HUMANITIES

1. What is the best definition of literature?

a. Literature covers both oral and written forms of works for expressive and imaginative
purposes.
b. Literature is limited to written materials that gain artistic merit for human expression.
c. Literature is written solely to inform and persuade.
d. Literature is anything written and published.
2. Which form of literature does NOT exist during the pre-colonial period?
a. Drama b. Myth d. Riddle d. Song

3. This can be considered as the oldest form of Philippine literature that mirrors the culture
which expresses hopes, aspirations, lifestyles, and emotions of early Filipinos. Some examples
are kundiman, kumintang, oyayi or hele and others.
a. Legend c. Myth
b. Epic d. Folk Song

4. The short story "Dead Stars" written by Paz Marquez Benitez is considered as the first
Filipino modern short story in English. In which period was it written?
a. American Period c. Spanish Period
b. Contemporary Period d. 21st Century

5. Which type of literature flourished during the Japanese period?

a. Essay c. Poem
b. Novel d. Short story

6. What is most likely the theme of literary text during the Early Spanish Period?
a. Equality c. Nature
b. Nationalism d. Religion and morality

7. Which is true about literature during the Japanese Period?

a. Filipinos were encouraged to write using the Tagalog language.
b. Filipinos were forbidden to write at all during this period.
c. Filipino writers began writing literary text in Nihongo.
d. Filipinos continued to write in English and Spanish.

8. Which best characterizes 21st century literature as compared to the other periods?
a. The use of technology is embedded in the creation of this type of literature.
b. This is a literature written by contemporary authors within the last decade.
c. This literature often breaks traditional writing.
d. All of the above

9. How does flash fiction differ from short story?

a. Flash fiction tells a complete story with a beginning, middle and end.
b. Flash fiction is super short fiction of 1,000 words or less.  
c. Flash fiction has the elements of plot, characters. setting, conflict, theme and POV.
d. Writing a flash fiction requires writing that is clear, tight and concise.
10. If you were to write a creative non-fiction, you combine or blend
a. techniques from fantasy and poetry
b. text features with factual content
c. narrative techniques with factual content
d. poetry with factual content

11. Which is true about "setting" as an element in Creative Nonfiction?

a. The setting in CNF is always at the narrator's home.
b. The setting in CNF is usually imaginary.
c. The setting in CNF is based on the real world.
d. The setting is not applicable in CNF.

12. How does hypertext poetry differ from traditional poetry?

a. Hyperpoetry is produced using the computer screen as the medium. It uses
hyperlinks, visual effects, sound effects, and other digital visual arts.
b. Hyperpoetry uses powerful words, imagery and literary devices.
c. Hyperpoetry acts as a powerful medium through which the poets express strong
emotions and feelings.
d. Hyperpoetry may or may not have meter, rhyme and rhythm.

13. In this reading approach, the main idea of a text is quickly identified. The goal is to read
shorter texts to extract accurate detailed information. It is done at a speed three to four times
faster than regular reading. People often do this when they have lots of material to read in a
limited amount of time.
a. extensive reading b. scanning c. skimming c. in-depth reading

14. It is quickly reading a text to get the summary of it. This reading technique involves
searching for keywords or ideas and moving eyes quickly down the page seeking specific words
and phrases.
a. extensive reading b. scanning c. skimming d. in-depth reading

15. You want to get a general idea of what an article is about because if it doesn’t interest you,
then there would be no point reading it at all. Which of these things might you do?
a. skim read the phone book c. scan the phone book
b. read the phone book in detail d. both a and c

16. You want to get a general idea of what an article is about because if it doesn’t interest you,
then there would be no point reading it at all. Which of these things might you do?
a. skim read the phone book c. scan the phone book
b. read the phone book in detail d. both a and c

17. Which is NOT a feature of a graphic novel?

a It is equivalent in form and dimension to the prose novel.
b The pictures are arranged in sequenced in image panels.
c. The dialogues are written in speech bubbles.
d. It presents a surprising ending.
18. Why do some students with learning disabilities like dyslexia have an easier time reading
graphic novels than traditional books?
a. Graphic novels are only a pages long.
b. The sparse text and graphic nature helps them understand the story better.
c. They can skip the words entirely and still comprehend the book.
d. Both a and b

19. Which of the following is NOT a multimedia format that a learner can use to interpret literary
texts?
a. blog b. text tula c. slogan d. tag cloud

20. Which of the following statements is TRUE about fables and parables?
a. Both fables and parables are non-fiction.
b. The main characters of fables tend to be humans.
c. Both types of folk literature are defined by a relatively simple story and a moral lesson.
d. Parables feature animals, plants and inanimate objects.

21. What is the other term for plot structure?

a. plot arc b. narrative plot c. narrative arc d. narrative structure

22. What type of plot has a story that is realistic with a central character and action and the story
happens in one place during a short span of time?
a. casual b. unified c. periodic d. episodic

23. What type of story has a plot that happens in a much extended period of time?
a. methodic b. unified c. periodic d. episodic

24. When the story has dialogue, action, details, descriptions and scenes that amplify the
tension, it is a plot movement in __________.
a. time b. casualty c. space d. dramatic tension

25. Art comes from what Latin word which means skill?
a. Ar b. Artizein c. Ars d. Arkiskein

26. Which of these does not describe what art is?

a. conscious use of skill
b. unconscious use of creative imagination
c. production of aesthetic objects that are either beautiful
d. produces aesthetic objects that express important ideas or feelings

27. Who claimed that art is linked to human instinct, and that humans have instincts for imitation
and harmony?
a. Plato b. Aristotle c. Leo Benesa d. Amorsolo

28. Contemporary arts developed in what century?

a. 18th b. 19th c. 20th d. 21st

29. What art form is the technological translation of theatre?

a. films b. photographs c. prints d. cinema
30. What is a three- dimensional artwork that may be created using a stone, marble, wood and
concrete?
a. sculpture b. architecture c. shelters d. carving

31. Paintings belong to what art form/s?

a. Architecture b. pictures c. photographs d. literature

32. These art forms that are perceived by the eyes.

a. Photographs b. Drawing d. Visual Arts d. a, b and c

33. What element or principle of art is shown when an artist revives interest to existing forms of
art through combining the past with the present?
a. Appropriation c. Hybridity
b. Performance d. Space

34. Group of dancers performing a flash mob and forming a heart as part of a marriage proposal
of one of their members. What element or principle of art is shown?
a. Performance c. Space
b. Hybridity d. Technology

35. The use of video and Internet for live streaming, video posting, sharing and even recording
performance.
a. Performance c. Space
b. Hybridity d. Technology

36. What element or principle of art is shown by the picture?

a. Appropriation b. Space c. Hybridity d. Technology

37. Which among the images shows hybridity?

a. b. c. d.
38. Which among the images shows performance?
a. b. c. d.

39. What are arts made and produced by artists living today?
a. modern arts b. contemporary arts c. ethnic arts d. Philippine arts

40. In what era when commercial and advertising arts were integrated into the fine arts
curriculum?
a. Japanese Era b. Spanish Era c. American Era d. Modern Era

41. What is the meaning of PETA which was founded by Cecile Guidote- Alvarez, which
advocates the use of Filipino theatre in inspiring change and development in society?

a. Philippine Entertainment Theater Association

b. Philippine Educational Theater Association
c. Philippine Educational Theater Agency
d. Philippine Entertainment Theater Agency

42. What is the Philippine’s overall policy making body, coordinating and thanksgiving agency
for the preservation, development, and promotion of Philippine arts and culture?
a. NCCA b. PETA c. CCP d. Tanghalang Pilipino

43. What is this most valuable painting of Juan Luna which shows the fallen gladiators being
dragged by Roman Soldiers?
a. La Gioconda b. Spolarium c. The Blood Compact d. None of the above

44. What art and cultural government agency is responsible for bringing together the different
arts from various regions to the entire country and the whole world?
a. CCP b. NHCP c. NLP d. KWF

45. Which among these agencies has the main task which is to solicit, document, preserve,
exhibit, and promote the natural and artificial wonders of the Philippines?
a. National Library of the Philippines c. The National Archives of the Philippines
b. National Museum of the Philippines d. National Historical Commission of the
Philippines
46. It is a Grand Collar adorned by circular links representing the arts. The main medallion
commemorates the sun and the colors of the Philippine flag.
a. National Artist Medallion c. National Artist Insignia
b. National Artist Medal d. National Artist Collar

47. He was proclaimed as a National Artist for Literature after two years of his death. Some of
his works are The Winds of April (1941), A Season of Grace (1956), and The Bamboo Dancers
(1988).
a. N. V. M. Gonzales b. Nick Joaquin c. F. Sionil Jose d. Jose Garcia Villa

48. He was given the title the king of Philippine movies and one of the most admired Filipino
film actors of all time.
a. Lino Broca b. Fernando Poe, Jr. c. Eddie Romero d. Ricardo Dalisay