What is the main goal of a historian?

• To reconstruct the total past

• To approximate the truth about the past

• To preserve artifacts

• To eliminate bias in history

Which of the following statements about historians is TRUE?

• They rely only on their own memories

• They are influenced by their own context and education

• They can reconstruct the total past accurately

• They do not need written records

The surviving records of what happened in the past are known as:

• History-as-actuality

• History-as-record

• History-as-memory

• History-as-interpretation

Why is the past frequently changing in historical studies?

• Historians create new facts

• New records are lost or rediscovered

• People change their opinions

• The past is rewritten every generation

What are the sources of a historian's study?

• Books only

• Oral traditions only

• Artifacts, written records, archives, and personal papers

• Government records only

Which of the following is a primary source?

• A biography of Jose Rizal

• A diary written by Emilio Aguinaldo

• A research paper on Philippine revolution

• A documentary film

What makes a source a primary source?

• It is written after the event by a historian

• It provides firsthand testimony of an event

• It is a summary of historical events

• It is used by researchers to analyze history

Which of the following is an example of a secondary source?

• Court records from the Spanish period

• A newspaper article reporting on the 1896 revolution

• A journal article analyzing the Katipunan

• A letter written by a Katipunero

What is a key characteristic of a secondary source?

• It is created by an eyewitness

• It summarizes and interprets primary sources

• It is always more reliable than primary sources

• It is written at the same time as the event

Which of the following can be considered both a primary and secondary source?

• Autobiographies

• Review articles

• Encyclopedias

• Research papers