GEC-LWR

Quiz 2-3
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a. His mother’s deteriorating eyesight

1. What is the complete name of Jose Rizal?
b. His brother’s death
a. José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso c. The request of Paciano
b. José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda d. The persecution of Filipino intellectuals
c. José Protacio Mercado Rizal y Realonda
11. Who was Jose Rizal’s first professor at Ateneo
d. José Protasio Realonda Mercado y Alonso
Municipal?
2. When was Jose Rizal born?
a. Father Francisco de Paula Sanchez
a. June 22, 1861 b. Father Leoncio Lopez
b. June 19, 1862 c. Father Jose Bech
c. June 19, 1861 d. Father Magin Fernando
d. June 22, 1862
12. Which novel was inspired by Jose Rizal’s admiration
3. Who baptized Jose Rizal? for liberal thinkers?

a. Father Rufino Collantes a. Noli Me Tangere

b. Father Pedro Casanas b. El Filibusterismo
c. Father Leoncio Lopez c. La Vision Del Fray Rodriguez
d. Father Jose Bech d. The Count of Monte Cristo

4. What was the first sorrow of Jose Rizal? 13. What position did Jose Rizal hold during his first year
in Ateneo?
a. His mother’s imprisonment
b. The death of his brother Paciano a. Emperor of the Carthaginians
c. The death of his sister Concepcion b. Tribune of the Romans
d. Losing a prized possession c. Standard Bearer of the Carthaginians
d. Centurion of the Romans
5. What was Jose Rizal’s nickname within his family?
14. What was the name of Jose Rizal’s first love?
a. Pepe
b. Chito a. Leonor Rivera
c. Pepe Jose b. Leonor Valenzuela
d. Jojo c. Segunda Katigbak
d. Jacinta Ibardo Laza
6. Who influenced Jose Rizal's passion for reading and
writing literature? 15. Which of the following is NOT one of Jose Rizal's
talents?
a. Father Rufino Collantes
b. His mother, Teodora Alonso a. Sculptor
c. Father Leoncio Lopez b. Pianist
d. Paciano Rizal c. Ophthalmic surgeon
d. Architect
7. In which school did Jose Rizal first use the surname
"Rizal"? 16. Who encouraged Jose Rizal to study at the
Universidad Central de Madrid?
a. Colegio de San Juan de Letran
b. Ateneo Municipal a. Paciano Rizal
c. University of Santo Tomas b. Father Magin Fernando
d. Universidad Central de Madrid c. Father Pablo Ramon
d. His mother, Teodora Alonso
8. What position did Jose Rizal hold when he first enrolled
in Ateneo Municipal? 17. What was the primary reason Rizal shifted to studying
medicine at the University of Santo Tomas?
a. Tribune
b. Decurion a. To help cure his mother's eyesight
c. Standard Bearer b. To become a renowned doctor
d. Emperor c. To avoid persecution by Spanish authorities
d. To please his brother Paciano
9. What was the first poem Jose Rizal wrote, as attributed
to him? 18. Who among Rizal’s siblings served as his “second
father” and supported his education?
a. Mi Ultimo Adios
b. Sa Aking Mga Kabata a. Saturnina
c. In Memory of My Town b. Paciano
d. A Farewell Dialogue of the Students c. Soledad
d. Narcisa
10. What major event made Jose Rizal decide to pursue
medicine? 19. What course did Jose Rizal initially take at the
University of Santo Tomas?
a. Medicine 29. What was the title of Rizal’s first article for La
b. Engineering Solidaridad?
c. Philosophy and Letters
d. Agriculture a. Los Agricultores Filipinos
b. Inconsequencias
20. What was Rizal’s purpose for writing “Noli Me c. Filipinas Dentro de Cien Años
Tangere”? d. La Vision del Fray Rodriguez

a. To express his admiration for Spain 30. In which country did Jose Rizal write the final chapters
b. To expose the abuses of the Spanish clergy of El Filibusterismo?
c. To gain favor from the Spanish authorities
d. To inspire Filipinos to revolt a. Spain
b. Belgium
21. When did Rizal receive his Bachelor of Arts degree c. France
from Ateneo Municipal? d. Germany

a. March 23, 1875 31. Which famous German ophthalmologist did Jose Rizal
b. March 23, 1877 work under in Heidelberg?
c. April 23, 1876
d. April 23, 1877 a. Dr. Otto Becker
b. Dr. Louis de Weckert
22. What did Jose Rizal dedicate to his mother on her c. Dr. Karl Ullmer
birthday? d. Dr. Wilhelm Kuehne

a. “In Memory of My Town” 32. What was the name of the poem Rizal wrote in honor of
b. “Mi Ultimo Adios” his hometown Calamba?
c. “Mi Primera Inspiracion”
d. “A Farewell Dialogue of the Students” a. Mi Ultimo Adios
b. In Memory of My Town
23. In which year did Rizal first depart for Spain? c. To My Fellow Youth
d. A Farewell Dialogue of the Students
a. 1880
b. 1882 33. Who was the Spanish official that refused to enroll
c. 1884 Rizal in Ateneo because he was late and appeared frail?
d. 1886
a. Fr. Magin Fernando
24. What was the name of the ship Rizal boarded for his b. Fr. Leoncio Lopez
first trip abroad? c. Fr. Pablo Ramon
d. Fr. Jose Bech
a. Belgic
b. Djemnah 34. What was the title of Rizal’s speech in honor of Juan
c. Salvadora Luna and Felix Resurrección Hidalgo’s victories?
d. Haiphong
a. Brindis
25. In which city did Jose Rizal complete his medical b. A La Juventud Filipina
studies? c. El Consejo de los Dioses
d. Sobre La Indolencia de los Filipinos
a. Barcelona
b. Madrid 35. Who among the following propagandists helped Rizal
c. Paris distribute copies of Noli Me Tangere?
d. Berlin26. What was the reason why Rizal used the
surname "Rizal" instead of Mercado during his studies? a. Antonio Luna
b. Graciano López Jaena
a. To avoid confusion with another student c. Mariano Ponce
b. To distinguish his family from other Mercado families d. Marcelo H. del Pilar
c. To avoid being linked to the GOMBURZA priests
d. To honor his maternal grandparents 36. Which organization did Rizal establish to promote
reforms in the Philippines?
27. What is the meaning of the surname "Rizal"?
a. Katipunan
a. Farmer b. La Liga Filipina
b. Field c. La Solidaridad
c. Light d. Propaganda Movement
d. River
37. In which year was Noli Me Tangere published?
28. Who was Jose Rizal’s love interest during his exile in
Dapitan? a. 1885
b. 1887
a. Leonor Rivera c. 1888
b. Josephine Bracken d. 1890
c. Nellie Boustead
d. Suzanne Jacoby 38. Which character in El Filibusterismo is believed to
represent Rizal’s life as a student in UST?
a. Simoun 48. Who among Rizal’s siblings helped him escape to
b. Elias Spain secretly?
c. Basilio
d. Placido Penitente a. Paciano
b. Saturnina
39. Who was Rizal’s greatest rival in securing leadership c. Soledad
within the Propaganda Movement? d. Narcisa

a. Marcelo H. del Pilar 49. Which school did Jose Rizal attend for his secondary
b. Antonio Luna education?
c. Mariano Ponce
d. Graciano López Jaena a. University of Santo Tomas
b. Colegio de San Juan de Letran
40. What was the name of Rizal’s frail and pretty childhood c. Ateneo Municipal
sweetheart? d. Universidad Central de Madrid

a. Leonor Valenzuela 50. What was the nickname of Jose Rizal’s mother,
b. Josephine Bracken Teodora Alonso?
c. Leonor Rivera
d. Segunda Katigbak a. Neneng
b. Trining
41. During his exile in Dapitan, what profession did Rizal c. Lola Loleng
mainly practice? d. Donya Loleng51. What was the name of the university
where Rizal completed his medical degree?
a. Sculptor
b. Surveyor a. Universidad Central de Madrid
c. Ophthalmologist b. Ateneo Municipal
d. Engineer c. University of Santo Tomas
d. Universidad de Barcelona
42. What was Rizal’s primary reason for returning to the
Philippines in 1892? 52. Who was the woman Rizal loved but could not marry
because of her family's religious beliefs?
a. To lead a revolution
b. To establish La Liga Filipina a. Suzanne Jacoby
c. To marry Josephine Bracken b. Leonor Rivera
d. To confront the Spanish authorities c. Nellie Boustead
d. Seiko Usui
43. What did Rizal call the group of propagandists he
joined in Spain that called for reforms? 53. Who was the Governor-General of the Philippines
during Rizal’s second return to Manila in 1892?
a. Katipunan
b. La Liga Filipina a. Emilio Terrero
c. La Solidaridad b. Eulogio Despujol
d. Propaganda Movement c. Ramon Blanco
d. Camilo Polavieja
44. Which novel did Rizal write as a sequel to Noli Me
Tangere? 54. What was Rizal’s primary objective in founding La Liga
Filipina?
a. El Filibusterismo
b. La Solidaridad a. To prepare for a revolution
c. Los Agricultores Filipinos b. To unite Filipinos for reforms
d. Filipinas Dentro de Cien Años c. To gain financial support for the Propaganda Movement
d. To overthrow the Spanish government
45. When did Jose Rizal complete his medical degree in
Spain? 55. In what year was El Filibusterismo published?

a. 1884 a. 1887
b. 1885 b. 1889
c. 1886 c. 1891
d. 1887 d. 1894

46. Who was the Filipino painter whom Rizal honored in 56. Where was Rizal exiled after the establishment of La
his "Brindis" speech? Liga Filipina?

a. Felix Resurrección Hidalgo a. Hong Kong

b. Juan Luna b. Dapitan
c. Antonio Luna c. Spain
d. Fernando Amorsolo d. Japan

47. What language did Rizal translate William Tell into? 57. Who among Rizal’s European friends was an Austrian
ethnologist with whom Rizal frequently corresponded?
a. Spanish
b. German a. Dr. Louis de Weckert
c. English b. Prof. Wilhelm Kuehne
d. Tagalog
c. Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt
d. Dr. Otto Becker 67. Who was the governor-general who approved Rizal’s
deportation to Dapitan?
58. In which European city did Rizal finish his second
novel, El Filibusterismo? a. Emilio Terrero
b. Eulogio Despujol
a. Paris c. Ramon Blanco
b. Berlin d. Camilo Polavieja
c. Brussels
d. Madrid 68. What was the name of the Filipino society that helped
Rizal when he was in Spain?
59. When did Jose Rizal arrive in Manila after his first trip
abroad? a. Katipunan
b. La Liga Filipina
a. July 3, 1887 c. Propaganda Movement
b. August 5, 1887 d. La Solidaridad
c. July 30, 1887
d. August 8, 1887 69. Where did Rizal deliver his famous “Brindis” speech?

60. Who was the mother of Rizal’s son who died shortly a. University of Santo Tomas
after birth? b. Madrid
c. Barcelona
a. Leonor Rivera d. Paris
b. Josephine Bracken
c. Seiko Usui 70. Which of the following books is a historical novel
d. Nellie Boustead written by Jose Rizal?

61. What book inspired Jose Rizal to study the conditions a. Noli Me Tangere
in the Philippines and write his novels? b. Mi Ultimo Adios
c. El Filibusterismo
a. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas d. Both a and c
b. Historia Universal by Cesar Cantu
c. Travels in the Philippines by Feodor Jagor 71. What is the main theme of Noli Me Tangere?
d. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
a. Social and political injustices in the Philippines
62. Who accompanied Rizal on his journey across Europe b. The beauty of Philippine landscapes
in 1887? c. Rizal’s travels in Europe
d. The history of Spain’s colonization
a. Maximo Viola
b. Antonio Luna 72. Who among the following was NOT a love interest of
c. Marcelo H. del Pilar Rizal?
d. Mariano Ponce
a. Leonor Rivera
63. What was Rizal’s last piece of written work before his b. Josephine Bracken
execution? c. Marcela Agoncillo
d. Segunda Katigbak
a. Noli Me Tangere
b. El Filibusterismo 73. What institution did Rizal criticize for favoring Spanish
c. Mi Ultimo Adios students over Filipinos during his time in UST?
d. A La Juventud Filipina
a. The Jesuits
64. What was the name of the captain of the ship that b. The Spanish government
transported Rizal to Dapitan? c. The Dominicans
d. The Franciscan order
a. Captain Carnicero
b. Captain Ricardo Polavieja 74. What is the central message of Rizal’s Mi Ultimo
c. Captain Eulogio Despujol Adios?
d. Captain Luis Taviel de Andrade
a. Hope for Filipino freedom
65. Who was the Philippine hero who led the revolution b. Love for Leonor Rivera
after Rizal’s death? c. His farewell to his family
d. His opposition to the revolution
a. Andres Bonifacio
b. Emilio Aguinaldo 75. Who accompanied Rizal on his first pilgrimage to
c. Gregorio del Pilar Antipolo in 1868?
d. Apolinario Mabini
a. His mother
66. What year did Rizal receive the degree of Licentiate in b. His father
Philosophy and Letters? c. Paciano Rizal
d. His godfather, Father Pedro Casanas76. What was the
a. 1882 occupation of Jose Rizal’s father, Francisco Mercado?
b. 1883
c. 1884 a. Farmer
d. 1885 b. Merchant
c. Doctor
d. Lawyer 86. What was the cause of death of Jose Rizal's sister
Concepcion, also known as Concha?
77. Which of the following is Rizal’s famous novel that
critiques the friars and their abuse of power? a. Drowning
b. Sickness
a. Mi Ultimo Adios c. Accident
b. Noli Me Tangere d. Cholera
c. El Filibusterismo
d. Los Agricultores Filipinos 87. Who financed the publication of Noli Me Tangere?

78. Who was the Spanish governor-general that gave Rizal a. Marcelo H. del Pilar
a free hand in Dapitan? b. Antonio Luna
c. Maximo Viola
a. Eulogio Despujol d. Mariano Ponce
b. Ramon Blanco
c. Emilio Terrero 88. How did Jose Rizal describe the students' life in the
d. Camilo Polavieja University of Santo Tomas in his novel El Filibusterismo?

79. What name did Rizal use to travel abroad secretly in a. As an environment of intellectual stimulation
1882? b. As a place of joy and camaraderie
c. As a life of oppression and discrimination
a. Juan de la Cruz d. As an institution that supports Filipino students
b. Jose Mercado
c. Pepe Alonso 89. Who was the woman from Japan whom Rizal fell in
d. Francisco Realonda love with?

80. What literary work did Rizal write in London that a. Leonor Rivera
defended the Filipino people against accusations of b. Josephine Bracken
indolence? c. O-Sei-San (Seiko Usui)
d. Nellie Boustead
a. Filipinas Dentro de Cien Años
b. La Indolencia de los Filipinos 90. What was Rizal’s major contribution to the
c. Los Agricultores Filipinos development of the Filipino language?
d. El Consejo de los Dioses
a. Writing grammars
81. Where did Rizal stay and study under the famous b. Translating European literary works into Tagalog
German ophthalmologist Dr. Otto Becker? c. Establishing schools
d. Promoting the use of Spanish in Philippine literature
a. Berlin
b. Heidelberg 91. Where did Rizal write his famous poem “Mi Ultimo
c. Leipzig Adios”?
d. Dresden
a. In Dapitan
82. What was the title of the article Rizal wrote to honor the b. In his prison cell in Fort Santiago
bravery of Filipino women from Malolos? c. During his exile in Hong Kong
d. On board a ship to Spain
a. Filipinas Dentro de Cien Años
b. The Indolence of the Filipinos 92. Which Philippine president declared Jose Rizal a
c. A La Juventud Filipina national hero?
d. Letter to the Young Women of Malolos
a. Emilio Aguinaldo
83. When did Jose Rizal complete the manuscript of Noli b. Manuel L. Quezon
Me Tangere? c. Ferdinand Marcos
d. Andres Bonifacio
a. 1884
b. 1885 93. Who was the Filipino general who met with Rizal in
c. 1886 Dapitan to seek his support for the Katipunan’s
d. 1887 revolution?

84. In what country did Rizal first meet his Austrian friend, a. Antonio Luna
Ferdinand Blumentritt? b. Emilio Aguinaldo
c. Pio Valenzuela
a. France d. Gregorio del Pilar
b. Germany
c. Spain 94. How did Jose Rizal respond to the Katipunan’s plans
d. Austria for an armed revolution against Spain?

85. What was the purpose of the Propaganda Movement? a. He supported it wholeheartedly
b. He remained neutral
a. To start a revolution against Spain c. He opposed it and suggested peaceful reforms
b. To call for political reforms in the Philippines d. He offered financial help
c. To promote independence
d. To educate the masses about Spanish culture
95. What was the central theme of Rizal’s second novel, El
Filibusterismo?

a. Religious devotion
b. Social transformation through revolution
c. Filipino migration to Europe
d. Spain’s contributions to the Philippines

96. What work did Rizal compose for Filipino youth,

inspiring them to be the hope of the nation?

a. Mi Ultimo Adios
b. Sa Aking Mga Kabata
c. A La Juventud Filipina
d. In Memory of My Town

97. What was the nationality of Josephine Bracken, Rizal’s

common-law wife?

a. Irish
b. Spanish
c. American
d. British

98. How many years did Rizal spend in exile in Dapitan?

a. 2 years
b. 4 years
c. 3 years
d. 5 years

99. Where was Rizal executed?

a. Fort Santiago
b. Bagumbayan (Luneta)
c. Cavite
d. Intramuros

100. On what date was Jose Rizal executed?

a. December 28, 1896

b. December 30, 1896
c. December 31, 1896
d. January 1, 1897
ANSWER KEY

1. b 70. d
2. c 71. a
3. a 72. c
4. c 73. c
5. a 74. a
6. b 75. b
7. b 76. a
77. b
8. d
78. b
9. b 79. b
10. a 80. b
81. b
11. c 82. d
12. a 83. c
13. a 84. b
14. c 85. b
15. b 86. b
16. c 87. c
17. a 88. c
18. b 89. c
19. c 90. b
20. b 91. b
21. b 92. a
22. c 93. c
23. b 94. c
24. c 95. b
25. b 96. c
26. c 97. a
27. b 98. b
28. b 99. b
29. a 100.b
30. b
31. a
32. b
33. a
34. a
35. c
36. b
37. b
38. d
39. a
40. c
41. c
42. b
43. d
44. a
45. b
46. b
47. d
48. a
49. c
50. d
51. a
52. c
53. b
54. b
55. c
56. b
57. c
58. c
59. d
60. b
61. c
62. a
63. c
64. a
65. a
66. d
67. b
68. d
69. b