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GE9-RIZAL’S LIFE AND WORKS (MIDTERM EXAM)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the Secularization Movement, the Filipino priests promoted __________.

a)

Political reform

b)

Freedom of expression

c)

Land Reform

d)

Religious reform

2.

It is the main reason why former Senator Claro M.Recto proposed the Rizal Bill.

a)

Instill Filipino heroism and values among the youth 

b)

Know Rizal’s family and background

c)

Recognize the need for political reform

d)

Awaken Filipino nationalism

3.

It is an act mandating all public and private schools, colleges and universities courses to include in the curricula the life, works and writings of Rizal particularly his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.

a)

RA 1245 

b)

RA 1645

c)

RA 1545

d)

RA 1425

4.

Rizal was able to study because his family belong to the principalia class. The word principalia refers to the _____.

a)

Educated upper class

b)

Middle Class  

c)

Noble Class

d)

Options A to C are all correct

5.

In the story of the moth, what does Doña Teodora implied in this remark to Rizal: “See that you do not behave like the young moth. Don’t be disobedient, or you may get burnt as it did”.

a)

Too much light is dangerous

b)

Be obedient

c)

Listen to the elders

d)

Too much knowledge is dangerous

6.

Rizal decided to study abroad because his brother Paciano suggested this secret mission.

a)

Meet all the famous liberalist figures in Europe

b)

Avoid the persecution of his co-Filipinos

c)

Study Art and Literature to excel

d)

Study the people’s way of life

7.

Rizal was inspired to write this one-act play because of his oppressive racial discrimination experience at the University of Santo Tomas.

a)

A La Juventud Filipina

b)

El Consejo de los Dioses

c)

Sa Aking Mga Kabata

d)

Junto al Pasig

8.

He was considered to be Rizal’s cherished friend and whose opinions in political, racial and social issues he corresponded and exchanged with.

a)

Madame Lucille Cerdolle

b)

Dr. Xavier Galezowsld 

c)

Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt

d)

Dr. Rudolf Virchow

9.

It was Rizal’s greatest resentment during his student days which motivated his research and hard work.

a)

Limited Resources

b)

Monopoly

c)

Racial Discrimination

d)

Unrequited Love

10.

Rizal choose to annotate this book because it offers an objective presentation of 16th-century Philippine culture and civilization. What is the title of the book?

a)

Noli Me Tangere

b)

El Filibusterismo

c)

Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas

d)

The Indolence of Filipino Youth

11.

Rizal was forced to leave again the Philippines after his six-month sojourn due to the following reasons except one:

a)

Noli Me Tangere

b)

Threat from Spanish Friars

c)

Calamba Agrarian Controversy

d)

Pobres Frailes

12.

He was the man who saved Rizal’s Noli (financial aspect).

a)

Valentin Ventura

b)

Ferdinand Blumentritt

c)

Paciano Rizal

d)

Maximo Viola

13.

He was the man who saved Rizal’s Fili (financial aspect).

a)

Valentin Ventura

b)

Ferdinand Blumentritt

c)

Paciano Rizal

d)

Maximo Viola

14.

It was the reason why Rizal experienced financial crisis abroad while writing the Noli and the Fili.

a)

Kalamba Agrarian Trouble

b)

Persecution of his family

c)

Conflict with co-Propagandist

d)

Both A and B

15.

Heroes are made because they responded to the call of the times and their response to this call had a decisive effect on the lives of their countrymen.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

 WRITE TRUE IF THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT. IF THE STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE, IDENTIFY THE WORD THAT MAKES  THE STATEMENT FALSE. Valentin Ventura was the very first representative of the Philippines to the Spanish Cortes.

(a)  

17.

WRITE TRUE IF THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT. IF THE STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE, IDENTIFY THE WORD THAT MAKES  THE STATEMENT FALSE.

The opening of Manila to international trade created economic opportunities to Filipino-Mestizos and Chinese families (like Rizal). 

(a)  

18.

WRITE TRUE IF THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT. IF THE STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE, IDENTIFY THE WORD THAT MAKES  THE STATEMENT FALSE.

In the 19th Century, the town parishes were administered by regular priests who belong to four religious orders.

(a)  

19.

WRITE TRUE IF THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT. IF THE STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE, IDENTIFY THE WORD THAT MAKES  THE STATEMENT FALSE.

The Cavite Mutiny provided the pretext for the conservatives to eliminate the Filipino liberals.

(a)  

20.

WRITE TRUE IF THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT. IF THE STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE, IDENTIFY THE WORD THAT MAKES  THE STATEMENT FALSE.

One of the ancestors of Rizal was Domingo Lamco, an industrious and intelligent Chinese merchant.

(a)  

21.

WRITE TRUE IF THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT. IF THE STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE, IDENTIFY THE WORD THAT MAKES  THE STATEMENT FALSE.

Jose’s family adopted the surname “RIZAL”, to free the younger generation from the prejudices that followed those with a Chinese name.

(a)  

22.

WRITE TRUE IF THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT. IF THE STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE, IDENTIFY THE WORD THAT MAKES  THE STATEMENT FALSE.

Rizal’s first poem was entitled “Sa Aking Mga Kabata”.

(a)  

23.

WRITE TRUE IF THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT. IF THE STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE, IDENTIFY THE WORD THAT MAKES  THE STATEMENT FALSE.

Rizal proposed to establish a Filipino colony in Indonesia where they would be a free and independent entity.



(a)  

24.

WRITE TRUE IF THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT. IF THE STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE, IDENTIFY THE WORD THAT MAKES  THE STATEMENT FALSE.

One of the reasons why Claro M. Recto proposed the Rizal Bill was the MILF insurgency.

(a)  

25.

Rizal was greatly affected by the developments of liberal ideas across Europe in the 19th Century. Some of these liberal ideas are the following except one:

a)

Democracy

b)

Individual Freedom

c)

Totalitarianism

d)

Free market