HUMANITIES

CONTINUATION
33. Which of the following best define
“Performance Art?”

A. A form of media art that is performed in real-time and in

front of a live audience
B. A form of avant-garde art based upon a live performance in
front of an audience
C. A form of performing art wherein a person executes a
specific piece on stage in front of an audience
D. A form of stage art that shows a number of people in a live
performance to different audiences which may be in
different locations
• What is Performance Art?
- it is an art that has to acted out
live in front of an audience such as
theatre, music, dance, object
manipulation and other
performing arts. This means that
people have to be watching.
For items 34-36
REVOLT FROM HYMEN
(from Angela Manalang Gloria’s Poems, 1940)

O to be free at last, to sleep at last

As infants sleep within the womb of rest!
To stir and stirring find no blackness vast
With passion weighted down upon the breast,

To turn the face this way and that and feel

No kisses festering on it like sores,

To be alone at last, broken the seal

That marks the flesh no better than a whore’s!
34. Which of the following best
describes the persona in the poem?

A. A widow
B. A grandmother
C. A separated wife
D. A married woman
35. Which of the following statements is not
true about the poem?
A. The poem did not win the Commonwealth Literary
Prize for it dealt with the issue of marital rape
B. Words like “hymen”, “whore”, “breast”, and
“womb” give the poem a melodious/musical quality
C. Written by a Filipino during the post-war era, the
poem also can be interpreted in apolitical context
D. The poem problematizes the female body as a
sexual and sexualized object against patriarchal
domination
36. Which of the following statements best sums
up the poem’s feminist undertone?
A. The poem reveals the abuses the women had
to bear and endure to survive
B. The persona declares her independence from
the domineering and oppressive male
C. The poem is a critique of the Filipino
woman’s attempt to free herself from male
domination
D. The persona represents the plight of a typical
Filipino wife suffering from physical abuse
37. Your literature teacher encouraged your class to
join a poetry-writing contest organized by the NCCA the
Textula. Contestants are asked to write a short Tagalog
poem that consists of four lines with seven syllables
each. Which of the following traditional Filipino poetic
forms similar to the textula would help you prepare for
the contest?
A. Ambahan
B. Dalit
C. Duplohan
D. Tanaga
Textula – is a genre of poetry read in mobile
phones and has originated as a traditional
tagalog version of haiku, which is the Tanaga.

Tanaga – is an indigenous Filipino poem or

traditional pilipino poem, in the tagalog
language.
A. Ambahan – Rhythm poetic expression with a
meter of seven syllable lines. It is chanted
and accompaniment by musical instruments.
B. Dalit – Consists of four lines with eight
syllables each.
C. Duplohan – A poetic joust in speaking, a
contest of skills in debate on a particular
topic or isssue.
D. Tanaga – A quatrain in with seven syllables
each with the same rhyme at the end.
For item 38, read an exerpt from “The Tale of the spiderwoman”
written by the award winning Visayan writer Merlie Alunan

1 How endless the mazes I inhibit,

2 layer on layer of silence shield me.

3 Odd monsters breed here, I warrant.

4 I myself daily grow smaller and smaller until

5 almost invisible. Fuzz on my skin, my eyes

6 multiply a hundredfold in this darkness

7 and split the light in thousand prisms –

8 and now I can see what’s before and after

9 I become light as air, my sweetness distils

10 to fatal potency. I practice a patience

11 vaster than ten worlds. I wait

38. What figures of speech were
used in the lines 9 – 11?

A. Simile and hyperbole

B. Metaphor and allusion
C. Personification and simile
D. Synecdoche and personification
 A figure of speech is a word or
phrase using figurative language—
language that has other meaning
than its normal definition. In other
words, figures of speeches rely on
implied or suggested meaning,
rather than a dictionary definition. 
Simile - figure of speech that compares two different things
using the word “like” and “as”.
Metaphor –a comparison between two things without using
“like” and “as” or “like”.
Personification – used to attribute human characteristics to
something that is not human.
Hyperbole – a figure of speech that uses deliberate and
extreme exaggeration to create a strong emotional response
from the reader, emphasize a statement, or add a sense of
drama.
Allusion – figure of speech that references a person, place,
thing, or a historical event.
Synecdoche – a figure of speech in which the name of a part
is used to refer to a whole
39. Which of the following statements is NOT
true about the textula?
A. The poetic form is loved by the millenials
B. The poem textula is a contemporary form of
literary art
C. The poetic form is characterized by brevity
and shortness
D. Its form and structure are based on a
traditional Filipino Poem
40. What is the significance of establishing the
difference in height between the persona and
her Ah Mah?
A. It provides the dramatic situation in the
poem
B. It gives clear descriptions of the persona and
subject.
C. It emphasizes the generation gap between
the women
D. It highlights the disparity between tradition
and modernity
41. What specific traditional Chinese
custom is followed by the
Grandmother?

A.Polygamy
B. Foot Binding
C. Dowry Offering
D.Ancestor worship
Polygamy – a practice of having more than one
wife or husband at the same time

Dowry Offering – meaning the bride’s price, a

practice in which a groom’s family offers the
bride’s family an amount of money as a symbol
of respect

Ancestor Worship – it is a day to remember and

honour one’s ancestor at grave’s sites by
sweeping the tombs and offering food
42. What do lines in the last stanza
suggest about women in traditional
Chinese society?

A. Women are seen as sex objects

B. Women are treated as equals of men
C. Women are submissive to the service of
men
D. Women are favored for their beauty and
grace
43. As a class project, your group has been
assigned to create installation art using local
materials. Which of the following will best help
your group find additional authentic sources of
information to develop your project?

A. Local artists
B. Local library
C. Local Museum
D. Internet/web source
44. Mr. Rioflorido is a visual artist in your locality.
He is known for creating installation art. Your
teacher asked you to interview Mr. Rioflorido to
better understand the medium (local materials)
local artist use for their artwork. Why do you think
Mr. Rioflorido is the best source of information for
your project?
A. He must know a lot of information
B. He is a technical expert in the field
C. He is an authentic source of information
D. He is the most accessible source of information
45. Your teacher invited Mr. Vergara, a local
contemporary artist, to talk about the use of
local materials in contemporary art. He showed
four different local materials as illustrated
below. Which of these materials can best be
used in creating a musical chime?
A. Yantok because of its durability
B. Bamboo because of its versatility
C. Buri because it can be easily hung
D. Rattan because it is available in the area
46. Ramon Orlina, known as the father of Philippine
Glass Sculpture, is popular for carving on glass. How
does his work differ from other sculptures?
I. He uses cartoon characteristics and farm animals as his
subjects.
II. Images are distorted to render a different but meaningful
image
III. The sculpture stands on a base, with a wide body

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I, II, III
 Black Torso 11-17, 2007

Pacquiao’s Right Jab, 2011

 Dove of Peace, 2005

Open Arms, 2022

47. The 2015 Filipino biopic film Heneral Luna was
directed by Jerrold Tarog. Which of the statements
about this film are true?
I. The director created realistic sequences of scenes
II. It received the highest award in Philippine movies
III. Its unconventional approach on the main character
was more faithful compared with the past history
movies.
A. I only
B. I and II
C. III only
D. II and III
48. Decorative ceramics are creative, which
maybe representational or non-objective. One
of the known art works is a ceramic plate made
by Jose Joya. What subject does he usually use?

A. Faura and Fauna

B. Mother and Child
C. Landscapes and seascapes
D. Filipino cartoon characters dressed in their
native clothing