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Julian Fullon Pacificador National School Quarterly Exam

Senior High School Department SY 2018-2019
Funda, Hamtic, Antique

21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

TEST I. ALTERNATE RESPONSE (X2). Write True if the statement is correct and False if it is wrong.
1. The word literature is derived from the Latin term litera which means letter.
2. Literature deals with ideas, thoughts and emotions of man, literature can be said to be the story of man.
3. Literature does not express the feelings of people to society, to the government, to his surroundings, to his
fellowmen and to his Divine Creator.”
4. True literature is a piece of written work which is undying.
5. We study literature so that we can better appreciate our literary heritage.
6. We have to manifest our deep concern for our own literature and this we can do by studying the literature of our
country.
7. Literature and history are closely interrelated.
8. Literature is part of history.
9. Literature may be figments of the imagination or events devoid of truth that have been written down, while history
is made up of events that really happened.
10. Prose and Poetry are not part of literature.
11. Long before the Spaniard and other foreigners landed on Philippine shores, our forefathers do not had their own
literature stamped in the history of our race.
12. Our ancestors also had their own alphabet which was different from that brought by the Spaniards.
13. Folk songs are one of the oldest forms of Philippine literature that emerged in the pre-Spanish period.
14. Riddles (Bugtong) or Palaisipan are made up of one or more measured lines with rhyme and may consist of four to
12 syllables.
15. Sayings (Kasabihan) often used in teasing or to comment on a person’s actuations.
16. During the Spanish Period Filipinos embraced the Catholic religion, changed their names, and were baptized.
17. Spanish Period gave rise to the formation of the different classes of society like the rich and the landlords.
18. The first Filipino alphabet called ALIBATA was replaced by the Roman alphabet during the Spanish Period.
19. The teaching of the Christian Doctrine became the basis of religious practices in the Spanish Period.
20. The Spanish language which became the literary language during this time lent many of its words to our language.
TEST II. IDENTIFICATION (X2).Choose the correct answer from the box below the numbers. Write the letter only.
1. Form of prose the common theme of which is about the origin of a thing, place, location or name.
2. Made up of stories about life, adventure, love, horror and humor where one can derive lessons about life.
3. Long narrative poems in which a series of heroic achievements or events, usually of a hero, are dealt with at
length.
4. These songs mirrored the early forms of culture.
5. These have been customarily used and served as laws or rules on good behavior by our ancestors.
6. Used in witchcraft or enchantment.
7. Some are rhyming couplets with verses of 5, 6 or 8 syllables, each line having the same number of syllables.
8. Sayings with no hidden meanings
9. This was the first book printed in the Philippines in 1593 in xylography.
10. This is the book about the life and sufferings of Jesus Christ.

A. FOLK TALES F. CHANT

B. DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA G. FOLK SONGS
C. THE PASSION H. SALAWIKAIN
D. MAXIMS I. LEGENDS
E. SAWIKAIN J. EPIC

11. A book by Modesto de Castro, the so called Father of Classic Prose in Tagalog.
12. This ritual was brought here by the Spaniard to remind the people about the search of St. Helena for the Cross on
which Jesus died.
13. This is a special occasion for the Pilareños of Sorsogon during Maytime to get together.
14. This is a dramatic performance to commemorate the passion and death of Jesus Christ.
15. This is a presentation of the search of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph for an inn wherein to deliver the baby Jesus.
16. An Easter play that dramatizes the meeting of the Risen Christ and his Mother.
17. This is a form of dramatic entertainment performed on a moonless night during a town fiesta or on dark nights after
a harvest.
18. It is a musical comedy or melodrama three acts which dealt with man’s passions and emotions like love, hate,
revenge, cruelty, avarice or some social or political proble.
 19. This is performed during town fiestas to entertain the people and to remind them of their Christian religion. The
plot is usually the same that of a Christian princess or a nobleman’s daughter who is captured by the
Mohammedans.
20. This is a poetic joust or a contest of skills in debate on a particular topic or issue.

A. MORO-MORO F. PANUNULUYAN
B. BALAGTASAN G. CENACULO
C. ZARZUELA H. LAGAYLAY
D. CARILLO I. TIBAG
E. SALUBONG J. URBANA AT FELISA
21. Her works include the novel A Blade of Fern, The Native Coast and The Alien Corn.
22. He introduced to tagalog literature what is now known as Bagay poetry.
23. He was known as Rio Alma.
24. It is a riddle in Hiligaynon.
25. It is the rhyme in Hiligaynon.
26. It is a proverb and is usually written in two line and rhymed.
27. A jocose love song sung in a debating manner by a man and woman.
28. It is a poem in Hiligaynon.
29. Is a long song alternately sung by a soloist and a chorus
30. It can be a tale or a legend about a folk hero or a local happening.

A. AMBAHANON F. EDITH L. TIEMPO

B. SILINANTO G. BIENVENIDO LUMBERA
C. PAKTAKON H. VIRGILIO ALMARIO
D. HURUBATON I. BINALAYBAY
E. BALITAW J. SUGILANON

TEST III. MATCHING TYPE. Match Column A from the item on Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer.
A B
1. Sinulog A. CARLOS P. GARCIA
2. Maskara B. F. SIONIL JOSE
3. Sandugo C. AMADO V. HERNANDEZ
4. Ati-Atihan D. NICK JOAQUIN
5. Pintados E. AKLAN
6. Dinagyang F. TACLOBAN
7. Isang Dipang Langit G. ILOILO
8. The Woman who have Two Navels H. BOHOL
9. The Pretenders I. BACOLOD
10. I Walked With Heroes J. CEBU

“Strive for progress not perfection”

Goodluck!

Prepared by:
Mr. Errol T. Lariza