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Hums 1 - 21st Century Literature from the Philippines

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dili mo pagpuhaton ngato sa uban

Ang alang kanimo dautan

a)

Riddles

b)

Proverbs

c)

Legends

2.

Ibagam no sinno ti caduam

Ta ibagac no sinno ca

- Ilocano

a)

A stitch in time saves nine.

b)

Do not put off for tomorrow what you can do today.

c)

Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are.

3.

Taas ug puti nga babaye

Nag ka-on sa iyang lawas

(a)  

4.

Who is the protagonist in the legend story: Creation of the World?

a)

Bulan

b)

Adlao

c)

Languit

d)

Tubigan

5.

Who is the antagonist in the legend story: On the Origin of Earth and Man?

a)

Bulan

b)

Adlao

c)

Languit

d)

Tubigan

6.

What is the cause of the conflict in the legend story: The Creation of the World?

a)

Family conflict

b)

Sibling rivalry

c)

Greed for power

d)

A duel (armed conflict)

7.

What is the cause of the conflict in the legend story: On the Origin of Earth and Man?

a)

Family conflict

b)

Sibling rivalry

c)

Greed for power

d)

A duel (armed conflict)

8.

What is the type of the conflict in the legend story: The Creation of the World?

a)

Family conflict

b)

Sibling rivalry

c)

Greed for power

d)

A duel (armed conflict)

9.

What is the type of the conflict in the legend story: On the Origin of Earth and Man?

a)

Family conflict

b)

Sibling rivalry

c)

Greed for power

d)

A duel (armed conflict)

10.

Source of the different sources: Maisog's body which was struck by lightning

a)

Black race

b)

Yellow race

c)

White race

d)

Brown race

11.

Source of the different sources: Maisog’s son who went to the north

a)

Black race

b)

Yellow race

c)

White race

d)

Brown race

12.

Source of the different sources: the other children who went to the south

a)

Black race

b)

Yellow race

c)

White race

d)

Brown race

13.

Source of the different sources: those who were carried to the east and who fed on clay

a)

Black race

b)

Yellow race

c)

White race

d)

Brown race

14.

My dreams, when scarcely a lad adolescent,

My dreams when already a youth, full of vigor to attain,

Were to see you, Gem of the Sea of the Orient,

Your dark eyes dry, smooth brow held to a high plane

Without frown, without wrinkles and of shame without stain.

a)

(1,3,4)

(2,5)

b)

(1,3)

(2,4,5)

c)

(1,3)

(2,5)

d)

(1,3)

15.

If over my tomb someday, you would see blow,

A simple humble flow’r amidst thick grasses,

Bring it up to your lips and kiss my soul so,

And under the cold tomb, I may feel on my brow,

Warmth of your breath, a whiff of your tenderness.

a)

(1,3,4)

(2,5)

b)

(1,3)

(2,4,5)

c)

(1,3)

(2,5)

d)

(1,3)

(2,4)

16.

What is metaphorically described as the Philippines?

a)

Tiger

b)

Agila

c)

Gem

d)

Orient

17.

Pray thee for all the hapless who have died,

For all those who unequalled torments have undergone;

For our poor mothers who in bitterness have cried;

For orphans, widows and captives to tortures were shied,

a)

Apostrophe

b)

Anaphora

c)

Anastrophe

d)

Metaphor

18.

Let the burning sun the raindrops vaporize

And with my clamor behind return pure to the sky;

Let a friend shed tears over my early demise;

And on quiet afternoons when one prays for me on high,

Pray too, oh, my Motherland, that in God may rest I.

a)

Apostrophe

b)

Anaphora

c)

Anastrophe

d)

Metaphor

19.

Farewell, my adored Land, region of the sun caressed,

Pearl of the Orient Sea, our Eden lost,

a)

Apostrophe

b)

Anaphora

c)

Anastrophe

d)

Metaphor

20.

If you need a hue to dye your matutinal glow,

Pour my blood and at the right moment spread it so,

And gild it with a reflection of your nascent 

light!

a)

Apostrophe

b)

Anaphora

c)

Anastrophe

d)

Personification

21.

Your dark eyes dry, smooth brow held to a high plane

Without frown, without wrinkles and of shame without stain.

What is personified in these lines?

a)

Flag

b)

Wind

c)

Our country

d)

Sky

22.

 I die as I see tints on the sky b’gin to show

And at last announce the day, after a gloomy night;

a)

Flag

b)

Wind

c)

Our country

d)

Sky

23.

In murmurs grave allow the wind to sigh,

Let the bird intone a song of peace o’er my site.

a)

Bird

b)

Wind

c)

Our country

d)

Sky

24.

The sea is wrapped by the earth,

the earth is covered by bone,

the bone is covered by hair,

the hair is covered by skin.

(a)