21st Literature Midterms Reviewer

Question 1

refers to time periods, geographic locations, cultural contexts & immediate surroundings employed in story

Accepted Answer

setting

Question 2

Which Filipino president was assassinated in 1983, sparking national upheaval?

Accepted Answer

Benigno Aquino Jr.

Question 3

Which literary element refers to the background plot information deliberately withheld or dumped early in the story?

Accepted Answer

exposition

Question 4

"Naruto" by Masashi Kishimoto belongs to which genre?

Accepted Answer

Manga

Question 5

Sociocultural context analyzes which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Social, economic, political, and cultural aspects of the text

Question 6

Who founded Diariong Tagalog, newspaper that played a role in propaganda literature during Nationalistic & Revolution

Accepted Answer

Marcelo del Pilar

Question 7

during the Spanish Colonization Period, which literary form was a dramatization of the passion and death of Christ?

Accepted Answer

senakulo

Question 8

What is the term for a character who stands in the way of the protagonist's movement in the story?

Accepted Answer

antagonist

Question 9

What genre is characterized by stories told almost completely in dialogue, simulating social network interactions?

Accepted Answer

Text-Talk Novel

Question 10

What genre is characterized by an extended narrative with multiple images that produce meaning together with the text?

Accepted Answer

Graphic Novel

Question 11

Who is often referred to as the "Poet of the Century" during the American Colonial Period?

Accepted Answer

Jose Garcia Villa

Question 12

"The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins belongs to which genre?

Accepted Answer

Science Fiction

Question 13

Which genre uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives?

Accepted Answer

Creative Nonfiction

Question 14

Linguistic context focuses on analyzing:

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Language, form, and construction of the text

Question 15

Which type of characterization involves a character who does not change over the course of the story?

Accepted Answer

static

Question 16

which of the following is NOT a characteristics of the Pre-Colonial Period?

Accepted Answer

highly sophisticated ideology

Question 17

What does sociocultural context examine?

Accepted Answer

Social, economic, political, and cultural factors

Question 18

Which figurative language technique compares two unlike things using "as" or "like"?

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 19

"The Devil Wears Prada" by Lauren Weisberger falls into which genre?

Accepted Answer

Chick Lit

Question 20

what is the literary form of a 7-syllable per line poem expressing insights on life?

Accepted Answer

tanaga

Question 21

Which type of context analyzes the author's life or experience to understand the literary text?

Accepted Answer

Biographical Context

Question 22

Which term refers to a broad idea or moral in a story?

Accepted Answer

theme

Question 23

Which literary figure wrote the poem "Sa Aking Mga Kababata," considered the first poem in Filipino?

Accepted Answer

Jose Rizal

Question 24

Which literary element refers to a brief and often indirect reference to another work of art, person, place, or object?

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 25

Which genre combines book, movie, video, and internet website?

Accepted Answer

Digi-Fiction

Question 26

What event marked the beginning of the Contemporary/Modern Period in Philippine literature?

Accepted Answer

restoration of democracy

Question 27

What literary form was prevalent during the American Colonial Period?

Accepted Answer

short stories

Question 28

literary technique refers whereby the author tells a story at the beginning of the work that sets the stage for

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frame story

Question 29

During which period did Filipino writers use theater as a vehicle for protest against censorship?

Accepted Answer

Contemporary/Modern Period

Question 30

Linguistic context involves analyzing:

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Language, form, and construction of the text

Question 31

Who is the main character in a story?

Accepted Answer

protagonist

Question 32

Sociocultural context focuses on:

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Social, economic, political, and cultural aspects

Question 33

Which period was characterized by Filipino writers mastering English & familiarizing themselves with diverse techniques?

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Nationalistic/Propaganda & Revolutionary Period

Question 34

What term refers to how the author describes his/her characters?

Accepted Answer

characterization

Question 35

Which context helps understand the relationship between characters and their society?

Accepted Answer

Sociocultural Context

Question 36

What literary form is a fictional story passed down orally over hundreds or thousands of years?

Accepted Answer

folk tales

Question 37

What does biographical context focus on?

Accepted Answer

Author's background and beliefs

Question 38

Which genre of fiction is defined as a very short story, often no longer than 1,500 words?

Accepted Answer

Flash Fiction

Question 39

What term refers to when a word or object stands in for something of bigger significance?

Accepted Answer

Symbolism

Question 40

What was the name of the newspaper edited by Emilio Jacinto during Nationalistic/Propaganda and Revolutionary Period?

Accepted Answer

Kalayaan

Question 41

In what year did the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines begin?

Accepted Answer

1942

Question 42

What was the name of the literary award launched in 1950, serving as inspiration to Filipino writers?

Accepted Answer

Palanca Awards for Literature

Question 43

"For sale: Baby shoes, never worn" by Ernest Hemingway is an example of which genre?

Accepted Answer

Six-Word Flash Fiction

Question 44

Which Filipino writer penned the political essays "True Decalogue" and "Katapusan ng Hibik ng Pilipinas"?

Accepted Answer

Apolinario Mabini

Question 45

What year marked the beginning of the Contemporary/Modern Period in Philippine literature?

Accepted Answer

1970

Question 46

What literary form during the Spanish Colonization Period depicted proper decorum and prescribed behavior?

Accepted Answer

prose narratives

Question 47

What term refers to what the author does with the character over the course of the book?

Accepted Answer

Static vs. Dynamic characterization

Question 48

who write the novels "Noli Me Tangere" and "El Filibusterismo"?

Accepted Answer

Jose Rizal

Question 49

Memoirs, personal essays, and biographies are examples of which genre?

Accepted Answer

Creative Nonfiction

Question 50

What genre of digital poetry uses links?

Accepted Answer

Hyperpoetry

Question 51

What genre features literary presentations with doodle writings, drawings, and handwritten graphics?

Accepted Answer

Doodle Fiction

Question 52

What is the term for the point-of-view from which the story is narrated?

Accepted Answer

narrative perspective/POV

Question 53

Which literary element refers to a series of recurring details that have symbolic importance in the story?

Accepted Answer

motif

Question 54

What does linguistic context analyze about the text?

Accepted Answer

Language, punctuation, phrases, etc.

Question 55

literary form of mono-riming heptasyllabic quatrain expressing insights & lessons on life during Pre-Colonial Period?

Accepted Answer

tanaga

Question 56

What literary form prevailed over poetry during the Japanese Occupation?

Accepted Answer

short stories

Question 57

During which period did Filipino writers imitate English and American literary models?

Accepted Answer

American Colonial Period

Question 58

What literary technique refers to a description of something to be seen, heard, smelled, or touched?

Accepted Answer

image

Question 59

which literary period in Philippines was characterized by influence of Western literary trends: Romanticism & Realism?

Accepted Answer

American Colonial Period

Question 60

What literary device writers use during Contemporary/Modern Period to drive home their message amidst heavy censorship?

Accepted Answer

symbolisms

Question 61

What literary technique refers to a work in which almost all of the characters are intended as symbols?

Accepted Answer

allegory

Question 62

What literary form was prevalent during the Pre-Colonial Period?

Accepted Answer

folk songs

Question 63

Who wrote the short story "Footnote to Youth" during the American Colonial Period?

Accepted Answer

Jose Garcia Villa

Question 64

Who was elected president after the restoration of democracy in the Philippines in 1986?

Accepted Answer

Cory Aquino

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21st Literature Midterms Reviewer

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