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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

FIRST SEMESTER: A.Y. 2022-2023
3rd LONG QUIZ EXAMINATION
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS
General Directions: All answers should be written in the TESTBOOKLET. Do not write/mark anything in
the test questionnaire.
MULTIPLE CHOICES: Read each sentence/situation carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer.
Kindly use CAPITAL LETTERS to avoid confusion.
1. The Latin word “ ars “ means
A. Art C. Craft
B. Skills D. all of the above

2. Art should be judged according to principles of art and design.

A. Art as form C. None of these
B. Art as expression D. Art as representation
3. A collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or
actresses, to present a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers,
typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagines event
before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.
A. Theatre C. Film
B.  Dance D. Music
4. It is a series of still images that, when shown on screen; create the illusion of
moving images.
A. Photography C. Sculpture
B. Film D.  Painting
5. Art is an avenue to unwrap and communicate the inner self including emotions.
A. None of these C. Art as expression
B. Art as representation D.  Art as form
6. Art is a replication of the nature.
A. Art as form C. Art as expression
B. Art as representation D. None of these
7. The focus of art is on anything as a result of skills and knowledge.
A. Present C. 18th century
B. 11th- 17th century D.  1850
8. The beginning of new art movements like Cubism, Fauvism, Dadaism.
A.  18th century C. None of the above
B.  1850 D. 11th- 17th century
9. Art was created in pursuit of beauty and desire to express the artists emotion.
A. 18th century C. 11th- 17th century
B. None of the above D. 1850
10. A form of visual art in which a person uses various drawing instruments to mark
paper or another two- dimensional medium.
A. Mural C. Drawing
B. Painting D.  Photography
11. It is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to solid surface
A. Painting C. Photography
B. Sculpture D. Drawing
12. Is the art, application and practice of creating durable images by recording light or
other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image
sensor?
A. Photography C. Drawing
B. Sculpture D. Painting
13. Is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized and time.
A. Theatre C. Film
B. Music D. Dance
14. Is a form of language that has no formal metrical structure. It applies a natural flow
of speech, and ordinary grammatical structure, rather than rhythmic structure, such
as in the case of traditional poetry.
A. Poetry C. Literature
B. Prose D. Film
15. Is a type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm. It often
employs rhyme and meter (a set of rules governing the number and arrangement
of syllables in each line). In poetry, words are strung together to form sounds,
images, and ideas that might be too complex or abstract to describe directly.
A. Film C. Poetry
B. Literature D. Prose
16. Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings and several nonbuilding
structures.
A. False C. Partially true
B. True D. Partially false

17. Drawing is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by
recording light or other electromagnetic radiation either electronically by using an
image sensor or chemically by using light-sensitive materials.
A. True C. Partially true
B. False D. Partially false

18. Literature can be defined as a form of art that uses any medium to represent the
artist’s idea, emotion, and imagination.
A. True C. Partially true
B. False D. Partially False

19. Photography is a series of still images that create the illusion of moving images
when shown on screen.
A. True C. Partially True
B. False D. Partially false

20. Characterize artworks found in 3D interior spaces.

A.   Installation Art C. Earth Art
B. Street Art D. Both A and C
21. It has abstract esthetic and invites spectators to respond to what they see – rather
than what they consider to be a certain work of art.
A. Street Art C. Minimalism
B. Pop Art D. Earth Art
22. It rewards concepts about the visual or formal components of pieces of art.
A. Conceptualism C. Minimalism
B. Pop Art D. Street Art
23. Refers to writing considered to have artistic merit.
A.  
B. Film D. Literature
C.  Painting E. Drawing
24. It uses materials such as stones, water, gravel and soil that could directly be
extracted from nature.
A. Earth Art C.  Street Art
B. Minimalism D. Installation Art
25. It is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human
movement.
A. Dance C. Theatre
B. Film D. Music
26. Often photographers worked from images that allowed them to replicate portraits,
landscapes and other iconographies with precision

A. Minimalism C. Earth Art

B. Performance Art D.  Photorealism
27. Art is "real," typically performed by the artist, but often by workers or performers. 
A. Street Art C. Pop Art
B. Performance Art D. Conceptualism
28. The following are major forms of Philippine contemporary art EXCEPT:
A. Fashion Design B. Film
 C. Theatre D. Painting
29. The aim is to represent mass culture and to rethink consumer products as
available art.
A. Performance Art C. Conceptualism
B. Minimalism D.  Pop Art
30. Which of the following are the example of pop art?
A. Abstract C. Basi revolt
B. Spoliarium D. Superialism

31. It is also known as Hyperrealism or superrealism.

A. Pop art C. Conceptual art
B. Photo realism D. Performance art
32. Which of the following are the example of Philippine dance?
A. Dance again C. Beat it
B. Wet the bed D. Carinosa
33. He is the famous artist of U.P Oblation?
A. Juan luna C. Fernando amorsolo
B. Levi celerio D. Guillermo tolentino
34. Which of the following are the example of Philippine film
A. Fifty shades of gray C. Divergent
B. 365 D. The hows of us
35. Contemporary works follow movements that enlighten social strengths and
weaknesses and remind society of values that they should learn and ask
questions.
A. True C. Partially true
B. False D. Partially false
36. The art decoration of the Metropolitan Theater in Liwasang Bonifacio, which was
completed by Juan Arellano in 1941, is a familiar example of sculpture with
architectural integration.
A. True C. Partially true
B. False D. Partially false
37. The works of art are intended to evoke a range of emotions and require the viewer
to commit himself.
A. True C. Partially true
B. False D. Partially false
38. American customs and heritage have a considerable deal of influence on
performing arts in the Philippines, but the contemporary style was acquired from
Spaniards.
A. True C. Partially true
B. False D. Partially false

39. When someone speaks of works in theatre, it is probably mainly Broadway

musicals, such as Phantom of the Opera and great plays by playwrights such as
Tom Stoppard, August Wilson, and Theresa Rebeck.
A. True C. Partially true
B. False D. Partially false

40. It is the finest in Philippine textiles and is manufactured by arduous process from
fibers of the Bisaya red pineapple leaves.
A. Pina C. Bontoc
B. Pinilian D. Hablon
41. It reflects on the notion of centrality, which symbolizes permanence, order, and
harmony.
A. Pina C. Hablon
B.  Pinilian D. Bontoc Weave
42. Arm ornament worn by Tingguian women of Abra's ethnic group.
A. Dukaw C. Arm Beads
B.  Suklong D. Tangkil
43. It is the textile created by Ilocanos.
A. Bontoc C.  Pinilian
B. Hablon D. Pina
44. It is the primary tool used by woodcarvers.
A. Brush C.  Chisel
B. Thread D. Paint
45. An ornament with the upper arm and made from the tusks of boar.
 A.  Appaki Necklace C. Suklong
B. Kattagang D. Tangkil
46. It is the Hiligaynon word for "weaving."
A.  Pinilian C. Bontoc
B. Hablon D. Pina
47. It is a royal house graven with an intricate okir motif.
A. Bahay na Bato C.  Bahay Kubo
B. Payyo D.  Torogan
48. It is a local place in the Philippines renowned as the Carving Capital of the
Philippines
A. Metro Manila C. Paete, Laguna
B. Lucban, Quezon D. Marikina
49. Personal decoration on a person’s head that also used to store personal items like
tobacco.
A.  
B. Tangkil D.  Appaki Necklace
C. Kattagang E. Suklong
50. Necklace consisting of tusk of boar and runo in the centre.
A. Dukaw C. Suklong
B. Boaya necklace D. Arm beads

Prepared by: Checked by:

Mernel Joy C. Lacorte Mr. Erwin Concepcion Romeo L. Fernandez, Ed.D.

SHS TEACHER Strand Head HE/ICT SHS Principal