(LET Major in English and Literature

Supplementary Reviewer, also includes Philippine

Literature)
1.
F. Scott Fritzgeralds story that is about a boy
who was born old and gets younger everyday is
titled_______.
A. The curious Case of Benjamin Button
B. The Great Gatsby
C. The Innocent Boy
D. Growing Young
2.
In Chaucers Canterbury Tales, which tale
talks about three friends who killed each other for
the chest filled with treasures?
A. Pardoners tale
B. Knights tale
C. Merchants tale
D. The Nun Priests tale
3.
Rabindranath Tagores poem Innermost One
is taken from the collection of devotional songs
titled_____.
A. Gitanjali
B. Shakuntala
C. Ramayana
D. Mahbharata
4.
Loreto Paras Sulits short story that revolves
around theme that beauty can be very dangerous is
titled___.
A. The Harvest
B. The Beautiful Stanger
C. Desire
D. Beautiful Liar
5.
Paz Marquez Benitez wrote a story about a
love triangle amongst Alfredo, Esperanza and Julia.
What is the title of this masterpiece?
A. Dead Stars
B. Wedding Dance
C. Desire
D. Tatsulok
6. The film Tatarin is based on the short story
by Nick Joaquin titled____.
A. Summer Solstice
B. May Day Eve
C. Three Generations
D. Woman with Two Navels

7.
In Paz Latorenas story Desire, the main
character has sexy body but a _______.
A. Homely face
B. Twisted mind
C. Scaly skin
D. Low I.Q.
8.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Who is considered to be the father of essay?

Michel de Montaigne
Francis Bacon
William Shakespeare
George Eliot

9. Which work of Leo Tolstoy is about the

Napoleonic invasion in Russia?
A. War and Peace
B. Anna Karenina
C. God Sees the truth but Waits
D. Father and Sons
10. Who is considered the goddess of Philippine
poetry?
A. Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta
B. Teresa Subido
C. Aida Rivera Ford
D. Angela Manalang Gloria
11. Dante Aligheries Divine Comedy, originally
titled Comedia, is a trilogy. Which among the three
is most widely read?
A. Purgatory
B. Inferno
C. Paradise
D. Heaven
12. The reality TV show Big Brother is based on
the novel by George Orwell titled____.
A. Big Brother
B. 1984
C. Brother
D. Brother and Sons
13. The film Gone with the Wind is about the
American___.
A. Revolution
B. Civil War
C. Cold War
D. War of the Roses

14. The novel Pride and Prejudice was written

by_____.
A. Charlotte Bronte
B. Jane Austen
C. Anne Bradsheet
D. Edith Wharton
15. Who wrote the short story A Rose for
Emily?
A. Emil Dickinson
B. William Faulkner
C. Virginia Wolf
D. Mary Shelley
16. I dont care what they think! Ill show them
what flying is! The lines are from what best selling
novella?
A. A Christmas Carol
B. Jonathan Livingston Seagull
C. Pride and Prejudice
D. Gone with the Wind
17.
A.
B.
C.
D.

The pen name of Mary Ann Evans is_______.

Emily Watts
George Eliot
Jane Seymour
Anne Bradsheet

18.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Who wrote the novel War of the Worlds?

John Steinbeck
H.G. Wells
William Golding
George Orwell

19. Joy Luck Club was written by_____.

A. Jane Austen
B. Amy Tan

C.
D.

Toni Marrison
Oscar Wilde

20. Which of the following was written by Virginia

Wolf?
A. Tale of Two Cities
B. Mrs. Dalloway
C. Sons and Lovers
D. House of the Spirits

ANSWERS
1
A
2
A
3
A
4
A
5
A
6
A
7
A
8
A
9
A
10
A
11
B
12
B
13
B
14
B
15
B
16
B
17
B
18
B
19
B
20
B