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I. Multiple Choice
2. Who issued the first official proclamation making December 30 as Rizal's Day?
a. Jose Rizal
b. Apolinario Mabini
c. Emilio Aguinaldo
d. Antonio Luna
6. It is one of the longest and most important streets in Manila has been named in Rizal
memory.
a. Luneta
b. EDSA
c. Ayala Avenue
d. Rizal Avenue
7. What particularly Rizal's famous novels teach in all schools from the elementary level
through the university?
a. Noli Me Tángere and El Filibusterismo
b. Noli Me Tángere and Makamisa
c. The Revolution and El Filibusterismo
d. El Filibusterismo and Makamisa
10. Who was an American Governor-General of the Philippines who also wrote about
our Jose Rizal?
a. . FProferdinand Blumentritt
b. Fernando Ma. Guerrero
c. Dr. Frank C. Laubach
d. William Cameron Forbes
11. The following are the reasons why the Rizal's life, works and writings were
mandated as part of the curricula of schools, colleges and universities, except for?
a. Increase their nationalistic fervor and love for freedom.
b. Build relationships with the country.
c. Aware of socio-political problems of their society.
d. Appreciate and emulate the Filipino character in Rizal.
13. Who were the authors of Rizal Law and were both prominent nationalists?
a. Jose P. Laurel Jr. & Claro M. Recto Sr.
b. Emilio Aguinaldo & Fernando Ma. Guerrero
c. Claro M. Recto Sr. & Jose P. Laurel Sr.
d. Senator Vicente Sotto & Ralph Recto
15. These are the intentional of having Rizal Law, except for?
a. To make students and other readers aware of Rizal's sacrifices and noble ideas.
b. To acknowledge our National Hero.
c. To adhere to his teachings.
d. To reflect on Rizal's willingness to sacrifice his life for his country's freedom, unity
and progress.
16. What place Rizal was a victim of Spanish brutality early in his life?
a. Calamba
b. Manila
c. Quezon
d. Bulacan
18. What can be defined as the study and pursuit of facts that deal with ultimate realities
or causes of things as they affect life?
a. Philosophy
b. Psychology
c. Sociology
d. Biology
d. all of them
21. What propagation that Rizal did not agree with the prevailing Christian?
a. Propagation of the Hope
b. Propagation of the Patience
c. Propagation of the Faith
d. Propagation of the Love
22. The following are a useful method of solving the moral problems offered by Jose
Rizal, except?
a. Censure the friars for abusing the advantage of their position as spiritual leaders
and the ignorance and fanaticism of the natives.
b. Censure the priests who preached greed and wrong morality.
c. Influential factors in human life.
d. Advise every one that love and respect for parents must be strictly observed.
23. What is the entitled Rizal's concept of the importance of education was clearly
enunciated in his work?
a. Instruction
b. Rules
c. Law
d. Regulation
24. What is the foundation of society and a pre-requisite for social progress?
a. professionalism
b. society
c. development
d. education
28. What Rizal used to arouse his people and advocated peaceful reforms from the
Spanish Government?
a. voice
b. sword
c. his pen
d. position
29. To elevate the country to the highest seat of glory and to develop the people’s
mentality, what do you call this according to Dr. Jose Rizal?
a. primary vision of education
b. primary aim of education
c. primary mission of education
d. primary core values of education
36. Where Rizal played very successfully the roles of educator, physician, scientist,
businessman, artist, and civic spirited citizen.
a. Laguna
b. Dapitan
c. Calamba
d. Bulacan
39. Who was a Filipino epic poet who wrote about our National Hero?
a. Apostol
b. Fernando Ma. Guerrero
c. William Cameron Forbes
d. Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt
42. These are universal in the sense that what holds for an individual, holds for all in the
same conditions and circumstances.
a. moral values
b. mission
c. vision
d. core values
43. He said “He who wants to help himself should help others, because if he neglects
others, he too will be neglected by them.”
a. Apostol
b. Jose Rizal
c. William Cameron Forbes
d. Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt
45. What is the greatest legacy according to the ideals of Rizal in the Filipino family?
a. The parents can bequeath their children with rectitude in judgment, generosity in
rights, and steadfastness in adversity.
b. A son can pay his parents with integrity and a good name that the acts of the son
may never make his parents live with shame, and the rest God will provide.
c. The family teaches children values they hold dear throughout their lives.
d. none of the above
46. When Rizal maintained that the backwardness of his country was not due to the
Filipino’s indifference, apathy or indolence as claimed by the rulers, but to the neglect of
the Spanish authorities in the island?
a. 1800
b. Japanese Era
c. Spanish Era
d. 1900's
48. What is a social process in which people work together to achieve a common goal
and to share benefits that are emphasized by Rizal?
a. corporation
b. cooperation
c. education
d. governance
49. Who was awed by the great nationalism and ideals of Rizal?
a. Spaniards
b. Filipinos
c. Americans
d. Japanese
51. Jose Rizal was greatest genius ever produced by our race. He was born with
God-given talents for all branches of knowledge. He developed these talents; except
a. serious study
b. patience
c. endurance
d. perseverance
52. The first essay written by Rizal for himself which entitled “The Reminiscences of a
student of Manila.”
a. Biography
b. Autobiography
c. Poem
d. Fable
54. Why did Teodora Alonzo scold Rizal one night while she was teaching him to read
from the book Amigos del Niños?
a. because he was playing with toy.
b. because he just doesn't want to listen.
c. because he was attracted by two moths flying around the flame of the coconut oil
lamp.
d. because he was caught by the kids outside.
57. At the age of 16, Rizal took up the course in Philosophy and Letters in what
University?
a. University of the Philippines
b. University of Sto. Tomas
c. Ateneo de Manila
d. Pamantasan ng Lungsod Manila
58. Rizal graduated from Ateneo with highest honors. In what degree did he obtained it?
a. Bachelor of Arts
b. Bachelor of Science
c. Masteral Degree
d. Doctorate
61. He is the Director of the Ateneo of Leitmeritz, Austria whom received the Rizal's
first letter in German.
a. Dr. Meyer
b. Wilhelmsfeld
c. Dr. Freidrich Ratzel
d. Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt
62. Who was the man who became the savior of the Noli Me Tangere by helping Rizal
publish the novel?
a. Dr. Freidrich Ratzel
b. Dr. Maximo Viola
c. Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt
d. Dr. Meyer
63. What were the primary reasons why Rizal left for London instead he chose England
to his new home?
a. To improve his knowledge of the English language.
b. To study and annotate Morga’s “Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas.”
c. London was a safe place for him to carry on his fight against Spanish tyranny.
64. The following are the things that favorably impressed Rizal in Japan, except?
a. The opportunities for better life offered to poor immigrants.
b. The cleanliness, politeness, and industriousness of the Japanese people.
c. The picturesque dress and simple charm of the Japanese women.
d. The beauty of the country - its flowers, mountains, streams, and scenic
panoramas.
65. In the Chinese dramatic art, Rizal observed the following, except
a. A man astride a stick means a man riding on horseback.
b. An actor raising his leg means he is entering a house.
c. The high standard of living.
d. A red dress indicates a wedding.
66. Rizal also spent his spare time carving and painting. The following are Rizal's
carving, except?
a. Prometheus Bound
b. La Solidaridad
c. The Triumph of Death over Life
d. The Triumph of Science over Death
67. When Rizal met Filipino patriots in the house of Doroteo Ongjuco in Tondo?
a. July 3, 1892
b. June 3, 1892
c. June 13, 1829
d. July 13, 1829
70. With what crime was Rizal tried by the Military Court?
a. He was accused by his retraction.
b. He was accused by his painting.
c. He was accused by his disobedience.
d. He was accused of rebellion and organizing illegal societies.
71. Who was approved the decision of the court-martial and ordered Rizal to be shot?
a. Polavieja
b. Doroteo Ongjuco
c. Spaniards
d. Lt. Col. Jose Togores Arjona
b. Rizal Field
c. Rizal Park
d. Bagumbayan Park
74. He had said that he could not explain why Rizal was attractive to women and why in
many instances they sympathized with him.
a. Dr. Maximo Viola
b. Dr. Freidrich Ratzel
c. Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt
d. Dr. Baldomero Roxas
75. Who was the Spanish military physician who examined Rizal before he was
executed?
a. Dr. Felipe Ruiz Castillo
b. Dr. Baldomero Roxas
c. Dr. Maximo Viola
d. Trinidad
78. Who was the military Commandant who received Rizal in Dapitan? How did he treat
Rizal?
a. Trinidad
b. Captain Ricardo Carnicero
c. Dr. Felipe Ruiz Castillo
d. Governor Despujol
81. This was his first poem at the Ateneo, which he dedicated to his mother on her
birthday.
a. TO MY FELLOW CHILDREN
b. TO THE CHILD JESUS
c. MY FIRST INSPIRATION
d. THE SONG OF MARIA CLARA
82. It is a literary masterpiece noted for its beauty and flawless form.
a. My Last Farewell
b. A La Juventud Filipina
c. A la Virgen Maria
d. Himno al Trabajo
83. With this poem, Rizal wanted to impress in young people’s mind that, because life’s
long path is not only strewn with gold and roses, but with inevitable thorns too, they
must be prepared and ready to fight their battles and guard their families’ rights.
a. MY LAST FAREWELL
b. HYMN TO THE TALISAY TREE
c. MY RETREAT
d. TO JOSEPHINE
84. Ang nagsasabi ng tapus ay siyang kinakapus. He who finishes his words finds
himself wanting. What type of specimens of tagalong Folklore this?
a. Proverbial Sayings
b. Puzzles
c. The Letters Written by Rizal
d. Speech
85. Ang naniniwala sa sabi’y walang bait sa sarili. He who believes in tales has no own
mind.
a. Proverbial Sayings
b. Puzzles
c. The Letters Written by Rizal
d. Speech
86. Isang balong malalim puno ng patalim. A deep well filled with steel blades. – The
mouth.
a. Proverbial Sayings
b. Puzzles
c. The Letters Written by Rizal
d. Speech
87. Sa bibig nahuhuli ang isda. The fish is caught through the mouth.
a. The Letters Written by Rizal
b. Puzzles
c. Proverbial Sayings
d. Speech
88. In Honor of Two Filipino Painters, Luna and Hidalgo. What type of writing this that
did Rizal make?
a. Essay
b. The Letters Written by Rizal
c. Proverbial Sayings
d. Speech
90. To Blumentritt, best friend (written in German). What type of writing this that did
Rizal make?
a. Essay
b. The Letters Written by Rizal
c. Proverbial Sayings
d. Speech
c. Isagani
d. Padre Damaso
93. His soul like Ibarra’s burns with the fire of love of country, as a flame as ardent as
that which fills his heart when he thinks of his lovely Paulita.
a. Tasio
b. Elias
c. Isagani
d. Simoun
94. He becomes a social outcast due to the unfortunate circumstances in his parent’s
life.
a. Simoun
b. Elias
c. Tasio
d. Isagani
95. He is a man whose only obsession is to make money no matter what degradations
he subjects himself to.
a. Padre Florentino
b. Tasio
c. Capitan Tiago
d. Padre Damaso
96. He is the embodiment of absolute power, power that corrupts not only the powerful
but also their victims.
a. Padre Florentino
b. Tasio
c. Capitan Tiago
d. Padre Damaso
97. He portrays through the schoolmaster the good qualities of ideal mentor –
resourceful, learned, kind, and democratic.
a. Rizal
b. Simoun
c. Ibarra
d. Elias
98. He instigates crimes and acts of cruelty so that the people might get used to the
idea of death.
a. Elias
b. Ibarra
c. Simoun
d. Rizal
c. Sisa
d. Doña Victorina
102. What are the friars symbolize which by ecclesiastical interference and oppression
in the life of the people during Spanish regime?
a. the evils
b. goodness
c. humility
d. humanity
103. He got married, but unfortunately, he lost his wife and his mother in a year.
a. Padre Damaso
b. Padre Florentino
c. Elias
d. Tasio
107. He was arrested and put into prison for unknown reason.
a. Elias
b. Isagani
c. Basilio
d. Crispin
108. Rizal portrays him as an idealist who suffers frustrations but who remains
undaunted in the presence of unattainable ideals.
a. Crisostomo Ibarra
b. Simoun
c. Isagani
d. Elias
109. Through him, Rizal also condemns the existing political conditions during his times.
a. Tasio
b. Basilio
c. Crisostomo Ibarra
d. Simoun
110. What was the next step in the medical way after the diagnosis?
a. treatment
b. isolation
c. prognosis
d. rest
112. He was truly a masterpiece of God for He made him a multi-intelligent person.
a. Andres Bonifacio
b. Dr. Jose Rizal
c. Ibarra
d. Simoun
116. One of a God-given talents of Rizal where his friendliness, goodwill and cultural
associations with friends entitled him as one.
a. An ambassador
b. An actor
c. A businessman
d. A commentor
118. In his travels, Rizal was able to compare different races and he noted the
differences. What does Rizal's personality this?
a. FENCER
b. ECONOMIST
c. ETHNOLOGIST
d. EDUCATOR
119. What are the best essays of Rizal were published in La Solidaridad?
a. The Truth for All
b. The Philippines Within a Century
c. The Indolence of the Filipinos
123. This administration has ever lent assistance to this recognition, setting aside the
anniversary of his death to be a day of observance, placing his picture on the postage
stamp most commonly used in the islands.
a. China administration
b. American administration
c. Philippine administration
d. Spanish administration
128. When Martin de Goiti attacked Manila, who was one of those who immigrated to
another place?
a. Lapu-lapu
b. Rajah Soliman
c. Purmassuri
d. Panday Pira
131. He led the revolt in Balintawak, and founded the Katipunan (first united Filipino
revolutionaries).
a. Apolinario Mabini
b. Diego Silang
c. Andres Bonifacio
d. Emilio Aguinaldo
133. During the Filipino-American War, who was Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo's adviser.
a. Apolinario Mabini
b. Andres Bonifacio
c. Antonio Luna
d. Emilio Jacinto
134. He was also one of the brains of the Katipunan revolution led by Bonifacio.
a. Emilio Aguinaldo
b. Andres Bonifacio
c. Emilio Jacinto
d. Apolinario Mabini
135. When the Revolution began in 1896, he (she) was already in her senior age.
a. Gabriela Silang
b. Juan Luna
c. Diego Silang
d. Melchora Aquino
136. He founded the newspaper La Verdad then became the mouthpiece of Filipino
revolucionarios’ propagandist.
a. Fr. Mariano Gomez
b. Miguel Malvar
c. Fr. Jose Burgos
d. Fr. Jacinto Zamora
137. He studied military science and tactics in Germany and was a model officer.
a. Juan Luna
b. Diego Silang
c. Antonio Luna
d. Miguel Malvar
138. GOMBURZA were sentenced to death by the Spaniards by means of the infamous
"garrote" (lynching) on?
a. February 17, 1827
b. February 17, 1872
139. He was Japanese interpreter who called Abad Santos on May 7,1942.
a. Haru
b. Kerji Fukui
c. Haruki
d. Hiroshi
140. He started studying at the age of five. Afterwards, he went to study at San Juan de
Letran as a working student.
a. Cayetano S. Arellano
b. Jose Abad Santos
c. Manuel Luis Quezon
d. Graciano Lopez Jaena
142. He was married to Amanda Teopaco with whom he had five children.
a. Jose Abad Santos
b. Graciano Lopez Jaena
c. Cayetano S. Arellano
d. Manuel Luis Quezon
143. He(She) is the former Philippine senator was assassinated on August 21, 1983.
a. Corazon Aquino
b. Joseph Estrada
c. Benigno S. Aquino, Jr.
d. Ferdinand Marcos
146. On record, he was among the last Filipino freedom fighters to grudgingly
surrender.
a. Jose Abad Santos
b. Graciano Lopez Jaena
c. Miguel Malvar
d. Manuel Luis Quezon
147. He prepared the Philippine Army for their fight against the American intruders, so
Gen. E. Aguinaldo defeated the Spaniards.
a. Miguel Malvar
b. Manuel Luis Quezon
c. Juan Luna
d. Antonio Luna
149. A moro woman from Sulu who had a strong heart and a dominant will power.
a. Purmassuri
b. Gabriela Silang
c. Melchora Aquino
d. Graciano Lopez Jaena
150. He died in Nagtahan, Manila on May 13, 1903 at the age of 39.
a. Antonio Luna
b. Apolinario Mabini
c. Juan Luna
d. Jose Rizal
The (151) people made Jose Rizal their national hero. The Americans was
awed by the great nationalism and ideals of Rizal. The reverence that the Filipinos had
for Rizal made even the Americans to recognize his (152) and to consider
him as the one who embodied the true character of a Philippine National Hero. Or better
still, it was the life, works, writings of Jose Rizal that made him the national hero.
The day of his birth and the day of his (153) are fittingly commemorated
by all classes of our people throughout the length and breadth of this country and even
by Filipinos and their friends abroad. His name is a (154) in every Filipino
home while his picture adorns the postage stamp and money of widest circulation. No
other Filipino hero can surpass Rizal in the number of (155) erected in his
honor; in the number of towns, barrios, and streets named after him; in the number of
educational institutions, societies, and trade names that bear his name; in the number of
persons, both Filipinos and foreigners, who were named “Rizal”; and his teachings and
(156) thoughts have been frequently invoked and quoted by authors and
public speakers on almost all occasions. (Excerpt from Esteban de Ocampo’s Article)
171. ______________ may be defined as the study and pursuit of facts that deal with
ultimate realities or causes of things as they affect life.
172. Rizal’s concept of the importance of education was clearly enunciated in his work
entitled ______________.
173. ______________ a banner of freedom proclaiming the national interests of the
people, to be promoted and safeguard by themselves so that the fruits of their efforts
and the wealth derived from their God-given resources shall accrue to them, and thus
enable all of our people to rise above poverty, and march on to prosperity, contentment
and dignity.
174. Rizal did not agree with the prevailing Christian “____________” by fire and sword.
175. Educating for ____________ means educating for a national and a social purpose.
176. ___________ are universal in the sense that what holds for an individual, holds for
all in the same conditions and circumstances. It implies obligation.
177. __________ is working together for a common purpose. It exists among members
of the family, peers, and friends by way of mutual sharing of efforts to achieve the
desired goal.
178. ____________ was one of the magnificent obsessions of Rizal.
179. The basic and oldest social institution is the ________, which is very important in
shaping the character of the child.
180. ____________ is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due.
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182. Since childhood days, Rizal was 181. Rizal had farms in Dapitan,
interested in the dramatic art. Zamboanga del Norte where he planted
183. Rizal’s love of learning and literature lanzones, coconuts and other fruit bearing
is unequalled. trees.
187. He fenced with Europeans and Juan 184. Rizal always practiced self-discipline
201. Jose Rizal was born on Wednesday, June 19, 1861 between twelve o’clock at
midnight, a few days before the full moon at Calamba, Laguna.
202. Teodora Alonso Realonda was the first child of his parents.
203. Soledad was the eldest sibling of Rizal.
204. The original surname of Rizal’s family was Mercado.
205. Rizal was baptized when he was only two years old at a Catholic church in
Calamba, Laguna.
206. The name Jose was chosen by Rizal's mother who was a devotee of Saint Joseph
(San Jose) - The father of Jesus Christ.
207. The first teacher of Rizal was his mother.
208. On March 23, 1877, Rizal graduated from the Ateneo with highest honors.
209. Rizal, at the age of 18, enrolled at the University of Sto. Tomas in, June 1877.
210. Rizal studied painting and sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
and foreign languages (French, German, and English) under private teachers.
211. Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain.
212. An opthalmologist is a physician who specializes in ear diseases.
213. Dr. Meyer is a wellknown French anthropologist, he had written a book on the
Igorots of the Philippines.
214. Rizal’s letter impressed Blumentritt, who reciprocated by sending Rizal a gift of two
books.
215. One bad impression Rizal had of America was the lack of racial equality.
216. Rizal met Josephine in Dapitan in 1895.
217. Rizal wrote books and articles which were against Spain and the Catholic Religion
218. Leonora Rivera is the Olympian daughter of a liberal-minded Spanish official who
once served Manila during the Spanish eras.
219. Rizal gave to Dr. Castillo the alcohol-cooking lamp, whispering to her in English.
220. Segunda was Rizal's first love and that he fell in love with her at first sight.
221. The trial of Rizal was held in Laguna on December 26, 1896.
222. Jose Rizal was only son and the seventh child.
223. Rizal's mother was a graduate of Sta. Rosa College, Manila.
224. Teodora believed that the birth of Rizal would have cost her life had she not vowed
to the virgin of Antipolo that she would take him on a pilgrimage to her shrine.
225. The surname of Rizal's family was adopted in 1732 by Domingo Lamco, Rizal’s
great, great, grandfather.
226. Young Jose was not listening to his mother, because he was attracted by two
moths flying around the flame of the coconut oil lamp.
227. When Rizal was ten years old, tragedy struck his family.
228. Rizal also took up lessons in drawing and painting from an old painter named
Juancho.
229. The first teacher of Rizal was his father.
230. In 1892, Rizal left Barcelona and went to Madrid.
231. By Philosophy and Letters degree, Rizal became qualified to be a professor of
Philosophy and Literature.
232. In 1882, Rizal left Barcelona and went to Madrid in order to continue his medical
studies.
233. In German, he studied ophthalmology under Dr. Louis de Weckert, distinguished
Parisian ophthalmologist of German ancestry.
234. Rizal worked at the university Eye Clinic under Dr. Otto Becker, noted German
ophthalmologist.
235. Rizal spent a three-month summer vacation at Wilhemsfeld Village near
Heidelberg.
236. After five years of memorable sojourn in Europe, Rizal returned to the Philippines
in August 1887.
237. Noli Me Tángere exposed the evil deeds of some bad friars.
238. The Dominican order was the richest religious order in China.
239. The richer the Chinese, the less firecrackers he exploded.
240. Rizal spent many months copying the book, “Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas” by
Antonio de Morga. Morga, who was once a Governor- General in the Philippines, had
273. This allegorical drama is a one-act drama, which Rizal submitted to the Literary
Contest in 1880 sponsored by the Artistic Literary Lyceum of Manila and won the first
prize.
274. The allegory fittingly and gloriously closes with the naids, nymphs, satyra, and
other mythological characters dancing and gathering myrrh and laurel for cervantes.
275. Dala ako niya, dala ko siya, He carries me, I carry him. – The shoes.
276. Matapang ako sa dalawa. duwag ako sa isa, I am brave against two, coward
against one. – The mouth.
277. The ”My Last Farewell” is full of the author’s love of country and all the
misfortunes and injustices that he and his family suffered in life.
278. Rizal tells the flowers of Heidelberg to go to the Philippines to tell the people how
much he loves the Philippines.
279. The poem “MY RETREAT” consists of three parts.
280. Rizal encourages men, women and children to work – for the home, for the family,
and for the native land.
281. Rizal emphasized the importance of love of God in learning.
282. True education makes a country great.
283. This poem “TO THE VIRGIN MARY ” shows the humility of our Lord Jesus Christ
who chose to be born in a lowly manger instead of in a palace.
284. The main idea of this poem may be found in the first line – “Sweet are the hours in
one’s native land.” Although it is a very short poem, It speaks very beautifully of love of
country.
285. Rizal said that he who does love his own tongue is like an evil-smelling fish.
286. Calamba eventually became the “cradle of a genius.”
287. Rizal wanted to see no sorrow in motherland's face and no tears in her eyes.
288. The main idea seems to be that a traveler does not take root in any place because
he is destined to roam from one place to another.
289. Isang butil na palay sikip sa buong bahay, One rice-corn fills up all the house –
light. The bamboo bridge.
290. Rizal said that when he would die, his spirit would go somewhere else.
291. This allegorical drama is a one-act drama, which Rizal submitted to the Literary
Contest in 1881 sponsored by the Artistic Literary Lyceum of Manila and won the first
prize.
292. The prize was a silver ring on which the bust of Cervantes was engraved.
293. During the stormy debates over the Philippine Bill of 1902 in the U.S. Congress,
Henry A. Cooper used it to refute the unfavorable charge against the Filipinos’
incapability of self-government.
294. Dapitan had become for Rizal a heaven of bliss.
295. Cervantes is a noted German novelist.
296. If there is no love of God, education cannot guide us in our life.
297. Religion is part of intellectual development.
298. Rafael Palma noticed that with his speech, Rizal launched a first attack that
naturally produced alarm in the Philippines.
299. One of the proverbial saying— Nangangako habang napapako. Man promises
while in need.
300. The main idea of the poem “The Song of Maria Clara” may be found in the first line
– “Sweet are the hours in one’s native land.”
301. El Filibusterismo was published on September 18, 1881.
302. The Fili was written as an analysis of one of the alternative prescriptions.
303. Padre Salvi is an aging philosopher
304. The diagnosis that came out was that Fili was an attempt to expose the real
condition during Rizal’s time.
305. Some years before, in 1872, when Rizal was hardly eleven years old, the so called
“Cavite Insurrections” broke out and for this, three Filipino priests paid very dearly with
their life.
306. The two great novels of Rizal were the “Noli Me Tangere” and the “El
Filibusterismo”.
307. They are just two installments, in a series — Noli and Fili.
308. Rizal realized that there was something wrong with the book.
309. Rizal applied a scientific approach he learned in medicine, to diagnose the root
cause of the social malady.
310. According to Señor Guevarra the author of “The Great Rizal”, the Noli and the Fili
are not, in his way of thinking, two novels.
311. Don Rafael had been the good friend of Ibarra’s dead father.
312. The novel’s hero was Capitan Tiago, a rich jeweler who had returned to the
Philippines after living in other lands for many years.
313. When Ibarra offered to shake hands, the priest looked at Ibarra coldly. He expected
a handkiss, not a handshake.
314. The Filipinos had not yet realized that they belonged to a people, called the Filipino
people, and that they were not accorded recognition that befitted human beings.
315. Padre Damaso is a young Domincan priest of Binondo.
316. It was with end in view that Rizal made the required study and even entitled his
work El Filibusterismo.
317. The people in this society did not live like human beings.
318. Sisa helped Ibarra burn down his house and any papers his enemies might use
against him. Then Sisa and Ibarra took a banca loaded with horsefeed.
319. Padre Damaso, disappointed with life, became an opium smoker.
320. Doña Victorina, the affected Filipino woman who spoke and acted as if she were a
Spanish señora, still henpecked her Spanish husband.
321. Elias and Basilio knew that when the light should burn low and someone turned up
the wick, the liquid explosive in the lamp would be touched by the flame, blow up the
house, and kill everyone gathered there.
322. The authorities learned about his place of hiding and sent a note to Padre
Florentino, a kind Filipino priest, saying they would take Simoun prisoner the next day at
eight o’clock.
323. Rizal dedicated El Filibusterismo to three Filipino martyrs – Frs. Burgos, Gomez,
and Zamora.
324. Basilio was running away from the house when he saw his friend Isagani, the poet.
325. Tasio is the one who wise old man.
326. Basilio helped Ibarra burn down his house and any papers his enemies might use
against him.
327. El Filibusterismo also tells the sad story of Sisa.
328. Maria Clara had two little sons, Crispin and Basilio.
329. Basilio was accused of stealing the priest’s money and died after having been
tortured in the convent.
330. Ibarra was called Tasio “Tasio the Insane”.
331. Simoun was really Crisostomo Ibarra in disguise.
332. Simoun was the adviser to the new Governor-General.
333. Juanito was the son of the hapless Sisa. He was a young man now and through
Simoun’s help would soon be a doctor.
334. Padre Florentino lit the lamps and knelt down to pray for Simoun after died.
335. The poor mother (Sisa) waited for her boys to come home, but they never came.
The civil guards, suspecting that she was hiding Basilio, sent her to prison, and in her
grief and shame she lost her reason.
336. In the afternoon the picnickers played games. The young women were having fun
with a fortune telling book when Padre Damaso came, snatched the book away, tore it
to pieces, and said that it was a sin to play such a game. He left the young people very
much disgusted.
337. The only joy of Sisa's simple world was her two thoughtful sons, consoling her thus
with all the idealism of a boy who is too eager to escape from the yoke of tyranny and
poverty.
338. The friars symbolize the evils of ecclesiastical interference and oppression in the
life of the people during the Spanish regime.
339. For making study a thing of love and for trying to abolish corporal punishment, the
universities was reprimanded by the curate who, aside from insulting him, expected
nothing but resignation and humility from him.
340. Through the tragic end of Simoun. Simoun again projects the belief, which he has
already revealed through Ibarra and Isagani, that freedom is best attained by peaceful
means and that freedom is the fruit of a moral self-discipline as slowly acquired as it is
easily lost.
341. Doña Victorina and Doña Consolacion are symbols of hypocrisy.
342. To forget the sorrows of Elias and to avoid the dangers of the cockpit and idleness,
he took his studies so seriously that he actually neglected both his fortune and personal
self.
343. Rizal further proves that the idealist who lives under the influence of his ideals is
not solely a dreamer.
344. Elias portrays through the schoolmaster the good qualities of ideal mentor –
resourceful, learned, kind, and democratic.
345. Padre Florentino is portrayed as one who leads the life of a true religious sacrifice.
He lives in seclusion and his solitary retreat near the sea is a haven for those who want
to escape the storms and stress of the outside world.
346. Doña Pia Alba and Padre Damaso are the parents of Maria Clara
347. When Rizal attacks Padre Salvi and the other priest, however, it should be
remembered that, contrary to the common idea, Rizal was not attacking the church.
348. Critics agreed that Sisa, in real life was Rizal’s mother.
349. Padre Damaso accumulates money but spends it for gifts and many a
well-attended and lavish feast which he gives in honor of the friars and government
officials, the protectors of his business like opium smuggling and cockpits.
350. Simoun has a score to settle with society, especially with the family of Ibarra. Elias
is one of the symbols of human suffering.
351. Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal Alonzo Y Realonda is the national hero of the
Philippines and pride of the Malayan race was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna.
352. Jose Rizal was recognized for offering his talents for the country.
353. The public schools teach the young Filipinos to revere his memory as the greatest
of the Filipino patriots.
354. The surname “Rizal” was only added to his name upon his enrollment in University
of Santo Tomas to protect him from those who were after him and his family.
355. Dr. Jose P. Rizal was truly a masterpiece of God for He made him a multi-intelligent
person.
356. Dr. Jose Rizal was the only one who influenced mostly all of the Filipinos to revolt
against the Spanish government.
357. He excelled in many fields while in the Philippines.
358. SUPERMAN – “ Supreme Man”
359. Dr. Rizal passed the definition and criteria of being a hero.
360. No one could stop Dr. Jose Rizal’s ideas up to the point that he was exiled in
Europe and was shot at Bagumbayan.
361. Rizal believed in freedom but resolved to obtain it in an educated and uncommon
way.
362. Dr. Jose Rizal was also an educated person who thought that the ‘pen is mightier
than the sword’ unlike Andres Bonifacio, Rizal brought prestige to our country.
363. Rizal's full name is Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal Alonzo Y Realonda.
364. Rizal was born on June 19, 1862 and died on December 30, 1896.
365. Rizal's father, Francisco Mercado Rizal, an industrial engineering whom Rizal
called a “model of fathers”, came from Biñan, Laguna
366. Rizal was the eighth child in the family of eleven children (2 boys and 9 girls).
367. Rizal was half Spanish - half Chinese
368. Not only here in the Philippines but other countries as well did Rizal make a
remarkable difference.
369. At the age of two, Rizal learned the alphabet from his mother
370. Rizal was an artist, an athlete and a doctor.
371. The American administration has lent assistance to this recognition, setting aside
the anniversary of his death to be a day of observance, placing his picture on the
postage stamp most commonly used in the islands.
372. Rizal also managed to show to other people in other countries how great Filipinos
could be by his achievements making the rest of the Filipinos proud of him.
373. As he said “human sufferings is a cancer of so malignant a character that least
touch irritates it and awakens in it the sharpest pains.” He seeks the best treatment for
his country, he does what the ancients did with their sick, exposing them on the steps of
the temple so that everyone who came to invoke the Divinity might offer them a remedy.
374. Rizal was given the knowledge to be an instrument in achieving freedom in other
countries.
375. At the age of six, while learning to read and write, he already showed inclinations
to be an artist.
376. Rizal is the only hero who fought his enemies without killing anyone.
377. Rizal was executed in Calamba.
378. At the age of eight, he wrote a Tagalog poem, “Sa aking mga Kababata”, The
theme of which revolves on the love of one’s language.
379. Jose Rizal’s life and works served as an inspiration that ignited the Philippine
Revolution that defeated the Spaniards.
280. Jose Rizal and his intelligence and humility gained for him the respect and
admiration of prominent men of other nations.
381. Jose Rizal engaged in engineering, fishing and business.
382. Rizal and his sincerity and friendliness won for him the trust and confidence of
even those assigned to guard him
383. Both parents of Rizal were not educated and belonged to distinguished families.
384. Rizal used paper and pen to open the eyes of the Filipinos and encourage them to
fight for their rights and stand for their beliefs.
385. Rizal conducted classes and taught his students English and Spanish languages,
arts and sciences, vocational courses including agriculture, surveying, sculpturing and
painting, as well as the art of self defense.
386. Teodora Alonzo Y Quintos, a highly cultured and accomplished woman whom Rizal
called “ loving and not prudent mother”.
387. Jose Rizal was not astounded his family and relatives by his pencil drawings and
sketches as well as his mouldings of clay.
388. For Rizal, the ‘pen is mightier than the sword.’
389. By being able to sacrifice everything this much for the love of his country, Rizal is
justly to be well noted of his extraordinary deeds.
390. “Dr. Jose Rizal deserved to be not our national hero because of his writings, that
he used this as his sword instead of arms or weapons.”
391. “As a national hero, a person should stand as a model,, a source of inspiration and
strength to everyone who looks up into him. Dr. Rizal shows not only these, but also the
courage which fueled many emotions of other latter heroes like Gat. Andres Bonifacio,
Marcelo H. del Pilar. Gen. Antonio Luna to relentlessly fight for the right and for the
identity of a free land.”
392. “Dr. Jose P. Rizal, as he played a vital part in our country’s history, I think, should
stay as our national hero. Nothing could be more qualified than his own intelligence,
skills and abilities to achieve a way of freedom for his fellow countrymen of his time.”
393. “A hero is somebody who does something extraordinary. What Dr. Jose Rizal did
was that, He fought through the pen so that the Filipinos were made aware to fight
because of their realization through his writings. The two prominent books are the Noli
Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. It’s not the mighty weapon he used but the power of
pen!”
394. Rizal is the only hero who initiated to fight the Spaniards in a peaceful way.
395. Through his writings, Rizal enlightened the minds of the Filipinos and gave lessons
to us in different aspects of life.
396. Rizal and his patriotism inspired a lot of people to become more sensitive and
awake of the situation the Filipinos had before
397. Rizal’s strategy is a form of a “silent-but-a-loud-fight”, it means that he used his
writings that made an innocent man to be aware of what was happening around and try
to build an impression on the Filipino’s way of living so that they maybe able to fight for
what is right.
398. Education is really the answer and Rizal made it an instrument to achieve our
freedom.
399. Rizal traveled across the country to investigate if our government is doing what is
right and if people from such countries have given the right to speak against their
government. He also suffered from diseases and tried to cure himself.
400. Teodora Alonzo Y Quintos was born in Biñan, Laguna.
V. Identification
[From LAS 3]
401-410. Give the main focus of Dr. Jose Rizal’s Social Philosophy.
411-415. What are the 5 things that the government is committed to promote?
416-419. Give the 5 social evils that pervaded nationality and contributed to the decay
of social life.
420. It is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due.
421-425. State a useful method of solving the moral problems offered by Dr. Jose Rizal
to bolster his ethical philosophy.
Column A Column B
B. Match column A with the corresponding item in column B. Write the letter of your
answer in a given space.
Answer Key
I. Multiple Choice
151. Filipino
152. heroism
153. execution
154. byword
155. monuments
156. noble
157. Katipunan
158. Honorary President
159. December 20, 1898
160. December 30, 1898
161. socio-political
162. Rizal Law
163. freedom
164. unity
165. progress
166. fervor
167. freedom
168. Rizal
169. Claro M. Recto Sr.
170. Jose P. Laurel Sr.
171. Philosophy
172. Instruction
173. Nationalism
174. propagation of the Faith
175. nationalism
176. Moral values
177. Cooperation
178. Nation- Building
179. family
180. Justice
V. Identification
A.
451. M
452. Q
453. W
454. Y
455. X
456. P
457. L
458. F
459. H
460. A
461. J
462. I
463. G
464. R
465. B
466. K
467. C
468. E
469. V
470. N
471. O
472. S
473. T
474. Z
475. U
476. D
B.
477. S
478. A
479. F
480. T
481. J
482. N
483. U
484. L
485. P
486. K
487. V
488. M
489. D
490. E
491. H
492. G
493. W
494. O
495. Q
496. R
497. X
498. B
499. C
500. I