2 Philippine Christian University

Sampaloc 1, Dasmariñas City, Cavite

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
S.Y. 2021-2022

ACTIVITY SHEET IN 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE
WORLD
(GRADE 12)
QUARTER 2 - WEEK 3 (DECEMBER 6-10, 2021)

LESSON 3: EUROPEAN, LATIN AMERICA AND AFRICAN LITERATURE

Activity #3 (Written Work ___)

Name: __________________________________ Strand and Section: _____________________
Date/Week No.___________________________ Score__________________/60

LITERARY ANALYSIS (5 pts.)

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Each item below pertains about the poem, “from Late” by Gottfried Benn. Choose
the letter of the best answer for each number.

1. “Feel it-but remember millennia have felt it.” Millennia refers to __________.
a. People who are experiencing problems and challenges in life
b. People who have experienced something painful in the past
c. People who deals with pain and suffering at the moment

2. “While other colors too – play their game –” This line means that _________.
a. Other people love to play games
b. Even the most exalted person in this world has a problem
c. Each and every one of us has our own ways in dealing with problem

3. “People and angels, cherubin, black-winged, bright-eyed, none was yours- was ever yours.”
a. All of us are experiencing the same kind of pain in life
b. A person is not entitled to dwell onto such kind of pain because everybody else experienced the same
thing.
c. Even angels and cherubin has their own kind of suffering too

4. Benn used the lines, “remember and endure the hour, here was never one like it, all are like it…”
a. A person should seize the moment and enjoy the opportunity while in one situation.
b. Readers must put into their mind that everything will be alright.
c. People must take the burden of holding the pain of something.

5. The line “Think it – but remember, the most exalted are wallowing in their own bow-wave” is best
described as:
a. A life of a person is short. Thus, everyone deserves to be happy.
b. Think for the positive side in life to enjoy the situation
c. Seize the moment, maximize the time and take the opportunity to be happy.
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Performance Task ____

COMPARE AND CONTRAST (25 pts.)

DIAGRAM. Look for the similarities and differences of the three literary pieces in terms of the genre,
element, structure and culture. Then put your answers inside the Spider Web.

SIMILARITIES

GENRE STRUCTURE

EUROPEAN
LATIN AMERICAN
AFRICAN
LITERATURE

ELEMENT CULTURE

DIFFERENCES
GENRE STRUCTURE

EUROPEAN
LATIN AMERICAN
AFRICAN
LITERATURE

ELEMENT CULTURE