Midterm Examination of

CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS OF THE REGIONS

ANSWER KEY
Name: Score:
Grade Level and Strand: Date:
7. Which of the following is not examples of visual
I. Multiple Choice arts
Read the following statements carefully. Encircle the
letter of your answer A. Broadcasting C. Print making
B. Photography D. Sculpture
1. It is a secondary burial jar 2800 years ago and a
national treasure of the Philippines. It was found 8. Which is an art form and cultural activities whose
in Region 4. medium is sound and silence?

A. Bul-ul C. Panolong A. Broadcasting C. Music

B. Okir D. Sarimanok B. Dance D. Theater arts

2. It is known as curacha, is a lively wedding dance 9. Choose which contemporary art form
popular in Bohol, where it is performed to the communicates or transmits message or content -
accompaniment of a rondalla, an ensemble of such as audio or video programing to numerous
string instruments. recipients simultaneously?

A. Itik-Itik C. Maglalatik A. Architecture C. Painting

B. Kuradang D. Tinikling B. Broadcasting D. Performing arts

3. Which of the following is an example of bodily 10. Choose what art form is a cinematographic
adorned ornament that was used in Visayas it is combination of documentary and fiction?
also known as “Islas de los Pintados”
A. Animated Film C. Docu-fiction
A. Beads C. Jewelry B. Fictional Film D. Mockbuster
B. Bronze D. Tattoo
11. Which refers to the art of the present?
4. It is a curvilinear decorations that is found in the
Southern part of the Philippines mostly used by A. Contemporary art C. Modern art
the Tausug and Maranaos. B. Historical art D. Traditional art

A. Burraq C. Okir 12. Which terms distinguishes contemporary art and

B. Mihrab D. Panolong modern art?

5. The first art in the Philippines was developed A. Cultural term C. Stylistic term
during the time of the ? B. Historical term D. All of the above

A. Americans C. Japanese 13. Identify the characteristics of contemporary art?

B. Chinese D. Spaniards
A. Site specific, processed based, collaborative
6. Which is an example of a three- dimensional and interactive
artwork Remember B. Process based, interactive, cooperative and
group specific
A. Physical Ornaments C. Sculpture C. Site specific, performance based,
B. Pottery D. Weaving collaborative and interactive
 D. Site specific, processed based, collaborative 21. He was immortalized in the Guinness book of
and reactive world records as the only person to make music
using just a leaf.
14. Choose the one that reflects the cultural
influences and traditions in the Philippines? A. Francisco Santiago
B. Levi Celerio
A. Diverse C. Unique C. Nicanor Abelardo
B. Modern D. United D. Ryan Cayabyab

15. Select which type of function that defines an 22. One of the most popular and prolific composers
artist having a personal reasons for indulging in in the Philippines today had written works for
art. ballet, theatre musicals, choral pieces, masses,
and pop songs.
A. Economic Function
B. Personal or Individual Function A. Candida Bautista
C. Political Function B. Filepe De Leon
D. Social Function C. Ryan Cayabyab
D. Rodolfo Cornejo
16. Which of the following describes a Komedya.
23. He is known as the “Father of Tagalog Plays” and
A. A play in verse depicting the lives, loves, as the “Father of the Tagalog Zarzuela.”
and wars of Moorish and Christian
Kingdoms. A. Juan Molina
B. A type of Spanish Theater that can be both B. Leon Ignacio
sung and spoken C. Patricio Geronimo Mariano
C. Has a minimal amount of expression but still D. Severino Reyes
looks theatrical
D. Used for Christianization, pedagogical tool, 24. The “mother” of the country’s oldest theater
and to lure people in their homes. group, Repertory Philippines.

17. Which of type of Spanish Theater that can be A. Baby Barredo

both sung and spoken. B. Cecile Guidote-Alvarez
C. Lisa Macuja-Elizalde
A. Declamation C. Rituals D. Zenaida Amador
B. Komedya D. Zarzuela
25. He directed the first State of the Nation Address
18. He is an outstanding director who have (SONA) of President Duterte. He was also
contributed to the development of modern awarded by the French government the Knight of
Philippine theater the Order of Arts and Letters for his contributions
in world cinema.
A. Antonio Mabesa
B. Lamberto Avellan y Vera A. Adof Alix
C. Nicanor Tiangson B. Brillante Mendoza
D. Zenaida Amador C. Dante Nico Garcia
D. Lav Diaz
19. She is a National Artist and known as the Mother
of Contemporary Dance 26. These are the people onstage presenting the
character in dramatic action
A. Alicia Reyes
B. Douglas Nierras A. Audience C. Performer
C. Lisa Macuja-Elizalde B. Director D. Producer
D. Norbert Dela Cruz
27. Which of the following are examples of visual arts
20. He is considered as the first Filipino avant garde
composer. A. Sculpture C. Photography
B. Print making D. All of the above
A. Antonio Jesus Molina
B. Jose Maceda
C. Fr. Manuel Maramba
D. Ramon P. Santos
28. Which of the following refers to the art of the 37. What is the famous painting of Juan Luna that
present? won first place in Madrid, Spain?

A. Modern art C. Traditional art A. Spollarium C. Spoliarium

B. Historical art D. Contemporary art B. Spolarium D. Spollarum

29. Who is the father of Philippine painting?

38. What Period does the paintings used as religious
A. Juan Luna propaganda to spread Catholicism throughout the
B. Fernando Amorsolo Philippines?
C. Damian Domingo
D. Cesar Legaspi A. American Period C. Spanish Period
B. Japanese Period D. Chinese Period
30. The first arts in the Philippines was inspired by
39. It is used for burial rites by ancient people in
A. Chinese C. Americans Palawan during 890-710 BK
B. Spaniards D. Britains
A. Mannugul Jar C. Palayok
31. He was credited for initiating the Modern Art B. Tapayan D. All of the Above
movement that challenged the Neo-classic style.
40. Which of the following is art title of Carlos
A. Cesar Legaspi ‘botong’ Francisco
B. Zyza Bacani
C. Victorio Edades A. Hills of Nikko
D. Juan Luna B. Give Us this day our Daily Bread
C. Kalantiao at Lubluban
32. It comes from the word “ars” which means skill. D. Slum Dwellers

A. Craft C. Architectural 41. The most outstanding Filipino sculptor today. He

B. Art D. Textile produced towering abstracts in metal, steel and
wood.
33. It was described by art historians as academic
during Spanish colonization A. Roberto Rodriguez Chabet
B. Hernando R. Ocampo
A. Neoclassic Art C. Social Realism C. Napoleon Abueva
B. Modern Art D. None of the above D. Juan Luna

34. He is a Philippine artist known for his 42. It is an existing artwork appropriated to produce
craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light. another artwork

A. Jose T. Joya A. Technology C. Performance

B. Juan Luna B. Appropriation D. Appreciation
C. Fernando Amorsolo
D. Arturo Luz 43. In the Spanish Colonial, Filipinos who had
money and studied were called
35. She was best known for her surrealist and
expressionist work, her artwork is comes from A. Indious C. Illustrados
her personal experience. And she made some B. Centrilados D. Pintados
dramatic art in Asia.
44. . It is based upon music or any rhythmic sound.
A. Jovita Fuentes C. Edith Tiempo Characterized by rhythmic repetition
B. Agnes Arrellano D. Angel Awitin
A. Music C. Painting
36. During this era arts are considered for ritual B. Dance D. Literature
purposes or for everyday use.

A. Pre-Colonial C. Islamic Colonial

B. Pre-Conquest D. None of the Above
45. Who is the first Filipino Painter who paint his self
protrait?

A. Damian Domingo
B. Juan Luna
C. Felix Resurrecion HIdalgo
D. Miguel Lopez Jaena

46. Which is not a work of Juan Luna?

A. Spoliarium C. La Barca
B. Odalisque D. The parisian life

47. One of the thirteen Moderns, who paved way to

art modernism in the Philippines. Who is this
Filipino Artist?

A. Hernando Ocampo
B. Arturo Luz
C. Benedicto Cabrera
D. Vicente Manansala

48. He is known as the Dean of Filipino Illustrators

A. Francisco Coching
B. Jeremias Elizalde Navarro
C. Napoleon Abueva
D. Federico Aguialr Alcuas

49. Which of the following is the work of Jose Joya

A. Nude
B. Dimension Fear
C. Pieta
D. Sarimanok

50. Angst, anguish, and anger are the glaring

emotions contained in his cubistic works as these
were created in the time of Martial Law.

A. Jose Joya
B. Ang Kiukok
C. Victorio Edades
D. Vicente Manansala