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What is Literature? 

Literature is limited to written materials that gain artistic merit for human expression. 

Literature is any written material made to solely inform and persuade. 

Literature covers both oral and written forms of works for expressive, imaginative or information purposes. 

Literature is anything written and published

Literature covers both oral and written forms of works for expressive, imaginative, or information purposes.

100

determine which conventional literary genre the item is referring to. Choose from the choices below. 

A. Fiction B. Non-Fiction C. Poetry D. Drama


 Legends, folktales, short stories, and novels  

Fiction

100

Pre-Colonial Literature mostly revolved around this theme.

Christian faith 

Nature 

Oppression 

Revolution

Nature

100

Which types of literature flourished during the Japanese period? 

Short story 

Poem 

Novel 

Essay

Short story


100

What greatly influenced the 21st -Centruy literary forms? 

Science 

Fiction 

Technology

Culture

Technology

200

What Latin word did “Literature” come from? 

litera 

gramma 

literal 

letra

litera

200

Which form of literature did NOT exist during the pre-colonial period? 

Drama 

Myth 

Riddle 

Song

Drama

200

This literary genre discusses occurrence on the earth and how things on earth were created. 

Epic 

Fable 

Legend 

Myth

Legend

200

Which best describes the literary works during the early Spanish period? 

Patriotic 

Sarcastic 

Religious 

Informative

Religious

200

Storyboard is drawing and handwritten graphics. This is an example of ______. 

Digi-Fiction 

Doodle Fiction

Flash Fiction 

Manga

Doodle Fiction

300

What literary subgenre is Dr. Jose P. Rizal’s “El Filibusterismo” included? 

Science Fiction 

Historical Fiction

Creative Non-Fiction 

Realistic Fiction

Historical Fiction

300

Which among the ancient literary titles is an example of myth? 

Biag ni Lam-ang 

Ibalon 

The Cycle of the Sun and the Moon 

The Prowess of Aliguyon

The Cycle of the Sun and the Moon

300

What is regarded as the most famous metrical romance in the Philippines? 

Noli Me Tangere 

Florante at Laura 

Biag ni Lam-ang 

El Filibusterismo

Florante at Laura

300

In which period in history was the short poetry Tanaga first emerged? 

American Period 

Japanese Period

Pre-Colonial Period 

Spanish Period

Japanese Period

300

What element of a short story is depicted in the given statement: “Everything changed when she showed unparalleled strength and courage”? 

Climax

Falling Action 

Resolution 

Rising Action

Climax

400

Which period in the history of Philippine literature did the Spanish, Americans, and Japanese come to our country? 

Period of Friendship 

Colonial Period 

Pre-Colonial Period 

Post-Colonial Period

Colonial Period

400

Which underground paper was used by the revolutionists as their mouthpiece of reform during the revolutionary period? 

Diaryong Tagalog 

The Decalogue 

Doctrina Christiana 

La Solidaridad

La Solidaridad

400

Which 21st -Century literary genre addresses issues concerning women empowerment and representation that is often depicted in humorous or light-hearted manner? 

 Text-Talk Novel 

Hyperpoetry 

Flash Fiction 

Chick Lit

Chick Lit

400

Roman Catholic Christians believe that souls of those who die in God’s grace went to purgatory for cleansing past sins. 

A place where intense sufferings are being experienced 

A humid and dry place 

 Intermediate state after death for purification 

A state of after death where hope grows

Intermediate state after death for purification

400

What element of story is depicted in the given statement: “The King is very ill and his sons rival each other in catching a bird”? 

Character 

Conflict 

Setting 

Theme

Conflict

500

This is the old system of writing that existed during the pre-colonial period. 

Alibata 

Sanskrit 

Latin 

Baybayin

Baybayin

500

All she could hear was the clock ticking. And then suddenly, it was hovering over her has, swooshing and wallowing. 

floating

sinking 

rolling 

blinking

floating

500

During the pandemic, many felt that they were in purgatory. 

COVID-19 brought disorder to the world 

COVID-19 forced people to stay home 

Lockdown brought suffering and misery 

Lockdown brought the cleansing from sin

COVID-19 brought disorder to the world

500

Park Seo Joon starred in Itaewon Class showed in Netflix. 

The actor who was chosen for the sub-role 

The actor that had an outstanding performance 

The principal actor who played the major role

The principal actor who played the second lead role

The principal actor who played the major role

500

Despite their errors, Linda and Laura still love each other and learn a valuable lesson about sacrifice and love. This statement is the ________. 

Exposition 

Rising Action 

Resolution 

Climax

Resolution

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