HUMANITIES MOCK TEST

1. Francisco Feliciano, the National Artist for Music, found inspiration for his creative work in our rich Asian
culture. Which of the following statements best sums up his contribution to contemporary Filipino music?
A. He arranged folksongs.
B. He popularized the kundiman.
C. He advocated the use of local instruments.
D. He used the unique sounds of indigenous music.

2. After witnessing how Flavio overcomes Lizardo and his evil army in Ang Panday in his Humanities class,
Adrian's personality gradually changed. Which of the following can best describe his transformation?
A. He became proud. C. He gained more friends.
B. He learned to be brave. D. He wanted to be a blacksmith.

3. Architect Francisco Manosa's works were inspired by the traditional Filipino Bahay Kubo and the use of
indigenous materials. Which of the following is indicative of his style?
A. Coconut Palace C. Cultural Center of the Philippines
B. Folk Arts Theater D. Philippine International Convention Center

4. A testimonio in literature refers to a first person's narration socially significant experience. Which of the
following phrases could NOT be associated with testimonio?
A. Collective memory C. People living in poverty.
B. Critique on/ of abuse D. Narrative of oppressed people

5. Which of the following statements makes the testimonio a highly authoritative literary genre?

A. The plot is generally written in the first person point of view.

B. Themes center on the persecution of the poor and marginalized.
C. Some stories deal with the underprivileged people in the country.
D. The writers witnessed or experienced the oppression themselves.

6. Which of the following could be a good source of material for a testimonio?

A. Growing up as a member of the Lumad

B. Teaching a multi-grade class in the bario
C. Living in Malacañang as the First Daughter
D. Travelling on the road as a Boy Band 'fan girl'

7. Angono, Rizal is famous for its "Higantes Festival"'. Which art-making technique is used in introducing the
Higantes" for the event?
A. Wood carving
B. Papier Maché
C. Wax modeling
D. Surface decorations

8. Anthony wants to join a headdress-making contest using local and indigenous materials. Which of the
following consultation strategies can BEST help him create ng entry?

A. Seeking advice from former contestants

B. Discussing with the people in the locality
C. Brainstorming with teacher and classmates
D. Reviewing a local artist or a cultural expert

9. Nida wants to join a national costume-making contest using local and indigenous materials. However, she is
not confident with her initial plan/design. Which among these alternative strategies can BEST help her create a
winning entry?
A. storming with classmates
B. Seeking advice from former contestants
C. Using internet as source of new unique ideas
D. Conducting a survey among indigenous people

10. What common theme does Bencab's "Sabel" symbolize?

A. Feminism C. Social Realism
B. Oppression D. Political upheaval
11. Near blindness did not hinder Uwang Ahadas to continue teaching the young generation to play traditional
instruments like the kwintangan, kayu, and tuntungan. His efforts proved that near disability is not a hindrance
to promote traditional music. What value is imparted by Uwang Ahadas?
A. Commitment C. Nationalism
B. Discipline D. Perseverance

12. Fduardo Mutue is a metal smith, known for his intricately religious artworks advised his students to respect
one's tools and medium. What does his advice imply?
A. Craftsmanship should be developed at a young age.
B. Mastering a craft is not only about talent but also passion.
C. It takes time and hard work to become a great metal smith.
D. Commitment is an essential value in the mastery of a craft.

13. An integrative art form is a multidisciplinary blending of different art forms, performance or design. Which
of the following best exemplifies an integrative art form?
A. Dance B. Painting C. Puppetry D. Sculpture

14. Unlike mainstream music, this music genre is produced despite the absence of major record labels and
themes that are usually about love for one's country political issues, or struggles. What type of music is this?
A. Metal Rock
B. Novelty Songs
C. Alternative Rock
D. Original Pilipino Music

15. Which is the best way to arrange art forms from the least integrative to the most integrative?
A. painting, theater, film C. puppetry, video games, poetry
B. animation, song, dance D. multimedia art, architecture, sculpture

16. Speculative fiction like dystopia, fantasy and horror stories is a narrative genre that focuses on characters
and setting created out of the imagination and speculation rather than based on everyday reality. Which
Philippine literary tradition has been the inspiration for modern-day speculative fiction?
A. Awit at corrido C. Epics and romances
B. Myths and legends D. Riddles and trickster tales

17. Speculative Fiction or Spec Fic is a genre of narrative fiction that includes characters and setting created
out of the imagination and speculation rather than based on everyday reality Which of the following images
would most likely be present in a Filipino speculative fiction or spec Fic?
I. powerful anting-anting III. old, abandoned warehouse.
II. devastating nuclear explosion IV. Mysterious nuno sa punso
A. I, II and IV C. II, III, and IV
B. I, III, and V D. I and IV only

18. Which of the following titles does NOT indicate an example of speculative fiction?
A. Divergent C. A Bottle of Storm Clouds
B. Alternative Alamat D. Ang Autobiografia ni Lady Gaga

19. Salinta Monon is an abaca weaver from the Bagobo-Tagabawa tribe. Her favorite design is the binuwaya
or crocodile which is among the most difficult to weave. What distinguishes her design from the other weavers
of the same material?
A. The design shows traditional patterns.
B. There are intricate geometric patterns.
C. Many designs are derived from dreams.
D. Her inspirations come from ancestral deities.

20. Alonzo Saclag, a Filipino musician and dancer from Kalinga, is instrumental to the preservation of the
Kalinga culture. Which would you consider to be his most significant contribution?

A. He performed in local and international cultural festivals.

B. He documented Kalinga's dance patterns and movements associated with rituals.
C. He has founded the Kalinga Budong Dance Troupe to promote the performing arts.
D. He paved the way for tourists to experience the Kalinga culture in a village called Awichon.
21. The Gawad ng Manlilikhang Bayan (GaMaBa) is awarded to folk and indigenous artists who remain true to
their traditions. To qualify, the nominee should have documentation of his/her engagement in the craft for a
significant period of time. What should be done by the community to satisfy this requirement?
I. Upload photos of the folk artist's work.
II. Mount exhibits of the folk artist's works.
III. Give the folk artist an award of recognition.
IV. Create a social media account for the folk artist.

A. I and IV C. II and IV
B. Il and lII D. I, II, III and IV

22. A battle rap includes bragging, insults, and boasting performance Which of the following traditional poetic
forms CANNOT be associated with battle rap?
A. Balagtasan C. Bugtungan
B. Balitao D. Bukanegan

For items 23 and 24, refer to the flash fiction below.

Easy Mark
Susan Gale Wickes, 2017

"Take one more step and I draw."

Six years old, he carried a toy gun and barked commands at everyone within
earshot. Most days, I ignored him. I really couldn't blame him. At his age, l’d done the same thing.
I really should have listened. That bullet nearly hit me.

23. Aside from length, how do flash fictions differ from traditional short stories?
A. Plot elements like exposition, rising action and climax are absent.
B. Little elaboration on characters and their inner conflict is presented.
C. Very simple character descriptions, dialogues and plot are provided.
D. Only the essential details on plot and character development are given.

24. What seems to be the broader conflict in Susan Wickes' Easy Mark?
A. Supervising kids while they play C. Serious influence of the social media
B. Growing violence among the young D. Gun ownership in industrialized society

For items 25 and 26, refer to the Contemporary Art.

25. One major subject that recurs in the works of Benedicto Reyes
Cabrera, a master of contemporary art more popularly known as
BenCab is "Sabel"'. Inspired by a real-life scavenger, BenCab has
photographed, sketched, and sculpted Sabel to represent intense
emotional moods. As shown in the painting of Sabel, which of the
following elements do you think will help highlight the subject's
loneliness and isolation?

I. Color
II. Line
III. Shape
IV. Text

A. I only C. I and II
B. lI only D. llI and IV

26. Which is the best medium to preserve the painting of "Sabel"?

A. Acrylic C. Oil pastel
B. Crayons D. Watercolor

27. There are certain stages to play the piano correctly. What is the correct sequence of steps in learning how
to play it?
I. Play an easy sample piece.
II. Exercise using simple scale.
III. Know the proper finger placement.
A. I, II, and lll B. II,III, and I c. III, II, and I D. III, I and lI
28. Bea was assigned to present llocano art works. If you were Bea, which of these Ilocano art works would
you present in order to revive a dying industry?

A. Wood carving C. Body Tattooing

B. Burnay-making D. Tabungaw or "Gourd" hat

29. What is the correct sequence of the following information that trace the development of Pinoy hip hop or
Pinoy rap?

I. Hiphop music was originally performed by Black American musicians, then introduced in the
country by Filipino Americans.
II. The Philippines easily adopted the hip hop music due to its historical connection with US.
III. Pinoy rap songs were released in the Philippines, down to the countryside.
IV. Francis Magalona and Andrew E became two of the greatest rappers in the Philippines, who
influenced contemporary rappers like Gloc 9 and Abra.

A. I, II, III, IV C. II, III, I, IV

B. I, III, I, IV D. IV, II, I, III

30. This contemporary sculpture, located at the corner of Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) shows a tower
of people representing different walks of life. What does this contemporary art represent?

A. Inspiring Filipino heroes D. Many historical events in the

B. Triumph of people power Philippines
C. How Filipinos felt after the Martial Law

31. Here is a comment on a Creative Drama performance:

“It was skillfully done and it was great fun. The children were fully drawn into playing their
parts. The lead actor kept his presentation moving while listening and responding to the kids
and incorporating their reactions. Great!

Which statement is NOT a characteristic of Creative Drama?

A. It is rehearsed. C. It is non-exhibitional.
B. It is improvisational. D. It is process-centered.

32. Which technical documents are considered most important in staging a theater production?

A. Script, production budget

B. Sound plot, sound cue sheet
C. Lighting design cue sheet, system layout
D. Sound design specifications, directorial interpretation

33. Which of the following would best define "Performance Art"?

A. A form of media art that is performed in real-time and in front of a live audience.
B. A form of avant-garde art based upon a live performance in front of an audience
C. A form of performing art wherein a person executes a specific piece on stage in front of an audience.
D. A form of stage art that shows a number of people a live performance to different audiences which
may be in different locations.

For items 34-36, refer to poem below

Revolt From Hymen

(from Angela Manalang Gloria's Poems, 1940)

O to be free at last, to sleep at last To tum the face this way and that and feel
As infants sleep within the womb of rest No kisses festering on it like sores,
To stir and stirring find no blackness vast To be alone at last, broken the seal
With passion weighted down upon the breast, That marks the flesh no better than a whore's!

Source: http://www.meritagepress.com/bspeaks _april.htm

34. Which of the following best describes the persona in the poem?
A. A widow C. A separated wife
B. A grandmother D. A married woman

35. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the poem?
A. The poem did not win the Commonwealth Literary Prize for it dealt with the issue of marital rape.
B. Words like "hymen", whore, "breast', and womb' give the poem a melodious/ musical quality.
C. Written by a Filipino during the post-war era, the poem also can be interpreted in a political context.
D. The poem problematizes the female body as a sexual and sexualized object against patriarchal domination.

36. Which of the following statements best sums up the poem's feminist undertone?
A. The poem reveals the abuses the women had to bear and endure to survive.
B. The persona declares her independence from the domineering and oppressive male.
C. The poem is a critique of the Filipino woman's attempt to free herself from male domination.
D. The persona represents the plight of a typical Filipino wife suffering from physical abuse.

37. Your literature teacher encouraged your class to join a poetry-writing contest organized by the NCCA the
Textula. Contestants are asked to write a short Tagalog poem that consists of four lines with seven syllables
each. Which of the following traditional Filipino poetic forms similar to the textula would help you prepare for
the contest?
A. Ambahan B. Dalit C. Duplohan D. Tanaga

For item 38, read an excerpt from "The Tale of the Spiderwoman" written by the award- winning Visayan
writer Merlie Alunan.

1
How endless the mazes I inhabit,
2
layer on layer of silence shield me.
3
Odd monsters breed here, I warrant.
4
I myself daily grow smaller and smaller until
5
almost invisible. Fuzz on my skin, my eyes
6
multiply a hundredfold in this darkness
7
and split the light in thousand prisms-
8
and now I can see what's before and after.
9
I become light as air, my sweetness distils
10
to fatal potency. I practice a patience
11
vaster than ten worlds. I wait.

38. What figures of speech were used in the lines 9-11?

A. Simile and hyperbole C. Personification and simile
B. Metaphor and allusion D. Synecdoche and personification

9. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the textula?

A. The poetic form is loved by the millennials.
B. The poem textula is a contemporary form of literary art.
C. The poetic form is characterized by brevity and shortness.
D. Its form and structure are based on a traditional Filipino poem.

For items 40-42, read the following poem:

“Ah Mah” 4
Fins. At sixty, his sons all
Shirley Geok-lin Lim maried, grandfather bought her,
Soochow flower song girl.
7
in gold doth. He bought the young
face, small knobby breasts
he swore he'd not dress in sarong

1
Grandmother was smaller
than me at eight. Had she 5
Every bone in her feet 8
of maternity. Each night
been child forever? had been broken, bound tighter he held her feet in his palms,
than any neighbor's Sweet like lotus in the fight
2
Helpless, hopeless, chin sharp hollows of celestial lakes.
as a knuckle, fan face 6
daughters. Ten toes and instep In his calloused flesh, her
hardily half-opened, not a scrap curled inwards, yellow petals weightless soles, cool and slack,
of chrysanthemum, wrapped clenched in his stranger's fever.
3
of fat anywhere, she tottered
in black silk, leaning on
handmaids, on two tortured
40. What is the significance of establishing the difference in height between the persona and her Ah Mah?
A. It provides the dramatic situation in the poem.
B. It gives clear descriptions of the persona and subject
C. It emphasizes the generation gap between the women.
D. It highlights the disparity between tradition and modernity.
41. What specific traditional Chinese custom is followed by the Grandmother?
A. Polygamy C. Dowry Offering
B. Foot Binding D. Ancestor worship
42. What do lines in the last stanza suggest about women in traditional Chinese society?
A. Women are seen as sex objects.
B. Women are treated as equals of men.
C. Women are submissive to the service of men.
D. Women are favored for their beauty and grace.
43. As a class project, your group has been assigned to create installation art using local materials, Which of
the following will best help your group find additional authentic sources of information to develop your
project?
A. Local artists C. Local museum
B. Local library D. Internet/web source
44. Mr. Rioflorido is a visual artist in your locality. He is known for creating installation art. Your teacher asked
you to interview Mr. Rioflorido to better understand the medium (local materials) local artists use for their
artwork. Why do you think Mr. Rioflorido is the best source of information for your project?
A. He must know a lot of information.
B. He is a technical expert in the field.
C. He is an authentic source of information.
D. He is the most accessible source of information.
45. Your teacher invited Mr. Vergara, a local contemporary artist, to talk about the use of local materials in
contemporary art. He showed four different local materials as illustrated below. Which of these materials can
best be used in creating a musical chime?

A. Rattan B. Bamboo C. Buri D. Yantok

A. Yantok because of its durability
B. Bamboo because of its versatility
C. Buri because it can be easily hung
D. Rattan because it is available in the area
46. Ramon Orlina, known as the Father of Philippine Glass Sculpture, is popular for carving on glass. How does
his work differ from other sculptures?
I. He uses cartoon characters and farm animals as his subjects.
II. Images are distorted to render a different but meaningful image.
III. The sculpture stands on a base, with a wide body.
A. I only C. Ill only
B. ll only D. I, II, III
47. The 2015 Filipino biopic film Heneral Luna was directed by Jerrold Tarog. Which of the statements about
this film are true?
I. The director created realistic sequences of scenes.
lI. It received the highest award in Philippine movies.
III. Its unconventional approach on the main character was more faithful Compared with the past history
movies.
A. I only
B. I and lI
C. Ill only
D. lI and III

48. Decorative ceramics are creative, which may be representational or non-objective. One of the known art
works is a ceramic plate made by Jose Joya. What subject does he usually use?
A. Flora and fauna
B. Mother and child
C. Landscapes and seascapes
D. Filipino cartoon characters dressed in their native clothing.