RIZAL FINALS EXAM

1. He is the pioneer of secularization who fought for the self-empowerment that was
connected to the secularization of the parishes.

a. Hermano Pule
b. Fr. Mariano Gomez
c. Fr. Pedro Pelaez
d. Fr. Jose Burgoz

2. These new ideas challenged the old status quo and friar supremacy, which the progressive
natives felt was long overdue for much needed reforms.

a. The friars obtained power over haciendas that included land and brought them financial and
political power.
b. The spread of liberal ideas in the Philippines.
c. The idea of purity of blood.
d. The Spaniard’s suspicion that the native secular priests were potentially planning a revolution
that would oust them.

3. The issue took long in moving forward due to the colonial society’s unfair hierarchy that
depended on the following, except:

a. The idea of purity of blood.

b. The Spaniards’ suspicions that the native secular priests were potentially planning a revolution
that would oust them.
c. The friars obtained power over haciendas that included land and brought them financial and
political power.
d. All are correct.

4. The Cavite Mutiny was funded by Filipino liberals, and the masterminds are the following,
except:

a. Maximo Inocencio
b. Crisanto de los Reyes
c. Enrique Paraiso
d. All are correct.

5. What is the difference between the regular and secular priests?

a. The regulars being bound by rules and vows to their religious orders, while the seculars serve
under a bishop or diocese.
b. The regulars serve under a bishop or diocese, while the seculars being bound by rules and
vows to their religious orders.
c. All are incorrect.

6. This was the result of the demonstration in 1869 where students distributed leaflets
advocating for the respect of the indios.
 a. Glorious Movement
b. Propaganda Movement
c. Secularization Movement
d. All are incorrect.

7. This is information is used to promote or publicize a particular cause or point of view. It is

often constructed with the intention to manipulate or incite an audience into action.

a. Propaganda
b. Secularization
c. Revolution
d. Mutiny

8. The title, Noli Me Tangere, is said to have Biblical reference in which Jesus appeared to
Mary Magdalene and uttered the words: “Touch me not, for I am not yet ascended to my
Father. Rizal intended to write about themes that were taboo in the Philippines for centuries;
things that people dared not touch. What bible reference was used by Rizal?

a. Exodus
b. Book of Genesis
c. Gospel of John
d. Deuteronomy

9. Why was Ibarra’s father, Don Rafael, imprisoned?

a. He intentionally killed a tax collector.

b. He accidentally killed a tax collector.
c. He intentionally killed a young boy.
d. He accidentally killed a young boy.

10. Rizal’s novel “Noli Me Tangere” was being sold at an exorbitant price by the friars during
his time because ____

a. Of the precaution to conceal the novel from the authorities.

b. Of the need to alleviate the economic problem following the fall of the Galleon Trade.
c. Of the necessity of the book in the academe.
d. Of the cultural significance it holds for the Indios.

11. The tragic event that led Rizal to think that it was glorious to suffer or die for one’s ideals
and convictions?

a. Death of Gomburza
b. Glorious Revolution
c. The Battle of Yultong
d. Cavite Mutiny

12. Rizal decided to copy the book of Morga, which is about the Philippines, in order to _____.

a. Make the Filipinos disown their country.

 b. Make the Filipinos know their country.
c. Make the Filipinos revolt against the colonizers.
d. Make the Filipinos knowledgeable on the advantages and disadvantages of the colonial
regime.

13. The novel, El Filibusterismo is about

a. Politics and Revolution

b. Love and emotion
c. Humor and liberty
d. All of the above

14. a) The El Filibusterismo was written by Jose Rizal as part of his stint as a columnist for the
La Solidaridad. b) The same is true with the essay “The Indolence of the Filipinos.”

a. Both statements are true.

b. Both statements are false.
c. First statement is true, second is false.
d. First statement is false, second is true.

15. a) Both Elias and Simoun were Jose Rizal’s revolutionary alter ego. b) Both represent Jose
Rizal’s revolutionary ideals.

a. Both statements are true.

b. Both statements are false.
c. First statement is true, second is false.
d. First statement is false, second is true.

16. Morga’s remark about the Filipinos eating fish which is about to smell and decompose was
rebutted by Rizal by saying that the fish that Morga mentions does not taste better when it
beginning to rot is locally known as “bagoong,” and all who are familiar or at least tasted it
can testify that is not or ought not to be rotten. This judgment per se has reference to:

a. Cultural bias
b. Racial discrimination
c. Cultural relativism
d. Historical revisionism

17. Mr. Ferdinand Blumentritt hailed by Rizal as the first Philippine historian once refused to
write a history of the Filipino people despite the latter’s request to do so. What do you think is
the most sensible academic reason behind his refusal?

a. He believes that Rizal with his writing and analytical prowess is capable of producing an
authentic one.
b. His fear of persecution by the Spaniards prevails over his willingness to write the history of the
Filipino people.
c. He believes that nobody is in the best position to write an authentic history of a nation except
the Filipinos themselves.
 d. His knowledge and reservoir of materials about the Filipino nation, although substantial does
not warrant an excellent historical handiwork.

18. These are historical information that leads Rizal to the Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
according to some scholars. Which among them is not true?

a. His encounter with Morga’s Sucesos was merely incidental to his plan of writing a truly
Philippine history.
b. Rizal was an earnest seeker of truth and this marked him as a historian.
c. He had a burning desire to know exactly the conditions of the Philippines when the Spaniards
came ashore to the islands.
d. His theory was that the country was economically self-sufficient and prosperous prior to
Spanish colonization.

19. a) No amount of hard work can make the Filipinos improve their lives back then. b) It has
something to do with the Spanish colonial government’s policies.

a. Both statements are true.

b. Both statements are false.
c. First statement is true, second is false.
d. First statement is false, second is true.

20. a) Jose Rizal said that the backwardness of the Philippines was due to the indolence of the
Filipinos. b) The Spaniards said it was the cause of the backwardness of the Philippines.

a. Both statements are true.

b. Both statements are false.
c. First statement is true, second is false.
d. First statement is false, second is true.

21. a) Indolence in the Philippines is a chronic malady. b) The Filipinos have always been what
they are.

a. Both statements are true.

b. Both statements are false.
c. First statement is true, second is false.
d. First statement is false, second is true.

22. a) The death of Elias and Simoun signifies Jose Rizal’s idea that revolution will never bring
change. b) The clamor for education proves his fondness for reform.

a. Both statements are true.

b. Both statements are false.
c. First statement is true, second is false.
d. First statement is false, second is true.

23. This novel was considered to a political novel; a “work of the head” and a “book of the
thought.”
 a. El Filibusterismo
b. Noli Me Tangere
c. Makamisa
d. Heroismo de Colon

24. In the novel El Filibusterismo, what were the actions of Simoun to fulfill his plan in
exacting revenge on Spanish officials?

a. He smuggled arms, recruited followers and established alliances.

b. He framed Basilio as the leader of the revolution to protect his image.
c. He plans to kill all the friars who maltreated him, his family and his beloved friends.
d. He exposed the corruption committed by political officials in San Diego.

25. Both in the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, Ibarra who later became Simoun in the
latter, has always desired to established an education institution. Which of the following is the
reason behind the said reflection?

a. Rizal was not educated therefore in the novel he wanted the characters to be educated.
b. Rizal has always seen education as a way to enlighten Filipinos and eventually push for
reforms.
c. Education is the key to waging a revolution.
d. Both A and C.

26. Noli Me Tangere has always been attributed to deal with the “social cancer” during Rizal’s
time. Which of the following is considered to be the “social cancer” showed in the novel?

a. The absence of any meaningful governance.

b. The abuse of church power.
c. The lack of nationalism and lost identity of the Indios (Filipinos) resulting to the desire to be of
another identity (e.g. Dona Victorina).
d. All of the above.

27. Why did Rizal choose to annotate Morga’s over other Spanish chroniclers?

a. Morga is a religious chronicler.

b. Morga was more “objective” than the religious writers.
c. Morga is a government official.
d. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas was written from the viewpoint of an Indio.

28. The following are some of the criticisms and attacks against the Noli Me Tangere and its
author, except:

a. Heretical and impious

b. Scandalous in the religious order
c. Patriotic and subversive of public order
d. Injurious to the Government of Spain

29. What was the aim of the secularization movement?

 a. The use of indigenous language in church services.
b. Transfer of authority over parishes from regular priests to the secular priest.
c. Transfer of authority over parishes from secular priests to the regular priests.
d. Sending of Filipino priests to Europe to be educated.

30. Which work of Jose Rizal predicted the inevitable collapse of Spanish colonial rule in Asia
and the liberation of the Philippines?

a. Philippines: A Century Hence

b. On the Indolence of the Filipinos
c. To The Young Women of Malolos
d. El Amor Patrio