SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

SY 2022- 2023
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION

NAME: 21st CENTURY LITERATURE FROM

THE PHILIPPINES AND THE
GR & SECTION: WORLD
GRADE 11
TEACHER: Ms. Andrea M. Ibañez DATE:

General Instructions: Strictly follow the instructions. Read each item carefully before answering. Write
legibly and avoid erasures. Wrong spelling is wrong. Use only black or blue ball pen.

I. Multiple Choice
Direction: Read the sentences carefully. Write your answer in the blank before the number. Use CAPITAL
LETTERS only. Avoid erasures.

1. _____ In this period, the first Filipino alphabet, called ALIBATA, was replaced by the Roman
alphabet.
a. Spanish Period
b. Period of Activism
c. Pre-Spanish Period
d. The 3rd Republic Period
2.____ English as the medium of instruction was introduced in the schools as an intellectual
language of education in this period.
a. New Society Period
b. American Period
c. 21st Century Period
d. Period of 3rd Republic
3. _____ This is the period wherein the youth became vocal with their sentiments and demanded
change in the government.
a. Spanish Period
b. Period of Activism
c. Pre-Spanish Period
d. Period of 3rd Republic
4. _____ During this period, Jose Rizal’s works such as Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo were
written to awake the mind of our countrymen.
a. Spanish Period
b. American Period
c. Pre-Spanish Period
d. Period of Enlightenment
5. _____ The Philippines had literature such as legends, folktales, folksongs, and the like.
a. Spanish Period
b. American Period
c. Pre-Spanish Period
d. Period of Enlightenment
6. _____ In this period, religious books were written like Doctrina Cristiana.
a. Spanish Period
b. American Period
 c. 21st Century Period
d. Period of Enlightenment
7. _____ Filipino literature was given a break during this period for the Filipino literature was
prohibited from using. Many wrote plays, poems, short stories, etc. Topics and themes were often
about life in the provinces.
a. Japanese Period
b. American Period
c. Pre-Spanish Period
d. American Period
8. _____ This period is notable in the reawakening of the Filipino spirit, Filipino intellectuals educated
in Europe called Ilustrados began to write about the hitch of colonization.
a. Edsa I Period
b. Period of Enlightenment
c. Period of Activism
d. The 3rd Republic Period
9. _____ In this period Filipinos were hooked on reading magazines and comics.
a. Edsa I Period
b. Period of Activism
c. Period of New Society
d. The 3rd Republic Period
10. _____ This period presented new trends in writing using modern technology.
a. Edsa I Period
b. 21st Century Period
c. Pre-Spanish Period
d. The 3rd Republic Period

II. Matching Type

Direction: Identify the author and literature being described in Column A and choose your answer in
Column B. Write your answer CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY in the space provided.

Column A Column B

_____1. Often referred to as the "poet warrior" of the Philippines. A. Florentino Hornedo
_____2. A Spanish Filipino multilingual author, historian, educator B. Fernando Maramag
and linguistic scholar whose lifelong work has been devoted to the C. Francisco Baltazar
movement to preserve Spanish culture as an important element of D. Joey Ayala
the Filipino identity. E. Michael Obenieta
_____3. He wrote the epic Florante at Laura during his F. Emmanuel Lacaba
imprisonment. G. Iluminado Vicente
_____4. A Filipino singer, songwriter and former chairman of the H. Emigdio Enriquez
music committee of the National Commission for Culture and the I. Guillermo Rivera
Arts. J. Malou Jacob
_____5. A Filipino writer, primarily wrote poetry and drama in the K. The White Horse of Alih
Waray language. He is considered to be one of the finest writers in L. The Old House
the Waray language. M. Handiong
_____6. A poetry which was all about a man who has been in N. Salvaged Poems
love with a fair maid, the first time they met. O. Decimal Places Poems
_____7. Was one of only two folk epics documented during P. Sa Taguangkan Sang Duta
the Philippines' Spanish Colonial period, along with the Ilocano Kag Iban pa nga Sugilanon
epic Biag ni Lam-ang. Q. Kay Ang Kahilom Usa Usab
_____8. A poetry that explains the love of a mother to his son. Ka Siloy
_____9. A collection of poems which Ricardo De Ungria R. The Rural Maid
chronicled his travels on foreign land.
_____10. A story that examines a discrimination based on race
and religion.

III. Identification
Direction: Identify what is being described in each statement. Write your answer in the space provided.
_____________________1. These are narratives that were based on the creative imagination of the
author.
_____________________2. It is a literary genre that tells about stories that actually happen in real life.
The sub-genres are biography, memoir, autobiography, journals, diaries, periodicals, and references.
_____________________3. It is more complicated than other genres of literature because aside from the
script, other elements must suit and work together to the theme of the show and make the audience feel
the plight of the protagonist, antagonist and other characters in the story effectively.
_____________________4. It is one of the earliest genres of literature. It was either recited or sang back
to prehistoric times to call for help from a deity, narrate a hero’s life and victories, tell about the love story
of their rulers, or describe someone who inspires them. It uses rhyme, meter, and imagery to convey its
ideas.
_____________________5. It is poetry uploaded in the internet. Its medium is the computer screen.
_____________________6. It is a short poetry in a form of tanaga, that is sent through SMS on mobile
phone. It consists of 4 lines with 7 syllables using / to end a line and // to end the stanza.
_____________________7. It is telling a story in a few words, usually about 100-1000 words or less.
_____________________8. It is the repetition of consonants to achieve rhyme in poetry.
_____________________9. It is the most interesting and important part of a story.
_____________________10. It refers to a literary device that uses a part to represent the whole or vice-
versa.

IV. Plot Diagram

Direction: Label each part of the Plot Diagram. (2 pts. each)

3.

4.

2.

1. 5.

V. Literary Timeline
Direction: Complete the literary TIMELINE. Choose your answers from the given choices written below.

1565 1566- 1872- 1898- 1941- 1970- 1972- 1981- 1986- 2000-
1871 1898 1941 1945 1972 1980 1985 1995 Present
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

A. Japanese Period F. 21st Century

B. Rebirth of Freedom G. Spanish
C. Post EDSA H. Period of Enlightenment
D. American Period I. Period of Activism & New Society
E. Pre-Spanish Period J. Period of Literature in English