ASSESSMENT IN PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

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A. Multiple Choice

Instruction: Read the questions carefully and encircle the correct answer.

NOTE: Trust your learning. Answer according to your understanding because no one learns
from cheating.

1. What was the state of literature during the early post-liberation period in the Philippines?

A. Literature flourished without any challenges.

B. Writers focused on themes related to the war.

C. Writers struggled to express themselves due to language barriers.

D. All literary works were written in vernacular languages.

2. Which newspapers thrived during this period, demonstrating the preference for the English
language among readers?

A. FREE PRESS, MORNING SUN, EVENING NEWS

B. Tagalog Tribune, Liwayway, Ilang Ilang

C. BULLETIN, HILIGAYNON, DAILY MIRROR

D. NONE, as newspapers were not popular during this time.

3. What was the predominant theme of poetry during this period?

A. Love and romance

B. Nature and social issues

C. War and brutality

D. Economic stability and prosperity

4. In which year did the Barangay Writer's Project, get established?

A. 1945

B. 1946

C. 1958

D. 1961

5. What themes did most Tagalog literature during this period focus on?

A. Fantasy and mythology

B. Japanese brutalities and guerrilla exploits

C. Urban life and technological progress

D. Foreign travel and exploration

6. What event in 1950 inspired Filipino writers and gave birth to the Palanca Memorial Awards
for literature?

A. The founding of a national library

B. The establishment of the PEN Center of the Philippines

C. The release of a critically acclaimed novel

D. The launching of the Palanca Memorial Awards by Carlos Palanca Sr.

7. Which language was most popular for readers and writers during this period?

A. Tagalog

B. Ilocano

C. English

D. Hiligaynon
8. What did the Palanca Memorial Awards primarily recognize and honor in the field of
literature?

A. The best-selling novels of the year

B. Outstanding contributions to journalism

C. Excellence in short stories, plays, and poetry

D. Literary works written in indigenous Philippine languages

9. What marked the revival of Filipino literature in Tagalog during this period?

A. Increased popularity of English literature.

B. The people's love for poetic jousts.

C. The government's support for Tagalog literature.

D. The absence of war-related themes.

10. During the post-liberation period in 1958, the PEN Center of the Philippines was
established. “PEN” is an acronym which stands for:

A. Poems, Essays, Novels

B. Poets, Essayist, Novelist

C. Poems, Essays, Newspapers

D. Poets, Essay writers, News writers

B. Matching Type

Instruction: Read the questions in column A and choose the correct answer found in
column B, write it on the space provided after each number.
 A B

___1. What work of Jose Garcia Villa received acclaim A. “The Hand of the Enemy”
both in the Philippines and abroad?

___2. Elpidio P. Kapulong won third prize in the first B. “Kwento ni Mabuti”
year of Palanca Memorial Awards for literature, with
what written masterpiece?

___3. It’s aim was to publish works in English by A. “The Adversary”

Filipinos.

___4. He wrote the short story, “The distant City” and B. Luis V. Teodoro Jr.
won the Graphic short story award in 1970.

___5. “Mabangis na Kamay…Maamong Kamay” was a C. Pedro S. Dandan

second prizer during the Palanca Memorial Awards’ first
year and was written by?

___6. It was Luis V. Teodoro Jr.’s short story, that won D. Bulaklak, Liwayway, Ilang
the Philippine Free Press short story award in 1968. Ilang, and Sinag Tala

___7. What novel by Kerima Polotan won the Stonehill E. Barangay Writer’s Project
Award for the Filipino novel in English in 1961?

___8. Their publications reflects the popularity of the F. “Have Come, Am Here”
English language rather than any ocher vernaculars.

___9. What written work made Genevova Edroza win G. “Without Seeing the
first prize in the first year of Palanca Memorial Awards Dawn”
for literature?

___10. What novel tells the grim experiences of war H. Free Press, Morning Sun,
during the Japanese Occupation? Daily Mirror, Evening News,
and Bulletin

I. “Planeta, Buwan at mga

Bituin”
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY, MAY GOD BLESS YOU!

-Ma’am Leones :)