A) Federal government B) Democratic government C) Centralized colonial government D) Decentralized government
A) The Governor-General B) The Gobernadorcillo C) The Alcalde Mayor D) The Archbishop
A) Rule by the military B) Rule by the merchants C) Rule by the friars D) Rule by the natives
A) Opening of the Suez Canal B) Opening of the Panama Canal C) Establishment of the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade D) Invention of the telegraph
A) Cedula Personal B) Polo y Servicio C) Tributo D) Indulto de Comercio
A) Peninsulares B) Mestizos C) Insulares D) Principalia
A) Secularization Movement B) Propaganda Movement C) Katipunan Movement D) Agrarian Reform Movement
A) Bonifacio, Jacinto, and Aguinaldo B) Del Pilar, Jaena, and Ponce C) Gomez, Burgos, and Rizal D) Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora
A) Free land distribution B) Land grabbing by religious orders C) Payment of taxes D) Government monopolies
A) They convinced him to leave the country forever B) They inspired him to write and advocate for reforms C) They made him indifferent to social problems D) They led him to support the continuation of Spanish rule
A) Realonda B) Mercado C) Alonso D) Rizal
A) Green field or land ready for harvest B) Wise and learned C) Brave and strong D) Faithful and devoted
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) 9 B) 10 C) 12 D) 11
A) Narcisa B) Trinidad C) Paciano D) Manuel
A) Indio class B) Working Class C) Principalia or educated middle class D) Peninsular class
A) Discipline, honesty, and hard work B) Deep religious faith and piety C) Extravagance and wasteful spending D) Love for education and knowledge
A) The death of his brother Paciano B) The loss of their land in Calamba C) His expulsion from school D) The false accusation and imprisonment of his mother
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 explains why he decided to leave the country forever D) It proves that his family was the richest in the Philippines
A) Calamba, Laguna B) Biñan, Laguna C) Manila D) Santa Cruz, Manila
A) Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz B) Maestro Celestino C) Uncle Gregorio D) Teodora Alonso
A) The Song of the Traveler B) Sa Aking Mga Kabata C) Mi Último Adiós D) To the Filipino Youth
A) Uncle Manuel B) Uncle Jose C) Uncle Gregorio D) Uncle Antonio
A) Escape family problems B) Learn trade skills C) Receive more advanced formal primary education D) Prepare immediately for Ateneo
A) Justiniano Aquino Cruz B) Maestro Celestino C) Jose Guevarra D) Maestro Lucas Padua
A) He was the largest and strongest but slow in lessons B) Small in stature but consistently among the best in Spanish, Latin, and arithmetic C) He rebelled against all discipline D) He was often absent and uninterested
A) Home‑based moral formation vs school‑based discipline and language training B) Religion vs science C) City life vs seafaring life D) Spanish vs English
A) Equal land distribution to farmers B) High‑quality free schools for all children C) Brief imprisonment of his mother and abuses by local officials/friars D) Full freedom of speech
A) Completed college‑level Latin B) Decided to study medicine abroad C) Built study habits, language skills, and independence needed for Manila D) Already written Noli Me Tangere
A) Transfer from UST B) Publication of Noli Me Tangere C) Execution of Gomburza priests D) Return from studies in Spain
A) Jesuits B) Franciscans C) Dominicans D) Augustinians
A) Fr. Jose Villaclara B) Dr. Federico Faura C) Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz D) Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez
A) 1869 B) 1877 C) 1882 D) 1872
A) He disliked philosophy professors B) He wanted to prepare for military service C) His father wanted him to join the clergy D) He hoped to cure his mother’s failing eyesight
A) Sa Aking Mga Kabata B) El Consejo de los Dioses C) A La Juventud Filipina D) Mi Primera Inspiración
A) Interactive, discussion‑heavy, modern B) Too focused on arts and sports C) Lacking religious instruction entirely D) Rigid, lecture‑based, too dependent on rote memorization
A) Excessive modern laboratory facilities B) Too many Filipino professors C) Equal treatment of Peninsulares, Mestizos, and Indios D) Racial discrimination and limited intellectual freedom
A) Outperform Spanish students in classical literary contest B) Practice medicine while writing C) Avoid religious themes entirely D) Master only Tagalog poetic forms
A) Escape family debt B) Continue advanced studies free from UST and colonial restrictions C) Join an armed revolution D) Avoid military conscription
A) Prevent his brother Paciano from knowing B) Hide his plan to join a revolution C) Avoid opposition from friars & conservative family members D) Save money on travel documents
A) Study liberal ideas & observe free societies B) Earn Licentiate in Medicine & Philosophy‑Letters C) Specialize in ophthalmology for his mother D) Recruit soldiers for an armed uprising
A) Law & Political Science B) History & Geography C) Engineering & Fine Arts D) Medicine; Philosophy & Letters
A) Grants from the Propaganda Movement B) Selling family land in Calamba C) Remittances from brother Paciano; tutoring & writing D) Spanish government scholarship
A) Total absence of social classes B) Freedom of speech, press, & open debate C) Ban on religious instruction D) Free tuition for all foreigners
A) To the Filipino Youth B) Amor Patrio C) The Philippines a Century Hence D) The Indolence of the Filipinos
A) A secret armed lodge B) A business trading company C) A religious order D) Founding of the Propaganda Movement & newspaper La Solidaridad
A) Rejection of all tradition B) Wealth alone C) Stronger colonial control D) Free inquiry, public education, & rule of law
A) Paris (Dr. de Wecker) & Heidelberg (Dr. Becker) B) London & Rome C) Berlin & Dresden D) Brussels & Amsterdam
A) Gained freedom to plan, research, & draft safely away from Manila censorship B) Met the characters who appear in the novel 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 Berlin D) University of Heidelberg
A) Dr. Federico Faura B) Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt C) Dr. Otto Becker D) Dr. Louis de Wecker
A) Science & revolution B) Art & business C) Law & religion D) German scenery & longing for Calamba
A) Madrid B) Paris C) Heidelberg D) Berlin
A) He never mastered German B) Only Spanish & Tagalog C) Fluent in 2‑3 languages only D) Fluent in several; could read/translate more than 10 including Latin, Greek, Hebrew
A) Refused to specialize B) Traveled to many countries C) Achieved high competence across medicine, sciences, arts, languages, & history D) Earned only one degree but practiced many jobs
A) Dr. Otto Becker B) Dr. Louis de Wecker C) Dr. Miguel Morayta D) Dr. Maximo Viola
A) Pure mathematics & astronomy B) Anthropology, geography, geology, chemistry, & hygiene C) Engineering & architecture only D) Military science & strategy
A) Paris B) Madrid C) Berlin D) Heidelberg
A) As separate, unrelated hobbies B) As something to abandon after returning home C) As a way to impress Europeans D) As complementary tools to understand & serve his people
A) Absolute faith in tradition & divine right B) Return to medieval feudal systems 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) Filipinos are naturally inferior C) Rights come only from kings D) Revolution is never justified
A) Mixing religious, executive, & judicial power in friars & colonial authorities B) Education for common citizens C) Too many elected officials D) The existence of courts
A) Blind fanaticism, hypocrisy, & censorship B) International friendship C) Scientific societies D) Secular education
A) Unchecked individualism B) Superiority of European customs C) Abolition of all laws D) Popular sovereignty & government by consent
A) John Stuart Mill B) Mazzini C) Victor Hugo D) Immanuel Kant
A) Mercantilist economists B) Conservative clergy C) Military strategists D) Locke, Rousseau, & Enlightenment faith in learning
A) Public, secular‑minded education as foundation of progress B) Teaching only religious dogma C) Foreign control of curriculum D) Exclusive elite schooling
A) Total rejection of Western thought B) Blind acceptance of all foreign theories C) Critical selection & adaptation to Philippine history & culture D) Copying laws & constitutions exactly
A) The guild system B) Spanish military academies C) The Jesuit order D) Freemasonry |