Senior High School Department

SY 2023-2024

FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION IN 21st CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE

PHIIPPINES AND THE WORLD

Name: ________________________________________________ Score: _________________

Strand, Grade, & Section: _______________________________ Date: __________________

I. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the underline word is correct, and write the
correct answer of the underline word/s if FALSE.

TRUE
________________ 1. Ang Doctrina Cristiana is the first book printed in the Philippines in 1593.

Pre-Colonial Literature 2. The literature during spanish colonial period was emanated from oral
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tradition.

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TRUE 3. Haiku and Tanaga were introduced during the Japanese occupation.

Activism
________________ 4. The youth became completely rebellious in the period of new society.

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TRUE 5. Literature is derived from the latin word littera.

18th
________________ 6. The term “literature” was first used in the 19th century.

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TRUE 7. LITERA is a latin word which means letter/familiarity with letter.

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TRUE 8. Writing was invented in Mesopotamia.

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Jose Rizal 9. Francisco Baltazar is the author of Noli Me Tangere.

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TRUE 10. John Jack G. Wigley is the author of the essay Home of the Ashfall.

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5 11. Short story has four (4) elements.

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Setting 12. The character establishes a time, place, and environment in which the
characters and events of the story are based.

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TRUE 13. Christianity is the common theme of literature during the Spanish
colonial period.

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Falling Action 14. In resolution, the conflicts get resolved or not and the actions slows
down.
 TRUE
________________ 15. Conflicts form the “heartbeat of the story”.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE.

1. It is when the conflict reaches a peak. which then leads to change in the course of events,
giving the reader a new understanding of the story either through an even or insight.
a. Plot c. Climax
b. Rising Action d. Theme
2. A sequence of events in your narrative. It is a cause-and-effect chain of events that has a
beginning point, climax and resolution.
a. Plot c. Climax
b. Rising Action d. Theme
3. The conflict develops and takes a newer, more complicated incidents, leading to the climax.
a. Plot c. Climax
b. Rising Action d. Theme
4. It is what the children would call the moral of the story.
a. Plot c. Climax
b. Rising Action d. Theme
5. It is the animal, things or person that is portrayed in the story.
a. Protagonist c. Antagonist
b. Characters d. Plot
6. It is an element of a short story that talks about when and where the story happened.
a. Characters c. Conflict
b. Theme d. Setting
7. The author of the essay Home of the Ashfall.
a. Jann Jack G. Wigley c. Jhon Jack L. Wigley
b. John Jack G. Wigley d. Jan Jack L. Wigley
8. Home of the Ashfall is a literature from ______________.
a. Pampanga c. Cebuano
b. Ilocos d. Mindanao
9. The mountain that erupted in the story.
a. Mount Mayon c. Mount Arayat
b. Mount Pinatubo d. Mount Ararat
10. The hometown of the main character in the story Home of the Ashfall.
a. Manila c. Zambales
b. Bulacan d. Pampanga
11. The bridge that collapsed in the story.
a. Abbacan Bridge c. Abaccan Bridge
b. Abacan Bridge d. Abbaccan Bridge
12. Home of the Ashfall is a ___________.
 a. Memoir c. Fantasy
b. Poem d. Myth
13. When does Mt. Pinatubo erupted?
a. July 15, 1991 c. July 15, 1990
b. June 15, 1991 d. June 15, 1990
14. How many years have the Spanish colonized the Philippines?
a. 383 years c. 343 years
b. 333 years d. 323 years
15. The Guillotine of Pilipino priest (Gomez, Burgos, Zamora)
a. Period of Enlightenment c. American Regime
b. Pre-colonial literature d. Japanese Occupation
16. This period gave birth to Filipino masterpieces such as: Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo.
a. Period of Enlightenment c. American Regime
b. Pre-colonial literature d. Japanese Occupation
17. What is the first alphabet Filipinos have?
a. Baybayin c. Alibay
b. Alibata d. Baybay
18. The meaning of Makibaka
a. To Dare c. Justice
b. To Fight d. Equality
19. He wrote Noli Me Tangere
a. Andres Bonifacio c. Marcelo Del Pilar
b. Mariano Ponce d. Jose Rizal
20. It is the period of the Guillotine of the three (3) Filipino priests.
a. Spanish Colonial Period c. Period of Activism
b. Period of Enlightenment d. Period of New Society