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Regional Diagnostic Assessment

Grade 11- 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World

Name: ________________________________ Date: _______________________

Score: ________________________________
Directions: Read each statement carefully. Select the letter of the correct answer.
1. Tagalog Zarzuela, Cenaculo and the Embayoka of the Muslims were presented in the rebuilt
Metropolitan Theater, the Folk Arts Theater and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. During what
period were these presented?
A. New Society Period C. American Period
B. 21st Century Period D. Period of 3rd Republic
2. A valid observation of literary development in the Philippines is that _______.
A. Literature developed alongside Philippine history.
B. History is recorded only in the oral tradition of the country.
C. No literature could reflect the richness of our country's experiences.
D. Literary masterpieces are written by great persons with great remembrances.
3. Philippine regional literature has become rich and varied because of _______.
A. various topics used as themes by the writers and their alignment to world events.
B. the nationalistic fervor of texts written in various stages of our history as a nation.
C. the contributions of numerous artists who patterned after the Western literary masters.
D. the archipelagic nature of the Philippines, its geographical features, and the presence of
various ethno-linguistic groups in the country.
4. In Jose Rizal’s “Noli Me Tangere”, what does the line “It is not the criminals who arouse the hatred
of others, but the men who are honest” imply?
A. Filipinos dislike for truthful and sincere people.
B. Filipinos’ fondness of people who tells flattering words.
C. Filipinos dislike for the hostility and cruelty of the criminals.
D. Filipinos’ tradition of distrusting fellow Filipinos from other regions.
5. The pre-colonial Filipinos worshipped anything from trees, mountains, to sea and skies. Discuss the
reason behind this.
A. They were indoctrinated by the chieftains about paganism.
B. They weren’t indoctrinated yet by the Chinese traders.
C. They were asked to worship the nature in order to secure life partner.
D. They weren’t exposed yet to Christianity, so they looked for things to worship.
6. Distinguish the emotion manifested by Sebio in Arturo Rotor’s “Dahong Palay” when he said, “For
heaven’s sake! Give me a knife and a hot metal rod! I need to get the poison out of my body!”.
A. disappointed B. panicked C. joyful D. pleasured

7. Examine what is represented by the word “gospel” in “gospel, gold, glory” brought by the Spaniards
in the East.
A. It brought Christianity to the East.
B. It prohibited the Filipinos to practice paganism.

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C. It controlled the spiritual belief of the Filipinos.

D. It allowed Filipinos to practice whatever spiritual belief they preferred.
8. Infer the emotion manifested by Maria Clara when she uttered, “My father loved me so much even if
it’s not his duty, so I’ll pay the debt even by marrying someone whom I do not love”.
A. Annoyed B. relaxed C. horrified D. submissive
9. It is one of the most famous epics from the Ilocos Region.
A. Florante at Laura C. Dekada 70
B. Biag ni Lam-Ang D. Dead Stars
10. He wrote the famous “awit” entitled Florante at Laura which is is loosely based on his own
biography.
A. Francisco Baltazar C. Nick Joaquin
B. Amado V. Hernandez D. Arturo Rotor
11. It is a type of Filipino poem, consisting of 12-syllable quatrains. It follows the pattern of rhyming
stanzas established in the Philippine epic Pasyon.
A. Awit B. Korido C. Psalm D. Ode
12. It is an octosyllabic verse and the plot were usually based on legends or stories of chivalry from
European countries.
A. Awit B. Korido C. Psalm D. Ode
13. Your literature teacher encouraged your class to join a poetry writing contest organized by the
NCCA the Text Tula. Contestants are asked to write a short Tagalog poem that consists of four lines
with seven syllables each. Which of the following traditional Filipino poetic forms similar to the text
tula would help you prepare for the contest?
A. Dalit B. Ambahan C. Duplohan D. Tanaga
For items 14-18, predict the outcome of the following scenarios based on the various literary works.
14. Lam-Ang adventures begin when his father, Don Juan, set out for a battle but never returned. At
barely nine months, Lam-ang goes to search for Don Juan in the highlands where the latter was said
to have gone. Aware that her child was a blessed, exceptional creature, his mother Namongan allows
him to go. Lam-ang then goes off in search of his father, leaving his grieving mother behind. When
Lam-ang arrives at the place where Don Juan had disappeared, he is enraged to see his father’s
severed head atop a bamboo pole; a scene he dreamt beforehand.
A. Lam-Ang befriended the people at the venue.
B. Lam-Ang returned to his mother crying and horrified.
C. Lam-Ang gave precious gifts to the king of the village.
D. Lam-Ang looked for the assassins of his father and retaliated.
15. On a faraway vast land, there’s a mystical forest outside the Kingdom of Albanya. Florante, son of
Duke Briseo and Princess Floresca, was knotted tightly on a giant old tree in the middle of the dark
forest. Sadness and emptiness crept around the helpless Prince. The scary woods and uncanny sounds
of wild animals and creatures just didn’t help. Just before two huge lions were about to ravish the
poor Prince, a kindhearted Persian Morong, Aladin, arrived.
A. Aladin stole the belongings of Florante.
B. Aladin killed the lions and untied Florante.
C. Aladin escaped fearing the hunger of the two lions.
D. Aladin chatted with Florante about the latter’s origin.

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16. It is the first day of an Anglo-Saxon school in a small town in northern India. Five-year-old Santha
and her eight-year-old sister, Premila, are new students at the school. The sisters meet with the
headmistress, who is the leader of the school. When Premila introduces herself and her sister to the
headmistress, the headmistress says their Indian names are too difficult for her to pronounce.
A. The headmistress gave them English names.
B. The sisters were asked to look for another school.
C. The school demanded that they pay down payment immediately.
D. The headmistress called the parents of the sisters and asked to fetch the children.
17. The Adarna bird is so beautiful and could change in a lot of stunning forms. It is very much hard to
catch. It knows a total of seven songs which could either enchant anyone to sleep, turn into stone or
heal a deadly sickness.
A. Many people turned into stone while catching Adarna.
B. The bird was too kind it didn’t do anything with hunters.
C. Many people were able to catch the bird but it escaped numerous times.
D. The people didn’t want to catch the bird, fearing they might turn into stone.
18. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction
you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll
decide where to go…”
A. One’s affection for buying shoes.
B. One’s disadvantage of always being alone.
C. One’s freedom to decide what he/she wants.
D. One’s decision in the places he/she would visit.
19. It is a short story written by Paz Marquez Benitez in 1925, which ushered in an era of Philippine
writing in English.
A. El Filibusterismo C. The Nanking Store
B. Impeng Negro D. Dead Stars
20. What does the persona likely feel about his situation?

A Poem by Du Fu

The river’s blue, the bird a perfect white

The mountain green with flowers about to blaze.
I’ve watched the spring pass away again,
When will I be able to return?

A. contentment B. excitement C. fear D. weariness

21. In her 124-word story “What is to Come?”, Lilledeshan Bose tells the story of a woman whose
husband, a congressman, has another woman. Which genre is the most appropriate classification of
it?
A. chick literature B. fiction C. flash fiction D. short story
22. Which is a fictional story often set in the future that combines elements of fantasy and scientific
facts?
A. drama B. magic realism C. poetry D. science fiction

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23. Suppose a novel is about a young woman named Daniella who moves out of her parents’ house and
moves into a new apartment owned by Hector, with whom she feels an unexpected emotional
connection. What genre of popular fiction is the novel likely?
A. biography B. chick literature C. magic realism D. novella
24. Aside from the length, how does flash fiction differ from traditional short stories?
A. Plot elements like exposition, rising action & climax are absent.
B. Very simple character description, dialogue & plot are provided.
C. Little elaboration in characters and their inner conflict is presented.
D. Only the essential details on plot & character development are given.
25. Which of the following statements in NOT true about the Text Tula?
A. The poetic form is loved by the millennials.
B. The poem text tula is a contemporary form of literary art.
C. The poetic form is characterized by brevity and shortness.
D. Its form and structure are based on a traditional Filipino poem.
26. Which of the following images would most likely be present in a Filipino Speculative fiction or spec
fic?
A. Devastating nuclear explosion C. mysterious nunu sa punso
B. Powerful anting-anting D. old; abandoned warehouse

A. A, B, & D C. B, C, & D
B. A, C, & D D. A & D only
27. Which of the following is an imaginative form of writing that may suggest an event in the future if a
current environmental issue will not be addressed?
A. Flash fiction C. Hypertext fiction
B. Illustrated fiction D. Science fiction
28. Which of the following best define text’s context?
A. Only the historical events and ideas that surround an author and help shape his or her writing.
B. Only the beliefs, education, culture, and experiences of the author.
C. Only the reader’s own experiences, culture, education, and beliefs.
D. The situation in which it is written and read.
29. All statements describe analyzing a text through a biographical context except
A. It is important to know the author’s literary background.
B. It is important to know the educational institutions the author has attended.
C. It is important to know what is on the author’s mind while writing the text.
D. It is important to know the literary or philosophical movement that existed during the
author’s time.
30. In analyzing a text based on its biographical context, a reader ________________.
A. identifies the images used by the author.
B. compares the literary work to other authors.
C. gathers relevant facts about the author’s life.
D. examines the style and technique used by the author.

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31. Which of the following questions may be asked when examining a literary text through sociocultural
context?
A. Does the story or poem accept or challenge the prevailing social order in the text?
B. How will knowing about the author amplify your appreciation of the work?
C. What aspects do you think the author struggled with during the revision?
D. Does history play a large role in the narrative?
32. Elena is a firm believer of women’s rights and feminism. Their teacher asked them to write a
sociocultural critique on Romeo and Juliet. Which of the following should Elena do?
A. Center her critique on Juliet as the female protagonist of the play.
B. Look for the women characters in the play and focus her critique on them.
C. Focus on her own ideologies and write a critique that is suitable for the play.
D. Read the play thoroughly and look for prevailing sociocultural factors that may affect it.
33. If a biographical approach refers to the reading strategy one employs in reading a text, then
biography refers to _________________.
A. a detailed account about the author’s life
B. a fictional account about the author’s life
C. a superficial account about the author’s life
D. a partial account about the author’s life
34. Why is the historical context of the Diary of Anne Frank, a story of a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany,
important?
A. Anne Frank was a scientist.
B. Without understanding World War II, the story has little meaning.
C. Without understanding Anne Frank’s life before the story, it has little meaning.
D. The word usage in the story would be difficult for a modern reader to understand.
35. Leyna is reading T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land.” Which of the following should she do to read it by
examining its linguistic context?
A. Read into the events that happened in the life of T.S. Eliot at the time of publication.
B. Look into the changes on the history of the poem’s drafts.
C. Examine the length and structure of the poem.
D. Gather information about the author’s life.
36. Which of the following anecdotes intends to persuade readers?
A. My sister shares his experience about her first blog.
B. A learner shares her future plans after graduating from college.
C. A mother talks about her epic experience at the Department Store while buying a dress to
wear for the party.
D. Before presenting his lecture on responsible parenting, the speaker shares about the
experience of a mother learning about her son’s wish, a smart phone for his parents to play
with him always.
37. It is a relatively new and popular type of contemporary world literature which uses illustrations and
dialogue to create the story.
A. memoir B. hyper poetry C. illustrated novel D. descriptive
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38. Which of the following pop culture Sci-Fi stories feature Neo who learned that life and human
existence is controlled and is an illusion?
A. Intergalactic B. Star Wars C. The Matrix D. Wall-E
39. Who was Japan’s first recipient of Nobel Prize for Literature because of his mastery of psychological
fiction?
A. Matsuo Basho C. Sei Shonagon
B. Murasaki Shikibu D. Yasunari Kawabata
40. What is a valid generalization about 21st century literary genres?
A. They are rebellious and controversial.
B. They are reflective of the society and era.
C. They completely deviated from literary canons.
D. Their structure and themes are more convenient.
41. Which of the statements is TRUE?
A. All multimedia formats are hard to use.
B. Multimedia uses animation and audio only.
C. Learners can only make use of one multimedia format.
D. Studying literature becomes more exciting due to multimedia supports.
42. How will you modernize a classical literary piece without losing its original sense?
A. Develop a game based on the storyline, but you may change the main conquest depending on
the interest of gamers.
B. Convert the story into a graphic novel, but make sure to add your personal touch so you
won’t have to worry about plagiarism.
C. Rewrite an updated version for the sake of the modern-day readers and upload it to a platform
they usually use.
D. Consider filming, but take the context of the culture you will be releasing the material.
Names and formality of language may be tweaked.
For items 43-46, read the poem and then, answer the questions that follow.

Gabu
by Carlos A. Angeles

The battering restlessness of the sea

Insists a tidal fury upon the beach
At Gabu, and its pure consistency
Havocs the wasteland hard within its reach.

Brutal the daylong bashing of its heart

Against the seascape where, for miles around,
Farther than sight itself, the rock-stones part
And drop into the elemental wound.

The waste of centuries is grey and dead

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And neutral where the sea has beached its brine,

Where the split salt of its heart lies spread
Among the dark habiliments of Time.

The vital splendor misses. For here, here

At Gabu where the ageless tide recurs
All things forfeited are most loved and dear.

It is the sea pursues a habit of shores.

43. What imagery is predominant in the lines of the poem?

A. tactile imagery C. olfactory imagery
B. visual imagery D. gustatory imager
th
44. Splendor in the 4 stanza is synonymous to?
A. sublime B. brilliance C. blackness D. gloriousness
45. What does sea means?
The battering restlessness of the sea
Insists a tidal fury upon the beach
At Gabu, and its pure consistency
Havocs the wasteland hard within its reach.

A. life B. wave C. sacrifice D. body of water

46. If you were the “sea” in the poem, why do you keep pursuing the shore?
A. I keep pursuing the shore to skip life’s chaos.
B. I keep pursuing the shore to have dedication in life.
C. I keep pursuing the shore because; the sea is restless.
D. I keep pursuing the shore because; life is bounded by time, keep moving.
47. To produce a literary adaptation of a story, one needs to apply his ICT skills. ICT means _____.
A. Information and Communication Technology
B. Information to Centralize Tutorial
C. Inclusive for Classroom Technology
D. Important in Communication Technology
48. To make our multimedia presentation creative, we can import images, audio, and video clips to
unique output, but we have to ________ avoid plagiarism.
A. leave the webpages
B. screenshot the images
C. ignore the links
D. cite sources
49. It is a visual, stylized arrangement of words or tags within a textual content such as websites, articles,
speeches and databases.
A. animation B. blog C. mind mapping D. tag cloud

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50. It is an electronic device for recording, copying, replaying, broadcasting and displaying of moving
visual media.
A. Blog B. mind mapping C. slideshow presentation D. video
Direction: Identify the following title of Philippine folk narratives as Folktale, Legend, Myth, Epic, and
Fable.
_______51. Monkey and the Crocodile
_______52. The Creation
_______53. Juan Pusong and His Father’s Cows
_______54. Biag ni Lam-ang
_______55. The Flood Story
Direction: Identify the following definition as Folktale, Legend, Myth, Epic and Fable.
_______56. This is a characteristically anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a
people.
_______57. This features animal characters or inanimate objects that behave like people.
_______58. This is presented as history but is unlikely to be true.
_______59. This is told to explain a belief, a practice, or a natural phenomenon.
_______60. This narrative poem celebrates the adventures and achievements of a hero.

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