Q1

Single Answer

Question

When was English introduced as a language of learning in the Philippines?

Correct answer

1901
1925
1935
1941

Explanation

Public education was institutionalized by the Americans in the Philippines in 1901. English became the official medium of instruction
in public schools.

Report errors
Q2

Single Answer

Question

In this period of the development of Philippine Literature in English, Filipino writers were believed to be gaining full command of
English. What do you call this period?

Correct answer

period of emergence
period of apprenticeship
period of public education
period of American colonialism

Explanation

During the period of emergence (1935–1945), Filipino writers were gaining full command of English and finally giving shape to
Philippine Literature in English.

Report errors
Q3

Exact Value

Question

What do you call a word or phrase that has a different meaning from its literal meaning?

Correct answer

Figure of speech, Figures of speech

Explanation

A figure of speech like simile or metaphor has a different meaning from its literal meaning.

Report errors
Q4

Single Answer

Question

Which of these statements tells the consequence of English being the official medium of instruction in public schools during the
American Colonial Period?

Correct answer

Filipinos easily embraced the new language.

Filipinos wrote original and interesting stories using the new language.
Filipinos were exposed to the Anglo-American culture and ways of thinking.
Filipinos saw that Anglo-American literature was superior to their native and Spanish colonial literatures.

Explanation

English as the official medium of instruction exposed Filipinos to Anglo-American literature, which reflected culture and ways of
thinking.

Report errors
Q5

Single Answer

Question

Why is “Dead Stars” by Paz Marquez-Benitez a significant work in Philippine Literature in English?

Correct answer

Its story and the handling of the language were fully developed.
It was written by a woman, and it made Paz Marquez-Benitez stand out among male writers of her time.
It shed light on the genuine attempt of a Filipino writer to express her ideas clearly in a foreign language.
It provides evidence that the newly established American public education system in the Philippines was
indeed effective.

Explanation

“Dead Stars” by Paz Marquez-Benitez is considered as the first modern Philippine short story in English for its maturity in subject
and language. In other words, its story and the handling of the language were fully developed.

Report errors
Q6

Single Answer

Passage
How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife (An Excerpt)
By Manuel E. Arguilla

She stepped down from the carretela of Ca Celin with a quick, delicate grace. She was lovely. She was tall. She looked up to my
brother with a smile, and her forehead was on a level with his mouth.

Question

What effect do the different lengths of the sentences in the text create?
Correct answer

The text sounds easy and graceful.

The text sounds choppy and quick.
The text sounds awkward and unusual.
The text sounds less poetic and more prosaic.

Explanation

Arguilla’s writing can be described as fluid as well as simple. The varying lengths of the sentences in the excerpt contribute to the
ease and grace of the text.

Report errors
Q7

Single Answer

Passage
How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife (An Excerpt)
By Manuel E. Arguilla

"You are Baldo," she said and placed her hand lightly on my shoulder. Her nails were long, but they were not painted. She was
fragrant like a morning when papayas are in bloom. And a small dimple appeared momently high on her right cheek. "And this is
Labang of whom I have heard so much." She held the wrist of one hand with the other and looked at Labang, and Labang never
stopped chewing his cud. He swallowed and brought up to his mouth more cud and the sound of his insides was like a drum.

Question

What makes this piece of text distinctly Filipino?

Correct answer

It uses images and scents that exist in the rustic Philippine countryside.
It uses a short, simple statement that indicates Filipino practicality.
It uses a flourish of words that melodramatic Filipinos tend to enjoy.
It uses the summer season, which happens all-year-round in the Philippines.

Explanation

The use of local color is evident in the text. In other words, images and scents that exist in the rustic Philippine countryside, the
setting, are used.

Report errors
Q8

Single Answer

Question

In the short story “Dead Stars,” a character named Julia Salas is described as a woman with inner beauty. In Alfredo Salazar’s eyes
her beauty is seen this way: “The lure was there, of naturalness, of an alert vitality of mind and body, of a thoughtful, sunny temper,
and of a piquant perverseness which is sauce to charm.”

Which of these statements does not describe the woman in the excerpt?

Correct answer

The woman had an indescribable allure and magnetic charm.

The woman was a perfect physical specimen of female beauty.
The woman possessed a natural loveliness that was very attractive.
The woman had a joyful and sweet personality mixed with playfulness.

Explanation

The given description is of inner beauty rather than of physical beauty.

Report errors
Q9

Single Answer

Passage
How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife (An Excerpt)
By Manuel E. Arguilla

"Give me the rope, Baldo," my brother Leon said. "Maria, sit down on the hay and hold on to anything." Then he put a foot on the left
shaft and that instant, Labang leaped forward. My brother Leon laughed as he drew himself up to the top of the side of the cart and
made the slack of the rope hiss above the back of Labang. The wind whistled against my cheeks and the rattling of the wheels on
the pebbly road echoed in my ears.

Question

In this passage, the author uses simple language to convey meaning. What makes it simple?

Correct answer

The tone is very dull.

The words are familiar.
The writing is very smooth.
The characters are relatable.

Explanation

The use of familiar words contributes to the simplicity of the language.

Report errors
Q10

Single Answer

Passage
How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife (An Excerpt)
By Manuel E. Arguilla

The sun was in our eyes, for it was dipping into the bright sea. The sky was wide and deep and very blue above us: but along the
saw-tooth rim of the Katayaghan hills to the southwest flamed huge masses of clouds. Before us the fields swam in a golden haze
through which floated big purple and red and yellow bubbles when I looked at the sinking sun.

Question

How is the setting described?

Correct answer

The author describes a local rural setting with images that are familiar to Filipinos.
The author creates an unsettling and mysterious atmosphere by setting the scenes at dusk when it is dark and
gloomy.
The author uses the vibrant native landscape as an appropriate metaphor for his affection and love for his
motherland.
The author uses symbols found in nature to create an interesting juxtaposition with the Philippine hills and
forests.

Explanation

The mention of Katayaghan hills allows the reader to picture a pastoral setting filled with color.