LONG QUIZ IN 21ST CENTURY _______________12.
Battle of wits among the
LITERATURE participants/ RIDDLE
_______________13. The date that the
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived
Name: _________________________ in the Philippine soil. MARCH 16, 1521
Date: __________________________ ________________14. The place where the first
Score: _________________________ Catholic mass in the country was celebrated.
HOMONHON
________________15. Who named the
_______________1. This is the writing system archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Prince
used by Filipinos during the precolonial period. Philip of Asturias, who reigned as the King of
Spain from 1556 to 1598? RUY DE VILLALOBOS
_______________2. These are traditional
stories that were modified through successive ________________16. Who was the first
retellings. governor-general of the Philippines. MIGUEL
LOPEZ DE LEGAZPI
_______________3. This is the form of
transmission of literature during the precolonial ________________17. These are the elite
period. Filipinos who went to Europe to study.
ILLUSTRADOS
_______________4. A long narrative poem that
describes the adventures of a hero, warrior, god, Give the following person according to
or king. their pen names.
_______________5. Ancient Tagalog script had ________________18. He is known as
____ basic syllables composed of three vowels “Tikbalang”. MARIANNO PONCE
and fourteen consonants. 17
________________19. Who is Laong Laan? JOSE
_______________6. Believed to be historical RIZAL
but cannot be verified as true. LEGENDS
________________20. “May Pag asa”
_______________7. Prose narratives usually
told to amuse or entertain. FOLKTALES ________________21. “Dimasilaw”
_______________8. It is a form of literature ________________22. “Plaridel”
that emphasizes rhythm, metrical structure, and ________________23. (He) _______proclaimed
the use of imagery and sound patterns. POETRY the independence of the Philippines from the
_______________ 9. is a belief that souls or Spanish colonial rule in his home _________
spirits exist in plants, animals, or objects. (24) on ____________. (25)
ANIMISM ________________26. Literature comes from
_______________10. Repetitive, sonorous, and the Latin word _______________, means
have a playful melody. FOLKSONGS “letters”.
_______________11. Short sayings enveloped ________________27. Period in Philippine
in rhymed verse. PROVERBS literature that is based on oral tradition.
_______________28. Famous epic of Panay. ____________2. Isa ang pasukan, tatlo ang
labasan.
_______________29. Mono-riming
heptasyllabic quatrain expressing insights and ____________3. Ako ay may kaibigan, kasama
lessons about life. ko kahit saan.
________________30. A series of prayer ____________4. Naligo ang kapitan, hindi
repeated for nine consecutive days. nabasa ang tiyan.
________________31. A form of poetic contest ____________5. Isang hukbong sundalo, dikit-
usually played as part of the rites held in dikit ang mga ulo.
connection with the death of a person.
____________6. Limang puno ng niyog, isa’y
_________________32. A special occasion matayog.
participated in by women in some parts of Bicol
____________7. Dalawang balon, hindi
region.
malingon.
_________________33. Song for the babies.
____________8. Isang balong malalim, punong-
_________________34. Riddle of Bicol. punong patalim.
_________________35. Riddle of Cebu. ____________9. Mataas kung nakaupo, mababa
kung nakatayo.
____________10. Malambot na parang ulap,
II- TRUE or FALSE
kasama ko sa pangangarap.
F____________1. Alibata was used as the
literary language during the Spanish
colonization.
____________2. The Propaganda Movement
was led by the Ilustrados, who are elite Filipinos
who went to Europe to study,
F___________3. The Spaniards adopted Filipino
religious beliefs in their catechism.
T___________4. Spanish priests believed that
stories about mythical creatures, spirits, deities,
and rituals contained works of the devil.
F___________5. Our periodicals during the
Spanish colonization had an objective tone.
II- Give the correct answers to the following
riddles.
____________1. Dalawang batong itim, malayo
ang nararating.
