1. LIT 1- AMERICAN PERIOD- QUESTION & ANSWER
MEMBERS: GISULTURA, ABABON, DELANTAR, CAPUNO, TABORADA, UBAY, RAMA
I. Multiple Choice (Easy)
Directions: Read and Encircle the correct answer.
1. It is a political Newspaper with the largest circulation in Puerto Rico. Which was founded
in 1909 in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
a. El Grito Del Pueblo b. El Renacimiento c. El Nuevo Dia d. Kahapon
2. It is a book of poems published by the Father of the Philippine Constitution that includes
one of his writings dedicated to Rizal “ANTE EL MARTIR”.
a. Bajo Los Cocoteros b.Nena at Neneng c. A Riizal d. Crisalidas
3. Who is the Father of the National Language?
a. Lope K. Santos b. Manuel L. Quezon
c. José Corazon De Jesus d. Amado V. Hernandez
4. He was known as Tandang Anong and his pen name was Kuntil Butil (Small Grain).
a. Iñigo Ed. Regalado b. Severino Reyes
c. Hermogenes Ilagan d. Valeriano Hernandez Peña
5. He was called the Poet of Love in his time.
a. Faustino Aguilar b. Valeriano Hernandez Peña
c. Jose Corazon de Jesus d. Tomas Remigio
6. In the Period of Re-Orientation, English as a literary vehicle came with the American
occupation on August 13, and as they say, a choice bestowed on us by history. In what
year?
a. 1990 b. 1988 c. 1898 d. 1910
7. The UP College Folio published the literary compositions of the first Filipino writers in
English. What replaced the UP College Folio?
a. Philippine Collegian b. Manila Collegian
c. Mindanao Collegian d. Visayas Colegian
8. A zarzuela masterpiece by Severino Reyes underscores the injustices of Spanish rule.
a. Dead Stars b. Walang Sugat
b. c. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow d. Son of the Sea
2. 9. During the American Period, in some cases, those students who excelled academically
were sent to the U.S. to continue their studies and to become experts in their desired
fields or professions. What were they called?
b. Insulares b. Pensionados/ Scholars c. Mestizos d. Indios
10. They are American volunteer soldiers who became the first teachers of the Filipinos. Part
of their mission was to build classrooms in every place where they were assigned. The
American soldiers stopped teaching only when a group of teachers from the U.S. came
to the Philippines in June 1901. Who are they??
a. Thomasites b. Menonites c. Maronites d. Normalites
II. Identification (Average)
Directions: Write the correct answer in the space provided before the number.
JUNE 12, 1898 1. When was the Philippine flag hoisted as a symbol of our
independence?
1900 2. In what year did English become a medium of instruction in public
schools?
PEDRO BUKANEG 3. The father of Ilocano literature.
SEVERINO REYES 4. The father of Tagalog drama and author of the immortal Walang
Sugat.
LEON PICHAY 5. He is known as the best Bukanegero (from Bukaneg). Also a poet,
novelist, short story writer, dramatist, and essayist.
The Period of Imitation 6. Writers in this time were imitating American and British models of
literature resulting in unnatural writing styles.
CRISALIDAS 7. A book by Fernando Ma. Guerrero which means kind of black, wooly
caterpillar.
REGALADO Iñigo Ed 8. A son of a popular writer during the Spanish time known as Odalager
The Period of Reorientation 9. By this time, writers are adjusting to their newfound freedom and
established El Renacimiento: founded in Manila by Rafael Palma in 1901.
Period of Self-Discovery and Growth10. Filipino writers at this time already mastered English
writing. They went into all forms of writing like the novel and the drama.
3. III. Modified true or false (Difficult)
Directions: Write T if the statement is true. If the statement is false, underline the word which
makes it wrong and write the correct word in the space provided.
CECILIO APOSTOL 1. Fernando Ma. Guerrero wrote poems dedicated to Rizal, Jacinto,
Mabini, and all other heroes but his poem dedicated to Rizal is considered the best poem in
praise of the hero of Bagumbayan.
T 2. Julian Cruz Balmaceda classified the Tagalog writers who were
inspired by “Florante at Laura” and “Urbana at Felisa” into three kinds of Tagalog poets: poets of
the Heart, poets of life, and Poets of the stage.
worker or laborer 3. Amado V. Hernandez was dubbed “Makata ng mga Manggagawa”
(Poet of the Laborers) in our literature because he pictures in his poem the intense love for the
poor students or slaves.
Lope K. Santos 4. Juan Crisostomo Soto is a novelist, poet, and author and was hailed
as the father of national language grammar.
T 5. In 1910, a new group of writers started to use English in literature
and imitated the themes and methods of the Americans.
Adelina Guerrea 6. Abellina Guerra was the first woman poet in the Philippines who was
good at Spanish.
AURELIO TOLENTINO 7. “Kahapon, Ngayon At Bukas”, Written by Juan Abad, depicting the
suppression done by the Americans and their plan to colonize the Philippines.
T 8. In 1909, Jan F. Salazar’s MY MOTHER and his AIR CASTLES were
also published in this paper.
T 9. Justo Juliano’s SURSUM CORDA which appeared in the Renacimiento
was the first work to be published in English.
Paz Marquez Benitez 10. In the field of short stories, DEAD STARS by Paz Marquez Gutierrez
written in the early 1920s stands out as a model of perfection in character delineation, local
color, plot, and message.
IV. Fill in the blanks (Very Difficult)
4. Directions: Read each statement or question below carefully and fill in the blank(s) with the
correct answer. Answers may be more than one word.
1. Dead Stars: "I suppose long–engaged people are like that; warm now, cool tomorrow. I
think they are often cooler than warm"
2. Walang Sugat : Nagbuburda si Julia ng panyo para sa iniirog niyang si Teñong.
3. Pasacalle de Aray:
Cosa que el diablo hacé,
si escabeche o kalamay,
es el que no tá sabé,
hasta que yo ya escuché,
fuerte fuerte el voz ¡aray!
4. Pakiusap:
Kung sakali ma't salat
Sa yama't pangarap
May isang sumpang wagas
Ang aking paglingap
Pakiusap ko sa iyo
Kaawaan mo ako
Kahit mamatay
Pag-ibig ko'y minsan lamang
5. Bituing Marikit:
Bituing marikit sa gabi ng buhay
Ang bawat kislap mo'y ligaya ang taglay
Yaring aking palad iyong patnubayan
At kahit na sinag, ako'y bahaginan
