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Philippine Literature

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Literature is derived from the Latin word littera meaning "writing formed with letters".

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Literature is not a part of history.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Literature helps us address human nature and conditions which affect all people.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Figurative Language is a word or phrase that possesses a separate meaning from its literal definition.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

We are building critical thinking skills when we are reading literature.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

When we are reading a country's literature, we are also reading their history.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The Philippines' history started only in 1521.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

A divinity of the ancient Tagalogs where his power and goodness were devoted to the interests of the people to whom he was the almighty protector.

(a)  

9.

The two types of literature are prose and (a)   .

10.

(a)   refers to any written work that follows a basic grammatical structure.

11.

(a)   are long narratives divided into chapters and events are taken from true-to-life stories.

12.

(a)   are merely products of the writer’s imagination and the main aim is to bring out lessons to the reader.

13.

(a)   deals with the life of a person which may be about himself, his autobiography or that of others.

14.

(a)   is a formal treatment of a subject and is intended to be spoken in public.

15.

Biag ni Lam-ang is an epic story of the ___________________ people.

a)

Maranao

b)

Ilocano

c)

Bagobo

d)

Visayan

16.

(a)   is an extended narrative about heroic exploits often under supernatural control.

17.

Elegy is a lyric poem which expresses feelings of grief and melancholy, and whose theme is ___________________.

a)

melancholic

b)

sky

c)

nature

d)

death

18.

(a)   arouses immediate and intense emotion and is usually sad but there is a happy ending for the principal character.

19.

(a)   seeks to arouse mirth by laughable lines, situations are too ridiculous to be true, the characters seem to be caricatures and the motives undignified and absurd.

20.

___________________ is a reflection of our emotions written artistically to keep readers engaged as they embark on a journey inside a poet’s complex mind.

a)

Symbolism

b)

Imagery

c)

Metaphor

d)

Poetry

21.

(a)   often have only one or two traits with little description about them.

22.

This element of fiction can function as a main force that the characters encounter, such as a tornado or flood, or can play a minor role in the story.

a)

Character

b)

Theme

c)

Setting

d)

Plot

23.

Gustav Freytag, a German playwright who lived during the 1800s, identified the structure (a)   which was used to trace the plot of a story.

24.

This part of the pyramid includes the events that the main character encounters wherein each event, developed in separate scenes, makes the problem more complex.



(a)  

25.

This point of view means that the narrator limits him/herself by being able to be in one character’s thoughts.

(a)  

26.

This Tagalog divinity was said to have never married after his love was spurned by a beautiful mortal maiden.

a)

Dumangan

b)

Amanikabli

c)

Dumakulem

d)

Ikapati

27.

In Tagalog divinities, she is said to be the beautiful mortal maiden that spurned the love of the god of the seas.

a)

Ikapati

b)

Mayari

c)

Tala

d)

Maganda

28.

As the benevolent giver of food and prosperity, she was respected and loved by the people. Who is this Tagalog divinity?

a)

Anagolay

b)

Idianali

c)

Ikapati

d)

Apolaki

29.

The earthly belongings of the deceased person were buried with him because it was believed that the spirit of the said person would need these things during his journey to the other world.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

The third agent of Sitan whose duty was to emit fire at night, especially when the night was dark and the weather was not good.

a)

Mankukulam

b)

Manisilat

c)

Mangagauay

d)

Sitan

31.

This fiend could be seen walking along dark trails and ·lonely paths without her head, hands or feet, because her work was to frighten people to death.

a)

Manisilat

b)

Mangagauay

c)

Mananangal

d)

Hukluban

32.

Among the Bontok and Kankanai groups of the Mountain Province, he was described to be the creator of all things and the preserver of life.

a)

Malayari

b)

Akasi

c)

Manglubar

d)

Lumawig

33.

The minor god assisting Kabunian who is said to be the gods of household who were held to be the souls of ancestors long departed, resembling the Roman lares.

a)

Kabigat

b)

Bulol

c)

Obban

d)

Balitok

34.

To a great extent, miscarriages among the Ifugao mothers were attributed to these deities.

a)

Gatui

b)

Tayaban

c)

Kikilan

d)

Bakayauwan

35.

The god of death who revealed themselves to the world in the form of tiny, flying monsters covered with shiny scales, so that they look like fireflies during nighttime.

a)

Mahipnat

b)

Tayaban

c)

Bibao

d)

Halupi

36.

The spirits of remembrance who pestered the debtors with recollections of debts, calmed the controversants to accede to the demands of their creditors, and had a wide field of usefulness in commercial transactions and love affairs.

a)

Bibao

b)

Mahipnat

c)

Fili

d)

Halupi

37.

The Sulod of Central Panay, in Western Bisayas, conceived of the universe as divided into three regions. Which one of these is not?

a)

lbabawnun

b)

Pansurunun

c)

Idadalmunun

d)

Pagtung-an

38.

Kaptan, who was the principal of the important deity of the early Bisayans, lived in Kahilwayan and, whenever he wanted to go down to the world, he passed through the (a)   in Panay.

39.

The god of sickness in the ancient Bisayan world who was considered by the natives as an evil god because he went out frequently to send disease to ravage the village during lean seasons.

a)

Banig

b)

Hidit

c)

Hipags

d)

Makaptan

40.

It was also believed in those days that when a man died, his soul would have to pass the infernal regions before it could be admitted in Kahilwayan if any one of his relatives would offer sacrifice to ______________________, Sidapa' s spokesman.

a)

Pandaque

b)

Paigrab

c)

Matanayon

d)

Paiburung

41.

The highest god of the Bagobos of Mindanao whose gifts should always be wrapped with white and should be placed in the center and above the offerings intended for other spirits.

a)

Magsanladung Badoy

b)

Luyong Kabig

c)

Pamulak Manobo

d)

Ginbitinan

42.

The mischievous spirits who disguised themselves in the human form and abducted women and children whom they fed with snakes and worms in their mountain abode.

a)

Pabuaya

b)

Panlinugon

c)

Sir'ing

d)

Luyong Baybay

43.

Haraya heard a giggle of a newborn baby while she was on the market.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

synecdoche

c)

oxymoron

d)

metaphor

44.

Alone together was my favorite movie.

a)

Simile

b)

Allusion

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Alliteration

45.

Tarabumo was the guardian of the crops and it was for him that the shrine known as __________ was erected in the center of the rice fields.

a)

Ikapati

b)

Tungkung Langit

c)

Mayari

d)

Parobanian

46.

She is as beautiful as a flower.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

47.

I heard the rustling of the leaves as you walked by.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Synecdoche

d)

Hyperbole

48.

The (a)   , written and chanted by the Mangyans, are songs about nature, childhood, human relationships, hospitality.

49.

She was the Helen of Troy in her class.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Synecdoche

c)

Allusion

d)

Alliteration

50.

She sells seashells

by the seashore.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Alliteration

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole