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LITERATURE REVIEW

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

  Who is the author of the poem “Sa Aking mga Kabata”?

a)

JOSE RIZAL

b)

PAZ MARQUEZ BENITEZ

c)

JOSE NAPKIL

d)

ANDRES BONIFACIO

2.

   Who is the author of the novel “Banaag at Sikat”?

a)

JOSE RIZAL

b)

LOPE K. SANTOS

c)

EMILIO JACINTO

d)

FRANCISCO ARCILLANA

3.

  What is the title of the Philippine national epic?

(a)  

4.

    What is the title of the first Filipino novel in English?

(a)  

5.

  What is the title of the play written by Aurelio Tolentino that is considered as the first Tagalog play?

(a)  

6.

What is the title of the first Tagalog novel?

a)

NANAY

b)

BANAAG AT SIKAT

c)

NINAY

d)

TINAY

7.

What is the title of the play written by Nick Joaquin that won the first Palanca Award for Full-Length Play?

(a)  

8.

Who is the author of the novel “Viajero”?

a)

LUALHATI BAUTISTA

b)

NICK JOAQUIN

c)

JOSE RIZAL

d)

F. SIONIL JOSE

9.

Who is the author of the novel “Gapo”?

a)

LUALHATI BAUTISTA

b)

NICK JOAQUIN

c)

F. SIONIL JOSE

d)

CARLOS BULOSAN

10.

What is the title of the first novel written by a Filipino in English and published in the United States?

a)

MAY DAY EVE

b)

THE WOMAN WITH TWO NAVELS

c)

AMERICA IS IN THE HEART

d)

VIAJERO

11.

What is the title of the first published book of poetry in the Philippines?

(a)  

12.

Who is the author of the novel “Dogeaters”?

(a)  

13.

What is the title of the collection of short stories written by Nick Joaquin?

a)

MAY DAY EVE

b)

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS FILIPINO

c)

THE WOMAN WHO HAD TWO NAVELS

d)

DOGEATERS

14.

What is the title of the first English-language newspaper in the Philippines?

(a)  

15.

What is the title of the first Tagalog play to be staged commercially?

a)

BANAAG AT SIKAT

b)

VIAJERO

c)

WALANG SUGAT

d)

MGA AMA, MGA ANAK

16.

What is the title of the first literary magazine in the Philippines?

a)

NINAY

b)

LIWAYWAY

c)

DOGEATERS

d)

WAKASAN

17.

Who is the author of the novel “Biyaya ng Lupa”?

a)

NICK JOAQUIN

b)

F. SIONIL JOSE

c)

AMADO V. HERNANDEZ

d)

JOSE RIZAL

18.

He was the first of the free-verse poets and his “frankness of expression” disturbed many literary critics

(a)  

19.

It is the oldest complete prophetic book in the Bible which voices a stern and uncompromising warning to the Kingdom of Israel; a warning of utter annihilation unless social reforms are immediately affected. 

(a)  

20.

The nucleus of this Indian epic concerns the battle between two rival bands of brothers, both descendants of a common grandfather who came to war over their heritage. 

(a)  

21.

What novel of Chinua Achebe documents the disintegration of a rural community under the impact of Westernization and is a classical statement of this archetypal theme? 

a)

THINGS FALL APART

b)

MAY DAY EVE

c)

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

22.

Which American philosopher, and often-quoted advocate of individualism, published essays on Self-Reliance, Love, Heroism, Character and Manners in his Collections of 1841 and 1844? 

a)

WALT WHITMAN

b)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

c)

EDGAR ALLAN POE

d)

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

23.

What type of literary plot presents a change from ignorance to knowledge, producing love or hatred between the persons, destined by the author for good or bad fortunes? 

(a)  

24.

A three-headed dog that in Greek mythology, guards the entrance to Hades

(a)  

25.

     What literary device is employed by a novelist when in the middle of the character’s dilemmas, the protagonist is suddenly led to find a solution through a divine intervention?

(a)  

26.

    “He had no idea of the disastrous chain of events to follow.” In this sentence, while the protagonist is clueless of further developments, the reader learns that something disastrous and problematic is about to happen to/for him. What then, is employed by the writer to suggest an upcoming outcome to the story?

(a)  

27.

     In Carl Gustav Jung’s heroic archetypes, which hero of tragedy has a fatal flaw which brings about his downfall but not without achieving some kind of realization or wisdom? 

(a)  

28.

     After this novel was published in the country it was set in, the author was sued by Mineko Iwasaki claiming that the author violated their agreement to protect her anonymity if she told him about her life and profession. What is this 1997 novel that chronicles the pursuit of Chiyo Sakamoto to become an entertainer?

(a)  

29.

     Karataka and Damanaka are the names of the two jackals that are retainers to a lion king. Their lively adventures as well as the stories they tell one another make up nearly half of which classic ancient Sanskrit work?

a)

MAHABHARATA

b)

THE PANCHATANTRA

c)

OEDIPUS REX

d)

THINGS FALL APART

30.

is A form of literary device wherein the order of the noun and adjective in the sentence or line is exchanged. In standard parlance and writing, the adjective comes first before the noun . This reserved order creates a dramatic impact and lends weight to the description offered by the adjective.

(a)  

31.

  s the  In a certain poem, the word SMOG, built in combining FOG and SMOKE is used by a poet to mean something that has the properties of both. In formal stylistic analysis, what device best defines this practice??

a)

clipping

b)

compounding

c)

portmanteau

32.

In Greek mythology, it is described as a monster, shaped half like a man and half like a bull, confined in the labyrinth built by Daedalus for King Minos. It is given a periodic tribute of youths and maidens as food until slain by Theseus.

a)

Cerebrus

b)

Argos

c)

Minotaur

33.

In the dictionary of newsroom terms, what term best applies to an apprentice to a printer?

(a)  

34.

In the play Much Ado About Nothing, noted playwright William Shakespeare’s character Dogberry says, “Our watch, sir, have indeed comprehended two auspicious persons.” Instead, what the character means to say is “Our watch, sir, have apprehended two suspicious persons.” What trick is used to ensure that the two words sound similar enough for the reader to catch onto the intended switch and find humor in the result? 

(a)  

35.

    Who is the Filipino-born journalist, filmmaker, and immigration activist who authored and contributed to three Washington Post articles about the Virginia Tech Shootings that were awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting?

(a)