- 1. Jose wrote his first poem entitled
A) to my beloved town
B) noli metangere
C) Sa aking mg kababata (To my fellow children)
- 2. On his first trip,Jose and his father rode a _____ to cross laguna de bay
A) plane
B) Casco
C) calesa
- 3. Francisco Mercado gifted Jose a pony and they named it _____
A) alipabo
B) alipato
C) usman
- 4. Because of her stories Jose become interested in legends and folklore
A) teacher
B) aya(yaya)
C) mother
- 5. Rizal used to visit this Filipino priest and listen to his opinions on current events and sound philosophy of life
A) Fr,padua
B) fr. josept
C) Fr.Leoncio lopez
- 6. Calamba come from the phrase
A) tahanan ng lahi
B) laguna
C) Big Native Jar
- 7. The uncle of Rizal who loves books and intensified his voracious reading of good books
A) tio Manuel
B) Tio Gregorio
C) Tio. pedro
- 8. In chapter XVII and XVIII of his second novel _____ Rizal revealed his wide knowledge of magic
A) El Filibusterismo
B) noli me tangere
C) to my fellow children
- 9. At the age of 8 Rizal wrote his first dramatic work which was a tagalog comedy.A gobernadorcillo from_____ Lguna like it so much that he purchased the manuscript for 2 pessos and brougth it to his home town.
A) laguna
B) Paete
C) calamba
- 10. At the age of 15 Rizal wrote a poem entitled ____ to show his love for his hometown.
A) kapag may isinuksok may madudukot
B) Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo
C) ang hindi marunong mag mahal sa sariling wika ay higit pa sa mabahong isda
- 11. A husky and athletic man who encouraged Rizal to engage in Physical activities like horse riding walking and wrestling.
A) tio. miguel
B) tio. pedro
C) Tio Manuel
- 12. He studied for eleven years in British school in Calcutta ,india and inspired Rizal in his Artistic ability
A) tio. Alberto cruz
B) Tio Jose Alberto
C) tio.miguel
- 13. Jose Rizal was born on the moonlit night of Wednesday, June 19, 1861, in the lakeshore town of Calamba, Laguna Province, Philippines. His mother almost died during the delivery because of his big
A) nose
B) feet
C) head
- 14. jose was baptized in the Catholic church of his town on June22, aged three days old, by the parish priest,
A) father .pilais
B) father .san tiago
C) Father Rufino Collantes,
- 15. the godfather of jose was
A) Father Pedro Casanas,
B) father miguel
C) father Manuel
- 16. his name ______ was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of the Christian saint San Jose (St. Joseph).
A) jose
B) alonzo
C) rizal
- 17. During the christening ceremony Father_______ was impressed by the baby’s big head, and told the members of the family who were present: “Take good care of this child, for someday he will become a great man.” His
A) manuel
B) miguel
C) Collantes
- 18. he was born in Binan, Laguna, on May 11, 1818. He studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila. In early manhood, following his parent’s death, he moved to Calamba and became a tenant-farmer of the Dominican-owned hacienda.
A) francisco Mercado
B) paciano
C) Alberto
- 19. He was a hardly an independent-minded mind, who talked less and worked more, and was strong in body and valiant in spirit. He died in Manila on January 5, 1898, at the age of 80. In his student memoirs, Rizal affectionately called him ‘a model of fathers”.
A) paciano
B) Alberto
C) francisco Mercado
- 20. she was born in Manila on November 8, 1826 and was educated at the College of Santa Rosa, a well-known college for girls in the city. She was a remarkable woman, possessing refined culture, literary talent, business ability, and the fortitude of Spartan women.
A) maria
B) narcisa
C) Dona teodora
- 21. she was the oldest of the Rizal children, nicknamed Neneng; she Married Manuel T. Hidalgo of Tanawan, Batangas.
A) olimpia
B) saturnina
C) paciano
- 22. he is the older brother and confident of Jose Rizal; after his younger brother’s execution, he joined the Philippine Revolution and became a combat general; after the Revolution, he retired to his farm in Los Banos, where he lived as a gentleman farmer and died on April 13, 1930, an old bachelor aged 79.
A) usman
B) alberto
C) paciano
- 23. her nickname Sisa and she married Antonio Lopez (Nephew of Father Leoncio Lopez), a school teacher of Morong.
A) olimpia
B) maria
C) narcisa
- 24. Ypia was her nick name she married Silvestre Ubaldoa telegraph operator from Manila.
A) narcisa
B) olimpia
C) maria
- 25. she married Mariano Herbosa of Calamba, who was a nephew of Father Casanas. Herbosa died of cholera in 1889 and was denied Christian burial because he was a brother-in-law of Dr. Rizal.
A) lucia
B) olimpia
C) maria
- 26. Biang was her nickname; she married Danniel Faustino Cruz of Binan, Laguna.
A) carla
B) maria
C) olimpia
- 27. –the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius; his nickname was Pepe; during his exile in Dapitan he lived with Josephine Bracken, Irish girl from Hong Kong; he had a son by her, but this baby-boy died a few hours after birth; Rizal named him “Francisco” after his father and buried him in Dapitan.
A) jose
B) alberto
C) francisco
- 28. –her pet name was concha; she died of sickness at the age of 3; her death was Rizal’s first sorrow in life.
A) concepcion
B) francisco
C) alberto
- 29. –her pet name was panggoy; she died an old maid at the age of 80.
A) josefa
B) narcisa
C) maria
- 30. –Trining was her pet name; she died also an old maid in 1951 aged 83.
A) trinidad
B) soledad
C) narcisa
- 31. –youngest of the Rizal’s children; her pet name was choleng; she married Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba.
A) maria
B) soledad
C) trinidad
- 32. jose always called them______ (if married) and senorita if single
A) tia
B) sinior
C) Dona or Senora
- 33. _______was a second father to him. Throughout his life, Rizal respected him and greatly valued his sagacious advice.
A) miguel
B) manuel
C) paciano
- 34. in the first novel Noli Me Tangere as the wise Pilosopo Tasio related to.
A) francisco
B) miguel
C) paciano
- 35. the term Mercado means
A) market
B) pamantasan
C) paligoan
- 36. It is said that Dona Teodora’s family descend from ________ the last native king of Tondo.
A) igurot
B) chines
C) lakan/dula
- 37. The real surname of Rizal family was Mercado, which was adopted in 1731 by
A) mercado Ancero
B) domingo lamco
C) merkado rizal
- 38. (the paternal great-great-grandfather of Jose Rizal), who was a full blooded Chinese. Rizal’s family acquired a second surname ________which was given by a Spanish alcalde mayor (provincial governor) of Laguna, who was a family friend. Thus said Dr. Rizal, in his letter to Blumentritt (without date or place):
A) rizal
B) mercado
C) alozo
- 39. “Whoever that Spanish alcalde mayor was,” commented Ambassador Leon Ma. Guerrero, distinguished Rizalist and diplomat, “his choice was prophetic for Rizal in Spanish means a
A) field where wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again.”
B) pag may isinoksok may madudukot
C) ang taong hindi marunong mag mahal sa sariling wika ay higit pa sa mabahong isda
- 40. the house described by
A) dr.pael padua
B) Dr. Rafael Palma,
C) Dr.miguel padua
- 41. It was a ________ where parental affection and children’s laughter reigned. By day, it hummed with the noises of children at play and the songs of the birds in the garden. By night, it echoed with the dulcet notes of family prayers.
A) ambot dikoalam
B) happy home
C) sad home
- 42. The Rizal family belonged to the _________ a town aristocracy in Spanish Philippines. It was one of the distinguished families in Calamba.
A) igorot
B) chines
C) principalia
- 43. As evidence of their influence, Rizal’s parents were able to build a large stone house which was situated near the town church and to buy another one. They owned a carriage, which was a status symbol of the _________in Spanish Philippines and a private library (the largest in calamba) which consisted of more than 1,000 volumes.
A) ilustrados
B) wilthy
C) poor
- 44. Life was not, however, all prayers and church services for the Rizal children. They were given ample time and freedom to play by their strict and religious parents. They played merrily in the ________or in the garden by themselves. The older ones were allowed to play with the children of the other families.
A) kagubatan
B) paligoan
C) azotea
- 45. ______was a hacienda town which belonged to the Dominican order, which also owned all the lands around it.
A) laguna de bay
B) laguna
C) calamba
- 46. In the middle of the lake towers the storied island of talim, beyond it towards the north is the distant Antipolo, famous mountain shrine of the miraculous
A) calamba
B) laguna de bay
C) Lady of Peace and Good Voyage.
- 47. Rizal loved Calamba with all his heart and soul. In 1876, when he was 15 years old and was a student in the ateneo de Manila, he remembered his beloved town. Accordingly, he wrote a poem
A) lady of peace
B) Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In Memory of My Town),
C) laguna de bay
- 48. The first memory of Rizal of Rizal, in his infancy, was his happy days in the family garden when he was 3 years old. Because he was a frail, sickly And undersized child, he was given the tenderest care by his parents. His father built a little nipa cottage in the garden for him to play in the daytime. A kind old woman was employed as, an
A) aya(yaya)
B) tio
C) mother
- 49. The imaginary tales told by the _____aroused in Rizal an enduring interest in legends and folklore. Sometimes, when he did not like to take his supper, the aya would threaten him that the asuang, the nuno, the tigbalang, or a terrible bearded and turbaned Bombay would come to take him away if he would not eat his supper.
A) aya(yaya)
B) mother
C) tio
- 50. Another memory of his infancy was the nocturnal walk in the town, especially when there was a moon. The _____ took him for a walk in the moonlight by the river, where the trees cast grotesque shadow on the bank.
A) tio
B) mother
C) aya(yaya)
- 51. jose loves to go to church, to pray, to take part in novenas, and to join religious processions. It is said that he was so seriously devout that he was laughingly called
A) maong pepe
B) manong jose
C) manong rizal
- 52. One of the men he esteemed and respected in Calamba during his boyhood was the scholarly ___________the town priest. He used to visit this learned Filipino priest and listen to his stimulating opinions on current events and sound philosophy of life.
A) Fr. leoncio lopez
B) Fr.Miguel
C) Fr.santaigo
- 53. Jose and his father left Calamba to go on a ________, in order to fulfill his mother’s vow which was made when Jose was born.
A) pilgrimage to Antipolo
B) cavite
C) laguna
- 54. mother teodara was teaching jose to read a Spanish book called
A) to my fellow children
B) noli metangere
C) “The Children’s Friend” (El Amigo de los Ninos).
- 55. Since early childhood Rizal revealed his God-given talent for ________. At the age of five, he began to make sketches with his pencil and no mould in clay and wax objects which attracted his fancy.
A) arthestic
B) sing
C) dance
- 56. jose take long walks in the meadows and lakeshore with his black dog named Usman.
A) usman
B) alipabo
C) alipato
- 57. One interesting anecdote about Rizal was the incident about his . One day when he was about six years old his sister laughed at him for spending so much time making those images rather than participating in their games.
A) drawing
B) dancing
C) clay and wax image
- 58. Since early boyhood he had scribbled verses on loose sheets of paper and on the textbooks of his sisters. His ________, who was a lover of literature, noticed his poetic inclination and encouraged him to write poetry.
A) aya(yaya)
B) tio
C) mother
- 59. At the age of eight, Rizal wrote his first poem in the native language entitled
A) my beloved town
B) noli metangere
C) Sa Aking mga Kababata (To My Fellow Children),
- 60. After writing the poem To My Fellow Children, Rizal, who was then eight years old, wrote his first ______ work which was a Tagalog comedy.
A) drama
B) drawing
C) song
- 61. older, his parents employed private tutors to give him lessons at home. The first was________and the second, Maestro Lucas Padua. Later, an old man named Leon Monroy, a farmer classmate of Rizal’s father, became the boy’s tutor.
A) Maestro Celestino
B) maestro san antonio
C) maestri miguel
- 62. One Sunday afternoon in _______, Jose, after kissing the hands of his parents and a tearful parting from his sisters, left Calamba for Binan. He was accompanied by Paciano, who acted as his second father.
A) jun1899
B) jun1896
C) june 1869
- 63. The next morning (Monday) Paciano brought his younger brother to the school of
A) Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz.
B) maestro antonio
C) maestro miguel
- 64. The first school was in the house of the teacher, which was a small nipa hut about ___ meters from the home of Jose’s aunt.
A) 50
B) 40
C) 30
- 65. In the afternoon in his first day in school, when the teacher having his siesta, Jose met the bully, named
A) pedro
B) Ancero
C) kurt
- 66. After the class in the afternoon, a classmate named __________ challenged him to an arm-wrestling match.
A) Andres salandanan
B) andress
C) andres bonifacio
- 67. Near the school was the house of an old painter, called Juancho, who was the father-in-law of the school teacher. Jose, lured by his love for painting, spent many leisure hours at the painter’s studio. Old _______freely gave him lessons in drawing and painting.
A) manuel
B) miguel
C) juancho
- 68. Jose and his classmate, ______ who also loved painting, became apprentices of the old painter. They improved their art, so that in due time they became “the favorite painters in the class”.
A) miguel
B) antonio lopez
C) jose guevarra
- 69. Before the Christmas season in 1870, Jose received a letter from his sister Saturnina, informing him of the arrival of the steamer _______which would take him from Binan to Calamba.
A) talim
B) father
C) aya(yaya)
- 70. Paciano, enraged by the execution of _______, his beloved friend, teacher, and housemate, quit his studies at the College of San Jose and returned to Calamba,
A) zamora
B) jacinto
C) burgus
- 71. However, the evil wife, with the connivance of the Spanish lieutenant of the Guardia Civil, filed a case in court accusing her husband and Dona Teodora of attempting to poison her .The lieutenant happened to have an ax to grind against the Rizal family, because at one time Don Francisco (Rizal’s father) refused her to walk from Calamba to Santa Cruz (capital of Laguna Province), a distance of ___kilometers..
A) 50
B) 40
C) 30
- 72. best friend of jose rizal was
A) lyzer
B) jerwin
C) kurt
D) Blumentritt,
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