Spanish language and literature
Written comprehension
Comprehension of literary texts
- There were 17 questions on
- description
- monologue
- dialogue
- drama
- Objective
- To develop the student's ability to comprehend literary texts as a basic
tool for learning and aesthetic appreciation
- Overall Result
- Average score for this part of the test: 60% correct answers
- Easiest question: 83% correct answers
- Most difficult question: 36% correct answers
Easiest question
- Objective
- Comprehension of a text written in the first person
The student is given an extract from a grandmother's diary, in which she
writes about the problems of living with her orphaned grandson and her
concern that, should anything happen to her in her old age, the child would
have to go to an orphanage.
After reading the text, the student must answer the question:
In the grandmother's opinion, what would have been worst for Karli?
Going to live with an aunt and uncle 1
Living alone 2
Living with her 3
Being sent to an orphanage 4*
Most difficult question
- Objective
- Ability to identify the characteristics of a play
The student is given a dialogue involving various characters in a play. We
can deduce from this dialogue that it is the Mayor's wife who really runs
the town.
After reading the text, the student is asked to answer the question:
Why do you think that the character (the Mayor's wife) really runs the
town?
Because she holds a political office 1
Because she is the one with the strongest character
and everyone jumps to her command 2*
Because she is the one who talks most 3
Because she is the richest person 4
Average difficulty question
- Objective
- To grasp a description in outline and in detail
The student is given an extract from Industrias y andanzas de Alfanhuí by
Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio. One of the paragraphs indirectly describes how the
protagonist observes the gleaming eyes of two rodents in the night.
After reading the text, the student must complete the following sentence:
The lights that Alfanhuí saw were:
Tiny ornamental lights in the garden 1
Rodents' eyes gleaming in the night 2*
The moon's reflection in the pond 3
Drops of water sprayed by the fountain 4
Correct answers
Ordered: easiest, most difficult, average difficulty question.

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