Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS – MANILA
CAYETANO ARELLANO HIGH SCHOOL
T. ALONZO ST., STA. CRUZ, MANILA

21ST CENTURY LITERATURE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

Answer Key
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS – MANILA
CAYETANO ARELLANO HIGH SCHOOL
T. ALONZO ST., STA. CRUZ, MANILA

21ST CENTURY LITERATURE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS

Prepared by: Noted:

MARIA KARLA C. TACUBOY RAIZONELL A. MANGUILIN

Subject Teacher Master Teacher II

ELVIRA C. CABALUNA
Assistant Principal II
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS – MANILA
CAYETANO ARELLANO HIGH SCHOOL
T. ALONZO ST., STA. CRUZ, MANILA

21ST CENTURY LITERATURE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

FINAL EXAMINATION

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. b. Outdated

c. Spoken
d. Traditional
1. When did the poem Haiku which has 17 phonetic units
divided into three phrases of 5, 7 and 5 units 6. Which is the best answer about the development of
respectively, influenced the Filipinos? literature in the Philippines?
a. Spanish Period a. is given life only in the oral tradition of the
b. Japanese Period country.
c. 21st Century Period b. Could reflect the richness of our country’s
d. Pre-Spanish Period resources.
c. May be attributed to both local and foreign
2. What period does Jose Rizal’s works such as Noli Me influences.
Tangere and El Filibusterismo were written in order to d. Grew and prospered alongside the country’s
awake the mind of our countrymen? history.
a. Spanish Period
b. American Period 7. What facts support that Philippine regional
c. Pre-Spanish Period literature has become rich and varied?
d. Period of Enlightenment a. the contributions of numerous artists who
patterned after the Western literary masters.
3. What can you say about the use of the vernacular in b. the nationalistic fervor of texts written in
regional literature? various stages of our history as a nation.
a. discouraged because many people do not c. various topics used as themes by the
understand a piece not written in either writers and their alignment to world events.
English or Tagalog d. the archipelagic nature of the Philippines,
b. encouraged so that the culture and tradition of its geographical features, and the presence
a people are upheld despite effects of of various ethno-linguistic groups in the
modernity country.
c. opposed for the reason that it constraints the
expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas of a 8. Which statement support a valid observation of
writer literary development in the Philippines?
d. affirmed by many for it allows free flow of a. History is recorded only in the oral tradition
feelings and in-sights not understandable to of the country.
readers b. No literature could reflect the richness of our
country’s experiences.
4. Which of the following statement is a fact about c. Literary masterpieces are written by great
Philippines regional literature? persons with great remembrances.
a. It mirrors the deeply ingrained Filipino values, d. Literature developed alongside
culture and tradition even when keeping up Philippine history.
with the changing time.
b. It reflects the conservatism of indigenous folks For Questions number 9-20, refer to the poem
who have maintained a backward expression Gabu By Carlos A. Angeles.
style. GABU
c. It embraces only the written compilation of By Carlos A. Angeles
literary works in various styles and genres.
d. It depicts the influences or various colonizers The battering restlessness of the sea
that occupied the country for more than three Insists a tidal fury upon the beach
centuries. At Gabu, and its pure consistency
Havos the wasteland hard within its
5. Which of the following can best describe the reach.
Philippine regional literature? Brutal the daylong bashing of its heart
a. Dynamic
 Against the seascape where, for miles d. Life is limitless like the sea.
around, Farther than sight itself, the rock-
stones part And drop into the elemental 16. What information would you use to validate the
wound. claim in the fourth stanza “At Gabu where the
The waste of centuries is grey and dead ageless tide recurs. All the things forfeited are most
And neutral where the sea has beached its loved and dear.
brine, Where the spilt salt of its heart lies It is the sea pursues a habit of shores”?
spread Among the dark habiliment of Time. a. Reflects that even everything that has of all
At Gabu where the ageless tide recurs time
All the things forfeited are most loved and been loved
dear. It is the sea pursues a habit of shores. b. Something peaceful is ruined by the sea
c. Life has been an ending journey
9. What facts would you select to support the line “At d. The beach is getting wipe out
Gabu, where the ageless tide recurs”?
a. Gabu is a place in Ilocos far from the sea 17. How would you explain the meaning of the line
b. Gabu is a lively city with surrounded by a lake “Brutal the daylong bashing of its heart”?
c. Gabu is coastline that constantly experience a. The idea of something peaceful is ruined by
battling of the sea the sea.
d. All of the above b. The heart can be destroyed and lost
c. The devastation of the heart
10. Based on the Poem Gabu by Carlos A. Angeles, how d. All of the above
would you compare your own life to the sea?
a. Life is a Temporary battle 18. How would you justify the meaning of third stanza
b. Life is an Unending hardship in the poem Gabu by Carlos A. Angeles?
c. The only constant thing in life is change
d. Life is simple and without hardship The waste of centuries is grey and dead
And neutral where the sea has beached
11. How would you apply what you have learned on the its brine,
poem, Gabu by Carlos A. Angeles? Where the spilt salt of its heart lies
a. By challenging people you met on swimming spread Among the dark habiliment
b. Be happy in times of trouble of Time.
c. By having the mindset that everything is just
temporary a. Battering restlessness is just temporary chaos
d. All of the above in life
b. Sea madness is powerful
12. What would be the result if you have the same c. Time carries sorrowful memories
experience with the life of Carlos A. Angeles? d. Life is limitless like the sea.
a. Become stronger in facing life challenges
b. Easily give up on small obstacles 19. How would you adapt the poem in your life as a
c. Will not do anything in life student?
d. Always panic in times of struggle a. By remembering that change is the only
constant in our life.
13. What is the theme of the poem Gabu by Carlos A. b. By understanding that life is limited by time
Angeles? so we must cherish it
a. Life is an unending hardship c. By knowing that change is a part of growing
b. Life can be restless like the sea; temporal, but and removing something
desires permanence actually is better for us
c. Life is wonderful at all the time d. All of the above.
d. Life can be changes at your own will
20. Do you agree with the actions written in the poem
14. What motive in the poem Gabu by Carlos A. Gabu by Carlos A. Angeles?
Angeles trying to portray? a. Yes, because that how life in reality
a. To inform people about the sea b. No, because there is no fact among the lines
b. To persuade the people in living near the sea mention.
c. To tell people that our lives are fleeting c. Yes, because life is always happy.
d. To let the readers, know about Gabu. d. No, because sadness is always present in our
life.
15. What idea justify the line “The battering restlessness
of the sea”? 21. Which of the following is a genre of literature that
a. Battering restlessness is just temporary chaos uses rhythmic and aesthetic of language to evoke
in life meaning.
b. Sea madness is powerful a. Poetry
c. Time carries sorrowful memories b. Drama
c. Fiction
 d. Non-fiction b. It combines social and cultural elements that
are significant in understanding and
22. Which one of the following refers to the appreciating a work of literature.
organizational method used in literature. c. Pay careful attention to sentence structures,
a. Literary text grammar patterns, and vocabulary used in the
b. Literary structure text.
c. Literary work d. Both a and c
d. Literary context
29. Literal comprehension, inferential comprehension
and Evaluative comprehension are example of what
23. What do you think best describe literary technique? context?
a. Method the author or writer of a literary piece a. Biographical Context
used to convey what they want to impart to the b. Linguistic Context
reader c. Socio Cultural Context
b. Refers to words that are put together or d. Cultural Context
arranged such that they make sense.
c. The organizational method used in literature. 30. Which statement support the meaning of context?
d. The oral literature handed down from one a. Context is the details that are literally found
generation to another. or written in the text.
b. Context is facts and conditions surrounding
24. What fact would you select about dramatic poetry? a given situation
a. It is an emotionally appealing drama written in c. Context is the atmosphere or emotional
verse that tells a story condition created by the piece, within the
b. Focuses on the written verse than the story setting.
c. focuses on expressing feelings rather than d. Context are significant in understanding and
telling a story. appreciating a work of literature.
d. All of the above
31. Which of the following best describe about an
25. In this stanza, the author used auditory imagery author’s Professional Background?
which appeals to the sense of hearing. Among the a. The academic attainment of the
sounds, which could not be heard clearly. author
b. The carrier growth of the author
I will c. The family background of the author
Listen to the sound of breeze d. Both A and B
To the rustling of leaves
To the chirping of birds 32. Which of the following answer describe the
To the buzzing of the bees dramatic high point of a story?
To the flapping of butterfly’s wings a. Plot
b. Climax
a. Rustling c. Buzzing c. Theme
b. Flapping d. Chirping d. Mood

26. Using the same poem, I will, what line could be For items number 33-35, refer to letter B.
combined that could create the same auditory A. Lest these thoughts be overtaken by deeply
imagery? thinking of what more to write, I am writing this
a. To the zooming of airplane fervor now so that it reaches my wife.
b. To the soft whisper of the breeze
c. To the sound of a broom 33. Why is there an urgent need to write the letter?
d. To the clang of the plate a. For the writer to have enough time to write it
b. For the recipient to get it on time
27. Which of the following enables you to make c. For the reader to know on time
generalizations, form new conclusions, or make d. For the writer is always busy
judgments about certain issues presented explicitly or
implicitly in the text. 34. What does the word NOW in the second clause tell?
a. Literal Comprehension a. The urgency to write the letter
b. Inferential Comprehension b. The intention to write the letter
c. Evaluative Comprehension c. Both a & b
d. Context Clues d. None of the above

28. What best describes Linguistic Context? 35. Why is there a need for the letter to reach the
a. It means that you have to focus on the recipient on time?
language used in the literary text and how it is a. The occasions call for it
used to convey meaning b. The writer is preoccupied with other things
c. The recipient badly needed the letter
 d. To avoid late delivery 46. “An anecdote is a story with a point.”
What does the statement suggest?
For items number 36-40, refer to letter C. a. An anecdote is simple and brief
b. An anecdote discusses an issue.
B. Directions: Analyze the following lines from c. Anecdote reveals truth about life.
famous Filipino movies and songs. Tell what d. An anecdote intends to provoke laughter.
Filipino values, traits, practices or culture they
stand for. Choose from the options below. 47. What emotion does the speaker evoke in
his statement “Hell, I thought if there is a mountain
a. love of country d. Bayanihan near us which I Imagined to erupt anytime, it would
b. love of family e. Optimism be the Arayat.”
a. sadness
c. love of God
b. gladness
36. Open your hearts to the Lord and begin to see the
c. surprised
mystery that we are all together as one family.
d. confusion
________
37. Negosyo o kalayaan? Bayan o sarili? Pumili ka!
_______
48. Before presenting the lecture on teenage
38. Ang mga tala… mataas, mahirap maabot. Pero
pregnancy, the speaker tells a story of a young girl
ipinapangako ko, Inay… bukas luluhod ang mga
who got pregnant. She explained about the
tala! ______
implications of unplanned pregnancy to a teenage
39. Samasama nating abutin pinakamatayog na bituin.
mom and her child. What is the purpose of the
______
speaker in the given situation?
40. Klik! Anak ko 'yon! Hahahaha! Mga kaibigan, si
a. persuade
Maya ko 'yon! Klik! Narinig n'yo ba? Anak ko 'yon!
b. reminisce
________
c. bring cheer
41. Which technique in making a movie is used to d. give caution
generate illusion of movement from many still images?
a. animation 49. When a speaker shares a personal story
sympathizing with a struggle of a person to ease his
b. designing
feeling, the speaker intends to __________.
c. video filming
a. inspires
d. photography
b. caution
c. brings laughter
42. Which wireless handheld device is used to
d. share important personal story
make and receive calls and send text messages?
a. laptop
50. A learner wishes to interpret the essay,
b. cellphone
“Where is the Patis?” of C. Guerrero-Nakpil by
c. desktop
expressing his insights in order to elicit opinions of
d. camera other people. What could be done in order to create
it?
43. The following are multimedia except a. blog
_________. b. video
a. blog
c. text tula
b. video
d. mind ma
c. paint
d. frequency

44. If a learner desires to create informational

discussion on web about people’s travel, interests, and
experiences, he/she can create a ________.
a. Blog
b. Essay
c. Tag cloud
d. Mobile phone text tula

45. If someone talks about his past and shares

the joy of his experience, what does he/she intend to
do?
a. to cheer
b. to caution
c. to persuade
d. to reminisce