MAXWELL - 21st Century Literature Week 2 Quiz

Philippines is the first colony of USA.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The United States of America’s policy to colonize the Philippines is called “benevolent assimilation.”

• FALSE

• TRUE

All Filipino citizens had access to free education even before the Americans came.

• TRUE

• FALSE

At the beginning of the American colonial period, Filipino writers readily abandoned the Spanish language for the English language.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The American colonial period is referred to as the “Apprenticeship Period” of Philippine literature.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Japanese entered Manila on January 3, 1942.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Manuel E. Arguilla, one of the most promising writers during the Japanese period, survived the war.

• TRUE

• FALSE

There was strict censorship in print media during this period.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who is the author of the autobiography Comfort Woman: Slave of Destiny?

• Jose Ma. Fernandez

• N.V.M. Gonzalez

• Stevan Javellana

• Maria Rosa Henson

What is the focus of the story Without Seeing the Dawn by Stevan Javellana?

• experiences of Filipinos during the war between the Americans and the Japanese

• gruesome stories during the war were those about comfort women

• slavery during Japanese period

• role of women during the war