Quiz bee
Quiz bee
Quiz bee
Average Round
Difficult Round
1. What epic from Mindanao tells the adventures of the hero Bantugan?
o Answer: Darangen
2. Who was the first National Artist for Literature in the Philippines?
o Answer: José García Villa
3. What is the term for a play written for the stage in literature?
o Answer: Drama
4. Name the literary piece considered as the first Filipino modern short story, written
by Manuel Arguilla.
o Answer: How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife
5. What do you call the conflict in a story that involves a character struggling with
their inner thoughts?
o Answer: Internal Conflict
Clincher Round
4o
Easy Round
Average Round
1. Which character in Greek mythology is known for his journey home to Ithaca?
a. Achilles
b. Odysseus
c. Hector
d. Perseus
o Answer: b. Odysseus
2. Who wrote Ang mga Ibong Mandaragit?
a. Amado V. Hernandez
b. Lualhati Bautista
c. José Rizal
d. Nick Joaquin
o Answer: a. Amado V. Hernandez
3. What is the main theme of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
a. The American Dream
b. Revenge
c. War and Peace
d. Freedom
o Answer: a. The American Dream
4. What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first book in The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
a. The Two Towers
b. The Fellowship of the Ring
c. The Return of the King
d. The Hobbit
o Answer: b. The Fellowship of the Ring
5. What is the title of Francisco Balagtas’ famous literary work?
a. Florante at Laura
b. Ibong Adarna
c. Noli Me Tangere
d. El Filibusterismo
o Answer: a. Florante at Laura
6. What literary device involves giving human qualities to non-human objects?
a. Hyperbole
b. Metaphor
c. Personification
d. Irony
o Answer: c. Personification
7. Who wrote The Diary of a Young Girl?
a. Anne Frank
b. Helen Keller
c. Malala Yousafzai
d. Maya Angelou
o Answer: a. Anne Frank
8. In Noli Me Tangere, what is Crisostomo Ibarra's alias in El Filibusterismo?
a. Juan Luna
b. Simoun
c. Elias
d. Padre Damaso
o Answer: b. Simoun
9. What is the central idea of a story called?
a. Theme
b. Plot
c. Climax
d. Setting
o Answer: a. Theme
10. What is the title of the longest-running epic in the Philippines from Mindanao?
a. Hinilawod
b. Darangen
c. Biag ni Lam-ang
d. Hudhud
o Answer: b. Darangen
Difficult Round
Clincher Round
1. What type of irony occurs when the audience knows something the characters do
not?
a. Situational Irony
b. Dramatic Irony
c. Verbal Irony
d. Cosmic Irony
o Answer: b. Dramatic Irony
2. Which Filipino writer is known for his humorous essays like My Brother's Peculiar
Chicken?
a. Alejandro Roces
b. Manuel Arguilla
c. Amado V. Hernandez
d. Carlos Bulosan
o Answer: a. Alejandro Roces
3. Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice?
a. Charlotte Brontë
b. Emily Brontë
c. Jane Austen
d. Mary Shelley
o Answer: c. Jane Austen
4. What is the title of the Filipino folk epic about a hero from Ilocos?
a. Darangen
b. Biag ni Lam-ang
c. Hinilawod
d. Hudhud
o Answer: b. Biag ni Lam-ang