BOHOL WISDOM SCHOOL

PRELIM – LESSON 3: EVOLUTION OF PHILIPPINE POPULAR CULTURE

GELECT 3- QUIZ # 3

NAME: ___________________________________COURSE&YR: _______________DATE: ___________SCORE:_______

Read the instruction carefully. Instruction is part of a test.
I. IDENTIFICATION (10pts)
__________1. A character who is a combination of a phantom and a rooster.
__________2. He is a Chinese store owner.
__________3. He roamed the mountains of Luzon similar with Tarzan who did Africa.
__________4. She is a mermaid created by Mars Ravelo, the same legendary cartoonist who created Darna.
__________5. They are the local counterparts of Jiggs and Maggie. Jiggs and Maggie are the main characters in an
American comic strip named Bringing Up Father.
__________6. A magical agent of good with a flying kariton (pushcart).
__________7. She is a Filipino super heroine created by the legendary cartoonist Mars Ravelo
__________8. He is a barrio doctor with a last name that meant “quack”.
__________9. She is the arch enemy of Darna, also created by Mars Ravelo.
__________10. He is a horse-bodied character.
II. FILL IN THE BLANKS. Choose your answer from the box. (20pts)
HENDRY HERMANN ANTONIO VELAZQUEZ KUNDIMAN ZARZUELAS
EUROPEAN LOVE SONGS 1913 1929 DALAGANG BUKID KENKOY
1931 214 ANTONYO VELAZQUEZ FIRST WORLD WAR PHILIPPINE MAGAZINE
PIAM KENKOY PIYAM HENRY HERMANN 1229 VERNACULAR 241 ANG
ASWANG LIWAWAY SARZUELAS EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN LIWAYWAY
POPULAR CULTURE SECOND WORLD WAR BIENVENIDO LUMBERA
1. Radio stations in the 20s were owned and operated by an electrical supply company and organized by an American
named ________
2. The main character of Kenkoy was created by ________
3. The first appearance of Kenkoy was in ______
4. ________ was the first Filipino comic strip.
5. ________ was the first talking picture made in 1932 by Musser.
6. Jose Nepomuceno’s _______________ was the first full-length feature film shown in 1919.
7. In _______ Kenkoy was joined with other characters
8-9. A real popular magazine would have been printed in the ________ and the one “true” popular magazine was
_________.
10-11. The first permanent Spanish settlement began replacing the native culture with a __________ and __________
tradition.
12. _________ was introduced to the Philippines to win the Filipino populace to the ideology of the Spanish regime.
13. According to _____________ popular literature is considered a commodity and it is intended for a mass market.
14. There were a total of _____ movie houses in the Philippines in 1924.
15-16. In the ________________, during the Japanese occupation, all radio stations were closed except for KZRH,
which was then renamed to ______.
17. The _______________ was the first magazine circulated in the Philippines in 1905.
18-20. Philippine popular music was also present in the form of ________, _________, ________, street songs and
children’s nonsense songs but these were not sung on stages or even played in the airwaves.
III. Modified True or False. 2 points each. Write TRUE if the statement if true, if it is FALSE underline the
word/phrase that makes the statement False then, write the correct answer in space provided. (20pts)
_______1. During the World War II, the komiks have been used by government agencies to deliver message of
development like the Green Revolution, family planning, and housing programs.
_______2. The first feature films that were produced locally were in 1909, featuring the life of Jose Nepomuceno.
_______3. “Ang Aswang” was the first talking picture made in 1932 by Musser.
_______4. The Alto Broadcasting System was formed in 1961.
_______5. The Philippine Magazine was the first magazine circulated in the Philippines in 1950.
_______6. A real popular magazine would have been printed in the English and the one “true” popular magazine was
Liwayway.
_______7. Philippine popular music was also present in the form of kundimans, love songs, zarzuelas, pop songs, and
children’s nonsense songs but these were not sung on stages or even played in the airwaves.
_______8. The Pinoy trend emerged when Rolando Tinio, a poet, translated an album of American songs into Pilipino
for Celeste Legaspi.
_______9. Popular culture in the Philippines is a culture generated by mass media that consists of film, radio,
television, and press.
 BOHOL WISDOM SCHOOL

PRELIM – LESSON 3: EVOLUTION OF PHILIPPINE POPULAR CULTURE

GELECT 3- QUIZ # 3

NAME: ___________________________________COURSE&YR: _______________DATE: ___________SCORE:_______

_______10. Magazines are reading materials that are cheap and accessible for Filipinos and are a substitute for serious
literature.

IV. ESSAY. Expound the following (5pts each)