GEN-ED FINAL REVIEW

1. All of the participants in the global warming conference are _____ in the lobby.

• a. altogether

• b. Alltogether

• c. All together

• d..Together all

   

2. The ideas being presented by the speaker are ___ confusing.

• A. All together

• b. Altogether

• C. Together all

• l

   d. Al together

3. She ____ on her bed the whole afternoon yesterday.

• A. Lay

• B. lie

• c. laid

• d. lied

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

            The quality of mercy is not strained;

            It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

            Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest

            It blesseth him that gives and him that takes

4. What figure of speech was used in the 2^nd line of the quatrain?

• a. metaphor

• b. simile

• c. oxymoron

• d. onomatopoeia

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

            The quality of mercy is not strained;

            It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

            Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest

            It blesseth him that gives and him that takes

5. What is the meaning of the passage given above?

• A. Mercy is precious thing, and so it must only be given to those who truly deserves it.

• b. Mercy must be given to anyone who seeks for it.

• c. Giving mercy is only exclusive to God.

• d. For mercy to be given, the seeker must give convincing reasons for him/her to deserve it.

6. Politicians who are corrupt must be ashamed of _____.

• a. himself

• b. themselves

• c. theirselves

• d. ourselves

7. She ______is the culprit.

• a. themselves

• b. herself

• c. ourselves

• d. himself

Read the given lines and answer questions below.

             Stanza A

Memory, all alone I the moonlight.

I can dream of the old days, life was beautiful then.

I remember, the time I knew what happiness was.

Let the memory live again.

 

            Stanza B

Daylight, I must wait for the sun rise,

I must think of a new life, and I must not give in.

When the dawn comes, tonight will be a memory too,

And a new day will begin.

8. What feeling is being expressed in stanza A?

• a. regret

• b. nostalgia

• c. envy

• d. hope

9. The fire that destroyed over one hundred homes was believed to have been caused by ______ electrical connections.

• a. loose

• b. lose

• c. lost

• d. loosen

10. In the short story “Visitation of the Gods” by Gilda Cordero- Fernando, Teacher Noelle_____ interest in teaching because of all the flaws of the educational system in their own.

• a. loose

• b. loosen

• c. lost

• d. lose