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