Direction: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

_______1. What is intertextuality?

A. The relationship between texts. B. Allusions from one text to another.
C. The translation of a text into a different language. D. Copying of ideas and texts

_______2. Who introduced intertextuality in literary linguistics? A. Graham Allen C. Ferdinand de Saussure B. Julia
Kristeva D. Mikhail Bkakhtin

_______3. A filmmaker decides to make a remake of Senakulo . This is an example of

A. Allusion B. Appropriation C. Parody D. Citation

_______4. Which of the following would not be an example of intertextuality?

A. A translation of one work into a different language.
B. A poetic homage to an earlier writer by adopting that writer’s theme and tone.
C. The main characters of two unrelated works coincidentally both named Bob.
D. Movies having different titles but same characters and content.

_______5. Which of the following statements is not an example of intertextuality in Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern Are Dead?
A. Tom Stoppard used the same character names as in Shakespeare’s original play.
B. The Disney movie The Lion King is also based somewhat on Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
C. Parts of the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead are exact quotes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
D. None of the Above

______ 1. This word comes from the Greek meaning “to do” or “perform”.
a. drama b. fiction c. poetry d. theater
______ 2. It is defined as the interconnection between similar or related works of literature that reflect and
influence a reader’s interpretation of the text.
a. connectivity b. intertextuality c. relatability d. symbiosis

______ 3. She was the French semiotician who argued that all works of literature being produced contemporarily are
intertextual with the works that came before it. As she stated, “Any text is constructed of a mosaic of quotations;
any text is the absorption and transformation of another.”
a. Julia Barretto b. Julia Kornikova c. Julia Kristeva d. Julia Montes

______ 4. It is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly
or indirectly.
a. alliteration b. allusion c. apostrophe d. assonance

______ 5. It is the repetition of one expression as part of another one, particularly when the expression is well-
known or explicitly attributed by citation to its original source, and it is indicated by quotation marks.
a. adage b. expression c. proverb d. quotation

______ 6. It is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word-forword or root-for-root
translation.
a. borrowing b. calque c. lexis d. phraseology

______ 7. It is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-
language text.
a. equivalency b. lexicon c. semantics d. translation

______ 8. It is a work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original work – its subject, author, style, or
some other target- by means of satiric or ironic imitation.
a. caricature b. farce c. imitation d. parody

______ 9. It celebrates rather than mocks the work it imitates. The word is a French cognate of the Italian noun
which is a pie-filling mixed from diverse ingredients.
 a. caricature b. farce c. pastiche d. satire
______ 10. It is a reworking or re-imagination of a well-known text, to change or extend its meaning.
a.apposition b. appropriation c. association d. attribution
______ 11. It is a work of art that is based on a previously written work.
a. adaptation b. affirmation c. association d. attribution
______ 12. It is a character, event, situation or theme that resembles another. Thus, by definition, it is essentially
intertextual. a. archetype b. burlesque c. imitation d. xerography
______ 13. It is the most important element of a play. It is essential in giving a scene and life to the play.
a. blocking b. character c. conflict d. dialogue
______ 14. It is an element of the play which illuminates the characters and advance the plot.
a. blocking b. character c. conflict d. dialogue
______ 15. It is the element of the play which takes a “moment” to justify their existence, through a distinctive
voice. a. blocking b. character c. conflict d. dialogue
______ 16. A one-act play follows the format of a short story.
a. True b. False c. Uncertain d. Unfounded
______ 17. A character in a one-act play tells rather than shows.
a. True b. False c. Uncertain d. Unfounded
______ 18. The one-act play usually begins with a narration.
a. True b. False c. Uncertain d. Unfounded
______ 19. A one-act play involves only a single event or situation.
a. True b. False c. Uncertain d. Unfounded
______ 20. Since texts are generally intertextual, or based on other texts which are usually older, it is implied that --
a. Newer texts are less creative than older texts. b. There are no original literary works/texts.
c. Literary techniques applied in newer texts are copied from old texts. d. Ancient writers write better texts than new ones.