Department of Education
Region III
Division of City of San Fernando
Dolores Stand Alone Senior High School
Dolores, City of San Fernando (P)
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN
INQUIRIES, INVESTIGATIONS AND IMMERSION
NAME:_________________________________ SCORE:_____________________________
GRADE & SECTION:_______________________ DATE:______________________________
PARENT/ GUARDIAN
SIGNATURE : ________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE – Read the sentences carefully. Select the correct answer and write the
letter corresponding to your answer on the blank before each number.
_________1. Juan Gathers Guavas is an example of ______________ folktale
a. Bukidnon c. Tagalog
b. Ilonggo d. Waray
_________2. The story in _________ tells that a huge crab caused the water to rise by going
into the sea.
a. Bukidnon c. Tagalog
b. Ilonggo d. Waray
_________3. The story in _________ tells that a huge crab caused the water to rise by going
into the sea
a. Hinilawon c. Juan Pusong and His Father’s
b. Darangan Cows
d. The Creation
_________4. All literature produced before the Spanish colonization.
a. Fable c. Myth
b. Legend d. Textula
_________5. Who wrote the “Home of the Ashfall?
a. Ariel S. Tabag b. Cirilo F. Bautista c. Exie Abola d. John Jack Wigley
_________6. The author of Home of the Ashfall came from what province?
a. Bulacan b. Cagayan c. Davao d. Pampanga
_________7. In what era did literature of the Philippines was just marked by your ancestors’
daily observations about life, explanations for natural phenomena, and beginnings of rituals?
a. Spanish Colonial era c. Postcolonial era
b. Precolonial era d. Post Spanish Colonial era
_________8. Identify the forms of literature during Spanish era. Which it is the dramatic re-
enactment of St. Helena’s search for the Holy Cross?
a. Cenaculo b. Carillo c. Pasyon d. Tibag
_________9. What elements of Phil. Poetry that were used by the writer to describe their
impressions of their topic or object of writing?
a. diction b. rhyme c. rhyme scheme d. senses and images
________10 identify what kind of impression in poetry is this. “This is how I desire God on this
island. With you today: basic and blue. As the sea that softens our feet with salt”.
a. Auditory b. Olfactory c. .Tactile d. Visual
________11. What elements of Phil. Poetry that were used by the writer to describe their
impressions of their topic or object of writing?
a. Assign specific task c. Find a play
b. Find a group you want to d. Stick to your plan
work with
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________12. He was labeled as the master of traditional Tagalog poetry for his greatest
contribution in Filipino metrical romance
a. Andres Bonifacio c. Leona Florentino
b. Francisco Baltazar d. Pedro Paterno
_________13. Who is the famous author whose twenty poems were preserved and exhibited in
Europe?
a. Andres Bonifacio c. Leona Florentino
b. Francisco Baltazar d. Pedro Paterno
_________14. What is the greatest contribution of Ladinos in Philippine literature?
a. Ladinos invented the textual
b. Ladinos mainly wrote devotional poetry
c. Ladinos mainly wrote poems to bring awareness about the Spanish oppression
d. Ladinos mainly wrote romantic poems
_________15. De Belen wrote “Ang Mahal na Passion ni Jesu Christong Panginoon natin na
tola” (1704), the earliest version of __________.
a. Komedya c. Moro Moro
b. Kundiman d. Pasyon
_________16. Which of these works was written by Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero?
a. The Ladies and the Senator (1953) b. The Three Rats c. Cavort with Angel (1959) d. Oli Impan
_________17. what is the main purpose of Jose Rizal in writing the Noli Me Tangere and El
filibusterismo?
a. to portray the corruption and abuse of the Spanish officials and the clergy.
b. To entertain Filipinos during Spanish period
c. To express love for the country
__________18. The founder of the Katipunan, wrote the poem “Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa to _____.
a. To expose the corruption and abuse of the Spanish colonial period
b. To entertain Filipinos during Spanish period
c. To express love for the country
__________19. Which of the following is a poem?
a. Kambulalag b. Man of Earth c. pasyon d. The Mats
__________20. Which of the following is a short story?
a. Kambulalag b. Man of Earth c. pasyon d. The Mats
__________21. The following are the literary elements in short story Except?
a. Character b. conflict c. figures of speech d. plot
__________22. What are the literary devices used on purpose by a writer in his work to convey its
meaning?
a. Genre b. literary elements c. literary techniques d. none of these
_________23. Analyze the stanza, what type of figures of speech was used?
Bend me then oh lord
Bend me if you can
a. Allusion b. Apostrophe c. End Rhyme D. Lyric poetry
_________24. What do you call the statements that tell the actors how they should look, move, and
speak in a drama?
a. Dialogue b. Plot c. Script D. Stage direction
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Merong himala, hindi totoong wala
Ituro ma’y mali, alam nati’y tama
Kahit walang sagot itong panalangin
Hindi tumitigil ang ating paghiling.
Walang nagturo na tayo’y makibaka
Ngunit sulirani’y ating binabata
Kahit may pangakong laging napapako
Sa anumang init, handa ring mapaso.
Sa ating puso’y may awit ng pag-asa
Kahit titik nito’y hindi makabisa
Ang katotohana’y lalaging totoo
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Basta maniwalang mayroong milagro.
The poem used “____________” wherein the last word of each line has the same sound. Except
the last two lines of the first stanza, the rest of the poem uses “_________________,” wherein
the last words of the lines have the same vowel sound.
a. tugmang karaniwan -tugmang patinig
b. tugmang patinig -tugmang karaniwan
c. tugmang karaniwan - tugmang katinig
d. tugmang katinig -tugmang patinig
_________27-28 Both Amador T. Daguio’s and Frank Rivera’s poems are lyric poetry, and
they show_____________. Both poems use end rhymes. However, Daguio’s poem
has____________, while Rivera’s poem has
a. Modern element- no regular meter
b. traditional element – no regular meter
c. Modern element –regular meter
d. Traditional element- regular meter
________29. What type of figure of speech was used?
Kahit walang sagot itong panalangin
Hindi tumitigil ang ating paghiling.
a. Tugmang karaniwan c. tugmang patinig
b. di tugmang karaniwan d. none of these
________30. What type of figures of speech?
Sa ating puso’y may awit ng pag-asa
Kahit titik nito’y hindi makabisa
Ang katotohana’y lalaging totoo
Basta maniwalang mayroong milagro.
a. Tugmang karaniwan c. tugmang patinig
b. di tugmang karaniwan d. none of these
31. -34 Modified true of false
Write TRUE if the statement is correct but if it is false write FALSE then change the underlined
word or group of words to make the whole statement true (2 points each). Write the correct
statement of word in the space provided.
_______31-32. He used Tagalog words and phrases: kundiman; hawak (hold); kapit (hold on);
tahan na (stop crying); and uwi na (go home now) because he ran out of words in English.
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________33-34. In “The Kambubulag” (2013) the writer used a Filipino cultural symbol of bad
luck, the kambubulag, to create the nonfiction/short story of the Kambubulag Road.
_________________________________________________________________________
35-37 What is theme of Alberto Florentino’s "The World Is an Apple"?
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Score 3 2 1 0
Criteria Shows a good Shows a satisfactory Shows limited Shows no
understanding of understanding of the theme understanding understanding
the theme or of the theme of the theme
problem
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38-40 What is the message of the story “The World is an Apple”?
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Score 3 2 1 0
Criteria Perceptive and Apparent, though Unclear or otherwise No answer
consistent point inconsistent point of absent point of view
of view view
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What is the theme of “The Mat”?
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Score 3 2 1 0
Criteria Shows a good Shows a satisfactory Shows limited Shows no
understanding of understanding of the theme understanding understanding
the theme or of the theme of the theme
problem
44-46 What is the message of the story “the mat”?
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Score 3 2 1 0
Criteria Perceptive and Apparent, though Unclear or otherwise No answer
consistent point inconsistent point of absent point of view
of view view
47-50 Does the story titled "The World is an Apple " has significance to today's living? Why
/why not?
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Score 3 2 1 0
Criteria Shows a good Shows a satisfactory Shows limited Shows no
understanding of understanding of the theme understanding understanding
the theme or of the theme of the theme
problem
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Department of Education
Region III
Division of City of San Fernando
Dolores Stand Alone Senior High School
Dolores, City of San Fernando (P)
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