13 Soal Tentang Appreciation of Literary Works + Kunci Jawaban
Soal Pilgan Appreciation of Literary Works
1. This excerpt is for questions number 1 to 11
Ancellito dismounted. ... Had it gone well? ... yes. ... Had he been lonely? ... No – perhaps a very little at first. And as he spoke not once did the boy glance at the girl. It was only Susana, said Ancelito; and she was his daughter , come to the cabins for a few days, as he had promised her . She was quite harmless. As women go, she was no trouble. She would get the noon meal while they unpacked the supplies and discussed the best sites for the bed grounds and the danger of bears, Juan could hear the girl moving at the fire. When the meal was ready and they sat down for slabs of jack cheese, ham and eggs, fresh bread and coffee, he was forced to look at her. Her feet were as big as a boy’s. Her lags were encased in thick blue cotton pants like a boy’s. Her top half was submerged in a shirt like a boy’s. Her hair was drawn tight to the back of her head, and hung in a thick brush, suitable only for a horse’s tail. Furthermore, she did not look up at him from under her lashes and touch him with the briefest of cool, sweet glances to tell him she saw every single thing about him and found it good. She looked stright at him, and boldly , as one boy takes the measure of another. He did not direct to her one word. When the meal was over and Ancellito and his daghter were mounted and leaving, he cast an “adios” into the air , which she could take
to include her if she wished.
“Is he alive?” Susana asked her father , when the mule had started.
“Is he stupid?”
“No. He is silent. He is Basque. I am Basque.”
“When you came to Nevada you were not like that.”
“I was exactly like that. He is afraid of you. But do not worry . I have told him you are
harmless.“Father , you didn’t.”
“But certainly . It would do you no good to make eyes at this one. He has a dream. He will save his money . He will go back to his village a millionario and will marry the most beautiful girl in Nevarra. Now, if you were as wise as your mother –"
“Papacito,” said Susana slowly , “are the girls so pretty in Nevarra?” And Ancelito smiled at her and said, Beyond description.”
The voices carried back to the boy in the high clear air , and though they were in English, he did not miss the scorn in the girl’s voice. That night among the supplies he found that Ancellito had left him a beginner ’s Spanish-English reader. Love may need no words, but resentment can use several. The next day Juan Varra opened the first crack in the dark tomb in which he was determined to bury himself for six years. He began to learn to read English.
What point of view does the writer describe the characters in the story?
A. The writer as a major character .
B. The writer as a minor character .
C. Non participant, objective.
D. Selective omniscient.
Ancellito dismounted. ... Had it gone well? ... yes. ... Had he been lonely? ... No – perhaps a very little at first. And as he spoke not once did the boy glance at the girl. It was only Susana, said Ancelito; and she was his daughter , come to the cabins for a few days, as he had promised her . She was quite harmless. As women go, she was no trouble. She would get the noon meal while they unpacked the supplies and discussed the best sites for the bed grounds and the danger of bears, Juan could hear the girl moving at the fire. When the meal was ready and they sat down for slabs of jack cheese, ham and eggs, fresh bread and coffee, he was forced to look at her. Her feet were as big as a boy’s. Her lags were encased in thick blue cotton pants like a boy’s. Her top half was submerged in a shirt like a boy’s. Her hair was drawn tight to the back of her head, and hung in a thick brush, suitable only for a horse’s tail. Furthermore, she did not look up at him from under her lashes and touch him with the briefest of cool, sweet glances to tell him she saw every single thing about him and found it good. She looked stright at him, and boldly , as one boy takes the measure of another. He did not direct to her one word. When the meal was over and Ancellito and his daghter were mounted and leaving, he cast an “adios” into the air , which she could take
to include her if she wished.
“Is he alive?” Susana asked her father , when the mule had started.
“Is he stupid?”
“No. He is silent. He is Basque. I am Basque.”
“When you came to Nevada you were not like that.”
“I was exactly like that. He is afraid of you. But do not worry . I have told him you are
harmless.“Father , you didn’t.”
“But certainly . It would do you no good to make eyes at this one. He has a dream. He will save his money . He will go back to his village a millionario and will marry the most beautiful girl in Nevarra. Now, if you were as wise as your mother –"
“Papacito,” said Susana slowly , “are the girls so pretty in Nevarra?” And Ancelito smiled at her and said, Beyond description.”
The voices carried back to the boy in the high clear air , and though they were in English, he did not miss the scorn in the girl’s voice. That night among the supplies he found that Ancellito had left him a beginner ’s Spanish-English reader. Love may need no words, but resentment can use several. The next day Juan Varra opened the first crack in the dark tomb in which he was determined to bury himself for six years. He began to learn to read English.
What point of view does the writer describe the characters in the story?
A. The writer as a major character .
B. The writer as a minor character .
C. Non participant, objective.
D. Selective omniscient.
Jawaban:
C. Non participant, objective.
C. Non participant, objective.
2. Who is the protagonist of the characters in the story?
A. Juan Varra
B. Ancellito
C. Susana
D. Nevarra
Jawaban:
A. Juan Varra
A. Juan Varra
3. What is the character trait of Ancellito?
A. He is envious.
B. He is dubious.
C. He is deceitful.
D. He is tactful.
Jawaban:
D. He is tactful.
D. He is tactful.
4. What method of characterization does the author use?
A. By the dialog of the characters.
B. By telling the character’s detail.
C. By the characters’ appearance.
D. By naming the characters.
Jawaban:
A. By the dialog of the characters.
A. By the dialog of the characters.
5. Which part of the story does the excerpt belong to?
A. The conflict at the beginning of the story
B. The complication of the story
C. The climax of the story
D. The end of the story
Jawaban:
A. The conflict at the beginning of the story
A. The conflict at the beginning of the story
6. Where did the story probably take place?
A. In England.
B. In the USA.
C. In Mexico.
D. In Spain.
Jawaban:
B. In the USA
B. In the USA
7. Which of the following statements indicates that the setting in the excerpt happened around afternoon?
A. Juan V arra opened the first crack in the dark tomb.
B. She would get the noon meal.
C. He will save his money .
D. He is afraid of you.
Jawaban:
B. She would get the noon meal.
B. She would get the noon meal.
8. What style of language does the writer use in the story?
A. Not very formal language.
B. Very formal language.
C. Standard language.
D. Formal language.
Jawaban:
A. Not very formal language.
A. Not very formal language.
9. What is the tone of the story?
A. It is emotional and stormy .
B. It is curious and romantic.
C. It is mournful and pitiful.
D. It is ironic and lovable.
Jawaban:
B. It is curious and romantic.
B. It is curious and romantic.
10. What is probably the theme of the story?
A. The boy who become a shepherd.
B. The success of a shepherd.
C. The American shepherds.
D. A dream of a shepherd.
Jawaban:
D. A dream of a shepherd.
D. A dream of a shepherd.
11. What is the subject of the story?
A. A boy from Nevarra who live with an American.
B. A Spanish boy who dreams to be a rich man.
C. A rich man from Spain living in Nevada.
D. An American shepherd
Jawaban:
B. A Spanish boy who dreams to be a rich man.
12. The following poem is for questions number 12 to 13
Read the poem carefully!
THE WIFE OF USHER’S WELL
There lived a wife at Usher’s Well,
And a wealthy wife was she;
She has three stout and stalwart sons,
And sent them o’er the sea.
They hadna been a week from her ,
A week but barely ane,
Whan word came to the carlin (peasant) wife
That her three sons were gane.
They hadna been a week from her ,
A week but barely three,
Whan word came to the carlin wife
That her sons she’d never see.
“I wish the wind may never cease,
Nor flashes in the flood,
Till my three sons come hame to me,
In earthly flesh and blood.”
Read the poem carefully!
THE WIFE OF USHER’S WELL
There lived a wife at Usher’s Well,
And a wealthy wife was she;
She has three stout and stalwart sons,
And sent them o’er the sea.
They hadna been a week from her ,
A week but barely ane,
Whan word came to the carlin (peasant) wife
That her three sons were gane.
They hadna been a week from her ,
A week but barely three,
Whan word came to the carlin wife
That her sons she’d never see.
“I wish the wind may never cease,
Nor flashes in the flood,
Till my three sons come hame to me,
In earthly flesh and blood.”
What image does line three (She has three stout and stalwart sons) of the first stanza create?
A. Feeling.
B. Hearing.
C. Visual.
D. Taste.
B. Hearing.
C. Visual.
D. Taste.
Jawaban:
C. Visual.
C. Visual.
13. What words in line one and two of the last stanza indicate the image of bad feeling
created by the poet?
A. The wind may never cease, nor flashes in the flood.
B. They hadna been a week from her .
C. Till my three sons.
D. I wish, nor.
created by the poet?
A. The wind may never cease, nor flashes in the flood.
B. They hadna been a week from her .
C. Till my three sons.
D. I wish, nor.
Jawaban:
A. The wind may never cease, nor flashes in the flood.
A. The wind may never cease, nor flashes in the flood.