CREATVE WRITING
Midterm Examination/2nd Semester
Grade 11
Name: ______________________________________Section: ___________Score _________
TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer before the
number.
1. Creative writing is a way to …….
a. vent your emotion b. create literary masterpieces c. waste time d. express feelings
2. Which of the following is not a branch of creative writing?
a. Essay b. thesis c. poetry d. fiction
3. Writing is a process of constant revision.
a. true b. false c. maybe d. both a and b
4. Writers write to earn money.
a. true b. false c. maybe d. both a and b
5. Bloggers write good personal works of fiction.
a. true b. false c. maybe d. both a and b
6. Diaries are form of personal essays.
a. true b. false c. maybe d. both a and b
7. This is the process of furnishing a written output and correct their grammatical lapses and
loopholes.
a. editing b. revising c. rewriting d. postering
8. Feature writing is a form of …….
a. poetry b. creative non-fiction c. fiction d. imagery
9. Technical writing is a form of creative writing.
a. true b. false c. maybe d. both a and b
10. Creative writing is writing that tries to share…….
a. History b. human experience c. facts d. other famous writers
11. You have to write an academic paper on psychological experiments for school. Why would it not
be considered creative writing?
a. Your goal is to display the facts c. You are not allowed to express feelings.
b. You are not allowed to make things up d. all of the answers
12. Unlike novels and plays, poems do not have to rely on
a. Rhyming b. narrative structure c. imagery d. metaphors and similes
13. Which of the following is an example of creative writing?
a. a play b. a biography c. a news article d. a research paper
14. What is the main reason of being creative?
A. It’s fun b. not being creative is boring c. my parents want me to be creative d. imagery
15. It expresses the writer’s thoughts and feelings in a creative, unique, and poetic way.
a. creative writing b. imaginative writing c. technical writing d. research writing
16. It is a form of writing communication and documentation.
a. creative writing b. imaginative writing c. technical writing d. research writing
17. It refers to the storyline of the play.
a. characters b. plot c. setting d. theme
18. Which of the following would be the best ending to a story on bullying?
a. So he told his teacher and it all got dealt with immediately and Sean liked the school
b. Simon knew that Paul might try to bully him again though somehow he thought that was
unlikely. Anyway, this time he would be able to handle it. He wasn't going to be a victim again
c. Simon didn't think Paul would try to bully him again but if Paul did then Simon was
determined that he wasn't going to put up with it
d. All of the above
19. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. drafting b. editing c. pre-writing d. creating
20. Which of the following is not an example of approaches to writing?
a. Parallel writing b. creative writing c. modeled writing d. diary writing
21. Why do we write?
a. demonstrate one’s creativity and critical thinking c. inform, influence, and entertain
b. It’s fun d. both a and c
22. The following are the process of writing except for
a. scanning and skimming c. generate ideas
b. activate knowledge d. organize and reorganize
23. The following are the stages of writing except for
a. controlled writing b. guided writing c. rewriting d. independent writing
24. Who is the author of the poem “Richard Cory”?
a. Edwin Arlington Robinson c. Christopher Marlowe
b. William Shakespeare d. Walter Raleigh
25. Who wrote “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”?
a . Edwin Arlington Robinson c. Christopher Marlowe
b. William Shakespeare d. Walter Raleigh
26. The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd is written by …..
a . Edwin Arlington Robinson c. Christopher Marlowe
[Link] Shakespeare d. Walter Raleigh
27-34. The following questions below are based from the poem “ Richard Cory”.
27. In whose voice is the poem spoken?
a. People on the pavement b. Cory’s Fan Club c. Yankee fans d. townmen
28. To whom does the poem continually compare Richard Cory?
a. a president b. a prime minister c. a king d. a townperson
29. How do the townspeople feel about Richard Cory?
a. They hate him b. They envy him c. They laugh at him d. They pity him
30. What do the townspeople say they go without?
a. Flowers b. love c. meat d. smartphones
31. The narrator of Richard Cory is-
a. Richard Cory’s wife b. a person in the town c. Richard Cory d. Richard Cory’s friend
32. The final mystery of Richard Cory’s life concerns-
a. What kind of treasures he had c. what unspeakable sadness he kept hidden
b. How he managed to impress other people d. why he took frequent strolls into town
33. Richard Cory has all of the following qualities except-
a. Good manners b. wealth c. good clothes d. happiness
34. “ Richard Cory” contains strong visual images of –
a. People working in a factory c. life in a small town
b. Life in a big about fifty years ago d. poor people living on the street
35-40. The following questions below are based from the poem “The Passionate Shepherd to His
Love”.
35. The writer uses “roses” to symbolize
a. Love b. royalty c. passion d. all of the above
36. This poem has ___________ as one of its central themes.
a. Love and lust b. death and dying c. sheep and shepherds d. nature and the fall of
man
37. Which of the following authors wrote a poem in response to “The Passionate Shepherd to His
Love”
a . Edwin Arlington Robinson c. Christopher Marlowe
b. William Shakespeare d. Walter Raleigh
38. Who is the speaker of the poem?
a. A lover c. William Shakespeare
b. Christopher Marlowe d. a country nymph
39. This poem centers on……
a. courtship b. friendship c. brotherhood d. kinship
40. Where is the setting of the poem?
a. city b. countryside c. barn d. northern lights
41-43. The following questions below are based from the poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the
Shepherd ”.
41. The images in “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd ” are typical of a pastoral in that they are
a. temporary c. wither, fade, die or otherwise pass away
b. cynical, realistic, sarcastic d. associated with the countryside
42. What is the best summary of this stanza?
The flowers do fade, and wanton fields,
To wayward winter reckoning yields:
A honey tongue, a heart of gail, is fancy’s spring, but sorrows fail.
a. Heartbroken c. Love moves in a mysterious way
b. Love is blind d. people’s emotions can change like the seasons
43. Does the nymph believe the shepherd’s offer?
a. Yes b. No c. Maybe d. not sure
44. Literature makes us human.
a. true b. false c. maybe d. both a and b
45. The following are the genres of imaginative literature except for
a. drama b. poetry c. nonfiction prose d. prose fiction
46. A literature designed to be performed by actors.
a. drama b. poetry c. nonfiction prose d. novels
47. It expresses a conversation or interchange of the deeply felt experiences of human beings.
a. drama b. poetry c. nonfiction prose d. novels
48. A literary genre is presented by news reports, feature article, essays, editorials, historical, and
biographical works.
a. prose fiction b. nonfiction prose c. poetry d. drama
49. It refers to prose stories based on the author’s imagination.
a. fiction b. nonfiction c. fable d. legends
50. The essence of fiction is ________________.
a. literary works b. stories c. narration d. literature