Oas Community College

Oas, Albay
MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
Name: __________________________________________Date: ____________ Score:
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Course: _________________________________________
A. DIRECTION: Match Column A with Column B. Identify the author and
their literary contributions in Philippine Literature.
Column A
Column B
1. Florante at Laura
A. Paz Marquez Benitez
2. My Last Farewell
3. Prayer of a Student
4. Air Castles
5. Dead Stars
6. The March of Death
7. Plighted Word
8. When I see a Barong Barong
9. My Fathers Tragedy
10.Valediction sa Hillcrest

B. Maximo Ramos
C. Bienvenido Santos
D. Carlos Bulusan
E. Francisco Balagtas
F. Jose Rizal
G. Narciso G. Reyes
H. Rolando Tinio
I. Juan F. Salazar
J. Maria Luna Lopez
K. Tarrosa Subido
B. DIRECTION: Tell what period is depicted by the statements. Write the
letter of the correct answer.
A. Period of Enlightenment
B. American Regime
C. The Rebirth of Freedom
D. Japanese Period
________11. Filipino writers went into all forms of literature and depicted their
love of country and their longing for independence.
________12. Except for the TRIBUNE and the PHILIPPINE REVIEW, almost all
newspapers in English were stopped.
________13. The early post-liberation period was marked by a kind of struggle of
the mind and spirit posed by the sudden emancipation from the
enemy and the wild desire to see print.
________14. Some Filipinos who had gone abroad and had written during the
interims came back to publish their works.
________15. Haiku emerged during this period.
________16. The peace movements started as early as 1900 as part of this
period.
________17. Many Filipinos started writing again and nationalism of the people
remained undaunted.
________18. Our flag was hoisted during this period.
________19. Philippine literature in Tagalog was revived during this period.
________20. This period interrupted the the development of Philippine literature.
C. ENUMERATION. Enumerate what is asked by the following.
Three types of poems emerged
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during the Japanese Period
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Periods under American Regime
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Three kinds of Tagalog Poets
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classified by Juan Cruz Balmaceda
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Example of literary piece written

about nationalism
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31. _____________________________
32. _____________________________
Example of literary piece written
about poverty
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35. ______________________________
36-40. (Write an example of
Haiku)
41-50. Choose a period and
write a 2 stanza poem with 4
lines. Express your reflection.