Quiz

Identification

1. “Nasa Diyos ang awa nasa tao ang gawa” is an example of what forms of Pre-Spanish poetry.
Answer: Salawikain
2. A form of prose that the common theme is about the origin.
Answer: Legend
3. It is a long narrative poem which shows a series of heroic achievements.
Answer: Epic
4. It is one of the oldest forms of literature in the Philippines.
Answer: Folk Songs
5. It is known as the supreme god.
Answer: Bathala

True or False
True 6. The Filipinos lived in settlements called barangays.
True 7. Prehistoric people are described to be animistic.
False 8. The men wore a sleeve-doublet made of Abaca.
False 9. Baybayin is a Spanish Philippine writing system.
False 10. Pre-Colonial literature is classified into oral only.

Multiple Choice

11. It is a traditional form of courtship in which a man woos a woman by singing underneath her window at
night.
Answer: b. Harana
a. Oyari
b. Harana
c. Folk Song
d. Folk Tale

12. First book printed in the Philippines in 1593 in xylography.

Answer: c. Doctrina Cristiana
a. Nuestra Seňora Del Rosario
b. Libro de los Cuatro Postprimeras de Hombre
c. Doctrina Cristiana
d. Ang Barlaan at Josephat

13. Who is the first Spanish governor-general in the Philippines?

Answer: a. Miguel Lopez de Legaspi
a. Miguel Lopez de Legaspi
b. Miguel Lopez
c. Miguel Legaspi
d. Lopez de Legaspi

14. This Book contains the story of different saints, novena and various questions about Christianity.
Answer: a. Nuestra Seňora Del Rosario
a. Nuestra Seňora Del Rosario
b. Libro de los Cuatro Postprimeras de Hombre
c. Doctrina Cristiana
d. Ang Barlaan at Josephat

15. This book is about the life and sufferings of Jesus Christ.
Answer: c. Pasion
a. Nuestra Seňora Del Rosario
b. Libro de los Cuatro Postprimeras de Hombre
c. Pasion
d. Ang Barlaan at Josephat

16. It refers to dramatic performance to commemorate the passion and death of Jesus Christ.
Answer: c. The Cenaculo
a. Tibag
b. Lagaylay
c. The Cenaculo
d. Panunuluyan

17. It is an Easter play that dramatizes the meeting of the Risen Christ and his Mother.
Answer: a. Salubong
a. Salubong
b. Lagaylay
c. The Cenaculo
d. Panunuluyan

18. It is considered as the “father of the drama”.

Answer: b. Zarzuela
a. Salubong
b. Zarzuela
c. The Cenaculo
d. Panunuluyan

19. The following are the Literary Compositions EXCEPT.

Answer: c. Understanding Culture
a. Artes y reglas de la lengua tagala
b. Comprendio de la lengua tagala
c. Understanding Culture
d. Bisayan vocabulary

20. This is a poetic vehicle of a socio-religious nature celebrated during the death of a person.
Answer: a. Karagatan
a. Karagatan
b. Duplo
c. Balagtasan
d. Dung-aw