20th and 21st Century Lit Quiz

A literary historian whose work was focused on the turn of the century American occupation and the Marcos regime and its aftermath . She was also noted for her novel entitled, "The Peninsulars."

• Lindya Ty-Casper

•  Carlos Bulosan

• N. V. M. Gonzalez

• Ninotchka Rosca

The most notable work of Carlos Bulosan in 1964 that is classified as a Marxist novel based on his life and a living document of his experience of racism and emigration.

• America is in the Heart

• The Peninsulars

• The Bamboo Dancers

• The Hand of the Enemy

The first and last novel of Kerima Polotan in 1962 that depicts the unapologetic nature of domesticity.

• America is in the Heart

• The Hand of the Enemy

• The Bamboo Dancers

• His Native Coast

She was a Grand Prize winner of the prestigious Carlos Palanca Award in 1983 because of her work, "Dekada 70."

• Carlos Bulosan

• N.V.M. Gonzales

• Edith L. Tiempo

• Lualhati Bautista

Who is the author of the story that tells the story of an elite Filipina who is hallucinating, and is preoccupied with the notion that she has two navels or belly buttons in order to be treated as an extraordinary person.

• Edith L. Tiempo

• N.V.M. Gonzales

• Nick Joaquin

• Lualhati Bautista

Which is NOT a characteristic of 21st century literature?

• Literature are produced as products of the so-called expressive culture.

• Writers at present draw inspiration and ideas from the past.

• Works of literature are generally liberal and unfiltered; does not follow traditional or classical work;it’s mostly self-expression

• Literary pieces are written as ammunition and shield in the ever-changing tide of war to independence.

Anew genre of literature that use the computer screen as medium, rather than the printed page.

• Creative Fiction

• Hypertext Poetry

• Mobile novel

• Chick Lit

Which is NOT an example of social change brought by Feminism?

• Women now are more sensitive not only to their needs but also to that of the society; they are now aware of her potentials both as a woman and as a total human being.

• Women now have greater confidence in herself as a person and as a member of society

• Women have been given the right to vote.

• Women these days have greater access to education.

An award-winning 21st century author who wrote the "Tales of Spiderwoman"

• Reine Arcache Melvin

• Merlie Alunan

• Merlinda Bobis

• Maria Luisa Aguilar - Cariño

One of the most notable works of Merlinda Bobis that meditates on poverty, hunger, and abuse, and also shows the predicament of many Filipinos in the Philippines.

• Banana Heart Summer

• Karapote

• Smaller and Smaller

• Cordillera Tales