Goldenstate College

P. Acharon Blvd., General Santos City

Final Examination

Subject: LIT 111

Name: ___________________________________ Course & Year: _______________

General Instructions: Read and understand each question carefully. Answer the following
questions with honesty. If caught cheating, your paper will be confiscated and will be
automatically marked zero. ERASURE MEANS WRONG!

Test I. Multiple Choices: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. It is derived from a Latin term which means letter.

a. littera c. literra

b. litera d. litterra

2. It means learning, a writing and grammar.

a. literatura b. litteratura c. literaturra

3. It means any printed matter within a book, a magazine or a pamphlet.

a. Poetry b. Prose c. Literature

4. Literature appeals to everyone, regardless of culture, race, sex and time which are all
considered significant.
a. Suggestiveness b. Universality c. Permanence

5. Any work of literature is about something and for this reason, it has a ______. It may be an
emotion, an object, and abstract idea, or an event.
a. Form b. Subject c. Point-of-View

6. It is the verbal artistic structuring of ideas.

a. Form b. Subject c. Point-of-View

7. Literature endures across time and draws out the time factors: timeless, occurring at a
particular time, and timeless, remaining invariable throughout time.
a. Style b. Universality c. Permanence

8. Literature presents peculiar ways on how man sees as evidenced by the formation of his
idea, forms, structures and expression which are marked by their memorable substance.

a. Spiritual Value b. Suggestiveness c. Style

9. Literature elevates the spirits and the soul and thus has the power to motivate and inspire,
drawn from the suggested moral or lessons of the different genres.

a. Artistry b. Intellectual Value c. Spiritual Value

10. Literature stimulates critical thinking that enriches mental processes of abstract and
reasoning, making man realize the fundamental truths of life and its nature.
a. Intellectual Value b. Universality c. Artistry

11. Literature has an aesthetic appeal and thus possesses a sense of beauty.
a. Intellectual Value b. Artistry c. Permanence

12. Literature unravels and conjures man’s emotional power to define symbolism, nuances,
implies meanings, images and messages, giving and evoking visions above and beyond the
plane of ordinary life and experiences.
a. Suggestiveness b. Style c. Universality
13. This refers to the angle of vision of the narrator; it determines the narrator of the story, the
one who tells it from different ___________.

a. Form b. Subject c. Point-of-View

14. These are fictitious narratives, usually about origins.

a. Novels b. Plays c. Legends

15. A type of poetry that tells a story in richly imaginative and rhythmical language. It is the
product of the oral tradition.
a. Narrative Poetry b. Lyric Poetry c. Dramatic Poetry

16. A lyrical poem that expresses praise, glorification, or tribute.

a. Elegy b. Ode c. Sonnet

17. A short narrative poem intended to be sung. Of the narrative poems, this is considered the
shortest and simplest. It has a simple structure and tells of a single incident.

a. Ballad b. Epic c. Metrical Tale

18. This expresses the viewpoint or opinion of the writer about a particular problem or event.
The best example of this is the Editorial page of a newspaper.
a. News b. Essay c. Oration
19. This is a narrative involving one or more characters, one plot and one single impression.

a. Novels b. Short Story c. Fables

20. A literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by
the use of distinctive style and rhythm. It evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of
experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its
meaning, sound, and rhythm.
a. Prose b. Fiction c. Poetry

Test II. Identification: Write your answer on the space provided before the number. All
answers must be in CAPITAL LETTERS / CAPSLOCK.

______________ 21. These have been customarily used and served as laws or rules on good
behavior by our ancestors.
______________ 22. a long narrative poem in an elevated style that celebrates heroic
achievement. It treats themes of historical, national, religious, or legendary significance.
______________ 23. This is a lyric poem which expresses feelings of grief and melancholy, a
poem of subjective and meditative nature, it can be distinguished by its subject, that is, death. -
______________ 24. this is a presentation of the search of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph for
an inn wherein to deliver the baby Jesus.
______________ 25. The written work which means “My Last Farewell” is translated in Spanish
as?
______________ 26. It is usually relate to the subject matter that people are discussing to make
a point or simply share a relevant story. These are merely products of the writer’s imagination
and the main aim is to bring lessons to the reader. It can be stories about animals or children. -
______________ 27. The first Filipino alphabet and was replaced by the Roman alphabet.
______________ 28. It is an Easter play that dramatizes the meeting of the Risen Christ and
his mother. It is still presented in many Philippine towns.
______________ 29. . It is a song originating among the people of a country or area, passed by
oral tradition from one singer or generation to the next, often existing in several versions, and
marked generally by simple, modal melody and stanzaic, narrative verse.
______________ 30. He was popularly known for his pen name of Plaridel, Pupdoh, Piping
Dilat and Dolores Manapat. He was born at Cupang, San Nicolas, Bulacan on August 30, 1850.
______________ 31. A most notable hero and genius of the Philippines, he was born on
December 18, 1856 and died in Barcelona on January 20, 1896 eleven months before his best
friend Rizal was shot at the Bagumbayan (Luneta).
______________ 32. This is a report of everyday events in society, government, science and
industry, and accidents, happening nationally or not.

______________ 33. This form usually is light and written with the purpose of amusing, and
usually has happy ending.
______________ 34. It is a writing that ridicules or holds up to contempt the faults of individuals
or of groups. It is a topical literacy composition holding up human or individual vices, folly,
abuses, or shortcomings to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other
methods, sometimes with an intent to bring about improvement.
______________ 35. This is a formal treatment of a subject and is intended to be spoken in
public. It appeals to the intellect, to the will or to the emotions of the audience.
______________ 36. Who was the writer of the written work entitled “To the Filipino Youth”?
______________ 37. It is a pinnacle of the month-long festival, can be described as a sort of
religio-historical beauty pageant. It is held in honor of Queen Helena of Constantinople and her
son, Constantine the Great, finding the True Cross: the cross that's said to be the one upon
which Jesus was crucified.
______________ 38. It is used in witchcraft or enchantment.

______________ 39. He was born on June 19, 1861 at Calamba, Laguna. His first teacher was
his mother. He studied at the Ateneo de Manila started medicine at UST and finished at the
Universidad Central of Madrid.
______________ 40. A long, rambling love story in verse. It dominantly depicts ideals of
chivalry, romantic love and religious elements.
______________ 41. It is a humorous mocking imitation of a literary work. The style of an
author is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule.
______________42. This is exaggerated comedy. It seeks to arouse mirth by laughable lines;
situations are too ridiculous to be true; the characters seem to be caricatures and the motives
undignified and absurd.

______________43. It deals with the life of a person which may be about himself, his
autobiography or that of others.
______________44. These are made up of one or more measured lines with rhymes and may
consist of four to 12 syllables. It uses symbolism to describe a specific object, which the listener
can guess by using his imagination. One should never take these words literally.
______________45. The author of “Footnote to Youth”.

______________46. It refers to any written work that follows a basic grammatical structure
(think words and phrases arranged into sentences and paragraphs). It simply means language
that follows the natural patterns found in everyday speech.
______________47. These are also fictitious and they deal with animals and inanimate things
that speak and act like people and their purpose is to enlighten the minds of the children to
events that can mold their ways and attitudes.
______________48. It is often used in teasing or to comment on a person’s actuations.

______________49. A long narrative divided into chapters.

______________50. This involves the hero struggling mightily against dynamic forces; he
meets death or ruin without success and satisfaction obtained by the protagonist in a comedy.
______________ 51. Who was the author of “Walang Sugat”?

______________ 52. This is a dramatic performance to commemorate the passion and death of
Jesus Christ.
______________53. WHEN was the first time when our flag was hoisted, as a symbol of our
independence?
______________54. He was the undisputed Filipino supremo, his idea on literature were
provocative.he strirred strong feelings.
______________55. This is presented on a stage, is divided into acts and each act has many
scenes.
______________56. A Japanese verse form most often composed, in English versions, of three
unrhymed. It was made up of 17 syllables divided into three lines. The first line had 5 syllables,
2nd7 syllables and 3rd 5 syllables.
______________57. The author of “Magnificence”.

______________58. It is a short but it had measure and rhyme. Each line had 7 syllables.
______________59. The author of “How my brother Leon brought home a wife”.
______________60. The Filipino version of America’s trick or treat, involves rural folk, usually
youngsters, going house to house at night singing All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day ditties in
exchange for cash or food.

III. FILL IN THE BLANKS. Complete the folksong “Sitsiritsit Alibangbang”, write your answers on
the space provided.

“SITSIRITSIT ALIBANGBANG”

Sitsiritsit alibangbang,

61. ___________ salagubang

Ang 62. __________ sa lansangan

Kung gumiri’y parang 63. _________

Santo Nino sa 64. ___________

Puto seko sa 65. ____________

Kung ayaw kang mapautang

Uubusin ka nang langgam.

66. _____ , mama, namamangka

Pasakayin yaring 67. _______

Pagdating sa Maynila

Ipagpalit ng 68. ________

Ale, ale , namamayong

Pasukubon yaring 69. __________

Pagdating sa Malabon

Ipagpalit ng 70. _________

“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”

- William Shakespeare