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