Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION V
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MASBATE PROVINCE

SUMMATIVE TEST
FIRST QUARTER
21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

GENERAL DIRECTION: This is a 50-item test, read each directions written in every type of test.

I-MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the blank provided at the right side of the test paper.

____ 1. If the long narrative poem about the passion and death of Christ is called Pasyon, What is dramatization of the pasyon?
a. Korido c. Secular
d. Senakulo b. Pasyon
____ 2. The following are examples of folk tales, EXCEPT:
a. Fables c. Myths
b. Legends d. Riddles
____ 3. Who is the editor-in-chief of La Solidaridad?
a. Emilio Jacinto c. Jose Rizal
b. Graciano Lopez-Jaena d. Marcelo del Pilar
____ 4. In this period, Americans came back to the Philippines in 1945, and there was a lot of palpable rejoicing among Filipinos.
What is this?
a. AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD c. NATIONALISTIC / PROPAGANDA AND REVOLUTIONARY
PERIOD
b. JAPANESE OCCUPATION d. THE REBIRTH OF FREEDOM
____ 5. In this period, the seeds of activism resulted in the declaration of Martial Law by Pres. Ferdinand Marcos in 1972. What is
this?
a. AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD c. SPANISH COLONIZATION PERIOD
b. CONTEMPORARY/MODERN PERIOD d. THE REBIRTH OF FREEDOM
____ 6. VOCABULARY: The president’s action of stealing money from the people is a brazen and bold act coming from a
government leader given trust by his people.
a. Discreet c. Limitless
b. Friend d. Shameless
____ 7. VOCABULARY: His critics knew that Pres. Marcos would again stage a rigged election, and he would again come out as
winner.
a. Genuine c. Organized
b. Engineered d. Temporary
____ 8. Who is the one telling the story in a literary piece?
a. Author c. Narrator
b. Character d. None of the choices
____ 9. She was a native of Pampanga but settled in Albay. She was known as the Matriarch of Filipino women poets writing in
English, and was the author of the poem “Revolt from Hymen”.
a. Angela Manalang Gloria c. Estrella D. Alfon
b. Edith L.Tiempo d. Merlinda Bobis
____ 10. ”Third World Geography” is a poem written by_____.
a. Amado V. Hernandez c. Eden Elizanan-Velarde
b. Cirilo F. Bautista d. Jose Garcia-Villa

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____ 11. It was not love, it was not folly,
I have no name to know it by,
I only know one shining instant
You held my earth, you held my sky. (From To Don Juan by Angela Manalang- Gloria)
The lines express a feeling of_____________.
a. Anger c. Love
b. Happiness d. Regret

____ 12. They stood with their fingers flaming,

Listened to me with a serious mien: (from Pedagogic by Cirilo F. Bautista)
Which emotion is present in the above lines?
a. Anger c. Pity
b. Excitement d. Regret
____ 13. Vocabulary: He knew he couldn’t straddle the issue any longer and that he would have to choose sides.
a. to be in a position of indecision c. to make a statement or sound
b. to make a rapid series of short noises. d. to put away for future use

____ 14. Who wrote the collection of poetry in Bikol entitled Mga Nirukitdukit?
a. Barbara Barquez Ricafrente c. Maria Lilia F. Realubit
b. Estelito B. Jacob d. Merlinda C. Bobis
____ 15. Your younger sister wants you to tell her a local story. You chose to share the story about the origin of Mayon Volcano.
What literary genre is this?
a. Blog c. Folk Narrative
b. Flash Fiction d. Riddles
____ 16. Your collection of books is mostly about womanhood. What literary genre is this?
a. Chick Literature c. Folk Narrative
b. Flash Fiction d. Riddles
____ 17. Your interest is more on expressing your story through colourful images. Which literary genre should you use?
a. Chick lit c. Illustrated novel
b. Flash Fiction d. Sci-Fi
____ 18. Your grandmother always shares her wise sayings about life. What is her favourite genre?
a. Epic c. Riddles
b. Proverb d. Scifi
____ 19. You simply enjoy expressing yourself by vocalizing and playing the guitar. Which genre are you most fond of?
a. Epic c. Riddles
b. Proverbs d. Songs
____ 20. Technology is not essential in producing 21st century literatures.
a. Fake b. Genuine
____ 21. VOCABULARY: The tourist looked around astounded by the beauty of the place.
a. Affected c. Shocked
b. Bored d. Thrilled
____ 22. VOCABULARY: The hapless tourists were stranded at the seaport for one week.
a. Bad c. Old
b. Blessed d. Unfortunate
____ 23. A character with whom the reader empathizes, is called ____________.
a. Antagonist c. Minor characters
b. Main characters d. Protagonist
____ 24. A person, or sometimes even an animal, who takes part in the action of a short story or a piece of literary work, is called
__________.
a. Antagonist c. Main characters
b. Character d. Protagonist
____ 25. The characters are revealed according to the following, EXCEPT:
a. Actions of the character c. Descriptions of the reader
b. Descriptions of the character d. Thoughts of the character
____ 26. Which of these literary lenses think the READER is most important?
a. Feminist c. Marxist
b. Formalism d. Reader-Response
____ 27. What is reader-response criticism?
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 a. "a branch of literary theory that measures the value of a book by how many people read it"
b. "a theory that measures the responses of the reader as a manifestation of the reader’s
emotional state"
c. "a type of literary critic who reads but does not write literature and therefore only interpret it as
a reader"
d. "a way of considering readers’ reactions to literature as vital to interpreting the meaning of the
text."
____ 28. It represents the physical location, and the social and cultural conditions in which the character exist. What is this?
a. Plot c. Setting
b. Point of View d. Theme

____ 29. Who is the author/writer of Motherhood Statements?

a. Anna Leah Sarabia c. Gilda Cordero Fernando
b. Elizabeth Lolarga d. Paz Marquez Benitez

____ 30. It is the opposition of forces which ties one incident to another and makes plot move. What is this?
a. Character c. Setting
b. Conflict d. Theme

II-MATCHING TYPE TEST Directions: Match column A with the correct answer on column B, write only the letter of answer on the
blank provided at the right side of the test paper.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

___ 1. It is the author’s underlying meaning or main a. Plot

idea that he is trying to convey. b. Rising Action
___ 2. It places strong emphasis on the reader’s role c. Antagonist
in producing the meaning of a literary work. d. Characterization
___ 3. “A Night in the Hills” e. Climax
___ 4. A method used by the writer/author to reveal f. Conclusion or Resolution
the personality of the character/s. g. Exposition or introduction
___ 5. A character that goes against the protagonist. h. Paz Marquez Benitez
___ 6. Geographical location i. Place
___ 7. It is a pattern of events that develop from the j. Reader response criticism
interactions between characters. k. Theme
___ 8. It is the beginning of the story where the
characters and setting is revealed.
___ 9. This is where the events in the story become
complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed
(events between the introduction and climax)
___ 10. This is the highest point and the turning point
of the story.

III-Modified True or False

Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct but if it’s false, change the underlined word or group of words to make the whole
statement true.

__________ 1. Tagalog poets broke away from the Balagtas tradition and instead wrote in simple language and free verse.

__________ 2. Lupang Tinubuan by Macario Pineda.

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__________ 3. Americans came back to the Philippines in 1999, and there was a lot of palpable rejoicing among Filipinos.

__________ 4. Speak Not, Speak Also by Conrado V. Pedroche.

__________ 5. The seeds of activism resulted in the declaration of Martial Law by Pres. Ramon Magsaysay in 1972.
__________ 6. The tigsik has no prescribed number of lines in a stanza, or number of stanzas as a whole.
__________ 7. The first step in the formalist approach is to study who is narrating.
__________ 8. "Literature provides insight into the minds of other human beings, into the mind of the author and the minds of the
character he or she brings to life,”
__________ 9. Chik lit is a fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood.
__________ 10. A climax is a series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict.

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-"It's not about how bad you want it, it's about how hard you are willing to work for it."-

Prepared by:

MARIEM C. ADO
SHS Teacher II

Checked:

IRENE R. MARZAN
SHS Asst. Principal II

Approved:

MONINA S. FERNANDEZ
Principal I