rizal
  • 1. In what age did Rizal enter the University of Santo Tomas?
A) nearly 17
B) nearly 16
C) nearly 18
  • 2. Why did Rizal initially enroll in the course on Philosophy and Letters?
A) He was passionate about philosophy
B) His father liked it and he was still undecided about his career
C) He wanted to become a teacher
  • 3. Who did Rizal write to for advice about his career path?
A) Father Pedro Pelaez
B) Father Jose Burgos
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 cure his mother's growing blindness
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 traveling abroad
C) He was ill and unable to write
  • 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) 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) 17
C) 16
  • 10. When was Rizal officially granted the title of expert surveyor?
A) November 27, 1881
B) November 26, 1881
C) November 25, 1881
  • 11. Why wasn't Rizal immediately granted the title of surveyor after passing the exam?
A) He failed one of the final subjects
B) He was underage
C) The Ateneo did not endorse him
  • 12. Who was the woman Rizal briefly courted in Calamba?
A) Miss L
B) Miss K
C) Miss I
  • 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) Miss L
B) Orang
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 sent them through a messenger
C) He wrote them on flowers
  • 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 Valenzuela
B) Leonor Rivera
C) Leonor Katigbak
  • 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) Juan Katigbak
C) Antonio Rivera
  • 20. What was Leonor Rivera’s birthplace?
A) Camiling, Tarlac
B) Camiling, Manila
C) Camiling, Laguna
  • 21. What was the special name Leonor Rivera used to sign her letters to Rizal?
A) Taimis
B) Taimes
C) Taimies
  • 22. Where was Rizal when he encountered the Spanish officer's brutality?
A) Calamba
B) Manila
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 Blumentritt
C) Letter to his mother
  • 26. Which of the following did not accompany Rizal on his pilgrimage to Pakil?
A) Maria
B) Trinidad
C) Concepcion
  • 27. Rizal experienced the brutality of a Spanish Lieutenant and Rizal reported the incident to General
A) Primo de Rivera
B) Primo de Rovero
C) Primo de Sevilla
  • 28. What was the name of the organization that held the literary contest?
A) La Liga Filipina
B) Katipunan
C) Liceo Artistico-Literario
  • 29. What literary achievement does the "TO THE FILIPINO YOUTH" represent?
A) First poem to be read in the Katipunan
B) First great poem in Spanish written by a Filipino
C) First poem published in a national newspaper
  • 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) Spain’s glorified man-of-letters and author of Don Quixote
B) A French poet
C) A Greek philosopher
  • 32. Why did some members of the Spanish community protest Rizal's win?
A) Rizal plagiarized the work
B) Rizal was an Indio
C) They disliked the poem’s language
  • 33. A Spanish writer won second place in the literacy contest?
A) Padre Faura
B) Marcelo H. del Pilar
C) D. N. del Puzo
  • 34. What is the title of the zarzuela written by Rizal in 1880?
A) Junto al Pasig
B) A Filipinas
C) El Consejo de los Dioses
  • 35. What event was Junto al Pasig staged on December 8 1881??
A) Rizal’s birthday
B) Feast of Saint Ignatius
C) Feast of the Immaculate Conception
  • 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) Abd-Azis y Mahoma
B) Mi Retiro
C) El Amor Patrio
  • 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) A Spanish poet
C) His professor in UST
  • 40. Who accompanied Rizal on his pilgrimage to Pakil?
A) His fellow artists
B) His classmates and mentors
C) His sisters and their female friends
  • 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) Santo Niño
B) Birhen Maria de los Dolores
C) Birhen de Guadalupe
  • 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) Companerismo
B) Maharlika
C) Katipunan
  • 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) Antonio Luna
B) Galicano Apacible
C) Emilio Jacinto
  • 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) Dominican
B) Jesuit
  • 49. Which chapter in El Filibusterismo critiques the UST physics class?
A) Chapter XI
B) Chapter XIII
C) Chapter XII
  • 50. What is the title of Chapter XIII in El Filibusterismo?
A) Class in Science
B) Class in Physics
C) Class in Math
  • 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) College of San Juan de Letran
B) Ateneo Municipal
C) University of Santo Tomas
  • 53. Who accompanied Rizal to Manila when he took his entrance exams?
A) His mother
B) His brother Paciano
C) His father
  • 54. Who helped Rizal gain admission to Ateneo?
A) Manuel Xerez Burgos
B) Father Magin Ferrando
C) Father Burgos
  • 55. Which religious order administered the Ateneo when Rizal studied there?
A) Jesuits
B) Dominicans
  • 56. The internos (boarders) belonged to which group?
A) Greek Empire
B) Carthaginian Empire
C) Roman Empire
  • 57. The externos (non-boarders) belonged to which group?
A) Persian Empire
B) Roman Empire
C) Carthaginian Empire
  • 58. What type of trousers did Ateneo students wear?
A) Hemp-fabric trousers
B) Wool trousers
C) Silk 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. Jose Bech
B) Fr. Manuel Xerez Burgos
C) Fr. Magin Ferrando
  • 61. What group was Rizal assigned to when he started at Ateneo?
A) Roman Empire
B) Greek Empire
C) Carthaginian 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) Two pesos
B) Three pesos
C) Five pesos
  • 65. Where did Rizal live when he returned to Manila for his second year?
A) Escolta Street
B) Caraballo Street
C) No. 6 Magallanes Street
  • 66. Who was Rizal's landlady at Magallanes Street?
A) Dona Marya
B) Dona Pepay
C) Dona Titay
  • 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) Travels in the Philippines
B) Universal History
C) The Count of Monte Cristo
  • 69. Who was the author of The Count of Monte Cristo?
A) Cesar Cantu
B) Dr. Feodor Jagor
C) Alexander Dumas
  • 70. What historical work did Rizal persuade his father to buy?
A) Travels in the Philippines
B) The Count of Monte Cristo
C) Universal History
  • 71. Who wrote Universal History?
A) Cesar Cantu
B) Dr. Feodor Jagor
C) Alexander Dumas
  • 72. Which book impressed Rizal with predictions about the Philippines’ future?
A) Travels in the Philippines
B) Universal History
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. Francisco de Paula Sanchez
B) Fr. Jose Bech
C) Fr. Burgos
  • 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) Doctor of Philosophy
B) Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors
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) Brotherhood of the Holy Cross
C) Sacred Heart Society
  • 79. Who was famous Spanish painter of Rizal in Ateneo?
A) Agustin Saez
B) Tio Manuel
C) Romualdo de Jesus
  • 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) Sacred Heart of Jesus
C) the Virgin Mary
  • 82. What type of wood did Rizal use for carving the Virgin Mary image?
A) Bamboo
B) Narra
C) Batikuling
  • 83. What image did Father Lleonart request Rizal to carve for him?
A) The Sacred Heart of Jesus
B) The Virgin of Lourdes
C) Saint Joseph
  • 84. Who was one of Rizal’s contemporaries in Ateneo who shared an anecdote about him?
A) Felix M. Roxas
B) Manzano
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) The Intimate Alliance Between Religion and Good Education
B) In Memory of My Town
C) To the Child Jesus
  • 89. Which poem did Rizal write in 1875 when he was 14 years old, expressing his devotion to the Child Jesus?
A) To the Child Jesus
B) To the Virgin Mary
C) My First Inspiration
  • 90. What was the title of the religious drama Rizal wrote during the summer vacation of 1876?
A) In Memory of My Town
B) To the Virgin Mary
C) St. Eustace, the Martyr
  • 91. When did Rizal complete the religious drama "St. Eustace, the Martyr"?
A) June 2, 1876
B) June 4, 1876
C) June 3, 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) 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) Calamba, Laguna
B) Lipa, Batangas
C) Manila
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