FEU CAVITE 21ST Century Literature of the

MetroGate Silang Estates, Silang, Cavite

Philippines and the World
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
S.Y. 2019-2020 1st SEMESTER MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Name: Date: Score: Percentage

Section: Class No.:
Teacher:
I. Matching Type (10 pts.)
Direction: Match the definition in Column A with its corresponding term in Column B. Write the letter of your answer on your answer
sheet.

A B
1. It is a literary criticism that believe that a form of a work A. Epiphany
of literature is inherently part of its content. B. Figurative Language
2. The author of Urbana at Feliza C. Formalism
3. A literary technique where in characters experience a D. Jose Garcia Villa
profound and sudden discovery of him/herself. E. Literary Criticism
4. These refer to the language used in a non-literal way to F. Padre Modesto de Castro
convey images and ideas. G. Paz Marques Benitez
5. The author of Dead Stars H. Persona
6. This refers to the technique of an author where he/she I. Plot
wants to express his/her ideas, beliefs, voices and J. Post Colonialism
emotions freely. K. Tone
7. The author of Footnote to Youth
8. This refers to the speaker’s attitude toward the literary
work.
9. This refers to the comparison, analysis, interpretation,
and evaluation of works of literature.
10. This refers to the analysis of a literary work where one
focuses on the relationship between the colonizers and
the person that was colonized.

II. Multiple Choices (30 pts.)

Directions: Encircle the letter of the best answer in each given item.
11. This refers to the connecting element in fiction that tells a sequence of interrelated, conflicting actions and events.
A. Characters C. Conflict
B. Setting D. Plot
12. What point of view in use when the narrator is a character in the story and tells the story from his/her perspective?
A. First Person Point of View C. Second Person Omniscient Point of View
B. Second Person Limited Point of View D. Third Person Point of View
13. Writers in this period continue to show dynamism and innovation. They also used symbolisms and allegories to convey their message in
spite of heavy censorship.
A. American Colonial Period C. Post-Colonial Period
B. Contemporary Period D. Spanish Colonial Period
14. Literature during this period has two distinct classifications: religious and secular.
A. American Colonial Period C. Post- Colonial Period
B. Contemporary Period D. Spanish Colonial Period
15. This is also known as Period of Apprenticeship.
A. American Colonial Period C. Post- Colonial Period
B. Contemporary Period D. Spanish Colonial Period
16. What is the connecting element in fiction that tells a sequence of interrelated conflicting actions and events?
A. Character C. Setting
B. Plot D. Theme
17. What element of fiction refers to the high point of the tension that becomes its turning point?
A. Climax C. Denouement
B. Conflict D. Exposition
18. In what period was Urbana and Feliza written?
A. Pre-colonial Period C. American Colonial Period
B. Spanish Colonial Period D. Japanese Colonial Period
19. What do we call the indigenous type of Filipino poem, consists of four lines which each line has seven syllables?
A. Choro C. Proverbs
B. Folktales D. Tanaga
20. This pertains to a long poetic composition, usually centered to a hero, in which a series of great events is narrated.
A. Epic C. Myth
B. Legend D. Proverbs
21. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Nationalistic/Propaganda Period?
A. They started to address the masses.
B. This planted nationalism in Filipinos.
C. Language shifted from Spanish to Tagalog.
D. Spanish became the medium of communication.
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Read and analyze the poem below. Answer the questions that follow.

Third World Geography

Cirilo F. Bautista

[1] A country without miracles

[2] Sits heavy on the map,
[3] Thinking of Banana tress rotting
[4] In the sunlight.
[5] The man who watches over it
[6] Has commandeered all hopes,
[7] Placed them in a sack,
[8]And tied its loose end.
[9] He goes around carrying it
[10] On his back.
[11] When asked what is inside,
[12] He says, “Just a handful of feathers,
[13] Just a handful of feathers.”
[14] That’s how light the burden of government is in peace time—
[15] Any tyrant can turn it into a metaphor.
[16] You kneel on the parched earth
[17] And prayed for rice. Only the wind
[18] Hears your useless words.
[19] The country without miracles
[20]Tries to get up from the page,
[21] But the bold ink and sharp colors hold it down.

22. What mood is evident in this line from the poem?

“You kneel on parched earth and pray for rice.”

A. angry c. hungry
B. depressed d. thirsty
23. What do you think is the best interpretation of the fifth to the tenth lines?
A. Hope has been killed.
B. Hope has been stolen.
C. Hope has been silenced.
D. Hope has been conquered.
24. What figure of speech is used in the first four lines of the poem?
A. Hyperbole C. Simile
B. Metaphor D. Personification
25. Who do you is the persona speaking in the poem?
A. The author C. an unbiased observer
B. A character in the poem D. a man who watches over the country.
26. What do you think is the metaphor of “feather” in the poem?
A. The poverty in the country.
B. The feathers of the dead birds.
C. The burden of the government.
D. The dashed hopes of the people.
27. Which of the following lines in the poem is an allegory of the government’s lack of willingness to hear the cries of the people?
A. Thinking of Banana tress rotting in the sunlight.
B. The country without a miracles tries to get from the page.
C. You kneel on the parched earth and prayed for rice, only the wind hears your useless words.
D. He goes around carrying on his back. When asked what’s inside, he said, “Just a handful of feathers.”

Read and analyze the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

State of the Nation

Victorio N. Sugbo (Region 8- Eastern Visayas)
[1] Noy Tatong cooks for a Panamanian crew
[2] Of a Dutch cargo ship
[3] His letter tells of vast oceans and waves
[4] Huge as town cathedrals:
[5] The icy coldness he dreads each time
[6] The ship tosses wildly in the Arctic dark;
[7] Nang Loleng babysits for an Arab couple in Dharam;
[8] She cries when she is left alone
[9] Locked in the master’s house like some convict;
[10] She writes young girls like her jump
[11] Out of windows there;
[12] Nanay collects their dollars always with along deep sigh;
[13] Noy Tatong, Nang Loleng, I keep your pictures
[14] Between the folds of my notebook;
[15] O how we must live apart
[16] To stay together.
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28. In terms of language, the poem is ___________.

A. nonfiction prose C. prose
B. poetic prose D. verse
29. What figure of speech is used in lines 3 and 4?
A. hyperbole c. metonymy
B. metaphor D. personification
30. What do you think is the mood of the persona in lines 13-14?
A. Bliss C. Pessimism
B. Horror D. sadness
31. Line 12 suggests that Nanay is ___________.
A. calm at the sight of money. C. angry at foreigners
B. helplessly resigned D. dissatisfied of the money she collected.
32. The title of the poem is:
A. Hyperbolic C. symbolic
B. Ironic D. understated
33. Who or what do you think is the persona in the poem?
A. A child C. the reader
B. The poet D. nothing/no one in particular
34. What is the tone of the persona in the last two lines of the poem?
A. Deep-seated fury C. delight or satisfaction
B. Defiance to authority D. longing and melancholy
35. What is the kind of language used in the poem?
A. Archaic C. cryptic or enigmatic
B. Colloquial D. straightforward but literary
36. What do you think is the main value of the poem as an art?
A. It conveys a moral.
B. It gives aesthetic pleasure.
C. It expresses the author’s concept of love.
D. All of the above.
37. In which period do realism and romanticism influenced Philippine’s literature?
A. Pre-colonial period C. American Colonial Period
B. Spanish Colonial Period D. Japanese Colonial Period
38. What figure of speech is used the statement “The rise in poverty will unlock Pandora’s box of crimes?”
A. Alliteration C. epiphany
B. Allusion D. personification
39. Celia analyzed a poem based on its structure, images, and symbols, but she excluded digging into the piece’s background and context.
What literary criticism did she use in analyzing the poem?
A. Formalism C. Post colonialism
B. New Criticism D. reader-response criticism
40. Identify the point of view used in the excerpt from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone:
Something very painful was going on in Harry's mind. As Hagrid's story came to a close, he saw again the blinding flash of green light,
more clearly than he had ever remembered it before — and he remembered something else, for the first time in his life: a high, cold, cruel
laugh.
Hagrid was watching him sadly.
A. First Person Point of View C. Third Person Limited Point of View
B. Second Person Point of View D. Third Person Omniscient Point of View

III. Literary Analysis (40 pts)

Directions: Read and analyze the given literary works and briefly answer the questions that follow. Analyzing and
interpreting of the poem should be guided by the rubric below.
Many Voices
Jose Garcia Villa
1 First, a poem must be magical
2 Then musical as a seagull.
3 It must be a brightness moving
4 And hold secret a bird’s flowering
5 It must be slender as a bell
6 And it must hold fire as well.
7 It must have the wisdom of bows
8 And it must kneel like a rose.
9 It must be able to hear
10 The luminance of dove and deer.
11 It must be able to hide
12 What it seeks, like a bride.
13 And over all I would like to hover

14 God, smiling from the poem’s cover.

41. Who do you think is the persona in the poem? Cite line/s in the poem that will validate your answer. (3 pts.)
42. What figure of speech is used in line number 2? Explain your answer. (3 pts)
43. What do mood is evident in the poem? Prove your answer. (3 pts.)
44. What do you think is the purpose of the author in writing the poem? Cite evidences that will defend your answer. (3 pts.)
45. Describe the structure of the poem. How does it affect the meaning/ content of the poem? (3 pts.)
46. Briefly interpret the poem. (5 pts.)
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KungTuyo na ang Luha mo, AKing Bayan

Amado V. Hernandez

Lumuha ka, aking Bayan; buong lungkot mong iluha
Ang kawawang kapalaran ng lupain mong kawawa:
Ang bandilang sagisag mo’y lukob ng dayong bandila,
Pati wikang minana mo’y busabos ng ibang wika,
Ganito ring araw nang agawan ka ng laya,
Labintatlo ng Agosto nang saklutin ang Maynila,
Lumuha ka, habang sila ay palalong nagdiriwang,
Sa libingan ng maliit, ang malaki’y may libingan;
Katulad mo ay si Huli, naaliping bayad-utang,
Katulad mo ay si Sisa, binaliw ng kahirapan;
Walang lakas na magtanggol, walang tapang na
lumaban,
Tumataghoy, kung paslangin; tumatangis, kung
nakawan!
Iluha mo ang sambuntong kasawiang nagtalakop
Na sa iyo’y pampahirap, sa banyaga’y pampalusog:
Ang lahat mong kayamana’y kamal-kamal na naubos,
Ang lahat mong kalayaa’y sabay-sabay na natapos;
Masdan mo ang iyong lupa, dayong hukbo’y nakatanod,
Masdan mo ang iyong dagat, dayong bapor, nasa laot!
Lumuha ka kung sa puso ay nagmaliw na ang layon,
Kung ang araw sa langit mo ay lagi nang dapithapon,
Kung ang alon sa dagat mo ay ayaw nang
magdaluyong,
Kung ang bulkan sa dibdib mo ay hindi man
umuungol,
Kung wala nang maglalamay sa gabi ng
pagbabangon,
Lumuha ka nang lumuha’t ang laya mo’y nakaburol.
May araw ding ang luha mo’y masasaid, matutuyo,
May araw ding di na luha sa mata mong namumugto
Ang dadaloy, kundi apoy, at apoy na kulay dugo,
Samantalang ang dugo mo ay aserong kumukulo;
Sisigaw kang buong giting sa liyab ng libong sulo
At ang lumang tanikala’y lalagutin mo ng punglo!

47. Who do you think is the persona in the poem? Cite line/s in the poem that will validate your answer. (3 pts.)
48. Who do you think is the persona talking to? Cite line/s to prove your answer. (3 pts.)
49. What mood is evident in the poem? Prove your answer. (3 pts.)
50. Who do you think is Huli in the second stanza? Explain your answer. (3 pts.)
51. What do you think is the purpose of the author in writing the poem? Cite evidences that will defend your answer. (3 pts.)
52. Analyze the poem using one literary criticism (5 pts.)

RUBRIC FOR SHORT RESPONSE QUESTIONS

CRITERIA 4 3 2 1 SCORE MULTIPLIER RATING

The explanation The explanation The explanation is No explanation is 0.50

demonstrates demonstrates not accurate to the provided.
clear and deep understanding topic.
understanding of of the topic.
EXPLANATION the topic.

MECHANICS Answers are well- Answers are Answers are not Answers do not 0.25
stated, and well-stated, but clearly stated. make logical
supported with rarely supported There are 3 to five sense. There are
evidence from the with evidence errors in grammar more than five
reading. No errors from the poem. and mechanics. errors in grammar
in grammar, There are one and mechanics.
sentence to three errors
structure, and/or grammar,
spelling. sentence
structure, and/or
spelling

RUBRIC FOR POEM ANALYSIS/INTERPRETATION

CRITERIA 4 3 2 1 SCORE MULTIPLIER RATING

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Student forms a Student forms a Student identifies Student finds it 0.75

creative somewhat the literal meaning difficult to interpret
hypothesis about reasonable of the work and/or the meaning or
the symbolic or hypothesis can relate how the mood of the work.
INTERPRETATION metaphorical about the work makes him/her
meaning of the symbolic or feel personally.
poem and is able metaphorical
to support this meaning and is
with evidence able to support
from the text. this with
evidence from
the work.

MECHANICS Answers are well- Answers are Answers are not Answers do not 0.50
stated, and well-stated, but clearly stated. make logical
supported with rarely supported There are 3 to five sense. There are
evidence from the with evidence errors in grammar more than five
reading. No errors from the poem. and mechanics. errors in grammar
in grammar, There are one and mechanics.
sentence to three errors
structure, and/or grammar,
spelling. sentence
structure, and/or
spelling
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FEU CAVITE 21ST Century Literature of the

MetroGate Silang Estates, Silang, Cavite
Philippines and the World
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
S.Y. 2018-2019 1st SEMESTER MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Name: Date: Score: Percentage

Section: Class No.:
Teacher:

ANSWER SHEET
I. Matching Type (10 pts)
1. 3. 5. 7. 9.
2. 4. 6.. 8. 10.
II. Multiple Choices (20 pts.)
11. [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] 19. [A] [B] [C] [D] 27. [A] [B] [C] [D] 36. [A] [B] [C] [D]
12. [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] 20. [A] [B] [C] [D] 28. [A] [B] [C] [D] 37. [A] [B] [C] [D]
13. [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] 21. [A] [B] [C] [D] 29. [A] [B] [C] [D] 38. [A] [B] [C] [D]
14. [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] 22. [A] [B] [C] [D] 30. [A] [B] [C] [D] 39. [A] [B] [C] [D]
15. [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] 23. [A] [B] [C] [D] 31. [A] [B] [C] [D] 40. [A] [B] [C] [D]
16. [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] 24. [A] [B] [C] [D] 32. [A] [B] [C] [D]
17. [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] 25. [A] [B] [C] [D] 33. [A] [B] [C] [D]
18. [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] 26. [A] [B] [C] [D] 34. [A] [B] [C] [D]
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“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do!” – Benjamin Spock
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