GOV. MARIANO E.

VILLAFUERTE HIGH SCHOOL

Caroyroyan, Pili, Camarines Sur
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21ST CENTURY LITERATURE

Diagnostic Test

Directions: Read and understand each item carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer. Write
your answer on your answer sheet.
1. Who was the Supreme Being of the ancient Filipinos who, they believed, had created the universe?
a. Sidapa b. Lalahon c. Bathalya d. Bathala
“Sang dalagang marikit
Nakaupo sa tinik”
2. The text above is an example of:
a. Bugtong b. Salawikain c. Bulong d. Kasabihan

“Tabi, tabi po, Ingkong

Makikiraan po lamang.”
3. This is an example of
a. Bugtong b. Salawikain c. Kasabihan d. Bulong
4. Derived from Philippine folk literature, which is the traditional oral literature of the Filipino people.
This refers to a wide range of material due to the ethnic mix of the Philippines.
a. Myth b. Folk song c. Komintang d. Uyayi
5. Tells of the adventures of Lam-Ang who exhibits extraordinary powers at a very early age.
a. Biag ni Lam-ang b. Ibalon c. Hinalawod d. Daragang Magayon
6. A quatrain with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line.
a. Sawikain b. Tanaga c. Bulong d. Bugtong
7. The Legend of Daragang Magayon was written by
a. Jimenez b. Espinas c. Salamat d. Redburn
8. One of the oldest forms of Philippine Literature that emerged in the pre-Spanish period. It mirrored
the early forms of culture.
a. Riddle b. Folk song c. Myth d. Tanaga
9. It is verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that evokes an emotional response from the reader.
The art of poetry is rhythmical in composition, written or spoken. This genre of literature is for
exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
a. Poetry b. Drama c. Short Story d. Folklore
10. Fiction that is extremely brief, typically only a few hundred words or fewer in its entirety.
a. Drama b. Short Story c. Flash Fiction d. Speculative Fiction
11. The genre of literature that’s subject for compositions is dramatic art in the way it is represented.
This genre is stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where
conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action.
a. Poetry b. Drama c. Short Story d. Folklore
12. Gikan an tataramon na kabulig sa pinagsogpón na katagáng ka- asín bulig (sa Waray: buli o
saróng bulig na batág)[12] na an boót sabíhon iyó pigpaparàsan o pigtuturuwangán na darahón sa
paági nin pagpàsan sa abága
a. Reorganisasyon b. Kabulig bikol c. Rinconada bikol d. Parasurat
13. Sarong Bikolanong politiko, parasurat asin kagawad kan Syudad nin Naga. Siya nagtulong termino
bilang bise alkalde kan Syudad nin Naga sagkod kan 2013.
a. Fancisco Peñones b. Honesto "Jun" Pesimo, Jr c. Marissa Reorizo-Redburn d. Esting
14. sarong Bikolanong paratukdô, parasurat asin an pinakainot na pamayo kan Kabulig-Bikol.
Nagtukdô siya sa Ateneo de Naga na Unibersidad asin nagin aktibo sa pagpalis sa tataramon na
Bikol kan Romeo and Juliet ni William Shakespeare asin Cyrano de Bergerac ni Edmond Rostand.
a. Judith Salamat b. Rodolfo "Rudy" F. Alano c. Esting Jacob d. Frank

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 15. Siya gikan San Pascual, Masbate na sarong kagubay na Bikolanang parasurat, dating paratukdô
asin sarô sa mga tagapakarhay kan babasahon na Bangraw kan Arte, Literatura asin Kultura kaiba
sinda Estelito Jacob asin Honesto Pesimo, Jr.
a. Marissa Redburn b. Honesto "Jun" Pesimo, Jr c. Marissa Reorizo-Redburn d. Esting
16. Who is the author Turban Legend (Excerpt from Leche)?
a. Ron Darvin b. Marissa Redburn c. R. Zamora Linmark
17. sarong kagubay na Bikolanong parasurat, paratukdô, pintor asin kagsurat kan librong Mga
Nirukitdukit (NCCA, 2005).
a. Estelito Jacob b. Marissa Redburn c. Rin Darwin d. Honesto Pesimo Jr
18. Si ______________ sarong paratukdo sa Ateneo de Naga na Unibersidad asin kagsurat nin
manlainlain na libro dapit sa pagsurat asin literatura kabali an The Writer's Market in the
Philippines (2001), Hagkus: Twentieth Century Bikol women's Writers (2003), Maharang, Mahamis
na Literatura sa mga Tataramon na Bikol (2010), Sagurong 100 na Kontemporanyong Rawitdawit
sa Manlain-lain na Tataramon Bikol (2011), asin iba pa.
a. Estelito Jacob b. Marissa Redburn c. Rin Darwin d. Doods Santos
19. ______________ is the author of Filipino Play entitled Waiting.
a. Ron Darvin b. Marissa Redburn c. R. Zamora Linmark

For numbers 20-30, choose from the options below.

A. if the two statements are both correct
B. if the first statement is correct while the second one is not
C. if the second statement is correct while the first one is not
D. if the two statements are both incorrect
20. I- The rawitdawit or narrative poem was a vehicle of social and political criticism.
II- Si Mariano Goyena del Prado ang nag-Bikol sa mga obra ni Jose Rizal.
21. I- Si Eustaquio Dino ay nagin alkalde kan banwaan nin Sorsogon asin bantog na gayo bilang
parasurat nin Zarzuela.
II- Marissa Reorizo-Redburn, sarô sa mga kagmuknâ kan Hagkos Bikolana, sarong grupo nin mga
babaing parasurat sa Camarines Sur kaiba sinda Irmina Torres, Lourdes Nieva, Eilyn Nidea asin
iba pa.
22. I- Judith Balares-Salamat saróng kagubáy na Bikolanang parasurát, paratokdô asín premiado kan
Premio Tomas Arejola para sa Literaturang Bikolnon. Sarô siyáng profesor kan Departmento kan
Humanidades, kan Institute of Arts and Sciences of the Camarines Sur State Agricultural College.
II- Sa Syudad nin Naga minuknâ an organisasyon nin mga parasurat kaapíl sindá Frank
Peñones, Jr., Gabriel Bordado asín Honesto Pesimo, Jr. kun sain si Rudy Alano an nagin
pinakainot na pamayó kan grupo.
23. I- Rhythm Pattern of beats or a series of stressed and unstressed syllables in poem.
II- Irony is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words or
sentences or a line of poetry.
24. I- Imagery Language that appeals to the 5 senses.
II- Metaphor is the comparison between 2 things, using the words like or as.
25. I- Mood is a feeling that a poem creates in the reader. Can be positive or negative.
II- Mood is the attitude a writer takes toward the subject or audience of a poem.
26. I- Essays are a short literary composition that reflects the author’s outlook or point. A short literary
composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative,
or interpretative.
II- Narrative fiction is information based on fact that is presented in a format which tells a story.
27. I- Poetry is verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that evokes an emotional response from the
reader. The art of poetry is rhythmical in composition, written or spoken.
II- Folklore are songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a person of “folk” that was handed down by
word of mouth.
28. I- Flash Fiction-fiction that is extremely brief, typically only a few hundred words or fewer in its
entirety.
II- Speculative Fiction-fiction that is extremely brief, typically only a few hundred words or fewer in
its entirety.
29. I- Diction can be defined as style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a
speaker or a writer.

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 II- Jose Jimenez is the author of Pagkakan nin Tinuktok.
30. I- Tigsik is a form of literature in the Bicol region of the Philippines.
II- Tigsik is somehow similar to Haiku of Japan which is also has three phases but it does not follow
the 5,7,5 pattern.

I. Elements of Drama.

1. In general, tragedy involves what?

A. Hilarious but ridiculous comedy
B. The ruin of the leading characters
C. Criticisms of social, economic, or political problems
D. A happy ending where justice is served
2. Which is lighter drama in which the leading characters overcome the difficulties which temporarily beset
them?
A. Farce B. Comedy of Manners C. Comedy D. Melodrama
3. Which is a drama of social criticism that discusses social, economic, or political problems by means of a
play?
A. Problem Play B. Tragedy C. Melodrama D. Farce
4. Which is a comedy that involves ridiculous or hilarious complications without regard for human values?
A. Comedy of Manners
B. Problem Play
C. Farce
D. Fantasy
5. Which is a comedy that wittily portrays fashionable life?
a. Melodrama b. Farce c. Fantasy d. Comedy of Manners
6. Which is a play sometimes, but not always, in comic spirit in which the author gives free reign to his
imagination, allowing things to happen without regard to reality?
a. Fantasy b. Melodrama c. Comedy d. Farce
7. How is drama different from prose?
a. It has a plot.
b. It has characters.
c. It uses symbols.
d. It is meant to be performed.
8. Stage directions do all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Convey the characters' thoughts to the audience.
b. Provide the director with details of the setting.
c. Direct the actors on how to speak their lines.
d. Tell the actors where to move during the scene.
9. How do a soliloquy and an aside differ?
a. A soliloquy is spoken as a group, while an aside is spoken alone.
b. An aside is spoken as a group, while a soliloquy is spoken alone.
c. An aside addresses the audience when other characters are on stage, while a soliloquy addresses
the audience when the character is alone on stage.
d. A soliloquy addresses the audience when other characters are on stage, while an aside addresses
the audience when the character is alone on stage.
10. A serious literary work usually intended for performance before an audience.
a. Drama b. Pun c. Allusion D. Short Story
11. An introduction before a literary work.
a. Act b. prologue c. scene d. pun
12. A major division of a play or drama
a. Scene b. act c. pun
13. One character addresses another character while on stage, recalling an inner thought or feeling. All other
characters on stage are seemingly unable to hear this.
a. Aside b. pun c. dramatic monologue
14. Ordinary spoken or written language is called
a. Pun b. prose c. prop d. imagery
15. A _______ is a lyric poem of fourteen lines.
a. Sonnet b. Pun c. Foil d. Dramatic irony
16. A ________ is a long speech by a character on stage with other characters there listening while a
_________ is a long speech by a character who is alone on stage with no other characters listening.
a. Soliloquy; monologue c. Dialogue; monologue
b. Monologue; soliloquy d. Monologue; dialogue

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17. When you put lines of Shakespeare’s plays on your own works, you are:
a. “Scanning” the lines
b. Paraphrasing
c. Being an active reader
d. All, except A apply
18. A person or a group of people who recite the prologue
a. Choir b. chorus c. narrator d. the band
b.
19. improvised home
A. Made whatever is at hand B. Made with finest materials
C. Made with cheap accessories D. Made whatever it costs
20. shabbily dressed
A. Wearing loose clothing B. Wearing rugged clothing
C. Wearing unfashionable clothing D. Wearing worn clothing

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