CBA 1: PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

Read the selection and answer the questions that follow. Select only the best answer for
each item.

Alin sa mga sumusunod ang hindilotoo hinggil sa sarswela? *

isang dulang musikal

sinasaniban ng sayaw at tugtugin

karaniwang paksa ang pag-aalsa

unang umunlad sa Espanya noong ik a -17 dantaon

Sagutin ang bugtong. *

saging

sinturon

singkamas

sitaw

what Filipino value is referred to in the passage? *

comic ?air

light - heartedness

sobriety

sense of humor

What does Gonzalo mean by “a little longer” in this excerpt from Guerrero’s Three *
Rats? Adrian: (Laughing)-. I expect to live a little
longer, Gonzalo. Gonzalo: A little
longer is right. (Adrian’s face slowly begins to get red. He feels a giddiness in his
head - he presses his temples.)

He wants Adrian to apologize for his affair with Nita.

The cyanide in Adrian’s coffee is taking effect.

Adrian is getting drunk and incoherent.

His wife's inGdelity makes him suffer in silence.

Basahin ang mga linyang sumusunod. Ang “ninyo" sa unang linya ay tumutukoy *
sa mga

manunulat

ambibigkas

manlilibag

makata

What point-of-view is employed in the narrative excerpt below? *

Grst person

third person limited

third person omniscient

second person

In what part of the pyramid plot structure should the excerpt above belong? *

exposition

complication

crisis

denouement

“A bamboo flute is heard far away. Once more we hear the turtle crying.” What *
sense imagery is used in this description of the scene?

visual

auditory

tactile

olfactory

What literary device is used in the closing paragraph of "Harvest,” a short story *
written by Loreto Paras Sulit?

allusion

foreshodowing

irony

sarcasm

A pre-Hispanic Philippine writing system that originated from the Japanese script *
Kavi.

Baybayin/Alibaba

Baybayon/Alitaba

Babayna/Alibaka

Babayin/Alibata

The excerpt belongs to what genre? *

essay

Gction

memoir

sermon

Ang batutian ay isang mimetiko at satirikong pagtatalong patula na may kayarian *

ng isang dula. Ito ay ipinangalan sa makatang si

Francisco Baltazar

Jose Corazon de Jesus

Jose de la Cruz

Crisostomo Sotto

Mula sa anong mga mamamayan ang tulang ito? *

Tagalog

Mangyan

Ivatan

Ilocano

What rhythmical device is used in this line from The Small Key? “ .. .even the low *
square nipa house that stood in unashamed relief against the gray green haze of
grass and leaves.”

alliteration

assonance

conconance

anaphora

He is the writer of Florante at Laura. *

Francisco Lacaba

Francisco Dimaculangan

Francisco Baltazar

Francisco Pangilinan

Jose Rizal’s novel dedicated to the Martyrs of Cavite, GOMBURZA. *

El Presidente

El Comprehensiones

El Filibusterismo

El Filipinos

Sa anong panahon naisulat ang mga taludtod na ito? *

Panahon ng Amerikano

Panahon ng Hapones

Panahon ng Kastila

Panahon ng Batas ng Militar

“But, alas, the heart forgets; the heart is distracted; and___________ passes; *
summer ends, the storms break over the rot-ripe orchards and the heart grows
old; ...”

May Day Eve

Mayday midnight

May night

May - time

Ano ang inilalarawan sa dalawang linyang ito? *

bayan

bahay

brawnawt

bilangguan

Ano ang ibig sabihin ng huling salitang ginamit? *

magpahinga

kumain

matulog

maghintay

Anong kaisipan ang ipinapahiwatig ng dalawang linyang ito? *

pagbabalatkayo

pagbabakasakali

pagtataksil

pagmamahalan

Alin ang tumutukoy nang tarna sa mga tauhan at tagpuan? *

manggagawa sa lungsod

tambay sa kanto

puno sa tanggapan

magsasaka sa nayon

n\nong kaugalian o paniniwala ang nilalaman ng awiting-bayang ito? *

Ang mga Filipina ay parang mga paruparo.

Ang mabuting babae ay dapat nasa tansangan.

Nasa loob dapat ng bahay ang kababaihan,

Ang nasa labas ng bahay ay haliparot.

The idea expressed in the box below belongs to what school of thought? *

escapist art

modem art

art with social consciousness

art for art’s sake

Which comic technique is used in Agana’s New Yorker in Tondo *

mistaken identity

physical blunder

reversal of fortune

ridiculous situation

Which figure of speech is shown in the line below taken from Irwin Castillo’s *
“Tomorrow Is a Downhill Place” ?

personiGcation

hyperbole

simile

metaphor

Which plot element is covered in the excerpt? *

initial incident

rising action

climax

failing action

Alin ang tumpak na pagpapakahulugan ng siniping bahagi? *

Ang mga gahamang pinuno ay walang pinag-iba sa mga haring gahaman.

Maiaking parusa sa bayan ang magkaroon ng punong gahaman at duhapang sa

kayamanan.

Maituturing na sabwatan ang pagkakaroon ng mga hangal na puno at ngitngit ng

kalangitan.

Mas malubha ang kasalanan ng mga taong pinagkatiwalaang mamuno ngunit

naging gahaman.

The narrative below belongs to what genre? *

fantastic story

folktale

tall tale

fable

Intellectual Filipinos during the Spanish Colonization is called? *

Pensionados

Illustrados

Pintados

Tejerros

“There was nothing to fear, for the man was always so gentle, so kind.” What *
literary device is employed in this line from Magnificence?

foreshadowing

en medias res

symbolism

?ashback

What two poetic devices are used in this stanza? *

metonymy and apostrophe

allusion and assonance

anaphora and synecdoche

hyperbole and metonymy

Ano ang implikasyon ng kinatatakutan ng may-akdang kritiko? *

Ang masa ay karaniwang naaakit sa himagsikan.

Ang mga epiko ay sandata sa paglaban ng mamamayan.

Ang lipunan ay dapat sunud-sunuran sa mga epiko.

Ang mga mahihirap ang mapagpasyang uri sa lipunan

“It was not quite five, and the bread was not yet ready.” What does the bread *
symbolize in Bread of Salt?

The boy’s unreciprocated love for Aida.

The embarrassment of the boy in the presence of Aida.

The boy’s dream of becoming a famous violinist.

The differences in the social status between Aida and the boy.

Which sentence best expresses the idea of the lines below? *

Life is what we make it.

Life is too short to be wasted.

People must be responsible for others.

People seldom do things right.

Anong uri ng sinaunang porma ng literatura ang nasa ibaba? *

awiting - bayan

bulong

dalit

bugtong

The very first book printed in the Philippines in 1593. *

DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA

QURAN

HOLY BIBLE

NINAY

Which sound device is not used in the last stanza of Carlos Angeles’ poem *
“Dusk"?

alliteration

assonance

anaphora

rhyme

Anong katotohanan hinggil sa kasaysayan ang ipinapakita sa tagpong ito ng *

nobela?