TEST I.

MULTIPLE CHOICES
DIRECTIONS: Choose the best letter of the correct answer. Encircle the letter
and the word. ERASURE/ALTERATIONS are not allowed!
1. The arrival of the Spaniards in 1565 brought __________ and language
editors.
a. Spanish culture
b. Spanish Literature c. Spanish lifestyle
2. ____________ is a narrative of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ.
a. Duplo
b. Salubong
c. Pasyon
3. The Mexican ballads of chivalry, the_________, provided a model for secular
literature.
a. Awit
b. Corrido
c. Karagatan
4. The First Book Printed in the Philippines printed in Gothic letters and Tagalog
characters.
a. Doctrina Christiana b. La Estrella
c. Liwayway
5. Against a background marked by political unrest and government battles with
guerrillas, writers in English in the postwar period honed their sense of craft and
techniques. These guerrillas were called __________.
a. Hukbahalap
b. Hukbalahap
c. Huklabahap
6. This is performed during town fiestas to entertain the people and to remind
them of their Christian religion.
a. Moro-moro
b. Pasyon
c. Duplo
7. During this time, the Japanese occupation, there was no freedom of speech
and of the________.
a. Media
b. Press
c. Writers
8. On December 1, 1846, the first daily newspaper,___________ , was published
in the country.
a. Diario de Manila
b. La Estrella
c. La Esperanza
d. La Liga Filipina
9. Refers to the helmets of participants dressed as Roman soldiers, their
identities hidden behind colorful, sometimes grotesque, wooden masks.
a. Moro-Moro
b. Moriones
c. Maskara
d. Senakulo
10. Essentially a Passion play, which depicts the passion and death of Jesus
Christ.
a. Senakulo
b. Pasyon
c. Salubong
d. Duplo
11. The only contact with the outside world was done with utmost secrecy

through the underground radio program called ____________.

a. Voice of Wisdom
b. Voice of freedom
c. Voice of Writers
12. He wrote Panday Pira.
a. N.V.M Gonzales

b. Francisco Rodrigo

c. Jose Ma. Hernandez

13. The one who wrote Sa Pula, Sa Puti.

a. N.V.M Gonzales
b. Francisco Rodrigo

c. Jose Ma. Hernandez

14. Clodualdo del Mundo wrote BULAGA. Julian Cruz Balmaceda wrote?
a. Bulaklak ng City Jail b. Doveglion
c. Sino ba kayo?
15. It serves the function of passing down knowledge from one generation to the
next. They require thinking in order to solve them.
a. Salawikain
b. Bugtong
c. Sawikain
16. Hud-Hud: Ifugao
a. Ifugao

:: Bulan:______
b. Igorot
c. Ibaloy

17. A collection of legends of ten chiefs (datus) who escaped from the tyranny of
Datu Makatunaw of Borneo to the island of Panay.
a. Maragtas
b. Ullalim
c. Epic
18. "A Nuestro Seor Don Quijote de la Mancha" was written by:
a. Jose Rizal
b. Jesus Balmori
c. Francisco Baltazar
19. Marcelo H. Del Pilars pen name is___________.
a. Juseng Sisiw
b. Plaridel
c. Batikuling
20. Uyayi: Lullaby ::
a. Dance

Komintang:_____
b. War song

c. Serenade

21. It has 5-7-5 syllables. Its topic deals with nature.

a. Tanaga
b. Haiku
c. Origami
22. Uhaw ang Tigang na Lupa was written by ______________.
a. Liwayway Arceo
b. N.V.M Gonzales
c. Carlos P. Romulo
23. It is a musical comedy or melodrama three acts which dealt with mans
passions and emotions like love, hate, revenge, cruelty, avarice or some social or
political problem.
a. Carillo
b. Sainete
c. Zarzuela
24. This is a presentation of the search of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph for an
inn wherein to deliver the baby Jesus.
a. Cenaculo
b. Panuluyan
c. Salubong
25. The god of fishermen.
a. Amanikable
b. Amansinaya

c. Lidagat

TEST II. NCR-Region 2

DIRECTIONS: Choose the best letter of the correct answer. Encircle the letter
and the word. ERASURES/ALTERATIONS are not allowed!
1. Is the improvised, versified, and impromptu long poem delivered in a sing-

song manner.
a. Labtang

b. Dallot c. Passion

2. What is the total land area of CAR?

a. 19,293

b. 19,294

c. 19,295

3. He wrote the Sumario de las Indulgencias.

a. Fr. Jacinto De Vera
Rivera

b. Fr. Antonio Mejia

c.Fr.Jacinto

4. It is the most diversified ethno-linguistic rgion in the Philippines with its

major languages having sub-dialect variations.
a. Cordillera region b. Bontoc c. Isnag
5. _________ tribe are also known as Isneg which composed of the subgroups as the Ymandaya and Imallod.
a. Ibaloi b. Isnag c. Ifugao
6. He is the first known Ilocano poet.
a. Pedro Bucaneg b. Francisco Jose c. Antonio Mejia
7. The longest local folksong at 563 lines.
a. Alejandro
b. Aligando

c. El Ilocano

8. The following are cities of NCR, except:

a. Makati
b. Cavite
c. San Juan
9. The first regional newspaper in the Philippines which published fiction and
poetry.
a. Liwayway
b. El Ilocano
c. Aligando
10. Cordillera is home to many ethnic tribes living on the Cordillera mountain
range. They are commonly referred to as _________.
a. Ifugao b. Banao c. Igorot
11. The following are the festivals of Region 1, except:
a. Ramat ti Amianan Festivalb. Pinakbet Festival c.Dinengdeng
Festival
12. Cordillera means _____________ is a name given by the Spanish
conquistadors when they first saw the jumbled rolls and dips of this longranged traversing the northern part of Luzon Island.
a. Crooked Knot b. Square Knot
c. Knotted Rope
13. __________ was established on July 15, 1987 through Executive Order
No. 220 issued by President Corazon Aquino.
a. CAR
b. NCR
c. Cagayan Valley
14. It is the center of Luzon and the capital region of the Philippines.
a. CAR
b. NCR
c. Cagayan Valley

15. The following are dances of region 2, except:

a. Basulto
b. Ethnic Dance

c. Binanog-banog

16. ___________ is bounded by the Cordillera Mountains on the east, Laguna de Bay
on the southeast, Central Luzon on the north and Southern Tagalog Region on the
south.
a. Makati
b. Metro Manila c. Marikina
17. The regional city of Cagayan Valley.
a. Santiago City b. Tuguegarao City
b.
18. Liwanag at Dilim is written by ___________.
a. Andres Bonifacio b. Jose Rizal

c. Ilagan City
c. Emilio Jacinto

19. Binanog-banog dance is originated on _____________.

a. Isabela
b. Cagayan Valley c. Apayao
20. In the contemporary Philippine society, _______ is continuing its role
bequeathed upon it by historical development.
a. Tagalog Literature b. Philippine Literarture c. Vernacular
Literature
21. The second largest region in the Philippines in terms of land area.
a. CAR
b. NCR
c. Region 2
22. What is the total land area of NCR?
a. 638.55
b. 648.55

c. 668.55

23. What myth is the What causes of earthquake.

a. Ifugao Tribe b. Ibanag Tribe c. Igorot Tribe
24. He wrote the Comedia & Zarzuela.
a. Isaiasas Lazaro b. Arturo Centuno c. Marcelina Crisologo
25. Region 2 is composed of how many provinces?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5