21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World

1st Periodical Exam

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Name:___________________________________ Year&Section: _____________ Date: _________ Score: _______

I. Multiple Choice. Read the following questions and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. It includes all literature produced before the Spanish colonization like chants, proverbs, songs, and folk narratives. These were all passed
down from generation to generation by word of mouth.
a. Pre-colonial Period b. Spanish Colonial Period c. Japanese Colonial Period d. Contemporary Period
2. A term used in the modern short story, refers to the protagonist’s realization or insight in the course of a story.
a. Irony b. Tone c. Epihany d. Action
3. It refers to what happens in the story; ________ in fiction is called plot.
a. Characters b. Theme c. Action d. Point of view
4. This is a characteristically anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a people.
a. Fable b. Folktale c. Epic d. Myth
5. This is told to explain a belief, a practice, or a natural phenomenon.
a. Legend b. Myth c. Epic d. Folktale
6. It refers to the voice or mouthpiece of the writer within a literary text.
a. Character b. Persona c. Fiction d. Point of view
7. Refers to the “attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience”. The choice of words predisposes the reader to see the events in a
literary text in a certain way ---- cheerful, gloomy, comical, depressed, etc.
a. Tone b. point of view c. Persona d. Irony
8. _________, is a story that stems from an author’s imagination.
a. Fiction b. Drama c. Action d. Comedy
9. This narrative poem celebrates the adventures and achievements of a hero.
a. Epic b. Legend c. Folktale d. Fable
10. This features animal characters or inanimate objects that behave like people.
a. Fable b. Myth c. Legend d. Fiction
II. Choose the correct answer to the following questions inside the box and write the answer in the blank.
Characters ACTS Leona Florentino Maroon Aurea
Feminism Annie Sepia Francisco Baltazar An Burabod
Sally Marriage Pedro Paterno At Merienda Bibingka

_____________11. The persons, animals or objects in the story. They move the plot on and experience the conflict, which may be
social, psychological, or physical.
_____________12. Known as the “mother of Philippine women’s literature,” was a poet in both Ilocano and Spanish.
_____________13. The master of traditional Tagalog poetry, became well-known for his work Florante at Laura (1838–1861), the
most famous metrical romance of the country
_____________14. Wrote Sampaguitas y poesias varias (1880), the first poetry collection in Spanish by a Filipino; and the novel in
Spanish Ninay (1885), considered to be the first Filipino novel.
_____________15. A movement and literary theory that aims to promote the right and interest of women.
_____________16. It won third prize in the 2005 Palanca Awards for short story in English.
_____________17. This is the color of secrets and regrets.
_____________18. She is the persona in “At Merienda”.
_____________19. The acronym for the elements of fiction.
_____________20. Before you marry, you should open your eyes wide, because _________ is the time to close them.
III. An Burabod. Translate these Bikol words to English or Filipino from their context.
BIKOL WORDS TRANSLATION (English or Filipino)
1. Waratihan
2. Pagtalingkas
3. Nauutob
4. Burabod
5. Rimuranon
6. Kadlagan
7. Rona
8. Kabuahan
9. Talapang
10. Nagtalibong
11. Paghuron
12. Buda
13. Magmando
14. Huhudungon
15. Bulot

IV. Essay. Identify the authors’ of the following stories and give a short detail of their background and what the
story is all about (10 points).
 A. At Merienda

B. Aurea

C. An Burabod

V. Aurea. Design a missing poster to search for Aurea (5 points).