A) Decentralized government B) Federal government C) Democratic government D) Centralized colonial government
A) The Governor-General B) The Gobernadorcillo C) The Alcalde Mayor D) The Archbishop
A) Rule by the military B) Rule by the natives C) Rule by the merchants D) Rule by the friars
A) Establishment of the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade B) Invention of the telegraph C) Opening of the Suez Canal D) Opening of the Panama Canal
A) Polo y Servicio B) Tributo C) Cedula Personal D) Indulto de Comercio
A) Insulares B) Principalia C) Mestizos D) Peninsulares
A) Secularization Movement B) Propaganda Movement C) Agrarian Reform Movement D) Katipunan Movement
A) Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora B) Del Pilar, Jaena, and Ponce C) Bonifacio, Jacinto, and Aguinaldo D) Gomez, Burgos, and Rizal
A) Government monopolies B) Payment of taxes C) Free land distribution D) Land grabbing by religious orders
A) They inspired him to write and advocate for reforms B) They made him indifferent to social problems C) They led him to support the continuation of Spanish rule D) They convinced him to leave the country forever
A) Realonda B) Rizal C) Alonso D) Mercado
A) Wise and learned B) Brave and strong C) Faithful and devoted D) Green field or land ready for harvest
A) Domingo Lam-co B) Paciano Rizal C) Francisco Mercado D) Gregorio Alonso
A) Saturnina Rizal B) His private tutor C) Teodora Alonso D) Leonor Rivera
A) 10 B) 9 C) 11 D) 12
A) Trinidad B) Paciano C) Narcisa D) Manuel
A) Indio class B) Peninsular class C) Principalia or educated middle class D) Working Class
A) Discipline, honesty, and hard work B) Love for education and knowledge C) Extravagance and wasteful spending D) Deep religious faith and piety
A) The false accusation and imprisonment of his mother B) The death of his brother Paciano C) His expulsion from school D) The loss of their land in Calamba
A) It explains why he decided to leave the country forever B) It explains where he got his wealth and fame C) It proves that his family was the richest in the Philippines D) It shows that his character, values, and patriotism were first formed and nurtured at home
A) Calamba, Laguna B) Biñan, Laguna C) Santa Cruz, Manila D) Manila
A) Teodora Alonso B) Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz C) Uncle Gregorio D) Maestro Celestino
A) The Song of the Traveler B) Mi Último Adiós C) To the Filipino Youth D) Sa Aking Mga Kabata
A) Uncle Gregorio B) Uncle Manuel C) Uncle Antonio D) Uncle Jose
A) Learn trade skills B) Prepare immediately for Ateneo C) Escape family problems D) Receive more advanced formal primary education
A) Jose Guevarra B) Maestro Lucas Padua C) Maestro Celestino D) Justiniano Aquino Cruz
A) He rebelled against all discipline B) He was the largest and strongest but slow in lessons C) Small in stature but consistently among the best in Spanish, Latin, and arithmetic D) He was often absent and uninterested
A) Spanish vs English B) City life vs seafaring life C) Religion vs science D) Home‑based moral formation vs school‑based discipline and language training
A) Brief imprisonment of his mother and abuses by local officials/friars B) Full freedom of speech C) High‑quality free schools for all children D) Equal land distribution to farmers
A) Already written Noli Me Tangere B) Decided to study medicine abroad C) Completed college‑level Latin D) Built study habits, language skills, and independence needed for Manila
A) Return from studies in Spain B) Publication of Noli Me Tangere C) Execution of Gomburza priests D) Transfer from UST
A) Dominicans B) Jesuits C) Augustinians D) Franciscans
A) Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz B) Fr. Jose Villaclara C) Dr. Federico Faura D) Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez
A) 1877 B) 1872 C) 1882 D) 1869
A) He wanted to prepare for military service B) He hoped to cure his mother’s failing eyesight C) His father wanted him to join the clergy D) He disliked philosophy professors
A) El Consejo de los Dioses B) Mi Primera Inspiración C) A La Juventud Filipina D) Sa Aking Mga Kabata
A) Rigid, lecture‑based, too dependent on rote memorization B) Too focused on arts and sports C) Interactive, discussion‑heavy, modern D) Lacking religious instruction entirely
A) Too many Filipino professors B) Equal treatment of Peninsulares, Mestizos, and Indios C) Excessive modern laboratory facilities D) Racial discrimination and limited intellectual freedom
A) Master only Tagalog poetic forms B) Outperform Spanish students in classical literary contest C) Practice medicine while writing D) Avoid religious themes entirely
A) Avoid military conscription B) Continue advanced studies free from UST and colonial restrictions C) Join an armed revolution D) Escape family debt
A) Save money on travel documents B) Hide his plan to join a revolution C) Prevent his brother Paciano from knowing D) Avoid opposition from friars & conservative family members
A) Earn Licentiate in Medicine & Philosophy‑Letters B) Recruit soldiers for an armed uprising C) Study liberal ideas & observe free societies D) Specialize in ophthalmology for his mother
A) Medicine; Philosophy & Letters B) Engineering & Fine Arts C) Law & Political Science D) History & Geography
A) Spanish government scholarship B) Grants from the Propaganda Movement C) Remittances from brother Paciano; tutoring & writing D) Selling family land in Calamba
A) Free tuition for all foreigners B) Ban on religious instruction C) Freedom of speech, press, & open debate D) Total absence of social classes
A) The Indolence of the Filipinos B) Amor Patrio C) To the Filipino Youth D) The Philippines a Century Hence
A) Founding of the Propaganda Movement & newspaper La Solidaridad B) A secret armed lodge C) A religious order D) A business trading company
A) Stronger colonial control B) Free inquiry, public education, & rule of law C) Wealth alone D) Rejection of all tradition
A) Brussels & Amsterdam B) London & Rome C) Berlin & Dresden D) Paris (Dr. de Wecker) & Heidelberg (Dr. Becker)
A) Met the characters who appear in the novel B) Gained freedom to plan, research, & draft safely away from Manila censorship C) Finished printing the full book D) Received official Spanish permission to publish
A) University of Paris B) Universidad Central de Madrid C) University of Heidelberg D) University of Berlin
A) Dr. Otto Becker B) Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt C) Dr. Federico Faura D) Dr. Louis de Wecker
A) Law & religion B) Science & revolution C) German scenery & longing for Calamba D) Art & business
A) Madrid B) Heidelberg C) Paris D) Berlin
A) Only Spanish & Tagalog B) Fluent in 2‑3 languages only C) He never mastered German D) Fluent in several; could read/translate more than 10 including Latin, Greek, Hebrew
A) Achieved high competence across medicine, sciences, arts, languages, & history B) Traveled to many countries C) Refused to specialize D) Earned only one degree but practiced many jobs
A) Dr. Maximo Viola B) Dr. Miguel Morayta C) Dr. Otto Becker D) Dr. Louis de Wecker
A) Anthropology, geography, geology, chemistry, & hygiene B) Engineering & architecture only C) Military science & strategy D) Pure mathematics & astronomy
A) Heidelberg B) Madrid C) Paris D) Berlin
A) As a way to impress Europeans B) As complementary tools to understand & serve his people C) As separate, unrelated hobbies D) As something to abandon after returning home
A) Reason, scientific inquiry, natural rights, & human progress B) Return to medieval feudal systems C) Rejection of all forms of government D) Absolute faith in tradition & divine right
A) Environment & education shape character; “indolence” is learned, not inborn B) Filipinos are naturally inferior C) Rights come only from kings D) Revolution is never justified
A) Too many elected officials B) The existence of courts C) Education for common citizens D) Mixing religious, executive, & judicial power in friars & colonial authorities
A) International friendship B) Blind fanaticism, hypocrisy, & censorship C) Scientific societies D) Secular education
A) Abolition of all laws B) Popular sovereignty & government by consent C) Superiority of European customs D) Unchecked individualism
A) Immanuel Kant B) Victor Hugo C) John Stuart Mill D) Mazzini
A) Conservative clergy B) Locke, Rousseau, & Enlightenment faith in learning C) Mercantilist economists D) Military strategists
A) Public, secular‑minded education as foundation of progress B) Exclusive elite schooling C) Foreign control of curriculum D) Teaching only religious dogma
A) Copying laws & constitutions exactly B) Blind acceptance of all foreign theories C) Critical selection & adaptation to Philippine history & culture D) Total rejection of Western thought
A) The guild system B) Freemasonry C) The Jesuit order D) Spanish military academies |