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Philippine Literature Quiz

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tagalog versifiers fluent in Spanish during the Spanish colonial period.

(a)  

2.

First Filipino novel, written in Spanish by Pedro Paterno.

(a)  

3.

Underground newspaper considered the mouthpiece of the Reform Movement.

(a)  

4.

Known as the "Master of Traditional Tagalog Poetry" and author of Florante at Laura.

(a)  

5.

First short story written in English by a Filipino author, Paz Marquez Benitez.

(a)  

6.

Poet known as the “Mother of Philippine Women’s Literature.”

(a)  

7.

Poetic performance during the Spanish period depicting the passion of Christ.

(a)  

8.

Japanese form of poetry consisting of 17 syllables in a 5-7-5 pattern.

(a)  

9.

Political party approved by the Japanese during the Japanese colonial period.

(a)  

10.

Guerilla army unified against Japanese invasion.

(a)  

11.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Filipino author of I Saw the Fall of the Philippines.

(a)  

12.

Magazine that compiled Ang Pinakamabuting Maikling Kathang Pilipino ng 1943.

(a)  

13.

American general who promised “I shall return” and fulfilled it in 1944.

(a)  

14.

The first book printed in the Philippines in 1593 by Fr. Juan de Placencia and Fr. Domingo Nieva.

a)

Urbana at Felisa

b)

Doctrina Cristiana

c)

Sampaguitas y poesías varias

d)

Nuestra Señora del Rosario

15.

Novel by Jose Rizal that exposed the abuses of Spanish friars.

a)

Florante at Laura

b)

Noli Me Tangere

c)

Ninay

d)

Urbana at Felisa

16.

Author of the novel El Filibusterismo and considered the Philippines’ national hero.

a)

Andres Bonifacio

b)

Jose Rizal

c)

Marcelo del Pilar

d)

Pedro Paterno

17.

Author of Urbana at Felisa, considered the 'Father of Classic Prose in Tagalog'.

a)

Zoilo Galang

b)

Modesto de Castro

c)

Fernando Bagongbanta

d)

Tomas Pinpin

18.

Author of Sampaguitas y poesías varias, the first poetry collection in Spanish by a Filipino.

a)

Pedro Paterno

b)

Francisco Baltazar

c)

Leona Florentino

d)

Jose Rizal

19.

Founder of the Katipunan and writer of 'Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa'.

a)

Emilio Aguinaldo

b)

Andres Bonifacio

c)

Mariano Ponce

d)

Graciano Lopez Jaena

20.

Known as the 'Mother of Philippine Women’s Literature,' a poet in both Ilocano and Spanish.

a)

Leona Florentino

b)

Angela Manalang-Gloria

c)

Paz Marquez Benitez

d)

Edith Tiempo

21.

This novel by Macario Pineda (1947) was the first notable post-war work.

a)

Daluyong

b)

Ginto sa Makiling

c)

Watch in the Night

d)

Without Seeing the Dawn

22.

War novel written in 1947 by Stevan Javellana, depicting Japanese occupation.

a)

Daluyong

b)

Without Seeing the Dawn

c)

Watch in the Night

d)

Maganda pa ang Daigdig

23.

Novel by Lazaro Francisco noted for Rizal-like themes of nationalism.

a)

Maganda pa ang Daigdig

b)

Sugat sa Alaala

c)

Daluyong

d)

All of the above

24.

President who changed Philippine Independence Day from July 4 to June 12.

a)

Ramon Magsaysay

b)

Diosdado Macapagal

c)

Carlos P. Garcia

d)

Ferdinand Marcos

25.

This 1986 bloodless revolution ousted Ferdinand Marcos.

a)

EDSA People Power Revolution

b)

Hukbalahap Revolt

c)

Cry of Pugadlawin

d)

Katipunan Uprising

26.

First short story in English written by Paz Marquez Benitez.

a)

A Child of Sorrow

b)

Dead Stars

c)

Without Seeing the Dawn

d)

His Native Soil

27.

First National Artist for Literature.

a)

Edith Tiempo

b)

Nick Joaquin

c)

Jose Garcia Villa

d)

Amado V. Hernandez

28.

Filipino literature during the Spanish period was mainly religious and moral.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

29.

Short stories became a very popular literary form during the American period.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

30.

Doctrina Cristiana was the first book printed in the Philippines.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

31.

Corazon Aquino became president through a snap election in 1986.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

32.

The 21st-century literature is from the year 2000 to the present.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

33.

Ninay, the first Filipino novel, was written in Tagalog.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

34.

The American colonizers used a democratic approach in governing the Philippines.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

35.

Equipment introduced by the Dominicans that enabled the publication of early religious materials and books.

(a)