Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION XI
DIVISION OF DAVAO DEL SUR

BARAYONG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Barayong, Magsaysay, Davao del Sur

First Final Exam

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21 Century Literature from the Philippines to the World (G12)
SY: 2022-2023

I. Read each item carefully. Then, choose the best answer by shading the corresponding
letter on answer your sheet.

1. In what era did literature of the Philippines was just marked by our ancestors’ daily
observations about life, explanations for natural phenomena, and beginning of rituals?
A. Spanish Colonial Era C. Modern Period
B. Pre-colonial Era D. Contemporary Period
2. Identify the forms of literature during Spanish era, to which it is dramatic reenactment of the
life and death of Jesus Christ.
A. Senakulo C. Epic
B. Pasyon D. Drama
3. What kind of sense impressions in poetry is this:
“ This is how I desire God on this island with you today: basic and blue as the sea softens
our feet with salt.”
A. Visual imagery C. Auditory imagery
B. Olfactory imagery D. Tactile imagery
4. Which of the following deals with ideas, thoughts, and emotions of man? It is said to the
story of man?
A. History C. Life and Death
B. Generation D. Literature
5. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Proverbs demand an answer and are used to test the wits of those who are listening to
them.
B. Epic usually tells a male hero who has superhuman capabilities.
C. Riddles mean to entertain while teaching basic skills in surviving local life.
D. Tales are long-winded poems about a hero and his adventures and misadventures.
E. Short stories are nonfiction.
“At the moment before I fled
I saw what I had waited to see. The mascara had so run down her cheeks. But somehow it
wasn’t amusing at all”.
6. The above concluding lines are from the short narrative “ The Chieftest Mourner” which
reveal a major feature of the storyteller being …
A. emphatic C. funny
B. childish D. concerned
7. Who wrote the “Dekada ‘70”?
A. Nick Joaquin C. Luwalhati Bautista
B. Amgela Manalang-Gloria D. NVM Gonzalez
For 8-10, please read the poem below.
Mending

A giant hand inside my chest

Stretches out and takes
My heart within its mighty grasp
And squeezes till it breaks.
A gentle hand inside my chest,
With mending tape and glue,
Patches up my heart until
It’s almost good as new.
I ought to know by now that
Broken hearts will heal again.
But while I wait for glue and tape,
The pain!
The pain!
The pain!

8. What form of literature is the above example?

A. Narrative Poetry B. Dramatic Poetry C. Lyrical Poetry D. Prose
9. What is the central point of the text above? It is about _________________.
A. a woman. B. a man. C. a broken heart. D. heart surgery.
10. It can be inferred that the subject of the poem _____________.
A. is in a lot of physical pain.
B. enjoys arts and crafts.
C. is mourning over death.
D. has had a broken heart.
11.A figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without
the use of the words “like” or “as”.

A. Metaphor C. Simile
B. Soliloquey D. Analogy
13.A device in literature where an object represents an idea.
A. Narrator C. symbolism
B. Parody D. Theme
14.The author’s use of figurative language, diction, sound effects and other literary devices.
A. Mood C. Theme
B. Tone D. Style
15.A piece of literature contains a speaker who is speaking either in the first person, telling things
from his or her own perspective, or in third person, telling things from the perspective of an
onlooker.
A. Point of View C. Naturalism
B. Personification D. Figurative Language
16.A Filipino author who uses English language in his literary works.
A. Angela Manalang Gloria C. Severino Reyes
B. Nick Joaquin D. Luwalhati Bautista
“The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of knowledge, but fools
despise wisdom and instruction”.
17.The above paragraph is an example of _______________________.
A. Folktales C. Epic
B. Proverbs D. Folksongs
18.“Ugoy sa Duyan” is an example of ______________________.
A. Folktales C. Epic
B. Proverbs D. Folksongs

Read the stanza of a poem below to answer 18-19.

At the time in your life,

Everything just seemed so perfect,
Everything seemed so beautiful,
Everything seemed to glow for you,
And you were my everything.

19.The above lines are excerpt from the poem “The Martyr” written by Nick Joaquin. What do these
lines mean?
A. The persona expresses his happiness about something.
B. The persona expresses contentment with someone he loves.
C. The persona expresses that life is really full of happiness.
D. The persona expresses that life is empty with someone.
20.What can you infer from the above lines?
A. The persona is sad.
B. The persona is mad.
C. The persona is in love.
D. The persona has everything.

Read the stanza of a poem below to answer nos. 20-21.

The door is closed, the curtains drawn within
One room, a brilliant question mark of light…
Outside her gate an empty limousine
Waits in the brimming emptiness of night.
The above stanza is an excerpt from the poem “Quireda” written by Angela Manalng- Gloria.
21.What can you infer from the lines above?
A. The night is silent while the car is waiting outside.
B. The room which is considered as holy.
C. Two lovers are inside the room expressing their love for one another during a silent
night.
D. There are questions due to the light.
22.What figure of speech is shown in the last two lines of the poem?
A. Personification C. Simile
B. Hyperbole D. Metaphor

Read the poem below for number 22.

Words
By: Angela Manalang Gloria

I never meant the words I said,

So trouble not your honest head
And never mean the words I write,
But come and kiss me now goodnight.

The words I said break with the thunder

Of billows surging into spray:
Unfathomed depths withhold the wonder
Of all words I never say
23.Which of the following is true about the poem?
A. Words are not enough to express emotions.
B. Words, once said, it could never be held back and only regret at the end.
C. Words can break once heart and emotion.
D. B and C

For nos. 24-26, read the poem below and choose the best answer.
The winter evening settles down
With smell of steaks in passageways.
Six o’clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scraps
Of withered leaves about your feet
And newspapers from vacant lots;
The showers beat
On broken blinds and chimney – spots,
And at the corner of the street
A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps.
And then the lighting of the lamps.
24.What type of imagery is depicted on the first line of the poem?
A. Olfactory C. Kinesthetic
B. Gustatory D. Visual
25.On the second line, what type of imagery can be depicted?
A. Olfactory C. Kinesthetic
B. Gustatory D. Visual
26.What type of figure of speech is in the first line?
A. Simile C. Metaphor
B. Personification D. Symbolism
27.What type of imagery is in the last line?
A. Olfactory C. Kinesthetic
B. Gustatory D. Visual
28.“Lam-ang” is an example of ________________.
A. Folktales C. Epic
B. Folksongs D. Proverbs
29.It is the first book published in the Philippines.
A. Doctrina Christiana C. History Book
B. Philippine Constitution D. Philippine Literature Book
30.One of the Filipino authors which most of her subject in the poems is all about women in the
society.
A. Luwalhati Bautista C. NVM Gonzalez
B. Angela Manalang Gloria D. Gida Olvidado
31.Which of the following is NOT a description of literature?
A. Literature is the best way to understand human nature fully and to know a nation
completely.
B. Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material.
C. Literature came the French word litera which means letters.
D. Literature deals with ideas, thoughts and ambitionsof man.
32.In prose, the first word of each sentence is _______________________.
A. Indented C. underlined
B. Capitalized D. highlighted
33.The language used in poetry to express its objective is______________.
A. expressed in ordinary form. C. expressed in allegory.
B. expressed in figurative language. D. none of the above
34.Legends, folktales, fairy tales, short stories, and any novels are examples of _____________.
A. nonfiction C. fiction
B. poetry D. art
35.What form of literature is also known as myths and legends?
A. Folksongs C. Epic
B. Folktales D. Proverbs
36.Who wrote “Mi Ultimo Adius”?
A. Jose Rizal C. Maecelo H. del Pilar
B. Andres Bonifacio D. Emilio Jacinto
37.The period of time before the colonization in our country.
A. Colonial C. Post- colonial
B. Pre-colonial D. Pre-history
38.Philippine myths show that ancient Filipinos believed in supreme god and goddesses.
A. True C. Maybe
B. False D. All of the above
39.It is a form of literature which is written and sent through SMS and the modern version of Tanaga
that has only 4 lines with 7 syllables of each line?
A. Haiku C. Prose
B. Sonnet D. Textula
40.The author of the poem “The Conversion” is _____________________________.
A. Nick Joaquin C. Lope K. Santos
B. Angela Manalang Gloria D. Jaime Lim
41.Which of the following is NOT a creative nonfiction?
A. Personal Narrative C. Travelogue
B. Biography D. Short Story

Read the following stanzas to answer questions number 42-43.

Ang kahulugan mo’y isang pglilingkod
Na walang paupa sa hirap at pagod;
Minsang sa anyaya, minsang kusang-loob,
Pag-ibig sa kapwa ang lagi mong diyos.

Natatalastas mong sa iyong pananim

Iba ang aani’t iba ang kakain;
Datapwa’t sa iyo’y liligaya na’t aliw
Ang magpakasakit nang sa iba dahil.
42.The stanzas above are excerpts from Lope K. Santos’ poem ang “Kabayanihan”. What do you
think is the poem all about?
A. The poem is about being in love to someone.
B. The poem is about somebody who sacrifices himself for others.
C. The poem is about a daughter who does rebellious things against her parents.
D. The poem is about a place being colonized by strangers.
43.Based from the lines above, the speaker of describes a person who _______________
A. is a hero. C. teacher
B. a mother D. a president
For numbers 44- 47, please read an excerpt below from the story of NVM Gonzales, The
Bread of Salt.

Usually I was in bed by ten and up by five and thus was ready for one more
day of my fourteenth year. Unless grandmother had forgotten, the fifteen centavos for the
baker down Progreso street – and how I enjoyed jingling those coins in my pocket! –
would be in the empty fruit jar in the cupboard. I would remember then that rolls were
what Grandmother wanted because recently she had lost three molars. For young people
like my cousins and myself, she had always said that the kind called pan de sal ought to be
quite alright.
44.The story is narrated in what person point of view?
A. Third person point of view C. Omniscient
B. Second person point of view D. First person point of view
45.“The bread of salt” is referred to what Filipino kind of food?
A. Pan de sal C. Pan de mongo
B. Pan de coco D. Cake
46.What type of imagery can you depict from this line “how I enjoyed jingling those coins in my
pocket”?
A. Olfactory C. Gustatory
B. Auditory D. Tactile
47.How do you describe the life of the persona in the story? He is from________________.
A. well-off family C. poor family
B. middle class family D. elite family
Literature portrays human __________________.
A. life C. cultures
B. history D. experiences
48.What is the theme of the poem “Soledad”?
A. It is about a girl from a high class society who fell in love with a low class man.
B. It is about a woman who is a model in a society by portraying an innocent girl.
C. It is about a woman who fought against the Spaniards.
D. It is about a wife who was fell in love with another man.
49.The poem “Soledad” was written by _______________________.
A. Luwalhati Bautista C. Lope K. Santos
B. Angela Manalang Gloria D. Nick Joaquin
50.What moral lesson did you get from the poem “Conversion”?
A. Follow what your heart says.
B. Be what you are no matter how people condemn you.
C. Doing the things you want to do makes you happy and contented.
D. All of the above

Goodluck!
Mam gahlm