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  • 1. In what age did Rizal enter the University of Santo Tomas?
A) nearly 18
B) nearly 17
C) nearly 16
  • 2. Why did Rizal initially enroll in the course on Philosophy and Letters?
A) His father liked it and he was still undecided about his career
B) He was passionate about philosophy
C) He wanted to become a teacher
  • 3. Who did Rizal write to for advice about his career path?
A) Father Pablo Ramon
B) Father Jose Burgos
C) Father Pedro Pelaez
  • 4. What motivated Rizal to eventually take up Medicine?
A) He wanted to cure his mother's growing blindness
B) He wanted to find a cure for cancer
C) He wanted to be a famous doctor
  • 5. Why was Father Pablo Ramon unable to respond to Rizal's request for advice?
A) He was in Mindanao at the time
B) He was ill and unable to write
C) He was traveling abroad
  • 6. While studying at the University of Santo Tomas, where else did Rizal study during 1877–78?
A) Ateneo de Municpal
B) Colegio de San Juan de Letran
C) University of the Philippines
  • 7. This zarzuela was staged by the Atenean on the occasion of annual celebration of the feast day of the Immaculate Concepcion.
A) Beside Pasig
B) Council of the gods
C) To the Filipino Youth
  • 8. What was the title Rizal aimed to earn through his vocational course at the Ateneo?
A) Perito Agrimensor (expert surveyor)
B) Engineer
C) Licenciado en Letras
  • 9. At what age did Rizal pass the final examination in surveying?
A) 18
B) 16
C) 17
  • 10. When was Rizal officially granted the title of expert surveyor?
A) November 26, 1881
B) November 25, 1881
C) November 27, 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 L
C) Miss K
  • 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 wrote them on flowers
C) He sent them through a messenger
  • 16. How did Leonor Valenzuela read the love notes written in invisible ink?
A) By soaking it in water
B) By heating the note over a candle or lamp
C) By using a special lens
  • 17. Who was Rizal's greatest love?
A) Leonor Katigbak
B) Leonor Rivera
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) Casa Tomasina, Calle Santo Tomas, Intramuros
C) Ateneo de Manila Dormitory
  • 19. Who was Rizal's landlord-uncle in Intramuros?
A) Capitan Juan Valenzuela
B) Antonio Rivera
C) Juan Katigbak
  • 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) Taimes
B) Taimies
C) Taimis
  • 22. Where was Rizal when he encountered the Spanish officer's brutality?
A) Manila
B) Calamba
C) Tondo
  • 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 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) La Liga Filipina
C) Liceo Artistico-Literario
  • 29. What literary achievement does the "TO THE FILIPINO YOUTH" represent?
A) First poem published in a national newspaper
B) First poem to be read in the Katipunan
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 French poet
B) A Greek philosopher
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) They disliked the poem’s language
B) Rizal was an Indio
C) Rizal plagiarized the work
  • 33. A Spanish writer won second place in the literacy contest?
A) D. N. del Puzo
B) Padre Faura
C) Marcelo H. del Pilar
  • 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) Rizal’s birthday
B) Feast of the Immaculate Conception
C) Feast of Saint Ignatius
  • 36. What was the main message of the poem A Filipinas?
A) Protest colonization
B) Glorify Spain
C) Inspire artists to glorify the Philippines
  • 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) Pablo Ramon
C) Manuel Fernandez
  • 39. Who was the recipient of Rizal’s poem Al M.R.P. Pablo Ramon?
A) The rector of Ateneo
B) His professor in UST
C) A Spanish poet
  • 40. Who accompanied Rizal on his pilgrimage to Pakil?
A) His sisters and their female friends
B) His fellow artists
C) His classmates and mentors
  • 41. Where did Rizal and his companions stay in Pakil?
A) Home of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Regalado
B) School dormitory
C) Church
  • 42. What miraculous figure is honored during the turumba?
A) Birhen Maria de los Dolores
B) Birhen de Guadalupe
C) Santo Niño
  • 43. Who was the girl that Rizal was infatuated with during his visit to Pakil?
A) Ybardolaza
B) Maria Clara
C) Leonor Rivera
  • 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) Anak ng Bayan
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) Laguna
B) Escolta
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 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 Math
C) Class in Physics
  • 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 mother
C) His father
  • 54. Who helped Rizal gain admission to Ateneo?
A) Father Magin Ferrando
B) Manuel Xerez Burgos
C) Father 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) Greek Empire
B) Roman Empire
C) Carthaginian 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) Wool trousers
B) Silk trousers
C) Hemp-fabric trousers
  • 59. What was the material of the Ateneo student coat?
A) Denim
B) Rayadillo
C) Barong
  • 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) Carthaginian Empire
B) Greek Empire
C) Roman Empire
  • 62. What prize did Rizal win after becoming emperor?
A) A religious picture
B) A gold medal
C) A scholarship
  • 63. Where did Rizal take private Spanish lessons?
A) University of Santo Tomas
B) Santa Isabel College
C) Colegio de Manila
  • 64. How much did Rizal pay for his private Spanish lessons?
A) Three pesos
B) Two pesos
C) Five 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 Marya
B) Dona Titay
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) The Count of Monte Cristo
B) Travels in the Philippines
C) Universal History
  • 69. Who was the author of The Count of Monte Cristo?
A) Dr. Feodor Jagor
B) Alexander Dumas
C) Cesar Cantu
  • 70. What historical work did Rizal persuade his father to buy?
A) The Count of Monte Cristo
B) Travels in the Philippines
C) Universal History
  • 71. Who wrote Universal History?
A) Alexander Dumas
B) Cesar Cantu
C) Dr. Feodor Jagor
  • 72. Which book impressed Rizal with predictions about the Philippines’ future?
A) Universal History
B) Travels in the Philippines
C) The Count of Monte Cristo
  • 73. Which subject did Rizal win a medal for during his third year?
A) Latin
B) Spanish
C) History
  • 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) Seven
B) Five
C) Six
  • 76. What title did Rizal earn after his graduation?
A) Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors
B) Doctor of Philosophy
C) Master of Arts
  • 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) Marian Congregation
B) Sacred Heart Society
C) Brotherhood of the Holy Cross
  • 79. Who was famous Spanish painter of Rizal in Ateneo?
A) Romualdo de Jesus
B) Agustin Saez
C) Tio Manuel
  • 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) 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) Batikuling
B) Narra
C) Bamboo
  • 83. What image did Father Lleonart request Rizal to carve for him?
A) Saint Joseph
B) The Sacred Heart of Jesus
C) The Virgin of Lourdes
  • 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 Sanchez
B) Father Burgos
C) Father Bech
  • 87. What was the title of Rizal’s first poem, which he probably wrote around 1874 and dedicate it to his mother?
A) My First Inspiration
B) In Memory of My Town
C) To the Child Jesus
  • 88. What poem did Rizal write about the role of religion in education?
A) In Memory of My Town
B) To the Child Jesus
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) 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) To the Virgin Mary
B) St. Eustace, the Martyr
C) In Memory of My Town
  • 91. When did Rizal complete the religious drama "St. Eustace, the Martyr"?
A) June 2, 1876
B) June 3, 1876
C) June 4, 1876
  • 92. Who was the first girl Rizal fell in love with?
A) Josephine Bracken
B) Segunda Katigbak
C) Leonor Rivera
  • 93. What was the main obstacle to Rizal and Segunda's romance?
A) Rizal's lack of confidence
B) egunda's parents did not approve of Rizal
C) Segunda was already engaged to Manuel Luz
  • 94. Where was Segunda Katigbak from?
A) Manila
B) Calamba, Laguna
C) Lipa, Batangas
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