This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Contemporary > Contemporary Literature – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Contemporary Literature Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Joel likes to eat..... A) Pizza. B) Nasi lemak. C) Spaghetti. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pizza. 2. An account of a person's life written by that person A) Autobiography. B) Biography. C) Memoir. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autobiography. 3. All of the following are SPECIFIC details about Julia Alvarez's life EXCEPT ..... A) She was born in New York City. B) Her father was killed by a dictator. C) She spent her early childhood in the Dominican Republic. D) She taught courses in poetry for 12 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her father was killed by a dictator. 4. Tom is very ..... because he is willing to learn new skateboard tricks. A) Shy. B) Scared. C) Brave. D) Friendly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brave. 5. How long did the martial law take place? A) Almost 20 years. B) Almost 21 years. C) Almost 22 years. D) Almost 23 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Almost 21 years. 6. Which among the following is TRUE about Contemporary Poetry? A) It allows poets to have a rational sense of freedom. B) It is also known as "overflowing verse". C) It uses consistent meter. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It allows poets to have a rational sense of freedom. 7. After the postwar era and the 1960s, Philippine literature moved to what period? A) Precolonial Period. B) Postwar Period. C) Contemporary Period. D) World Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contemporary Period. 8. Who was visiting the library? A) Joel's grandmother. B) Joel's favourite author. C) Joel's bestfriend. D) Joel's new teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joel's favourite author. 9. During the Spanish period, Philippine literature focused on the cruelty of the friars. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. How do Joel feels about his holiday? A) A very boring holiday. B) An exiting holiday. C) A sad holiday. D) A very happy holiday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A very boring holiday. 11. All of the following are conflicts in "Daughter of Invention" EXCEPT ..... A) Daughter vs. Mother. B) Father vs. Daughter. C) Father vs. His Country. D) Teacher vs. Student. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teacher vs. Student. 12. Which narrative style does Jhumpa Lahiri use in her short story "Once in a Lifetime" ? A) First-person perspective. B) Second-person perspective. C) Third-person perspective. D) First-person omniscient perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second-person perspective. 13. Anastasia Olivetti was excited to see Joel because she used the ending that Joel suggested her. True or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. "Whatever I see I swallow immediately" is an example of what literary element? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 15. A Filipino form of debate done in verse. A) Riddles. B) Balagtasan. C) Literature. D) Balak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Balagtasan. 16. All of the following SPECIFIC details are true about Anne Sexton's life EXCEPT ..... A) Her life was happy and optimistic. B) She was born in Massachusetts. C) She married Alfred Sexton. D) She studied with Robert Lowell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her life was happy and optimistic. 17. Poet such as "Huseng Sisiw" and Francisco Balagtas became prominent during the Spanish period. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Who is the author of the novel "The Kite Runner" ? A) Khaled Hosseini. B) Chimanda Ngozi Adichie. C) Jhumpa Lahiri. D) Kazuo Ishiguro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Khaled Hosseini. 19. Adaptations are not new stories; they're retellings of existing stories, told from different points of view. A) Slam Poetry. B) Book to Movie Adaptations. C) Flash Fiction. D) Young Adult Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Book to Movie Adaptations. 20. Stories passed down in oral or written form through history. A) Science Fiction. B) Genre. C) Traditional Literature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traditional Literature. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesContemporary Literature Quiz 1Contemporary Literature Quiz 3Contemporary Literature Quiz 4Contemporary Literature Quiz 5Contemporary Literature Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books