rizal
  • 1. In what age did Rizal enter the University of Santo Tomas?
A) nearly 17
B) nearly 18
C) nearly 16
  • 2. Why did Rizal initially enroll in the course on Philosophy and Letters?
A) He was passionate about philosophy
B) He wanted to become a teacher
C) His father liked it and he was still undecided about his career
  • 3. Who did Rizal write to for advice about his career path?
A) Father Pedro Pelaez
B) Father Jose Burgos
C) Father Pablo Ramon
  • 4. What motivated Rizal to eventually take up Medicine?
A) He wanted to cure his mother's growing blindness
B) He wanted to be a famous doctor
C) He wanted to find a cure for cancer
  • 5. Why was Father Pablo Ramon unable to respond to Rizal's request for advice?
A) He was ill and unable to write
B) He was in Mindanao at the time
C) He was traveling abroad
  • 6. While studying at the University of Santo Tomas, where else did Rizal study during 1877–78?
A) University of the Philippines
B) Colegio de San Juan de Letran
C) Ateneo de Municpal
  • 7. This zarzuela was staged by the Atenean on the occasion of annual celebration of the feast day of the Immaculate Concepcion.
A) Council of the gods
B) Beside Pasig
C) To the Filipino Youth
  • 8. What was the title Rizal aimed to earn through his vocational course at the Ateneo?
A) Engineer
B) Perito Agrimensor (expert surveyor)
C) Licenciado en Letras
  • 9. At what age did Rizal pass the final examination in surveying?
A) 18
B) 17
C) 16
  • 10. When was Rizal officially granted the title of expert surveyor?
A) November 25, 1881
B) November 26, 1881
C) November 27, 1881
  • 11. Why wasn't Rizal immediately granted the title of surveyor after passing the exam?
A) He failed one of the final subjects
B) The Ateneo did not endorse him
C) He was underage
  • 12. Who was the woman Rizal briefly courted in Calamba?
A) Miss K
B) Miss L
C) Miss I
  • 13. Where did Rizal board during his sophomore year at the University of Santo Tomas?
A) In the residence of Segunda Katigbak
B) At his family's home in Calamba
C) In the house of Dona Concha Leyva in Intramuros
  • 14. What was the pet name that Rizal used for Leonor Valenzuela?
A) Orang
B) Miss L
C) Leonor
  • 15. What unique way did Rizal use to send love notes to Leonor Valenzuela?
A) He wrote them in invisible ink
B) He sent them through a messenger
C) He wrote them on flowers
  • 16. How did Leonor Valenzuela read the love notes written in invisible ink?
A) By heating the note over a candle or lamp
B) By using a special lens
C) By soaking it in water
  • 17. Who was Rizal's greatest love?
A) Leonor Rivera
B) Leonor Katigbak
C) Leonor Valenzuela
  • 18. Where did Rizal live in 1879, at the start of his junior year at the university?
A) The home of Dona Concha Leyva
B) Ateneo de Manila Dormitory
C) Casa Tomasina, Calle Santo Tomas, Intramuros
  • 19. Who was Rizal's landlord-uncle in Intramuros?
A) Antonio Rivera
B) Juan Katigbak
C) Capitan Juan Valenzuela
  • 20. What was Leonor Rivera’s birthplace?
A) Camiling, Laguna
B) Camiling, Manila
C) Camiling, Tarlac
  • 21. What was the special name Leonor Rivera used to sign her letters to Rizal?
A) Taimis
B) Taimies
C) Taimes
  • 22. Where was Rizal when he encountered the Spanish officer's brutality?
A) Tondo
B) Manila
C) Calamba
  • 23. Did Rizal seek his parent's permission and blessings to go abroad?
A) No
B) Yes
  • 24. Filipinos were insulted as "Indio, chongo" in retaliation, the filipino students called Spanish as
A) Kastila, babalo
B) Kastila, bangus
C) Kastila, babaero
  • 25. In which letter did Rizal recount the incident of the officer's brutality?
A) Letter to his mother
B) Letter to his sister
C) Letter to Blumentritt
  • 26. Which of the following did not accompany Rizal on his pilgrimage to Pakil?
A) Concepcion
B) Maria
C) Trinidad
  • 27. Rizal experienced the brutality of a Spanish Lieutenant and Rizal reported the incident to General
A) Primo de Sevilla
B) Primo de Rovero
C) Primo de Rivera
  • 28. What was the name of the organization that held the literary contest?
A) Katipunan
B) Liceo Artistico-Literario
C) La Liga Filipina
  • 29. What literary achievement does the "TO THE FILIPINO YOUTH" represent?
A) First poem to be read in the Katipunan
B) First poem published in a national newspaper
C) First great poem in Spanish written by a Filipino
  • 30. Years later Rizal mentioned the Turumba in Chapter VI of his book
A) Noli Me Tangere
B) El Filibusterismo
C) To the Filipino Youth
  • 31. Who was Cervantes?
A) A Greek philosopher
B) A French poet
C) Spain’s glorified man-of-letters and author of Don Quixote
  • 32. Why did some members of the Spanish community protest Rizal's win?
A) Rizal was an Indio
B) They disliked the poem’s language
C) Rizal plagiarized the work
  • 33. A Spanish writer won second place in the literacy contest?
A) D. N. del Puzo
B) Marcelo H. del Pilar
C) Padre Faura
  • 34. What is the title of the zarzuela written by Rizal in 1880?
A) A Filipinas
B) El Consejo de los Dioses
C) Junto al Pasig
  • 35. What event was Junto al Pasig staged on December 8 1881??
A) Feast of Saint Ignatius
B) Feast of the Immaculate Conception
C) Rizal’s birthday
  • 36. What was the main message of the poem A Filipinas?
A) Inspire artists to glorify the Philippines
B) Glorify Spain
C) Protest colonization
  • 37. What is the title of the poem written in 1879 and declaimed in Ateneo?
A) Mi Retiro
B) Abd-Azis y Mahoma
C) El Amor Patrio
  • 38. Who declaimed Abd-Azis y Mahoma in 1879?
A) Pablo Ramon
B) Manuel Fernandez
C) Manuel Katigbak
  • 39. Who was the recipient of Rizal’s poem Al M.R.P. Pablo Ramon?
A) A Spanish poet
B) The rector of Ateneo
C) His professor in UST
  • 40. Who accompanied Rizal on his pilgrimage to Pakil?
A) His classmates and mentors
B) His sisters and their female friends
C) His fellow artists
  • 41. Where did Rizal and his companions stay in Pakil?
A) School dormitory
B) Home of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Regalado
C) Church
  • 42. What miraculous figure is honored during the turumba?
A) Santo Niño
B) Birhen Maria de los Dolores
C) Birhen de Guadalupe
  • 43. Who was the girl that Rizal was infatuated with during his visit to Pakil?
A) Ybardolaza
B) Leonor Rivera
C) Maria Clara
  • 44. What secret student society did Rizal establish at the University of Santo Tomas
A) Companerismo
B) Katipunan
C) Maharlika
  • 45. What was the name of the members of Rizal’s secret society?
A) Anak ng Bayan
B) Kapatiran
C) Companions of Jehu
  • 46. Who served as the secretary of Companerismo?
A) Antonio Luna
B) Emilio Jacinto
C) Galicano Apacible
  • 47. In what area of Manila did one of the intense fights take place?
A) Escolta
B) Intramuros
C) Laguna
  • 48. What type of professors did Rizal have at UST?
A) Dominican
B) Jesuit
  • 49. Which chapter in El Filibusterismo critiques the UST physics class?
A) Chapter XI
B) Chapter XII
C) Chapter XIII
  • 50. What is the title of Chapter XIII in El Filibusterismo?
A) Class in Science
B) Class in Physics
C) Class in Math
  • 51. Where did Rizal plan to continue his studies?
A) Europe
B) USA
C) Spain
  • 52. What is the green school did Jose Rizal first take his entrance exams?
A) University of Santo Tomas
B) College of San Juan de Letran
C) Ateneo Municipal
  • 53. Who accompanied Rizal to Manila when he took his entrance exams?
A) His brother Paciano
B) His father
C) His mother
  • 54. Who helped Rizal gain admission to Ateneo?
A) Manuel Xerez Burgos
B) Father Magin Ferrando
C) Father Burgos
  • 55. Which religious order administered the Ateneo when Rizal studied there?
A) Jesuits
B) Dominicans
  • 56. The internos (boarders) belonged to which group?
A) Carthaginian Empire
B) Roman Empire
C) Greek Empire
  • 57. The externos (non-boarders) belonged to which group?
A) Persian Empire
B) Carthaginian Empire
C) Roman Empire
  • 58. What type of trousers did Ateneo students wear?
A) Wool trousers
B) Hemp-fabric trousers
C) Silk trousers
  • 59. What was the material of the Ateneo student coat?
A) Barong
B) Denim
C) Rayadillo
  • 60. Rizal’s first professor at Ateneo was:
A) Fr. Magin Ferrando
B) Fr. Manuel Xerez Burgos
C) Fr. Jose Bech
  • 61. What group was Rizal assigned to when he started at Ateneo?
A) Roman Empire
B) Carthaginian Empire
C) Greek Empire
  • 62. What prize did Rizal win after becoming emperor?
A) A gold medal
B) A religious picture
C) A scholarship
  • 63. Where did Rizal take private Spanish lessons?
A) Santa Isabel College
B) Colegio de Manila
C) University of Santo Tomas
  • 64. How much did Rizal pay for his private Spanish lessons?
A) Five pesos
B) Two pesos
C) Three pesos
  • 65. Where did Rizal live when he returned to Manila for his second year?
A) Escolta Street
B) Caraballo Street
C) No. 6 Magallanes Street
  • 66. Who was Rizal's landlady at Magallanes Street?
A) Dona Titay
B) Dona Marya
C) Dona Pepay
  • 67. What type of novels first attracted Rizal’s interest?
A) Comedy
B) Romance
C) Action
  • 68. What was Rizal’s first favorite novel?
A) Travels in the Philippines
B) Universal History
C) The Count of Monte Cristo
  • 69. Who was the author of The Count of Monte Cristo?
A) Dr. Feodor Jagor
B) Cesar Cantu
C) Alexander Dumas
  • 70. What historical work did Rizal persuade his father to buy?
A) The Count of Monte Cristo
B) Universal History
C) Travels in the Philippines
  • 71. Who wrote Universal History?
A) Dr. Feodor Jagor
B) Cesar Cantu
C) Alexander Dumas
  • 72. Which book impressed Rizal with predictions about the Philippines’ future?
A) The Count of Monte Cristo
B) Travels in the Philippines
C) Universal History
  • 73. Which subject did Rizal win a medal for during his third year?
A) History
B) Latin
C) Spanish
  • 74. Who was one of Rizal’s favorite professors during his fourth year?
A) Fr. Burgos
B) Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez
C) Fr. Jose Bech
  • 75. How many medals did Rizal win at the end of his fourth year?
A) Six
B) Five
C) Seven
  • 76. What title did Rizal earn after his graduation?
A) Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors
B) Master of Arts
C) Doctor of Philosophy
  • 77. How old was Rizal when he graduated from Ateneo?
A) 17
B) 16
C) 18
  • 78. Which religious society was Rizal an active member of in Ateneo?
A) Sacred Heart Society
B) Marian Congregation
C) Brotherhood of the Holy Cross
  • 79. Who was famous Spanish painter of Rizal in Ateneo?
A) Tio Manuel
B) Romualdo de Jesus
C) Agustin Saez
  • 80. Who was Rizal’s teacher in sculpture in Ateneo?
A) Tio Manuel
B) Romualdo de Jesus
C) Agustin Saez
  • 81. What did Rizal carve with his pocket knife during his time in the Ateneo?
A) Sacred Heart of Jesus
B) A bust of Father Sanchez
C) the Virgin Mary
  • 82. What type of wood did Rizal use for carving the Virgin Mary image?
A) Narra
B) Batikuling
C) Bamboo
  • 83. What image did Father Lleonart request Rizal to carve for him?
A) The Sacred Heart of Jesus
B) The Virgin of Lourdes
C) Saint Joseph
  • 84. Who was one of Rizal’s contemporaries in Ateneo who shared an anecdote about him?
A) Manzano
B) Paciano
C) Felix M. Roxas
  • 85. Who was the boy that Rizal helped retrieve his kite?
A) Paciano
B) Father Sanchez
C) Julio Meliza
  • 86. Who inspired Rizal to make full use of his poetic talents and helped improve his poetry?
A) Father Bech
B) Father Burgos
C) Father Sanchez
  • 87. What was the title of Rizal’s first poem, which he probably wrote around 1874 and dedicate it to his mother?
A) To the Child Jesus
B) In Memory of My Town
C) My First Inspiration
  • 88. What poem did Rizal write about the role of religion in education?
A) To the Child Jesus
B) In Memory of My Town
C) The Intimate Alliance Between Religion and Good Education
  • 89. Which poem did Rizal write in 1875 when he was 14 years old, expressing his devotion to the Child Jesus?
A) To the Virgin Mary
B) To the Child Jesus
C) My First Inspiration
  • 90. What was the title of the religious drama Rizal wrote during the summer vacation of 1876?
A) To the Virgin Mary
B) In Memory of My Town
C) St. Eustace, the Martyr
  • 91. When did Rizal complete the religious drama "St. Eustace, the Martyr"?
A) June 4, 1876
B) June 2, 1876
C) June 3, 1876
  • 92. Who was the first girl Rizal fell in love with?
A) Segunda Katigbak
B) Josephine Bracken
C) Leonor Rivera
  • 93. What was the main obstacle to Rizal and Segunda's romance?
A) Rizal's lack of confidence
B) Segunda was already engaged to Manuel Luz
C) egunda's parents did not approve of Rizal
  • 94. Where was Segunda Katigbak from?
A) Manila
B) Calamba, Laguna
C) Lipa, Batangas
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