Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
DepEd Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
DIVISION OF EASTERN SAMAR
LLORENTE NATIONAL HIGH
Escalo Street, Brgy.12, Llorente, Eastern
Samar
PARALLEL TEST IN 21 CENTURY LITERARTURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD
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Quarter 1-Module 1

Name: _____________________ Grade/Strand: ________________ Score: ________________

LRN: ______________________________ Date: ______________________

Directions: Answer the following questions. Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.
____________1. It is the written work of a specific culture, sub culture, religion, philosophy or the study
such written work which may appear in poetry or in prose.

a. Literature
b. 21st Century Literature
c. Modern Literature
d. All of the above

____________2. Which of the following statements is NOT an importance of Literature?

a. It is a timeless piece of entertainment.
b. Literature reflects human nature and a way we can learn and relate to others.
c. Reading a book is one of the best ways to fully immerse your mind into
another person’s dialogue and experiences.
d. Learn about future lives

____________3. What kind of Literature was existed before the colonial period?
a. Poetry, dramas and tales
b. Folk tales, epics, poems and marathon chants
c. Song, epics and tales
d. Folk tales, dramas and song

____________4. Philippine epics and folktales ae varied and filled with ___________characters.
a. magical
b. energetic
c. realistic
d. local

____________5. Which of the following is NOT an example of ethno-epics popularized by different ethnic
groups in the country?

a. Biag ni Lam ang

b. Sandayo of the Subanon
c. Mt. Makiling
d. Hudhud of Ifugao
____________6. The following are the changes of the lives of Filipinos during Spanish
period except _____________________.
a. They embraced the Catholic religion.
b. They built houses made of nipa leaves and wood
c. They were baptized.
d. They changed their names

____________7. Which of the statements is TRUE?

a. Libro de los Cuatro Postprimeras de hombre- the first book printed in typography.
b. The Passion- a book about the life and sufferings of Jesus Christ.
c. Ang Doctrina Cristiana- first book printed in the Philippines in 1593 in xylography.
d. All of the above

____________8. What is the first Filipino alphabet?

a. Roman alphabet
b. Alibata
c. Filipino alphabet
d. All of the above

____________9. During revolutionary period, Literature was described as ____________.

a. Hope
b. Weapon
c. Comfort
d. All of the above

____________10. Literature disappears and there is silence for, swept up in the tide of revolution, all turn
from shouting to action and are so busy making revolution that there is no time to talk of literature. Again,
that is a period of poverty when men are so hard put to it to find bread that they are in no mood to talk of
literature.

a. Before a great revolution

b. During a great revolution
c. After a great revolution
d. None of the above