ANG WIKA AY KASANGKAPAN NG MAYKAPANGYARIHAN

Question 1

Who wrote Jesu Christong P. Natin na Tola’s Mahal na Tola (1703)

Answer 1

Gaspar Aquino de Belen

Question 2

What was contained in the Doctrina Christiana? Name at least three

Answer 2

Spanish prayers that were translated into Tagalog, namely:
- Padre Nuestro
- Ave Maria Purissima
- Credo
- Salve Regina

Question 3

How were indigenous people in the Philippines taught the faith? Use Tagalog

Answer 3

Tradisyong pabigkas
(Tradition of recitation or oral tradition)

Question 4

Who translated the Meditaciones (17th century first half)?

Answer 4

Pedro de Herrera

Question 5

What term did Tagalogs use to refer to the poetic form?

Answer 5

dalit

Question 6

What was the content of Meditaciones?

Answer 6

Excerpts from the Santong pag Eexercicios (1645)

Question 7

Who wrote Recomendacion del Alma (18th century)?

Answer 7

Tomas de Villacastin

Question 8

Who translated Recomendacion del Alma (18th century)?

Answer 8

Gaspar Aquino de Belen

Question 9

These symbolized the power of the friars in the first period of Spanish colonialism

Answer 9

Imprenta
(Printing press)

Question 10

These kinds of poems were lost when poetry became centered on Catholicism

Answer 10

paganong tulang pasalaysay
(Narrative poems)

epiko ng mga Tagalog
(Tagalog epics)

Question 11

What approach did Spain use to colonize the Philippines?

Answer 11

mahinahong pagpapasuko
(Peaceful surrender)

Question 12

Who wrote the Memorial de la vida cristiana en lengua tagala (1605)? And in what language?

Answer 12

Francisco Blancas de San Jose

Tagalog

Question 13

Because he owned an imprenta (printing press), Francisco was the first…?

Answer 13

prosista
(proselytizer)

Question 14

What is the term for the society during the Spanish rule?

Answer 14

lipunang kolonyal
(colonial society)

Question 14

What were words used to describe how poetry grew from a technique to teach Christianity to represent the people’s will to fight back?

Answer 14

• pagbabaka
• pagtutol
• pagtataksil
• pang-aapi

Question 15

Written by Francisco Baltazar in 1838, this story would go on to rekindle the power of the Tagalog language

Answer 15

Florante at Laura

Question 16

What were the different artistic characteristics at play in the writing of Baltazar’s story?

Answer 16

Tagalog (musical elements)

Spanish (romance narrative)

Indian (his own imagination, and making it comparable to even Spanish standards)

Question 17

Who wrote the poem “Sagot ng Espanya sa Hibik ng Filipinas”?

Answer 17

Marcelo H. del Pilar

Question 18

What does the poem “Sagot ng Espanya sa Hibik ng Filipinas” tackle?

Answer 18

The relationship between the Philippines and the colonizing forces (Spain, and Monarchy + Church)

Question 19

Who wrote “Liwanag at Dilim” (1896)?

Answer 19

Emilio Jacinto

Question 20

Who wrote “Pag ibig sa Tinbuang Bayan” (1896)?

Answer 20

Andres Bonifacio

Question 21

What was “Pag ibig sa Tinbuang Bayan” about?

Answer 21

It was about sparking the will to fight against oppression in its readers

Question 22

These were the people who helped to repelled the American colonists through the use of Tagalog

Answer 22

Rebolusyonaryong manunulat (revolutionary writers)

Question 23

These three professions were recognized for being displays of bravery and courage during the early 20th century, all while empowering the guerrilla resistance

Answer 23

Panitikan (literature)
Teatro (theatre)
Peryodismo (journalism)

Question 24

Name at least three notable early 20th century figures who worked in the writing-related fields.

Answer 24

Novelists:
Inigo Ed. Regalado and Faustino Aguilar

Poets:
Pedro Gatmaitan and Albino Dimayuga, actors Aurelio Tolentino, Juan Abad and Juan Matapang Cruz

Journalists:
Lope K. Santos and Pascual Poblete.

Question 25

What was the political instrument that Americans used when colonizing the Philippines?

Answer 25

paaralan (schools)
publiko at pribadong (public and private)

Question 26

Which language took over as the dominant used in the education system?

Answer 26

Ingles
(english)

Question 27

What happened to Tagalog when the Americans colonized the country?

Answer 27

It was disregarded; since it had lost any kind of prestige, it was it was pushed to the fringes of colonial society