English Major Practice Exam - 10 Items

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Number of Questions: 10
Timer: 5 Minutes

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English Major Practice Exam

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1) Mrs. Isabella wants to know the thinking process of her Grade 8 class after reading Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. What is the best type of activity for this purpose?

A) Single response test

B) Verbal Reports

C) Survey

D) Reflection Paper

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2) At the end of the school year, Mrs. Falcon made her Grade 7 class write a complete paragraph to test if they have developed the skills she taught them. What type of test is she using?

A) Proficiency

B) Diagnostic

C) Placement

D) Achievement

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3) Which among the following is regarded as one of the greatest American novels of all time which tells a story about a sea captain's quest for revenge against a whale that attacked him in the past?

A) Uncle Tom's Cabin

B) Moby Dick

C) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

D) The Grapes of Wrath

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4) Mrs. Maravilla wants to prepare her graduating students for the college entrance English exams. She has decided to hold practice exams during the homeroom period. What type of test will help her achieve her goal?

A) Verbal reports on the importance of English in their lives

B) Reflection Paper about their English Subjects

C) Single response tests that simulate college English exams

D) Survey of what type of English exam they want to study

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5) Which of the following is one of the oldest and most translated poems in old English. Its verses can be found in the Nowell Codex, one of the oldest manuscripts in the collection of the British Library.

A) Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

B) The Canterbury Tales

C) Beowulf

D) The Legends of Lancelot

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6) In theater, what do you call the signal used by actors and actresses to indicate what actions and events should happen next?

A) Character

B) Cue

C) Setting

D) Critique

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7) This rhyme scheme in poetry refers to the two rhyming iambic pentameters. It was first widely used in The Canterbury Tales and was later revived in popularity by Alexander Pope.

A) Heroic Couplet

B) Free Couplet

C) Free Verse

D) Pastoral Poetry

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8) In a play's plot, what do you call the period wherein the dramatic tension caused by the conflict is at its highest? It is the turning point where the rising action ends.

A) Stage

B) Climax

C) Rehearsal

D) Plot

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9) Which among the following is a Pulitzer-Winning novel set in the Great Depression that tells about a family forced out of their home because of extreme economic hardships?

A) Uncle Tom's Cabin

B) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

C) The Grapes of Wrath

D) Moby Dick

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10) The IELTS is a standardized test of English language mastery for non-native English language speakers. What type of test is it?

A) Placement

B) Diagnostic

C) Achievement

D) Proficiency

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