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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Santa Rosa City
STO. DOMINGO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

First Quarter Examination in 21st Century Literature from the Philippines


and the World
I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER IN EACH ITEM. SHADE THE CIRCLE THAT CORRESPONDS TO
THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER ON YOUR ANSWER SHEET.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES!!!!!!!
1. This story is passed down from generation to generation, and it becomes part of a tradition of a community. What do you call this narrative?
A. epic B. legend C. myth D. folktale
2. This story is told to explain a belief, a practice, or a natural phenomenon. What do you call this narrative?
A. myth B. legend C. fable D. epic
3.This story is presented as history but is unlikely to be true. What do you call this narrative?
A. epic B. myth C. fable D. Legend
4. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the precolonial literature of the Philippines?
A. Precolonial literature includes chants, proverbs, and songs.
B. Precolonial literature depicts the livelihood, customs, and traditions of the Filipinos during the Spanish occupation.
C. Precolonial literature includes folk narratives like folktales, epics, and myths.
D. Precolonial literature includes literature that were passed on from generation to generation through the word of mouth
Read then answer the question.
Juan Gathers Guavas (A Tagalog Folktale)
One day several neighbors came to Juan’s home to visit. His father wanted to give the guests something to eat, so he sent Juan to get some ripe
guavas for them.
Full of mischief, Juan decided to play a joke on his father’s guests. He went to get the guavas and ate all of them while thinking of a good joke. Then
he saw a wasp’s nest hung nearby. With some difficulty he managed to take it down and put it into a tight basket. He hastened home and gave the
basket to his father. Quickly he left the room where the guests were and closed the door and fastened it.
As soon as Juan’s father opened the basket, the wasps flew over the room. With the door locked, the people fought to get out of the windows. After a
while Juan opened the door. When he saw the swollen faces of the people, he cried.
“What fine, rich guavas you must have had! They have made you all so fat!”
5. What is likely the purpose of “Juan Gathers Guavas”?
A. to teach a lesson B. to educate the readers about society
C. to amuse its listeners D. to give emphasis on a virtue
The Monkey and the Crocodile (A Tagalog Fable)
One day, a monkey saw a tall macopa tree laden with ripe fruits, which stood by a wide river. It was hungry, so it climbed the tree and ate all of the
fruits. When it climbed down, it could find no means by which to cross the river. Then it saw a young crocodile who had just woke up from its siesta.
It said to the crocodile in a friendly way, “My dear Crocodile, will you do me a favor?”
The crocodile was greatly surprised by the monkey’s amicable salutation. So, it answered humbly, “Oh, yes! If there is anything I can do for you, I
shall be glad to do it.” The monkey then told the crocodile that it wanted to get to the other side of the river. Then the crocodile said, “I’ll take you
there with all my heart. Just sit on my back, and we’ll go at once.”
The monkey sat firmly on the crocodile’s back, and they began to move. In a short while they reached the middle of the stream. Then the crocodile
began to laugh aloud. “You foolish monkey!” it said, “I’ll eat your liver and kidneys, for I’m very hungry.” The monkey became nervous. Trying to
conceal its anxiety, it said, “I’m very glad that you mentioned the matter. I thought myself that you might be hungry, so I have prepared my liver and
kidneys for your dinner. Unfortunately, in our haste to depart, I left them hanging on the macopa tree. Let us return, and I’ll get them for you.”
Convinced that the monkey was telling the truth, the crocodile turned around and swam back to the direction of the macopa tree. When they got near
the riverbank, the monkey nimbly jumped up onto the land and scampered up the tree. The crocodile came to realize what happened and said, “I am
a fool.”
6. Fables often teach a lesson. What is likely the lesson taught by “The Monkey and the Crocodile”?
A. Beware of the deceitful. B. Being clever is better than being strong.
C. Your cunning can take you anywhere. D. Trust everyone.
The Creation (An Excerpt from the Tagalog myth)
After a while the parents grew very tired of having so many idle and useless children around. They wished to be rid of them, but they knew of no
place to send them to. Time went on, and the children became so numerous that the parents enjoyed no peace. One day, in desperation, the father
seized a stick and began beating them on all sides.
The beating frightened the children so much that they fled in different directions. Some seek hidden rooms in the house. Some concealed themselves
in the walls. Some ran outside, while others hid in the fireplace. Several fled to the sea.
Now it happened that those who went into the hidden rooms of the house later became the chiefs of the islands; and those who concealed themselves
in the walls became slaves. Those who ran outside were free men; and those who hid in the fireplace became negroes; while those who fled to the sea
were gone many years, and when their children came back they were the white people.
7. What does the excerpt suggest about the society of the native Filipinos?
A. Idle and useless people should be punished.
B. Parents should be strict.
C. Beating children is a way to teach them how to behave properly.
D. There are different classes of people.
8. What are the factors that greatly influenced the Philippine Literature during the Spanish occupation?
A. education B.trade C. wealth D. religion
9. What is being referred to in the riddle below?
Nang bata pa’y paruparo
Nang tumanda ay latigo
A. banana B. Turnip C. Belt D. String Beans
10. The following constructs describe the nature of figurative language, EXCEPT
A. highly artistic means of expression B. suggestive and attributive
C. explicit expression D. none of the choices
11. It is a lyric poem that laments the death of a person or the eventual death of all people.
A. elegy B. eulogy C. tragedy D. epic
12. What is the speaker’s realization based on the poetic lines below?
The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
‘tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue
And I am two-and-twenty,
And Oh, ‘tis true, ‘tis true.
A. The speaker realizes the value of considering other person’s advice.
B. The speaker learns the disadvantages of disobeying the elders.
C. The speaker realizes the folly and pain of youthful love.
D. The speaker learns the beauty of life.
13. Which statement regarding love is closest to Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116?
Love’s not time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks
But bears it out even to the edge of doom
A. Love dissipates when lovers live apart B. Love adapts to changing circumstances
C. Love never wanes even in old age D. Love grows even to the edge of doom
14. What is the prevailing tone of the following lines from Shakespeare’s Hamlet?
What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason!
How infinite in faculties! In form and moving, how express and admirable!
A. empathy B. revenge C. Sarcastic D. disappointment
15. Based on Sanburg’s “Chicago,” how does the speaker describe the city?
They tell me that you are wicked amd I believe them,
For I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps
Luring the farm boys.
A. mysterious B. peaceful C. independent D. immoral
16. Read the passage below and answer the question that follows.
Africa, tell me, Africa
Is this you?
This back that is bent
This back trembling with red scars
And saying yes to the whip of the midday sun
Africa, David Diop
The persona exhibits the tone of being __________________
A. angry and bitter B. envious and spiteful C. ironic and sarcastic D. cautious and fearful
17. It pertains to the causal relationship between and among events of a fictional prose work.
A. exposition B. plot C. climax D. denouement
18. A person, object, action, place or event that in addition to its literal or denotative meanings suggests a a more complex meaning or range of
meanings.
A. theme B. point-of-view C. symbol D. setting
19. Which of the following statements describe/s point-of-view?
A. It is the vantage point from which the story unfolds through the eyes of an authoritative narrator
B. It refers to as how a story is told or narrated
C. All of the foregoing
D. None of the foregoing
20. What emotion is conveyed in the lines of the poetic passage below?
Midnight, not a sound of a pavement.
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamp light the withered leaves
Collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan
A. confusion B. optimism C. loneliness D. eagerness
21. It depicts and talk about life and all its miseries and glories.
A. short stories B. parable C. fiction D. literature
22. What idea about life is revealed by the last two lines of the poetic passage below?
From morning suns and evening dews
At first, thy little being came;
If nothing once, you nothing lose
For when you die you are the same
The space between is but an hour
The frail duration of a flower.

A. life is just an hour B. life is like a flower C. life is frail D. life is short
23. It literally means the action of untying of events built upon in the rising action of the plot; it refers to the final outcome of the main complication
in a play or story.
A. exposition B. denouement C. rising action D. climax
24. A device that allows the writer to present events that happened before the time of the current narration or the current events in the fiction. It
techniques include memories, dream, stories of the past told by the characters or even authorial sovereignty.
A. point-of-view B. foreshadowing C. flashback D. action sequence
25. A fictional narrative generally focusing on one climactic event and usually developing only a single character in depth.
A. novel B. epic C. short story D. essay
26. The total environment for the action of a fictional work which includes a time period, the place, the historical milieu, as well as political and
perhaps even spiritual realities mirrored in a story.
A. characters B. settings C. symbols D. plot
27. Pasion has several versions and different writers. The following are considered as its writer, except
A. Padre Mariano Pilapil B. Padre Aniceto Dela Merced C. Garpar Aquino De Belen D. Cornelio S. Reyes
28. Which of the following is the best definition for “local color”?
A. It refers to the technique of copying the lifestyle, customs, beliefs, practices and inclusion of local symbols and images peculiar to a region or
locale.
B. It is anchored to the idea that literature is an imitation of life.
C. Stories must be written using the native language or dialect to preserve cultural identity.
D. Stories must use foreign symbols and images.
READ THEN ANSWER THE QUESTION
Man of Earth (An Excerpt)
By Amador T. Daguio
I might have been the bamboo,
But I will be a man.
Bend me then, O Lord,
Bend me if you can.
29. What figure of speech is used in the last two lines of the stanza?
A. Allusion B. Apostrophe C. End Rhyme D. Lyric Poetry
30. Which period of Philippine history served as the “golden period” for short stories and Tagalog drama?
A. Japanese occupation B. Spanish occupation C. British occupation D. American occupation
31. What themes and motifs of text were produced during the the Japanese Colonization?
A. Nationalism, patriotism and life struggles B. social issues and domestic conditions
C. Urban and Rural living D. Autonomy and independence
32. What sound device is evident in the lines “threatening throngs” and “wicked and wan”?
A. onomatopoeia B.alliteration C. consonance D. assonance
33. Which of the following should be done first in analyzing a literary work?
A. Gather information about the text and its author.
B. Write your own conclusion to it.
C. Summarize the text.
D. Write a review or critique of it.
34. Which of the following statements are not true about the native literature during the Spanish occupation?
A. The written tradition of the native literature survived during the Spanish occupation of the country.
B. The written tradition of the native literature was destroyed by the Spaniards during their occupation of the country.
C. The oral tradition of the native literature failed to survive during the Spanish occupation of the country.
D. The oral tradition of the native literature survived during the Spanish occupation of the country.
35. Why did the development of Philippine literature in English during the Japanese occupation halt?
A. Tagalog was declared one of the official languages of the country.
B. Tagalog short stories became popular.
C. The Japanese censored literary works produced during the period.
D. Some Filipino writers during the period turned to writing in Filipino
READ THEN ANSWER THE QUESTION
Man of Earth (An Excerpt)
By Amador T. Daguio
I might have been the bamboo,
But I will be a man.
Bend me then, O Lord,
Bend me if you can.
36. What figure of speech is used in the last two lines of the stanza?
A. Allusion B. Apostrophe C. End Rhyme D. Lyric Poetry
37. Which is NOT literary device inherent in a short story?
A. Character B. Dialogue C. Conflict D. Settings
38. Which of the following will help give information regarding the historical and/or social influences in a story?
A. studying literary works similar to the story
B. analyzing the work of other writers in the same period
C. studying the background of the author
D. analyzing the theme of the story
39. In the essay “Literature and Society,” Salvador P. Lopez says of the writer, “He is no longer a florist, scissors in hand gathering lovely blossoms;
he has become a tiller of the soil, spade in hand, digging into the roots of things and planting seeds.”
What kind of figure of speech does Lopez use to describe the writer?
A. hyperbole B. simile C. personification D. metaphor
40. In the essay “Where Is the Patis,” Carmen Guerroro Nakpil asserts that travel has become the great Filipino dream. To elaborate on her statement,
she says, “In the same way that an American dreams of becoming a millionaire or an English boy dreams of going to one of the great universities,
the Filipino dreams of going abroad.”
How does she elaborate on her assertion?
A. by contrast B. by telling a story C. by example D. by comparison
41. In one of Nick Joaquin’s essays, he makes the following assertions about Filipinos: “Society for the Filipino is a small rowboat: the barangay . . .
Enterprise for the Filipino is a small stall: the sari-sari . . . And commerce for the Filipino is the smallest degree of retail: the tingi.”
What do his assertions say about the Filipinos in general?
A. Filipinos feel small. B. Filipinos are small-minded people.
C. Filipinos are fond of small things. D. Filipinos have a small social circle.
42. In the essay “I Am a Filipino,” Carlos P. Romulo ends with this statement: “I am a Filipino born to freedom, and I shall not rest until freedom
shall have been added unto my inheritance—for myself and my children and my children’s children—forever.”
What is the tone of his statement?
A. patriotic B. shameful C. doubtful D. histrionic
Moonlight on Manila Bay
By Fernando M. Maramag
A light, serene, ethereal glory, rests
Its beam effulgent on each cresting wave;
The silver touches of the moonlight lave
The deep’s bare bosom that the breeze molests;
While lingering whispers deepen as the wavy crests
Roll with weird rhythm, now gay, now gently grave;
And floods of lambent light appear the sea to pave—
All cast a spell that heeds not time’s behests.
Not always such the scene: the din of fight
Has swelled the murmur of the peaceful air;
Here East and West have oft displayed their might;
Dark battle clouds have dimmed this scene so fair;
Here, bold Olympia, one historic night,
Presaging freedom, claimed a people’s care.
43. Which of these figures of speech is shown in the poem?
A. simile B. hyperbole C. personification D. metaphor
44. In this sonnet, the poet contrasts two images, one of which is a serene night. What is the other image?
A. war B. victory C. disorder D. defeat
45. Which Key Feature of Literature is described as global applicability in which a work transcends across apace?
A. Universality B. Timeliness C. Utility D. Nobility
46. Which type of genre does “Biag ni Lam-ang” belong?
A. poem B. novel C. short story D. drama
47. Which genre of literature is ascribed as the most economical means of expression since it only uses limited number of words?
A. poem B. novel C. short story D. drama
48. Which is NOT a characteristic of POETRY?
A. free-flow of sentences B. persona and addressee
C. measured and controlled D. aesthetic quality
49. The following are examples of Lyric poem; except
A. epics B. odes C. elegy D. songs
50. Which character undergoes significant changes in personality, behavior, perspective etc. as the story develops
A. Dynamic Character B. Static Character C. Round Character D. Foil Character

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