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WorksheetsDiagnostic Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
These are stories originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth
a)
Legends
b)
Myths
c)
Folk tales
d)
Poem
2.
Into which genre do myths, legends and folktales belong?
a)
Short Stories
b)
Folk Literature
c)
Written Literature
d)
Poetry
3.
These are non-mythological stories in which human qualities are ascribed to animals.
a)
Parables
b)
Animal Tales
c)
Maxims
d)
Fables
4.
These are Philippine tales which are local versions of internationally known folktales.
a)
Trickster Tales
b)
Romantic Tales
c)
Tales of Magic
d)
Parable
5.
These stories reflect adventures of royal personages in such kingdoms as Turkey, Portugal and Brazil in lieu of tribal settings.
a)
Romantic Tales
b)
Humorous Tales
c)
Didactic Tales
d)
Parables
6.
Are short, imaginative narratives that usually use anthropromorphic animal characters to convey folk wisdom and to help us understand human nature and develop proper human behavior.
a)
Humorous Tales
b)
Trickster Tales
c)
Novelistic tales
d)
Romantic Tales
7.
In the 1600's, the Spanish language which became the literary language during this time lent many of its words to our language.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
8.
European legends and traditions brought here were not assimilated in our songs, corridos, and moro-moros.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
9.
DOCTRINA CRISTIANA (THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE). This was the first book printed in the Philippines in 1593 in xylography.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
10.
It is a dramatic performance to commemorate the passion and death of Jesus Christ.
a)
Play
b)
Moro-moro
c)
Cenaculo
d)
Panunuluyan
11.
It is a musical comedy or melodrama three acts which dealt with man’s passions and emotions like love, hate, revenge, cruelty, avarice or some social or political problem.
a)
Drama
b)
Nobela
c)
Moro-moro
d)
Zarzuela
12.
This is a form of dramatic entertainment performed on a moonless night during a town fiesta or on dark nights after a harvest. This shadow play is made by projecting cardboard figures before a lamp against a white sheet.
a)
Awit
b)
Korido
c)
Carillo
d)
Pasyon
13.
This was the novel that gave spirit to the propaganda movement and paved the way to the revolution against Spain.
a)
La Solidaridad
b)
Noli Me Tangere
c)
El Filibusterismo
d)
Mi Ultimo Adios
14.
It is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic meaning.
a)
Poem
b)
Essay
c)
Speech
d)
Narrative
15.
It is a piece of prose fiction that can be read in one sitting.
a)
Poem
b)
Short Story
c)
Novel
d)
Essay
16.
Generally, it is a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument.
a)
Speech
b)
Novel
c)
Poem
d)
Essay
17.
First, a poem must be magical, Then musical as a seagull.
What is the correct interpretation of lines 1-2?
What is the correct interpretation of lines 1-2?
a)
The
call of the seagull is musical.
b)
Poetry writing is the work of a magician.
c)
A
poem should be as noisy as a magical seagull.
d)
A
poem must have magic and it must be musical.
18.
It must be a brightness moving
(4) And hold secret a bird’s flowering
What image is presented in line 4?
(4) And hold secret a bird’s flowering
What image is presented in line 4?
a)
The shining sun moving across the sky
b)
A bird unfolding its wings to fly and soar
c)
A bird secretly watching the blooming flowers
d)
Bursts of light that move with the turning earth
19.
It must be slender as a bell,
And it must hold fire as well.
How is it possible for something to be slender and fiery at the same time?
And it must hold fire as well.
How is it possible for something to be slender and fiery at the same time?
a)
It
can be thin and hot at the same time.
b)
The sound the bell makes is hot and fiery.
c)
It can have a lot of spirit despite its simplicity.
d)
The slender bell rings with hotness and urgency.
20.
It must have the wisdom of bows And it must kneel like a rose.
What kind of wisdom does a bow (used for archery) possess?
What kind of wisdom does a bow (used for archery) possess?
a)
A wise bow only shoots enough arrows.
b)
A smart bow is flexible and sturdy and never fades.
c)
A good bow knows how to direct an arrow to its mark.
d)
An intelligent bow responds to the commands of its master.
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