21st Century Q - 2 W - 1

EMELYN Q.
ABILLAR GRADE 12 ABM A
WHAT I KNOW
Recall what you learned about the literature of the world. In what continent does each country belong
to?
1. Japan – Asia 7. Egypt - Africa

2. Korea - Asia 8. Kenya - Africa
3. Colombia - South America 9. Tanzania - Africa
4. Greece - Europe 10. China - Asia
5. Spain - Europe 11. Mexico - North America
6. Portugal - Europe 12. USA - North America
Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Haiku is an example of ___literature.
a. Chinese Literature b. Japanese Literature c. Indian literature
2. Mahabharata is an oldest epic of ___.
a. India b. America c. China
3. The book “One Thousand and One Nights or Arabian Nights” was originated in___.
a. Palestine b. China c. Saudi Arabia
4. An influential and sacred book of the Islams.
a. Bible b. Canterbury Tales c. Koran
5.“Shih Ching” is translated in English or sometimes as “The Book of Songs” or “The Odes” was
originated in ___.
a. China b. Japan c. Malaysia
6. Puritan Literature was a reflection of ___
a. Filipino life b. Puritan life c. Japanese life
7. An influential book for Christians. It talks about Christianity.
a. Bible b. Canterbury Tales c. Koran
8. It refers to the literature that was written over a period of thousands of years, in a variety of countries
in Asia.
a. Asian literature
b. Latin American Literature

c. North American Literature
WHAT’S IN
It’s time for a ‘Brainergizer’! Before you get to know some awesome authors from the different
parts of the world, let’s first test your knowledge through this true or false trivia game. Write T if the
statement is true and F if it is false. ur answers in your notebook. Be sure to not ask Mr. Google while
doing this activity
1. The language of the Rom, or Gypsy, people comes from India. __ TRUE __
2. English is related to German. __TRUE__
3. The poet W. B. Yeats was from England.__ FALSE ___
4. Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o always writes in English.__ FALSE ___
5. The Sound and the Fury is a sonnet by William Shakespeare.__ FALSE ___
6. No South African has won a Nobel Prize in literature.__ FALSE ___
7. The words chortle and galumph were both invented by Lewis Carroll.__TRUE__
8. The Brothers Grimm, authors of fairy tales such as “Hansel and Gretel,” were from Germany.
TRUE
9. Jeppe Aakjær was a noted Danish explorer._ FALSE _
10. Agatha Christie wrote only novels._FALSE_

ASSESSMENT
Instruction: Match the descriptions in Column A with the corresponding author in Column B. Write the
letter on each space provided for each numbered item.
Column A Colum B
1. One of the apartheid era’s most a. Isabel Allende
prolific writers whose works include b. Aminatta Forna

“Burger’s Daughter”. ___J___ c. Patricio Pron
d. Alain Mabanckou
2. Name one of the best young e. Gabriel García Márquez
Spanish-language novelists by Granta f. Valerie Luiselli
in 2010 whose latest novel, “My g. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fathers’ Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain”. __C__ h. Margaret Atwood
i. Musharraf Ali Farooqi
3. Award winning author whose novels, j. Nadine Gordimer
have pushed the boundaries of k. Mario Vargas Llosa
distortion between the real and the
imagined. Works such as “Faces in
The Crowd” (2012) and “The Story of
My Teeth” (2015). __F___
4. A critically acclaimed Pakistani

author whose novel "Between Clay
and Dust" was shortlisted for The Man
Asian Literary Prize 2012 and
longlisted for the 2013 DSC Prize for
South Asian Literature.
__I___
5. First drew attention for the memoir

“The Devil That Danced on Water”
(2003), an extraordinarily brave
account of family’s experiences living
in war-torn Sierra Leone.
__B___
6. The author of the novels “Purple
Hibiscus”, Which won the
Commonwealth Writers Prize and the
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. __G__
7. Best known for feminist and dystopian political

themes, whose best-selling works include “Oryx
and Crake”(2003) and “The Blind
Assassin” (2000). ___H__
8. Won the Nobel prize for literature in 1982, for a

body of work that included novels such as "100
Years of Solitude" and "Love in the Time of
Cholera". __E___
9. Best known for works such as the novels “The

House of the Spirits” and “City of the Beasts”.
__A___
10. Peru's foremost author and the winner of the

2010 Nobel Prize in Literature who’s many
distinguished works include “The Storyteller” an
“The Feast of the Goat”. __K___
ACTIVITY 1
Margaret Atwood, in full Margaret Eleanor Atwood, (born November 18,

1939, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Canadian writer best known for her prose
fiction and her feminist perspective. Role reversal and new beginnings are
recurrent themes in her novels, all of them centered on women seeking their
relationship to the world and the individuals around them. She began writing
at age five and resumed her efforts, more seriously, a decade later.
Some of her best-selling titles are "Oryx and Crake" (2003), "The Handmaid's Tale" (1986), and
"The Blind Assassin" (2000). Margaret Atwood won two Governor General's Literary Awards, for
Poetry or Drama for The Circle Game (1966) and for fiction for The Handmaid's Tale (1985). In
2000 she won the Booker Prize for The Blind Assassin. She won the PEN Pinter Prize in 2016 for
the spirit of political activism threading her life and works.
Margaret Atwood is perhaps the leading figure in contemporary Canadian literature and the
one with the most significant reputation outside as well as within Canada. She has written
important works of poetry, fiction, and literary criticism. Her works have been adapted for film
and television. Throughout her impressive writing career, Margaret Atwood has been an
outspoken advocate for environmental responsibility, gender equity, and social justice, and her
dystopic work, in particular, demonstrates a tireless drive to galvanize positive action.

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EMELYN Q.

ABILLAR GRADE 12 ABM A

1. Japan – Asia 7. Egypt - Africa

Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Haiku is an example of ___literature.

a. Chinese Literature b. Japanese Literature c. Indian literature

2. Mahabharata is an oldest epic of ___.

a. India b. America c. China

a. Palestine b. China c. Saudi Arabia

4. An influential and sacred book of the Islams.

a. Bible b. Canterbury Tales c. Koran

a. China b. Japan c. Malaysia

6. Puritan Literature was a reflection of ___

a. Filipino life b. Puritan life c. Japanese life

7. An influential book for Christians. It talks about Christianity.

a. Bible b. Canterbury Tales c. Koran

b. Latin American Literature

9. Jeppe Aakjær was a noted Danish explorer._ FALSE _

10. Agatha Christie wrote only novels._FALSE_

1. One of the apartheid era’s most a. Isabel Allende

prolific writers whose works include b. Aminatta Forna

4. A critically acclaimed Pakistani

5. First drew attention for the memoir

7. Best known for feminist and dystopian political

8. Won the Nobel prize for literature in 1982, for a

9. Best known for works such as the novels “The

10. Peru's foremost author and the winner of the

Margaret Atwood, in full Margaret Eleanor Atwood, (born November 18,

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