PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

1. These are stories originating in popular culture, typically passed

on by word of mouth

a. Legends
b. Myths
c. Folk tales
d. Poem

2. Into which genre do myths, legends and folktales belong?

a. Short Stories
b. Folk Literature
c. Written Literature
d. Poetry

3. These are non-mythological stories in which human qualities are

ascribed to animals.

a. Parables
b. Animal Tales
c. Maxims
d. Fables

4. These are Philippine tales which are local versions of

internationally known folktales.

a. Trickster Tales
b. Romantic Tales
c. Tales of Magic
d. Parable

5. It is a dramatic performance to commemorate the passion and

death of Jesus Christ.

a. Play
b. Moro-moro
c. Cenaculo
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d. Panunuluyan

6. It is a musical comedy or melodrama three acts which dealt with

man’s passions and emotions like love, hate, revenge, cruelty,
avarice or some social or political problem.

a.Drama
b. Nobela
c. Moro-moro
d. Zarzuela

7. Are short, imaginative narratives that usually use

anthropomorphic animal characters to convey folk wisdom and to
help us understand human nature and develop proper human
behavior?

a. Humorous Tales
b. Trickster Tales
c. Novelistic tales
d. Romantic Tales

8. This is a form of dramatic entertainment performed on a

moonless night during a town fiesta or on dark nights after a
harvest. This shadow play is made by projecting cardboard
figures before a lamp against a white sheet.

a. Awit
b. Korido
c. Carillo
d. Pasyon

9. It is a piece of prose fiction that can be read in one sitting.

a. Poem
b. Short Story
c. Novel
d. Essay
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10. This was the novel that gave spirit to the propaganda
movement and paved the way to the revolution against Spain.

a. La Solidaridad
b. Noli Me Tangere
c. El Filibusterismo
d. Mi Ultimo Adios