PLIANT LIKE THE BAMBOO

Which of the following literary forms does "Pliant Like the Bamboo" belong to?

• essay

• novel

• poem

• short story

The word essay has origins in the French word "exigere" which means _____________

• to examine

• to try

• both A and B

• none of the above

What is the pen name of Ismael Villanueva Mallari?

• IVM

• I. V. Mallari

• Ismael M.

• Ismael V. Mallari

This character at the beginning of the essay was described as strong and sturdy.

• Bamboo plant

• Colonizer

• Filipino

• Mango tree

Mark/Check the three nationalities who colonized the Philippines.

• Americans

• Chinese

• Indians

• Japanese

• Spaniards

These colonizers dominated the Philippines for more than three hundred years but left the Filipinos much richer in experience and culture.

• Americans

• Japanese

• Spaniards

These colonizers used more subtle means of winning over the Filipinos to their mode of living and thinking.

• Americans

• Japanese

• Spaniards

These colonizers came like a storm, like a plague of locusts, like a pestilence – rude, relentless, and cruel; but the Filipinos learned to cooperate with them.

• Americans

• Japanese

• Spaniards

"No wonder that the Filipino can afford to _________________. For the Filipino is endowed with the saving grace of humor. This humor is earthly as befits one who has not indulged in deep contemplation.

What one important trait or characteristic do you think we Filipinos have that sets us apart from the rest of the world?