Philippine literature is literature from prehistory, through its colonial legacies, and through the present,

connected with the Philippines.

=True

Philippine literature's diversity and richness grew with the country's culture.

=False

Original Pilipino music, now more commonly called original Pinoy music or OPM, originally only referred
to Philippine pop songs, particularly ballads, such as those popular after the collapse of their
predecessor, the late 1970s Manila sound.

=True

The typical unfamiliarity of Filipino with his indigenous literature was primarily due to what was
impressed upon him: that his country had been "discovered" and, thus, Philippine "history" only began
in 1521.

=True

Popular artists in the 1970s included Nora Aunor, Tirso Cruz III, Eddie Peregrina, Ramon Jacinto, Victor
Wood, and Asin.

=True

The nationalistic pride rousings of the 1960s and 1970s have helped bring about this change of mindset
among a new generation of Filipinos concerned about the "Filipino heritage."

=True

Proverbs or aphorisms express norms or codes of conduct, community beliefs or values by offering
nuggets of wisdom in a short, rhyming verse.

=True

OFM is currently used by Filipino musicians and singers as a catch-all term for popular music written and
performed by it.

=False

The extended form, the tanaga, the mono-riming heptasyllabic quatrain, which expresses insights and
lessons about life, is "more emotionally charged than the treacherous proverb, and thus has an affinity
with folk lyrics."

=True
The most important of the folk speeches is the riddle of tigmo in Cebuano, bugtong in Tagalog, paktakon
in Ilongo, and patotototdon in Bicol.

=True

Renowned artists in the 1990s included Eraserheads, April Boy Regino, Rivermaya, Jaya, Agot Isidro, Vina
Morales, Donna Cruz, Jolina Magdangal, Jessa Zaragoza, Ariel Rivera, South Border, Carol Banawa, Yano,
Introvoys, AfterImage, Side A, Andrew E., Lani Misalucha, April Boys, Color It Red, Roselle Nava, and
Blakdyak, among many others.

=True

The advent of Pilita Corrales, Sylvia La Torre, Diomedes Maturan, Ric Manrique Jr., Ruben Tagalog, Helen
Gamboa, Vilma Santos, Edgar Mortiz, Carmen Camacho and many others occurred during the 1950s,
1960s and before the 1990s.

=False

Folk song, is a form of folk lyric that expresses hopelessness and failures, people's struggles as well as
their death.

=False

Metro Manila Popular Music Festival, the country's first songwriting competition, was first founded in
1977 and launched by the Philippine Popular Music Foundation.

=True

Between the 1990s and 2000, OPM was led by such artists as Regine Velasquez, Pops Fernandez, APO
Hiking Society, Kuh Ledesma, Jose Mari Chan, Dingdong Avanzado, Janno Gibbs, Ogie Alcasid, Martin
Nievera, Manilyn Reynes, Lea Salonga, Francis Magalona, Sharon Cuneta, Sheryl Cruz, Zsa Zsa Padilla,
and Gary Valenciano, among many others.

=False

Sarah Geronimo, Julie Anne San Jose, Angeline Quinto, Jonalyn Viray, Rachelle Ann Go, Christian
Bautista, Kitchie Nadal, Barbie's Cradle, Moonstar88, Aiza Seguerra, Toni Gonzaga, Richard Poon, Nina,
Yeng Constantino, KZ Tandingan, Nyoy Volante, Hale, Spongecola, Jake Zyrus, Jed Madela, Erik Santos,
Parokya Ni Edgar, Kamikazee, Abra, and Gloc-9 are among the leading OPM artists in the 2000s and
2010s.

=True

Music of the Philippines involves musical performance arts developed in various genres and styles in the
Philippines or by Filipinos.

=True
Pre-Hispanic literature in the Philippines was in fact epics passed down from generation to generation,
initially through written tradition.

=False

From its roots, OPM was based in Manila, where the dominant languages are Tagalog and English.

=True

The pre-colonial inhabitants of our islands show a rich past through their folk speeches, folk songs, folk
narratives, and indigenous rituals and mimetic dances that confirm our ties with our Western neighbors.

=False