21st CENTURY LITERATURE 13.

It is a kind of poetry style that deals with a mythic,

FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD legendary or historic event and often focuses on a hero
FIRST SEMESTER, FIRST QUARTER and is written in a longer form
1st SUMMATIVE TEST A. Narrative B. Lyrical C. Confessional D. Epic

INSTRUCTIONS: 14. A kind of poetry style that expresses strongly felt

R ead each item carefully. emotion and is written in a shorter form.
Y ou encircle the letter of your answer. A. Narrative B. Lyrical C. Confessional D. Epic
A nswer quietly and independently.
N o cheating. 15. It is a poetry style that marks a particular occasion, like
a birthday, dedication, death or marriage.
I. ELEMENTS OF POETRY A. Satirical C. Experimental
1. It is an idea or point that is central to a story. B. Occasional D. Concrete
A. theme B. symbolism C. imagery D. tone
16. A kind of poetry style that uses humor to make a point.
2. It provides a concreteness and immediacy. It causes A. Satirical C. Experimental
the reader to become personally, experientially involved B. Occasional D. Concrete
in the subject matter of the poem.
A. theme B. symbolism C. imagery D. tone 17. A kind of poetry style that takes on the literal shape of
its subject.
3. It is an object that has meaning beyond itself. The A. Satirical C. Experimental
object is concrete and the meanings are abstract. B. Occasional D. Concrete
A. theme B. symbolism C. imagery D. tone
18. It creates its own style through experimentation with
4. The speaker’s predominant attitude toward the language, shape, meaning and form.
subject, whether that subject is a particular setting, an A. Satirical C. Experimental
event, a character, or an idea. B. Occasional D. Concrete
A. theme B. symbolism C. imagery D. tone
19. “The night was dark and stormy,” the sentence gives
5. It is also known as the character in the poem. you what mood?
A. personage B. character C. speaker D. tone A. angry B. happy C. scary D. pity
II. TYPES OF POETRY
6. It has set rules and structures that dictate how it must 20. “There was plenty of food , and the music was
be written. playing. Everybody was enjoying and having a good
A. Free verse B. Formal verse C. Poem D. Style time. The sentence gives you what mood?
A. sadness B. happiness C. calmness D. anger
7. It is a poem that can be any shape or size. It needs to
be to communicate its message. III. LITERATURE
A. Free verse B. Formal verse C. Poem D. Style 21. It is a literary work in printed form.
A. Written B. Oral C. Prose D. Poetry
8. A Japanese form of poetry consisting three lines in
which the first and third lines contain 5 syllables and the 22. It is literary work transmitted from one generation to
second line contains 7 syllables. another verbally.
A. Sonnet B. Sestina C. Tanaga D. Haiku A. Written B. Oral C. Prose D. Poetry

9. It is a poem that is metered and rhymed of 14 lines 23. A division of literature that includes Fiction and Non-
usually in iambic pentameter. fiction.
A. Sonnet B. Sestina C. Tanaga D. Haiku A. Written B. Oral C. Prose D. Poetry

10. It is an unrhymed poem that places the same six 24. The following are examples of Non-fiction except
words in varying patterns through six stanzas, ending with A. biography B. Newspaper C. Magazine. D. Novel
a two-line stanza.
A. Sonnet B. Sestina C. Tanaga D. Haiku 25. Allyan Jane cried when the girl in the movie breaks up
with her boyfriend. What element of plot is presented?
11. It is a kind of poetry style that tells a story. A. exposition C. denouement
A. Narrative B. Lyrical C. Confessional D. Epic B. climax D. complication

12. A kind of poetry style that speaks openly about a 26. Cherry Claire prefers to read contemporary literary
poet’s personal life. works than to play outdoor games. What is the meaning
A. Narrative B. Lyrical C. Confessional D. Epic of the underlined word?
A. traditional C. modern
B. old D. legendary
27. The love for Tagalog dialect was felt during 35. 13. “All that I love?
A. Pre-colonial Period C. American Period Why, yes, but for the moment-
B. Spanish Period D. Japanese Period And for all time, both.
Something that folds and keeps easy,
28. Propaganda and Revolutionary Literature were Son’s note or Dad’s one gaudy tie,
written to expose the cruelty of Spaniards and to plant A roto picture of a queen,
seeds of nationalism among Filipinos. The main objectives A blue Indian shawl, even
of Propagandists and Revolutionists are the following A money bill,”
except The underlined phrases from the poem Bonsai by Edith
A. defeat the Spaniards Tiempo represent of material objects that
B. achieve independence A. belong to the persona’s loved ones
C. change reforms through revolution B. have bad memories.
D. give importance of literary works during Spanish period C. should be kept and be forgotten.
A. A & B B. C only C. C & D. D. D only D. the persona gives great value.
A. A & B C. A & D
29. Why do Filipinos of the next generation should B. B & C D. none of the above
study/learn the Philippine literature?
A. We can better appreciate our heritage. 36. “The man’s arms tightened suddenly about the little
B. We can understand ourselves better and take pride in girl until the little girl squirmed out of his arms, and
being a Filipino. laughed a little breathlessly, disturbed but innocent,
C. We can manifest our deep concern by studying our looking at the man with a smiling little question of
own literature. puzzlement”, What senses do the bold sentence appeal
D. All of the above. to you as reader?
A. seeing B. touching C. smelling D. hearing
30. Francis’ group performed the passion and death of
Jesus Christ. What literary form did they present? 37. “There is ruin and decay
A. Pasyon. B. Senakulo C. Awit D. Korido In the House on the Hill:
They are all gone away,
31. Maxine used animals as main characters in her There is nothing more to say”,
storytelling in the Speech Fest. What kind of folktale did The words ruin and decay in the line are synonymous to
she prefer to use? the word
A. Legends B. Fantasy stories C. Epic D. Fables A. raise B. damage C. beautiful D. waste

32. 11-Zinc made use of pasyon in their performance at
their literature class. What period in the Philippine
literature is ‘pasyon’ included?
A. Pre-colonial B. Spanish C. American. D. Japanese
33. Beverly explains that this type of literature is based on
oral traditions and crude on ideologies.
A. Pre-colonial Period C. Japanese Period
B. Spanish Period D. American Period
34. Of the following, which is not the definition of
literature?
A. It expresses the feeling of people to society, to
government, to his surroundings or to his fellowmen.
B. It deals with ideas, thoughts, and emotions.
C. It is related to people’s feelings whether it is true or just
a product of one’s imagination.
D. It presents geographic, linguistic, and ethnic
dimensions of literary history from pre-colonial to the
contemporary.
38. Sir Ryan wants his students in 11-Titanium to write a
Haiku that has three lines in which the first and third lines
contain 5 syllables and the second line contains 7
syllables. In the types of poetry, Haiku is considered as
A. Concrete C. Free Verse
B. Occasional D. Formal Verse
39. “It was the same room and the same mirror out the
face she now saw in it was an old face---a hard, bitter,
vengeful face, framed in graying hair, and so sadly
altered, so sadly different from that other face like a
white mask, that fresh young face like a pure mask than
she had brought before this mirror one wild May Day
midnight years and years ago....”
What type of setting in the underlined clause indicates?
A. place B. atmosphere C. time D. weather
40. “He sang aloud in the dark room and suddenly
realized that he had fallen madly in love with her. He
ached intensely to see her again---at once! ---to touch
her hands and her hair; to hear her harsh voice. He ran to
the window and flung open the casements and the
beauty of the night struck him back like a blow.” The
excerpt from May Day Eve by Nick Joaquin above shows
a type of conflict called
A. Man vs. Man C. Man vs. Circumstance
B. Man vs. Society D. Man vs. Himself