21st CENTURY PHILIPPINE LITERATURE AND THE WORLD

Quiz # 1

Name _________________________ Score________

Section ________________________ Date ________

I. Read and analyze the following items, then enclose with a heart the letter of the best answer.

1. Literature is derived from the Latin word litteratura which means ______.
A. reading B. writing C. speaking D. listening

2. Literature takes _______________as its main subject.

A. significant humorous experience B. significant humbling experience
B. significant human experience D. insignificant human experience

3. This form of literature is known to have free-flow of sentences arranged in paragraphs.

A. prose B. poetry C. drama D. play

4. This form of literature is created with figurative language such as poetic devices.
A. drama B. play C. poetry D. prose

5. This involves stories about significant human encounters which are intended to be performed on stage.
A. film B. drama C. prose D. poetry

6. It depicts a very serious atmosphere; the lead character encounters misfortune because of fate, moral
weakness, or social opposition that may lead to a disastrous or catastrophic end involving physical or
spiritual death or breakdown.
A. tragicomedy B. comedy C. tragedy D. drama

7. It is a literary composition intended to amuse the viewing crowd.

A. tragedy B. play C. tragicomedy D. comedy

8. It deals with made-up people or events.

A. fiction B. nonfiction C. prose D. poetry

9. It is an extensive, serious poem that tells the story about a heroic figure.
A. epic B. ballad C. ode D. sonnet

10.It is a traditional story, usually with animal characters, that teaches you a lesson about how to behave.
A. parable B. fiction C. allegory D. fable

II. Identify the “new” 21st century literary genre being referred to in each item. Select the letter of the best
answer from the choices given below.

Choices:
A. hyperpoetry G. graphic/illustrated novels
B. textula H. holopoetry
C. chick lit I. speculative poetry
D. manga J. creative non-fiction
E. doodle fiction K. instant messaging novels
F. flash fiction/sudden fiction L. digi-fiction

____1. It is also called cyberpoetry, a work verse which could not be presented without the computer.
____2. It is a mobile phone poetry which uses short traditional formal verses like tanaga.
____3. It a narrative work in which the story is “comics” style.
____4. It is a literary experience that combines three media: book, movie/video, and internet.
____5. It is a literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle drawings and handwritten
graphics in place of traditional font.
____6. It is a Japanese word for comics.
____7. It is sometimes called “six-word” short stories.
____8. It addresses issues of modern womanhood often humorously and light-heartedly.
____9. It refers to literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction.
___10. These are stories told almost completely in dialogue simulating social network exchanges.
Prepared by:
VIRGILIO R. BIAGTAN
SHS Teacher II