Nangka High School

CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGION

FOURTH PERIODICAL TEST GRADE 12
GRADE 12 / SY 2022-2023

NAME: _______________________________________ YEAR & SECTION: _____________________

I. Multiple Choice
Direction: Read and understand each question carefully, choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter
of your choice on your answer sheet.
1. What element of arts is associated with the body’s axis?
A. Value C. Texture
B. Color D. Line

2. The first person who discovered contemporary dance.

A. Leticia Duncan C. Dora
B. Dominador Duncan D. Isadora Duncan

3. What do you call the shoes for ballerinas?

A. Rubber shoes C. tattoo
B. shansha D. tutu

4. What element of arts is associated with our experiences of cold and warmth, and the quality of light in our tropical
environment?
A. Value C. Shape
B. Line D. Color

5. In stage play, what element of arts refers to the light on an object or a scene?
A. Shape C. Line
B. Texture D. Value

6. What element of arts may occur in two-dimensional designs as rhythm or through recurrence of motifs?
A. Movement C. Dimension
B. Texture D. Color

7. One of the elements of arts is the composition in space, in which it involves the relationship between figure and
___?
A. Elements C. Texture
B. Value D. Shape

8. Refers to graduation of tone from light to dark is what element or arts?

A. Value C. Shape
B. Movement D. Color

9. Which of the following words is associated with the tactility of an art?

A. Texture C. Movement
B. Color D. Line

10. Refers to a color or shade?

A. Hue C. Color chart
B. Primary colors D. Shape

11. What town in Laguna is known for woodcarving?

A. Line C. Value
B. Paete D. Context

12. Referred to as “traditional” art?

A. Sketching C. Modern art
B. Paintaing D. Contemporary art

13. Described as “academic” art?

A. Modern art C. Contemporary art
B. Neoclassic art D. Digital art

14. Which of the following statements best defines art?

Art is a vital and persistent aspect of human experience.
A. Art is beyond its didactic function, the religious significance of a work of art may be so great that entire groups
of people identify with the object.
B. Art have nationalistic value inasmuch as they express the pride and accomplishment of a particular culture.
C. Art begins when one person, with the object of joining another or other to himself in one and the same a
feeling, expresses that feeling by certain external indications.

15. The _____ of the work of art answers the question: What is it about?
A. Subject C. Medium
B. Context D. Theme
16. What category of arts refers to arts that require public performance?
A. Performing arts C. Theater arts
B. Visual arts D. Acting

17. It is used for whatever is presented in a work of art?

A. Subject C. Message
B. Theme D. Medium

18. What is missing in a “nonobjective” art?

A. Theme C. Medium
B. Subject D. Context

19. Works of arts are valued not only by the artist and persons, but also by entire _____?
A. Community C. Culture
B. Church D. Nation

20. Which of the following is not under the classification of representation?

A. Music C. Sculpture
B. Painting D. Literature

21. Which of the following is the most common subject of art?

A. People C. Activities
B. Nature D. Animal

22. In what country did modern dance begin?

A. Asia
B. Germany
C. US
D. Philippine

23. Which of the following discussed the intrinsic value of art?

A. A work of art may contain valuable material, but that is not the primary basis on which its quality is judge.
B. Work of art may be valued because they are made of precious material
C. Art has the ability to attract and repel us.
D. Art is a vital and persistent aspect of human experience.

24. Which of the following is NOT included in the context of art?

A. Nature C. Artist’s background
B. Mode of reception D. Message

25. What do you call the art of the present?

A. Modern art C. Contemporary Art
B. Neo-classic art D. Classic art

26. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A. Shape refers to the forms that are two-dimensional.
B. When a hue is mixed with black, it lightens.
C. Movement may occur in two-dimensional.
D. Thin, broke, thick are example of lines.

27. An artwork made from assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole is called ___?
A. Collage C. Recycled artwork
B. Torogan D. Abstract

28. A scratched drawing on a wall is called ___?

A. Graffiti C. Digital art
B. Wall-art D. Mural

29. A process of making artwork by transforming ink through a matrix or through a prepared screen to a sheet of
paper or other materials is what kind of art creation?
A. Decollage C. Graffiti
B. Land-art D. Printmaking

30. What concept of art is represented in a work of art?

A. Subject C. Forms
B. Medium D. Theme

31. It refers to the area where the dancer performs.

A. space C. time
B. body D. energy

32. What festival is being held during the month of February in Baguio City?
A. Pahiyas C. Moriones
B. Panagbenga D. Angkan-angkan

33. All are primary colors, except ___?

 A. White C. Blue
B. Red D. Yellow

34. Subject in the arts refers to what they are all about, while themes are what ___ subjects to their social milieu.
A. Connect C. Separate
B. Difficult D. Operates

35. Which of the following defines the word “milieu”?

A. Audience C. Social justice
B. Social environment D. Social Audience

36. What color is in between blue and red?

A. Purple C. Black
B. Green D. Indigo

37. What word refers to the subject of a talk, a piece or writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition?
A. Theme C. Object
B. Concept D. Subject

38. Which of the following refers to the relationship between figures and elements?
A. Color C. Line
B. Composition in space D. Texture

39. Colors formed by mixing the primary colors are know as ___?
A. Tertiary colors C. Secondary colors
B. Orange and Green D. Purple

40. What color is in between blue and yellow?

A. Green C. Purple
B. Red D. Orange

41. Which of the following is NOT a secondary color?

A. Orange C. Green
B. Yellow D. Purple

42. What word refers to the physical qualities or characteristics of the image?
A. Art C. Form
B. Object D. Medium

43. Which of the following words below refers to the material in which the artist uses to objectify his feeling or
thoughts?
A. Medium C. Theme
B. Form D. Subject

44. If dance is an art form, then it is the instrument used by the artist.
A. body
B. action
C. space
D. time

45. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A. Pottery, weaving, woodcarving, and metal crafting are forms of visual arts were dominant during the pre -colonial period .
B. The piano is one of the instruments that Spaniard introduced in the field of Philippine music.
C. City planning parks were introduced during Japanese colonial.
D. Filipinos developed choreography by mimicking movements of animal.

46. Which of the following statements is correct?

A. When gray color mixed with black, it lightens. C. Line is associated with hue.
B. Shape refers to how object and surfaces feel. D. Movement is associated with proportion

47. Which of the following does not belong to the form of arts?
A. Medium of the artist C. Elements of art
B. Principles of design D. Historical view

48. Contemporary Arts is distinguishable from modern art in terms of the following, EXCEPT what letter?
A. Historical C. Stylistic
B. Cultural D. Design

49. What do you call the art of the present?

A. Classic art C. Modern Art
B. Contemporary Art D. Neo-classic art

50. It is a dance style which is based on feeling and according to the message that you want to convey.
 A. Contemporary dance C. Folk dance
B. Modern dance D. Ballet dance

Key answer

1. d 11. b 21. b 31. a 41. b

2. d 12. c 22. b 32. b 42. c
3. d 13. b 23. a 33. a 43. a
4. d 14. d 24. d 34. a 44. a
5. d 15. a 25. c 35. b 45. c
6. C 16. a 26. b 36. a 46. a
7. a 17. a 27. a 37. a 47. d
8. a 18. b 28. a 38. b 48. d
9. a 19. c 29. d 39. c 49. b
10. a 20. a 30. a 40. a 50. a