Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa Quiz

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Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa? Quiz

This is a quiz about the movie Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa? directed by Chito S. Roño based on the novel by Lualhati T. Bautista.

1. What was this film all about?
a. the varying role of women in the society
b. the materialism and immorality of the society
c. that men, by nature, are irresponsible and unfaithful
d. all of these aforementioned
2. Who played Lea Bustamante?
a. Nora Aunor
b. Vilma Santos
c. Sharon Cuneta
d. Wilma Doesn’t
3. Who played Ojie Bustamante?
a. Carlo Agassi
b. Carlo Aquino
c. Jaypee de Guzman
d. Carlo Sharma
4. Who played Maya Bustamante?
a. Serena Dalrymple
b. Ronalissa Cheng
c. Camille Pratts
d. Lady Lee
5. What was the name of Lea’s live-in partner and father of Maya?
a. Raffy
b. Ding
c. Johnny
d. Ricky
6. What was the name of Lea’s husband and Ojie’s father?
a. Raffy
b. Ding
c. Johnny
d. Ronnie
7. What was the name of the new wife of Ojie’s father?
a. Elsie
b. Eleanor
c. Elvie
d. Leonor
8. What was the name of the principal who advised Lea to move one of her children to another school?
a. Mrs. Gascon
b. Mrs. Zalameda
c. Mrs. Arocena
d. Mrs. Zaavedra
9. The perspective or point of view in which the film is told is that by:
a. Lea
b. Maya
c. Ojie
d. none of the above
10. What is the occasion that was celebrated when the film begins?
a. Birthday Party
b. Feast of the Innocents
c. Commencement Exercise
d. Graduation Ball
11. What contest did Maya join in?
a. a beauty contest
b. a fashion show
c. a declamation contest
d. a dance contest
12. What was the name of Lea’s long time friend who wanted Maya to join in a beauty contest?
a. Connie
b. Pilar
c. Zeny
d. Daisy
13. Where does Lea work in?
a. an underground movement
b. Gabriela
c. a leftist movement
d. a human rights organization
14. Lea is portrayed as being:
a. an open-minded, straightforward person
b. a liberated woman
c. a courageous woman
d. all of these aforementioned
15. One weakness of Lea is:
a. Being a bad judge of character, she was too trusting.
b. She is too pre-occupied with her work.
c. her lustful craving for men
d. her lack of time for her children
16. What was the name of Lea’s friend and officemate whom she flirted with?
a. Ricky
b. Ronnie
c. Joey
d. Johnny
17. What was the name of the nun whom Lea asked if she had ever experienced love, not the love for God but the love between opposite sexes?
a. Sister Assuncion
b. Sister Annie
c. Sister Ann
d. Sister Anacleta
18. The central character in the film is:
a. Lea
b. Ding
c. Raffy
d. Ojie and Maya
19. Lea is a fine example of _______________ character:
a. flat
b. type
c. developing
d. round
20. What was the province where Raffy go after he left Lea?
a. Samar
b. Surigao
c. Davao
d. Zamboanga
21. To what country does Raffy want Ojie to come with him?
a. U.K.
b. Canada
c. U.S.
d. Switzerland
22. What was the pastime which Ojie become addicted with?
a. billiard
b. computer games
c. bingo
d. slot machine
23. The element of fiction used when Ding confronted Lea about the bike, because it would only bring danger and harm to the kids is:
a. irony
b. movement
c. foreshadowing
d. flashback
24. When Lea received the kids’ report cards, which has the better grades?
a. Maya
b. Ojie
c. Both have the same grades
d. Maya had a passing grade while Ojie had a failing grade
25. The element of fiction used when Ding and Raffy confronted her when Ojie and Maya were injured because of a bike accident is:
a. irony
b. conflict
c. symbol
d. movement
26. When Lea reached home after her encounters with Ding and Raffy, who was on the other line when the phone rings?
a. Ding
b. Raffy
c. Johnny
d. Zeny
27. The title of the story Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa?:
a. is ironic
b. is tragic and heart rending
c. is symbolic
d. has no significance in the story whatsoever
28. The central theme expressed in the film is the depiction of:
a. The changing role of women in the society
b. The adulterous nature of women
c. The unreliability and irresponsibility of the male
d. The complexity of today’s relationship is a product of the complexities of modern society.
29. The structure of the film is:
a. linear
b. episodic
c. cyclical
d. Both b and c
30. Whom did the children choose and side with at the end of the film?
a. their father
b. their mother
c. their grandparents
d. no one
Bonus Question. The essential value of the movie, as art, is that it:
a. conveys a moral
b. reveals something about the human nature
c. gives aesthetic pleasure
d. all of the above