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Question 1

Cebuanos had their own script. Cebuanos also created and used their very own script.
Known as

Answer 1

Kudlit-kabadlit

Question 2

is originally called Buglas, it was changed by Spaniards who colonized
the country.

Answer 2

Negros Oriental

Question 3

: “Soneto sa Pagdayeg can Santa Maria Gihapon Virgen“ (1751)
is the first of many piety-laden compositions that show a loss of the enigmatic symbol
and metaphor of pre-colonial verse.

Answer 3

Tomas de San Geronimo

Question 4

Father of Cebuano Letters, “Maming”

Answer 4

Vicente Sotto:

Question 5

: Father of the Modern Short Story in Cebuano. He wrote almost 80
short stories

Answer 5

Marcelino Navarra

Question 6

A Cebuano
Feminist writer, wrote about 50 short stories and poems. A CCP Gawad Recipient for
Regional Literature in 1993.

Answer 6

Gardeopatra G. Quijano

Question 7

generic form for poetry is ________, characterized by the presence of enigma or
metaphor called Balaybay or Sambingay. Most of the poems are sung, like the
occupational songs and lullabies.

Answer 7

Balak

Question 8

is an extemporaneous poetic debate between man and woman that is
sung and danced simultaneously.

Answer 8

Balitaw

Question 9

Early poetic forms are as described by the Jesuit Francisco Alzina (1668).

Answer 9

Garay (verses), Harito (shaman’s prayers), Tigmo (riddles) and
Panultihon (proverbs),

Question 10

‘Caving Capital of
the Philippines’.

Answer 10

Samar

Question 11

a Filipino zarzuela playwright who writes in the Waray language

Answer 11

Pedro Acerden:

Question 12

a noted playwright of zarzuela in Lineyte- Samarnon. He was a
member and literary luminary of the Sanghiran San Binisaya organization which was
founded in 1909 to cultivate the Waray language.

Answer 12

Francisco Alvarado:

Question 13

: a Filipino writer primarily writing poetry and drama in the Waray
language.

Answer 13

Iluminado Lucente

Question 14

: a Filipino writer, politician, jurist and statesman

Answer 14

Norberto Romualdez