1ST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN

21st century literature from the Philippines and the world

NAME: ___________________________________________________________________________ SCORE:

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DATE: ___________________________________________________________________________

Reminders: “BE HONEST EVEN IF OTHERS ARE NOT, CANNOT AND WILL NOT. “
AVOID ERASURES.

I. Multiple Choice. Read and analyze each item carefully. Write the letter of your answer
on the space provided.

_______1. It is a mono-riming heptasyllabic quatrain expressing insights and lesson on life is “more
emotionally charged than the terse proverb and thus has affinities with the folk lyric”.
a. tanaga c. folk songs
b. senakulo d. folk tales
_______2. It is a more propagandistic than literary as it is more violent in nature and demanded complete
independence for the country.
a. pre-colonial period c. American period
b. revolutionary period d. Japanese period
_______3. It explains how the world was created, how certain animals possess certain characteristics,
why some places have waterfalls, volcanoes, mountains, flora or fauna.
a. fables c. epic
b. myths d. legends
_______4. “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is Love” is an example of
a. proverbs c. legends
b. myths d. epics
_______5. The story of the hare and the turtle is an example of:
a. riddles c. tanaga
b. folk songs d. fables
_______6. It explains the origin of things.
a. proverbs c. myths
b. epics d. legends
_______7. This period has 2 distinct classifications: Religious and Secular
a. American period c. Japanese period
b. Spanish period d. Pre-colonial period
_______8. It is a form of folk lyric which expresses the hopes and inspirations of people’s lifestyles as
well as their loves. These are often repetitive, sonorous, didactic and naive.
a. folk tales c. folk lore
b. myths d. folk songs
_______9. It is a battle of wits among participants.
a. legends c. riddles
b. pasyon d. proverbs
_______10. He earned the international title “Poet of the Century”.
a. Jose Garcia Joaquin c. Jose Garcia R. Cruz
b. Jose Garcia Villa d. Jose Garcia Ledesma
_______11. This period is a period Based on Oral Traditions, Crude on ideology and phraseology.
a. Spanish period c. American period
b. Contemporary period d. Pre-colonial period

_______12. Martial Law repressed and curtailed human rights, including freedom of the press. What
period it is?
a. Japanese period c. Contemporary period
b. Spanish period d. American period
_______13. It is a dramatization of the pasyon, it shows the passion and death of Christ.
a. tanaga c. folk tales
b. folk songs d. senakulo
_______14. A long narrative poem about the death of Christ. The most popular was “Ang mahal na
Passion ni Jesu Cristong Panginoon Natin” by Aguino de Belen.
a. pasyon c. proverbs
b. riddles d. legends
_______15. This is a Period of Apprenticeship where Filipino writers imitated English and American
models.
a. Japanese period c. Contemporary period
b. Spanish period d. American period
 _______16. It is a website containing short articles called posts that are changed regularly. Some are
written by one person containing their own opinions, interests and experiences, while others are written
by many different people.
a. chick lit c. texttula
b. blog d. hyperpoetry
_______17. “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn” -Ernest Hemingway, is an example of what genre?
a. Hyper poetry c. flash fiction
b. Graphic novels d. text tula
_______18. A fiction genre wherein magical elements are blended with reality
a. metafiction c. creative nonfiction
b. magic realism d. slipstream
_______19. What genre fiction addresses issues of modern womanhood?
a. chick lit c. text tula
b. blog d. hyper poetry
_______20.”Kapalit man ay luha, damdaming binabaha,pangako’y di bibitaw, pusong ikaw ang sigaw”, is
an example of
a. mobile phone texttula c. flash fiction
b. hyper poetry d. blog
_______21. What is metafiction?
a. genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood
b. a website containing short articles called posts that are changed regularly
c. about fiction itself
d. a fiction genre wherein magical elements are blended with reality
_______22. A form of digital poetry that uses links using hypertext mark-up.
a. blog c. hyper poetry
b. chick lit d. graphic novels
_______23. It’s a book made up of comics content.
a. Graphic novels c. text tula
b. Hyper poetry d. flash fiction
_______24. These are all literary works written and published at the latter part of the 2001 up to
present?
a. 20th century literature c. 19th century literature
b. 21 century literature
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d. 18th century literature
_______25. It features elements of fantasy, science fiction, and serious fiction.
a. flash fiction c. metafiction
b. creative nonfiction d. slipstream
_______26. Same as authorial context. It places a particular literary work within the context of the
author’s life. Consider the circumstances under which the literary work was written.
a. Biographical Context c. linguistic context
b. Blog d. close analysis
_______27. It is anything beyond the specific words of a literary work that may be relevant to understanding
the meaning.

a. metafiction c. context
b. creative nonfiction d. slipstream
_______28. A category of literary composition. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone,
content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length.
a. Literary elements c. figurative language
b. literary genre d. literary techniques
_______29. It is a collection of works that have an underlying interconnectedness and coherence that makes
them more than simply a group of works sharing geography or group.
a. Literary elements c. literary genre
b. mobile phone text tula d. literary traditions
_______30. The historical development of writings in prose or poetry which attempts to provide
entertainment, enlightenment, or instruction to the reader/hearer/observer, as well as the development of
the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces.
a. Literary history c. literary genre
b. b. literary techniques d. literary elements
_______31. A composition that offers an analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of a text. Usually intended
for an academic audience, it often takes the form of an argument.
a. critical interpretation c. critical paper
b. critical analysis d. critical interpretation
_______32. Which of the following is the factor that affects 21st century literature?
a. Socio-economic issues c. Pop culture
b. Gender and Sexuality d. All of the above
_______33. Which of the following is the most common topic/ issues about Gender and sexuality?
a. lack of education c. nature of love
b. overpopulation d. corruption

_______34. A story that is used to represent a more general message about real-life (historical) issues and/or
events. It is typically an entire book, novel, play, etc.
 a. allusion c. alliteration
b. allegory d. anachronism
_______35. “TICK TOCK,TICK,TOCK! Oh! It’s 12 o’clock in my watch!.” What literary device is used in the
example?
a. metonym c. symbolism
b.soliloquy d. onomatopoeia
_______36. “ I want to join you, but I have some important matter to do (her excuse because she doesn’t
want to come).” Is an example of?
a.euphemism c. epigraph
b. flashback d. colloquialism
_______37. “I’ll catch a grenade for you” is an example of what literary device?
a. simile c. hyperbole
b. metaphor d. juxtaposition
_______38. “You’re teeth seems, gold, are you rich?” (referring to his yellow teeth).
a.simile c. irony
b.metaphor d. hyperbole
_______39. Albert Einstien’s brain is like a computer. What literary device is used?
a. Metaphor c. Metonym
b. Simile d. Personifiation
_______40. It happens when an incorrect word is used in place of a word that has a similar sound. Example
I just can't wait to dance the flamingo!" Here, a character has accidentally called the flamenco (a type of
dance) the flamingo (an animal).
a. malapropism c. alliteration
b. euphism d. epigraph
_______41. It refers to the use of an object, figure, event, situation, or other idea in a written work to
represent something else—typically a broader message or deeper meaning that differs from its literal
meaning.
a. synecdoche c. symbolism
b. soliloquy d. repitition
_______42. A playwright, thespian,poet, teacher, critic and translator, marked his career with prolific
artistic production
a,Carlos Quirino c. Francisco Arcellana
b. Levi Celerio d. Rolando S. Tinio
_______43. He is known as Rio Alma. He is a poet, literary historian, and critic, who revived and
reinvented tradition Filipino
a. NVM Gonzales c. Virgilio S. Almario
b. Nick Joaquin d. Cirilo F. Bautista
_______44. He is a poet, playwright, and novelist. He is among the Filipino writers who practiced
“committed art”.
a.F. Sionil Jose c. Amado V. Hernandez
b.Lazaro Francisco d. Alejandro Roces
_______45. She is a poet, fictionist, teacher, and literary critic. She was born on April 22, 1919 in
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, her poems are intricate verbal transfigurations of significant experiences.
a. Beverly Siy c. Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo
b. Edith L. Tiempo d. Rosario Cruz Lucero

I. True or False. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and False if it is incorrect.
46. ___________________ 21st century literature literary genres are the same with the classic genre.
47. ___________________ 21st century literary are all literary works written and published at the
latter part of the 21st century (from 2001 onwards)
48. ___________________ 21st century literary pieces are gender insensitive.
49. ___________________ Literary elements are category of literary composition. Genres may be
determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length.
50. ___________________21st century literature is culturally pluralistic, operates on the extreme reality
or extreme fiction, and questions conventions and supposedly absolute norms.

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