It has a diverse history filled with brilliant authors writing in a variety of

genres.
A) Latin American literature
B) Resistance literature
C) Pre-colonial
D) Pre-Columbian
ANSWER: A
He published his own iloko translation of the doctrina cristiana by cardinal
bellarmine, the first book to be printed in iloko
A) Francisco lopez
B) Doctrina Cristiana
C) Leona Florentino
D) Fr. Justo Claudio Fojas
ANSWER: A
This is a broad definition incorporates everything that has been written down in
some form or another
A) Literature
B) Fictionality
C) Specialized language
D) Lack of pragmatic function
ANSWER: A
She is one of the finest Filipino writers in English whose works are characterized
by a remarkable fusion of style and substance, of craftsmanship and insight
A) Edith Tiempo
B) Bienvenido Lumbera
C) Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez
D) Virgilio S. Almario
ANSWER: A
It is located in the southernmost tip of Luzon Island, the largest island in the
Philippine archipelago.
A) Bicol Region
B) Albay
C) Masbate
D) Daet
ANSWER: A
The Latin word of Literature is _____ which means an acquaintance with letters
A) Litera
B) Dulce
C) Utile
D) Eords
ANSWER: A
is used to refer to the people living or are native in the provinces of Ilocos
Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, and certain sections of Pangasinan, Tarlac etc.
A) Ilocano
B) Ilocano literature
C) GUMIL
D) 17th century
ANSWER: A
He wrote the “Even in hopelessness there is hope”
A) Prof. Grant Olson
B) Romeo Jose
C) Francisco Andres
D) Manuel Luna
ANSWER: A
It is not simply possessive in meaning but it means the limitation of changing and
the developing process of everything.
A) HAVE
B) NONE
C) WITH
D) WITHOUT
ANSWER: A
It is important because it aimed to define what the identity of a Latin American
person looked like, both on an individual and national level.
A) Resistance literature
B) Latin American literature
C) Pre-colonial
D) Pre-Columbian
ANSWER: A
Hiligaynons call their poem as ----?
A) Binalaybay
B) Asoy or sugilanon
C) Ili-ili
D) Zarzuela
ANSWER: A
This is known as people; different human conditions
A) Human
B) Enduring
C) Ambiguity
D) Expression
ANSWER: A
In what year did Virgilio S. Almario headed the National Commission for Culture and
the Arts as Executive Director
A) 1998-2011
B) April 22, 1919
C) 1940
D) 1998
ANSWER: A
He wrote of the inevitable conflict between individual morality and material
comfort.
A) Anti Cristo by Justino Nuyda
B) Rawitdawit or narrative poem
C) An Parabareta (the Newsman)
D) Colegio de Sta. Isabel
ANSWER: A
This is included in early catechism and were used to teach Filipinos the Spanish
language.
A) Religious lyrics
B) dirges and lamentations
C) El filibusterismo
D) Ninay (1885)
ANSWER: A
He says that A literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything
A) Aldous Huxley
B) Francisco Sionil José
C) Carlos Bulosan
D) Amador T. Daguio
ANSWER: A
It is consists of a body of work in different languages and various genres, ranging
from oral literature to literature written in colonial languages
A) African Literature
B) American Literature
C) European Literature
D) Philippine Literature
ANSWER: A
Rizal, a well-known hero of today, leaves for Spain to pursue his studies in the
year -----?
A) 1882
B) 1898
C) 1972
D) 1986
ANSWER: A
Hiligaynons call their tale as ----?
A) Asoy or sugilanon
B) Binalaybay
C) Ili-ili
D) Zarzuela
ANSWER: A
The Philippine started in what year?
A) 1521
B) 1960 and 1970
C) 1960
D) 1970
ANSWER: A
The Philippine Literature changed during the Spanish Period. It was centered on ?
A) Christian Faith
B) Francisco Baltazar
C) Martyrdom of Gomburza
D) Jose Rizal
ANSWER: A
This refers to the people who speak the Pampango language or inhabit the province
of Pampanga.
A) Pampango
B) Kapampangan
C) Ing Alipatpat
D) Ing Pamaquisawa ning Mete
ANSWER: A
This is set in dodecasyllabic quatrains
A) Awit
B) Parang sabil
C) Korido
D) Ninay (1885)
ANSWER: A
It is a group of brown people who inhibit the Western part of the Visayan Region in
the central part of the Philippine
A) Hiligaynons
B) Hinilawod
C) Kalantiao Code
D) Auto sacramentales
ANSWER: A
The Interesting Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Olaudah Equiano or
Gustavus Vassa, the African  was written on what year ---?
A) 1798
B) 1978
C) 1698
D) 1968
ANSWER: A
Americans introduced formal education in the Philippines in the year ----?
A) 1898
B) 1882
C) 1972
D) 1986
ANSWER: A
Hiligaynons equivalents of folksongs is called
A) Ili-ili
B) Binalaybay
C) Asoy or sugilanon
D) Zarzuela
ANSWER: A
The rousing of nationalistic pride started in the year ?
A) 1960 and 1970
B) 1521
C) 1960
D) 1970
ANSWER: A
He wrote the “Florante at Laura”.
A) Francisco Baltazar
B) Christian Faith
C) Martyrdom of Gomburza
D) Jose Rizal
ANSWER: A
This means “region of, or people inhabiting riverbanks.”
A) Kapampangan
B) Pampango
C) Ing Alipatpat
D) Ing Pamaquisawa ning Mete
ANSWER: A
This is in octosyllabic quatrains.
A) Korido
B) Parang sabil
C) Awit
D) Ninay (1885)
ANSWER: A
Early Hiligaynons performed rituals and ceremonies commonly led by the babaylanes
in what century?
A) 12 th Century
B) 1896
C) 1898
D) 1901
ANSWER: A
He wrote Chaka in 1931
A) Thomas Mofolo
B) Léopold Senghor
C) Chenjerai Hove
D) Willy Inch
ANSWER: A
Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial law in the Philippines in the year---?
A) 1972
B) 1882
C) 1898
D) 1986
ANSWER: A
The establishment of Libreria La Panayana in Iloilo City was established in the
year -----?
A) 1877
B) 1973
C) 1893
D) 1963
ANSWER: A
They showcase a rich past through their folk speeches, folk songs, folk narratives
and indigenous rituals and mimetic dances
A) Pre-colonial inhabitants
B) Colonial
C) Riddle
D) None of the choice
ANSWER: A
The Spanish Revolution on literature begun on what year
A) 1868
B) 1968
C) 1978
D) 1698
ANSWER: A
This is a debate in verse and was named in Honor of Juan Crisostomo Soto
A) Crissotan
B) Juan Crisóstomo Caballa Soto
C) Luther Parker
D) Tomas Mascardo
ANSWER: A
This helped usher in the Philippine revolution resulting in the downfall of the
Spanish regime
A) El filibusterismo
B) dirges and lamentations
C) Religious lyrics
D) Ninay (1885)
ANSWER: A
It is one of the popular epics was sang and chanted in verse, by bards narrating
the origin of the world and the race
A) Hinilawod
B) Hiligaynons
C) Kalantiao Code
D) Auto sacramentales
ANSWER: A
He led the French-speaking Africans in France
A) Léopold Senghor
B) Thomas Mofolo
C) Chenjerai Hove
D) Willy Inch
ANSWER: A
People Power Revolution took place among the Filipino people in the year ----?
A) 1986
B) 1882
C) 1898
D) 1972
ANSWER: A
The rich sugar export trade brought along prosperity and affluence that opened
doors to entertainment and recreation in the year -----?
A) 1893
B) 1973
C) 1877
D) 1963
ANSWER: A
This is also known as is tigmo in Cebuano, bugtong in Tagalog, paktakon in
Ilongo and patototdon in Bicol
A) Riddle
B) Pre-colonial inhabitants
C) Colonial
D) None of the choice
ANSWER: A
This led to the led to Filipino nationalism.
A) Martyrdom of Gomburza
B) Christian Faith
C) Francisco Baltazar
D) Jose Rizal
ANSWER: A
He is The Father of Pampango Literature
A) Juan Crisóstomo Caballa Soto
B) Crissotan
C) Luther Parker
D) Tomas Mascardo
ANSWER: A
A novel that is largely cultural and is considered the first Filipino novel.
A) Ninay (1885)
B) dirges and lamentations
C) Religious lyrics
D) El filibusterismo
ANSWER: A
Hiligaynon constructed the confederated form of government, with a legal system
known as ---?
A) Kalantiao Code
B) Hiligaynons
C) Hinilawod
D) Auto sacramentales
ANSWER: A
An African literature that explores a doomed love affair played out within a
society riddled by deceit and corruption.
A) Before the Birth of the Moon (1989)
B) p'Bitek structured Song of Iowino
C) storytelling performance
D) Riddle
ANSWER: A
Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte was elected the 16 th president of the Philippine Republic
in the year ---- ?
A) 2016
B) 1882
C) 1898
D) 1986
ANSWER: A
He wrote the Ang Sultana nga Taga Jolo an original Visayan drama in Silay
A) Ramon Severino
B) Ramon Muzones
C) Francisco lopez
D) Doctrina Cristiana
ANSWER: A
This reveals subtle resemblances between two unlike objects” and one’s power of
observation and wit are put to the test.
A) Talinghaga or metaphor
B) Tanaga
C) Basahanon
D) Proverbs or aphorisms
ANSWER: A
This became popular to the Filipino youth in 2006.
A) Watt pad
B) Creative non fiction
C) Hyper Poetry
D) Mobile Phone text
ANSWER: A
It is the publication founded by Soto together with Pascual Gozún and Félix Galura.
A) Ing Alipatpat
B) Pampango
C) Kapampangan
D) Ing Pamaquisawa ning Mete
ANSWER: A
A year when English writing had overtaken Spanish writing
A) 1930
B) 1960 and 1970
C) 1960
D) 1970
ANSWER: A
He is believed to be the third chief of Panay
A) Kalantiao
B) Andres Bonifacio
C) Jose Rizal
D) Francisco Baltazar
ANSWER: A
He wrote vividly in English and his native Shona of the hardships experienced
during the struggle against British colonial rule
A) Chenjerai Hove
B) Thomas Mofolo
C) Léopold Senghor
D) Willy Inch
ANSWER: A
According to this perpective literature shows class struggle and materialism.
A) Marxism
B) Feminism
C) Historicism
D) Postcolonialism
ANSWER: A
He is the only heir to the sultanate of Sulu – Datu Parang – violated Islamic
tradition by having an affair with a Christian woman, Dulcinea
A) Ramon Muzones
B) Ramon Severino
C) Francisco lopez
D) Doctrina Cristiana
ANSWER: A
This express norms or codes of behavior, community beliefs
A) Proverbs or aphorisms
B) Talinghaga or metaphor
C) Tanaga
D) Basahanon
ANSWER: A
It’s a rich mix of flavors, ideas, and techniques, some of which are newly invented
and others as old as writing itself.
A) Creative non fiction
B) Watt pad
C) Hyper Poetry
D) Mobile Phone text
ANSWER: A
He wrote the English-Spanish- Pampango Dictionary together with Modesto Joaquin
A) Luther Parker
B) Crissotan
C) Juan Crisóstomo Caballa Soto
D) Tomas Mascardo
ANSWER: A
He is a National Artist for Literature
A) Jose Garcia Villa
B) Angela Manalang Gloria
C) Alejandro G. Abadilla
D) Salvador P. Lopez’s
ANSWER: A
It is the literary forms introduced by missionaries
A) Auto sacramentales
B) Hiligaynons
C) Hinilawod
D) Kalantiao Code
ANSWER: A
This is also know as Acholi poem
A) p'Bitek structured Song of Iowino
B) Before the Birth of the Moon (1989)
C) storytelling performance
D) Riddle
ANSWER: A
It looks into how the female character may be empowered or discriminated against.
A) Feminism
B) Marxism
C) Historicism
D) Postcolonialism
ANSWER: A
This is evidence of realism as a repercussion of 30+ of war it also shows a
literary dichotomy created by the partition of Vietnam in 1954.
A) Text
B) Oriental Philosophy
C) Secular text
D) Let’s Go to Tahiti
ANSWER: A
This is mono-riming heptasyllabic quatrain expressing insights and lessons on life
is “more emotionally charged than the terse proverb
A) Tanaga
B) Talinghaga or metaphor
C) Basahanon
D) Proverbs or aphorisms
ANSWER: A
Are new genres of literature that use the computer screen as medium, rather than
the printed page.
A) Hyper Poetry
B) Watt pad
C) Creative non fiction
D) Mobile Phone text
ANSWER: A
A year when Parker edited the Pampango publication Ing Imangabiran, where his only
novel, Lidia, appeared serially
A) 1906
B) 1981
C) 1999
D) 2001
ANSWER: A
A woman poet described as ahead of her time
A) Angela Manalang Gloria
B) Jose Garcia Villa
C) Alejandro G. Abadilla
D) Salvador P. Lopez’s
ANSWER: A
The mass revolution, started by the Katipunan under ---?
A) Andres Bonifacio
B) Kalantiao
C) Andres Bonifacio
D) Jose Rizal
ANSWER: A
This involves memory: the recollection of each member of the audience of his
experiences with respect to the story being performed
A) storytelling performance
B) Before the Birth of the Moon (1989)
C) p'Bitek structured Song of Iowino
D) Riddle
ANSWER: A
It is concerned with the queer or the third gender
A) Queer Theory
B) New Historicism
C) Historicism
D) Postcolonialism
ANSWER: A
It is much richer than religious texts
A) Secular text
B) Oriental Philosophy
C) Text
D) Let’s Go to Tahiti
ANSWER: A
Also known as extended didactic sayings from Bukidnon
A) Basahanon
B) Talinghaga or metaphor
C) Tanaga
D) Proverbs or aphorisms
ANSWER: A
is a literary work originally written on a cellular phone via text messaging.
A) Mobile Phone text
B) Watt pad
C) Creative non fiction
D) Hyper Poetry
ANSWER: A
A Katipunero force organized by
A) Tomas Mascardo
B) Crissotan
C) Juan Crisóstomo Caballa Soto
D) Luther Parker
ANSWER: A
He advocated the modernism in poetry.
A) Alejandro G. Abadilla
B) Jose Garcia Villa
C) Angela Manalang Gloria
D) Salvador P. Lopez’s
ANSWER: A
The mass revolution, started by Bonifacion in what year?
A) 1896
B) 1898
C) 1901
D) 12 th Century
ANSWER: A
This where a problem is set, then solved
A) Riddle
B) Before the Birth of the Moon (1989)
C) p'Bitek structured Song of Iowino
D) storytelling performance
ANSWER: A
It is a perspective dealing with the history that influenced the writing of
literature.
A) Historicism
B) Marxism
C) Feminism
D) Postcolonialism
ANSWER: A
This began with the publication of Azul by Ruben Dario in 1888, and was a movement
largely driven by poetry.
A) Modernismo
B) Pre-colonial
C) Pre-Columbian
D) Pre-historic
ANSWER: A
This is a form of folk lyric which expresses the hopes and aspirations, the
people’s lifestyles as well as their loves.
A) Folk song
B) Drinking song
C) Medley
D) Lullaby
ANSWER: A
This is “consists of heroin-centered narratives that focus on the trials and
tribulations of their individual protagonists”.
A) Chick Lit
B) Speculative fiction
C) Flash Fiction
D) Blog
ANSWER: A
Soto was we to Julia Almaida in what year?
A) 1981
B) 1906
C) 1999
D) 2001
ANSWER: A
He wrote a criticism that grabbed attention when he won the Commonwealth Literacy
Award for the essay in 1940
A) Salvador P. Lopez’s
B) Jose Garcia Villa
C) Angela Manalang Gloria
D) Alejandro G. Abadilla
ANSWER: A
The Americans came in to take over the Spaniards the administrative control of the
Region in what year
A) 1898
B) 1896
C) 1898
D) 12 th Century
ANSWER: A
This refers to written and oral works created by authors in parts of North America,
South America, and the Caribbean.
A) Latin American literature
B) Resistance literature
C) Pre-colonial
D) Pre-Columbian
ANSWER: A
It is the oldest example of christian literature in the local language.
A) Doctrina Cristiana
B) Francisco lopez
C) Leona Florentino
D) Fr. Justo Claudio Fojas
ANSWER: A
This is a broad definition incorporates everything that has been written down in
some form or another
A) Literature
B) Fictionality
C) Specialized language
D) Lack of pragmatic function
ANSWER: A
Edith Tiempo was born on ________?
A) April 22, 1919
B) 1940
C) 1998-2011
D) 1998
ANSWER: A
The total land area of the region is ----?
A) 18, 054.3 km
B) 18, 54.3 km
C) 1, 054.3 km
D) 19, 054.3 km
ANSWER: A
A function of literature that means to entertain; to give pleasure and enjoyment
A) Dulce
B) Litera
C) Utile
D) Eords
ANSWER: A
This pertains to the literary works of writers of Ilocano ancestry regardless of
the language used – be it Ilokano, English, Spanish or other foreign and Philippine
languages.
A) Ilocano literature
B) Ilocano
C) GUMIL
D) 17th century
ANSWER: A
The Poem (Burma) is also known as---?
A) Let’s Go to Tahiti
B) Oriental Philosophy
C) Text
D) Secular text
ANSWER: A
This is written in prose and verse form, lengthy and not original.
A) Classical Lao Literature
B) Oriental Philosophy
C) Text
D) Secular text
ANSWER: A
It is a literary perspective that looks into the changes in the attitude of the
post colonies after the colonial period.
A) Postcolonialism
B) Marxism
C) Feminism
D) Historicism
ANSWER: A
This is the second largest Wordsworth collection in the world, documents the
Romantic movement in detail.
A) Cornell Wordsworth Collection
B) Division's book collection
C) Rare book collections
D) Aesthetic realism
ANSWER: A
This is a song sung during carousals like the tagay (Cebuano and Waray)
A) drinking song
B) Folk song
C) Lullaby
D) Medley
ANSWER: A
It covers all stories from fantasy to science fiction to slipstream to magic
realism to urban fantasy
A) Speculative fiction
B) Chick Lit
C) Flash Fiction
D) Blog
ANSWER: A
The Marriage of the Dead” is also known as ----?
A) Ing Pamaquisawa ning Mete
B) Pampango
C) Kapampangan
D) Ing Alipatpat
ANSWER: A
He is a poet, fictionist and essayist with exceptional achievements and
significant contributions to the development of the country’s literary arts.
A) Cirilo F. Bautista
B) Nick Joaquin
C) F. Sionil Jose
D) Amado V. Hernandez
ANSWER: A
This year was one characterized by massive efforts for economic development and
social progress.
A) 1901
B) 1896
C) 1898
D) 12 th Century
ANSWER: A
This shows considerable depth in the literature of the late 19th and early 20th
centuries.
A) Division's book collection
B) Cornell Wordsworth Collection
C) Rare book collections
D) Aesthetic realism
ANSWER: A
In what year did Cirilo F. Bautista founded the Philippine Literary Arts Council?
A) 1981
B) 1999
C) April 29, 2004
D) 2001
ANSWER: A
They use highly improbable situations, extravagant exaggeration and violent
horseplay.
A) Comedy
B) Tragedy
C) Drama
ANSWER: A
riddle has different translations in philippines, for  ____________ they called is
as tigmo
A) cebuano
B) tagalog
C) Ilonggo
ANSWER: A
riddle has different translations in philippines, for ____________ they called is
as bugtong.
A) tagalog
B) cebuano
C) ilonggo
ANSWER: A
riddle has different translations in philippines, for ____________ they called is
as paktakon.
A) Ilongo
B) Cebuano
C) Bikolano
ANSWER: A
RIDDLE HAS DIFFERENT TRANSLATIONS IN PHILIPPINES, FOR ____________ THEY CALLED IS
AS PATOTOTDON.
A) Bikolano
B) Ilongo
C) Cebuano
ANSWER: A
what is the meaning of "Gongonan nu usin y amam"
A) If you pull your daddy’s penis 
B) Your mommy’s vagina, too, (Campana) screams. (Bell) 
ANSWER: A
What is the meaning of "Maggirawa pay sila y inam"
A) If you pull your daddy’s penis
B) Your mommy’s vagina, too, (Campana) screams. (Bell) 
ANSWER: B
The longest period in Philippine literatures
A) Pre-Colonial Period
B) American Civilization
C) Japanese Occupation
ANSWER: A
it gives an enigma or puzzle.
A) Riddles
B) Proverbs
C) Songs
ANSWER: A
it is known as wise saying or salawikain
A) Riddles
B) Proverbs
C) Songs
ANSWER: B
were also very much part of pre-colonial literature and the people’s daily life
A) Riddles
B) Proverbs
C) Songs
ANSWER: C
The literary scene during this era was focused on religious themes due to the
Christianization of the Philippines by Spaniards.
A) Spanish Regime
B) Pre-colonial
C) Japanese Colonization
ANSWER: A
it is known as the first published book (1593) in the Philippines.
A) Doctrina Christiana
B) La Solidaridad
C) El Filibusterismo
ANSWER: A
it is known as the first published book (1593) in the Philippines.
A) Doctrina Christiana
B) La Solidaridad
C) El Filibusterismo
ANSWER: A
the most popular form of religious literature.
A) pasyon
B) Doctrina Cristiana
C) Pamamahay
ANSWER: A
He wrote the "Ang Mahal na Pasyon ni Jesu Cristong Panginoon natin"
A) Gaspar Aquilino
B) Teodoro Aquilino
C) Juan Leonardo De Capilli
ANSWER: A
The last of the 19th century saw a new breed of writers.
A) Nationalistic Period
B) Japanese Colization
C) Modern
ANSWER: A
Literature in three languages flourished in reading, writing and speaking.
A) The United States Colonial Rule
B) Nationalistic Period 
C) The Japanese Occupation
ANSWER: A
Upheavals in Nation’s history
A) Contemporary Period
B) The Japanese Occupation
C) The United States Colonial Rule
ANSWER: A
home of the famous Mayon Volcano
A) Albay
B) Camarines Norte
C) Naga City
ANSWER: A
holds the first erect monument of Dr. Jose Rizal.
A) Albay
B) Camarines Norte
C) Naga City
ANSWER: B
is host to Colegio da Sta. Isabel
A) Albay
B) Camarines Norte
C) Naga City
ANSWER: C
island paradise in Pacific
A) Cantanduanes 
B) Masbate
C) Sorsogon
ANSWER: A
known for mining and Cattle Industry.
A) Cantanduanes
B) Masbate
C) Sorsogon
ANSWER: B
shelter of whale shark called Butanding
A) Sorsogon
B) Cantanduanes
C) Camarines Norte
ANSWER: A
He wrote “ the Our Lady of Peñafrancia”.
A) Carlos Ojeda Aureus
B) Remigio Laguno
C) Jose Obias
ANSWER: C
She wrote “The Legend of Mayon Volcano” 
A) Mariel M. Dela Cruz
B) Teresita E. Erastain 
C) Merito B. Espinas
ANSWER: B
The birth place of Potenciano Gregorio Sr.
A)  Albay
B) Catanduanes
C) Camarines Norte
ANSWER: A
The place where Potenciano Gregorio Sr. died.
A) Hawaii
B) Japan
C) Brazil
ANSWER: A
This is the place where Potenciano Gregorio Sr. buried. 
A) La Loma Cemetery, Manila
B) Lev Loma Cemetery, Manila
C) Shang-rila Cemetery, Manila
ANSWER: A
It is the the title of Sarungbanggi in English.
A) One Evening
B) One Dawn
C) One Day
ANSWER: A
It is the title of the Sarungbanggi in tagalog.
A) isang Panahon
B) isang gabi
C) isang araw
ANSWER: B
Is an imaginary story, usually written down, that someone tells in everyday,
natural language.
A) Prose Fiction
B) Poetry
C) Drama
ANSWER: A
Is a literary art where the evocative and aesthetic quality of language are brought
out in lieu.
A) Poetry
B) Prose Fiction
C) Drama
ANSWER: A
Is a literary work which is designed to be acted out on a stage performed by actors
before an audience.
A) Drama
B) Poetry
C) Prose Fiction
ANSWER: A
It refers to any kind of prose writing that is based on facts, well written prose
that deals with real people, things, events, and places.
A) Nonfiction Prose
B) Drama
C) Poetry
ANSWER: A
It is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create
factually accurate narratives.
A) Creative Nonfiction
B) Nonfiction Prose
C) Prose
ANSWER: A
Is a expression that does not have a regular rhythmic pattern.
A) Prose
B) Poetry
C) Drama
ANSWER: A
It is divided into two very broad categories: tragedy and comedy.
A) Drama
B) Tragedy
C) Poetry
ANSWER: A
Is one of the oldest forms of drama.
A) Tragedy
B) Comedy
C) Poetry
ANSWER: A
This feature especially strong representations of literary works by gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgender
A) Rare book collections
B) Cornell Wordsworth Collection
C) Division's book collection
D) Aesthetic realism
ANSWER: A
He is regarded by many as the most distinguished Filipino writer in English writing
A) Nick Joaquin
B) Cirilo F. Bautista
C) F. Sionil Jose
D) Amado V. Hernandez
ANSWER: A
It is a prefix indicating a relation to the Angles, England, the English people, or
the English language, such as in the term Anglo-Saxon language
A) Anglo
B) Beowulf
C) English
D) African
ANSWER: A
A term used by Nick Joaquin to describe his baroque Spanish-flavored English or
his reinventions of English based on Filipinisms
A) Joaquinesque
B) Tudling
C) Literature
D) Writings
ANSWER: A
It is a Late Latin prefix used to denote English
A) Anglo
B) Beowulf
C) English
D) African
ANSWER: A
Nick Joaquin died in what year ?
A) April 29, 2004
B) 1981
C) 1999
D) 2001
ANSWER: A
It is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative lines
A) Beowulf
B) Anglo
C) English
D) African
ANSWER: A
He’s writing in 1960 is described as epic.
A) F. F. Sionil Jose
B) Cirilo F. Bautista
C) Nick Joaquin
D) Amado V. Hernandez
ANSWER: A
This an art that insists on detailing the world as one sees it
A) Aesthetic realism
B) Cornell Wordsworth Collection
C) Division's book collection
D) Rare book collections
ANSWER: A
He bestowed the CCP Centennial Honors for the Arts in what year?
A) 1999
B) 1981
C) April 29, 2004
D) 2001
ANSWER: A
It focuses not only on the history when the literary text was written, but also how
the history happened.
A) New Historicism
B) Queer Theory
C) Historicism
D) Postcolonialism
ANSWER: A
He is a poet, playwright, and novelist, is among the Filipino writers who practiced
“committed art”.
A) Amado V. Hernandez
B) Cirilo F. Bautista
C) Nick Joaquin
D) F. Sionil Jose
ANSWER: A
is used to refer to the people living or are native in the provinces of Ilocos
Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, and certain sections of Pangasinan, Tarlac etc.
A) Ilocano
B) Ilocano literature
C) GUMIL
D) 17th century
ANSWER: A
This is also known as Katipunan ng mga Nalathalang Tula
A) Tudling
B) Joaquinesque
C) Literature
D) Writings
ANSWER: A
This pertains to the literary works of writers of Ilocano ancestry regardless of
the language used – be it Ilokano, English, Spanish or other foreign and Philippine
languages.
A) Ilocano literature
B) Ilocano
C) GUMIL
D) 17th century
ANSWER: A
He developed the social realist tradition in Philippine fiction.
A) Lazaro A. Francisco
B) Alejandro Roces
C) Carlos P. Romulo
D) Jose Garcia Villa
ANSWER: A
Latin American literature has a rich history starting in the ______ period?
A) Pre-Columbian
B) Latin American literature
C) Resistance literature
D) Pre-colonial
ANSWER: A
The study of iloko poetry  gramatika ilokana – published in what year ---?
A) 1895
B) 1785
C) 2001
D) 1865
ANSWER: A
This is the product of imagination
A) Fictionality
B) Literature
C) Specialized language
D) Lack of pragmatic function
ANSWER: A
He introduced to Tagalog literature what is now known as Bagay poetry, a landmark
aesthetic tendency that has helped to change the vernacular poetic tradition.
A) Bienvenido Lumbera
B) Edith Tiempo
C) Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez
D) Virgilio S. Almario
ANSWER: A
It is home to the world famous Mount Mayon with its perfect cone shape.
A) Albay
B) Bicol Region
C) Masbate
D) Daet
ANSWER: A
A function of literature that means to instruct
A) Utile
B) Litera
C) Dulce
D) Eords
ANSWER: A
The locano literature started in ----?
A) 17th century
B) Ilocano
C) Ilocano literature
D) GUMIL
ANSWER: A
Epic Stories is also known as ----?
A) Narrative Poetry
B) Contemporary Literature
C) Religious Narratives and Literature
D) Historical Novels
ANSWER: A
The locano literature started in ----?
A) 17th century
B) Ilocano
C) Ilocano literature
D) GUMIL
ANSWER: A
He is a short story writer and essayist, and considered as the country’s
A) Alejandro Roces
B) Lazaro A. Francisco
C) Carlos P. Romulo
D) Jose Garcia Villa
ANSWER: A
He is the author of “How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife” and “Morning
in Nagrebcan
A) Manuel Aguilla
B) Carlos Bulosan
C) Amador T. Daguio
D) Pedro Bukaneg
ANSWER: A
he was the first Asian president of the United Nations General Assembly
A) Carlos P. Romulo
B) Lazaro A. Francisco
C) Alejandro Roces
D) Jose Garcia Villa
ANSWER: A
He is author of “America is in the Heart”, “My Father’s Tragedy”, and “Father Goes
to Court”)
A) Carlos Bulosan
B) Manuel Aguilla
C) Amador T. Daguio
D) Pedro Bukaneg
ANSWER: A
is considered as one of the finest contemporary poets regardless of race or
language.
A) Jose Garcia Villa
B) Lazaro A. Francisco
C) Alejandro Roces
D) Carlos P. Romulo
ANSWER: A
He wrote vividly in English and his native Shona of the hardships experienced
during the struggle against British colonial rule
A) Chenjerai Hove
B) Thomas Mofolo
C) Léopold Senghor
D) Willy Inch
ANSWER: A
He is a playwright, thespian, poet, teacher, critic and translator, marked his
career with prolific artistic productions.
A) Rolando S. Tinio
B) Francisco Arcellana
C) Levi Celerio
D) Carlos Quirino
ANSWER: A
This is also know as Acholi poem
A) p'Bitek structured Song of Iowino
B) Before the Birth of the Moon (1989)
C) storytelling performance
D) Riddle
ANSWER: A
A writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist and teacher, is one of the most
important progenitors of the modern Filipino short story in English.
A) Francisco Arcellana
B) Rolando S. Tinio
C) Levi Celerio
D) Carlos Quirino
ANSWER: A
This involves memory: the recollection of each member of the audience of his
experiences with respect to the story being performed
A) storytelling performance
B) Before the Birth of the Moon (1989)
C) p'Bitek structured Song of Iowino
D) Riddle
ANSWER: A
is a prolific lyricist and composer for decades
A) Levi Celerio
B) Rolando S. Tinio
C) Francisco Arcellana
D) Carlos Quirino
ANSWER: A
This where a problem is set, then solved
A) Riddle
B) Before the Birth of the Moon (1989)
C) p'Bitek structured Song of Iowino
D) storytelling performance
ANSWER: A
He is a biographer, has the distinction of having written one of the earliest
biographies of Jose Rizal titled The Great Malayan.
A) Carlos Quirino
B) Rolando S. Tinio
C) Francisco Arcellana
D) Levi Celerio
ANSWER: A
This is written in prose and verse form, lengthy and not original.
A) Classical Lao Literature
B) Oriental Philosophy
C) Text
D) Secular text
ANSWER: A
This goes by many names, including microfiction, microstories, short-shorts, short
short stories, very short stories, sudden fiction, postcard fiction
and nanofiction.
A) Flash Fiction
B) Chick Lit
C) Speculative fiction
D) Blog
ANSWER: A
He wrote documents that recorded the way life changed after the Spanish infiltrated
their lands.
A) Guaman Poma
B) Mayans and the Aztecs
C) El Periquillo Sarniento
D) José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
ANSWER: A
Is an online journal or informational website displaying information in the reverse
chronological order.
A) Blog
B) Chick Lit
C) Speculative fiction
D) Flash Fiction
ANSWER: A
It is considered the first Latin American novel.
A) El Periquillo Sarniento
B) Mayans and the Aztecs
C) Guaman Poma
D) José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
ANSWER: A
He translated English plays into Bikol and delighted the Naga folks with
Sunday presentations at the plaza kiosk
A) Rev. James Reuter
B) Merlinda C. Bobis
C) Maria Lilia F. Realubit
D) Jose Rizal
ANSWER: A
This marked by the oral traditions of Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the
Olmecs, Mayans, and Aztecs.
A) Pre-Columbian
B) Latin American literature
C) Resistance literature
D) Pre-colonial
ANSWER: A
She is the ilocana mother of filipino poetry
A) Leona Florentino
B) Francisco lopez
C) Doctrina Cristiana
D) Fr. Justo Claudio Fojas
ANSWER: A
This differs considerably from normal everyday language
A) Specialized language
B) Literature
C) Fictionality
D) Lack of pragmatic function
ANSWER: A
The Tagalog literature is also known as ______?
A) Bagay poetry
B) Literature
C) Reading
D) Writing
ANSWER: A
It is the first known normal school for girls in the Orient.
A) Colegio de Sta. Isabel
B) Anti Cristo by Justino Nuyda
C) Rawitdawit or narrative poem
D) An Parabareta (the Newsman)
ANSWER: A
A 4Rs of literature that says “Literature is a means of reassembling reality. We
want to see what we cannot see in reality.”
A) Recreation
B) Recognition
C) Redemption
D) Revelation
ANSWER: A
He is the author of “How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife” and “Morning
in Nagrebcan
A) Manuel Aguilla
B) Carlos Bulosan
C) Amador T. Daguio
D) Pedro Bukaneg
ANSWER: A
novels, short stories, poems is part of ---?
A) Contemporary Literature
B) Religious Narratives and Literature
C) Narrative Poetry
D) Historical Novels
ANSWER: A
He wrote the poet entitle poetry. El Periquillo Sarniento
A) José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
B) Mayans and the Aztecs
C) Guaman Poma
D) El Periquillo Sarniento
ANSWER: A
She overturns the passive maiden in the legend and makes her decisive to do her
part in changing society
A) Merlinda C. Bobis
B) Rev. James Reuter
C) Maria Lilia F. Realubit
D) Jose Rizal
ANSWER: A
It is important because it aimed to define what the identity of a Latin American
person looked like, both on an individual and national level.
A) Resistance literature
B) Latin American literature
C) Pre-colonial
D) Pre-Columbian
ANSWER: A
She is is the recipient of the national award “Alagad ni Balagtas” by the Unyon ng
Mga Manunulat sa  Pilipinas  and is a National Book Awardee (1987) for her book
“Philippine Drama: Twelve Plays in Six Regional Languages”
A) Maria Lilia F. Realubit
B) Rev. James Reuter
C) Merlinda C. Bobis
D) Jose Rizal
ANSWER: A
Rizal, a well-known hero of today, leaves for Spain to pursue his studies in the
year -----?
A) 1882
B) 1898
C) 1972
D) 1986
ANSWER: A
A Katipunero force organized by
A) Tomas Mascardo
B) Crissotan
C) Juan Crisóstomo Caballa Soto
D) Luther Parker
ANSWER: A
Americans introduced formal education in the Philippines in the year ----?
A) 1898
B) 1882
C) 1972
D) 1986
ANSWER: A
Soto was we to Julia Almaida in what year?
A) 1981
B) 1906
C) 1999
D) 2001
ANSWER: A
Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial law in the Philippines in the year---?
A) 1972
B) 1882
C) 1898
D) 1986
ANSWER: A
The Marriage of the Dead” is also known as ----?
A) Ing Pamaquisawa ning Mete
B) Pampango
C) Kapampangan
D) Ing Alipatpat
ANSWER: A
He is believed to be the third chief of Panay
A) Kalantiao
B) Andres Bonifacio
C) Jose Rizal
D) Francisco Baltazar
ANSWER: A
It is located in the southernmost tip of Luzon Island, the largest island in the
Philippines archipelago
A) Bicol Region
B) Albay
C) Masbate
D) Daet
ANSWER: A
It is the literary forms introduced by missionaries
A) Auto sacramentales
B) Hiligaynons
C) Hinilawod
D) Kalantiao Code
ANSWER: A
The total land area of the region is ----?
A) 18, 054.3 km
B) 18, 54.3 km
C) 1, 054.3 km
D) 19, 054.3 km
ANSWER: A
The mass revolution, started by the Katipunan under ---?
A) Andres Bonifacio
B) Kalantiao
C) Andres Bonifacio
D) Jose Rizal
ANSWER: A
It is home to the world famous Mount Mayon with its perfect cone shape.
A) Albay
B) Bicol Region
C) Masbate
D) Daet
ANSWER: A
The mass revolution, started by Bonifacion in what year?
A) 1896
B) 1898
C) 1901
D) 12 th Century
ANSWER: A
It is the first known normal school for girls in the Orient.
A) Colegio de Sta. Isabel
B) Anti Cristo by Justino Nuyda
C) Rawitdawit or narrative poem
D) An Parabareta (the Newsman)
ANSWER: A
The Americans came in to take over the Spaniards the administrative control of the
Region in what year
A) 1898
B) 1896
C) 1901
D) 12 th Century
ANSWER: A
A city that is known for its mining and cattle industry.
A) Masbate
B) Bicol Region
C) Albay
D) Daet
ANSWER: A
They created codices, folded books with a type of code and pictures that recorded
many facets of their societies.
A) Mayans and the Aztecs
B) Guaman Poma
C) El Periquillo Sarniento
D) José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
ANSWER: A
He wrote: onovenas oprayerbooks ocatechism
A) Fr. Justo Claudio Fojas
B) Francisco lopez
C) Doctrina Cristiana
D) Leona Florentino
ANSWER: A
This is not intended by the author for any specific purpose
A) Lack of pragmatic function
B) Literature
C) Fictionality
D) Specialized language
ANSWER: A
This is a landmark aesthetic tendency that has helped to change the vernacular
poetic tradition.
A) Bagay poetry
B) Literature
C) Reading
D) Writing
ANSWER: A
A city that is known for its mining and cattle industry.
A) Masbate
B) Bicol Region
C) Albay
D) Daet
ANSWER: A
A 4Rs of literature that says “Literature helps us recognize the people and their
contribution.”
A) Recognition
B) Recreation
C) Redemption
D) Revelation
ANSWER: A
He is author of “America is in the Heart”, “My Father’s Tragedy”, and “Father Goes
to Court”)
A) Carlos Bulosan
B) Manuel Aguilla
C) Amador T. Daguio
D) Pedro Bukaneg
ANSWER: A
It is a system that harmonizes the natural and social world that includes humanity
in the center uniting with nature and society
A) Oriental Philosophy
B) Text
C) Secular text
D) Let’s Go to Tahiti
ANSWER: A
This year was one characterized by massive efforts for economic development and
social progress.
A) 1901
B) 1896
C) 1898
D) 12 th Century
ANSWER: A
It is the largest fish - the whale shark locally known as
A) Butanding
B) Shark
C) Tulingan
D) Yello Fin
ANSWER: A
It is important because it was the beginning of the written tradition in Latin
American literature.
A) Pre-colonial
B) Latin American literature
C) Resistance literature
D) Pre-Columbian
ANSWER: A
It is a play that became popular in the philippines during the spanish colonial
period
A) Comedia (moro-moro)
B) Zarzuela
C) Matilde de sinapangan
D) Biag ni Lam-ang
ANSWER: A
It is an enduring expression of a significant human experience in words well-chosen
and arranged.
A) Ambiguity
B) Enduring
C) Expression
D) Human
ANSWER: A
He is fictionist, essayist, poet, and teacher, articulated the Filipino spirit in
rural, urban landscapes.
A) Writing6. He is fictionist, essayist, poet, and teacher,articulated the Filipino
spirit in rural, urbanNestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez
B) Edith Tiempo
C) Bienvenido Lumbera
D) Virgilio S. Almario
ANSWER: A
It is the largest fish - the whale shark locally known as
A) Butanding
B) Shark
C) Tulingan
D) Yello Fin
ANSWER: A
A 4Rs of literature that says “Literature is a means of modification of behavior.”
A) Redemption
B) Recreation
C) Recognition
D) Revelation
ANSWER: A
He is the author of “A Wedding Dance
A) Amador T. Daguio
B) Manuel Aguilla
C) Carlos Bulosan
D) Pedro Bukaneg
ANSWER: A
Oriental Philosophy also discovered the 4th direction also known as ---?
A) The direction of spiritual life
B) Past
C) Present
D) Future
ANSWER: A
He wrote documents that recorded the way life changed after the Spanish infiltrated
their lands.
A) Guaman Poma
B) Mayans and the Aztecs
C) El Periquillo Sarniento
D) José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
ANSWER: A
Is is a spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung
scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well as dance
A) Zarzuela
B) Comedia (moro-moro)
C) Matilde de sinapangan
D) Biag ni Lam-ang
ANSWER: A
This is known as lasting, not ephemeral
A) Enduring
B) Ambiguity
C) Expression
D) Human
ANSWER: A
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez won the First Commonwealth Literary Contest in what
year ---- ?
A) 1940
B) April 22, 1919
C) 1998-2011
D) 1998
ANSWER: A
He was the composer of Sarung Banggi (One Evening), the most famous song in the
Bikol language.
A) Potenciano Gregorio Sr.
B) Clemente Alejandria
C) Jose Rizal
D) Francisco Baltazar
ANSWER: A
A 4Rs of literature that says “Literature is a means of recording history. It
reveals the past, the present, and the future.”
A) Revelation
B) Recreation
C) Recognition
D) Revelation
ANSWER: A
He is the author of “The God Stealer” and “My Brother, My Executioner
A) Francisco Sionil José
B) Aldous Huxley
C) Carlos Bulosan
D) Amador T. Daguio
ANSWER: A
It is mainly a combination of folk beliefs and high regard of nature
A) Taoism
B) Buddhism
C) Confucianism
D) Animism
ANSWER: A
It is considered the first Latin American novel.
A) El Periquillo Sarniento
B) Mayans and the Aztecs
C) Guaman Poma
D) José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
ANSWER: A
It is the first ilocano novel.
A) Matilde de sinapangan
B) Comedia (moro-moro)
C) Zarzuela
D) Biag ni Lam-ang
ANSWER: A
This is known as sharing; a manifestation
A) Expression
B) Enduring
C) Ambiguity
D) Human
ANSWER: A
He is a poet, literary historian and critic, who has revived and reinvented
traditional Filipino poetic forms
A) Virgilio S. Almario
B) Edith Tiempo
C) Bienvenido Lumbera
D) Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez
ANSWER: A
It was a vehicle of social and political criticism
A) Rawitdawit or narrative poem
B) Anti Cristo by Justino Nuyda
C) An Parabareta (the Newsman)
D) Colegio de Sta. Isabel
ANSWER: A
This known as extolling the deeds of the dead like the kanogon (Cebuano) or the
Annako (Bontoc).
A) dirges and lamentations
B) Religious lyrics
C) El filibusterismo
D) Ninay (1885)
ANSWER: A
He is Father of Ilocano Literature and the acknowledged author of the “Epic of Biag
ni Lam- ang
A) Pedro Bukaneg
B) Manuel Aguilla
C) Carlos Bulosan
D) Amador T. Daguio
ANSWER: A
This where strong winds, the waters, and the mountain were worshipped
A) Animism
B) Taoism
C) Buddhism
D) Confucianism
ANSWER: A
This means endless, boundless, immense, infinite, numberless in moving and changing
movements and the developing process of everything.
A) NONE
B) HAVE
C) WITH
D) WITHOUT
ANSWER: A
He wrote the poet entitle poetry. El Periquillo Sarniento
A) José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
B) Mayans and the Aztecs
C) Guaman Poma
D) El Periquillo Sarniento
ANSWER: A
The leaving Hiligaynon newspaper and magazin was closed and it also closed down in
what year?
A) 1973
B) 1877
C) 1893
D) 1963
ANSWER: A
This is known as important, necessary, meaningful
A) Significant
B) Enduring
C) Ambiguity
D) Expression
ANSWER: A
He is the one who founded the the Galian sa Arte at Tula (GAT) and the Linangan sa
Imahen, Retorika at Anyo (LIRA).
A) Virgilio S. Almario
B) Edith Tiempo
C) Bienvenido Lumbera
D) Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez
ANSWER: A
It is the first Bikol newspaper
A) An Parabareta (the Newsman)
B) Anti Cristo by Justino Nuyda
C) Rawitdawit or narrative poem
D) Colegio de Sta. Isabel
ANSWER: A
It uses for its subject matter the exploits of historical and legendary heroes.
A) Parang sabil
B) Awit
C) Korido
D) Ninay (1885)
ANSWER: A
This is one of the most active groups of regional writers in the Philippines.
A) GUMIL
B) Ilocano
C) Ilocano literature
D) 17th century
ANSWER: A
The year when the Philippine history started.
A) 1521
B) 1621
C) 1721
ANSWER: A
It helped bring about the change of attitude among a new breed of Filipinos
concerned about the "Filipino Identity".
A) nationalistic heroism
B) nationalistic pride
C) nationalistic enthusiasm
D) nationalistic independence
ANSWER: B
It is known as the most seminal of folk speeches.
A) riddle
B) proverbs
C) metaphor
D) folk songs
ANSWER: A
it “reveals subtle resemblances between two unlike objects” and one’s power of
observation and wit are put to the test
A) riddle
B) metaphor
C) proverbs
D) folk songs
ANSWER: B
it expresses norms or codes of behavior, community beliefs or they instill values
by offering nuggets of wisdom in short, rhyming verse.
A) riddle
B) proverbs
C) metaphor
D) folk songs
ANSWER: B
It is the extended form of aphorisms.
A) haiku
B) tanaga
C) lyrical
D) ode
ANSWER: B
a form of folk lyric which expresses the hopes and aspirations, the people’s
lifestyles as well as their loves.
A) folk narratives
B) folk dance
C) folk songs
D) folk stories
ANSWER: C
it is sung during carousals like the tagay.
A) drinking songs
B) dirges and lamentations
C) parang sabil
D) kanogon
ANSWER: A
It is the extolling the deeds of the dead.
A) drinking songs
B) dirges and lamentations
C) parang sabil
D) Ode
ANSWER: B
It is written by ladino poets or those versed in both Spanish and Tagalog were
included in early catechism and were used to teach Filipinos the Spanish language.
A) Religious lyrics
B) Catechism
C) meditative verses
D) Unending thanks
ANSWER: A
A poet and later national Artist literature who used free verse and espoused the
dictum.
A) Jose Garcia Villa
B) Angela Manalang Gloria
C) Alejandro G. Abadilla
ANSWER: A
Another maverick in poetry who used free verse and talked about illicit love in her
poetry.
A) Jose Garcia Villa
B) Angela Manalang Gloria
C) Alejandro G. Abadilla
ANSWER: B
He advocated modernism in poetry
A) Jose Garcia Villa
B) Angela Manalang Gloria
C) Alejandro G. Abadilla
ANSWER: C
It’s a rich mix of flavors, ideas, and techniques, some of which are newly invented
and others as old as writing itself.
A) Creative nonfiction
B) Hyper poetry
C) Mobile phone text
D) Chick lit
ANSWER: A
are new genres of literature that use the computer screen as medium, rather than
the printed page.
A) Hyper poetry
B) Creative nonfiction
C) Mobile phone text
D) Chick lit
ANSWER: A
is a literary work originally written on a cellular phone via text messaging.
A) Mobile phone text
B) Chick lit
C) Speculative fiction
D) Flash fiction
ANSWER: A
This is genre fiction, which consists of heroin-centered narratives that focus on
the trials and tribulations of their individual protagonists.
A) Chick lit
B) Mobile phone text
C) Speculative fiction
D) Flash fiction
ANSWER: A
It covers all stories from fantasy to science fiction to slipstream to magic
realism to urban fantasy.
A) . Speculative fiction
B) Flash fiction
C) Blog
D) Graphic novels
ANSWER: A
It has existed as an art form arguably from the time our species learned how to
paint.
A) Graphic novels
B) Blog
C) Flash fiction
D) Speculative fiction
ANSWER: A
is an online journal or informational website displaying information in the reverse
chronological order, with latest posts appearing first.
A) Blog
B) Graphic novels
C) Flash fiction
D) Speculative fiction
ANSWER: A