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NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT TEST MOCK EXAM

21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE
PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

Directions: Choose the letter of the B. Post-EDSA I Period

correct answer and write it on C. 21st Century Period
your answer sheet of paper. D. Period of 3rd Republic

1. Before Philippines has been colonized, 5. What caused Philippine regional

our forefathers already had their literature to become rich and varied?
literature which reflected in their A. The various topics used as themes
customs and traditions. Which period is by the writers and their alignment to
characterized by folktales, folksongs, world events.
and the like? B. The nationalistic fervor of texts
A. Spanish Period written in various stages of our
B. Japanese Period history as a nation.
C. Pre-Spanish Period C. The contributions of numerous
D. Period of Enlightenment artists who patterned after the Western
literary masters.
2. Filipino literature was given a D. The archipelagic nature of the
break during this period because the Philippines, its geographical features,
Filipino language was prohibited. and the presence of various ethno-
Many wrote plays, poems, short linguistic groups in the country.
stories, etc. Which period do topics
and themes about life in the provinces 6. The following are statements
belong to? regarding Philippine literature. Which
A. EDSA I Period among the following is a statement of
B. American Period fact about Philippine regional literature?
C. Japanese Period A. It embraces only the written
D. Pre-Spanish Period compilation of literary works in various
styles and genres.
3. Haiku is short poem with a measure B. It depicts the influences of various
and rhyme consisting of 17 syllables colonizers that occupied the country for
which had favorable diminishing effect more than three centuries.
on Tagalog literature. In which period C. It reflects the conservatism of
does Haiku originate? indigenous folks who have maintained a
A. Japanese Period backward expression style.
B. American Period D. It mirrors the deeply ingrained
C. 21st Century Period Filipino values, culture and tradition
D. Period of 3rd Republic even when keeping up with the
changing times.
4. In this period, the Filipino people
regained their independence which they 7. Many Filipino authors, writers, or
lost 20 years ago. This is where “Ang poets are encouraged to use the mother
Bayan ko” was also popularized. What tongue as the medium of expression in
period does this refer to? their craft. What is the reason behind
A. New Society Period

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this? where stories are told using the

A. Readers fail to comprehend a combination of book, video, and website.
piece not written in either English Which literary genre does 39 Clues
or Tagalog. belong to?
B. The continuous flow of A. Digi-Fiction
feelings and insights are B. Doodle Fiction
inhibited when a foreign C. Science Fiction
language is used instead. D. Creative Non-Fiction
C. Our people’s culture and tradition
are upheld through this despite 12. Covid-19 virus brought chaos to the
effects of colonization or even modernity. world. People were ordered to stay at
D. The expression of thoughts, home during the lockdown. During this
feelings, and ideas of a writer are time, many felt that they were in
emphasized in the personalized codes purgatory. The situation makes them
that they use. feel temporary suffering and misery.
Which statement must be true?
8. What genre of speculative fiction A. Covid-19 brought disorder to the
deals with imaginative concepts such as world.
futuristic science and technology, space B. Lockdown brought suffering and
travel, time travel, faster than light misery.
travel, a parallel universe and C. Covid-19 virus forced the people
extraterrestrial life? to stay home.
A. Digi-Fiction D. Purgatory, in that sentence,
B. Doodle Fiction depicts cleansing from sin.
C. Science Fiction
D. Creative Non-Fiction 13. The red sports car was running at
high speed along the expressway in
9. What 21st-century literature genre Batangas when suddenly a group of
refers to an extended narrative with cows appeared from somewhere. The car
multiple images that, together with the swerved hard and went- off the road.
text, produce meaning? What do you think happened next?
A. Digi-Fiction A. The car flew and collided with a tree.
B. Doodle Fiction B. The car stopped and continued to
C. Illustrated Novel travel.
D. Creative Non-Fiction C. The car flew, bounced, and ran again.
D. The car rested safely on the side of
10. Before it was adapted into an anime, the road.
Yoshihiro Togashi’s Hunter x Hunter is
a comic book series from Japan. From 14. The author in the poem below
what literary genre does this fall to? expressed her willingness to do some
A. Manga impossible tasks. What makes the tasks
B. Digi-Fiction impossible to do?
C. Graphic Novel
D. Illustrated Novel

11. 39 Clues book series by Scholastic,

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I will Count the multitude of stars 17. Which of the following is NOT a
The leaves in all the branches The multimedia format that a learner can
flock of birds perched in the loft use to interpret literary texts?
The blades of grass in the A. Blog
meadow And the cogon flowers in B. Slogan
the air. C. Text tula
A. The tasks were impossible to do D. Tag cloud
because birds are flying high.
B. The tasks were impossible to do 18. What may a learner create if he/she
because quantifiers are needed. wishes to interpret the essay, “Where is
C. The tasks were impossible to do the Patis?” of C. Guerrero-Nakpil by
because the birds are perched on a loft.
expressing his insights in order to elicit
D. The tasks were impossible to do
because nouns there are uncountable. opinions of other people?
A. Blog
15. In the poem, Preludes by T.S. Eliot, B. Video
imagery is used. Which line appears to C. Text tula
the sense of touch? D. Mind mapping
1. The winter evening settles down
2. With smell of steaks in 19. Multimedia is a computer-controlled
passageways. integration of many forms of media.
3. Six o'clock. Which of the following does not belong
4. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. to the group?
5. And now a gusty shower wraps. A. Audio
6. The grimy scraps B. Equipment
C. Text
A. line #2 D. Video
B. line #4
C. line #5 20. “I never knew there was a volcano
D. line #6 in the Zambales mountain range.
Nobody among my Kapampangan
16. What can a learner make if he/she friends did.” What do these statements
desires to create informational suggest?
discussion on web about people’s travel, A. The speaker is clueless.
interests, and experiences? B. The author is indifferent.
A. Blog C. The speaker is very busy at work.
B. Essay D. The speaker is not mindful of his
C. Tag cloud surroundings.
D. Mobile text tula
21. Which of the following statements
about anecdote is TRUE?
A. Anecdote is an unusual story.

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B. It presents complicated story plot. A. scanning

C. It deals with particular topic to talk B. skimming
about. C. extensive reading
D. Like other genres, it is interpreted D. reading approach
in many ways.
27. Princess loves reading novels and
22. Which element is always presented short stories. It improves her vocabulary
at the final part of the story? a lot. What reading technique is
A. Climax Princess using?
B. Exposition A. scanning
C. Resolution B. skimming
D. Theme C. extensive reading
D. reading approach
23. Which element refers to the time
and location where the story happens? 28. Racism is the belief that a particular
A. Characterization race is superior or inferior to another. It
B. Conflict may be defined as the hatred of one
C. Plot person to another because of skin color,
D. Setting language, or customs. What conclusion
can you draw from the statement?
24. Which plot structure creates tone, A. All people are racist.
presents characters and other B. If people speak a different language,
important details to introduce the story? they are not racist.
A. Climax C. If all the people have the same color,
B. Exposition no one is racist.
C. Setting D. Someone who believed that there is
D. Theme a superior race over the other, that
person is a racist.
25. What comes after the climax when
things or events begin to work out? 29. In another world I want my children
A. Theme to tame grasshoppers in the field,
B. Exposition to play with their dolls in the living
C. Falling Action room, to inhale the fragrance of flowers
D. Rising Action waving as wind blows, to see the birds
measure the sky with their wings.
26. Teacher Marites encouraged her These lines expressed the earnest wish
students to read a lot and use of a father. What do you think these
techniques in understanding the text wishes mean?
and improving their knowledge. What A. The family has the sickness.
does she refer to? B. The family is suffering from war.

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C. The family is living in a peaceful

village.
D. The family is well- accepted by
society.

30. The use of ropes for hunting, pulling,

fastening, attaching, carrying, lifting
and climbing dates back to prehistoric
times. In Asia, the very first ropes ever
made were twisted from hemp fibers.
Hemp rope was used during the age of
sailing ships. Hemp was considered
.
A. tested and trusted
B. sacred and respected
C. endangered and should not be used
D. one of the most durable natural
ropes in the world

31. Which characterizes a graphic novel?

A. It presents colorful image panels.
B. Graphic novel combines
letters and words.
C. Graphic novel presents fewest
words as possible.
D. Illustrations allow the readers to
imagine and experience the
characters and events in the story.

32 – 35. Directions: Evaluate the two

stories below and answer the questions
in items 32 – 35.

32. As shown from the stories above,

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they differ with the following, except illustrating moral or revealing general
. truths about human nature?
A. Flash fiction ends the story with a A. fable
twist B. parable
B. Graphic fiction uses images to tell C. anecdote
the story D. narrative poem
C. Graphic fiction employs no less
than 1000 words 38. “The Ant and a Grasshopper” is one
D. Flash fiction needs critical reading of the famous stories which describes
skills to understand the story how a hungry grasshopper begs for
food from an ant when winter comes
33. There are several differences and is refused. “The Ant and a
between Grasshopper” is an example of a/an
graphic fiction from flash fiction. One of
which is the utilization of . A. fable
A. realistic B. parable
B. solid plot C. anecdote
C. paragraph form D. poem narrative
D. images/illustrations
39. What refers to any electronic
34. Which of the following is a major application that uses both words and
feature of a flash fiction? pictures in a combination of text, voice,
A. panels picture or video.
B. circling events A. media
C. speech bubbles B. projector
D. surprising ending C. multimedia
D. printer and scanner
35. Both stories are similar in terms of
the following, except . 40. Videos, animation, text, images, and
A. both are works of non-fiction audio are all multimedia .
B. both have instructional values A. components
C. both are imaginative literature B. formats
D. both are meaningful and C. presentations
engaging D. uses
36. What do you call a short story 41. To make our multimedia
designed to allegorically teach some presentation creative, we can import
religious principles, moral lessons, or images, audio, and video clips to unique
general truths? output. With this, what should be done
A. fable to avoid plagiarism?
B. parable A. cite sources
C. anecdote B. ignore the links
D. narrative poem C. leave the webpages
D. screenshot the images
37. What refers to a brief story
42. Which of the following is not a

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characteristic of a multimedia? does ICT belong?

A. You can also download the A. classical
multimedia presentation or play it live. B. digital
B. The technology of multimedia can C. traditional
also be used to make the information be D. none of them
conveyed more easily to the user.
C. Using multimedia improves a 46. ICT skills are about understanding
learner’s overall academic performance. and applying a range of computer
D. A multimedia presentation has programs, and other
various viewing options such as applications.
projector or a media player and the like. A. hardware
B. software
43. Multimedia has a lot of benefits. C. peripheral
Which of the following is an exemption? D. hard drive
A. Multimedia in the classroom is
used for self-directed learning or SDL. 47. What refers to an item that lacks
B. Multimedia technology has improved interesting quality?
the learning experience by combining A. no value
various forms of media together. B. nonsense
C. Digital storytelling allows C. no quality
students to improve their knowledge D. nondescript
about a specific subject and increases
skills such as writing, researching and 48. It uses interactive digital tools to tell
reading. a story.
D. Students manage their time and A. story telling
assess what needs to be included B. story keeping
in their learning activities. This style of C. story mapping
learning is used mostly with older D. story browsing
students who already know how to
manipulate many of the multimedia 49. Keyboard has shortcuts to make
venues available to them. things easier for the user.
Copy: Ctrl+C; Paste:
44. AVI is developed by Microsoft. It is A. Ctrl+P
commonly used in video cameras and B. Ctrl+V
TV hardware and it plays well on C. Shift+V
Windows computers. What does AVI D. Shift+P
stand for?
A. Audio Video Intercom 50. To save a document, Ctrl+S is
B. Audio Visual Intercom pressed. What keyboard shortcut is
C. Audio Video Interleave used to toggle windows back and
D. Audio Visual Interleave forth?
A. Ctrl+V
45. Information and Communication B. Shift+A
Technology (ICT) is generally accepted to C. Alt+Tab
mean all technologies and allow people D. Ctrl+Tab
and organizations to interact. Where

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