Literature Under US Colonialism

Question 1

Spain ceded control of the country to the
United States for 20 million dollars in the
Treaty of Paris in 1898

Answer 1

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Question 2

The institutionalization of the public education
system in 1901

Answer 2

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Question 3

English as the medium of instruction

Answer 3

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Question 4

Writers continued to write in Spanish, Tagalog,
and other regional languages

Answer 4

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Question 5

Appearance of newspapers and magazines

Answer 5

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Question 6

Appearance of newspapers and magazines

Answer 6

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Question 7

Appearance of newspapers and magazines

Answer 7

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Question 8

Appearance of newspapers and magazines

Answer 8

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Question 9

First teachers before Thomasites

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Answer 9

Soldiers

Question 10

A treaty signed by Spain and The US on
December 10, 1898

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Answer 10

Treaty Of Paris

Question 11

Ended the Spanish-American War.

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Answer 11

Treaty Of Paris

Question 12

Spain relinquished all claim of sovereignty
over and title to Cuba and also ceded Puerto
Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United
States.

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Answer 12

Treaty Of Paris

Question 13

1

Writers during this time are still trying to learn
the new language brought by the American
colonizers.

American Colonial Period Three Time Frames

Answer 13

The Period Of Re-Orientation (1898-1910)

Question 14

2

Writers were still emulating the style and mode of writing of writers coming from the
Anglo-American tradition.

American Colonial Period Three Time Frames

Answer 14

The Period Of Imitation (1910-1925)

Question 15

3

Writers used the English language as if it was
their own native language.

American Colonial Period Three Time Frames

Answer 15

The Period Of Self-Discovery (1925-1941)

Question 16

**PERIOD OF SELF-DISCOVERY*

paved the beginning of this period

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Answer 16

Dead Stars (1925) by Paz Marquez Benitez

Question 17

**The Period Of Imitation*

First Filipino Novel In English:

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (1898-1945)

Answer 17

A Child of
Sorrow (1921) by Zoilo Galang

Question 18

Author of Ang Pangginggera (1912)

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)

Answer 18

Lope K. Santos

Question 19

A novel in verse about a young married woman drawn to panggingge in order to overcome her grief caused her son’s death. (Lumbera 19)

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)

Answer 19

Lope K. Santos

Question 20

A very popular Tagalog lyric poet.

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)

Answer 20

Jose Corazon De Jesus (Huseng Batute)

Question 21

His poem “Sa Dakong Silangan (1928)” used
the form of the awit

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)

Answer 21

Jose Corazon De Jesus (Huseng Batute)

Question 22

Retold the history of the Philippines from the
Spanish colonial period until the arrival of the
American colonizers (Lumbera 91)

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)

Answer 22

Jose Corazon De Jesus (Huseng Batute)

Question 23

His first volume of poems Many Voices (1939)
showed his espousal for art that was free from
any ties of society. (Lumbera 19) He advocated
“Art For Art’s Sake”.

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)

Answer 23

Jose Garcia Villa

Question 24

Wrote the zarzuela “Walang Sugat (1902)”

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)

Answer 24

Severino Reyes

Question 25

One of the country’s National Artist for Theatre.

Literature Under U.S. Colonialism (Notable Authors And Their Works)

Answer 25

Severino Reyes