Philippine Literature Quiz

According to Wilbur Scott, "Art is not created in a _________."

• Novel

• Short story

• Thin air

• Vacuum

It is an account of someone's life written by someone else.

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Legend

• Myth

Reading through the _________ context requires you as a reader to relate the text with the author's life and experiences.

• Biographical

• Critical reading

• Linguistic

• Sociocultural

Which of the following may help you in reading a literary work by examining its biographical context?

• Analyze how the author's belief system is reflected in his or her work.

• Examine the texts' syntax or use of sentences, clauses, phrases, line cuts, etc.

• Looks into the changes in the attitude of the post colonies after the colonial period.

• Find the relationship between the characters or the speakers in the text and their society.

You would like to understand why Padre Damaso's character in Noli Me Tangere is so cruel. Which of the following can he do?

• Research on the history of when the text is published.

• Find the relationship between the characters and the society.

• Understand the belief system of the author reflected on the written text.

• Look for the significant events that happened in the author's life during this time.

Which of the following is NOT a biographical strategy in reading a literary text?

• Taking into consideration the prevailing political ideologies

• Identify what the author believes in and also what he/she does not.

• Examine how the author's worldview is represented in their writing.

• Analyze the author's other works to see whether there is a theme that is representative of the author's life and ideas.

Which of the following is TRUE about publication of the author's work?

• Knowing the year when the work was written is important to the author.

• Knowing the year when the work was written can help understand the text.

• Knowing the year when the work was written will always be in examinations.

• Knowing the year when the work was written will not help the reading the text.

Which of the following help you read a literary work on its Biographical context?

• Drafts of the text that the author has written

• Understand the social classes portrayed in the work.

• Dealing with the history that influenced the writing of literature.

• The changes in the attitude of the post colonies after the colonial period.

Complete the following analogy - Biographical : Author's life : : Sociocultural : _______________

• Belief system and economy

• Customs and social class

• Culture and biases

• Society and culture

All pairs of words were based on which context they are related with. Which pair is not correct?

• Author's life - biographical

• Power - sociocultural

• Literary approach - sociocultural

• Syntax - linguistic