SUBJECT: LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL

INSTRUCTOR: Anne Rosalie Besin -Laquian

Test I. Direction: Read and analyze the question carefully and choose the letter of the BEST answer. Write
the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before each item.

1. What is known as Rizal Law?

a. Republic Act 1925 b. Republic Act 1425
c. Republic Act 1945 d. Republic Act 1625
2. He was the one who baptized Jose Rizal.
a. Pedro Casanas b. Rufino Collates
c. Pedro Casenas d. Rufino Collatees
3. What is the full name of Dr. Jose Rizal?
a. Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Alonzo y Realonda
b. Dr. Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal Alonzo y Realonda
c. Dr. Jose Protacio Mercato Rizal Alonso y Realonda
d. both b & c
4. What could be the reason why we need to study the life, works and writings of Jose Rizal?
a. It is mandated by law.
b. To gain and inspiring source of patriotism.
c. To develop an appreciation and deeper understanding of all that Rizal fought and died for.
d. All of the above.
5. Why it is said that education played a very important part in the family of Jose Rizal?
a. His parents were remarkably educated
b. All of the siblings of Teodora and Francisco were educated also
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above
6. What was the first poem of Jose Rizal?
a. Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo b. To My Fellow Children
c. In Memory of My Town d. None of the above
7. Who was the first teacher of Pepe?
a. Maestro Celestino b. Dona Teodora
c. Maestro Padua d. Maestro Cruz
8. Who is the first private tutor of Jose?
a. Maestro Lucas b. Maestro Cruz
c. Leon Monroy d. Maestro Celestino
9. What is the event that disheartened Rizal during his early education?
a. The death of his sister Concha b. The imprisonment of his mother
c. The death of Leon Monroy d. None of the above
10. Who was the college registrar who refused to admit Rizal in Ateneo?
a. Father Manuel Burgos b. Father Xeres Burgos
c. Father Jose Bech d. Father Magin Fernando
11. Who was the first professor of Jose in Ateneo?
a. Father Xeres Burgos b. Father Jose Bech
c. Father Magin Fernando d. None of the above
12. What was the reason why Rizal enrolled at Ateneo de Municipal?
a. He did not passed the entrance examination in College of San Juan de Letran
b. He wants to study in Ateneo
c. His father decided to enroll him in Ateneo
d. Both a & c
.13. What was the reason why the college registrar refused to admit Rizal in Ateneo?
a. Jose was already late for registration b. Jose was so frail and sickly
c. Jose was too small for his age d. All of the above
14. Why Jose used their family name Mercado when he enrolled at Ateneo?
a. Because he didn’t want their surname Rizal.
b. Because the surname Mercado had been under the suspicion of the American.
c .Because the surname Mercado had been under the suspicion of the Spanish.
d. For distinction, because there were many Filipinos used the surname Rizal.
15. Why was Rizal placed at the bottom of the class, occupying the end of the line during his first day in
Ateneo?
a. Because he used the surname Rizal.
b. Because he was new in the class and not proficient in Spanish.
c. Both a & b.
16. Rizal was belonged in what group during his first year in Ateneo?
a. Roman Empire b. Carthaginian Empire
c. Internos d. Boarders
17. What is the reason why Dona Teodora has objection in continuing the study of Rizal?
a. Because she doesn’t want her son to know more.
b. Because she feared that if Rizal would get to know more, the Spaniards would cut his head.
c. Because they have no enough money to send Rizal to school.
d. None of the above.
18. Why Rizal enrolled Philosophy and Letters at University of Sto. Tomas?
a. He was not yet certain on what career to pursue.
b. He wants to pursue that course.
c. His mother like the course.
d. Both a & c.
19. What was the reason why Rizal takes up medicine in UST?
a. He want to cure his mother’s growing blindness.
b. His father like the course.
c. His mother like the course.
d. He was not yet certain on what career to pursue.
20. Why was Rizal not granted the title for surveyors?
a. Because he was an Indio. b. Because he was below age.
c. Because the Jesuits was in favor to him. d. All of the above.
21. What was the reason why Rizal hated the Dominican professor?
a. Because the Dominican professor were cruel and biased to his Filipino classmates.
b. Because they gave Rizal fair/good grades.
c. Because of the humiliation of the Dominican professors.
d. All of the above.
22. How did Rizal experience the Spanish brutality?
a. One of the Guardia Civil whipped him with a sword and slashed his back.
b. The Dominican professors were cruel to him.
c. Both a & b.
d. None of the above
23. Why the poem “A La Juventud Filipino” became classic in Philippine Literature?
a. It expressed the nationalistic concept of the Spaniards.
b. It was the great poem in Spanish written by a Spaniards.
c. It expressed for the first time the nationalistic concept that the Filipinos were the “Fair and Hope of t
he Fatherland”.
d. Both a & b.
24. What is the reason why Rizal decided to continue his studies in abroad?
a. The biased and hostile Dominican professors were against him.
b. He was disgusted with the antiquated method of instruction in the university.
c. He wants to cure his mother illness.
d. All of the above.
25. What is the first impression of Rizal in Barcelona?
a. The people are courageous.
b. The people are hospitable.
c. It had an atmosphere of freedom and liberalism.
d. None of the above.
26. Who was the publisher of DiariongTaglaog?
a. BasilioTeodoro Moran
b. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
c. Jose Rizal
d. Pedro Paterno
27. What was the reason why Rizal joined the Freemasonry?
a. He believed that masonry would help him his fight against the friars in the Philippines.
b. He believed that masonry would help him to cure his mother illness.
c. He believed that masonry would help him to became popular in Spain.
d. Both a & b
28. Who was the savior of the novel Noli Me Tangere?
a. Dr. Ferdinand Bluementritt b. Dr. Feodor Jagor
c. Dr. Maximo Viola d. Dr. Adolph Meyer
29. Which is not true in the following statements?
a. Rizal was enchanted in Berlin because of its scientific atmosphere and the racial prejudices in place.
b. In Berlin, Rizal lived a systematic and orderly life.
c. Rizal knew that in Berlin he was not only a student but also a person with a mission.
d. In Germany, Rizal noticed that the people had different religions but in spite of this difference, they
lived harmoniously.
30. Which of the following statements is true?
a. Rizal lived in Germany to further his studies in mathematics and language.
b. To gain further knowledge in writing.
c. To publish the novel El Filibusterismo.
d. None of the above.
Test II. Poem Analysis. Read and analyze the poem of Dr. Jose Rizal’ To the Filipino Youth Answer the
following questions and include textual evidence with your answers.

To the Filipino Youth 1. Summarize what the poem is about. What does the author
say? (10 POINTS)
Unfold, oh timid flower!
2. Integrate the research you have done on Rizal’s life into
Lift up your radiant brow, your poetry analysis. Explain how the Rizal’s history and culture
This day, Youth of my native strand!
Your abounding talents show
have influenced the poem. List two important experiences that
Resplendently and grand, influenced Rizal (20 POINTS)
Fair hope of my Motherland! 3. List two conditions in the author’s country that influenced
Soar high, oh genius great, his/her life (poverty, political unrest, war, lack of opportunities,
And with noble thoughts fill their mind; social constraints especially for the youth): (20 POINTS)
The honor's glorious seat,
May their virgin mind fly and find
More rapidly than the wind.

Descend with the pleasing light

Of the arts and sciences to the plain,
Oh Youth, and break forthright
The links of the heavy chain
That your poetic genius enchain.

See that in the ardent zone,

The Spaniard, where shadows stand,
Doth offer a shining crown,
With wise and merciful hand
To the son of this Indian land.

You, who heavenward rise

On wings of your rich fantasy,
Seek in the Olympian skies
The tenderest poesy,
More sweet than divine honey;

You of heavenly harmony,

On a calm unperturbed night,
Philomel's match in melody,
That in varied symphony
Dissipate man's sorrow's blight;

You at th' impulse of your mind

The hard rock animate
And your mind with great pow'r consigned
Transformed into immortal state
The pure mem'ry of genius great;

And you, who with magic brush

On canvas plain capture
The varied charm of Phoebus,
Loved by the divine Apelles,
And the mantle of Nature;

Run ! For genius' sacred flame

Awaits the artist's crowning
Spreading far and wide the fame
Throughout the sphere proclaiming
With trumpet the mortal's name
Oh, joyful, joyful day,
The Almighty blessed be
Who, with loving eagerness
Sends you luck and happiness.