QUIZZ IN SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

Name: Crissel M. Hernandez Score:

Year/ Section:BSEd English 3102

I. Identify the following authors. Write your answers on the space provided.

1. One of the earliest supporters of women’s right and woman writer in the Philippines.
Marjorie Evasco

2. She is known for her trademark art and remarkable insight which she displays in spades
across her two collections of short stories. Jessica Zafra

3. She was described as a “brilliant new talent” by the New York Review Books.
Lakambini Sitoy

4. First journalist and crime fiction writer based in Singapore, where first novel, Smaller
and Smaller Circle. Felisa Batacan

5. She is a prolific editor, anthologist, critic, publisher, conceptual and visual artist and
fiction writer. Eileen R. Tabios

6. Author of three poetry collections: Gravities of Center, Diwata, and Poeta en San
Francisco. Barbara Jane Reyes

7. A professor and chair of the Ethnic Studies Department at the University Of California
Berkeley. Catherine Ceniza Choy

8. As she was recipient of both the Fulbright and Rockefellor Foundation Grants, Palanca
Awards in 1996 and 2001; and a Philippine National Book Award in 2006.
Conchitina Cruz

9. Founder- director of Balay Sugidanun. Genevive L.Asenjo

10. She is currently based in Australia where she teaches at Wollongong University.
Merlinda Bobis
II. Enumeration
1. Enumerate the ten (10) best books and authors in modern Philippinne Literature.
(20pts)

Books Authors
1. ABNKKBSNPLAko?! Bob Ong
2. Para Kay B Ricky Lee
3.Dekada ’70 Lualhati Bautista
4.Ilustarado Miguel Syjuco
5.Ligo na U, Lapit na Me Eros Atalia
6.100 Tula Para Kay Stella Jason Paul Laxamana
7.14 Manix Abrera
8. The Last Time I Saw Mother Arlene J. Chai
9. Smaller and Smaller Circles F. H. Batacan
10.Stupid is Forever Miriam Defensor Santiago

2. Give at least five (5) literary genres in the 21st Century Philippine Literature.
A. Creative non-fiction
B. Hyper poetry
C. Mobile phone text tula
D. Chick lit
E. Speculative fiction
F. Flash fiction
G. Blog
H. Graphic Novels