WorksheetsPLIANT LIKE THE BAMBOO
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Which of the following literary forms does "Pliant Like the Bamboo" belong to?
essay
novel
poem
short story
The word essay has origins in the French word "exigere" which means _____________
to examine
to try
both A and B
none of the above
What is the pen name of Ismael Villanueva Mallari?
IVM
I. V. Mallari
Ismael M.
Ismael V. Mallari
This character at the beginning of the essay was described as strong and sturdy.
Bamboo plant
Colonizer
Filipino
Mango tree
Mark/Check the three nationalities who colonized the Philippines.
Americans
Chinese
Indians
Japanese
Spaniards
These colonizers dominated the Philippines for more than three hundred years but left the Filipinos much richer in experience and culture.
Americans
Japanese
Spaniards
These colonizers used more subtle means of winning over the Filipinos to their mode of living and thinking.
Americans
Japanese
Spaniards
These colonizers came like a storm, like a plague of locusts, like a pestilence – rude, relentless, and cruel; but the Filipinos learned to cooperate with them.
Americans
Japanese
Spaniards
"No wonder that the Filipino can afford to (a) . For the Filipino is endowed with the saving grace of humor. This humor is earthly as befits one who has not indulged in deep contemplation.
What one important trait or characteristic do you think we Filipinos have that sets us apart from the rest of the world?
