English Major Practice Exam - 10 Items

1) His magnum opus, a collection of 24 stories in over 17,000 lines, tells of a storytelling contest among a group of pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land.

2) It is one of the best-known Arthurian romances, which tells the story of a knight who accepts the challenge of a mysterious character.

3) 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.

4) It is the plan that indicates the positioning and movements of actors on the stage.

5) This refers to the periods wherein the director and the actors practice to polish their performance during the play.

6) These refer to opinions and comments from observers regarding the quality of the elements of a play. Collectively, they create the overall reception to a theatrical performance.

7) It is the phrase coined by William Wordsworth which refers to the act of foregoing reason and logic for the sake of the enjoyment of fictional prose and stories in literature.

8) Alma got a 78% on a 100-item multiple-choice language test 2 weeks ago. Without any intervention, she took the same test again today and got a 58%. What could be the reason for the discrepancy in the results?

9) 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?

10) A high school is getting thousands of applications from new Grade 7 students. They are only accepting the top 100 students. What type of test would help them find qualified students?