INTERNATIONAL ACADEME OF ENSCIEMA

SECOND QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

LITERATURE 8 – GRADE 8 SCORE ___________

NAME ______________________________________ DATE __________________________ SIR SIM GADUGDUG V

Instructions: Reach each item carefully. On the space provided, write the letter that corresponds to the best answer.
_____ 1. Which of the following is NOT within the scope of contributions by Indian Literature?
a. the presence of lifelong learnings in every selection
b. the creation of reflection in every selection that is read
c. the ability to make a selection be related to personal experience
d. the capacity to have selections that are worth pondering upon
e. none of the choices
_____ 2. This writer is sometimes called as the Shakespeare of India. Who is he?
a. Tagore b. Kalidasa c Gibran d. Rama Rau e. none of the choices
_____ 3. Many historians think that the answer in No. 2 was one of the groups known as the ______ gems.
a. seven b. eight c. nine d. ten e. eleven
_____ 4. In the poem “Salutation to the Dawn”, which part has been expressed using the cataloguing technique?
a. For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision…
b. For it is life, the very life of life…
c. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope…
d. The bliss of growth, the glory of action, the splendour of beauty…
e. Look well, therefore, to this day! Such is the salutation to the dawn.
_____ 5. The poem mentioned in No. 4 is an example of a free verse poem. This statement is…
a. partially true b. partially false c. totally true d. totally false e. neither true nor false
_____ 6. Which line in the same poem obviously follows what we call an ‘internal rhyme’?
a. For it is life, the very life of life… d. Such is the salutation to the dawn.
b. And every tomorrow a vision of hope… e. Lie all the verities and realities of your existence
c. Every yesterday a dream of happiness…

For Nos. 7 to 25, choose the poem number from where each line has been taken. Write the letter which corresponds to your
choice.
_____ 7. Branches are roots in the air.
a. 14 b. 13 c. 12 d. 11 e. 10
_____ 8. The burden of self is lightened…
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6 e. 7
_____ 9. Let me light my lamp…
a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 13 e. 14
_____ 10. My words that are slight may lightly dance upon time’s waves…
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5
_____ 11. Dreams build their nest with fragments dropped from day’s caravan.
a. 7 b. 5 c. 3 d. 1 e. none of the choices
_____ 12. Life’s play is swift…
a. 1 b. 3 c. 5 d. 7 e. none of the choices
_____ 13. I am glad I have had my flight.
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8 e. 10
_____ 14. I hear the voice of their wings.
a. 7 b. 8 c. 9 d. 10 e. 11
_____ 15. Men bring stones…
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8 e. 10
_____ 16. The tapestry of life’s story is woven with the threads of life’s ties…
a. 3 b. 6 c. 9 d. 12 e. none of the choices
_____ 17. Thoughts pass in my mind…
a. 3 b. 5 c. 7 d. 9 e. 11
_____ 18. Roots are the branches down in the earth.
a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 13 e. 14
_____ 19. Life’s play is swift.
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8 e. 10
_____ 20. I sit at my window this morning…
a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 13 e. 14
_____ 21. …I laugh at myself.
a. 3 b. 5 c. 7 d. 9 e. 11
_____ 22. The hills are like shouts of children…
a.. 14 b. 12 c. 10 d. 8 e. 6
_____ 23. …the world…stops for a moment, nods to me and goes.
a. 6 b. 8 c. 10 d. 12 e. 14
_____ 24. Life’s playthings fall behind one by one and are forgotten.
a. 3 b. 6 d. 9 d. 12 e. none of the choices
_____ 25. …against the small it is mean, for it hurts the victim.
a. 3 b. 5 c. 7 d. 9 e. 11
_____ 26. The evil king of Lanka is named as what?
a. Ravna b. Varana c. Ravana d. Bharata e. Rabana
_____ 27. The father of Hanuman is a god of what element?
a. water b. fire c. earth d. wind e. he is not a god
_____ 28. How many wishes were granted by the King of Aydohya to his most favoured wife?
a. 8 b. 6 c. 4 d. 2 e. 0
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_____ 29. What is perhaps indicated by the blue color of the skin of Rama?
a. they may have been given by the other kingdoms
b. they must have come from a foreign blood line, from another village
c. they must have been originally south Indian deities
d. they must have been originally east Indian deities
e. they must have been burned under the scorching heat of the sun
_____ 30. Together with Rama in having a blue color of the skin is who?
a. Aydohya b. Bharata c. Kaushlaya d. Lakshmana e. Ravana
_____ 31. The evil creatures destroyed and killed by Rama and Lakshmana when they were in the forest are called what?
a. moksha b. rakshasas c. meksha d. shakarsas e. harsaksas
_____ 32. As a son, how was Rama described by the Indians?
a. responsible b. ideal c. perfect d. honest e. industrious
_____ 33. How many lines make up the original Ramayana?
a. 25, 000 b. 50, 000 c. 24, 000 d. 48, 000 e. 52, 000
_____ 34. What kind of lines can be found in the Ramayana?
a. quatrains b. tersest c. octaves d. couplets e. sestets
_____ 35. Who is considered as the cause of Rama’s banishment from the Kingdom of Aydohya?
a. Kaushlaya b. Kaikeyi c. Lakshmana d. Bharata e. Ravana
_____ 36. Who went with Rama when he was banished to the forest?
a. Sita and Bharata b. Sita and Hanuman c. Hanuman and Lakshmana d. Sita and Lakshmana e. a and b
_____ 37. To what literary genre does the Ramayana belong?
a. prose-epic b. poetry-short story c. prose-short story d. poetry-epic e. none of the choices
_____ 38. What is the BEST reason behind the correct answer in No. 37?
a. it is a story with elements and these elements are simple in their nature
b. it is a story presented in the form of a poem
c. it is a poem that deals on the defeat of an enemy and the victory of a man
d. it is a poem that shows how great a hero is and what he has done for the kingdom
e. it is a poem that has shown how a hero lives his life and how the people has accepted his reign
_____ 39. What was taken by Bharata from Rama when he knew that his brother is being banished?
a. sceptre b. sandal c. throne d. shield e. sword
_____ 40. How many heads does Ravana possess?
a. 8 b. 10 c. 12 d. 14 e. 16
_____ 41. Why was Rama banished from the kingdom?
a. the favoured wife of the king wanted to have a private moment with Rama in the place where he was banished
b. the king was planning on having a better family in the absence of the oldest son who could have inherited the throne
c. the king did not like the presence of Rama in the kingdom because it was like a threat to the other princes of India
d. the king was left with no other choice because he promised two wishes to Kaikeyi, one came to be the banishment
e. the favoured wife had nothing else to do since she knew that she cannot be the love of Rama
_____ 42. What is the weakness of Ravana?
a. power b. territory c. money d. intelligence e. women
_____ 43. The rule of Rama is known as what?
a. Ramrajya b. Kajaryara c. Ramajarya d. Ramarajya e. Ramayarja
_____ 44. On what months is the Divali being celebrated?
a. September-October b. October-November c. November-December d. August-September e. none of the choices
_____ 45. What do the Indians remember or celebrate during the Divali?
a. the defeat of Ravana as he was killed by the hero Rama
b. the siege of Lanka from the hands of the evil Ravana
c. the return of Rama and Sita to Aydohya
d. the success of the Rama and Hanuman against the mermaids
e. the return of Rama and Sita to the forest from Lanka
_____ 46. For how many days do the Indians celebrate the Dussehra?
a. 14 b. 12 c. 10 d. 8 e. 6
_____ 47. In what month is the occasion in No. 46 celebrated?
a. August b. September c. October d. November d. December
_____ 48. What is the occasion in No. 46 all about?
a. the siege of Lanka d. both a and b
b. the defeat of Ravana e. both b and c
c. the purity of Sita
_____ 49. What was the last thing said by the cage bird?

a. It cannot be…I fear closed doors of the cage. c. Alas for me, I know not the songs of the
b. Sit by my side; I’ll teach you the speech of the woodlands.
learned. d. Alas, my wings are powerless and dead.
e. none of the choices
_____ 50. Who wondered about the room to spread one’s wings?
a. free bird b. cage bird c. both birds d. the tame bird e. none of the two
_____ 51. Why did your answer in No. 50 ask such a question?
a. because it was already in love with the other bird that it got lost with what to say
b. because that bird is bothered as to where in such a closed area can wings be spread as if one is limitless
c. because that bird is worried as to how the other bird is managing to have the spreading of the wings in an open area
d. because that bird is too intelligent, that is why he was able to ask several questions to the other
e. none of the choices
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_____ 52. As the two birds were fluttering their wings in yearning, they were also singing something. What was that?
a. Darling, sing our songs of love. d. Come, and let us fly wing to wing.
b. Come, live with me and be my love. e. Come closer, my love!
c. Hold on to me, and we will fly together.
_____ 53. The two birds met when the time came; it was…
a. because they bumped into each other before d. because fate decreed it to be
b. because the other bird has nothing else to do e. because fate was controlled by them
c. because the other bird was stalking the other
_____ 54. What was used by Gandhi in establishing Indian independence?
a. written revolution c. threat and force e. wealth and charisma
b. nonviolent revolution d. power and persuasion
_____ 55. What is the real name of Gandhi?
a. Moandas Karamchand Gandhi d. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
b. Modanhas Karamchand Gandhi e. Mohandas Karamchan Gandhi
c. Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi
_____ 56. How did the people call him?
a. Buddha b. Gautama c. Mahamtam d. Mohandas e. Mahatma
_____ 57. What is the meaning of the name given by the people to him?
a. Great Father b. Loving Man c. Open Man d. Great Soul e. Great Heart
_____ 58. In what year was he sent by a Moslem company to South Africa to do some legal work?
a. 1890 b. 1891 c. 1892 d. 1893 e. 1894
_____ 59. At what age did he get married? How many children did he have with his wife?
a. 13 – 4 b. 13 – 5 c. 14 – 4 d. 14 – 5 e. none of the choices
_____ 60. How many kilometres did he and his followers travel or march in the year 1930?
a. 384 b. 386 c. 388 c. 392 e. 396
_____ 61. How old was Gandhi when he began to fast?
a. 73 b. 74 c. 75 d. 76 e. 77
_____ 62. What was his reason of fasting?
a. to end the bloodshed among the Hindus d. to make the people realize that he is there
b. to force the people to accept peace and harmony e. to have total enlightenment and realization
c. to end the bloodshed among the British
_____ 63. How did Gandhi die?
a. he died while he was fasting d. he died because of old age
b. he died because he was careless during the war e. he died of an assassination
c. he died because of a disease
_____ 64. Einstein said, “Generations to come will scarcely believe that such a man as this walked the earth in flesh and blood”
is a way of appreciating the works of Gandhi. This statement is…
a. partially true b. partially false c. totally true d. totally false e. neither true nor false
_____ 65. The selection “The Man Called Mahatma” is an example of a/an…
a. autobiography b. biography c. journal d. anecdote e. short story

CONSTRUCTION (35 pts in total)

1. Construct a biography of someone whom you know so well. The biography is based on the following criteria: Organization –
6 pts; Clarity of thoughts – 6 pts; Structure or Form – 3 pts; for a total of 15 pts. The biography must be composed of 3
paragraphs (minimum and maximum)
2. Construct a 3-stanza poem that bears a reflective property (something that makes a reader reflect). Criteria: Creativity – 5
pts; Diction – 3 pts; Structure – 2 pts; for a total of 10 pts. The poem can be about anything for as long as it has a reflective
approach.
3. Make a 15-sentence composition as a form of a paraphrase of the story between the tame bird and the free bird. Criteria:
Clarity of thoughts – 4 pts; Organization – 4 pts; Relevance to the original selection – 2 pts; for a total of 10 pts.

Good luck and God bless! 