GEC 19 Midterm Exam

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Identification:
10 of 12 points
Give what is asked. Disregard Middle name/initial, position, rank and or title.

These were social clubs which aimed to prove that the Filipinos could excel intellectually
and physically (2 answers)*
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KIDLAT CLUB AND INDIOS BRAVOS

Rizal's first year in Ateneo excel among other students, thus he was awarded _______
for being the brightest pupil in the whole class. This was his first award in Ateneo.*
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A RELIGIOUS PICTURE

When Rizal and Leonor were engaged, he used this sign name called ____ to cover
their relationship from their parents.*
1/1

TAIMIS

He was an advocate of freedom and self-determination in Madrid where students from

South America hailed him as their champion.*
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DR. MIGUEL MORAYTA

Correct answer
MIGUEL MORAYTA

An organization outlawed by the Catholic Church because its belief are contrary to the
doctrines of the Church.*
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FREEMASONRY

When Rizal was in Madrid Spain, he took private lessons in shooting and ________ at
the Hall of Sanz and Carbonell*
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FENCING

This one-act play was requested by the Jesuits on the feast day of the Immaculate
Conception. This was a satire showing the good elements and bad elements. In the
end, it was a victory for the good elements.*
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JUNTO AL PASIG

Rizal found out that the people in this City enjoyed freedom and liberalism. What is this
city? *
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BARCELONA

To whom did Rizal describe this girl as a “pretty woman” whose physical features
included having a “high forehead”, “soft and wavy hair”, a face that sported “almond
eyes”, “small and pensive mouth”, and “engaging dimples” (Complete Answer)*
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LEONOR RIVERA

Having learned Leonor Rivera's marriage to Henry Kipping, Rizal entertained the idea of
having romantic relation with the "highly educated, cheerful, athletic, beautiful, and
morally upright woman." To whom did Rizal describe this?*
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NELLIE BOUSTED

Correct answer
NELLIE BOUSTEAD
To whom Jose Rizal described this girl "she's rather short, with eyes that were eloquent
and ardent at times and languid at others, rosy–cheeked, with an enchanting and
provocative smile that revealed very beautiful teeth, and the air of a sylph; her entire self
diffused a mysterious charm."*
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SEGUNDA KATIGBAK

Matching Type:
10 of 10 points
Choose the letters from Column B to match the description in Column A.

taught Rizal in painting while in Ateneo

Teacher in Biñan
Librarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in England
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
close teacher of Rizal in Ateneo that inspired his talent in writing poetry
Kristong Tagalog
Spoliarium
Director of Ateneo of Leitmeritz, Austria
mentor when Rizal joined the Marian Congregation
Christian Vrigins Exposed to the Population
The Story of the Moth
Score
Justiniano Cruz
1/1

Francisco de Paula Sanchez

1/1

Agustin Saez
1/1

Juan Luna
1/1

Reinhold Rost
1/1

Ferdinand Blumentritt
1/1

Antonio de Morga
1/1

Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo

1/1

Jose Rizal
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Pablo Pastells
1/1

Justiniano Cruz
Francisco de Paula Sanchez
Agustin Saez
Juan Luna
Reinhold Rost
Ferdinand Blumentritt
Antonio de Morga
Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo
Jose Rizal
Pablo Pastells

Multiple Choice
21 of 24 points
Choose the correct answer in each item

Republic Act No. 1425 was approved on?*

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June 12, 1956

June 12, 1965

June 12, 1967
June 12, 1976

Rizal left Manila for Spain on May 03, 1882 with the blessings of his parents.*
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TRUE
FALSE

MAYBE
I DONT CARE!

Rizal belonged to the Roman Empire in class when he first entered Ateneo.*
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YES
NO

MAYBE
NONE OF THE CHOICES

When Rizal was in Ateneo his talent and skill in sculpting was developed with the help
of _______*
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Jose Villaclara, S.J
Agustin Saez
His uncle named Jose
His uncle named Manuel
Teodoro Romualdo de Jesus

This poem depicts both an evocation and a prayer for the welfare of his native land and
the unification of common values between East and West.*
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El Consejo de los Dioces
A La Juventud Filipina
Un Recuerdo a Mi Pueblo
A las flores del Heidelberg

According to him, the object of the measure is to disseminate ideas of the great Filipino
nation through the two novels.*
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Jose P. Laurel

Claro M. Recto
Jose Rizal
Fidel Ramos
Ramon Magsaysay

Who said that Catholics and Filipino Citizens are two great loves, country and faith
should be harmonious affection, nationalism and religion should not be conflict?*
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Francisco Rodrigo

Jose P. Laurel
Decoroso Roasales
Claro M. Recto

The Rizal Law was authored by?*

1/1
Isagani Arcilla
Jose P. Laurel
Ambet Ocampo
Claro M. Recto

The family of Jose Rizal belongs to the principalia class. Which of the following items
describes a Principalia. Select 2 answers.
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Spaniards that were living in the Philippines
Filipinos who lived and studies in Europe
Unchristianized natives who were free from colonial impositions
Indios who held positions in the Spanish colonial government

Spanish and Filipino liberals in the colony and in Spain

He was the historian who promulgated the concept of Nation as an imagined

community.*
1/1
Alejandro Lichuaco
Ambeth Ocampo
Horacio de la Costa
Benedict Anderson

“Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country,”*
1/1

Carl Schurz
Floro Quibuyen
John F. Kennedy

Jose Rizal

"A true Filipino is a good man, and therefore a citizen of the world" says who?*
1/1

Jose Rizal

Benedict Anderson
Claro M. Recto
John Locke

He was the historian who looks at nationalism as a forced that “allowed people to forge
nations where there were none”.*
1/1

Alejandro Lichuaco

Horacio de la Costa
Ambeth Ocampo
Benedict Anderson

She was describe by Rizal as "educated woman who studied at the Colegio de Santa
Rosa, a business-minded woman, courteous, religious, hard-working and well-read'.*
1/1

Leonor Rivera
Teodora Alonso
Josephine Bracken
Saturnina Rizal

Rizal decided to discontinue his studies in the Philippines (esp in UST) and continue in
Spain instead to ______*
1/1

to widen his knowledge

to avail of more conducive conditions in Europe
wanted to learn a cure on the worsening eye condition of his mother
all of the above mentioned

Freemasonry attacked the Church for what they believed its because they believed the
Church ______ *
1/1

promoted of religious superstition and obscurantism

hampered the development of reforms in the colony

advocated religious freedom and tolerance
superiority over the state affairs

Jose Rizal regarded him as the “most noble of Filipinos” and “though an Indio, more
generous and noble than all Spaniards put together”*
1/1
Francisco
Fa. Sanchez
Paciano

Blumentritt

The following statements where rumors that spread when Rizal arrived in Calamba his
first homecoming, EXCEPT:*
1/1
German spy
an agent of Otto Von Bismarck the liberator of Germany.
initiator of the reforms in the colony

A Protestant
A soul halfway to damnation
A Mason

This social organization where members talked on the reforms needed in the
Philippines*
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La Solidaridad
Circulo Hispano Filipino
Freemasonry
La Liga Filipina

Correct answer
Circulo Hispano Filipino

Nationalism is the ideology of the nation-state when ____*

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It demands that each individual give loyalty to only one nation-state.

People are asked to commit to an idea, to a tradition, to a history, to a notion of fraternity.
It can unify people, but it can also divide people from other group.
cultivate strategies, methods and processes of building, developing and nourishing the state to
amass power.

Correct answer
People are asked to commit to an idea, to a tradition, to a history, to a notion of fraternity.

Rizal felt unhappy in UST because*

1/1

the Dominican professors were hostile to him

the Filipino students were racially discriminated by the Spaniards
the method of instruction was obsolete and repressive.
all of the choices

"Rizal's decision to leave Japan and forget his romance which pained him gravely
because he truly loved O-Sei-San." Which of the following statements below was the
main reason of why Rizal did not marry this Japanese girl"*
1/1

O Sei San was a daughter of samurai.

Rizal was offered a position at the Spanish Legation during that time.

Rizal still truly, madly and deeply in love to Leonor Rivera than O Sei- San
O-Sei-San was already engaged and soon to be married the British man, Alfred Charlton
Cultural barrier was the hindrance of their love affair, for O Sei- San knows only Nihongo
language

The following were the reasons why Rizal wanted to go back to the Philippines as early
as 1884, EXCEPT:*
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to continue the reforms and establish the Liga Filipina

Dissatisfaction with his studies in Madrid

Desire to prove that there is no reason to fear going home.

His belief that the Spanish regime will not punish the innocent.
Financial difficulties in Calamba

Correct answer
to continue the reforms and establish the Liga Filipina

Analogy:
4 of 6 points
Select the correct pair indicated in choices that best expresses a relationship similar to that
expressed in the original pair. Choose your answer on the choices provided.

Travels in the Philippines: Feodor Jagor; _________: Caesar Cantu*

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The Count of Monte Cristo

Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Wandering Jew

Universal History

Correct answer
Universal History

A Mi Musa: Madrid; _______: Barcelona*

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La Verdad Para Los Todos
Amor Patrio

La Deportacion
Sa Aking mga Kabata
A La Juventud Filipina

Louis de Weckert: renowned ophthalmologist in Paris, France; ______________:

Renowned ophthalmologist in Heidelberg, Germany*
1/1

Otto Becker

Karl Ulmer
Ferdinand Blumentritt
Ernest Schweigger

Social Contract: John Locke; Jean-Jacques Rousseau: _____________*

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people are basically moral and reasonable. They want to do the right thing.
a direct democracy in which everyone voted to express the general will and to make the laws of
the land.
separation of powers would prevent any one branch from gaining too much power over the
other two
to eradicate priestly and aristocratic-monarchical authority, and supported a constitutional
monarchy that protects people's rights

Ateneo: ______; UST: Medicine*

0/1

Perito Agrimensor
Land Surveying
Philosophy
Philosophy and Letters

sobresaliente

Correct answer
Land Surveying

_______: Brussels; Josephine Bracken: Hong Kong*

1/1

Suzanne Jacoby

Nellie Boustead
Gertrude Beckett
Consuelo Ortiga

Spot the difference: Choose the item that DOES NOT BELONG to group.
3 of 10 points
In each item there are three or more items that are related and or common with each other in a
particular and peculiar aspect, choose one item that differs for the rest.

Sibling/sisters of Jose Rizal*

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Trinidad
Soledad
Olimpia
Teodora

Maria

John Locke's liberal philosophy*

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Believed that people are basically moral and reasonable. They want to do the right thing.
All people are born free & equal with three natural rights
If the government fails to protect these rights, the people may change or replace the
government.

Fought for civil liberties- rights/freedoms of citizens

Correct answer
Fought for civil liberties- rights/freedoms of citizens

Ideas developed in the 19th century*

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liberty
fraternity
equality
sovereignty
freedom
anarchy

Reasons of GomBurZa's execution:*

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active participation in the Secularization Movement

refused to submit to the authority to the Regular Clergy

considered as agitators of the Cavite Mutiny of 1872 by the Spanish authorities

exposition of the abuses of the friars and colonial officers through Propaganda materials and
writings

Correct answer
exposition of the abuses of the friars and colonial officers through Propaganda materials and
writings

Tutors of Rizal*
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Maestro Celestino,

Lucas Padua
Leon Monroy.
Justiniano Aquino Cruz

Correct answer
Justiniano Aquino Cruz

Natural rights (John Locke)*

1/1

life
equality

property
liberty

Jose Rizal's literary works while in Ateneo*

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Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo
Mi Primera Inspiracion
El Consejo de los Dioces
Alianza Intima Entre la Religion y la Buena Education

Correct answer
El Consejo de los Dioces

Second Travel going to Europe*

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Hong Kong
Japan
United States
Singapore
London
Paris
Brussels
Madrid

Correct answer
Singapore

Making Inference: In this section two (2) conditions are given, choose the corresponding
letter of the correct answer if one of the following conditions in each item is satisfied and
correct.
8 of 19 points
READ THE CHOICES
CAREFULLY:
A - if the 1st statement is TRUE and the 2nd statement is
FALSE
B - if the 1st statement is FALSE and the 2nd statement is
TRUE
C - if both 1st and 2nd statements are
TRUE
D - if both 1st and 2nd statements are FALSE

1 “heroes are those who have a concept of nation and thereafter aspire and struggle for
the nation’s
freedom.” 2. RA 1425
proclaimed Rizal as our National Hero.*
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A
B

C
D

Correct answer
A
1. Governor William Howard Taft recommended to the Philippine Commission to
declare Jose Rizal as a national hero for the
Filipinos. 2. Rizal was recommended by the
Americans as a national hero for he desire to achieve independence for his native land
required armed approach.*
0/2

A
B

C
D

Correct answer
A

1. Governor- General Carlos Maria de la Torre abolished democratic and liberal reforms
in the colony. 2. Thus, he replaced by liberal Governor- General Rafael de Izquiredo.*
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B
C
D

Correct answer
D

1. Principalia/ principales descended from the loyal datus who pledge their loyalty to the
colonizers. 2. Principalia/Principales were exempted from taxation and
community labor or prestacion personal.*
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A
B
C

1. The Count of Monte Cristo of Alexander Dumas was Jose Rizal's first favorite novel.
2. Chateau d'If, Marseilles was the setting of the novel of found in Spain. *
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B
C
D
1. Francisco Mercado or Don Kiko the father of Rizal was the youngest of 11 offspring
of Juan and Cirila
Mercado. 2. Teodora
Alonso the mother of Rizal was the second child of Lorenzo Alonso and Brijida de
Quintos.*
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A
B

C
D

1. Nation is a political concept. 2. Thus, it exist when the

four elements people, territory, government and sovereignty.*
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A

B
C
D

Correct answer
D

1. Nationalism as a theory is an ideology of the nation-

state. 2. As an
ideology of nation-state it demands that each individual give loyalty to only one nation-
state. *
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A
B
C

Correct answer
A

1. 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 country men. 2. Heroes are
excused from and for any frailties and malicious conclusions about their
achievements. *
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A
B
C
D

1. Nationalism started in France. 2. French Revolution ushers the establishment of

absolute monarchy.*
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A
B
C

Correct answer
A

Cause and Effect:

12 of 20 points
Identify whether statement provided in each item below was the CAUSE and or the EFFECT of
the event. Choose and encode or write your answer between CAUSE and EFFECT (UPPER CASE
FORMAT) only.

The toppling and the deposed of the monarchy of King Louis XIV in France.*
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EFFECT

Conflict between the Regular and Secular clergies*

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CAUSE

The emergence of the Filipino Middle Class*

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EFFECT

Opening of the Philippines (Manila) to world commerce/trade in September 06, 1834*

2/2

CAUSE

Influx of liberal and democratic ideas from Europe to the Philippines*

2/2
EFFECT

Spanish colonial monopoly, restricting the Philippines to trade with other countries*
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EFFECT

Correct answer
CAUSE

Expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767*

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EFFECT

Correct answer
CAUSE

RA 1425 specified the inclusion in the curricula of all schools, colleges, and universities,
public or private on the life, works and writings of Jose Rizal.*
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CAUSE

Correct answer
EFFECT

Introduction of liberal reforms in the colony during the regime of Governor-General

Carlos Maria de la Torre*
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CAUSE

Correct answer
EFFECT

Opening of the Suez Canal November 17, 1869 shorten the travel distance from Spain
to the Philippines*
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CAUSE

Chronology: Sequencing of events

8 of 14 points

Gottschalk define history as actuality, in this section arrange the following concepts or events
(as 1ST, 2ND, 3RD and so on) indicated in each item or set as to its actual occurrence in
chronological order. Simply write/type the numbers of your answer as indicated in each
event/concept.

1. Narcisa, 2. Olimpia, 3. Paciano, 4. Saturnina*

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4231
4321
4312

4132

1. Jose heard and learned "The Story of the Moth", 2. Jose entered Ateneo Municipal,
3. His mother was accused as an accomplice of Jose Alberto of trying to poison his
wife, 4. He took the entrance exam at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran0*
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1342
1423
1324

1432

Correct answer
1342

1. Marseilles, 2. Barcelona, 3. Madrid, 4. Paris*

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1234

1324
1423
1232

1. Rizal joined the Circulo Hispano Filipino, 2. He gave speech the victory of Juan Luna
and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, 3. He enrolled at the Universidad Central de Madrid, 4.
His novel Noli Me Tangere was printed in Berlin *
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3214
3142
3213
1. Jose Rizal went to Chateau d'If. ; 2. He was requested to write a poem entitled "Amor
Patrio" while in Barcelona. ; 3. Rizal left Manila on board Salvadora.; 4. He met and
attracted to Consuelo Ortega y Rey.*
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1234
3421
3124
3214

Correct answer
3124

1. Djemnah, 2. Salvadora, 3. Portbou*

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123

231
213
321
132

Correct answer
213

1. United States, 2. Liverpool England, 3. Japan, 4. Hong Kong*

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3412
4321
4123
4312

3124
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