Jose Rizal

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_____11. For Rizal, the ideal mother is one who teaches her children the following except:

A. how to live an honorable life

B. how to love God and country

C. how to recite long prayers

D. how to act honestly

_____12. In which historical work did Rizal predict the inevitable collapse of Spanish colonial rule in Asia and the liberation of the Philippines?:

A. The Philippines a Century Hence

B. The People of the Indian Archipelago

C. The Indolence of the Filipinos

D. none of the choices

_____13. The characters in "Noli Me Tangere" were not fictional characters; they represented people who lived during Rizal's time. Paciano, the brother of Rizal, was represented by this character named:

A. Basilio

B. Pilosopong Tasio

C. Padre Florentino

D. Elias

_____14. The execution of these native and Spanish priests --- who advocated racial equality within the Catholic church --- by the Spaniards in 1872 awakened Rizal's nationalistic sentiment early in life. They were the following except:

A. Fr. Jacinto Zamora

B. Fr. Rufino Collantes

C. Fr. Jose Burgos

D. Fr. Mariano Gomez

_____15. This was the school where Rizal earned his medical degree. This school was:

A. University of Prague

B. Central University of Madrid

C. Hiedelberg University

D. University of Santo Tomas

_____16. To whom did Rizal got married unofficially and without the ceremonial rites of the Catholic church?:

A. Leonor Rivera

B. Nelly Boustead

C. Segunda Katigbak

D. Josephine Bracken

_____17. Which statement on the novel, "El Filibusterismo," is false?:

A. It was dedicated to "My Fatherland," the Philippines.

B. It was a sequel to the "Noli Me Tangere."

C. It espoused ideas of freedom and independence from Spain.

D. It was a political novel.

_____18. All of the events listed below happened while Rizal was in exile in Dapitan except:

A. Rizal won in a Manila lottery.

B. Rizal undertook remarkable community projects.

C. Rizal collected rare specimens of animals and sent them to the Dresden Museum.

D. Rizal wrote articles for a nationalistic newspaper.

_____19. This prize-winning poem of Rizal, in which he described the youth as the "hope of my fatherland," was the first great poem in Spanish written by a Filipino. What was the title of the poem in Spanish?:

A. A Filipinas

B. Por la Educacion Recibe Lustre la Patria

C. A la Juventud Filipina

D. El Consejo de los Dioses

_____20. Who provided the funds which Rizal needed to get the "Noli Me Tangere" published?:

A. Valentin Ventura

B. Antonio Luna

C. Maximo Viola

D. Jose Ma. Basa

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