Philippine Literature during the Spanish Colonial Period

Question 1

Who arrived in the Philippines on March 16, 1521?

Answer 1

Ferdinand Magellan. He is a PORTUGESE EXPLORER.

Question 2

What is the name of the island he landed on? What name of the place is that island?

Answer 2

He landed in HOMONHON, an island in Eastern Samar.

Question 3

Ferdinand Magellan also went to _______, which was where the first Catholic mass in the country was celebrated.

Answer 3

LIMASAWA

Question 4

What is the name of the priest that baptized more than 500 natives along with Rajah Humabon after reaching the island of Cebu.

Answer 4

Fr. Pedro Valderrama

Question 5

What year did Fr. Pedro Valderrama baptized 500+ natives in Cebu?

Answer 5

1521. April 14.

Question 6

Who named the archipelago LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS?

Answer 6

Ruy López de Villalobos

Question 7

Ruy López de Villalobos named our country in honor of?

Answer 7

Prince Philip of Asturias. He reigned as the King of Spain from 1556 to 1598.

Question 8

In 1565, _________ of Spain officially colonized the country.

Answer 8

KING PHILIP II

Question 9

The king then assigned the new expedition to the first Governor-General. What’s his name?

Answer 9

Miguel López de Legazpi

Question 10

Six years later, Legazpi established his capital in ______, a location that offered the harbor of Manila Bay, a large
population, and proximity to the ample food supplies of the Central Luzon _____ ______.

Answer 10

MANILA

RICE LANDS

Question 11

What are Spain’s two motives for colonization?

Answer 11

1. SPICE TRADES
2. Converting Filipinos to Christianity

Question 12

What’s with spice trades?

Answer 12

Spices were the LEADING COMPONENT of ancient commerce
even before the 15th century. Before, it was more valuable than GOLD.

Question 13

What’s with converting Filipinos to Christianity?

Answer 13

Ayaw ng mga Spaniards yung thought about mythological creatures kasi demonic/satanic/bad daw siya. (ito yung sinasamba dati, main focus ng literature).

Spanish friars were able to convert natives to Christianity.

Question 14

The Spaniards used a policy called _______, which is a means of relocation of scattered settlements to a large town.

Answer 14

REDUCCION

Question 15

Spanish priests believed that stories about mythical creatures, spirits, deities, and rituals contained works of the devil.

Because of this, they instructed the natives to what? (2)

Answer 15

DESTROY THEM and undergo baptism to embrace Christianity.

Question 16

What is the Spanish colonized rule SUPPOSED TO BE?

Answer 16

Derive its authority from the union of Church and
State.

Question 17

Who became the embodiments of Spanish power and culture among the colonized populace?

Answer 17

SPANISH PRIESTS.

Question 18

Why are the priests the embodiment of power?

Answer 18

Because only the priests have DIRECT CONTACT with Filipinos.

Question 19

Through their contact with him and beliefs he carried with him, religion exerted a PERVASIVE INFLUENCE among the minds of the Christianized Filipinos.

Answer 19

TRUE.

Question 20

The Spanish culture became highly noticeable in literature because of the use of ????

Answer 20

CHARACTERS. Similar to kings and queens anf princes and princesses. DON AND DONYA kagaya nung Ibong Adarna

Question 21

Spanish colonization ended with outbreaks of revolution and the rise of independence. How many years did they rule the Philippines?

Answer 21

333 YEARS!!!!!!!!

Question 22

Who led the PROPAGANDA MOVEMENT?

Answer 22

ILLUSTRADOS

Question 23

A person is an ilustrado if?

Answer 23

They are elite Filipinos who went to Europe to study,

Question 24

Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Aguinaldo joined the ilustrados to DEMAND independence from Spain.

Answer 24

TRUE

Question 25

Who are the ILLUSTRADOS that led the Reform Movement?

Answer 25

Jose Rizal
Marcelo H. Del Pilar
Mariano Ponce

Question 26

What did the illustrados from the Reform movement wrote?

Answer 26

La Solidaridad

Question 27

Jose Rizal is aka?

Answer 27

DIMASALANG o LAONG LAAN

Question 28

Marcelo H. Del Pillar is aka?

Answer 28

PLARIDEL

Question 29

Marcelo Ponce is aka?

Answer 29

TIKBALANG o KALIPULAKO

Question 30

Who are the REVOLUTIONARIES that led the Reform Movement?

Answer 30

ANDRES BONIFACIO AND EMILIO JACINTO

Question 31

Andres Bonifacio is aka?

Answer 31

MAY PAG-ASA

Question 32

Emilio Jacinto is aka?

Answer 32

DIMASILAW

Question 33

What did revolutionaries from the Reform Movement wrote?

Answer 33

KALAYAAN

Question 34

These newspapers from the members of the RM contributed to secular writings during the
period and ignited the desire of the Filipinos to be free from Spain.

Answer 34

TRUE

Question 35

On June 12, 1898, General ______ _______ proclaimed the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule in his home in Kawit, Cavite.

Answer 35

EMILIO AGUINALDO

Question 36

How many are the spanish influences on PH lit?

Answer 36

The first Filipino alphabet called Alibata was replaced by the Roman alphabet.

Question 37

How many are the Spanish influences on PH lit?

Answer 37

6

Question 38

INFLUENCE:

The first Filipino alphabet called Alibata was replaced by the?

Answer 38

ROMAN ALPHABET

Question 39

INFLUENCE:

Religious practices became based on the teachings of the?

Answer 39

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE

Question 40

INFLUENCE:

The _____ language, which became the literary language during this time, lent many of its words to our language.

Answer 40

SPANISH

Question 41

_____ and ______ brought here became assimilated in our songs, corridos, and moro-moros.

Answer 41

EUROPEAN LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS

Question 42

Ancient literature was collected and translated to _____ and other ______.

Answer 42

TAGALOG AND OTHER DIALECTS

Question 43

Our periodicals during the Spanish colonization gained a?

Answer 43

RELIGIOUS TONE