21st Century (ENGL-121)


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Grade 11 Week 1-10

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Question 1:

"A big blue house, with a well-kept rose garden," is an example of a:

Answer: Setting as Place


Question 2:

This Manobo/Ilianon tale tells the adventures of a hero and his people, and their journey to Nalandangan.

Answer: The Agyu


Question 3:

The "Treaty of Paris" between Spain and the United States ceded the Philippines to the US for how much?

Answer: $20,000,000


Question 4:

Dubbed as the Great Propagandist, he was known for being a master in the use of his native language, Tagalog.

Answer: Marcelo H. Del Pilar


Question 5:

The writers in Spanish were accustomed to write literary works that have themes of nationalism because they want to honor Jose Rizal.

Answer: True


Question 6:

Jose Corazon de Jesus began a famous column in Taliba called _____.

Answer: Buhay Maynila


Question 7:

In Marcelo H. Del Pilar's Dasalan at Tocsohan, which of the following is said to be the Fifth Commandment of the Spanish Friars?

Answer: "Huwag kang mamamatay kung wala pang salaping panlibing."


Question 8:

It is easy to interpret poems.

Answer: False


Question 9:

A traditional depiction of the events before and after Jesus Christ was crucified.

Answer: Senakulo


Question 10:

The following are known as Poets of the Heart (Makata ng Puso) except one:

Answer: Aurelio Tolentino


Question 11:

He was a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Literature.

Answer: Cecilio Apostol


Question 12:

He was recognized in the Hispanic world as the "greatest Filipino epic poet writing in Spanish."

Answer: Cecilio Apostol


Question 13:

It is a narrative poem written in four-line stanzas.

Answer: Ballad


Question 14:

Jose Corazon de Jesus was most notable for writing which poem?

Answer: Bayan Ko


Question 15:

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

Answer: True


Question 16:

The following are Bathala’s daughters to a mortal woman except:

Answer: Mayari


Question 17:

It is the emotional high point of the story. It is also the most exciting part.

Answer: Climax


Question 18:

Which part of the Ilokano epic Biag ni Lam-ang tells the story of Lam-ang's quest to find the Igorots?

Answer: The Quest for the Father


Question 19:

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.

Answer: Pasyon


Question 20:

The Tagalog god of the sea, originally the god of the hunters.

Answer: Amanikable


Question 21:

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

Answer: Short Story


Question 22:

A mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed.

Answer: Riddle


Question 23:

It is an artistic piece of philosophical, personal, imaginative, or inspirational nature that is laid out in lines.

Answer: Poetry


Question 24:

The following are means for an alipin to become a freeman EXCEPT:

Answer: Getting captured in war


Question 25:

Doctrina Cristiana was the first religious book published in the Philippines on July 15, 1593.

Answer: True


Question 26:

It is an allegory with moral or religious bent.

Answer: d. parable


Question 27:

The name of Lam-ang's love interest.

Answer: Ines Cannoyan


Question 28:

It was the first novel written in Spanish by a Filipino, which revolves around the misery of a woman who died of cholera.

Answer: Ninay


Question 29:

Most English newspapers were ordered to stop operations during the Japanese regime.

Answer: True


Question 30:

It is simply defined as a product of one's imaginative mind. It can be a drama, short story, novel, myth, folktale, or poetry.

Answer: Fictional Literature


Question 31:

The author known as the "comma poet," introducing a unique style of poetry.

Answer: Jose Garcia Villa


Question 32:

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

Answer: False


Question 33:

___ is a long narrative poem, telling heroic deeds or events.

Answer: Epic


Question 34:

Not every poem has a speaker.

Answer: False


Question 35:

The Japanese encouraged nationalism, or the love for one's motherland.

Answer: True


Question 36:

These are short poems that express the personal thoughts or emotions of the poet.

Answer: Lyric poems


Question 37:

Jose Garcia Villa's Bayan Ko was set to music by Constancio de Guzman and became a popular song during the Marcos dictatorship.

Answer: False


Question 38:

He wrote Banaag at Sikat, renowned for its depiction of issues of socialism and capitalism.

Answer: Lope K. Santos


Question 39:

It is a story about animals that possess human traits.

Answer: Fable


Question 40:

____ is a famous comedy play written by Francisco "Soc" Rodrigo that portrays people's weaknesses.

Answer: Sa Pula, Sa Puti


Question 41:

"The future looks fantastic, what with flying cars and modern technology." This is an example of a:

Answer: Setting as Time


Question 42:

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

Answer: Aristeo Hilario


Question 43:

Jose Garcia Villa won P1,000 from the Philippines Free Press, which he used to migrate to the United States and enroll at the University of Mexico.

Answer: True


Question 44:

This was deemed the first novel ever written in the Philippines.

Answer: Barlaan at Josaphat


Question 45:

A novel that dwells on the arrogance of the friars, revealing dire consequences tied to marriage between Spaniards and Filipinos.

Answer: La Hija Del Fraile


Question 46:

In a story, it is the verbal representation of a human being.

Answer: Character


Question 47:

The American regime enforced free public education.

Answer: True


Question 48:

Aso / Mataas sa pag-upo, / Mababa 'pag tumayo. / Kaibigan kong ginto, / Karamay at kalaro.

The poem above is an example of:

Answer: Tanaga


Question 49:

A poem in which the first letter of each line, when read vertically, spells out a word.

Answer: Acrostic poem


Question 50:

A series of fairy tale stories told by an old woman who kept a loadful of stories in her ancient baul.

Answer: Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang


Question 51:

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

Answer: Epigram


Question 52:

The American Period influenced Philippine Literature.

Answer: True


Question 53:

The writing system used by Filipinos before Spanish colonization.

Answer: Baybayin


Question 54:

The term ___ refers to the social class consisting of freemen.

Answer: timawa


Question 55:

Carlos P. Romulo has four bestselling works that led him to bagging the Pulitzer Prize.

Answer: False


Question 56:

Which of the following is not one of the bestselling works of Carlos P. Romulo?

Answer: The Lost Ones


Question 57:

He is the "greatest Filipino epic poet writing in Spanish" in the Hispanic world.

Answer: Cecilio Apostol


Question 58:

One of the writers in the Spanish era under the names Dimas-Ilaw and Pingkian, who wrote Ang Liwanag at Dilim as the code of revolution.

Answer: Emilio Jacinto


Question 59:

The goddess of love, conception, and childbirth for the Tagalogs.

Answer: Diyan Masalanta


Question 60:

The following are works by Jesus Balmori EXCEPT:

Answer: Mi Patria


Question 61:

Filipinos already had literature before the Spaniards came.

Answer: True


Question 62:

It is the repetition of the same stressed vowel sound and succeeding sounds in two or more words.

Answer: Rhyme


Question 63:

He came up with a poetry compilation called Crisalidas in 1914.

Answer: Fernando Ma. Guerrero


Question 64:

The Tagalogs believe in the supreme deity called __.

Answer: Bathala


Question 65:

The American colonization of the Philippines began in 1898 and 1941.

Answer: False


Question 66:

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

Answer: Jesus Balmori


Question 67:

____ is the play written by Jose Ma. Hernandez about a blacksmith from Pampanga who was the first Filipino to make a cannon.

Answer: Panday Pira


Question 68:

Severino Reyes's Ang Kalupi was first performed at Teatro Zorilla in 1902.

Answer: False


Question 69:

It is the repetition of vowel sounds.

Answer: Assonance


Question 70:

The following are pen names of Mariano Ponce, except:

Answer: Tikbalang


Question 71:

Apolinario Mabini wrote El Verdadero Decalogo and Sa Bayang Pilipino.

Answer: True


Question 72:

The goddess of the moon and one of Bathala’s daughters by a mortal woman.

Answer: Mayari


Question 73:

There are a few Spanish words integrated into our language.

Answer: False


Question 74:

Biag ni Lam-ang survived through oral transmission.

Answer: True


Question 75:

The founder of La Vanguardia and La Opinion.

Answer: Alejandro Roces


Question 76:

The writing system of Filipinos in the Pre-Spanish period.

Answer: Baybayin


Question 77:

A poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word vertically.

Answer: Acrostic poem


Question 78:

Essays that use sensory details to create mental images.

Answer: Descriptive essays


Question 79:

The goddess of lost things and wife of Dumakulem.

Answer: Anagolay


Question 80:

The Father of the Tagalog Zarzuela.

Answer: Severino Reyes


Question 81:

He broke free from Propaganda Movement’s strict literary rules.

Answer: Dr. Pedro Paterno


Question 82:

The repetition of consonant sounds in words.

Answer: Consonance


Question 83:

More novels than poetry were written during the American era.

Answer: False


Question 84:

The conflict in a short story arouses curiosity and tension.

Answer: True


Question 85:

Hinilawod is commonly sung for three days non-stop.

Answer: False


Question 86:

The first short story in Sugbuanon.

Answer: Maming


Question 87:

Pedro Bukaneg co-authored an Ilocano-English grammar book.

Answer: True


Question 88:

The common ground in postmodernism and modernism themes.

Answer: Criticism of something broken


Question 89:

Postmodernism’s "pastiche" means:

Answer: An artistic work imitating another style


Question 90:

A dystopian novel where technology controls society (e.g., Ready Player One).

Answer: Technological Control


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