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Paul University Philippines

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan 3500

Midterm Examination in
GEC 7- Readings in Philippine History
Name: DANIEL VAN DER CABAYA Student No: Score: ________
General Instructions:

 Follow instructions carefully and read the questions very well,

 All questions should be addressed to the invigilator.
 Work independently. Cheating will be dealt on accordingly.
 Switch on your cameras and microphones during the exam
 Download, attach your work and don’t forget to turn in your work for submission.

I. SELECTIVE MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE. Read the statements carefully.

Answer what is asked in each item. Please refer to the box below for the
answers. Answers may be repeated. There are items with two answers, in
this case, write both on the answer sheet. Write only the letter of your
answer.
On the topic: First Mass in the Philippines

A. Pigafetta B. Colin C. Combes D. Albo

1. He mentioned in his account that the first mass was held on Easter Sunday,
the 31st of March 1521 on the island called Mazaua. A
2. This person cited that there were two native chieftains who attended the
mass, and these were the Rajah of Mazaua and the Rajah of Butuan. A
3. His account is valuable as it represented the first mass celebration to have
taken place at Butuan on Easter Sunday of 1521. A
4. This person’s account is insufficient as it abruptly brings Magellan to Butuan
without explaining how he got there. A
5. According to him, Magellan landed at Butuan and planted/ erected the cross
in a solemn ceremony. B & C
6. He did not mention about the first mass, rather he mentioned about the two
events that had occurred on the same day with the mass and these are the
planting/ erecting of the cross and the formal claiming of the archipelago on
behalf of the Castilian Crown. D
 7. The log book of this person says that Mazaua lies at an latitude of 9 and
two- thirds degrees North. D
8. He did not mention about the first mass but he mentioned about the
planting/ erecting of the cross upon a mountain- top. D
9. These people claimed that the itinerary of Magellan’s expedition showed
that they did not go to Butuan or any other point in the Mindanao coast. A
10. They said that the survivors of the expedition went to Mindanao later
but that was after the death of Magellan.
11. His description was confirmed by the geography of Mazaua.
12. According to these people, the site of the first mass was in Butuan,
Agusan del Norte.
13. They stayed in the Philippines and worked as missionaries in the
Philippines.
14. Their accounts on the Butuan Tradition have a strong influence over
subsequent historians who quoted their narratives.
15. In his evidence, there were five points to be considered.
On the topic: Cavite Mutiny

A. Mutiny C. tribute E. Montero G. fireworks H.Tavera I.

Izquierdo

B. Revolt D. La Madrid F. Gomburza

16. This was a big conspiracy among the Filipinos which was planned with
utmost secrecy.
17. The exemption from this which was previously enjoyed by the Filipinos
was one of the immediate causes of the Cavite Mutiny.
18. He presented the firing of rockets from the walls of the city to be the
pre- concerted signal among the conspirators of Cavite and Manila.
19. On the night of the 20th, these were displayed and the rockets were
fired into the air.
20. He presented the incident merely as a mutiny by the native Filipino
soldiers and laborers of the Cavite arsenal.
21. According to him, strengthening the power of the friars in the
Philippines was one of the results of the so- called revolution of Cavite.
22. He was the governor general of the Philippines when the Cavite
Mutiny and the execution of GomBurZa happened.
23. He made an official report on the Cavity Mutiny of 1872 to the King of
Spain.
24. He mentioned that the newspapers from Madrid Spain inspired the
junta because of their advanced and liberal ideas.
25. It was aimed at overthrowing the Spanish government.
26. According to Izquierdo, its end goal is to install a new hari placing the
head of the government a priest.
27. He was the leader of the Cavite Mutiny.
28. According to the governor- general, they promised the wealth of the
Spaniards and the regular clergy to the Filipino Spaniards and mestizos.
29. They are believed to be one to be installed as head of the government
once the Spanish government will be overthrown.
30. They also promised to the native soldiers employment and ranks in
the army as well as the creation of native batallions which was allegedly
stated by the governor- general.
On the topic: Cry of Balintawak (use the choices under 1896 Philippine
Revolution)
31. He chose the blood compact as the symbol of the cry.
32. This historian emphasized the tearing of the cedula as the symbol for
the cry.
33. He asserted that the cry happened at the house of Tandang Sora in
Pugad Lawin.

On the topic :1896 Philippine Revolution

A.Sityar C. Agoncillo D.Valenzuela

F.Katipunan

B.1896 Philippine Revolution E.Republican

G.Bonifacio

34. This was founded because of the ilustrado- initiated propaganda

movement that failed to persuade the Madrid government.
35. Its aim is to unite the country and to win independence from Spain by
means of a revolution.
36. Its existence was already known to the Guardia Civil through the
confession of the sister of Teodoro Patino.
37. This was a national endeavor and hence a Filipino nation was born
through it.
38. It is the nature of the first Filipino government ever established by the
Filipinos.
39. He provided mechanisms for popular participation from the national to
the local levels.
40. It recognizes Andres Bonifacio not only the founder of Katipunan but
as the first Filipino president.
II. True or False. Write T if the statement is correct and write F if it is
wrong.
1. The first detailed account about the Retraction came out in a series of
anonymous articles in the Barcelona magazine known as La liga. F
2. There are four common attitudes toward the Retraction and its bearing on
the life and character of Dr. Jose Rizal. T
3. Father Manuel Garcia discovered the actual document of the retraction on
18 May 1935. T
4. Rizal’s family saw the document of retraction after his death. F
5. No effort was made to save Rizal from the death penalty after signing the
retraction. T
6. Rizal’s burial was kept secret; however, he was buried inside the Paco
Cemetery.
7. There was a marriage certificate or public record shown as evidence that
Rizal married Josephine Bracken. T
8. Rizal’s behavior as a whole during his last 24 hours before execution
doesn’t point to a conversion. F
9. The account of the superior of the Jesuits in the Philippines in 1896 was the
only detailed account about the retraction. T
10. Father Vicente Balaguer the Jesuit priest who claimed to have secured
Rizal’s retraction asserted that this account was his work which he originally
wrote that very same night of 29 December 1896.
11. Father Balaguer found the actual document of retraction when he was
busy sorting a pile of documents in their new fireproof vault.
12. The document of retraction was not made public until 1935.
13. The Spaniards allegedly claimed that Rizal had retracted his
involvement in the masonry and his attacks against the Catholicism.
14. Teodora Alonzo and the sisters of Rizal asserted that Rizal being an
intellectual being will never sign such retraction.
15. Josephine Bracken was present during Rizal’s signing of the retraction
hence, she is a credible witness that indeed a retraction was made.
16. The katiupunan was the only anticolonial revolution in Asia.
17. The Katipunan government maintained foreign relations with
Hongkong and Japan for political and military aid.
18. The foreign relations of the Katipunan is in the anticipation of the
Filipinos planned uprising towards the end of 1896.
19. Many civilian leaders were concurrently military officials because of
the katipunan government was revolutionary.
20. Emilio Jacinto and Andres Bonifacio supervised the planning of military
strategies and the preparation of orders.
 21. Dr. Rizal pleaded not to sign the retraction right after his execution,
hence he signed it two weeks before he was executed.
22. The sisters of Rizal and Bracken had been in very good terms as
shown during their presence witnessing Rizal’s execution.
23. Many people believed that Rizal signed the retraction because his
remaining days to live were added when he signed it.
24. To the Filipinos, Bonifacio and Emilio Aguinaldo are both the first
President, one ruled Cavite and the other in Manila as evidenced of the
document they signed.
25. The Tejeros Convention declared Aguinaldo as the president and
Bonifacio as the vice president but was changed because there are those
who opposed it.
26. The Cries of rebellion were considered milestone in several colonial- to
nationalist histories of the world.
27. The cry has a conflicting meaning depending on how one sees it.
28. The monument of heroes of 1896 was erected in what is now the
intersection of EDSA and Andres Bonifacio Drive.
29. According to Pedro Gagelonio, the cry of Balintawak can never be
accepted as historically accurate.
30. President Macapagal ordered that the Cry be celebrated on 23 August
and that Pugad Lawin will be recognized as its site.
31. President Macapagal eventually changed Cry of Pugad Lawin to Cry of
Balintawak.
32. Cartographic evidences reveal that Pugad lawin was never officially
recognized as a place before WWII.
33. Pugad Lawin appeared only from 1928, that is 32 years after the
event took place.
34. The Cry must be defined as a turning point when the Filipinos finally
rejected the Spanish colonial dominion over the Philippines.
35. The Filipinos constituted their own government as a manifestation of
breaking already the bondage with Spain.
III. List five (5) characters of Noli Me Tangere and describe each basing from
which segment in the society they represent. (3 points each)

The function of Education is to teach one to think intensively and to

think critically. Intelligence plus Character- that is the goal of true
Education (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Prepared by: FE TANGUILAN DECENA- MALLARI, PhD