GEC13

Question 1

CHILDREN OF THE CITY
AUTHOR

Answer 1

Amadis Ma. Guerrero

Question 2

Author of Rice

Answer 2

Manuel E. Arguila

Question 3

•Manuel E. Arguilla was born in

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Barrio Naguilian in Bauang, La Union on June 17, 1911.

Question 4

He was the fourth child of Crisanto Arguilla and Margarita Estabillo, hard-working farmer folk who owned a small piece of land. Aside from being a farmer, his father was also a carpenter; his mother, on the other hand, was an occasional potter.

Answer 4

Manuel E. Arguilla

Question 5

•Published in _____, Rice

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1938

Question 6

– a short story by Manuel Arguilla explored the political and psychological conditions of rural farmers under the oppressive feudal system in the Philippines.

Answer 6

Rice

Question 7

TONE of Rice by Manuel E Arguilla

Answer 7

Man vs. Society

Question 8

-society plays an important role to Pablo’s life because it serves the biggest obstacle for him to live a good life..

Answer 8

Man vs. Society

Question 9

THE GODS WE WORSHIP LIVE NEXT DOOR author

Answer 9

Bienvenido N. Santos (1911-1996)

Question 10

• was a Filipino-American fiction, poetry and nonfiction writer.

Answer 10

Bienvenido Nuqui Santos

Question 11

Bienvenido Nuqui Santos was born and raised in _______.

Answer 11

Tondo, Manila

Question 12

Bienvenido Nuqui Santos family roots are originally from _____________. He lived in the United States for many years where he is widely credited as a pioneering Asian-American writer.)

Answer 12

Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines

Question 13

In___________ the gods being referred to represent the wealthiest, and the most corrupt, that the nation has to offer.

Answer 13

The Gods We Worship Live Next Door

Question 14

act as the leader of the farmers. (Rice)

Answer 14

Elis

Question 15

•The story “Rice” is a narrative story describing the situation of rice farmers and their family in ________.

Answer 15

Hacienda Consuelo

Question 16

the main character has three children two of them are boys and a little girl named Isabel.

Answer 16

Mang Pablo

Question 17

He is a thin dark man. Thin because of inadequate food especially this season when they have no harvest.

Answer 17

Mang Pablo

Question 18

is also thin as indicated in the line “her skirts clung to her thin legs…”

Answer 18

Sebia

Question 19

The couple _______ is the neighbour of Mang Pablo.

Answer 19

Andres and Osiang

Question 20

Author of THE BREAD OF SALT

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N.V.M Gonzales

Question 21

ay isa sa mga pinagpipitagang
prolipikong manunulat at ginawaran ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining para
sa Panitikan noong 1997.

Answer 21

Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzales

Question 22

 He is known as a local colorist writer. Local color is a literary technique that
features the unique regional traditions of people and emphasizes the
ordinary events in their lives. This is used by _________ to present the
sociocultural dimensions of Filipino families and farmers in the provinces.

Answer 22

N.V.M Gonzales

Question 23

 Fictionist, essayist, poet, and teacher, articulated the Filipino spirit in rural,
urban lanascape.

Answer 23

N.V.M Gonzales

Question 24

 He won the First Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940, received the
Republic Cultural Heritage Award in 1960 and the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining
in 1990.

Answer 24

N.V.M Gonzales

Question 25

 He became U.P.’s International-Writer-In-Residence and a member of the Board of Advisers of the U.P. Creative Writing Center.

Answer 25

N.V.M Gonzales

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 In 1987, U.P. conferred on him the Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, it’s highest academic recognition

Answer 26

N.V.M Gonzales

Question 27

MAJOR WORKS of N.V.M Gonzales

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 The Winds of April  Seven Hills Away  Children of the Ash-Covered Loam  The Bamboo Dancers  Look Stranger, on this Island Now  Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty-One stories  The Bread of Salt  Work on the Mountain  The Novel of Justice  A Grammar of Dreams

Question 28

- a 14 year-old violinist boy and the protagonist in the story.

Answer 28

Albert

Question 29

- mestisang babae na pamangkin ng isang mayamang Espanyol na si Don Esteban - Kaklase at naging pinakamamahal ni Albert

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Aida

Question 30

– a 22 year-old guy who invites Albert to join his band.

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Pete Saez

Question 31

– Aida’s cousin - pinaghanda sila ng isang masayang party ni Don Esteban na dinaluhan ng banda nina Pete kasama si Albert.

Answer 31

Josefina and Alicia

Question 32

- Ama nina Josefina at Alicia - Tiyuhin ni Aida

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Don Esteban

Question 33

– lola ni Albert

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Grandmother

Question 34

- lolo at nagkwento kay Albert tungkol kay Aida

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Grandfather

Question 35

– ang maestro ni Albert na pumuri sa husay ni Albert sa pagtugtog gamit ang maliliit nitong mga kamay.

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Maestro Antonino

Question 36

– siya ang naglipat kay Albert sa unahan na dati’y nasa pangalawa pwesto sa kaniyang pagtugtog ng violin sa ginanap ng Thanksgiving day dahil pagiging mahusay nito.

Answer 36

Mister Custodio

Question 37

THEME of bread and salt

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love, ambition, human condition, social status

Question 38

CHILDREN OF THE CITY AUTHOR

Answer 38

Amadis Ma. Guerrero

Question 39

Amadis Ma. Guerrero was born in ______ on _______.

Answer 39

Ermita April 15, 1941

Question 40

Amadis Ma. Guerrero studied in _________ and completed his bachelor's degree in the _________.

Answer 40

Ateneo de Manila University of Santo Tomas

Question 41

wrote for Graphic Magazine. He published his work in some magazines. And in later life he was writing for the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Answer 41

Amadis Ma. Guerrero

Question 42

He was a short-story writer, author, and a cultural- travel journalist. He has published numerous books of short stories, travel essays, and deluxe volumes on Philippine Art and Culture.

Answer 42

Amadis Ma. Guerrero

Question 43

His short story "Children of the City" is a departure from his usual style. It won a third prize in ______ in 1971. 

Answer 43

Amadis Ma. Guerrero Palanca Awards

Question 44

He was a passionate writer of numerous books just like short stories, essays, and other works that he published. He was a short-story writer, author and a cultural-travel journalist who contributes regularly to the Lifestyle/Arts- Theater sections of the Inquirer. He was 70 years old when he written the piece "Children of the City".

Answer 44

Amadis Ma. Guerrero

Question 45

SETTINGS of Children of the city

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This story happened in the late 1980’s. Everything occurred in the dark perilous busy streets in manila

Question 46

MOOD & ATMOSPHERE of the children of the city

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Sad and Devastated

Question 47

- is the central character of the story. At the age of eight, he loses his father, and his mother abandons him for some other man. He is hired as a newsboy by his uncle and starts his life on the streets.

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Victor

Question 48

- A good-natured man and a loving father to Victor, he was a part of a worker's strike. The man loved his son dearly and his death brought a huge blow to Victor.

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Victor's Dad

Question 49

- She loved Victor's dad but never cared felt any affection for her son. She took her husband's death grievously.

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Victor's Mom

Question 50

- Victor's uncle, he adopted Victor after the leaving of his sister. He forces Victor to become a newspaper boy.

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Tio Pedring

Question 51

- He is a newspaper boy. He was Victor's new friend. Though full of cruel vices, Victor took his death as another major loss.

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Nacio

Question 52

THEME of Children of the city

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Social Injustice and Child Labor

Question 53

TO DEFINE IS TO KNOW AUTHOR  

Answer 53

Cirilo F. Bautista

Question 54

Philippine National Artist for Literature. A Renaissance man, he was a poet, fiction writer, painter, literary critic, and educator.

Answer 54

Cirilo F. Bautista

Question 55

He was Professor Emeritus and University Fellow at the De La Salle University, Manila.  Believe and Betray. New and Collected Poems, 2006 – one of his works.

Answer 55

Cirilo F. Bautista