Long Quiz

The early Filipinos live in scattered barangay governed by a chieftain which they call rajah or datu.

• True

• False

It is a body of work, either written, oral, or visual, containing imaginative language that realistically portrays thought, emotions, and experiences of the human condition.

• Pre-colonial Literature

• Philippine Literature

• Literature

• World Literature

The period of time before colonization of a region or territory .

• Colonial

• Pre-Colonial

• Pre-history

• Post-history

Identify the two classifications of folk literature:

• Local and Global

• Dynamic and Static

• Flat and Round

• Floating and Oral

Which of the following is true about Philippine pre-colonial texts?

• Most of the pre-colonial dramas were held in the sambahan or places of worship

• They revolve around the illiteracy of early Filipinos.

• Only the concept of death is used as a subject for narratives

• All of the above

It is a rhythmical type of literary composition that usually serves to excite the readers.

• Poetry

• Prose

Which of the following is a theme of pre-colonial texts?

• Karma

• Reincarnation

• Ideals

• War

It is the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without  metrical structure

• Poetry

• Prose

These are sacred narrative explaining how the world and man came to be in their present form.

• Legends

• Myths

• Epics

• Fables

Philippine myths show that ancient Filipinos believed in one supreme god and in a number of lesser gods and goddesses

• True

• False