21st CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

FIRST QUARTERLY EXAM

Name ______________________________________ L.R.N. __________________

Name of the Professor: Ms_Jona Erika De Paz,LPT__ Section _________________

GENERAL INSTRUCTION:
Observe “NO ERASURE” policy. Any erasure is equivalent to wrong answer.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Choose the letter of the correct answer and write the letter before the number.
1. An extended narrative about heroic exploits often under supernatural control.
a. short story b. legend c. epic
2. These are fictitious narratives, usually about origins.
a. short story b. legend c. epic
3. Reports of everyday events in the society
a. magazine b. news c. media
4. A lyric poem of 14 lines which expresses feelings, emotions or an idea.
a. sonnet b. ode c. elegy
5. Refers to the central idea of any literature piece.
a. theme b. conflict c. plot
6. Refers to the time and place story happens
a. characters b. settings c. conflict
7. A long narrative divided into chapters and even, consists of more than one plot
a. short story b. poem c. novels
8. It is the Latin word of “literature: which means letters

a. lettera b. litera c. letra

9. It refers to the “Golden Era” of the Philippine Literature
a. American Era b. Japanese Era c. Spanish Era
10. This is the highest peak of interest and the turning point of the story.

a. theme b. rising action c. climax

11. It is the sequence of events in a story

a. plot b. conflict c. theme

12. It is a poem composed of 31 syllables (5-7-5-7-7)

a. haiku b. ode c. tanaga/tanka

13. A lyric poem about death or dead people
a. ode b. elegy c. ballad
14. Narrative poem about the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ
a. The Salubong b. The Pasyon c. Senakulo
15. Compilation of doctrines and teachings of the Church
a. Bible b. Barlaan at Josephat c. Doctrina Christiana
16. Presentation of the search of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph for an inn
a. The Panunuluyan b. Senakulo c. Stations of the Cross
 17. Short musical comedy during the 18th Century
a. Zarzuela b. Moro-Moro c. Sainete
18. Father of Classic Prose in Tagalog
a. Modesto de Castro b. Marcelo Santos c. Nick Joaquin
19. Easter Play that dramatizes the meeting of the risen Christ and His mother.
a. The Panunuluyan b. Salubong c. Senakulo
20. Exact measurement of “Ibong Adarna”
a. pentasyllabic quatrain b. octosyllabic quatrain c. hexasyllabic quatrain

II. IDENTIFICATION
Identify the authors of the ff. notable works; write the letter of the correct
answer before the number.
A. Amador V. Hernandez I. Edith Tiempo
B. Jose Garcia Villa J. F. Sionil Jose
C. Nick Joaquin K. Virgilio Almario
D. Carlos P. Romulo L. Alejandro Roces
E. Francisco Arcellana M. Bienvenido Lumbera
F. N.V.M Gonzalez N. Lazaro Francisco
G. Rolando Tinio O. Cirilo Bautista
H. Levi Celerio

1. The Mats

2. The Bread of Salt

3. May Day Eve

4. Isang Dipang Langit

5. Footnote to Youth

6. Po-On

7. Ama

8. Summer Suns

9. Ana Maria

10. I walked with the Heroes

11. Words and Battlefields

12. Alibangbang

13. Bonsai

14. Doktrinang Anakpawis

15. My brother’s Peculiar Chicken

16. Balaybay

17. A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino

18. Luha ng Buwaya

19. Divided by Two

20. The Bamboo Dancers

III. WORD HUNT
Find and define the 10 words inside the word hunt puzzle. (3 pts each)

M S I L A R U T C U R T S L G

Q L G A L F F I C T I O N J A

X B S Z O L X E G O T M E O N

D Y B S I L Z R M T U N A R D

A R N H I S T O R I C I S M A

H T R F E Y S S I T N L S E X

D E C O N S T R U C T I O N X

E O R R D T O A R X J Q S T A

P P A M T P T R A P A R A M R

A G K A I D J E P P R O A K B

Z P O L V Z B Y W S G R T Q E

O C Q I O K F U S S X S R L G

P T E S T I M O N I O T S E L

K A B M C E S U S U P P Q O A

V Q I L O V E M A T H A L O T