Rizal Course Reviewer

A Quiz Supplement
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The quiz consists of 2 pages.

MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the correct answer. Write the answer corresponding to the item number on your sheet
of paper. Write the letter or text of the correct answer or both.

_____ 1. On this day, Jose Rizal was born in Calamba, Laguna. What was the date when Rizal was born?:

A. November 30, 1863

B. June 19, 1861
C. November 30, 1873
D. June 19, 1871

_____ 2. He was "the father of the Philippine revolution of 1896." This Philippine hero was:

A. Francisco Dagohoy
B. Diego Silang
C. Andres Bonifacio
D. Bankaw

_____ 3. Which statement on the term "Filipino" is false?:

A. It was a term or label which gradually became associated with the clase illustrada during Rizal's time.
B. Originally, it was the name associated with Spaniards born in the Philippines or the creoles.
C. It was a term which the inhabitants of the Philippines gradually learned to equate with racial equality, human
dignity and love of country.
D. It was a derogatory term for the native inhabitants as used by the Spaniards.

_____ 4. Dubbed as the "mother of the Katipunan," she was also known as "Tandang Sora." She was:

A. Gregoria de Jesus
B. Melchora Aquino
C. Simeona de Jesus
D. Maxima Bonifacio

_____ 5. Who wrote this famous line: "All men are equal, be the color of their skin black or white."?:

A. Andres Bonifacio
B. Jose Rizal
C. Marcelo H. del Pilar
D. Emilio Jacinto

_____ 6. Which item does not belong to the group?:

A. While he was in Dapitan, Rizal provided medical services.

B. While he was in Dapitan, Rizal worked as a businessman.
C. While he was in Dapitan, Rizal constructed a water system
D. While he was in Dapitan, Rizal built a school for children.
_____ 7. Who does not belong with the group?:

A. Emilio Aguinaldo
B. Valentin Diaz
C. Deodato Arellano
D. Teodoro Plata

_____ 8. Who worte this famous line: "Hold high the brow serene, O youth, where now you stand....Fair hope of my
Fatherland!"?:

A. Jose Rizal
B. Marcelo H. del Pilar
C. Emilio Jacinto
D. Andres Bonifacio

_____ 9. Catalina de Castro is to Andres Bonifacio as "____________________" is to Jose Rizal.

A. Josefa Rizal
B. Leonor Rivera
C. Teodora Alonzo Realonda
D. Maria Clara

_____10. Among the katipunero (Filipino revolutionaries), the secret password "katipon" meant:

A. soldier
B. brother
C. son
D. associate

_____11. Who wrote this famous line: "Engrave in your heart that the true measure of honor and happiness is to die
for the freedom of your country."?:

A. Emilio Jacinto
B. Apolinario Mabini
C. Andres Bonifacio
D. Jose Palma

_____12. Jose Rizal was a gifted individual. He was all of the items listed below except:

A. sportsman
B. eye surgeon
C. musician
D. linguist

_____13. He was considered as "the greatest orator of the 'Propaganda Movement.'" This Filipino social reformer
was:

A. Mariano Ponce
B. Juan Luna
C. Jose Ma. Panganiban
D. Graciano Lopez Jaena

_____14. Which statement on Rizal's "Noli Me Tangere" is false?:

A. The title, "Noli Me Tangere," means "touch me not."

B. It was Rizal's most famous literary work.
C. It was a socio-political documentary on the Philippines under Spanish colonial rule.
D. It was first published in Spain.

_____15. Andres Bonifacio possessed the work-related traits and skills listed below except:

A. medical skill
B. beautiful penmanship
C. ability to identify one's limitations
D. ability to recognize the worth of another person

_____16. Who wrote this famous line: "That the tyranny of some is possible only through cowardice and negligence
on the part of others."?:

A. Emilio Jacinto

B. Antonio Luna

C. Jose Rizal

D. Graciano Lopez Jaena

_____17. Today, Rizal park is one of the tourist attractions in Manila....It was the place where Rizal was executed.
During Rizal's time, Rizal park was called:

A. Pugadlawin

B. Tondo

C. Bagumbayan

D. Azcarraga
_____18. K.K.K. was the initials of the revolutionary organization that led the uprising against Spanish colonial
rulers in the Philippines in 1896. It stood for:

A. Kataastaasang Katipunan ng mga Katipuneros

B. Kataastaasan Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan

C. Kataastaasang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan

D. Kataastaasan Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Katipuneros

_____19. He was the Muslim chieftain who defeated Ferdinand Magellan and his expeditonary forces in the "Battle
of Mactan." This native leader was:

A. Lapu-Lapu

B. Sultan Kudarat

C. Lakandula

D. Rajah Soliman

_____20. Jose Rizal was a hero because:

A. he came from a well-respected family.

B. he died working for the welfare of the Filipinos.

C. he was a man of exceptional talents and skills.

D. all of the choices

 REVIEWER SUPPLEMENT

ANSWERS TO A SHORT QUIZ ON PHILIPPINE HEROES AND HEROINES

CORRECT ANSWERS

PART I : 1. (B - June 19, 1861) /// 2. (C - Andres Bonifacio) /// 3. (D - it was a derogatory term for the native
inhabitants as used by the Spaniards) /// 4. (B - Melchora Aquino) /// 5. (D - Emilio Jacinto) /// 6. (B - while he was in
Dapitan, Rizal worked as a businessman) /// 7. (A - Emilio Aguinaldo) /// 8. (A - Jose Rizal) /// 9. (C - Teodora Alonzo
Realonda) /// 10. (D - associate)

11. (C - Andres Bonifacio) /// 12. (C - Musician) /// 13. (D - Graciano Lopez Jaena) /// 14 (D - it was first published in
Spain) /// 15. (A - medical skill) /// 16. (C - Jose Rizal) /// 17. (C - Bagumbayan) /// 18. (B - Kataastaasan
Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan) /// 19. (A - Lapu-Lapu) /// 20. (B - he died working for the
welfare of the Filipinos)

Rizal Course Test Reviewer

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This test consists of 7 pages.

PART I - Items 1 - 25 : MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the correct answer. Write the answer
corresponding to the item number on your sheet of paper. Write the letter or text of the correct
answer or both.

_____ 1. In June 1869, Rizal was enrolled in a school in Binan, Laguna. Who was his first teacher
in school?:

A. Maestro Lucas Padua

B. Maestro Justiniano Aquino-Cruz
C. Maestro Jose Bech
D. Maestro Leon Monroy
_____ 2. Immediately below are 4 statements about the Philippines during Rizal's time. Which
statement is false?:

A. The system of government was called frailocracy.

B. The Philippines was represented in the Spanish Cortes.
C. The big plantations were owned by religious organizations.
D. The justice system served the interests of the Spanish colonial government.

_____ 3. The character "Crisostomo Ibarra" is to Noli Me Tangere as the character

"____________________" is to El Filibusterismo.

A. Elias
B. Maria Clara
C. Isagani
D. Simoun

_____ 4. A year after Rizal's execution, a friend of Rizal declared: "Not only is Rizal the most
prominent man of his own people but the greatest man the Malayan race has produced." Who was
this friend of Rizal?:

A. Ferdinand Blumentritt
B. Adolf Meyer
C. Antonio Ma. Regidor
D. Fernando Ma. Guerero

_____ 5. In 1884, Rizal delivered a speech in honor of two Filipinos who won the first and second
prizes in the National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid, Spain. These artists were:

A. Juan Luna and Manuel Hidalgo

B. Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo
C. Antonio Luna and Manuel Hidalgo
D. Antonio Luna and Felix Hidalgo

_____ 6. Who was the governor-general who sent Rizal into exile in Dapitan?:

A. Ramon Blanco
B. Valeriano Weyler
C. Eulogio Despujol
D. Camilio de Polavieja

_____ 7. Which book inspired Rizal to write the "Noli Me Tangere?":

A. William Tell
B. The Wandering Jew
C. Uncle Tom's Cabin
D. History of the French Revolution

_____ 8. In 1865, the young Rizal experienced his first sorrow when one of his sister died. His
sister was:

A. Lucia
B. Saturnina
C. Soledad
D. Concepcion

_____ 9. Andres Bonifacio is to the Katipunan as ____________________ is to La Solidaridad.

A. Marcelo H. del Pilar

B. Jose Rizal
C. Galicano Apacible
D. Graciano Lopez Jaena

_____10. The pen-name which Rizal used in 1882 when he wrote the nationalistic essay, "Amor
Patrio," was:

A. Dimas Alang
B. Pingkain
C. Tenluz
D. Laong Laan

_____11. For Rizal, the ideal mother is one who teaches her children the following except:

A. how to live an honorable life

B. how to love God and country
C. how to recite long prayers
D. how to act honestly

_____12. In which historical work did Rizal predict the inevitable collapse of Spanish colonial rule
in Asia and the liberation of the Philippines?:

A. The Philippines a Century Hence

B. The People of the Indian Archipelago
C. The Indolence of the Filipinos
D. none of the choices

_____13. The characters in "Noli Me Tangere" were not fictional characters; they represented
people who lived during Rizal's time. Paciano, the brother of Rizal, was represented by this
character named:

A. Basilio
B. Pilosopong Tasio
C. Padre Florentino
D. Elias
_____14. The execution of these native and Spanish priests --- who advocated racial equality
within the Catholic church --- by the Spaniards in 1872 awakened Rizal's nationalistic sentiment
early in life. They were the following except:

A. Fr. Jacinto Zamora

B. Fr. Rufino Collantes
C. Fr. Jose Burgos
D. Fr. Mariano Gomez

_____15. This was the school where Rizal earned his medical degree. This school was:

A. University of Prague
B. Central University of Madrid
C. Hiedelberg University
D. University of Santo Tomas

_____16. To whom did Rizal got married unofficially and without the ceremonial rites of the
Catholic church?:

A. Leonor Rivera
B. Nelly Boustead
C. Segunda Katigbak
D. Josephine Bracken

_____17. Which statement on the novel, "El Filibusterismo," is false?:

A. It was dedicated to "My Fatherland," the Philippines.

B. It was a sequel to the "Noli Me Tangere."
C. It espoused ideas of freedom and independence from Spain.
D. It was a political novel.

_____18. All of the events listed below happened while Rizal was in exile in Dapitan except:

A. Rizal won in a Manila lottery.

B. Rizal undertook remarkable community projects.
C. Rizal collected rare specimens of animals and sent them to the Dresden Museum.
D. Rizal wrote articles for a nationalistic newspaper.

_____19. This prize-winning poem of Rizal, in which he described the youth as the "hope of my
fatherland," was the first great poem in Spanish written by a Filipino. What was the title of the
poem in Spanish?:

A. A Filipinas
B. Por la Educacion Recibe Lustre la Patria
C. A la Juventud Filipina
D. El Consejo de los Dioses
_____20. Who provided the funds which Rizal needed to get the "Noli Me Tangere" published?:

A. Valentin Ventura
B. Antonio Luna
C. Maximo Viola
D. Jose Ma. Basa

_____21. "To the Flowers of Hiedelberg" is to Hiedelberg, Germany as "____________________" is

to Madrid, Spain.

A. They Asked Me for Verses

B. To My Muse
C. The Song of the Traveler
D. La Vision del Fray Rodriguez

_____22. In his letter --- dated March 11, 1886 --- to his sister, Trinidad, Rizal described the German
women as:

A. hospitable and deeply religious

B. gossipy and quarrelsome
C. beautifully dressed and polite
D. serious and educated

_____23. In 1888, while he was traveling in this country, Rizal wrote these lines in his diary:
"Colorado has more trees....We reached Omaha, a big city ----- the biggest since we left San
Francisco. The Missouri River is twice as wide as the Pasig River...." This country was:

A. England
B. United States
C. Italy
D. Japan

_____24. Although the "El Filibusterismo" was published in Ghent, Belgium, Rizal began writing
the novel in:

A. Biarritz, France
B. Calamba, Laguna
C. Barcelona, Spain
D. Berlin, Germany

_____25. During his high school days, Rizal wrote a poem which he dedicated to his mother on
her birthday. This poem was:

A. My First Inspiration
B. My Retreat
C. In Memory of My Town
D. To the Virgin Mary

PART II - Items 26 - 30 : IDENTIFICATION - Identify the historic Philippine event associated with
each important date listed below.

______________________________26. August 26, 1896

______________________________27. June 19, 1861

______________________________28. July 3, 1892

______________________________29. December 30, 1896

______________________________30. July 7, 1892

PART III - Items 31 - 35 : IDENTIFICATION - Each numbered item provides a short description of a
person or place associated with the life and time of Jose Rizal. IDENTIFY OR NAME THAT
PERSON OR PLACE.

______________________________31. Full name of Rizal's father

______________________________32. Location of Rizal's prison cell in 1896

______________________________33. The first foreign country on which Rizal set foot (formerly a
colony of England)

______________________________34. Defense counsel (lawyer) of Rizal during his rebellion trial

in 1896

______________________________35. Place where Rizal annotated Morga's Sucesos de las Islas

Filipinas

PART IV - Items 36 - 40 : IDENTIFICATION - Identify the literary work of Jose Rizal from which the quotation or
literary line was taken.

______________________________36. Name Rizal's literary work from which these lines were taken:

"Come now, thou genius grand,

And bring down inspiration;
With thy mighty hand,
Swifter that the winds volation,
Raise the eager mind to higher station."

______________________________37. Identify Rizal's literary work from which this quotation was taken:

"Let us be reasonable and open our eyes, especially you women, because you are the first to influence the
consciousness of man."
______________________________38. Name Rizal's literary work from which these lines were taken:

"Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's best

And were it brighter, fresher, or more blest,
Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost."

______________________________39. Identify Rizal's literary work from which this quotation was taken:

"Whoever knows not how to love his native tongue is worse that any beast or evil smelling fish."

______________________________40. Name Rizal's literary work from which these lines were taken:

"I yet recall a village plain,

My joy, my family, my boon,
Besides the freshly cool lagoon, -----
The spot for which my heart beats warm."

END OF RIZAL COURSE TEST REVIEWER. SEE NEXT PAGE FOR THE CORRECT ANSWERS AND FOR SCORING
AND INTERPRETATION.

ANSWERS TO RIZAL COURSE TEST REVIEWER

CORRECT ANSWERS

PART I : 1. (B - Maestro Justiniano Aquino-Cruz) /// 2. (B - the Philippines was represented in the Spanish
Cortes) /// 3. (D - Simoun) /// 4. (A - Ferdinand Blumentritt) /// 5. (B - Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo) /// 6. (C - Eulogio
Despujol) /// 7. (C - Uncle Tom's Cabin) /// 8. (D - Concepcion) /// 9. (D - Graciano Lopez Jaena) /// 10. (D - Laong
Laan)

11. (C - how to recite long prayers) /// 12. (A - The Philippines a Century Hence) /// 13. (B - Pilosopong Tasio) /// 14
(B - Fr. Rufino Collantes) /// 15. (B - Central University of Madrid) /// 16. (D - Josephine Bracken) /// 17. (A - it was
dedicated to "My Fatherland," the Philippines) /// 18. (D - Rizal wrote articles for a nationalistic newspaper) /// 19.
(C - A la Juventud Filipina) /// 20. (C - Maximo Viola)

21. (A - They Asked Me for Verses) /// 22. (D - serious and educated) /// 23. (B - United States) /// 24. (B - Calamba,
Laguna) /// 25. (A - My First Inspiration)

PART II : 26. (Cry of Pugadlawin or Cry of Balintawak) /// 27. (date of birth of Jose Rizal) /// 28. (founding of Liga
Filipina) /// 29. (execution or martyrdom of Jose Rizal) /// 30. (founding of the Katipunan)

PART III : 31. (Francisco Mercado Rizal) /// 32. (Fort Santiago) /// 33. (Singapore) /// 34. (Luis Taviel de Andrade) ///
35. (London)

PART IV : 36. (To the Filipino Youth) /// 37. (To the Young Women of Malolos) /// 38. (Last Farewell) /// 39. (To My
Fellow Children) /// 40. (In Memory of My Town)

SCORING AND INTERPRETATION: NUMERICAL AND VERBAL DESCRIPTIONS

40 Points ------------------------ Perfect

38 - 39 Points ----------------- Superior

36 - 37 Points ----------------- Very Satisfactory

33 - 35 Points ----------------- Satisfactory

30 - 32 Points ----------------- Good

29 Points And Below ----- The Process Of Becoming, For Better Or For Worse

REFERENCES

(Main) "Jose Rizal: Life, Works And Writings Of A Genius, Scientist And National Hero," Zaide, Gregorio and
Sonia M. Zaide, 1997
(Secondary) "History Of The Filipino People," 8th Edition, Agoncillo, Teodoro A., 1990
(Secondary) "The Philippines: A Past Revisited, Vol. 1," Constantino, Renato, 1975