Tagailog

Which of the following is not one of Mariano Ponce's pennames?

Lakapati
The goddess of fertility of the Tagalogs
La Hija Del Fraile
A novel that dwells on the arrogance of the friars, revealing the dire consequences tied to the
marriage between the Spanish and Filipinos
Tanaga
"Aso
Mataas sa pag-upo,
Mababa 'pag tumayo.
Kaibigan kong ginto,
Karamay at kalaro."
The poem above is an example of:
Climax
It is the emotional high point of the story. It is also the most exciting part.
Pasyon
It is an example of an epic poem which tells the story of Jesus Christ's life, trials, and sufferings,
and is sung during Holy Week.
Lyric poems
These are short poems which express the personal thoughts or emotions of the poet.
True
The American Period had influenced the Philippine Literature.
static character
It is a character that remains essentially the same throughout the story.
Cecilio Apostol
He was recognized in the Hispanic world as the "greatest Filipino epic poet writing in Spanish."
False
Carlos P. Romulo has four bestselling works that led him to bagging the Pulitzer Prize.

True
The conflict in a short story is a major element of plot because it arouses curiosity, causes
doubt, creates tension and produces interest.
Rhyme
It is the repetition of the same stressed vowel sound and any succeeding sounds in two or more
words.
Severino Reyes
The Father of the Tagalog Zarzuela.
Panday Pira
____ is the play written by Jose Ma. Hernandez about a blacksmith from Pampanga who was
the first Filipino who made a cannon.
Noche Buena
A story about the tradition of Christmas in the Philippines, written to entertain and amuse the
people from Madrid.
poems
What are the most common works of literature during the Japanese regime?
$20,000,000
The "Treaty of Paris" between Spain and the United States ceded the Philippines to US for how
much?
saguiguilid
The term ____ refers to slaves that do not have the right to own property.
Jose Garcia Villa
The author who was known as the "comma poet," introducing a unique style of poetry.
True
Aside from being a writer, Pedro Bucaneg was also known as a Christian missionary.
True
Cardinal Bellarmine's catechism was the first book that was printed in Iloko.
True
Bicol Literature did not flourish because of the attitude of people towards it.
305 stanzas
The Leopoldo Yabes version of the epic poem Biag ni Lam-ang consists of 206 stanzas.
Aurelio Tolentino
The author of the Pampango murder mystery novel, "Ing Buac ning Ester" (A Strand of Ester's
Hair).
Pedro Bucaneg (False)
Leona Florentino was congenitally blind.
Bicol
Poetry from ___ possess "clarity and grace of expression."
True
Ilocano literature is second to Tagalog in having the greatest number of printed works.
Bicolanon
One of the famous publishing houses from Bicol.
True
Biag ni Lam-ang was first transcribed around 1640 by Pedro Bucaneg.
triplets (false)
Alunsina and Datu Paubari in Hinilawod had twins.
Maragtas
___ tells a story of the bravery of ten datus who went on a journey to escape from a tyrannical
ruler.
False
People of Western Visayas are more well-versed in writing myths and folktales than poetry and
prose.
two parts (false)
Haya is a dirge that is composed of three parts.
Leona Florentino
The Mother of Philippine Women's Literature.
Hinilawod
The oldest and longest epic poem in Panay.
no literary outlet
Which of the following is not a reason why Pampango Literature did not flourish?
Hiligaynon
The ___ magazine was stationed in Manila and contributed to the development of Hiligaynon
literature.
Bannawag
____, also known as the Bible of Northern Philippines, was a popular weekly magazine
featuring literary works from Ilocano writers.
Banawag
It was known as the "Bible of Northern Philippines".
Ilocano-Spanish (False)
Bukaneg was a co-author of the Ilocano-English grammar book and dictionary.
The Quest for the Father
It tells the quest of Lam-ang to find the Igorots who murdered his father.
The Quest for the Father
It tells the quest of Lam-ang to find the Igorots who murdered his father.
Alunsina
The goddess of the Eastern sea in Hinilawod.
True
Ilocano literature is heavily influenced by religion.
Pamalaye
This refers to an old ritual of formalizing an engagement to marry.
True
Leon C. Pichay was considered the most creative Ilocano writer in his generation.
Leon Pichay
Dubbed as the most creative Ilocano writer in his generation whose works often revolve around
the theme of love for the country, spirituality and love for their local language.
Bukanegan
___ refers to the Ilocano balagtasan.
Ambahan
A Hiligaynon literary form that is a ballad of unrhymed couplets.
Thalassocracy
The type of government in the Philippines during the Pre-Spanish period.
riddle
A ____ is a mystifying, misleading or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or
guessed.
"a way of feeling life"
According to the Nicaraguan poet Daisy Zamora, poetry is:
"Huwag kang mamamatay kung wala pang salaping panlibing."
In Marcelo h. Del Pilar's Dasalan at Tocsohan, which of the following is said to be the Fifth
Commandment of the Spanish Friars?
Graciano Lopez Jaena
The author of the speech, Sa Mga Pilipino, a speech aimed to improve the condition of the
Filipinos to become free and progressive.
Doctrina Cristiana
The first religious book published in the Philippines.
True
Filipinos already have literature before the Spaniards came to the land.
True
Severino Reyes's Ang Kalupi was first performed at the Teatro Zorilla in 1902.
True
Most English newspapers were ordered to stop its operations during the Japanese regime.
many
There are a few Spanish words integrated to our own language.

False
It is easy to interpret poems.
Fictional literature
It is simply defined as a product of one's imaginative mind. It can be a drama, short story, novel,
myth, folktale, and poetry.
Paz Marquez Benitez
Considered as the first modern English language short story writer from the Philippines.
Paz Marquez Benitez
This author wrote "A Night in the Hills" which tells the story of Gerado Luna, a salesman in a
jewelry store in Intramuros, Manila.
Pancho Ismael
The name of the corrupt governor in A Child of Sorrow.
Tone
It is the method by which writers and speakers reveal attitudes or feelings.
Buhay Maynila
Jose Corazon de Jesus began a famous column in Taliba called _____
False
Aliguyon was the hero son of the goddess Alunsina, and the mortal Datu Paubari.
Exposition
It introduces the story's characters, setting, and conflict.
True
Biag ni Lam-ang is one of the great epics that are able to survive with the help of oral
transmission.
True
The writers in Spanish were accustomed to write literary works that have themes of nationalism
because they want to honor Jose Rizal.
Anagolay
The goddess of lost things, she is also the wife of Dumakulem.
dramas
___ thrive in the region because they depict history, important people and social condition.
16
Pampango poetry commonly has a total of ___ syllables in octaves with rhymes at the end.
Amado Yuzon
Who is known as the King of Crisotan?
Pedro Bukaneg
Leon C. Pichay is acknowledged as the Father of Ilocano Literature.
True
The Bukanegan is the Ilocano version of the Balagtasan
Bical
A humorous and satiric song in Hiligaynon literature.
Kolilisi
A folk theatrical that is a strictly private type of drama performed by friends and neighbors to
divert a bereaved family from their sorrow.
True
Hinilawod is the oldest and longest epic poem in Panay.
True
The story of Maragtas is about a group of datus and their escape from Borneo.
3 weeks, 2 hours a night
How long is Hinilawod usually sung?
Bical
A humorous and satirical song.
True
Long before the Spaniards came to the Philippines, Ilokanos have already established their own
culture, along with their own mythology and folklore.
Yuhum
The ___ magazine in Iloilo helped keep literature alive.
none of the choices
The common name of Awit and Corridos.
Sabas Armenta
A social and political critique that uses comedia and ineffectual character.
False
Both Tagalog and English were used as the medium of instruction in all levels of education in
public schools.
oral transmission
Mythological stories of Hiligaynons were passed through each generation by ____.
Dumakulem
The son of Idiyanale: he's the strong and agile, the guardian of the mountains.
Ing Managne
Which of the following is Juan Crisostomo "Crisot" Soto's works?
El Terror de Los Mares Indicos
Cecilio Apostol's poem that opened the world of Spanish poetry for him.
Match the writer to his/her famous literary work.
Claro M. Recto - Bajo Los Cocoteros
Jose Corazon de Jesus - Bayan Ko
Dr. Pedro Paterno - Ninay
Mariano Ponce - Mga Alamat ng Bulacan
Jose Esperanza Cruz - Tatlong Maria
Fr. Modesto de Castro - Urbana and Feliza
Clodualdo del Mundo - Bulaga
Jose Ma. Hernandez - Panday Pira
Stevan Javellana - The Lost Ones
Narciso G. Reyes - Lupang Tinubuan
Paz Marquez Benitez - Dead Stars
Liwayway Arceo - Uhaw ang Tigang ng Lupa
Graciano Lopez-Jaena - Fray Botod
Marcelo H. Del Pilar - Dasalan at Tocsohan
Jose Maria Panganiban - A Nuestro Obispo
Andres Bonifacio - Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa
Apolinario Mabini - El Verdadero Decalogo
Emilio Jacinto - Ang Liwanag at Dilim
Antonio Luna - Noche Buena
Severino Reyes - Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang
Fernando Ma. Guerrero - Crisalidas
Jose Rizal - Noli Me Tangere
Justiniano Nuyda - Anti Cristo
Marcelino Foronda Jr. - Ta Dida Ammo it Aramidda
Fray Francisco Lopez - Cardinal Bellarmine's catechism
Pedro Bukaneg - Biag ni Lam-ang
Vicente Sotto - Maming
Jose Garcia Villa - Man Songs
Zoilo Galang - A Child of Sorroww
Lope K. Santos - Banaag at Sikat
Awit
A literary form that is a simple folk song, love song and work song.
Hiligaynon
___ is the lingua franca of West Visayas.
Itneg
What was Pedro Bukaneg's origin, according to his name?
Amanikable
The Tagalog god of the sea, he was originally the god of hunters.
Lam-ang
The name of the main character in Bucaneg's famous epic.
plays
Sugbuanon literature forms delivered orally are the following except:
theatricals
riddles
folk tales
sayings
songs
Sugbuanon literature
Antique
Hinilawod tells the story of how the islands of Iloilo, ____ and Aklan were formed.
Getting captured in war
The following are means for an alipin to become a freeman EXCEPT:
Setting as Place
"A big blue house, with a well-kept rose garden," is an example of a:
Marcelo H. Del Pilar
Dubbed as the Great Propagandist, he was known for being a master in the use of his native
language, Tagalog.
True
Jose Garcia Villa won P1,000 from the Philippines Free Press, which he used to migrate to the
United States and enroll at University of Mexico.
Barlaan at Josaphat
This was deemed as the first novel ever written in the Philippines.
Rhythm
It is the pattern of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a
line.
Dr. Pedro Paterno
He was one of the first Filipino writers to break free from the strict rules imposed on literature
during the Propaganda movement.
True
The American regime enforced free public education.
Fernando Ma. Guerrero
The founder of La Vanguardia and La Opinion.
Poetry
It is an artistic piece of philosophical, personal, imaginative or inspirational nature that is laid out
in lines
"to spell"
Baybayin, the Filipino writing system in the Pre-Spanish period, is derived from the Tagalog
word baybay which means:
Baybayin
The writing system used by the Filipinos before the Spanish colonization.
Mayari
The goddess of the moon and one of the three daughters of Bathala by a mortal woman.
Pedro Deogracias
The following are known as Poets of Stage EXCEPT:
Bathala
The Tagalogs believe in the supreme deity called __.
Ballad
It is a narrative poem written in four-line stanzas.
Arte de la Iloka
It was the very first book on Ilokano grammar written by Francisco Lopez.
False
Not every poem has a speaker.
"an acquaintance with letters"
Literature, in a literal sense, means:
1477
Biag ni Lam-ang is an epic poem that consists of 1744 lines.
The Quest for a Wife
It is the story of Lam-ang and his love interest Ines Cannoyan.
??
The title of Mariano Proceso Pabalan Byron's famous zarzuela that depicts a Filipino family.
False
Leona Florentino was fluent in Spanish, Tagalog, Ilokano and English.
anogon
One of Haya's parts that is a song regretting the loss of a loved one and extolling him.
True
Vicente Y. Sotto began his journalistic career at the age of 22.
True
Biag ni Lam-ang was created before the Spaniards came.
Justiniano Nuyda
The writer of Anti Cristo.
Jesus Balmori
He published his poetry book "Rimas Malayas" (Malayan Rhymes) at the age of 17 and even
wrote a satirical column for La Vanguardia called "Vida Manilenas"
Bayan Ko
Jose Corazon de Jesus was most notable for writing which poem?
Claro M. Recto
Known as one of the authors of the 1935 Philippine Constitution.
True
Free public education made knowledge and information accessible to a greater number of
Filipinos, which gave them the opportunity to join the educated masses.
Mi Patria
The following are works by Jesus Balmori EXCEPT:
Diamond Poem
A seven-lined diamond-shaped poem that specifies the part of speech in each line, sometimes
with contrasting ideas.
Round character
In a story, this character is complex, multi-faceted and has the qualities of real people.
...
Philippine literature managed to thrive during this era.
Cecilio Apostol
He was a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Literature.
Liwayway
The name of the magazine that recognized the brilliant minds behind literary works during this
era.
Andres Bonifacio
The Father of Filipino Democracy.
False
The Bikolanos call their supreme being Asuang.
Sa Pula, Sa Puti
____ is a famous comedy play written by Francisco "Soc" Rodrigo that portrays people's
weaknesses.
The Agyu
This Manobo/Ilianon tale tells the adventures of a hero and his people, and their journey to
Nalandangan.
True
Jose Garcia Villa's Bayan Ko was set to music by Constancio de Guzman and became a
popular song during the Marcos dictatorship.
fable
It is a story about animals that possess human traits.
Pasyon
The ____ is an example of an epic poem that tells the story of Jesus Christ's life, trials and
sufferings.
False
Jesus Balmori died on June 12, on Philippine Independence Day.
Agyu
A Manobo/Ilianon tale about the hero whose people had been driven out of their land.
Taga-Ilog
The following are pen names of Mariano Ponce, except:
Epic
___ is a long narrative poem, telling heroic deeds or events.
Emilio Jacinto
One of the writers in the Spanish era under the name Dimas-Ilaw and Pingkian who wrote "Ang
Liwanag at Dilim" that became the code of revolution.
Descriptive essays
Essays that uses details related to the senses to create mental images for the reader.
Senakulo
A traditional depiction of the events before and after Jesus Christ was crucified.
character
a verbal representation of a human being.
trait
a quality of mind or habitual mode of behavior that is evident in both active and passive ways
round characters
learn enough about them to permit us to conclude that they are full, lifelike, and memorable.
dynamic
a complementary quality about round characters . able to recognize, change with, or adjust to
circumstances,
hero or heroine
the round character that usually plays a makor role in a story
protagonist
character that is central to the action and moves against the "opposing actor" and has the ability
to adapt to new circumstances
antagonist
the opposing force/actor of the story
flat characters
remain the same because they lack knowledge or insight. end where they begin
static
no dynamic, end where they big
stock character
characters in repeating situations, many common traits, representatives of their class or group
stereotype
a flat character in a standard role with standard traits

Jesus Balmori

"Batikuling" was a penname used by which Filipino poet?

False

In the story of Malakas and Maganda, the children who ran away from their father and ran
outside became the Alipin.

Epigram

A rhetorical device, a witty, ingenious, or pointed saying that is tersely expressed.

True

In a drama, the plot encompasses all the incidents and provides aesthetic pleasure.

Aristeo Hilario

Claro M. Recto wrote for La Vanguardia under what penname?

Short story
A short piece of fiction that is a "bite size" version of a novel.