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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VIII
Division of Leyte
Palompon National High School
Senior High School
Oval East, Central II Palompon, Leyte

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
21st CENTURY LITERATURE OF THE PHILS AND THE WORLD

Name:_______________________Grade Level & Major:____________Date:________

I. Instruction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. The period which brought liberal ideas and internationalism to literature.


a. Pre-colonial Period b. American Colonial Period
c. Spanish Colonial Period d. Contemporary Period

2. A long narrative poem about the death of Christ.


a. Sinakulo b. Pasyon c. Sarswela d. Korido

3. A metrical tale written in octosyllabic quatrains.


a. Korido b. Awit c. poem d. Sarswela

4. The first Filipino short story written in English.


a. Blue Blood of the Big Astana b. Dead Stars
c. This Miss Pathuphats d. Goodbye, Flipper

5. The period of Literature where Theatre was introduced.


a. American Colonial Period b. Spanish Colonial Period
c. Contemporary Period d. Pre-colonial Period

6. A form of literature which deals with heroism and bravery of a character.


a. Legend b. Folk Song c. Epic d. Fables

7. A period wherein free verses and modern short stories where introduced.
a. Contemporary Period b. Spanish Colonial Period
c American Colonial Period d. Pre-Colonial Period

8. A literary form which is typically a debate song performed by a man and a


woman.
a. Harana b. Balitaw c. Awit d. Sarswela

9. A literary period centered on the literary workshops and literary


consciousness.
a. American colonial Period b. Spanish Colonial Period
c Pre-colonial Period d. Contemporary Period
10. A folk narrative which presents misleading or puzzling question to be solved
or guessed for entertainment purposes.
a. Proverbs b. Fables c. riddles d. Epic
11. The authors main idea or the underlying meaning in a piece of writing.
a. Conflict b. Resolution c. Setting d. theme

12. The series of events or arrangement of events that develops ideas in a drama or
a story.
a. Conflict b. Plot c. Setting d. Exposition

13. A literary genre which focuses on characters and plots than the sounds and
pattern.
a. Poetry b. Prose c. Non-Fiction d. Drama

14. A standard of good literature which deals with being timeless and timely of a
written work.
a. Artistry b. Permanence c. Spiritual Value d. Universality

15. A literary genre which focuses on sounds and typically follows specific
patterns.
a. Prose b. Narrative c. Poetry d. Fiction

16. The Author of the Bisayan short story Pamato.


a. Alejandro Abadilla b. Merlie Alunan
c. Eugenio Viacrusis d. Lakambini Sitoy

17. The main idea of the short story This Miss Pathuphats.
a. views about foreign Products
b. discrimination against people who have black complexion
c. Acculturation and Colonial Mentality
d. Change of attitude due to discrimination

18. A short story which manifests the individuals point of view and a reflection of
personal observations and experiences on how homosexuals are treated in the
society.
a. Pamato b. Geyluv c. Mga Mata sa Dagat d. Visayan
Love

19. One of the standards of good literature which is associated with its emotional
power.
a. Artistry b. Universality c. Permanence d. Suggestiveness

20. A literary writer who advocated modernism in his poetry.


a. Jose Garcia Villa b. Alejandro Abadilla c. Angela Victoria d. Paz
Marquez Benitez

21. The prevailing feeling or atmosphere in a poem.


a. Theme b. Conflict c. mood d. connotation
22. It is an element of a plot where the conflict is slowly revealed.
a. Exposition b. rising action c. denouement d. falling
action
23. The main character of Eugenio Viacrucis story Mga Mata sa Dagat.
a. Felimon b. Carding c. Benjie d. Simon

24. The use of other bodily entities to describe specific words in poetry.
a. Rhetorical devices b. metaphor
c. imagery d. onomatopoeia

25. The main character of a story is called


a. Antagonist b. Protagonist c. Antigonist d. Protogonist

26. The point of view used in the story Geyluv.


a. First person b. first person omniscient
c. third person d. third person omniscient

27. The father of the Pampanga Literature.


a. Vicente Sotto b. Juan Crisostomo Sotto
c. Alejandro Abadilla d. Pedro Bukaneg

28. A small unit or group of lines in a poem.


a. Meter b. rhyme c. stanza d. rhyme scheme

29. What is the primary purpose of using imagery in a poem?


a. To enhance rhyming scheme
b. To help create visual ideas through words.
c. To create sounds in every line of the stanzas
d. All of the above

30. The pamato in the story of Merlie Alunan is used as a symbolism for
a. Childhood b. identity
c. hometown of the author d. People of Duenas
II. Arrange the following in sequence. Label each A-E.

Elements of a Plot (31-35) Biag ni Lam-ang (36-40)

________ Falling Action _______ Lam-ang defeated the Igorots


________ Exposition/Introduction _______Lam ang bathe at the river
________Rising Action _______Lam-ang fell in love with Ines
________Climax _______Lam-angs body parts were retrieved
________Denouement ________ Lam-ang went to dive in the ocean

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Prepared by:

SORDY M. MINGASCA
Literature Teacher

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