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