of these words have the opposite meaning as treble as used in the sentence:
The treble shrieks of children at play were heard across the room.
a. high-pitched b. screechy c. low d. squeaky
___32. What does the poem “A Psalm of Life” urge us to do as we live our life?
a. People should continue to appreciate life on earth as very important and real.
b. A time to act is NOW, to make spiritual, moral and intellectual marks in this world.
c. Work toward personal achievement.
d. Act as heroes amidst the earth strife.
___33. Which part of the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling can we find the declaration Be true to oneself?
a. 1st stanza b. 2nd stanza c. 3rd stanza d. 4th stanza
Test VI. READING
Directions: Read the text which will be posted by your teacher. Then, answer the comprehension questions that follow. Write CAPITAL LETTER on the space
provided before the number.
____ 34. What did the pupils decide to do?
a. make their room clean, orderly and beautiful
b. make their homes clean, orderly and beautiful
c. make their school surroundings clean, orderly and beautiful
____ 35. What did they agree upon?
a. to form a society
b. to follow the rules
c. to work on the school ground
____ 36. What will they do with their shoes?
a. wipe on the doormat
b. leave on the doormat
c. put under the doormat
____ 37. From what will they keep the furniture free?

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a. books
b. cover
c. scratches
____ 38. Where should the cleaning materials be kept?
a. box
b. drawer
c. bookcase
____ 39. How should the furniture be arranged?
a. properly
b. carelessly
c. artistically
____ 40. Where should one keep his pencils, books, and notebooks after using them?
a. in his bag
b. on the desk
c. on the teacher’s table
____ 41. Where should wastepaper be thrown?
a. in the desk
b. in the drawer
c. in the wastebasket
____ 42. Where should one hang raincoats and umbrellas?
a. on the desk
b. in the cabinet
c. on one corner of the room
____ 43. What should be kept clean and well-covered?
a. desks
b. books
c. tables
____ 44. What is the title of the reading selection?
a. Rules to Follow
b. Guidelines to Follow
c. Follow the Leader
____ 45. In what grade level are the students?
a. Grade Seven
b. Grade Eight
c. Grade Nine

Test V. ESSAY

46-50. In your own words, state the theme of the poem “The Seven Ages of Man”.

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