DIAGNOSTIC EXAMMINATION

21 CENTURY LITERATURE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

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INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. Read the questions
carefully.
_____1. It is a body of written works of a particular time especially those valued for excellence of form
and expression.
a. Narrative b. Historical Books c. Prose d. Literature
_____2. Literature originates from a Latin word ________.
a. Litra b. Litera c. Literati d. Letras
_____3. Creative and Universal means of communication.
a. Art b. Literature c. Fine Arts d. Creative Writing
_____4. It is made out of nothing, symbolic and artificial.
a. Non-Fiction b. Narrative Poetry c. Anecdotes d. Fiction
_____5. Form of any narrative, account or other communicative work based on facts.
a. Prose b. Escape c. Non-Fiction d. Poetry
_____6. Long narrative divided into chapters and events taken from true to life stories.
a. Narrative b. Novela c. Essay d. Anecdotes
_____7. Involving one or more characters, one plot and a single impression.
a. Legends b. Short Story c. Plays d. Editorial
_____8. Divided into acts and each act has many scenes.
a. Theatre Arts b. Plays c. Short Story d. Fables
_____9. Fictitious narrative, usually about origins.
a. Anecdotes b. Acts c. Fiction d. Legends
_____10. Products of the writer’s imagination and the main aim is to bring out the lessons to the
reader.
a. Anecdotes b. Legends c. Interpretative d. Escape
_____11. “Without Seeing the Dawn” by Stevan Javellana
a. Short Story b. Novel c. Legends d. Anecdotes
_____12. “The Laughter of My Father” by Carlos Bulosan
a. Anecdotes b. Plays c. Short Story d. Fables
_____13. “Thirteen Plays” by Wilfredo M. Guerrero
a. Essay b. Theatrical Acts c. Plays d. Novel
_____14. “The Bikol Legend” by Pio Duran
a. Legends b. Myth c. Short Story d. Fables
_____15. “The Monkey and the Turtle” by Dr. Jose Rizal
a. Legends b. Short Story c. Fables d. Poem
_____16. This is a report of everyday events in society, government, science and industry, accidents,
happening nationally or not.
a. Tabloid b. Journal c. News d. Diary
_____17. This is a formal treatment of subject and is intended to be spoken in public.
a. Oratorical b. Public Speaking c. Debate d. Stage Play
_____18. This expresses the viewpoint or opinion of the writer about a particular problem or event.
a. Feedback b. Essay c. News d. Journal
_____19. An extended narrative about heroic exploits often under supernatural control.
a. Myth b. Legend c. Epic d. Ballads
_____20. These are short poems intended to be sung. The common theme is love, despair, grief,
doubt, joy, hope and sorrow.
a. Sonnets b. Uyayi c. Awiting Bayan d. Haiku
_____21. This is a lyric poem of 14 lines dealing with an emotion, a feeling, or an idea.
a. Elegy b. Psalm c. Proverbs d. Sonnets
_____22. A lyric poem which expresses feelings of grief and melancholy and whose theme is death.
a. Proverbs b. Death Note c. Ode d. Tale
_____23. Poem of a noble feeling, expressed with dignity, with no definite number of lines in a stanza.
a. Short Story b. Ode c. Haiku d. Sonnets
_____24. Written for the purpose of entertainment and its object is pleasure.
a. Prose b. Poetry c. Escape d. Literature
_____25. It is written to broaden and sharpen our awareness of life and its object is gratification and
understanding.
a. Escape b. Ode c. Interpretative d. Ballads
_____26. This is a song praising God or the Virgin Mary and containing a philosophy of life.
a. Proverbs b. Bible c. Psalms d. Oration
_____27. Riddles, Proverbs, Tanaga, and etc. are classified as __________.
a. Narrative b. Prose c. Oral Literature d. Literature
_____28. Known as battle of wits among participant.
a. Quiz Bee b. Debate c. Riddles d. Verse
_____29. Riddles in Bicol is called ________.
a. Padodot b. Patotdon c. Parorot d. Bugtong
_____30. Bugtong in Ilonggo is called _________.
a. Paktakon b. Patakon c. Pitakon d. Riddles
_____31. A wise sayings that contain a metaphor.
a. Salawikain b. Riddles c. Kalusan d. Kanogan
_____32. Mono-rhyming heptasyllabic quatrain expressing insights and lessons on life.
a. Taga b. Bugtong c. Tagay d. Tanaga
_____33. Form of folk lyric which expresses the hopes and aspirations, the people’s lifestyles as well
as their loves.
a. Awiting Bayan b. Psalms c. Proverbs d. Tanaga
_____34. These are often repetitive and sonorous, didactic and naïve.
a. Hele b. Tagay c. Kanogan d. Folk Songs
_____35. It is a work songs that depict the livelihood of the people.
a. Tanaga b. Hele c. Kalusan d. Tagay
_____36. Song of lamentation for the dead.
a. Elegy b. Requiem c. Dirge d. Kanogan
_____37. Tagay is a word distinct to these place called __________.
a. Cantilangnon and Cebuano b. Cebuano and Ilonggo
c. Cebuano and Bicolano d. Cebuano and Waray
_____38. Explain the cradle of things.
a. Fables b. History c. Biography d. Legends
_____39. How the world was created, how certain animals possess certain characteristics.
a. Legends b. Fables c. Myths d. Tigmo
_____40. Deal with underworld characters such as “tiyanak”, “aswang”, “kapre” and others.
a. Myths b. Legend c. Fantasy Story d.
Kundaman
_____41. Narratives of sustained length based on oral tradition involving supernatural events or heroic
deeds.
a. Requiem b. Dirge c. Epic d. Fables
_____42. In this period it has two distinct classifications: religion and secular.
a. Propaganda b. Spanish c. Nationalistic d. Korido
_____43. Long Narrative poem about passion and death of Christ.
a. Moro – Moro b. Sinulog c. Sirong d. Pasyon
_____44. Dramatization of the pasyon, it shows the passion and death of Christ.
a. Moro – Moro b. Senakulo c. Bible Stories d. Short Story
_____45. The period that addressed the masses instead of the “intelligentsia”.
a. Propaganda b. Pre – Colonization
c. British Period d. American Period
_____46. Satires, editorials and news articles were written to attack and expose the evils of the
Spaniards.
a. Propaganda b. Reform c. Political Essays d. Korido
_____47. Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo are classifie under _________.
a. Narrative b. Story c. Political Novels d.
Propaganda
_____48. It helped inflame the spirit of revolution.
a. Political Essay b. Propaganda c. Political Novels d.
Decalogue
_____49. This is a lyric poem of 14 lines dealing with an emotion, a feeling, or an idea.
a. Elegy b. Psalm c. Proverbs d. Sonnets
_____50. Known as battle of wits among participant.
a. Quiz Bee b. Debate c. Riddles d. Verse