Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
Calamba West District
PALO ALTO INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Palo Alto, Calamba City, Laguna 4027

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

THIRD QUARTER EXAMINATION
SECOND SEMESTER
21 CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD
ST

S.Y 2018 – 2019

MULTIPLE CHOICES. Instruction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on your
answer sheer. (Strictly no erasure!)

1. Filipinos’ pre-colonial literature were also known as _______.

A. Contemporary Literature B. Oral Literature C. Oral Tradition D. Traditional Literature
2. These are statements that contain superficial words, but they function figuratively and as metaphors,
and are in the form of questions. These are questions that demand deeper answers and deals with
everyday life. It usually has mundane things as answers and was used in the past as a form of game
in small or large gatherings.
A. Proverbs B. Epics C. Riddles D. Myths
3. These are statements that are considered as wise and are usually given by parents or elders of the
community, because it is believed that they are more experienced.
A. Proverbs B. Epics C. Riddles D. Myths
4. Form of oral literature that are usually chanted. These usually contain ideas on aspirations, hopes,
everyday life and expressions of love for loved ones. It is bounded by the learning of good morals.
A. Legends B. Folk Songs C. Riddles D. Myths
5. These are stories of native Filipinos. These deal with the power of nature- personified, their
submission to a deity- usually Bathala- and how this deity is responsible for the blessings and
calamities.
A. Folk Tales B. Myths C. Legends D. Riddles
6. Oral literature that tackle the natural to strange occurrences of the earth and how things were created
with an aim to give an explanation to things.
A. Folk Tales B. Myths C. Legends D. Riddles
7. Through these literature, the natives understood mysteries around them. These stories usually come
with a moral lesson that gives credit to supernatural powers, supernatural occurrences, and other out-
of-this-world native imagination.
A. Folk Tales B. Myths C. Legends D. Riddles
8. These are short or brief stories that cater the children of the native Filipinos and are usually bounded
by good manners and right conduct. These stories use animals as characters that represent a
particular value or characteristic.
A. Myths B. Fables C. Legends D. Folk Tales
9. It is a narrative poem about passion and the death of Jesus Christ.
A. Pasyon B. Komedya C. Cenakulo D. Awit
10. It is the re-enactment or the dramatization of the passion of Christ.
A. Pasyon B. Komedya C. Cenakulo D. Awit
11. The first book ever published in the Philippines by the Dominicans. Other religious congregation put
up their respective presses early in the 17th century.
A. Doctrina Cristiana en lengua Hispana C. Ang Bibliya
B. Florante at Laura D. La Solidaridad
12. It was written by Jose Rizal, that tells about the young man Ibarra who, having obtained a university
education in Europe, comes home to the Philippines full of the zeal and idealism of a dedicated
reformist. It marks the first time realism as a literary concept entered Philippines writing.
A. Mi Ultimo Adios C. Noli Me Tangere
B. El Filbusterismo D. Sa Aking mga Kababata
13. Official newspaper of the Propaganda Movement, that served as the organ that would project the
views of the movement.
A. La Independencia C. La Solidaridad
B. El Heraldo de la Revolucion D. Propaganda
14. He spearheaded a movement to supplant the komedya with a new type of drama, the sarsuwela, a
Filipino adaptation of the Spanish zarzuela.
A. Virgilio Reyes B. Severino Reyes C. Francisco Baltazar D. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
15. He used the stage to remind the Filipinos the glorious Revolution and campaign for support for the
guerillas in the countryside. A he was a sophisticated thinker and a clever theater artist at the same
time.
He authored “Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas” on 1903
A. Severino Reyes C. Aurelio Tolentino
B. Benigno Ramos D. Pedro Gatmaitan
16. He was known for his pseudonym “Huseng Batute”. Some of his works are “ Mga Gintong Dahon”
and
“Sa Mga Dakong Silangan”.
A. Jose Corazon de Jesus C. Jose Bautista
B. Gabriel Beato Francisco D. Inigo Ed. Regalado
17. It is any body of written works. It refers to writing considered to be an art form, or any single
writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, often due to deploying language in ways that
differ from ordinary usage.
A. Poetry B. Literature C. Genre D. Short Stories
18. Latin word that means “writing formed with letter”
A. Litterature B. Litteratura C. Litterare D. Litterary
19. Particular type of literature, painting, music, film or any other form.
A. Poetry B. Genre C. Literature D. Literary
20. Writing with imagination or “made-up writing”
A. Non-Fiction B. Fiction C. Short Story D. Legend
21. This can also be called “Informational” material. It provides information that is factual.
A. Non-Fiction B. Fiction C. Short Story D. Legend
22. A true account of a person’s life written, composed or produced by another.
A. Biography B. Autobiography C. Short Story D. Life Story
23. The story of a person written by that person.
A. Biography B. Autobiography C. Short Story D. Life Story
24. Literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional
response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.
A. Short Story B. Legends C. Poems D. Myths
25. A set of instruments used to create a poem.
A. Literary Devices C. Elements of Poetry
B. Literary Techniques D. Literary Methods
26. These are unit of lines grouped together.
A. Lines B. Paragraph C. Stanza D. Diction
27. Stanzas of only two lines which usually rhyme.
A. Haiku B. Tercet C. Couplet D. Quatrain
28. Stanzas of four lines which can be written in any rhyme scheme.
A. Haiku B. Tercet C. Couplet D. Quatrain
29. Quatrain stanza with the rhyme scheme "abba“ , such that lines 2 and 3 are enclosed between the
rhymes of lines 1 and 4.
A. Alliterating Quatrain C. Substituting Quatrain
B. Envelope Quatrain D. Alternate Quatrain
30. The pattern in which end rhyme occurs.
A. Rhythm B. Rhyme Scheme C. Diction D. Rhyme
31. The pattern of beats or stresses in a poem.
A. Rhythm B. Rhyme Scheme C. Diction D. Rhyme
32. The repetition of the same or similar sounds, usually in stressed syllables at the ends of lines, but
sometimes within a line.
A. Rhythm B. Rhyme Scheme C. Diction D. Rhyme
33. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
A. Onomatopoeia B. Alliteration C. Diction D. Assonance
34. Representation of the five senses: sight, taste, touch, sound, and smell. It creates mental images
about a poem’s subject
A. Onomatopoeia B. Alliteration C. Imagery D. Figures of Speech
35. These are descriptions of sound so vivid the reader seems almost to hear them while reading the
poem.
A. Tactile Imagery C. Visual Imagery
B. Auditory Imagery D. Olfactory Imagery
36. Descriptions conveying a strong, vivid sense of touch or physical sensation that the reader can
almost feel himself or herself while reading,
A. Tactile Imagery C. Visual Imagery
B. Auditory Imagery D. Olfactory Imagery
37. It refers to the writer's attitude towards the subject of a literary work as indicated in the work itself.
A. Theme B. Tone or Mood C. Repetition D. Symbolism
38. The repetition of one or more phrases or lines at certain intervals, usually at the end of each stanza.
A. Refrain B. Tone or Mood C. Repetition D. Symbolism
39. It talks about the central idea, the thought behind what the poet wants to convey.
A. Theme B. Tone or Mood C. Repetition D. Symbolism
40. Poem technique that conveys feelings, thoughts and ideas using symbols
A. Theme B. Tone or Mood C. Repetition D. Symbolism
41. Type of poetry that expresses Personal thoughts and emotions. It is a short poem which has the
characteristics of a song
A. Lyrical Poetry C. Sonnet
B. Elegy D. Narrative Poetry
42. It is a relatively short poem consisting of merely fourteen lines. It is known to follow a strict pattern
of rhyme.
A. Lyrical Poetry C. Sonnet
B. Elegy D. Narrative Poetry
43. This is a lyric poem which expresses lament and mourning of the dead, feeling of grief and
melancholy.
A. Lyrical Poetry C. Sonnet
B. Elegy D. Narrative Poetry
44. This is a long and narrative poem that normally tells a story about a hero or an adventure.
A. Epic B. Ballad C. Ode D. Social Poem
45. This is an epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literary
fiction.
A. Code of Hammurabi C. Ramayana and Mahabharatta
B. Epic of Gilgamesh D. Ode to Odyssey
46. Type of poetry that uses a dramatic technique and may unfold a story. It emphasize the character
rather than the narrative.
A. Lyrical Poetry C. Narrative Poetry
B. Dramatic Poetry D. Dramatic Monologue
47. The speaker of the poem or the character in a play delivers a passage. The thoughts and emotions
are heard by the author and the audience as well.
A. Dramatic Monologue C. Soliloquy
B. Oration D. Ballad
48. It’s the shortest type of poem and, often, the most difficult to understand. It consists of three lines
that generally do not rhyme. The lines should have five, seven, and five syllables in them.
A. Tanaga B. Haiku C. Name Poem D. Free Verse
49. A loosest type of poem. It can consists as many lines as the writer wants and either rhyme or not
and has no fixed metrical pattern. This type of poem openly called a “Poem with no rules.”
A. Tanaga B. Haiku C. Name Poem D. Free Verse
50. A special type of poetry belong to descriptive poetry that use an adjective to describe a person that
begins with each letter of that person's name.
A. Tanaga B. Haiku C. Name Poem D. Free Verse