1. Which is the most prominent
Concepts
characteristic of Philippine literature
during Spanish Era?
a. Religion as the content
b. Character-Focus narratives
c. Advanced vocabulary
d. Philosophical themes
2. Which of the following authors wrote
“Fray Botod”?
a. Graciano Lopez Jaena
b. Manuel Arguilla
c. Jose Rizal
d. “Neni” Sta. Cruz Romana
3. What caused youth activism in 1970-
1972 according to Ponciano Pineda?
a. Social behavior/Crime
b. Racial Discrimination
c. Poverty and homelessness
d. Domestic and worldwide
causes
4. Which of the following best describes
Pre-Colonial Period?
a. Women were not respected
during this time
b. Trading among neighbors was
limited to the South East Asian
region.
c. The Philippines was already a
single political unit
d. Work and activity songs
described how people earn
their livelihoods like farming,
fishing, pottery and much
more.
5. Which of the following is one of the
flaws of writers during the Pre-Colonial
period?
a. Literary forms
b.
c. Materials
d. Creativity
6. Which of the following explains why
written literary forms did not last during
the Pre-Colonial Period?
a. Materials did not last long
because of their organic
composition.
b. People need to learn how to
write during that time
c. Writing materials were not
available
d. All of the above
7. Haiku is a poem of free verses that
emerged during the Japanese Period. It
was made up of 17 syllables divided into
three lines. Which of the following is a
haiku poem?
a. Tutubi
Hila mo’y tabak…ang bulaklak,
nanginginig sa paglapit mo
b. On yonder lea, on yonder lea
My plaidie to the angry airt
I’d shelter thee, I’d shelter thee.
Around the blaw, around thee
blaw.
c. A circus performer named Brian
/ Once smiled as he rode on a
lion / They came back from the
ride. / But with Brian inside /
And the smile on the face of the
lion. You’d be lion if you didn’t
laugh at this anti-joke
d. A FRIEND
F is for fun we had together
R is for relaxing times we shared
I is for interesting moments we
had
E is for the entertaining time we
 spent
N is for never-ending friendship
that we’ll have
D is for the days we’ll never
forget
8. In which era did the work of Jose Rizal
become famous?
a. American period
b. Japanese period
c. Period of activism
d. Period of Enlightenment
9. What kind of universal knowledge does
Frank G Rivera depict in “Textula”?
a. Hopelessness of time
b. One’s innocence and
incorruptibility
c. Being hopeful spite of
adversities
d. Consequence of one’s action
10. Who is the author who became famous
for his free verse during the American
Regime?
a. Graciano Lopez Jaena
b. Manuel Arguilla
c. Jose Rizal
d. Jose Garcia Villa
11. In the poem “Apo on the wall” by BJ
Patino, what archetypal image is used?
a. Hanging photo
b. Green uniform
c. Colored breast plates
d. Office at home
12. What makes this text a hugot line “Sabi
ng isip ko, kalimutan kita, pero sabi ng
puso ko, di pwede kasi MAHAL KITA”?
a. It has plot and character
b. It develops a dialogue
c. It’s a free verse in structure
d. It’s a patter flow poetry
13. Which of the following literary genres
tell stories almost entirely in dialogue?
a. Chick lit
b. Digi-fiction
c. Hyper Poetry
d. Text-Talk Novel
14. What is the common theme of
traditional literary genres in creative
writing?
a. Human vs Human
b. Human vs God
c. Human vs Artificial Intelligence
d. Human vs The World
15. What is the most common theme of
most poem during Japanese
occupation?
a. Nationalism, country love, and
life in the barrios
b. War, conflict and family
c. Education, Science and culture
d. Tress, desire and hope
16. “JJ Bulak nga Azucenas” (Oh, Azucena
Flower – Adapted from Placida Go-Saga)
is a folk song from ____.
a. Northern Leyte
b. Southern Leyte
c. Western Leyte
d. Eastern Leyte
17. What does it tell us about fable when it
shows an underlying mystery?
21. What does folktales usually tell us?
a. Fable is a poetic tale with
a. That is has no author
allegorical significance
b. That it contains universal
b. Fable is meant to entertain
truths and values of time
c. Fable is animal character
c. That it is meant to entertain
d. Fable tells us about human
d. That is has animal character
conduct

22. What is the common element of

18. What is the underlying topic of the
Bidasari Biag ni Lam-ang and Maragtas?
books Noli Me Tangere and El
a. This are pre-Hispanic literature
Filibusterismo?
and all considered as Epic
a. Government issues in
b. These are contemporary
corruption
literature and considered as
b. Long-held abhomence and
Epic
aversion
c. This are pre-Hispanic literature
c. Cruelty experienced by Filipinos
and all considered as Myth
d. All of the above
d. These are contemporary
literature and considered as
Myth
19. How does Text Serye stand out from
others 21st century contemporary
literary genres?
23. In the instruction “Write a verse which
a. Text serye is free verse in nature
consist of 3 quatrains. Remember to use
b. Text serye consists of one or
Figurative language and literary devices
two stanzas
to convey the appropriate emotion to
c. Text serye consists of
your reader. What genre of literature
screenshots of SMS and chats
are you task to do?
d. Text serye consists of feelings of
a. Drama
love
b. Poetry
c. Fiction
d. Nonfiction
20. Which of the following writers is the
author of the 1993 National book
awards for Children’s Literature-winning
For items 24-27, please refer to the text below.
book “Don’t take a bath on a Friday:
Philippines superstition and Folk 1 In her clinic in the camp, she whispers
Beliefs”? 2 Her prayers, hoping no one had been hurt
a. Cruz BJ Patino 3 But when the forest hushes from gunfire
b. Manuel Arguilla and grenades,
c. Bienvinido Lumbera 4 She hears howls of pain, Tabang! Tabang
d. “Neni” Sta Cruz Romana kamo!
5 Her instruments were all set, laid on the
bamboo table – scissors c. Involves movie/video to tell a
6 Syringe, and bandages – waiting for the narrative
d. Narratives are told in comic-
strip formats

29. Which of the following literary genres

24. What type of poetry is the text?
incorporates simple drawings or
a. Haiku
random shapes and lines?
b. Elegy
a. Digi-Fiction
c. Free Verse
b. Doodle Fiction
d. Text tula
c. Graphic Novel
d. Illustrated Novel

25. Which of the following is the persona in

the poem?
30. Which of the following is the best
a. Nurse
examples of Manga?
b. Soldier
a. Timmy Failure
c. Carpenter
b. One-Punch Man
d. Policeman
c. The Diary of a Wimpy kid
d. The death of captain Marvel

26. What sound device is used in line 5?

a. Assonace
31. Which of the following statements BEST
b. Consonance
describe Chick Literature?
c. Alliteration
a. Deals with futuristic concepts
d. Onomatopoeia
b. Narrated in an extremely brief
way
c. Usually presented in blog, email
27. Which dimension of Philippine literature
and IM.
is evident in the lines?
d. Often humorous and
a. Ethnic
lighthearted fiction
b. Linguistic
c. Geographic
d. Literary techniques
32. Which of the following refers to short
articles written or posted through a
website?
28. Which if the following statements is
a. Blog
TRUE about illustrated Novel?
b. Manga
a. Words are complemented by
c. Chick Lit
images
d. Text-talk
b. Uses the combination of three
media
33. Which literary genre is Suzzane Collins
“Mockingjay”?
a. Digi-fiction
b. Doodle fiction
c. Flash fiction
d. Science fiction
34. The following imageries were taken
from the short story, Footnote to Youth
be Jose Garcia Villa. Which one is a
tactile imagery?
a. The sun was salmon and hazy in
the west
b. The ground was broken up into
many fresh wounds and
fragrant with a sweetish earthy
smell
c. Dodong stood in the sweltering
noon heat, sweating profusely,
so that his camiseta was damp
d. Dodont wanted to touch her, to
push away that straw wisp hair
that touched her lips, but again
that feeling of embarrassment
came over him.
35. In the story, how my Brother Leon
Brought Home a Wife, the author
Manuel E. Arguilla, vividly describes
Nagrebcan creating a powerful lens
through which the physical, social,
cultural and economic landscapes of the
place contributing to its emotional and
thematic resonance. Which dimension
of Philippine literature does the author
highlight on this account?
a. Linguistic
b. Geographic
c. Ethnic
d. Literary technique
36. The following statements were taken
from Footnote to Youth. Which of the
following are examples of
personification, EXCEPT:
a. The silence become intense and
cruel
b. The beast (carbao) turned its
head and him (Dodong) with
dumb faithful eyes
c. His heart pounded mercilessly
in him
d. He felt guilty and untrue
37. Which of the following is a visual
imagery?
a. Dodong got kicked and jerked
his foot
b. He cracked his knuckles one by
one breaking the stillness of the
night
c. He whispered the word with
awe and strangeness
d. A decrescent moon outside
shed it feeble light into the
window, graying the still black
temples of his father.
38. The following imageries are taken from
the fiction, The Sadness Collector by
Merlinda Bobis. Which of the following
is not an auditory imagery?
a. Cutlery chunking against a plate
or scraping the bottom of a cup
b. She even drew her with Paris
ribbon to tighten her belly
c. He’s hiccupping drunkenly all
over her
d. His voice hoarse with anger and
remorse
39. The following statements were taken
from the fiction, Flicker, Fade, Gone by
Carljoe Javier which tells of a boy who
got addicted to video games. He mixed
reality and fantasy to get rid of issues in
his life. Which of the following
statements is a tactile imagery?
a. Passing it, he could hear
explosions and clanks, and
booms and pops and bangs and
pows.
b. He feels the pistols getting
slippery from his sweating
palm
c. All the stores on the street were
brightly lit, except for one that
was dark black with flashing
lights
d. He died quickly, his spaceship
crashing against alien ships

40. Which of the following is a hyperbole?

a. She could barely move as she
fought to keep her cheeks dry.
b. She stayed with her that way,
silent as she sobbed into his
shoulder
c. He could hear his heartbeat
pounding in his ears
d. He couldn’t remember what
drew him first to the arcade. He
couldn’t remember what, but
he could remember well when