PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

1. The epics in Philippine literature are considered as ethno-epics because _____.

a. They are exclusive in every region or main islands.
b. They have ordinary people as characters.
c. They are passed by oral tradition.
d. Their tale evolves depending on the audience.
2. Lam-ang–Ilocano: Darangen - _____
a. Ifugao
b. Panay
c. Maranao
d. Manobo
3. It has no fixed meter nor rhyme scheme although a number are written in octosyllabic quatrains and have a
solemn tone and spiritual subject matter.
a. dalit
b. komedya
c. sinakulo
d. sarswela
4. “Ang Mahal na Passion ni Jesu Christong Panginoon natin na tola” (Holy Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ in
Verse) put out in 1704 is the country’s earliest known pasyon, authored by _____.
a. Fernando Bagonbanta
b. Gaspar Aquino de Belen
c. Isabelo de los Reyes
d. Rafael Gandioco.
5.A popular secular poetry in Tagalog made of colorful tales of chivalry from European sources made for
singing and chanting.
a. pasyon
b. dialogo
c. korido
d. sinakulo
6.Francisco Balagtas’ “Florante at Laura” (ca. 1838-1861), is the most famous of thecountry’s metrical
romances. It falls under the category of _____.
a. dialogo
b. dalit
c. awit
d. pabula
7. Which of the following is considered a dialogo?
a. Urbana at Feliza
b. Ibong Adarna
 c. Salamat ng Walang Hanggan
d. Ang Bagong Robinson
8. Which of the following works was used to propagate the Spanish language among Filipinos?
a. Urbana at Feliza
b. Ibong Adarna
c. Salamat ng Walang Hanggan
d. Ang Bagong Robinson
9. Which of the following is a characteristic of the secular lyrics following the conventions of a romantic
tradition?
a. There is a languishing but loyal lover, the elusive, often heartless beloved, the rival.
b. There is a lover suffering under the torment of series of unfortunate events.
c. There is a lover who sacrifices his life to save everyone.
d. There is a lover helped by the god of the machine to solve the dilemma.
10. The following except _____ are writers of secular lyric with romantic tradition in Philippine literature under
the Spaniards.
a. Jose Corazon de Jesus
b. Leona Florentino
c. Isabelo de los Reyes
d. Modesto de Castro
11. They belong to a privileged class of Filipinos who studied in Europe and introduced ideas of reforms when
they came back.
a. Filipino clergy
b. Ilustrados
c. Mestizos
d. Encomienderos
12. Pedro Paterno’s _____, which was largely cultural is regarded as the first Filipino novel.
a. Ninay
b. Salawahan
c. Filipina sa Bukid
d. Magdalena
13.Rizal’s novel Noli Me Tangere, the title is based on what Gospel in the bible?
a. Gospel of Luke
b. Gospel of Mark
c. Gospel of John
d. Gospel of Matthew
14. Rizal’s Noli has a missing chapter which speaks of the last meeting between lovers, as the other pursues a
life of uncertainty as a revolutionary. Who are these lovers?
a. Ibarra and Maria Clara
 b. Elias and Salome
c. Padre Damaso and Doña Victorina
d. Simoun and Regina
15. In the feast attended by Ibarra and the influential people in the story of Noli, what was the cause why Padre
Damaso was irritable.
a. He got the neck part of the chicken tinola.
b. He was not stationed at the kabisera.
c. He was called last to eat by the host.
d. He was not announced when he entered the house.
16.Which of the following novels, has influenced Rizal’s plot in writing the Noli?
a. The Red Badge of Courage
b. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
c. The Count of Monte Cristo
d. Faustus
17. In Rizal’s El Filibusterismo, Ibarra returns to his place disguised as a _____.
a. weapon’s smuggler
b. jeweler
c. road contractor
d. ship merchant
18. Rizal’s El Fili is regarded as a more political novel compared to Noli because _____.
a. The story focuses more on how one person hides his past.
b. The story centers on one man’s goal to overthrow a system.
c. The story centers on how people’s vices destroy the society they belong.
d. The story shows how people are easily fooled by the show of wealth.
19. What was the final wish and prayer of Padre Florentino as he throws the treasures of Simoun into the sea.
a. That the sea hides them forever.
b. That someone worthy of love will find them.
c. That they will be found only if the cause is noble.
d. That they will be discovered by the poor fishermen.
20. What is the title of the novel by Lualhati Bautista about the lives of women during the Marcos dictatorship?
a. Dekada '70
b. Bata, Bata... Paano Ka Ginawa?
c. Daluyong
d. Kapitan Sino