MIDTERM ASSESSMENT

Contemporary Philippine Arts from the

Regions (HUMSS 12)
First Semester

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

SY 2021-2022
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 MIDTERM ASSESSMENT
Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions

Name: __________________________________________________ Score: __________

Grade and Section: _____________________________________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Direction. Read and analyze each question. Encircle the letter of your
answer.
1. Which of the following art forms is essentially appreciated through its visual appearance?
a. Culinary arts
b. Decorative arts
c. Fine arts
d. Performing arts
2. Which of the following is traditionally not an example of fine arts?
a. Calligraphy
b. Architecture
c. Graphic design
d. Interior design
3. Which of the following best defines what decorative arts and crafts are?
a. Artworks that are appreciated through visual means
b. Artworks that are both beautiful and useful
c. Artworks that are created through controlled and choreographed body movements
d. Artworks that are created through new and exciting methods
4. Which of the following is not an example of performing arts?
a. Aerobics
b. Concerts
c. Movies
d. Musicals
5. Which of the following reasons why artists create art is best exemplified by the situation: Jaem posts
pictures of his works on Facebook, Instragram and other social network sites.
a. Impulse
b. Recognition
c. Religion
d. Self-expression
6. Which of the following reasons why artists create art is best exemplified by this situation: Jhon Michael
doodles on his notebooks while listening to his teacher.
a. Impulse
b. Recognition
c. Religion
d. Self-expression
7. Which attribute of integral art is best exemplified by this situation: Everybody in the class helped out in
painting a mural outside the classroom.
a. Art is holistic in nature.
b. Art uses available resources.
c. Everybody is an artist.
d. The process is more important than the product.
8. Which attribute of integral art is best exemplified by this situation: Lisa Manoban creates
mobiles using used plastic straws.
a. Art is holistic in nature.
b. Art uses available resources.
c. Everybody is an artist.
d. The process is more important than the product.
9. Which Filipino art tendency is best exemplified by this situation: The jeepney is decorated with different
landscapes and rural scenes.
a. Maximalism
b. Multifunctional

c. Multiple focal points

d. Polychromatic
10. Which Filipino tendency is best exemplified by this situation: Panagbenga festival floats are full
of colorful flowers.
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 a. Maximalism
b. Multifunctional
c. Multiple focal points
d. Polychromatic
11. Which theme is seen in “Lavandera” series of paintings by Fernando Amorsolo?
a. Genre
b. Historical
c. Landscape
d. Nude
12. Which of the following sculptors is known for his abstract style?
a. Anastacio caedo
b. Guillermo Tolentino
c. Mario Dayo
d. Napoleon Abueva
13. Which of the following is not an example of a contemporary art form?
a. Assemblage
b. Collage
c. Mobile
d. Silk printing
14. What art song signifies love and affection and is often used by men during serenades?
a. Ballad
b. Harana
c. Kundiman
d. Liturgy
15. What form of pop music is often accompanied by classical and acoustic guitars and is influenced
by Western artists such as Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary?
a. Ballad
b. Pinoy folk
c. Pop rock
d. Rap
16. What form of ballet uses traditional ballet techniques set to contemporary ideas and subjects?
a. Folkloric ballet
b. Modern ballet
c. Opera ballet
d. Rock ballet
17. What type of theater is the deliberate exaggeration of events and situations to emphasize a point?
a. Absurd
b. Brechtian theater
c. Tula-dula
d. Melodrama
18. What type of theater is an example of a poem-play that is dramatized with the use of two or three
actors and a narrator?

a. Absurd
b. Brechtian theater
c. Tula-dula
d. Melodrama
19. What is a sculptural work that is suspended from the ceiling or a protruding base?
a. Collage
b. Installation
c. Mobile

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 d. Performance art
20. What play is an example of dramatic monologue?
a. Ang Batang Rizal
b. Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio
c. May Katwiran anf Katwiran
d. Taong Grasa
21. What is the National Artists Award also known as?
a. Pambansang Tagataguyod ng Pilipinong Sining
b. Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng Pilipinas
c. Pambansang Artista ng Sining ng Pilipinas
d. Pambansang Pagkaloob sa Alagad ng Sining
22. What is the National Living Treasures Award also known as?
a. Gawad sa Buhay na Kayamanan ng Bayan
b. Gawad sa Kayamanang manlilikha ng Bayan
c. Gawad sa Manggagawang ng Bayan
d. Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
23. Through which Republic Act was the National Living Treasure Award created?
a. RA No. 5753
b. RA No. 3577
c. RA No. 7355
d. RA No. 7553
24. Through which Presidential Proclamation was the National Artist Award made possible?
a. Presidential Proclamation No. 1001
b. Presidential Proclamation No. 1010
c. Presidential Proclamation No. 1100
d. Presidential Proclamation No. 1101
25. Which is not among the art fields the National Artists Award has been given to?
a. Broadcast Arts
b. Fashion Design
c. Industrial Design
d. Literature
26. Which of the following government agencies does not take part in the selection of the National
Artist nominees?
a. National Commission for Culture and the Arts
b. Cultural Center of the Philippines
c. Office of the President
d. Commission on Indigenous Peoples
27. Which of the following can be a cause of disqualification for being nominated as a National
Artist?

a. The artist is based in another country

b. The artist died before the nomination
c. The artist is below 18 years old
d. The artist is panned by art critics
28. Which of the following is not a National artist for visual arts?
a. Fernando Amorsolo
b. Juan Luna
c. Vicente Manansala
d. Victorio Edades
29. Which of the following is not a National Artist for Literature?
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 a. Ernani J. Cuenco
b. Jose Garcia Villa
c. Levi Celirio
d. Rolando s. Tinio
30. Which of the following is not a National Artist for Music?
a. Andrea Veneracion
b. Leonor O. Goquingco
c. Levi Celerio
d. Lucrecia R. Kasilag
31. Which of the following is not a National Artist for Dance?
a. Francisca Reyes- Aquino
b. Antonio J. Molina
c. Lamberto V. Avellana
d. Lucrecia R. Ursula
32. At present, how often is the National Artists Awards given?
a. Every year
b. Every two years
c. Every three years
d. Every four years
33. Which of the following is not a qualification to become a nominee for the National Living
Treasures Award?
a. He/she should be a Filipino citizen
b. He/she should be documented to be practicing the craft for at least 30 years.
c. He/she should be recognized as a master of the craft
d. His/her outputs should be artistic and excellent quality.
34. Which of the following is not a National Living Treasures Awardee?
a. Abdulmari Imao
b. Darhata sawabi
c. Eduardo Mutuc
d. Ginaw Bilog
35. Which of the following National Living Treasures awardee is known for his tabungaw?
a. Alonzo Saclag
b. Federico Caballero
c. Masino Intaray
d. Teofilo Garcia
36. Which of the following is an indigenous percussion instrument?
a. Gangsa
b. Kudyapi

c. Babarak
d. Inabel
37. Which of the following statements is not true about the TOYM?
a. It is only given to men and women in the fields of arts
b. It is only given to men and women between ages of 18-40
c. It was started by the Jaycees in 1959
d. TOYM stands for “The Outstanding Young Men”
38. Which of the following is not an awardee of the TOYM?
a. Gary Valenciano
b. Lea Salonga
c. Nora Aunor
d. Sharon Cuneta

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 39. Which of the following is not a qualification to be a nominee for the Thirteen Artists Award?
a. Artist must be a Filipino citizen less than 45 years of age.
b. Artist should be create works of integrity, uniqueness and thought-provoking ideas.
c. Artist should create works presented in a form of contemporary art.
d. Artist should create works relevant to the current situations.
40. Which of the following is not true about the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining?
a. It can be given to an individual or group of artists.
b. It can be given to non-artists.
c. It is a recognition given to artists of the following art forms: film, dance, theater, music and
literature.
d. It is given to artists who are still alive at the time of nomination.
41. How will you make your artwork appealing to the viewers?
a. I will employ the different elements and principles of art.
b. I will use variety of colors.
c. I will use mixed media.
d. I will share my expertise to them.
42. One of the general characteristics of contemporary artist is site-specific. Which of the following
best describes the characteristic?
a. They continue to use traditional and mixed media.
b. They cannot experience in the same way when remove from their original places of exhibit.
c. They integrate various art forms.
d. They are generally process based.
43. How festival is related to art?
a. Festival promotes the rich culture of the place.
b. It makes use of the different elements of art.
c. It employs creativity and resourcefulness.
d. All of the above.
44. Which of the following is the most significant role of the artist from the regions?
a. They create avenues to advocate the arts from the different regions.
b. They promote mastery and enhancement of the skills.
c. They promote tourism of the region.
d. They help the local economy.
45. Darhat sawabi: Pis-yabit, Lang Dulay: _________
a. Inabel weaving
b. Mat weaving

c. T’nalak weaving
d. Gourd cosque weaving.
46. Sinulog festival is an example of art in Cebu. In what art form does the festival belong?
a. Dance
b. Literature
c. Music
d. Performing arts
47. What is a wooden bench that marks the socio economic statues of the owner?
a. Hagabi
b. Pisyabit
c. Tapayan
d. Bul’ul
48. As a student, how can you create a work that promotes a traditional art with local practitioners?
a. I will make and use the product.
b. I will visit a gallery or a museum.

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 c. I will go to the place of the artist, buy the products and sell them in my locality
d. I will conduct a workshop using my knowledge, talents, skills, and expertise in making
quality products using available indigenous materials in the locality.
49. The “art of the so called past” continued and continues to evolve until the present and is
therefore in the sense of art is ___________?
a. Historical
b. Stylistic
c. Cultural
d. Contemporary
50. Which of the following major cultural offices determined the GAMABA awardees?
a. NCAA & CCP
b. NAA & NCCA
c. CCP & NCCA
d. MTRCB & KALIBAPI

(I). Juan Miguel, a 2012 GAMABA awardee is a farmer in the town of San Quintin, Abra Province,
better known for tending a plot and land filled with enlarged upo or gourd. After planting the upo in
November and harvesting the mature fruits in summer. (II). Juan Miguel would transform the harvest
into durable hats. (III). Simple hand tools are used to gouge the inside of tabungaw. (IV). Juan Miguel
was instrumental in fortifying the tradition through six decades worth of persistent practice. (V). his
artistic rendering of functional object dedication to craft and commitment to the community make him
a bearer of culture. (VI). In recent years, he initiated training for the students at San Quintin National
High School to pass the knowledge and skills of tabungaw hat making, inspiring the youth to value the
tradition and ensure its upkeep.

Choices from items 51-54

a. I b. II c. III d. IV e. V f. VI

51. What sentence shows that artist possesses mastery of tools?

52. What sentence proves that the awardee is a member of an indigenous/cultural community?
53. What sentence states that the awardee has passed on to other members of the community the
skills in folk art where the community is known?

54. What sentence states that the artist has engaged in the tradition that has been in existence and
documented for at least 50 years?
55. The story of Juan Miguel proved the idea that __________?
a. Contemporary art is traditional and vice versa.
b. Traditional art is the art of the past.
c. Anyone can be a National Living Treasure.
d. Contemporary art is fixed.

II. ESSAY: Answer each question in three to five sentences.

4 points- grammar
6 points- content
10 points

1. What makes art in our region better than others?

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2. When does using expensive tools make better artworks?

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3. The Philippines has rich cultural diversity that landscaped the course of its history through time.
Many Filipinos have been known for doing art crafts for centuries but, many of them are not
being recognized in our country. Why do you think we need to give recognition to our Filipino
artists such as the National Artist Award? Cite at least3 importance of this custom of the
Filipinos.
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“The Lord hates cheating and delights in honesty” (Proverbs 11:1)

Prepared by: Mr. Jhon Michael P. Paano LPT Teacher

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