Republic of the Philippines 7.

____________ is a period where Filipino

Department of Education Ilustrados were educated in Europe and
REGION IV-A CALABARZON began writing about the sufferings of
DIVISION OF RIZAL Filipinos during colonization period.
a. American Regime
21st Century from the Philippines b. Japanese period
and the World c. Post-EDSA 1 Revolution
DIAGNOSTIC TEST d. Period of Enlightenment
8. This is the period where literary themes
Name________________________________ evolved mostly in romance and evolution.
Grade Level and Section___________ a. Period of New Republic
b. Period of New Society
1. The first Filipino alphabet is known as c. Post-EDSA 1 Revolution
___________. d. Period of the Third Republic
a. Alibata 9. In this period, new trends and technology
b. Baybayin were used to add flavor to literature in
c. Tanaga terms of format and style.
d. Alpabeto a. 21st Century
2. These are the oldest form of Philippine b. Post-EDSA 1 Revolution
literature that mirrored the early forms of c. Period of New Society
d. Period of the Third Republic
Filipino culture using 12 syllables.
10. The following are the literary themes
a. Folk tales during the Period of the Third
b. Recreational plays Republic EXCEPT for _____.
c. Folk songs a. Grief and poverty
d. The epic age b. Wealth and self-love
3. These are written works such as poems, c. Aspiration for freedom
plays and novels that are considered to d. Love of God and country
have lasting importance; it can all be 11. Which among did NOT occur during
defined as the mirror of life? Spanish colonization?
a. Play a. The native drama called Komedya or
b. Drama Moro-moro was popular
c. Riddles b. Expeditions to the Philippines were
d. Liteature sent by Spain in the 16th Century
c. Writing using the English language
4. These are short poems that have was put into halt
been customarily used and served as d. Through Manila Acapulco trade (1565-
laws or rules on good behavior by 1515) liberal ideas entered the
our ancestors. country.
a. Riddles 12. Below are genres that are written mainly
b. Short stories during Pre-Colonial Literature
c. Gadding EXCEPT____
d. Salawikain/sawikain a. Myth
5. Cenaculo, Panunuluyan, Salubong and b. Legends
Zarzuela are examples of c. Folktales
______________. d. Chick Literature
a. Folk songs 13. Who is the author of Kaingat Kayo?
b. Folk tales a. Jose Rizal
c. Moro-moro b. Antonio Luna
d. Recreational plays c. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
6. This is a free verse poem with 17 d. Graciano Lopez-Jaena
syllables divided into 3 lines that emerged 14. Who is the author of Mi Ultimo Adios?
during the Japanese period. a. Jose Rizal
a. Tanaga b. Antonio Luna
b. Haiku c. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
c. Free verse d. Graciano Lopez-Jaena
d. Usual form 15. Who is the author of Ang Fray Botod?
 a. Jose Rizal a. theme
b. Antonio Luna b. plot
c. Marcelo H. Del Pilar c. setting
d. Graciano Lopez-Jaena d. point of view
16. “Gabu” is a poem that depicts the 24. The series of events and the characters’
relentless of the coastline in _______ . actions in a story is called
a. Northern Mindanao a. conflict
b. Northern Luzon b. setting
c. Eastern Visayas c. plot
d. Central Luzon d. theme
17. ____ is the last poem of Jose Rizal which 25. The most exciting part of the story is
overflows with love for one’s native soil called _______.
and willing self-immolation for its sake. a. climax
a. Noli Me Tangere b. setting
b. El Felibusterismo c. exposition
c. Mi Ultimo Adios d. resolution
d. A Las Flores de Heidelberg 26. The main character of the story who
18. ____ is a famous folk song of the undergoes some changes as the story
Kapangpangans. unfolds is called __________.
a. Sitsiritsit a. villain
b. Dandansoy b. protagonist
c. Manang Biday c. actor
d. Atic Cu Pung Singsing d. antagonist
19. The text “Salubungin ang (Bagong) 27. The conversation between two or more
Daluyong ng mga Agos sa Disyerto” characters is called ______.
aimed to teach Filipinos to ____. a. theme
a. Love their own country b. dialogue
b. Develops nationalism and patriotism c. prologue
c. Fight for the freedom of their d. monologue
homeland 28. This is the genre that uses characters,
d. To love and develop excitement for settings, and plots that aren’t real but
literature could resemble the truth.
20. “Dreamweavers” is a poem written by a a. fiction
native Visayan which strongly promotes b. non-fiction
a. Biodiversity c. fantasy
b. Women’s right d. historical fiction
c. Economic stability 29. This is a type of literature that expresses
d. Racial equality emotions, experiences, and ideas using
21. The song “Ang Bayan ko” which was rhymes and meter.
written during the Post-EDSA 1 era, a. chants
expresses that Filipinos are b. drama
longing for_______ c. poetry
a. liberty d. short story
b. equality 30. Ken Wakui’s Tokyo Revenger is a comic
c. tranquility book series from Japan which falls under
d. modernization the literary genre of _____
22. What poem of Andres Bonifacio talks a. manga
about a patriot’s love for the country and b. digi-fiction
a sense of duty, as that of a child to its c. graphic novel
mother d. short poetry
a. Ang Dapat Mabatid ng mga Tagalog
b. Ang Pag-big sa Tinubong lupa
c. Ang Nining at Liwanag
d. Mga Dahong Ginto
23. What poem of Andres Bonifacio talks
about a patriot’s love for the country and a
sense of duty, as that of a child to its mother?
31. _________ is a literary genre written in verse d. narrative in a comic book format
or prose form that depicts life situations involving 38. The six-word text below is an example of ___
conflict and emotions of striking interest. “I was born, but never lived.”
a. poetry a. hyper poetry
b. drama b. digi-fiction
c. fiction c. flash fiction
d. non-fiction d. Chick lit
32. A written work is non-fiction _______. 39. Beth Reekles’ Kissing Booth, revolves
a. a product of an imaginative mind that around a woman’s story of romance, friendship,
resembles the truth and goals in life. This film is an example of
b. a literary work that create emotional _________.
response among its audience a. Chick lit
c. a written in prose or verse form and is b. digi fiction
intended to be acted on stage c. hyper poetry
d. a text that aims to present truth and d. text-talk novel
accurate information regarding the subject 40. In the 21st Century literature genre, if half of
33. Creative non-fiction is defined as a the text is presented without words but rather
_________. illustrated images, it is then called as _______.
a. style of fictional literature with extreme a. graphic novel
consciousness b. Illustrated novel
b. genre based on fantasy with c. flash fiction
imaginative concept d. creative non-fiction
c. literature without definite measurement 41. It is the circumstances that form the setting
of length and category of events, statements, or ideas for a text to be
d. genre that uses literary styles and fully understood and assessed.
techniques to create real and precise narratives a. plot
34. When the narrator tells the thoughts of the b. character
characters in a story in a way that he can see c. setting
into their minds, this point of view is called d. context
_______. 42. It is the visual or figurative language that
a. first person writers use to create mental images among the
b. second person readers.
c. limited third person a. dialogue
d. omniscient third person b. context
35. In the story “Sinigang” by Maria Aubrey J. c. imagery
Villaceran, the type of conflict shown is d. poetic devices
___________. 43. ____ is the context that one need to
a. man vs man consider when looking into life, values, biological,
b. man vs nature sexual orientation of the author.
c. man vs himself a. author’s context
d. man vs society b. reader’s context
36. In the 21st century literature, if the genre is c. text context
made up of three combined media such as d. social context
books, movie/video, and internet website it is
then called as ___ Read the excerpt from Thirty-Three Days
a. Illustrated novel by Alfreda Harris
b. graphic novel
c. flash fiction I am sheltering in place alone, but not lonely. I
d. digi-fiction miss my Mama. She passed on Friday, January
37. A literary text can be called Chick-lit if it is a 24, 2020, after five weeks in the hospital.
_____ Besides being my mother, she was my
a. literature that deals with matters of housemate and best friend. The eldest of her
womanhood in comical and carefree manner six children (two boys and four girls), I am her
b. story that is told through dialogue next of kin. I am the one everyone looked to
stimulating social network exchange. when it came to making decisions. I am the
c. textual portion written in a traditional facilitator and advocate on behalf of our family.
format Now, walking through the house we shared and
 where I grew up, her presence is all around me. a. The persona in the poem shared his
I hear her voice and see her everywhere. Mama experience
left me with many wonderful, sunshine b. The persona in the poem describes his
memories. As I grieve her, I am sheltering in feeling of a first kiss
place alone, but not lonely. c. The persona in the poem shares his
Then, on April 5th, a Sunday afternoon, I get a great time during his first kiss
call from my number two sister, Debbie. Our d. The persona in the poem is trying to
baby sister, Sherill, has been rushed to the warn his reader not to kiss on the first date
hospital. As her legal guardian, I immediately 48. Which of the following context means
think to go there. Debbie reminds me, “Freda, “Old Age”?
we can’t go there.” Right, no one is allowed! a. The ground was broken up into many
The hospital is restricting visitors. Sherill lives in fresh wounds and fragrant with a sweetish
a skilled nursing facility, and we have not seen earthly smell
her since March 11th. She has never gone to b. The rocking chair on the porch, you
the hospital alone, without family... Sherill is pushed it
diagnosed with COVID-19 and placed in an c. Youth must triumph…now. Afterward…
intensive care unit. it will be
https://www.storycenter.org/covid-stories-1// d. The roaches do not spin, and neither
thirty-three-days do they weave.
49. Which of the following contexts means
44. The social context of the text is ____ “Think of your decisions in life?”
a. hopeful and inspiring a. The ground was broken up into many
b. gloomy and depressing fresh wounds and fragrant with a sweetish
c. ecstatically nervous earthly smell
d. jovial and blithe b. The rocking chair on the porch, you
45. “...being my mother, she was my pushed it
housemate and best friend.” what does this c. Youth must triumph…now. Afterward…
line suggest under the writer’s context? it will be
a. the writer dearly loves her mother d. The roaches do not spin, and neither
b. The writer lived a life depending only do they weave.
on her mother 50. Which of the following is TRUE about 21 st
c. The writer assumes that her mother Century Literature?
cannot live on her own I. Works created within the last decade
d. The writer is living with her mother
II. Reflects Technological Culture
because she has no house of her own
III. Often use traditional writing
46. The imagery used in the text below is
a. I only
___________.
“His phone signaled, immediately setting his b. I and II only
teeth on edge. He looked at the cracked screen, c. I, II and III
saw her name, and slapped the phone back d. None of these
down on his desk.”
a. visual imagery
b. auditory imagery ANSWER
c. kinesthetic imagery KEY:
d. tactile imagery 1. A 32. D
33. D
47. In the poem, “The First Time We Kissed 2. C 34. D

– Kelly Roper, what situation is expressed? 3. D 35.

36.
A
D

"Nervously, I stood there under the 4. D 37.

38.
A
C
porch light 5. D 39. A
40. B
As you smiled at me and moved in 6. B 41. D

closer. 7. D 42.
43.
C
A

You took me in your arms, and my heart 8. A 44.

45.
B
A
began to thud so loudly 9. A 46. B
47. B
I was sure you could hear it but were 10. B 48. C

pretending you didn't. 11. C 49.

50.
B
B
12. D
13. C
14. A
15. D
16. B
17. C
18. D
19. D
20. B
21. A
22. B
23. A
24. C
25. A
26. B
27. B
28. A
29. C
30. A
31. B