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Tagalog & Japanese Poetry

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is a pre-Hispanic rhyming poem of three lines with seven syllables in each line expressing a complete thought.

a)

Oyayi

b)

Hilirao

c)

Diona

d)

Tanaga

2.

This is an indigenous or native Tagalog fixed poetic form. It is composed of heptasyllabic lines or four lines containing seven syllables each.

a)

Riddles

b)

Proverbs

c)

Diona

d)

Tanaga

3.

This is made up of two couplets that have a rhyme scheme of aabb.

a)

Riddles

b)

Proverbs

c)

Diona

d)

Tanaga

4.

This is a traditional Japanese fixed poetic form composed of three unrhymed lines comprising seventeen syllables.

a)

Renga

b)

Diona

c)

Tanka

d)

Haiku

5.

It's pattern is 5-7-5 syllable.

a)

Haiku

b)

Renga

c)

Tanka

d)

Diona

6.

Haiku came from the opening lines of Renga called?

a)

Hakku

b)

Hokku

c)

Haki

d)

Haku

7.

The following are famous writers of Haiku except:

a)

Matsuo Basho

b)

Kobayashi Issa

c)

Kugisaki Nobara

d)

Yosa Buson

8.

This is a Japanese fixed poetic form composed of five unrhymed lines comprising thirty-one syllables.

a)

Tanaga

b)

Renga

c)

Diona

d)

Tanka

9.

It is composed of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables, total of 31 syllables.

a)

Tanka

b)

Tanaga

c)

Renga

d)

Haiku

10.

The upper phrase of Tanka usually composed of the vivid image of the poetry. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The lower phrase of Tanka offers the poet’s ideas and insights about that image. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

12.

He is considered as the best practitioner of Tanka during the Heian Period.

a)

Ono no Takamura

b)

Ono no Megumi

c)

Ono no Itadori

d)

Ono no Komachi

13.

It follows the format of alternating three and two lines containing 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.

a)

Renga

b)

Tanka

c)

Haiku

d)

Diona

14.

In which poetry was Haiku derived?

a)

Tanka

b)

Renga

c)

Diona

d)

None of the above

15.

What was the title of Juan de Noceda and Pedro de Sanlucar's transcription of Tagalog Poetry?

a)

Vocabulario de la Lengua tagala

b)

Vocabulario de Philippine Times

c)

Vocabulario de Pansito

d)

Vocabulario de la Merced