1st module

Question 1

observations and philosophy of everyday life that are written usually in a rhyming scheme.

Answer 1

Proverbs

Question 2

demand an answer and are used to test the wits of those who are listening to them to see who is the smartest.

Answer 2

Riddles

Question 3

songs that are informal expressions of our ancestors’ experiences in life.

Answer 3

Folksongs

Question 4

known as myths and legends. Usually used to explain certain events or phenomena.

Answer 4

Tales

Question 5

long-winded poems about a hero and his adventures and misadventures.

Answer 5

Epics

Question 6

religious narrative form that usually details the lives of saints or the history of a tradition.

Answer 6

Corrido

Question 7

Chivalric poem about a hero, usually about a saint.

Answer 7

Awit

Question 8

Usually sung in the Lenten season. A narrative poem about the life of Jesus Christ.

Answer 8

Pasyon

Question 9

Dramatization of the passion of christ. Highlights the sufferings and death of Jesus Christ

Answer 9

Cenaculo

Question 10

blood and thunder melodrama depicting the conflict of Christians and Muslims

Answer 10

Moro-moro

Question 11

Dramatic reenactment of St. Helena’s search for the Holy Cross

Answer 11

Tibag

Question 12

native dramas connected to Catholic mourning rituals and harvest celebrations

Answer 12

Duplo o Karagatan

Question 13

famous forms of entertainment in Spanish era. Comedies or melodramas that shows satirical look at society.

Answer 13

Zarzuela

Question 14

immediate shift on the focus of literature

Answer 14

Spanish Era

Question 15

taken from oral literature

Answer 15

Precolonial era