1ST SUMMATIVE TEST IN 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE 10.

What type of prose is inspired by real events where the

writers present, interpret, or describe experiences based
Name: ___________________________ on facts?
Date: __________________ a. Fiction
Grade & Section: ____________ b. Non-Fiction
Score: _________________ c. Fable
d. Memoir
Test II. LITERARY FORMS, GENRES, ELEMENTS & TRADITIONS

Directions: Read the questions carefully. Then encircle the best 11. Which is an example of a Fiction?
answer. a. Memoir
b. Diaries and Journals
1. The term ‘literature’ is derived from the Latin word “littera” c. Novel
which means? d. Biography
a. Letters in the alphabet
b. Anything that is written. 12. What literary elements refers to the series of events in a
c. Collections of written recordings using the alphabet story?
system. a. Character
d. All of the above. b. Conflict
c. Theme
2. What is literature? d. Plot
a. Body of written works that can either be in oral or in
written form 13. Which refers to the underlying or central idea of a literary
b. Reflection of history and culture of a nation text?
c. Imaginative and creative works of poetry and prose a. Theme
d. All of the above. b. Plot
c. Setting
3. What is literary text? d. Point of View
a. Products of written literature
b. Forms of literature 14. Which will complete the four essential elements of poetry:
c. Literary genres form, imagery, sound and ______?
d. Literary elements a. Action
b. Verse
4. What is genre? c. Rhythm
a. Literary traditions d. Character
b. Organizational method used in literature
c. Forms, types or kinds of literature 15. What does ‘literary traditions’ mean?
d. Defines a generation or period in history a. Forms of literature
b. Literary pieces
5. What are the two major forms of literature? c. Literary works that define a generation or period in
a. Narrative & Dramatic history
b. Fiction & Non-fiction d. It refers to particular identifiable characteristics of a
c. Poetry & Prose whole text.
d. Character & Setting
Test II. Philippine Literature in Pre-colonial, Colonial and Post-
6. What major form of literature is written in rhythmical lines, Colonial
stanzas and verses?
Directions: Read the questionsa carefully and encircle the letter of
a. Poetry
the best answer.
b. Prose
c. Fiction 16. What is most likely the theme of literary text during early
d. Non-fiction Spanish period?
a. Oppression & Equality
7. What major form of literature is written in logical sentences b. Nationalism
and paragraphs? c. Nature
a. Non-Fiction d. Religious and secular
b. Poetry
c. Fiction 17. Which period in the history of Philippine literature did the
d. Prose Spanish, American, and Japanese come to our country?
a. Colonial Period
8. What type of poetry tells a story and has elements of a b. Period of Apprenticeship
narrative? c. Post-colonial Period
a. Narrative d. Pre-colonial Period
b. Dramatic
c. Lyric 18. During this period, Jose Rizal’s works such as Noli Me
d. Epic Tangere and El Filibusterismo were written to awaken the
mind of our countrymen.
9. Which is an example of Lyric Poetry? a. Spanish Period
a. Haiku b. American Period
b. Monologue c. Japanese Period
c. Metrical Tales d. Pre-colonial
d. Soliloquy
19. The Philippines had literature such as legends, folk tales, c. Spanish Period
folk songs, and the like. d. 21ST Century
a. Spanish Period
b. Japanese Period 29. What is the title of the first book printed in the Philippines?
c. Pre-colonial Period a. Ninay
d. Contemporary Period b. Noli Me Tangere
c. Urbana at Felisa
20. In this period, religious books were written such as d. Doctrina Cristiana
Doctrina Cristiana and Urbana and Felisa, to support or
contradict the Catholic Church. 30. Which literary theme is often present in pre-colonial
a. Pre-colonial literature?
b. Spanish Period a. Christian Faith
c. American Period b. Nature
d. Japanese Period c. Oppression
d. Revolution
21. In this period, the colonizers influenced the Filipino writers
to create literary works using the English Language. 31. Which type of pre-colonial literature is still prevalent today?
a. Pre-colonial a. Chant
b. Japanese Period b. Essay
c. American Period c. Short story
d. Contemporary Period d. Proverbs

22. In this period, the use of English language in literature is 32. What was the most prevalent form of literature during the
banned. The colonizers gave the Filipino writers the American and Japanese Period?
chance to use their own language and the vernaculars. a. Essay
a. Pre-colonial b. Novel
b. Spanish Period c. Poem
c. American Period d. Short Story
d. Japanese Period
33. What is regarded as the most famous metrical romance in
23. This period presented new trends in writing using modern the Philippines?
technology. a. Biag ni Lam-ang
a. Pre-colonial b. Florante at Laura
b. Colonial c. Ibong Adarna
c. 21st Century d. Noli Me Tangere
d. Pre-Spanish Period
34. Which best describes the literary works during the early
24. In this period, literature was simple and poems and stories American Period?
were passed down orally from the elders to the young a. Bulgar and sarcastic
generation. b. Imitative
a. Pre-colonial c. Nationalistic
b. Colonial d. Religious and secular
c. 21st Century
d. Pre-Spanish Period 35. Which of the following is a form of theater/drama
introduced during the Spanish colonization?
25. What spiritual tradition is dominant among early Filipinos? a. Ambahan
a. Animism b. Zarzuela
b. Buddhism c. Carińosa
c. Christianity d. Ninay
d. Islam
Test III. Famous Authors and their Works
26. Which literary genre does NOT exist during the pre-colonial Directions: Identify the author of the famous literary works produced
period? from colonial to contemporary period.
a. Drama
b. Myth 36. “Florante at Laura” ___________________
c. Riddle 37. “Dead Stars” ________________
d. Song 38. “Dekada ‘70” _______________
39. “Ninay” _________________
27. Which underground paper was used by the revolutionists 40. “Nemo: Ang Batang Papel” ___________
as their mouthpiece of reform during the revolutionary 41. Noli Me Tangere & El Filibusterismo ___________
period? 42. “Papel De Liha” ______________
a. Diaryong Tagalog 43. “His Native Soil” ____________
b. Doctrina Cristiana
44. “Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa” _________
c. La Solidaridad
45. “Urbana at Feliza” ___________
d. The Decalogue
46. “Gapo” _______________
28. The short story “Dead Stars” written by Paz Marquez 47. “Filipino Rebel” ______________
Benitez is considered as the first Filipino modern short 48. “Bata, Bata…Pa’no Ka Ginawa?” ______
story in English. In which period was it written? 49. “Banaag at Sikat” ________________
a. American Period 50. “I am a Filipino” __________________
b. Contemporary Period