Literature under Spanish Rule

Question 1

, a meditative verse attached to novena prayers

Answer 1

Dalit

Question 2

a long account of Jesus’ agony and death in carefully crafted
octosyllabic (eight-syllable) quintillas and “in strophes of five monoriming
lines” never seen in earlier forms, and was meant to supplant the pagan
epic (Lumbera & Lumbera 8).

Answer 2

Pasyon

Question 3

which, like the pasyon, treats of Jesus’ passion and death and was
presented during the Lenten season.

Answer 3

Sinakulo

Question 4

a theater genre inspired by the heroes and scenes in Spanish
ballads, or love verses.

Answer 4

Komedya

Question 5

a narrative poem that was either sung or chanted consisting of
four monoriming dodecasyllabic lines.

Answer 5

Awit

Question 6

another narrative poem, also either sung or chanted composed
of four monoriming octosyllabic (eight-syllable) lines.

Answer 6

Korido

Question 7

a late nineteenth-century poem depicting a modest love story
almost foiled by selfish person desires but which triumphs in the end following the
twist of political events.

Answer 7

Florante at Laura,

Question 8

became a potent vehicle for the campaign for reforms in the latter
part of the 19th century. Foremost in significance are Jose Rizal’s Noli me
Tangere and El Filibusterismo, both of which were meant to bring to the
awareness of the Spanish government in Spain the atrocities of the Spaniards in
the colony.

Answer 8

Novel

Question 9

This was widely used to expound on the teachings of the Roman Catholic
Church, on the one hand, and to propel the Propaganda Movement and other
nationalistic endeavors, on the other hand

Answer 9

Essay

Question 10

Poetry took on a patriotic slant especially during the last century of
Spanish rule.

Answer 10

Patriotic verse