21st Century Literatures from the Philippines and the World

Which among is not the true meaning of literature?

• "It expresses the feelings and emotions of people in response to his everyday efforts to live, to be happy in his environment, and after struggles, to reach his Creator".

• "Literature expresses the feelings of people to his society, to the government, to his surroundings, to his fellowmen, and to his Divine Creator."

• Literature is any printed matter written within a book, a magazine or a pamphlet.

• None of the above

The word "literature" is derived from which Latin term?

• Litra

• Littera

• Literra

• Litera

What is the first Filipino alphabet called?

• Allibata

• Albata

• Alibata

• None of the above

What written literature that has a quatrine of 7 syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line?

• riddles or bugtong

• epigrams or salawikain

• poems or tanaga

• none of the above

What is the Filipino form of debate done in verse?

(a)  

What is the first book printed in the Philippines in 1953 by the Dominica?

(a)  

Which among the following is the collection of prose of poetry by Maximo Ramos and Florentino Valeros?

• Philippines Cross Section

• Heart of the Islands

• Philippine Writing

• Horizons Least

During the Literary Revolution what did the Filipino people write on their placards in red paint?

(a)  

What is the total number of living languages or dialects in the Philippines?

• 180

• 181

• 179

• 182

Which Filipino writer depicts most of his life stories in Barrio Nagrebcan, Bauang, La Union?

• Manuel Arguilla

• Anthony Tan

• Merlie Alunan

• Ivy Alvarez