PHILIPPINE PRE-COLONIAL LIT

Question 1

Laws are _______ or ________

1.
2.
3.

Answer 1

Legislation
Judicial Process
Trial by Ordeal

Question 2

are long narrative poems that dealt with the protagonists’ or
heroes’ series of heroic achievements or events.

Answer 2

EPICS

Question 3

_____ on the other hand is performed during the pasiyam

Answer 3

tibaw

Question 4

Houses during pre-colonial and why

Answer 4

Bahay kubo (build to suit tropical climates)

Question 5

Philippine pre-colonial culture was basically _______ in structure and form

Answer 5

Malayan

Question 6

Filipinos believed in the

Answer 6

immortality of the soul and in life after death

Question 7

these dealt with various subjects including

Answer 7

love, war, legends, the memory of the deceased, and war heroes

Question 8

Economy of pre-colonial ph

Answer 8

Agriculture
Livestock
Fishing
Mining
Lumbering and Shipbuilding
Trading

Question 9

T/F: Beforehand the Spaniards arrived or set foot on Philippine shores, our ancestors already had their
own literature emblazoned in the history of our race.

Answer 9

T

Question 10

pre-colonial literature may be classified into

Answer 10

floating or oral and written literature

Question 11

They also believed in the _______________________ whom they worship and made _____ to according to ____

Answer 11

existence of a number of gods
offerings
according to rank

Question 12

most of the pre-colonial drama was held in the

Answer 12

sambahan or places of worship

Question 13

Mode of Dressing for female

Answer 13

female attire consisted of baro or camisa (jacket with sleeves) and saya or patadyong (a long skirt)

Question 14

are narratives about life, quest, love, horror, and comedy where one can get lessons about life.

Answer 14

FOLK TALES

Question 15

the __________ was a debate in verse in which a problem is resolved; it developed into the duplo during the Spanish period and then into the balagtasan in 1924 during the American period

Answer 15

karagatan `

Question 16

T/F: Spain colonized the Philippines for more than two centuries.

Answer 16

F; 3 CENTURIES/333 YEARS

Question 17

The society is made up of __ classes namely

Answer 17

-nobles (datu and their families)
-mahadlika or maharlika (freemen) (old people in society)
-the alipin (the dependents)

Question 18

unit of government was the ________, which consisted of from __ to ____ families. The term came from the ______ word _________, meaning _____

Answer 18

barangay; 30-100; Malay; Balangay; boat

Question 19

Filipinos were fond of composing ___________, which is why the country is unique for having more than twenty epic poems

Question 20

are narratives that describe and portray in symbolic language the origin of the basic elements and assumptions of a culture.

Answer 20

MYTHS

Question 21

why do men and women wore ornaments; ______ were also fashionable during this period

Answer 21

to look attractive; tattoos

Question 22

T/F: Alibata was the first Filipino alphabet which was replaced by the Roman alphabet.

Answer 22

F; BAYBAYIN

Question 23

songs, dance and the drama probably

Answer 23

developed simultaneously

Question 24

Mode of Dressing for male

Answer 24

male attire was composed of the kanggan (sleeveless jacket) and bahag (loincloth)

Question 25

before the arrival of the Spaniards, Filipinos used a syllabary which was probably of ______________________

Answer 25

Sanskrit or Arabic provenance

BAYBAYIN

Question 26

are one of the eldest types of Philippine literature that appeared in the Pre-Spanish time.

Answer 26

FOLK SONGS

Question 27

are narrative prose which aim to entertain and tell the story of how an object, place, or name
originated.

Answer 27

LEGENDS

Question 28

Folk songs _____ and _____ the ___________ of the ____________________

Answer 28

Folk songs reflect and preserve the culture of the early Filipinos.

Question 29

there are more than one _____ languages in the Philippines, ___ of which are considered ___________________

Answer 29

hundred ; eight ; major languages

Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog, and Waray.