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1
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Chimpanzee, orangutan, gorilla

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– primates

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2
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Hair-like structure in eukaryotic cell

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Cilia -

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3
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– educated Filipinos during the Spanish era

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Ilustrados

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4
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Waste not want not (meaning)

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– magtipid

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5
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Greatest common divisor of 18, 45, 6

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= 3

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6
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Highest consumption of electricity

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  • AC
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7
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– termite, fungi, earthworm

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Food decomposers

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8
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Agency that nurtures Philippine arts

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– NCCA

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9
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Least common multiple of 8, 6, 3

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= 24

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10
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Filipina stage actress who won international awards

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– lea salonga

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11
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– o.henry

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William Sydney porter

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12
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– also known as flower bearing

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Angiosperms

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13
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Modern taxonomy

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– carl Linnaeus

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14
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Ancient taxonomy

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– Aristotle

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15
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Prime factors of 56

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– 7, 2, 2, 2

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16
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Zebra, horse, donkey belong to the same _______that’s why they have the same characteristics

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genus

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17
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science of classifying living and extinct organisms

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Taxonomy –

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18
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– penicillin

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Alexander fleming

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19
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– scent of apples

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Bienvenido santos

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20
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first president of the Philippines from the ilocos region

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Elipidio Quirino –

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21
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marine mammal that has long ivory tusk

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Walrus –

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22
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Bahala na is a ________ Filipino trait

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ambivalent

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23
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Practical application of scientific knowledge on daily activities

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– technology

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24
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pinkamababang lebel ng wika na impormal

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Balbal –

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25
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Greatest common factor of 22, 15, 7

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= 1

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26
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Body of knowledge including the process by which knowledge is developed

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– science

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27
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Beneficial effect of scientific development on education

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– access to knowledge

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28
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Light travels faster in vacuum (true/false)

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true

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29
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Sound travel fastest in solids and slower in liquids (true/false)

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true

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30
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Kuro-kuro ng patnugot ng pahayagan tungkol sa napapanahong isyu

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– pangulong tudling

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31
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Reign of greed, the subversion (1891, Belgium) –

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el filibusterismo

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32
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Acid group found in vinegar

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– acetic acid

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33
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– Dante Alighieri – hell, purgatory, paradise

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Divine comedy

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34
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Laws of heredity

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– gregor mendel

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35
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hot gas of nuclei and electrons

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Plasma –

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36
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Father of modern psychology

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– wundt

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37
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– prize winning poem of rizal while being a student in ust

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A la Juventud Filipina

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38
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Insulin deficiency leads to diabetes mellitus (true/false)

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true

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39
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Brundtland commission

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– sustainable development

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40
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– major source of energy on earth

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Sun

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41
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the protein shell of virus

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Capsid

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42
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Wika ay naunawaan ng lahat at napagkasunduan ng ating lahi/pangkat –

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arbitraryo

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43
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Beneficial effect of scientific development on agriculture

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– increased crop yield

44
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My head is bloody but unbowed

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– hyperbole

45
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Eager reader

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– voracious

46
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– symbolizes the love of alfredo for Julia

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Dead stars

47
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Prodigal son, black sheep of the family

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– metaphor

48
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Occurs when you connect two main clauses with no punctuation

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– run-on sentence

49
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Indirect, polite way of describing something too inappropriate or awkward to address directly (sugarcoating)

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– euphemism

50
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Method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of words in a structured and conventional way

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– language

51
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Exchange of letters

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– epistolary

52
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First national artist in literature (1973)

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– jose Garcia villa

53
Q

Pauses or rests in speech

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– juncture

54
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One’s value system is acquired (true/false)

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true

55
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– in charge of the entire publication

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Editor in chief

56
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Profanity, offensive word –

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obscenity

57
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Transmuted –

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changed

58
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Rustling –

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onomatopoeia

59
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The Gettysburg address (oratorical piece) –

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Abraham Lincoln

60
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Fondness –

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penchant

61
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To be or not to be (hamlet) –

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indecision

62
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Rival of two households, long feud

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– romeo and Juliet

63
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Filipino migrant writer, American culture

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– bienvenido santos

64
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Spanish culture –

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nick joaquin (quijano de manila)

65
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Watching too much t.v. can cause short attention span (T/F)

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true

66
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Poem about rural life and landscape –

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pastoral

67
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Means a big fuss about a small problem –

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a storm in a teacup

68
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Florante at laura –

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Francisco baltazar

69
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Making it up on the spot –

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impromptu

70
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The tale of two brothers (Egyptian short story) –

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anpu and bata

71
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I die just when the dawn breaks to herald the day –

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jose rizal

72
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Longest play of Shakespeare –

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hamlet

73
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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…” of elizabeth browning –

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sonnet

74
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Collection of stories of animals –

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aesop’s fables

75
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Part of newspaper which gives the name of the writer of the article –

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byline

76
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Teach moral lessons –

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didactic

77
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Peacock –

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hera

78
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Main divisions of a play –

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acts

79
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America is in the heart –

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carlos bulosan

80
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Ad hominem –

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personal attacks

81
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  • literary colossus of visayas
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Angel Magahum

82
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Very first library in the world –

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library of Ashurbanipal

83
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Historical poem about a medieval knight/ epic of france –

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song of roland

84
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Golden age of the Filipino language –

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Japanese period

85
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Pulling each other down –

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crab mentality

86
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Stories about gods and goddess –

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myth

87
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– father of English essay

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Francis bacon

88
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– blind poet of Greece

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Homer

89
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– father of greek tragedy, theological poet, soldier playwright

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Aeschylus

90
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– Oedipus rex

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Sophocles

91
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– modern playwright or greek tragedian (medea, Bacchae)

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Euripides

92
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– master of greek comedy

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Aristophanes

93
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– greatest writer that rome produced (wrote aeneid)

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Virgil

94
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– father of Italian literature/ language

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Dante Alighieri

95
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– epics of spain

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El cid

96
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– god of music and poetry

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Apollo

97
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– god of love and beauty

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Aphrodite

98
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– god of smith and volcano

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Hephaestus

99
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– god of the underworld

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Hades

100
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– god of chastity and moon

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Artemis

101
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– known as pallas; war and wisdom

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Athena

102
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– god of fertility and marriage

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Hera

103
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– messenger god

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Hermes

104
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– god of sea and earthquakes

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Poseidon

105
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– god of lightning; king of gods

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Zeus

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