Bayog National Technical Vocational High School

Senior High School

21 CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES
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Second Quarter Exam for the 1st Semester

S.Y. 2019-2020

NAME: ___________________________________________________________ SCORE:__________/40

YEAR & SECTION:____________________________________________ DATE : _____________

General Instruction:
1. Write your answer clearly. Yung malinaw, hindi katulad ng feelings niyang hindi mo maintindihan.
2. No erasures. Hindi lahat ng pwedeng pagkakamali ay pwede pang itama. Huwag mo nang
ipaglaban ang mali dahil sa huli ay masasaktan ka lang.
3. Do not cheat. Kung talagang loyal ka, hindi mo na makukuha pang lumingon.
4. Finish the exam in 60 minutes. Alam mo dapat kung kalian ka dapat sumuko. Pag tapos na, tapos
na.

Test I – Choose the correct answer and write the letter on the space provided before each number.
(Huwag tatanga tanga, piliin ang the best talaga, para ikaw ay maging masaya.)

_____ 1. Who is the Filipino female novelist in the history of Contemporary Philippine Literature?
A. Cecilia M. Brainard C. Lualhati T. Bautista
B. Gilda C. Fernando D. Liwayway A. Arceo
_____ 2. Who is a Filipino composer known for his Kundiman songs?
A. Carlos S. Bulosan C. Nicanor S. Abelardo
B. Cerilo F. Bautista D. Estrella D. Alfon
_____ 3. Who is a Filipino writer and journalist best known for his short stories and novels in the English
Language?
A. Zoilo Galang B. Nick Juaquin C. Antonio Abad D. Wenceslao Guba
_____ 4. Who is a multi-awarded Tagalog fictionist, journalist, radio scriptwriter and editor from the
Philippines?
A. Francisco Balagtas C. Liwayway A. Arceo
B. N.V.M. Gonzales D. Zoilo Galang
_____ 5. Who was recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines for Music and Literature in 1997?
A. Francisco Arcellana C. Levi Celerio
B. Edith L. Tiempo D. Alejandro R. Roces
_____ 6. He is one of the most widely read Filipino writers in the English Language.
A. Virgilio S. Almario C. Francisco S. Jose
B. Jose Rizal D. Carlos P. Romulo
_____ 7. What is the longest epic poem in Indian Literature?
A. Ramayana B. Mahabharata C. Sanskrit D. Rigveda
_____ 8. It is a text composed of Sanskrit language.
A. Indian Literature C. Sanskrit literature
B. Vedic Sanskrit Hymns D. Canonical text
_____ 9. Who is the Father of African Literature?
A. Leon Damas C. Chinua Achebe
B. Lionel George Cabassen D. Leopold Senghor
_____ 10. What is the first African Literature?
A. Papyrus B. Circa C. Pagan D. Burial text
_____ 11. Who opened the first Black Law Firm on South Africa?
A. Oliver Tambo C. Nelson Mandela
B. Barbara Kimenye D. Wole Soyinka
_____ 12. It is an epithets called out in reference to an object in celebration of its outstanding qualities
and achievements.
A. Myths B. Praise poems C. Epics D. Funeral Dirges
_____ 13. It is a poem of David Diop achieves its impact by a series of climatic sentences and
rhetorical questions.
A. Song of Lawino C. Africa
B. Telephone Conversation D. The Houseboy
_____ 14. He is a poet and a statesman who was a co-founder of the Negritude Movement in African
Art and Literature.
A. Okot P’Bitek C. Leopold Sedar Senghor
B. Bessie Head D. Ousmane Sembene
_____ 15. Who created an unusual form of illustrated verse and his poetry inspired by mystical vision?
A. William Blake B. William Yeats C. Francis Bacon D. Thomas Hobbes
_____ 16. What is the world’s oldest epic?
A. The Epic of Gilgamesh C. Iliad and Odyssey
B. The Holy Bible D. The Book of the Dead
_____ 17. It is the epic of Greece.
A. Iliad and Odyssey C. The Code of Hammurabi
B. Helen of Troy D. Metamorphoses
_____ 18. Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
A. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Dante Alighieri B. St. Augustine D. King Arthur
_____ 19. Who initiated the Humanism Movement?
A. Desiderius Erasmus C. Martin Luther
B. Christopher Columbus D. Christopher Marlowe
_____ 20. It is a book that said to contain the first fables ever written.
A. Kalidasa B. Pachantantra C. Shakuntala D. Bhasa
_____ 21. It is one of the largest continent encompasses a diverse population with a long and
extensive history.
A. America B. Asia C. Europe D. India
_____ 22.