QUESTIONS ABOUT JAPANESE LITERATURE:

1.) Who inspired the development of the Japanese literature? (A: Japanese literature was inspired
from the Chinese)
2.) What are the 2 other elements that the Japanese reveal that also inspired them in literature?
(A: Indian and Western)
3.) In what period did the Japanese literature begin? (A: Ancient Literature)
4.) How many Japanese periods did the Japanese literature influence? Enumerate. (A: There are 4
periods: Ancient literature, Classical literature, Medieval literature, and Modern literature)
5.) In what period did the protoscience fiction happen? (A: Classical literature)
6.) What consists of two ku or stanzas? (A: Renga)
7.) It was placed under strict surveillance until it was managed by a Japanese named Ishiwara. (A:
Liwayway)
8.) Almost all the newspaper in English were stopped except for. (A: Tribune and Philippine review)
9.) What is made-up of 17 syllables and divided into 3 lines? (A: Haiku)
10.) Who is also known as Severino Gerundio an avant-garde poet received a Palanca Award (Carlos
Palanca Memorial Awards for Poetry in Filipino) (A: Gonzalo K. Flores)
11.) Give 3 short story writers. (A: Brigido Batungbakal, Macario Pineda, Serafin Guinigindo,
Liwayway Arceo, Narciso Ramos Gonzalez, Aicia Lopez Lim, Ligaya Perez, and Gloria Guzman
[either of all the writers stated])
12.) Give one example of a Filipino Drama along with its author (A: Panday Pira [Jose Maria or Ma.
Hernandez], Pula sa Puti [Fransisco Rodrigo], Bulaga [Clodualdo del Mundo], Sino ba kayo?,
Dahil sa Anak, or Higante na Patay [Julian Cruz Balmaceda])
13.) Japanese Colonial during the Philippine Literature was dubbed as? (A: Golden Age for Philippine
Literature)
14.) Ildefonso Santos is also known as? (A: Ilaw Silangan)
15.) Is a 31-syllable poem consisting of 5 lines (A: Tanka)
16.) Most themes of poems during the Japanese occupation was about? (A: Nature)
17.) When was Liwayway first published? (A: 1922)
18.) Japanese Colonial was during what year? (A: 1942 – 1960)
19.) It what century did Japan’s Ancient Literature started? (A: 8 th century)
20.) Classical Literature is also called? (A: Golden Age for Japanese Literature)