SECOND QUARTER EXAM in 21st Century Llterature From The Philippines and The World

School Year 2022-2023

Name: _______________________________________ Date:____________________

Grade &Section:_______________________________ Score:___________________

General Directions: Read the following questions thoroughly and choose the correct answer from
the given choices. Write legibly the LETTER of your correct answer on the blank provided before
each number.

______1. It is an approach wherein students are demanded to read more to improve knowledge.
A. Skimming C. Extensive reading
B. Scanning D. Reading approach

______2. It is an activity to read shorter texts to extract accurate detailed information.

A.Reading approach C. Extensive reading
B. Skimming D. Scanning

______3. It is quickly reading a text to get the summary of it.

A. Skimming C. Extensive reading
B. Reading approach D. Scanning

______4. It is sometimes called a Free Voluntary Reading.

A. Extensive reading C. Skimming
B. Scanning D. Reading approach

______5. Alyssa wants to answer questions quickly, so she looked for key words in the selection.
She used ______.
A. Scanning C.Reading approach
B. Extensive reading D. Skimming

_____6. Abigail listed down words that she didn’t know the meaning and searched for it in the
dictionary. She is using ______.
A. Scanning C.Reading approach
B. Extensive reading D. Skimming

______7. Daniel identified the main idea of the text she is reading. She used ______.
A. Scanning C. Skimming
B. Extensive reading D. Reading approach

______8. Sir Allan emphasized that this approach is important for students to read effectively. He
is talking about ______.
A. Extensive reading C. Reading approach
B. Scanning D. Skimming

______9. Daniela wanted to see the Sakura Festival. Which country is she going to visit?
A. Singapore C. Japan
B. Thailand D. Brunei

______10. The Philippines is on the Asian continent. If the Philippines is part of it, which specific
region on Asia does the Philippines belong?
 A. Southeast Asia C. Central Asia
B. West Asia D. South Asia

______11.The use of ropes for hunting, pulling, fastening, attaching, carrying, lifting, and climbing
dates to prehistoric times. In Asia, the very first ropes ever made were twisted from hemp fibers.
Hemp rope was used during the age of sailing ships. Hemp was considered ______.
A. Endangered and should not be used
B. One of the most durable natural ropes in the world
C. Sacred and respected
D. Tested and trusted

______12. The rope tied a shrine space, or across its entrances, to mark its sacred nature is
called the shimenawa. Traditionally woven from hemp, but nowadays more frequently rice or
wheat straw, this rope and its shide paper streamers is a common part of New Year decors. Which
statement is false?
A. Shimenawa serves as a garland.
B. Shimenawa marks a sacred place.
C. Shimenawa is a rope.
D. Shimenawa is only made from hemp.

______13. Onigiri are Japanese rice balls. They're fun to make and are a staple of Japanese
lunchboxes (bento). You can put almost anything in an onigiri. Try substituting grilled salmon,
pickled plums, beef, pork, turkey, or tuna with mayonnaise. Which statement is true?
A. Onigiri’s origin is not known.
B. Onigiri is a Filipino staple food.
C. Onigiri is a Japanese rice ball.
D. Onigiri is a Korean kimbap. 1

______14. Africa is the second largest continent after Asia. Most of Africa lies within the tropical
region. It contains an enormous wealth of mineral resources like fossil fuels, metallic ores, and
gems. Which statement does not talk about Africa?
A. Africa’s weather is humid and hot.
B. Africa is rich in natural resources.
C. Africa is an archipelago.
D. Africa is second to Asia in size.

______15. Equality is not always about treating everyone the same. It is about treating people in
such a way that the outcome for each person can be the same. This statement could mean
_______.
A. Putting things in place to support people achieve similar outcomes.
B. Lending things to people who are deprived of material things.
C. Giving similar materials to all people who need it.
D. Allowing someone to get what he wants.

______16. It is reading a longer text, usually for pleasure.

A. Extensive reading C. Skimming
B. Scanning D. Reading approach

______17. It is one way that will help students to solve their problems in reading.
A. Reading approach C. Skimming
B. Extensive reading D. Scanning

______18. It is used by the reader to find answers to questions.

A. Skimming C. Extensive reading
B. Reading approach D. Scanning
______19. This technique is useful when the students are seeking specific information rather than
reading for comprehension.
A. Reading approach C. Skimming
B. Scanning D. Extensive reading

______20. Mina wants to answer questions quickly, so she looked for specific titles in the
selection. She used ______.
A. Skimming C. Extensive reading
B. Scanning D. Reading approach
______21. Randie quickly understood the main idea of the poem he is reading. He used ______.
A. Extensive reading C. Scanning
B. Reading approach D. Skimming

______22. Princess loves reading novels and short stories. It improves her vocabulary a lot. She
is using ______.
A. Reading approach C. Skimming
B. Scanning D. Extensive reading

______23. Ma’am Karen encouraged her students to read a lot and use techniques in
understanding the text and improving their knowledge. She is talking about ______.
A. Extensive reading C.Reading approach
B. Scanning D. Skimming

______24. The line of the poem by Maya Angelou, “take the binders from your vision,” means that
the ______.
A. Author has placed the binders to someone’s ears.
B. Author is persuading the people to see their real situation.
C. Author has a poor vision.
D. Author is crying.

______25.“Take the padding from your ears, and confess you’ve heard me crying,” this line wants
the readers to ______.
A. Listen to their pleas C. See want they see
B. Cry with their difficulty D. fell what they feel

______26.Equality, and I will be free. If this happens, people will ______.

A. Put things in place to support people achieve similar outcomes.
B. Lend things to people who are deprived of material things.
C. Give similar materials to all people who need it.
D. Allow someone to get what he wants.

______27. “In another world, I want my children to tame grasshoppers in the field, to play with
their dolls in the living room, to inhale the fragrance of flowers waving as wind blows, to see the
birds measure the sky with their wings.” These lines expressed the earnest wish of a father. What
do you think these wishes mean?
A. The family is living in a peaceful village.
B. The family is well-accepted by society.
C. The family is suffering from war.
D. The family has the sickness.

______28. “In another world, I want to be a father without passing through the eternal insanity of
mourning my children, without experiencing the ritual of watching my children return home as
bodied folded like a prayer mat, without spending my nights telling them the stories of a hometown
where natives become aliens searching for a shelter.” What is the tone of the poem?
 A. Hopeful C. Peaceful
B. Mournful D. Hopeless

______29. The use of ropes for hunting, puling, fastening, attaching, carrying, lifting, and climbing
dates back to prehistoric times. In Asia, the very first ropes ever made were twisted from hemp
fibers. Hemp rope was used during the age of sailing ships. Which statement must be false?
A. Ropes have many uses. C. Ropes can be made from hemp.
B. Ropes were used long time ago. D. Ropes are only found in Asia.

______30 .Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another. It may be
defined as the hatred of one person to another because of skin color, language, or customs.
Therefore, ______.
A. Someone who believed that there is a superior race over the other, that person is a
racist.
B. If people speak a different language, they are not racist.
C. If all the people have the same color, no one is racist.
D. All people are racist.

______31. It is a strategy that an artist uses to create an art.

A. Art Form C. Minimalism
B. Found Objects D. Technique

______32. _______ material is usually evident in the art form because it is available in the
community where the artist lives.
A. New C. Local
B. Old D. Imported
______33. This refers to the idea that things we often view as junk turn to be more valuable than
we think they are.
A. Junk C. Minimalism
B. Contemporary D. Found Objects
______34. This art material refers to the paper maché made by using curved wooded sculpture
used as mold.
A. Puni Festival C. Taka making
B. Paete’s Taka D. Subject of Taka
______35. Pabalat is a folk art that is still evident today in contemporary arts called as ________.
A. Stitching C. Loom Bands
B. Packaging D. Paper Maché

______36. Bamboo is used in construction, textile, musical instruments and weapons. Which
place is famous for using this raw material?
A. Cebu C. Mabalacat City
B. Catanduanes D. San Fernando City
______37. Puni is an art created using leaf frond folding and is made popular in Bulacan. Puni is
an art created using ____________.
A. Wood C. Plastic
B. Straw D. Leaves
______38. A place usually welcomes visitors with a name of the town. What is a traditional art
from Bulacan that was originally created for this purpose?
A. Puni C. Singkaban
B. Pabalat D. Saniculas

______39. This art is anchored to a legend that a priest can perform healing through bread and
water.
A. Puni C. Singkaban
B. Pabalat D. Saniculas
______40. Pagbuburda as a traditional technique is now evident in which contemporary art
technique?
A. Bamboo Art C. Straw Folding
B. Loom Bands D. Polvoron Molder
______41. This is Paete’s contemporary art that uses carved wooden molds for paper maché.
A. Bamboo Art C. Straw Folding
B. Loom Bands D. Taka Making
______42. The following art forms originated from North Luzon, except?
A. Puni C. Saniculas
B. Pabalat D. Pagbuburda

______43. What do you call the material used in creating an art?

A. Medium C. Instrument
B. Technique D. Local Materials
______44. Which of the following contemporary forms show the evidence of embroidery as a
technique?
A. Loom Bands and Taka C. Stitching and Taka
B. Taka and Paper Maché D. Loom Bands and Stitching

______45. If you are an entrepreneur who wants to create new packaging styles inspired by
traditional art, in which place can you possibly start your business?
A. Batangas C. Laguna
B. Bulacan D. Pampanga

______46. A ___________ is a material or substance used in creating an art.

A. Medium C. Traditional
B. Technique D. Contemporary

______47. It is a classification of arts that are used in daily lives.

A. Musical C. Practical
B Narrative D. Pictorial

______48. An art that needs a space for installation and public view is classified as _____
A. Musical C. Practical
B. Narrative D. Environmental

______49. This kind of art combines the materials to tell a story.

A. Musical C. Practical
B. Narrative D. Environmental

______50. Which of the following materials are used in Digital Tagalog?

A. Wood C. Paper
B. Cloth D. Bamboo

______51. The reinterpretation of dance in the staged Moriones Festival is what particular kind of
art?
A. musical C. practical
B. narrative D. environmental

______52. If a foreign art material for art is adapted, which of the following elements can be
localized?
I. Setting II. Names III. Story IV. Characters
A. I, II & IV C. I, II & III
B. II, III & IV D. All of the Above
______53. One of the contemporary art techniques is minimalism. The following arts dominantly
used it as a technique except?
A. Mark Salvatus' Secret Garden 2
B. Interactive Games by Ikoy Ricio
C. Untitled (Mirrors) by Maria Taniguchi
D. Filipino Struggles Through History by Carlos Francisco

______54. Which of the following artwork used found objects?

I Mark Salvatus' Secret Garden 2
II. Interactive Games by Ikoy Ricio
III. Untitled (Mirrors) by Maria Taniguchi
IV. Filipino Struggles Through History by Carlos Francisco

A. I & II C. III & IV

B. II & III D. I & IV

______55. The contemporary arts are characterized by the following elements except______
A. Collaborative C. Process-based
B. Interactive D. Standardized

______56. What dominant values are shown in the Philippine contemporary arts based on the
techniques and mediums used in the contemporary arts.
I. Patient III. Innovative
II. Hospitable IV. Resourceful
A. I & II C. III & IV
B. II & III D. I & IV

______57. You are an artist who will create an art for town’s festival. Which of the following
techniques can you use so that it may be shown in the plaza?
I. graffiti III. found object
II. minimalism IV. large-scale
A. I & II C. III & IV
B. II & III D. I & IV

______58. To conserve the natural resources, the barangay will conduct an art contest. Which
technique must be used by the artist?
A. Graffiti C. Found object
B. Minimalism D. Large-scale

______59. How would you know if the artwork uses appropriate materials and techniques?
I. The materials and techniques beautify the art.
II. The materials and techniques work together towards one idea.
III. The materials and techniques are commonly used in the community.
IV. The materials and techniques are popular to the audience and the artist.
A. I & II C. III & IV
B. II & III D. I & IV

______60. Mark is a Grade 11 student taking Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Servicing. In

completing his project, he noticed some scraps which he collected and made a shape of a man
and his son. He said this art reminds him of his father who always fixes things at home. What kind
of art is this?
I. Practical III. found objects V. digital arts
II. minimalism IV. Environmental VI. Large – scale
A. I ,II, IV C. I , II III
B. I ,II, V` D. A, II, VI
______61. Philippine Contemporary Arts can be found _____ .
A. At home C. In the streets
B. In school D. All of the above

______62. Common everyday arts should be _____ .

A. Appreciated C. Depreciated
B. Avoided D. detested

______63. Present day art has a lot of _____ .

A. Deficiencies C. Problems
B. Difficulties D. Varieties

______64. Manga is an example of _____ .

A. Applied Art C. Performance Art
B. Literary Art D. Visual Art

______65. Contemporary Art is an expression of our _____ .

A. Fear C. Times
B. Negativity D. Weakness

______66. Contemporary Art is the artist’s expression of his perception and

comprehension of his personal _____ .
A. Consents C. Contests
B. Contents D. Contexts

______67. Contemporary Arts in the Philippines is as diverse as our _____ .

A. Flocks C. Mobs
B. Gangs D. People

______68. Viewers can appreciate contemporary Philippine art more by employing all of
their _____ .
A. Finances C. Senses
B. Forces D. Systems

______69. Present-day art expressions of artists would want the following to be known
through their _____ .
A. Culture C. Situation
B. Issues D. All of the above
______70. Contemporary Philippine Art considers not only the artist but also the
participation of the _____ .
A. Art critics and enthusiasts only
B. Community through the viewers
C. Exhibit and gallery organizers only
D.Teachers, professors and all other educators only
 ANSWER KEY
SECOND QUARTER EXAM in 21st Century Llterature From The Philippines and The World 9
School Year 2022-2023

1.D                                         41.D
2.B                                         42.D
3.D                                         43.A
4.A                                         44.D
5.D                                         45.B
6.B                                         46.A
7.C                                         47.C
8.C                                         48.D
9.C                                         49.B
10.A                                        50.D
11.A                                        51.A 
12.D                                        52.D
13.C                                        53.D
14.C                                        54.A
15.A                                        55.D
16.A                                        56.C
17.A                                        57.C
18.D                                        58.C
19.C                                        59.B
20.A                                        60.C
21.C                                        61.D
22.D                                        62.A
23.C                                        63.D
24.B                                        64.B
25.A                                        65.C
26.A                                        66.D
27.C                                        67.D
28.A                                        68.C
29.D                                        69.D
30.A                                        70.B
31.D
32.C
33.D
34.B
35.B
36.C
37.D
38.C
39.D
40.C