Gen Ed N2 Rizal
Gen Ed N2 Rizal
Gen Ed N2 Rizal
Boring Life
1. the gifted physician-novelist of the propaganda?
ans: JOSE RIZAL
6. the spanish priest who denounced Dr. Rizal's novels as enemies of the catholic
region?
ans: FR. JOSE RODRIGUEZ
12. the book written by Rizal in defence of alleged laziness of the Filipinos
ans: LA INDOLENCIA DE LOS FILIPINOS (the indolence of filipinos)
18. the first spanish friar to attack " Noli" and " Fili"
ans: FRAY JOSE RODRIGUEZ
19. Place where Dr. Rizal conceived the idea of establishing Liga Filipina, a civic
association composed of filipinos
ans: HONGKONG
22. Dr. Rizal dedicated his famous poem " A LA JUVENTUD FILIPINA" (to the filipino
youth)
ans: THE LIBERAL MINDED STUDENTS AT THE UST
23. to whom dr. Rizal send his letter with this line: "I AM INNOCENT OF THE CRIME
OF REBELLION. I AM GOING TO DIE WITH A TRANQUIL CONSCIENCE"
ans: FERDINAND BLUMENTRITT
25. Philippine president who made December 30 as Day of National Mourning in Rizal
honor
ans: EMILIO AGUINALDO
32. The law which provides that "courses on the life, works and writings of Jose Rizal,
particularly his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, shall be included in the
curricula of all schools, colleges and universities, public or private."
ans: RA 1425 / RIZAL LAW
33. Jose Rizal was fondly called ____by his family and friends.
ans: PEPE
35. In what school did Jose Rizal finish his medical course?
ans: UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE MADRID
36. Jose Rizal's true love who personified Maria Clara in his novel Noli Me Tangere.
ans: LEONOR RIVERA
38. The mother of Jose Rizal was imprisoned for how many years due to allegedly
poisoning her cousin-in-law?
ans: 2 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS
40. The ninth child of Francisco and Teodora who was an epileptic and died a spinster.
ans: JOSEFA
49. Simoun is a wealthy jeweller who came back to the Philippines after how many
years?
ans: 13
50. Crisostomo Ibarra was a student abroad who had his homecoming after how many
years?
ans: 7
53. The novel, El Filibusterismo came off the press with the financial assistance of
ans: VALENTIN VENTURA
54. The girlfriend of Isagani who dumped him for another man, believing that she has no
future if she marries him.
ans: PAULITA GOMEZ
55. The famous Rizal monument in Luneta was not the work of a Filipino but a Swiss
sculptor. What was the sculptor's name?
ans: RICHARD KISSLING
LONGQUIZ#3 (1-60)
1) On his last night in Manila, Rizal rode about the city and its suburbs. He was
accompanied by _____.
A. Uncle Antonio Rivera
B. Paciano
C. Soledad
D. Both Uncle Antonio Rivera and Paciano
2) When did Rizal left for Spain to complete his university studies and improved his
knowledge of arts & sciences and his God-given talents?
A. May 3, 1880
B. May 3, 1881
C. May 3, 1882
D. May 3, 1883
3) Rizal's departure for Spain was kept secret to avoid detection by the colonial officers
and friars, but the following below knew that Jose was leaving EXCEPT
A. His parents
B. His sisters
C. Uncle Antonio Rivera
D. Paciano
4) In Singapore, Rizal boarded this French steamer named __________, which was
sailing to Europe.
A. Belvic
B. Salvadora
C. Hayfong
D. Djemnah
5) In the steamer bound to Europe, Jose tried to speak French with some passengers
but to his surprise the bookish French which he learned from Ateneo couldn't be
understood. Jose tried to do the following EXCEPT
A. Speak it with Latin and Spanish words
B. Aid it with much gesticulation
C. Aid it with frequent sketching on paper
D. Speak it with German and Greek
6) Where did Rizal Rizal hear mass at the sunrise of his embarkation date to Madrid,
Spain?
A. Sto. Domingo Church
B. San Agustin church
C. Manila Cathedral
D. San Francisco Church
7) On June 2, 1882, Rizal arrived at the city of ___________ ( Red Sea terminal of the
Suez Canal), whose beautiful moonlight of this picturesque city reminded him of his
family and Calamba.
A. Colombo
B. Singapore
C. Aden
D. Suez
�Rizal landed this place to see the interesting spots of ____________, the
Mediterranean terminal of Suez Canal, where he heard the multi-racial residents
speaking a babel of tongues - Arabic, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Egyptian, etc.
A. Point de Galle
B. Port Said
C. Colombo
D. Aden
9) In his two-day sojourn in the English colony of Singapore, what did Rizal particularly
admire?
A. Their languages and culture they spoke
B. Their customs and traditions that were somewhat alike to the Filipinos
C. The confidence which natives of Singapore seemed to have in their government
D. Their discipline and strict compliance of imposed laws
10) The editor of Diariong Tagalog who congratulated Rizal for the article and requested
him for some articles
A. Marcelo H. del Pilar
B. Juan Luna
C. Francisco Calvo
D. Antonio Luna
11) The article that Rizal wrote in Diariong Tagalog urging his compatriots to love their
fatherland just like his prize-winning A La Juventud Filipina
A. Los Viajes
B. Felicitacion
C. Amor Patrio
D. Revista de Madrid
12) The article that Rizal wrote in Madrid on November 29, 1882 which was returned to
him because the Diariong Tagalog ceased publication.
A. Los Viajes
B. Felicitacion
C. Amor Patrio
D. Revista de Madrid
13) Rizal visited _____ (in Marseilles) where Dantes (hero of the Count of Monte Cristo)
was imprisoned.
A. Tower of babel
B. Chateau d' If
C. Hanging Garden of Babylon
D. Point de Galle
15) Filipinos in Barcelona, some of whom were Rizal's school mate in Ateneo gave him
party at their favorite cafe in _____.
A. Hotel de Paz
B. Plaza de Cataluna
C. Las Ramblas
D. Port-Bou
16) While sojourning in Barcelona, Rizal received a sad news about the ______ that
was ravaging Manila and provinces causing Calamba folks to have afternoon novenas
to San Roque and nocturnal processions and prayers to stop dreadful epidemic, which
Spanish authorities were impotent to check. What was the disease?
A. Dengue
B. Malaria
C. Typhoid fever
D. Cholera
18) Rizal invested his three pesetas (peseta is the currency of Spain between 1869 and
2002) on _____
A. A lottery ticket
B. Wine
C. Food
D. Books
19) The historic waterway Suez Canal, which was traversed by Rizal for 5 days, was
constructed by the famous Frenchman named __________.
A. Ferdinand Magellan
B. Ferdinand de Lesseps
C. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
D. Juan de Salcedo
20) A liberal-minded Spaniard and Civil Governor of Manila (during General Carlos Ma.
de la Torre's administration) whom Rizal used to visit the home of every Saturday
evening because the hero was far away and lonely in Madrid. He and other Filipino
students played parlor games with his 2 daughters.
A. Guillermo Puatu
B. Francisco Calvo Muñoz
C. Ramon Blanco
D. Don Pablo Ortega y Rey
21) On August 22, 1883, Rizal wrote a lovely poem entitled A la Senorita C.O. y R. Who
was he dedicating the poem to?
A. Leonor Rivera
B. Pilar
C. Consuelo
D. Concepcion
E. None of the above
22) Shortly after Rizal's arrival in Madrid, he joined the Society of Spaniards and
Filipinos, in which the members of the society requested him so he wrote a poem
entitled Me Piden Versos(They Asked Me for Verses). What's the name of the
organization?
A. Circulo Hispano-Filipino
B. El Consuejo de los Dioses
C. Liceo Artistico-Literario
D. Marian Congregation
23) Rizal as lover of books was able to build up a fair-sized private library. His collection
of books, to name a few, were The Bible, Hebrew Grammar, Lives of Presidents of the
United States from Washington to Johnson, History of the French Revolution, Ancient
Poetry, The Byzantine Empire, The Characters of La Bruyere, The Renaissance, Uncle
Tom's Cabby Harriet Beecher Stowe, Works of Alexander Dumas, and so on. Whos is
the owner of the second-hand book store where Rizal purchased books from?
A. Señor Roses
B. Francisco Calvo Muñoz
C. Juan de Salcedo
D. Jose M. Cecicilio
24) In 1883, Rizal joined the Masonic Lodge Acacia and his Masonic name is
Dimasalang. His reasons why he became a Mason: (1) the abusive bad friars in the
Philippines and he needed the help of the Masons as shield to use in his fight against
evil forces of tyranny. On November 15, 1890, he became a Master Mason in ______.
A. La Liga Filipina
B. Lodge Solidaridad
C. Circulo Hispano-Filipino
D. Propaganda Movement
25) At the National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid in 1884, joined by many painters in
Europe in that art competition, Luna won first prize (gold medal) for his _____.
A. Christian Virgins Exposed to the Populace
B. Spolarium
C. Felicitacion
D. Uncle Tom's Cabin
27) After Rizal completed his studies in Madrid, Rizal went to Paris and Germany in
order to specialize in ___________.
A. Optometry
B. Philosophy and Letters
C. Ophthalmology
D. Philosophy and Latin
28) After completing his studies at Universidad Central de Madrid, on his way to Paris
for further study in Ophthalmology, he stopped at Barcelona to visit his friend named
___________, a medical student and a member of a rich family of San Miguel,
Bulacan.
A. Don Miguel Morayta
B. Señor Eusebio Corominas
C. Paz Pardo de Tavera
D. Maximo Viola
29) During his week-stay in Paris, Rizal befriended _________ the editor of La
Publicidad.
A. Don Miguel Morayta
B. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera
C. Paz Pardo de Tavera
D. Señor Eusebio Corominas
30) Owner of La Publicidad and statesman whom Rizal made a crayon sketch when
Rizal went to Paris visiting Maximo Viola.
A. Don Miguel Morayta
B. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera
C. Dr. Louis de Weckert
D. Señor Eusebio Corominas
31) In October 1885, Rizal living in Paris, where he sojourned for about 4 months,
worked as an assistant to ___, leading French ophthalmogist.
A. Felix Pardo de Tavera
B. Dr. Javier Galezowsky
C. Dr. Louis de Weckert
D. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera
32) Rizal discussed with Luna, the great master of brush, by posing as model in several
painting. In Luna's canvas "The Death of Cleopatra posing as a/an _____.. Rizal
discussed with Luna, the great master of brush, by posing as model in several painting.
In Luna's canvas "The Death of Cleopatra" posing as a/an _____.
A. Ferdinand Magellan
B. Lapu-Lapu
C. Dagohoy
D. Egyptian priest
33) In another Luna's great painting "The Blood Compact" Rizal posed as ______ while
Dr. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera posed as Legazpi
A. Spanish priest
B. Lapu-Lapu
C. Dagohoy
D. Sikatuna
E. Egyptian priest
35) The Austrian professor, Director of Ateneo of Leitmeritz, whom Rizal had had long
and frequent correspondence as their beautiful friendship lasted all their lives.
A. Dr. Javier Galezowsky
B. Dr. Louis de Weckert
C. Jose Alejandrino
D. Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt
36) Rizal sent two books entitled "Arithmetica" written in Spanish and Tagalog by
University of Santo Tomas Press in 1868. The author was __________, a native of
Santa Cruz, Laguna.
A. Felix Pardo de Tavera
B. Rufino Baltazar Hernandez
C. Jose Alejandrino
D. Marcelo H. del Pilar
37) Rizal stayed in Leipzig from August 14, 1886-October 29, 1886, he translated
Schiller's ___________ from German to Tagalog so that Filipinos might know the story
of Swiss independence.
A. Fairy Tales
B. Travels in the Philippines
C. William Tell
D. The Count of Monte Cristo
38) In Berlin Rizal was enchanted because of the scientifice atmosphere and the
absence of racial prejudice. And he came in contact with the German scientist-traveler
named ___________, who was the author of Travelers in the Philippines which Rizal
read and admired for such author foretell the downfall of the Spanish rule and the
coming of Americans to the Phillippine shore.
A. Dr. Feodor Jagor
B. Alexander Dumas
C. Hans Andersen
D. Beecher Stowe
39) Rizal lived in Berlin not just as mere student or a curious tourist, but for the following
reasons EXCEPT
i.) to gain further knowledge of opthalmology and sciences & languages
ii.) to observe the conditions of the German nation and associate with the German
scientists and scholars
iii) to finish his novel El Filibusterismo
A. I only
B. Ii only
C. Iii only
D. I and ii
40) The winter of 1886 was his darkest winter in Berlin for the following reasons
EXCEPT:
i.) He ate only one meal a day consisted of bread and water or some cheap
vegetable soup
ii.) The diamond ring from Saturnina got lost
iii.) He had no money arrived from Calamba and could not pay for his landlord
A. I only
B. Ii only
C. Iii only
D. I and ii
41) How much did Rizal owed to Maximo Viola so that the novel Noli Me Tangere could
be printed?
A. P100.00
B. P150.00
C. P200.00
D. P300.00
42) In Rizal's Europe tour, he (together with Viola) visited such because of the following
reasons:
i) to further study opthalmology and sciences & anguages
ii) Rizal was interested in botany to study numerous varieties of extraordinary beauty
and size
iii) to visit Dr. Adolph B. Meyer
A. i only
B. ii only
C. iii only
D. ii and iii
43) In Leitmeritz, when Rizal and Viola was visiting Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt who
was amazed by Rizal's fluency in German language that Rizal was asked how long did
he study German. Then Rizal answered eleven months.
A. Alcalde mayor
B. Governor general
C. Gobernadorcillo
D. Burgomaster
44) In Prague, as part of Europe tour, Viola and Rizal visited the famous cave where the
Catholic saint was imprisoned. Who was that saint?
A. San Antonio Padua
B. Saint Francisco de Assisi
C. Saint Pascual Bailon
D. San Juan Nepomuceno
45) One of the greatest novelists in Europe (Austrian novelist) whom Rizal and Viola
visited in Vienna and armed with letter of recommendation from Blumentritt, years later
He spoke highly of Rizal, "whose genius HE so much admired."
A. Alexander Dumas
B. Eugene Sue
C. Beecher Stowe
D. Norfenfals
46) After the publication of Noli Me Tangere, Rizal was warned not to return home by
the following people EXCEPT:
i.) Silvestre Ubaldo
ii) Josephine Bracken
iii) Paciano and Jose M. Cecilio
A. i only
B. ii only
C. iii only
D. i and ii
47) Rizal, deciding to return home, left Rome by train for Marseilles, a French port. And
on July 3, 1887 he boarded WHAT STEAMER?
A. Tabo
B. Djemnah
C. Hayfong
D. Salvadora
48) In Saigon, on July 30, 1887, he transferred to ANOTHER STEAMER, which was
Manila-bound. What was the steamer he was riding?
A. Tabo
B. Djemnah
C. Hayfong
D. Salvadora
49) In his hometown (Calamba), patients from Manila and provinces flocked to such
town, which Rizal came to be called ___ because he came from Germany, busy
attending his lucrative medical practice.
A. Doctor Laon
B. Doctor Dimasalang
C. Doctor Uliman
D. Doctor Soliman
50) While the storm over the Noli was raging in fury, Rizal was not molested in Calamba
because of this Governor-General that assigned a bodyguard for Rizal. Who was that
Governor-General?
A. Terrero
B. Blanco
C. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
D. Juan Salcedo
51) The lieutenant who defended Rizal in the court whom the later chose because the
former's name was familiar to him, for the former was the brother of Rizal's bodyguard
in 1887
A. Juan Salcedo
B. Blanco
C. Pio Valenzuela
D. Luis Taviel de Andrade
52) The lottery prize that Rizal won.
A. P10,000
B. P20,000
C. P30,000
D. P40,000
53) In his aspiration to reconcile Rizal with the church, Fr. Pastells sent one or the
following:
i. Father Obach
ii. Father Jose Vilaclara
iii. Father Paula de Sanchez
A. I only
B. Ii only
C. I and ii
D. All of the above
54) When Rizal was exiled in Dapitan, the different perspectives of Rizal's "many-
splendored genius" were enhanced such as the following EXCEPT:
A. Rizal as Educator
B. Rizal as a Traveler*
C. Rizal as a Farmer
D. Rizal as Inventor and a Scientist
58) On July 31, 1896, Rizal's four year exile in Dapitan came to an end. At midnight of
that date he left, together with Josephine, Narcisa, Angelica (Narcisa's daughter), his
three nephews, and 6 of his loyal pupils, on the steamer named ___.
A. España
B. Castilla
C. Isla de Luzon
D. Isla de Panay
59) one of the priests who visited Rizal before the latter was executed whom Rizal
made an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus during the latter's Ateneo days
A. Fr. Antonio Rosell
B. Father Luis Viza
C. Fr. Federico Faura
D. Father Jose Vilaclara
60) The exact time Rizal died when he was shot at Bagumbayan Field by firing squad
A. 6:00 am
B. 6:15 am
C. 6:30 am
D. 7:03 am
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