BIT INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE – JAGNA

High School Department

S. Y. 2023- 2024
Email Address: bitjagnahsdept@gmail.com
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1st Monthly Examination in 21st Century Literature

Name: _____________________________________________Track/Strand: ______________Score: ____
I. Multiple Choice.
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on the space provided. NO ERASURES!!

_____1. During this period, Jose Rizal’s works such as Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo were written to awake
the mind of our countrymen.
a. Spanish Period b. American Period c. Pre-Spanish Period d. Period of Enlightenment
_____2. The Philippines had literature such as legends, folktakes, folksongs, and the like.
a. Spanish Period b. Japanese Period c. Pre-Spanish Period d. Period of Enlightenment
_____3. In this period, religious books were written, such as Doctrina Cristiana and Urbana and Felisa, to support or
contradict the Catholic Church.
a. Spanish Period b. American Period c. 21st Century Period d. Period of Enlightenment
_____4. Filipino writers went into all forms of literature like news, reporting, poetry, stories play, essays, and novels
which clearly depicted their love of country and their longings for independence.
a. Edsa I Period b. American Period c. Pre-Spanish Period d. The 3rd Republic Period
_____5. Filipino literature was given a break during this period for the Filipino literature was prohibited from using.
Many wrote plays, poems, short stories, etc. Topics and themes were often about life in the provinces.
a. Japanese Period b. American Period c. Pre-Spanish Period d. American Period
_____6. Haiku and Tanaga were influenced by what period?
a. Spanish Period b. Japanese Period c. 21st Century Period d. Period of Enlightenment
_____7. This period presented new trends in writing using modern technology.
a. Edsa I Period b. 21st Century Period c. Pre-Spanish Period d. The 3rd Republic Period
_____8. This literary period witnessed newspapers which were once branded crony newspapers become instant
opposition papers.
a. Japanese Period b. American Period c. Pre-Spanish Period d. Edsa I Period
_____9. Poetry during this period were during this period were romantic and revolutionary.
a. The 3rd Republic Period b. Edsa I Period c. 21st Century Period d. Pre-Spanish Period
_____10. Poetry during this period were dealt with patience, regard for native culture and customs.
a. The 3rd Republic Period b. 21st Century Period c. Edsa I Period d. New Society Period
_____11. English as medium of instruction was introduced in the schools as intellectual language of education in this
period.
a. New Society Period b. American Period c. 21st Century Period d. Period of 3rd Republic
_____12. This is the period wherein the youth became vocal with their sentiments and demanded change in the
government.
a. Spanish Period b. Period of Activism c. Pre-Spanish Period d. Period of 3rd Republic
_____13. Filipinos during this period were hooked in reading magazines and comics.
a. New Society Period b. American Period c. Period of 3rd Republic d. 21st Century Period
_____14. The development of literature in the Philippines __________.
a. is given life only in the oral tradition of the country.
b. could reflect the richness of our country’s resources.
c. may be attributed to both local and foreign influences.
d. grew and prospered alongside the country’s history.
_____15. Chant (Bulong) was used in witchcraft or enchantment especially in remote places in the Visayas.
a. Japanese Period b. Rebirth of Freedom c. Pre-Spanish Period d. Period of Enlightenment
II. Modified True or False.
Read each statement carefully. If the statement is correct write TRUE. If the statement is incorrect,
cross- out the word/s that make the statement false and replace it with the correct one. Note: Right minus
Wrong!!

________1. Spanish Literature is characterized by Legends, Folk Tales, The Epic Age, and Folk Songs.
________2. The Propaganda Movement (1534) was spearheaded mostly by the intellectual middle-class like Jose
Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Antonio Luna, Mariano Ponce, Jose Ma. Panganiban and Pedro
Paterno.
________3. In the American Regime, Americans influenced Filipino writers to write using the English- Japanese
language. English- Japanese as a medium of instruction was introduced in the schools as the intellectual language
of education.
________4. In the Period of Activism, campus newspapers were written to show their protest. They held pens and
wrote on placards in red paint the equivalent of the word MAKIBATA (To dare!).
________5. The Japanese Period poems dealt with patience, regard for native culture, customs, and the beauties of
nature and surroundings.
________6. The period of the New Society was romantic and revolutionary.
________7. Post EDSA I noticed in the new Filipino songs, in the newspapers, in the speeches, and even in the
television programs.
________8. Some of Del Pilar’s writings: Pagibig sa Tinubuang Lupa (Love of Country), Kaingat Kayo (Be Careful), and
Dasalan at Tocsohan (Prayers and Jokes).
________9. Epics are long narrative poems in which a series of heroic achievements or events, usually of a hero, are
dealt with at length.
________10. Period of 3rd Republic influenced Filipino writers to write using English language.