LIFE AND WORKS OF JOSE RIZAL W/ EXPLANATION OF ANSWER

The gifted physician-novelist of the propaganda?

• Jose Basco

• Jose Rizal

• Andres Bonifacio

• Marcelo H. Del Pilar

Answer explanation

Rizal was an extremely gifted student, especially in the humanities. He won literary competitions from a young age. He had an extraordinary capacity for language. He obtained 6 Sobresaliente or Excellent, 6 Notable or Aprovechado or Very Good, 8 Bueno or Good, and 1 Aprobado or Passing Grade. After his days at UST, Rizal attended the Madrid Central University in Spain where he obtained his Licentiate in Medicine in 1884. Rizal practiced ophthalmology and general medicine

How many languages Rizal could speak?

• Less than 22 languages

• More than 22 languages

• More or Less 22

• Exactly 23 languages

Answer explanation

he wrote in 1888 and he himself was a fine exemplar of this ideal. It is typically claimed that he was conversant in as many as 22 languages, namely: Spanish, French, Latin, Greek, German, Portuguese, Italian, English, Dutch, Japanese, Arabic, Swedish, Russian, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew and Sanskrit; and the local languages Malay, Chavacano, Visayan, Ilocano and Subanun.

Jose Rizal was selected by ____________ in 1901 to be the National Hero

• Taft Commission

• Tydings Mcduffie Commision

• National Commission

• Philippine Commission

Answer explanation

The Americans (through the American Governor William Howard Taft) recommended to the Philippine Commission, which was sponsored by the US, to declare Jose Rizal as a national hero for the Filipinos.

What is Rizal's Full name?

• Jose Protasio Rizal Alonso y Mercado Realonda

• Jose Protasio Rizal Realonda y Mercado Alonso

• Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

• Jose Protasio Rizal Alonso y Realonda

Answer explanation

Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda or popularly known as JOSE RIZAL

What is Rizal's first written novel?

• A La Juventud Filipina

• MI ULTIMO ADIOS

• EL FILIBUSTERISMO

• NOLI ME TANGERE

Answer explanation

In 1887, he published his first novel, Noli Me Tangere, written in Spanish.

This is the place where the novel Noli Me Tangere was published in _______

• Ghent, Belgium

• Berlin, Germany

• Yokohama, Japan

• Macau

Answer explanation

Noli me tángere (or Noli), was first published in Berlin, Germany in 1887

This is the city where the novel the El Filibusterismo was published in 1891

• Ghent, Belgium

• Berlin, Germany

• Hongkong

• Macau

Answer explanation

Jose Rizal's El Filibusterismo was printed in Ghent, Belgium on September 18, 1891. Also known as “The Reign of Greed,” the novel was dedicated in memory of the executed priests Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora known as the “Gomburza.”

The Spanish priest who denounced Dr. Rizal's novels as enemies of the catholic region?

• Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt

• Fr. Jose Rodriguez

• Fr. Rufino Collantes

Answer explanation

Friar Jose Rodriguez was an Augustinian priest who criticized “Noli Me Tangere.” He wrote pamphlets such as “Cuestiones de Sumo Interes” and “Caiingat Cayo.” He said that Rizal's novel was heretical.

This is a supporter of the propaganda movement and Rizal's best friend

• Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt

• Maximo Viola

• Marcelo H. Del Pilar

• Emilio Aguinaldo

Answer explanation

Rizal's most intimate friend and European supporter was the Austrian Ethnologist Ferdinand Blumentritt (1853-1913).

The first poem written by Jose Rizal?

• Sa Aking mga Kabata

• La Solidaridad

• Makamis

• Mi Ultimo Adios

Answer explanation

The first poem written in Tagalog titled Sa Aking Mga Kabata (“To my fellow children”), which he allegedly wrote at the age of eight. This poem urges one to love the native's language.