Popular Culture Midterm Exam

1. In the Philippines, the Bayanihan spirit is one of communal unity, with the expectation of being rewarded for helping others.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

In the Philippines, the Bayanihan spirit is one of communal unity, with NO expectation of being rewarded for helping others.

2. The earliest record of Pre-Hispanic architecture in the Philippines are caves and rock shelters.

• True

• False

3. Popular culture in the Philippines was created and used by the Americans to the native Filipinos or Indios via plays and literature to get the heart of the natives and win it.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Popular culture in the Philippines was created and used by the SPANIARDS to the native Filipinos or Indios via plays and literature to get the heart of the natives and win it.

4. Media prevents society from isolation.

• True

• False

5. The advancement of technology has created many more outlets for mass media and, consequently, the spread of popular culture.

• True

• False

6. It describes cultural traditions that are done at a local level and derived from longstanding cultural practices.

• Folk culture

• High culture

• Pop culture

• Super culture

7. Opera and ballet are only accessed by society's elites. Such are examples of?

• Folk culture

• High Culture

• Pop Culture

• Superculture

8. These are social constructs within Filipino culture that define that which is socially considered to be desirable.

• Filipino Arts

• Filipino Entertainment

• Filipino Cuisine

• Filipino Values

9. Which of the following is a tradition that Filipinos practice?

• Turkey roasting

• Snowball fights

• Cockfights

• None of the choices

10. The cultural diversity in the Philippines shown through music, dance, theatre, and literature belongs to what aspect of Filipino culture?

• Values

• Religion

• Cuisine

• Arts