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001
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MACARIO’S NOCHE-BUENA
Tarcila Malabanan Katigbak

Questions:
(Note: Please answer the following as brief as you can and write your answer to the space provided only. Answers copied from the
internet will bear no points.)

1. Discuss Macario’s character.

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2. What devices does the author use in portraying Macario?

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3. What is the meaning of the title of the story?

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4. Point out some details which date the story.

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5. Is Macario’s capture by the guardias civiles a plausible ending for the story?
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6. What basic message does the story convey?

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WHERE IS MY MAY?
Fernando Ma. Guerrero

Questions:
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internet will bear no points.)

1. Why have the happy days passed away?

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2. Why does the speaker search for May?

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3. What or who is the star in the second stanza?

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4. What value does this star have? Is this image realistic?

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5. Discuss the mood in the third stanza.

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6. What does May represent?

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7. What other symbols might the author have used to express the same idea?
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Name Activity # Date
003
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WHAT IS AN EDUCATED FILIPINO?

Francisco Benitez

Questions:
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internet will bear no points.)

1. A) At what point in Philippine national life was this essay written?

B) How does the period in history contrast with today?
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2. What is the new concept of education?

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3. A) According to the author, what is the first quality which should distinguish the educated Filipino?
B) What does he mean by this?
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4. What should be the second quality of an educated Filipino?

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5. Explain the third quality of an educated Filipino.

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6. A) Which of the three qualities do you consider the most important?

B) What other qualities would you add for the Filipino of today?
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7. Comment on the style of the author.
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8. John Milton defined education as “that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the
offices, both private and public, of peace and war.” Discuss Milton’s definition.
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9. Give your own definition of education and explain it fully.

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Name Activity # Date
004
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COLLEGE “UNEDUCATION”
Jorge Bocobo

Questions:
(Note: Please answer the following as brief as you can and write your answer to the space provided only. Answers copied from the
internet will bear no points.)

1. What is the possible paradox in all education?

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2. A) What is the first way to be “uneducated”? B) Is this problem true today?

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3. A) What is the second manner of uneducation? B) How can you prevent this problem?
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4. Select those words or passages which suggest a “Romantic” influence.

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5. A) What are the major dangers of specialized training?

B) How can this evils be prevented
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6. Mention several different philosophies of life.

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7. Mention some of the qualities found in Juan de la Cruz.
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8. Is the author’s picture of Juan de la Cruz an accurate one? Or is it tinted by nostalgia?

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9. How would you outline the author’s arguments in this essay?

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005
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DEAD STARS
Paz Marquez Benitez

Questions:
(Note: Please answer the following as brief as you can and write your answer to the space provided only. Answers copied from the
internet will bear no points.)

1. How is the main character introduced?

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2. What was “love” for Alfredo?

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3. How is Alfredo described?

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4. A) Describe Alfredo’s first experience with Julia. B) Why might the author present such scene?
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5. When are the “stars” first introduced?

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6. How does Julia describe Alfredo?

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7. What words indicate Alfredo’s state of mind?

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8. Compare and contrast Esperanza and Julia.
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9. How is Alfredo influenced byothers?

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10. Why did Alfredo return to Julia Salas’ home?

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11. What is Alfredo’s reaction to Julia?

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12. Discuss the sentence “so that was all over.”

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13. Explain: “… he had been seeing the light of dead stars.”

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14. Leopoldo Y. Yabes has said this story has a “… quiet beauty which cannot be denied even by the most
discriminating.” Discuss this statement.
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