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ELS 2125 Philippine Literature Mid Term Examination 2020-2021

Name_______________________Course and Year____________

Test I. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of your choice in your Canvas (25 pts.).

1. A long narrative divided into chapters. The events are taken from true-to-life stories

and span along the period of time.

a. short story b. novel c. plays d. epic

2. A narrative involving one or more chapters, one plot and one single impression

a. short story b. novel c. plays d. epic

3. Presented on stage, divided into act and has many scenes

a. short story b. novel c. plays d. epic

4. Fictitious narratives usually about origins of things, events or natural phenomena

a. fables b. plays c. novel d. legend

5. Fictitious stories that deal with animals and inanimate things which speak and act

like people

a. fables b. plays c. novel d. legend

6. Products of the writer’s imagination and the main aim is to bring out lessons to
the reader

a. essay b. news c. anecdotes d. oration

7. Expresses the viewpoint or opinion of the writer about a particular problem or

event

a. essay b. news c. anecdotes d. oration

8. A report of everyday events in society, gov’t, science and industry, accidents or

happenings done nationally or not

a. essay b. news c. anecdotes d. oration

9. A formal treatment of a subject and is intended to be spoken in public. I appeals

to the intellect, will or emotions of the audience

a. essay b. news c. anecdotes d. oration

10. An extended narrative about heroic exploits under supernatural control.

a. Metrical tale b. epic c. ballad d. legend

11. A narrative which is written in verse and can be classified as a ballad or metrical

romance

a. Metrical tale b. epic c. ballad d. legend


12. The shortest and the simplest of the narrative poem. They have simple structures

tell of a single incidents

a. Metrical tale b. epic c. ballad d. legend

13. A form that describes important events in life either real or imaginary

a. Lyric poetry b. narrative poetry c. dramatic poetry

14. It is intended to be sung to the accompaniment of a lyre

a. Lyric poetry b. narrative poetry c. dramatic poetry

15. It is a kind of poetry that is acted on stage that includes a few characters

a. Lyric poetry b. narrative poetry c. dramatic poetry

16. A song praising God or the saints containing a philosophy of life

a. Sonnet b. corrido c. ode d psalm

17. A measure of twelve syllables and slowly sung to the accompaniment of a guitar or bandurria

a. Sonnet b. corrido c. ode d. psalm

18. Measures of eight syllables and recited to a martial beat

a. Sonnet b. corrido c. ode d. psalm


19. A lyric poem that has 14 lines dealing with an emotion, a feeling or an idea

a. Sonnet b. corrido c. song d. psalm

20. Usually light and is written with the purpose of amusing people and usually a happy ending

a. Comedy b. melodrama c. tragedy d. farce

21. Used in musical plays with an opera. It arouses immediate and intense emotion and is usually
sad but there is a happy ending for the principal character

a. Comedy b. melodrama c. tragedy d. farce

22. An exaggerated comedy. It seeks to arouse mirth by laughable lines and situations are too
ridiculous to be true

a. Comedy b. melodrama c. tragedy d. farce

23. The hero is struggling mightily against dynamic forces and he meets death or ruins without
success and satisfaction obtained by the protagonist

a. Comedy b. melodrama c. tragedy d. farce

24. Forma are either purely comic and tragic and it pictures the life of today. It may aim to bring
about changes in the social conditions

a. riddles b. proverb c social poems d. farce


25. Statements or questions or phrases having double or veiled meanings

a. Riddles b. proverb c. social poems d. farce

Test II. True or False. Write T if the statement is true and F if otherwise (25 pts.)

______1. Literature comes from the Greek word “ Litera”

______2. Literature is limited to the verbal art of language

Biag ni Lam ang

______3. Don Juan left his wife and went to the mountain in order to punish a group of their enemies

______4. Lam ang was able to speak when he was born

______5. Lam ang dreamed about his father’s head being stuck on a pole

______6. Lam ang killed all Igorots in the village

______7. All the fish died when Lam ang took a bath in the Amburayan River

______8. Sumarang was the best friend of Lam ang

How my Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife

______9. As Baldo saw his older brother’s wife, he described her as lovely, short, and beautiful

_____10. Baldo drove them to Waig Road instead of Camino Real

_____11. Maria admitted of having some fears if the father of Leon would not accept her

_____12. Maria did not enjoy the journey to Leon’s place

_____13. Baldo was the narrator in the story

The Giantess and the Three Children

_____14. Only Bekat had the fire

_____15. The three children stole the fire from Bekat

_____16. The three children did not put large stones in Bekat’s basket

_____17. Bekat killed the three children


The Great Flood

_____18. The tragic began by the abduction of Aponi tolau by Humitau

_____19. The mountain lord was attracted by the 8 beautiful guards

_____20. Aponi tolau got angry because he was laugh at by the maiden guards

_____21. The Tinggian warrior was able to reach the shore unharmed with the help of his mother

The Wedding Dance

______22. Lumnay still felt in love with Awiyao despite he had another woman

______23. Awiyao left Lumnay because she could not bear a child

______24. If Awiyao’s second wife could not still bear a child, he could return to Lumnay

______25. The Gangsas represent the woman in the wedding dance

Test III. Matching Type. Match column A with column B and write the letter of your choice on the
space before the number. (20 pts.)

Based on the poem, “ To the Man I Married”, match each word under column A with
each connotation under column B.

Column A Column B

_____1.Earth a. direction

_____2. Gravity b. power

_____3. Air c. beauty

_____4. Food d. success

_____5. Shelter e. infinity

_____6. North, south f. energy

_____7. Clay g. life

_____8. Sun h. production

_____9. Flowers i. protection

____10. Wave j. sustenance

k. continuity
Set B

Column A Column B

_____1. Pilgrimage a. weak

_____2. Parched b. endless

_____3. Limpid c. scenic, pretty

_____4. Feeble d. journey

_____5. Perish e. inspiring

_____6. Picturesque f. dry

_____7. Desolate g. die

_____8. Lofty h. deserted, barren

_____9 .Infifnite i. high

____10. Sublime j. clear

k. garrulous

Test IV. Essay. Give one moral lesson of the following selections and further explain by giving your
own example (10 pts each.)

1. How my Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife

2. The Wedding Dance

3. Faith, Love, Time and Dr. Lazaro

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