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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF TARLAC PROVINCE
GERONA NORTH DISTRICT

FIRST QUARTER EXAM in


Grade 11- 21st CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

Name: __________________________________________ Date: ____________________________


Score: __________________________________________

Directions: Read each statement carefully. Select the letter of the correct answer and write your answer on the
space provided.
_______1. A valid observation of literary development in the Philippines is that _______.
A. Literature developed alongside Philippine history.
B. History is recorded only in the oral tradition of the country.
C. No literature could reflect the richness of our country's experiences.
D. Literary masterpieces are written by great persons with great remembrances.
_______2. Philippine regional literature has become rich and varied because of _______.
A. various topics used as themes by the writers and their alignment to world events.
B. the nationalistic fervor of texts written in various stages of our history as a nation.
C. the contributions of numerous artists who patterned after the Western literary masters.
D. the archipelagic nature of the Philippines, its geographical features, and the presence of various ethno-
linguistic groups in the country.
_______3. In Jose Rizal’s “Noli Me Tangere”, what does the line “It is not the criminals who arouse the hatred of
others, but the men who are honest” imply?
A. Filipinos dislike for truthful and sincere people.
B. Filipinos’ fondness of people who tells flattering words.
C. Filipinos dislike for the hostility and cruelty of the criminals.
D. Filipinos’ tradition of distrusting fellow Filipinos from other regions.
_______4. The pre-colonial Filipinos worshipped anything from trees, mountains, to sea and skies. Discuss the reason
behind this.
A. They were indoctrinated by the chieftains about paganism.
B. They weren’t indoctrinated yet by the Chinese traders.
C. They were asked to worship the nature in order to secure life partner.
D. They weren’t exposed yet to Christianity, so they looked for things to worship.
_______5. Distinguish the emotion manifested by Sebio in Arturo Rotor’s “Dahong Palay” when he said, “ For heaven’s
sake! Give me a knife and a hot metal rod! I need to get the poison out of my body!”.
A. disappointed C. joyful
B. panicked D. pleasured
_______6. Infer the emotion manifested by Maria Clara when she uttered, “My father loved me so much even if it’s
not his duty, so I’ll pay the debt even by marrying someone whom I do not love”.
A. Annoyed C. horrified
B. relaxed D. submissive
_______7. It is one of the most famous epics from the Ilocos Region.
A. Florante at Laura C. Biag ni Lam-Ang
B. Dekada 70 D. Dead Stars
_______8. He wrote the famous “awit” entitled Florante at Laura which is is loosely based on his own biography.
A. Francisco Baltazar C. Amado V. Hernandez
B. Nick Joaquin D. Arturo Rotor

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_______9. It is a type of Filipino poem, consisting of 12-syllable quatrains. It follows the pattern of rhyming stanzas
established in the Philippine epic Pasyon.
A. Awit C. Psalm
B. Korido D. Ode
_______10. It is an octosyllabic verse and the plot were usually based on legends or stories of chivalry from European
countries.
A. Awit C. Psalm
B. Korido D. Ode
_______11. Your literature teacher encouraged your class to join a poetry writing contest organized by the NCCA the
Text Tula. Contestants are asked to write a short Tagalog poem that consists of four lines with seven syllables each.
Which of the following traditional Filipino poetic forms similar to the text tula would help you prepare for the
contest?
A. Dalit C. Duplohan
B. Ambahan D. Tanaga
For items 12-15, predict the outcome of the following scenarios based on the various literary works.
_______12. Lam-Ang adventures begin when his father, Don Juan, set out for a battle but never returned. At barely
nine months, Lam-ang goes to search for Don Juan in the highlands where the latter was said to have gone. Aware
that her child was a blessed, exceptional creature, his mother Namongan allows him to go. Lam-ang then goes off in
search of his father, leaving his grieving mother behind. When Lam-ang arrives at the place where Don Juan had
disappeared, he is enraged to see his father’s severed head atop a bamboo pole; a scene he dreamt beforehand.
A. Lam-Ang befriended the people at the venue.
B. Lam-Ang returned to his mother crying and horrified.
C. Lam-Ang gave precious gifts to the king of the village.
D. Lam-Ang looked for the assassins of his father and retaliated.
_______13. On a faraway vast land, there’s a mystical forest outside the Kingdom of Albanya. Florante, son of Duke
Briseo and Princess Floresca, was knotted tightly on a giant old tree in the middle of the dark forest. Sadness and
emptiness crept around the helpless Prince. The scary woods and uncanny sounds of wild animals and creatures
just didn’t help. Just before two huge lions were about to ravish the poor Prince, a kindhearted Persian Morong,
Aladin, arrived.
A. Aladin stole the belongings of Florante.
B. Aladin killed the lions and untied Florante.
C. Aladin escaped fearing the hunger of the two lions.
D. Aladin chatted with Florante about the latter’s origin.
_______14. It is the first day of an Anglo-Saxon school in a small town in northern India. Five-year-old Santha and her
eight-year-old sister, Premila, are new students at the school. The sisters meet with the headmistress, who is the
leader of the school. When Premila introduces herself and her sister to the headmistress, the headmistress says
their Indian names are too difficult for her to pronounce.
A. The headmistress gave them English names.
B. The sisters were asked to look for another school.
C. The school demanded that they pay down payment immediately.
D. The headmistress called the parents of the sisters and asked to fetch the children.
_______15. The Adarna bird is so beautiful and could change in a lot of stunning forms. It is very much hard to catch.
It knows a total of seven songs which could either enchant anyone to sleep, turn into stone or heal a deadly
sickness.
A. Many people turned into stone while catching Adarna.
B. The bird was too kind it didn’t do anything with hunters.
C. Many people were able to catch the bird but it escaped numerous times.
D. The people didn’t want to catch the bird, fearing they might turn into stone.
_______16. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you
choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”
A. One’s affection for buying shoes.
B. One’s disadvantage of always being alone.
C. One’s freedom to decide what he/she wants.
D. One’s decision in the places he/she would visit.
_______17. In her 124-word story “What is to Come?”, Lilledeshan Bose tells the story of a woman whose husband, a
congressman, has another woman. Which genre is the most appropriate classification of it?
A. chick literature C. flash fiction
B. fiction D. short story
_______18. Which is a fictional story often set in the future that combines elements of fantasy and scientific facts?
A. drama C. poetry
B. magic realism D. science fiction
_______19. Suppose a novel is about a young woman named Daniella who moves out of her parents’ house and
moves into a new apartment owned by Hector, with whom she feels an unexpected emotional connection. What
genre of popular fiction is the novel likely?
A. biography C. magic realism
B. chick literature D. novella
_______20. Aside from the length, how does flash fiction differ from traditional short stories?
A. Plot elements like exposition, rising action & climax are absent.
B. Very simple character description, dialogue & plot are provided.
C. Little elaboration in characters and their inner conflict is presented.
D. Only the essential details on plot & character development are given.
_______21. Which of the following images would most likely be present in a Filipino Speculative fiction or spec fic?
A. Devastating nuclear explosion C. Powerful anting-anting
B. mysterious nunu sa punso D. old; abandoned warehouse

A. A, B, & D C. A, C, & D
B. B, C, & D D. A & D only
_______22. Which of the following is an imaginative form of writing that may suggest an event in the future if a
current environmental issue will not be addressed?
A. Flash fiction C. Illustrated fiction
B. Hypertext fiction D. Science fiction
_______23. All statements describe analyzing a text through a biographical context except
A. It is important to know the author’s literary background.
B. It is important to know the educational institutions the author has attended.
C. It is important to know what is on the author’s mind while writing the text.
D. It is important to know the literary or philosophical movement that existed during the author’s time.
_______24. In analyzing a text based on its biographical context, a reader ________________.
A. identifies the images used by the author.
B. compares the literary work to other authors.
C. gathers relevant facts about the author’s life.
D. examines the style and technique used by the author.
_______25. Which of the following questions may be asked when examining a literary text through sociocultural
context?
A. Does the story or poem accept or challenge the prevailing social order in the text?
B. How will knowing about the author amplify your appreciation of the work?
C. What aspects do you think the author struggled with during the revision?
D. Does history play a large role in the narrative?
_______26. Elena is a firm believer of women’s rights and feminism. Their teacher asked them to write a
sociocultural critique on Romeo and Juliet. Which of the following should Elena do?
A. Center her critique on Juliet as the female protagonist of the play.
B. Look for the women characters in the play and focus her critique on them.
C. Focus on her own ideologies and write a critique that is suitable for the play.
D. Read the play thoroughly and look for prevailing sociocultural factors that may affect it.
_______27. If a biographical approach refers to the reading strategy one employs in reading a text, then biography
refers to _________________.
A. a detailed account about the author’s life
B. a fictional account about the author’s life
C. a superficial account about the author’s life
D. a partial account about the author’s life
_______28. It is a relatively new and popular type of contemporary world literature which uses illustrations and
dialogue to create the story.
A. memoir C. illustrated novel
B. hyper poetry D. descriptive piece
_______29. What is a valid generalization about 21st century literary genres?
A. They are rebellious and controversial.
B. They are reflective of the society and era.
C. They completely deviated from literary canons.
D. Their structure and themes are more convenient.
_______30. Which of the statements is TRUE?
A. All multimedia formats are hard to use.
B. Multimedia uses animation and audio only.
C. Learners can only make use of one multimedia format.
D. Studying literature becomes more exciting due to multimedia supports.
_______31. How will you modernize a classical literary piece without losing its original sense?
A. Develop a game based on the storyline, but you may change the main conquest depending on the
interest of gamers.
B. Convert the story into a graphic novel, but make sure to add your personal touch so you won’t have to
worry about plagiarism.
C. Rewrite an updated version for the sake of the modern-day readers and upload it to a platform they
usually use.
D. Consider filming, but take the context of the culture you will be releasing the material. Names and
formality of language may be tweaked.
_______32. To produce a literary adaptation of a story, one needs to apply his ICT skills. ICT means _____.
A. Information and Communication Technology
B. Information to Centralize Tutorial
C. Inclusive for Classroom Technology
D. Important in Communication Technology
_______33. To make our multimedia presentation creative, we can import images, audio, and video clips to unique
output, but we have to avoid plagiarism.
A. leave the webpages C. ignore the links
B. screenshot the images D. cite sources
_______34. It is a visual, stylized arrangement of words or tags within a textual content such as websites, articles,
speeches and databases.
A. animation C. mind mapping
B. blog D. tag cloud
_______35. It is an electronic device for recording, copying, replaying, broadcasting and displaying of moving visual
media.
A. Blog C. slideshow presentation
B. mind mapping D. video
Read the statements carefully. Identify if the statement is TRUE or FALSE. Write your answers on the space
provided.
_______36. 21st Century Literature are new literary works created within the last decade.
_______37. Digi-Fiction is a story through text and illustrated images.
_______38. Manga is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and graphic novels
originally published in Japan.
_______39. Reading literature will not give you a better understanding of human nature and the complexity of the
human condition.
_______40. Literary is characterized by beauty of expression form and by universality intellectual and appeal.
_______41. Examples of prose nonfiction are myths, fables, novels and short stories.
_______42. A narrative poem will tell you a story, it has a rhythm, rhyme and uses meter.
_______43. Hugot lines is said to be story of man.
_______44. Pre-colonial period is oral in nature, full of lessons and the sources are usually native town folk.
_______45. American literature period is where religious, secular, propaganda, and revolutionary literary pieces
arise.
_______46. The use of English language was forbidden in Japanese period.
_______47. It is important to know and study Philippine literature because it is needed to pass the subject.
_______48. The first book printed in the Philippines is Doctrina Christiana.
_______49. The mission of Spanish Friars is to spread the Islam.
_______50. Rizal is also known as Dimas Alang and Laong Laan.

Prepared by:

KRISTINE BERNADETTE T. MARTINEZ


Subject Teacher

Checked by:

JOSEPHEN D. LACAYANGA
HT – III

Noted:

WILLY Q. MAMARADLO
Principal I

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