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