Assumption College of Nabunturan
Nabunturan, Compostela Valley
College Department
Lit 1 - Philippine Literature
Midterm Exam
Name: _______________________________________ Score: ________________
Course/Year Level: _________________________ Date: ________________
General instruction: Read carefully the following given questions, write your answers on the space
provided.
Part I. IDENTIFICATION. Provide the necessary answers from the given statement/clause below.
1. This is the birthplace of General Emilio Aguinaldo. 1. _________
2. This province is known for its large unspoiled forests and impressive views of Metro Manila
and Laguna de Bay. 2. _________
3. This province is identified as the source of many leading nationalists in the country. 3. _________
4. This province in the country is considered as the nation’s ‘Last Frontier’. 4. _________
5. This province is considered as the ‘Resort capital of the Philippines’. 5. _________
6. In Bicol region, this was recognized as vehicle of social and political criticism. 6. _________
7. This refers to the festival in the province of Marinduque, which depicts the play about the
Roman legionnaire, Longinus which held every Easter. 7. _________
8. During the Spanish occupation, this was the main reading fare for Bikolano writers were they
switched translating text for money. 8. _________
9. The Legend of Daragang Magayon was a legend originated in Bicol, which narrated the
promising love story of Magayon and Ulap. The said story happened in what main setting? 9. _________
10. In Susan Ople’s essay “Life’s Shortcuts” it stated a certain entity that lives inside a computer
which uses a red or green wavy line to mark a text that is ungrammatical or misspelled. 10. _________
Part II. MULTIPLE CHOICES. Choose from the following choices the correct answer.
11. It is a body or work, written, oral, or visual, containing imaginative language that realistically portrays
thought, emotions and experiences of the human condition. 11.________
a. Mythology b. Legend c. Literature d. Epic
12. The period of time before colonization of a region or territory. 12.________
a. colonial b. pre-colonial c. pre-history d. post-colonial
13. Identify the two classifications of folk literature: 13. ________
a. local and global c. dynamic and static
b. flat and round d. floating and oral
14. Which of the following is true about Philippine pre-colonial texts? 14. ________
a. they revolve around the illiteracy of early Filipinos
b. only the concept of death is used as a subject for narratives
c. most of the pre-colonial dramas were held in the sambahan or places of worship
d. all of the above
15. It is a rhythmical type of literary composition that usually serves to excite the readers. 15. ________
a. poetry b. prose c. fiction d. non-fiction
16. Which of the following is a theme of pre-colonial texts? 16. ________
a. karma b. reincarnation c. ideals d. war
17. It is the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure. 17. ________
a. poetry b. prose c. fiction d. non-fiction
18. It is a war song which evolved into a love song. 18. ________
a. uyayi b. talindaw c. hele d. kumintang
19. These are sacred narrative explaining how the world and man came to be in their present form.
a. legends b. myths c. epics d. fables 19. ________
20. A pre-Hispanic Philippine writing system that originated from the Japanese script Kavi.
a. baybaying/Alibaba c. babayna/Alibaka 20. ________
b. baybayon/Alitaba d. baybayin/Alibata
21. The very first book printed in the Philippines in 1593. 21. ________
a. Doctrina Christiana b. Quran c. Holy Bible d. Pasyon
22. The Spaniards called the natives what during the Spanish colonization? 22. ________
a. Indios b. Indians c. Illustrados d. Illiterate
23. He is the writer of Florante at Laura. 23. ________
a. Francisco Lacaba c. Francisco Baltazar
b. Francisco Dimaculangan d. Francisco Pangilinan
24. This refers to genre of literature which it provides texts from true facts about a topic. 24. ________
a. fiction b. non-fiction c. Fantasy d. Poetry
25. Biag ni Lam-ang, was believed to have been sung by bards accompanied by the kutibeng, a native guitar.
This epic came from what region? 25. ________
a. Bicol b. Ilocos c. NCR d. Central Luzon
Items 26-35. Analyse and identify what term does not belong in the group.
26. a. Leon b. Nanang c. Maria d. Baldo 26. ________
27. a. Laoag City b. Vigan City c. Lingayen d. Baler 27. ________
28. a. Basco b. Balanga City c. Iba d. Malolos City 28. ________
29. a. The Black Monkey b. Bonsai c. To the Man I Married d. May Day Eve 29. ________
30. a. Marinduque b. Cavite c. Batangas d. Quezon 30. ________
31. a. e-mail b. typewriter c. juke-boxes d. CD case 31. ________
32. a. Palawan b. Mindoro c. Romblon d. Masbate 32. ________
33. a. Magayon b. Pagtuga c. Ulap d. Hari Makusog 33. ________
34. a. Mt. Makiling b. Mt. Banahaw c. Mt. Taal d. Mt. Halcon 34. ________
35. a. Navotas b. Malabon c. Pasay d. Pateros 35. ________
Part III. Analyse the given poem and fill-in the necessary words to complete the piece.
To the Man I Married
You are my earth and that earth implies:
The gravity that ______ me in space, 26. ______________
The air I________, the land that stills my cries 27. ______________
For food and shelter against _______ days. 28. ______________
You are the earth whose ______ marks my way 29. ______________
And sets my north and south, my east and west.
You are the final, ________ clay 30. ______________
The driven ______ must turn to for its rest. 31. ______________
If in your _______ that hold me now so near 32. ______________
I lift my _______ thoughts to another one, 33. ______________
As trees long _______ to the earth up rear 34. ______________
Their _________ leaves and flowers to the sun, 35. ______________
You who are earth, O never doubt that I
Need you no less because I need the sky!
I cannot love you with a love
That out compares the ___________ sea, 36. ______________
For that were ______, as no such love 37. ______________
And no such ocean can ever be.
But I can love you with a ________ 38. ______________
As _______ as the wave that dies 39. ______________
And dying holds from crest to crest
The ______ of everlasting skies. 40. ______________
Part IV. SHORT COMPOSITION. Explain and analyse the given question below. 20 points
Rubrics: (10 points – content, 5 points – organization, 3 points – grammar, 2 points – neatness)
What is the essence and significance in literature about studying the provinces in the Philippines?
Prepared by
Whilmark T. Muca/LIT 1 Instructor
