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Grade 11 – 21st Century Literature 1st Prelim Examination

________1. What period in Literature is based on oral Traditions,

TEST I – MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Read each question carefully and then choose the letter that corresponds to your best answer.
Write your answer on the space provided before each number.

________6. The following list are the classes of people, which of

crude on ideology and phraseology? following is a full-blooded Spanish living in the Philippines and born
in Spain.
a. Pre – Colonial Period
b. Spanish Period a. Insulares
c. American Period b. Ilustrados
d. Contemporary Period c. Peninsulares
d. Mestizos
________2. Jargon is the use of angry and insulting language.
________7. The following are classes of people, which of them are
Choose letter A if the statement is correct and if it is false, identify mixed racial origin and economically sufficient____________.
the word or phrase that makes the statement incorrect.
I. Indio
II. Sangley
a. True III. Mestizos
b. Jargon IV. Ilustrados
c. angry and insulting language a. Only I b. Only III c. I and III d.IV
d. Language
________8. The structure of a story; the sequence in which the
________3. An author's choice of words, we called this author arranges events in a story; the structure of a five-act play
as__________. often includes the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the
resolution.
a. Epic
b. Diction a. Pathetic Fallacy
c. Syntax b. Verisimilitude
d. Blend c. Allusion
d. Plot
________4. The following are social classes of people EXCEPT
___________. ________9. Native/Full-Blooded Filipinos are called___________.

I. Peninsulares/Insulares a. Indio
II. Ilustrados b. Sangley
III. Amerikano c. Mestizos
IV. Indio/Sangley d. Ilustrados
V. Chinese/Spanish Mestizo
________10 Short story is the most prevalent literary form in
a. I and V b II and IV c. I, II, IV and V d. Only III Literature. Choose letter A if the statement is correct and if it is false,
identify the word or phrase that makes the statement incorrect.
________5. Character is the method of writer uses to reveal the
personality of a character in a literary work. Choose letter A if the a. True
statement is correct and if it is false, identify the word or phrase that b. Poetry
makes the statement incorrect. c. Short Story
d. Most prevalent literary form
a. True
b. is the method of writer
c. Character
d. to reveal the personality

TEST II – MATCHING TYPE

Directions: Match each definition in Column A to its respective genre in Column B. Write only the letter of
the correct answers before the number.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
________1. The six-volume historical anthology series on our short a. Rofel G. Brion
stories over 1956 to 2008.
 b. Ethic literature
________2. A professor at the Department of English and Comparative
c. Killing Time in Warm Place
Literature, University of the Philippines.
d. Dr. Jose Y. Dalisay

________3. Who is the author of children’s books and young adult e. Fiction
books featuring the culture of the world?
f. Hoard of Thunder
________4. He was born in 1953 in San Pablo, Philippines. He began to
write literary English at the age of 12.
g. Killing Time in Warm Place
________5. The first novel written in 1988 by American. It was
described as a political novel that recreated the diverse culture of
h. Adrian Banyaga in the State of War
the Philippines through the presentation of an allegorical Philippine
history.
i. Gémino Henson Abad 
________6. A literary work in which special intensity given to the j. Poetry
expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and
rhythm. k. The Likhaan Book of Philippine Criticism
________7. It has specific resonance for students and teachers who are
interested in the value of literary study and in questions of ethics and l. Dr. Lily Rose Tope
narrative.
________8. A literature in the form of prose especially short stories and
novels that describes imaginary events and people.
________9. These novels illustrate the connection between a people and
their beloved native land. It is based in part on the author's own
experiences as a student protester and his subsequent capture,
imprisonment, and torture during the Marcos dictatorship.
________10. He was born in Romblon on January 15, 1954
a Filipino writer. He has won numerous awards and prizes for fiction,
poetry, drama, non-fiction and screenwriting, including 16 Palanca
Awards.
TEST III – ESSAY

Directions: Explain the statement/question in not less than five (5) sentences but not more than ten (10)
sentences. Write your answer/s on the space provided. Avoid erasure and alterations. Think wisely.
(10 Points)

What is the importance of literature (literary works) and how does it influence
the society and us? Explain.
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“IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE”

-------------------God Bless!-------------------
Prepared by:

MARK DOMINIC L. PALENCIA

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