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BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL UNIT 60
School Year 2023-2024

21st CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

MIDTERM

Name: Adrian Dave A Escudero__________________

Grade and Section: 11 Serenity___________________
Date of the Exam: 5/11/2024_____________________
Teacher: Ms. Noeme S. Arbon, Ms. Ma. Karmen Sara T. Brotonel,
Mr. Emangel Paul A. Jayme, Ms. Lariza Irina G. Manug

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Read the directions carefully before you answer.
2. Follow the directions and write your answers legibly.
3. NFI will be marked wrong.

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read each item carefully and choose the best answer on the given items below. Shade your answer
on the given answer sheet.

A. 1. What time period in literature wherein they do not use paper and pencil to pass down their works/literature but
instead through the power of mouth?
A. Pre-Colonial Period
B. American Regime
C. Post- EDSA Period
D. Japanese Occupation
2. What language did Filipino writers use during the American Regime?
A. Filipino language was utilized in most literature.
B. Filipino writers wrote their literature in English language.
C. Philippine native language was highlighted in this era.
D. Both Filipino and English language were used by Filipinos.
3. What period of Philippine literature was marked by strict prohibitions imposed by the Japanese?
A. American Regime
B. Period of Enlightenment
C. Pre – colonial Period
D. Spanish Period
4. What is the name of the first Filipino alphabet?
A. Abakada
B. Cuneiform
C. Alibata
D. Hieroglyphics
5. What literary form uses animals as characters in the story?
A. Myths
B. Legends
C. Fables
D. Parable
6. What period in literature wherein they held pens and wrote on placards in red paint the equivalent of the word
MAKIBATA (To dare!)?
A. Pre-Colonial Period
B. American Regime
C. Period of Activism
D. Japanese Period
7. What type of literary form explains the origin or background of a certain thing, person, phenomena, or place and
more often secular than scared?
A. Myths
B. Legends
C. Fables
D. Epic
8. What type of literary form narrates the adventures and heroic deeds of a certain individual?
A. Folk tales
B. Folk Songs
C. Tanaga
D. Epics
9. Stories about the Gods and Goddesses belong to what literary form?
A. Myths
B. Legends
C. Fables
D. Folktales
10. The following are examples of Dr. Jose Rizal’s works, EXCEPT?
A. Noli Me Tangere
B. The Reign of Greed
C. La Solidaridad
D. El Filibusterismo
11. How will you describe Philippine literature in the modern times?
A. The forms of literature that led in this period are the essays, debates and poetry which have no difference
since then.
B. The world is crueler now for the majority of Filipinos because of the promotion of material things and thus
literature becomes sublime.
C. The Philippine literature may have changed but Filipino writers continue to show dynamism and innovation.
D. The deterioration of English in the different levels of education and the problems of the society becomes the
focus of literature.
12. The following are examples of Literary Genres, EXCEPT?
A. Prose
B. Poetry
C. Drama
D. Fiction and Non-fiction
13. What kind of poetry where the rhyme scheme and verse are not prescribed?
A. Haiku
B. Usual Form
C. Tanaga
D. Ode
14. The following are major contributions of Spanish Period in Philippine Literature, EXCEPT?
A. Periodicals took on a religious tone during this period.
B. The First Filipino Alphabet was replaced by Roman Alphabet.
C. Palanca Award was launched giving inspiration and tribute to Filipino writers.
D. The first book was printed in the Philippines entitled “Doctrina Christiana en lengua Espanola y Tagala.
15. In which period in Philippine Literature where all school newspaper were temporarily stopped and so with the school
organizations?
A. Period of Enlightenment
B. Period of Activism
C. Spanish Period
D. Period of the New Society
16. Who said that poetry is a genre that requires “aesthetic of sensation”?
A. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
B. Manuel Arguilla
C. Paz Marquez Benitez
D. Ophelia Dimalanta
17. What type of literary genre uses figurative language, symbolism, and other literary devices?
A. Prose
B. Poetry
C. Drama
D. Prose and Poetry
18. What type of drama is also called a period drama for it showcases stories that took place in a particular, specific, and
significant time?
A. Tragedy
B. History
C. Musical
D. Historical
19. It is a metrically simple and concerned with some strongly emotional event. Under which type of poetry is the
statement referred?
A. Metrical Romance
B. Ballad
C. Metrical Romance
D. Ode
20. In which period does Martial Law declared by the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr, the literary landscape of the
country?
A. The Period of Activism
B. Period of Third Republic
C. Period of the New Society
D. Rebirth of Freedom

21. It is when the narrator knows everything in the story even the things that are not yet being unfolded to the
characters themselves. Under which type of Point of View is the statement referred?
 A. Third Person
B. Third Person Limited
C. Third Person Omniscient
D. Third Person Limited and Omniscient
22. What type of literary genre is known to be conversational language presented orally or in writing?
A. Prose
B. Poetry
C. Drama
D. Prose and Poetry
23. What type of literary genre tells stories like narrative poetry but is usually in the form of dialogues in plays with
rhymes, repeating rhythms, and other poetic elements?
A. Prose
B. Drama
C. Poetry
D. Drama and Poetry
24. What language did Filipino writers use during the American Regime?
A. Filipino language was utilized in most literature.
B. Filipino writers wrote their literature in English language.
C. Philippine native language was highlighted in this era.
D. Both Filipino and English language were used by Filipinos.
25. “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo” are examples of what type of subgenres of fiction?
A. Novela
B. Short Stories
C. Fiction
D. Novel

Test II. Analyze the given sample poem and give the corresponding type of poetry and theme. Encircle the correct
answer. (2 points each)

26-27. What type of literary genre is referred to in the poem below?

You pull a saber,
The flower is shivering,
Moment, you approached.
A. Haiku
B. Tanka
C. Tanaga
D. Sonnet
28-29. What theme is referred to in the poem below?
A lonely grass,
By the edge of the river,
Come with me, my love.
A. Love
B. Nature
C. Grief
D. Defeat
30-31. What type of literary genre is referred to in the poem below?
Violet petals so soft
A stolen moment, sixteen
Sun and moon, the-in between
Forever here in my heart
A. Haiku
B. Tanka
C. Tanaga
D. Ballad

32-33. What type of literary genre is referred to in the poem below?

 What is life, thou what make,
Shane warne’s nonchalant strike;
Laws of bowling well redefined,
A lapse in concentration fined.
A. Haiku
B. Ode
C. Tanaga
D. Ballad
Test III. Analyze the situations and choose the corresponding Philippine Literary Period. Write the letter on the line
provided before the item number.

A. Pre- Colonial Period D. Japanese Period

C. American Regime

B. Spanish Period E. Period of Enlightenment

_______34. This period shows the Filipino customs and traditions in everyday life and traced in their folk stories,
old plays, and short stories.
_______35. This period caused many changes occurred in the lives of Filipinos that eventually bled into its
literature.
_______36. Catholicism was introduced to the Filipinos, which led to radical change in literary works.
_______37. Filipino writers explored all forms of literature that clearly depicted their love of country and their
longing for independence.
_______38. English as a medium of instruction and communication was censored.
_______39. Filipino Literature was given a spotlight during this period. Topics and themes were often about life
in the provinces.
_______40. Tagalog writers continued in their lamentations on the condition of the country and their attempts
to arouse love for one’s native tongue.
_______41. Ancient Filipinos had their own alphabet that is similar to the Malayo-Polynesian Alphabet.
_______42. There were many Filipinos who showed their courage and fought for freedom.
Test IV. Choose a specific period in Philippine Literature and draw your interpretation/s of what happened during that
period. (9 points)
No answer Need Improvement Adequate Exemplary
(0 points)
Content/ Drawing is not Drawing is partial or Drawing is not Drawing is comprehensive,
Connectedness representative of incomplete and not comprehensive or accurate, and complete.
the knowledge connected at all. detailed enough. (6 points)
gained. (2 points) (4 points)

Visual Appeal Drawing lacks Drawing has few Drawing is Drawing exhibits attention
almost all details details. Little effort in expressive and to detail and understand
or it is unclear work appears somewhat detailed. completely the literary
what drawing is improvised and looks (2 points) period. Student has control
intended to be. incomplete. and is able to experiment a
(1 point) little.
(3 points)
Test V. Create a short journal about your life yesterday. The journal must consist of 5 to 10 sentences. (9 points)
No answer Need Improvement Adequate Exemplary
(0 points) (3 points) (3 points) (3points)
Content Answers are not Answers are partial or Answers are not Answers are
related at all. incomplete. Key points comprehensive or comprehensive, accurate,
are not adequately completely stated. and complete. Key ideas
answered. Key points are are clearly stated,
addressed, but not explained, and well
well supported. supported.
Organization Answers are not The journal entry is The journal is well The journal entry is
related and somewhat hard to organized. One idea exceptionally organized.
organized at all. follow. or scene may seem One idea or scene follows
out of place. another in a logical order.

Writing Answers are not Displays over five Displays three to five Displays no errors in
Conventions related and errors in spelling, errors in spelling, spelling, punctuations,
(spelling, displays punctuation, grammar, punctuation, grammar, and sentence
punctuation, incorrect use of and sentence structure. grammar, and structure.
grammar, and conventions. sentence structure.
complete
sentences)

Name: _______________________________ Section: ___________________ Date: ________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE.

Test IV. Choose a specific period in Philippine Literature and draw your interpretation/s of what happened during that
period. (9 points)

Test V. Create a short journal about your life yesterday. The journal must consist of 5 to 10 sentences. (9 points)

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