1.

Sometime in 1887, Rizal’s close friend Ferdinand Blumentritt asked him to

define the term for he could not find the term for European Spanish or
Spanish American sources. Rizal replied that in Filipino, the word meant ‘a
dangerous patriot who someday will be hanged’. What was the word
requested Rizal to define?
a. Filibuster
b. Revolutionist
c. Militarist
d. Patriot

2. Jose Rizal and other meztisos and pensionados in Maadrid formed the
Propagandists movement to appeal to reformers in the Spanish
Administration in the Philippines through periodicals and pamphlets. Which
of the following was NOT a product of the propagandists movement?
a. Sol
b. Fray Botod
c. Kalayaan
d. Dasalan at Tocsohan

3. He was the paternal grandfather of Jose Rizal.

a. Domingo Lam-co
b. Juan Mercado
c. Agustin Chinco
d. Manuel de Quintos

4. Jose Rizal’s baptismal certificate was signed not by the priest who
baptized him but his successor.

a. Fr. Leoncio Lopez

b. Fr. Francisco de Paula
c. Fr. Rufino Collantes
d.Fr. Manuel Zarez-Burgos

5. Who baptized Rizal on June 22, 1861 ?

a. Fr. Leoncio Lopez

b. Fr. Francisco de Paula
c. Fr. Rufino Collantes
d.Fr. Manuel Zarez-Burgos
6. Who among the following stood as Rizal’s Godfather during his baptismal?

a. Fr. Rufino Collantes

b. Fr. Manuel Zarez-Burgos
c. Fr. Pedro Casaǹas
d. Fr. Leoncio Lopez

7. Rizal, a shortened form of Spanish word “second crop”, seemed suited to

Family of farmers and originated from the word Ricial, which then means?

a. Third crop
b. Rice field
c. Rice grain
d. Philippine farmers

8. The list of produced and approved family names can be referred from this
publication.

a. Catalogo Alfabetico de Apellidos

b. Catalogi Alfabeto de Apellidos
c. Catalogo de Apellidos Filipinos
d. Catalogo de Alfabetico Filipinos

9. The Royal Decree of 1849 was ordered by _____.

a. Governor General Polavieja
b. Governor General Claveria
c. Governor General Izquierdo
d. Governor General Despujol

10. Jose Rizal’s mother, Teodora Alonso, studied in this school.

a. Colegio de San Jose

b. Colegio de Santa Rosa
c. Colegio de San Juan de Letran
d. Colegio de Santa Isabel

11. Domingo Lam-co, Jose Rizal’s paternal ancestor, was a native of this
place.
a. Beijing c. Chinchew
b. Shanghai d. Parian
12. Ateneo de Municipal Manila was located in Intramuros which means
__________________.
a. thick walls
b. protective walls
c. outside the walls
d. within the walls

13. Prior to Ateneo, Rizal took and passed the examination at __________.

a. University of Santo Tomas

b. Colegio de San Agustin
c. Colegio de San Juan de Letran
d. Colegio de San Jose

14. At first Rizal was denied entry in Ateneo but he was finally accepted
through the intercession of _______________.

a. Manuel Xerez-Burgos
b. Fr. Magin Fernando
c. Fr. Jose Villaclara
d. Paciano Rizal

15. While attending Ateneo, Rizal developed into a first-rate student. Who
among the following noticed his proficiency in the Spanish language?

a. Fr. Magin Fernando

b. Fr. Jose Villaclara
c. Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez
d. Manuel Xerez-Burgos

16. Who was the registrar in Ateneo who initially denied Rizal’s admission to
the university?

a. Fr. Magin Fernando

b. Fr. Jose Villaclara
c. Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez
d. Manuel Xerez-Burgos

17. What is the main reason for the education of Rizal in UST?
a. the cataracts of his mother
b. cholera outbreak
c. dengue outbreak
d. malaria outbreak

18. What are the two courses Rizal enrolled simultaneously in UST?

a. philosophy and law

b. philosophy and letters
c. philosophy and engineering
d. philosophy and medicine

19. During Rizal’s first year in UST, Rizal also finished a course in surveying
in another school. What is this school?

a. Ateneo c. Letran
b. Colegio de Sta. Rosa d. La Concordia

20. Allegedly Rizal was underage when he took the licensure examination for
surveying, thus, his licensed was withheld. It was issued to him on this date
instead.

a. November 5, 1881
b. November 15, 1881
c. November 25, 1881
d. November 30, 1881

21. In 1879, Rizal won a silver pen for his entry in the poetry contest
organized by Manila Lyceum of Art and Literature. What is the title of the
poem?

a. Sa Aking mga Kababata

b. To the Filipino Youth
c. In Memory of My Village
d. My Mother’s Birthday

22. Rizal decided to take medicine also for this reason. What is this?

a. There were few students taking medicine.

b. Rizal was the only Filipino to take medicine.
c. Rizal wanted to defuse his growing political interest.
d. Rizal was not doing well in philosophy.

23. Rizal wrote this satirical play, which was presented by Ateneo students
on December 8, 1880. What is the title of this play?

a. Beside the Pasig

b. My Motherland
c. My Mother’s Birthday
d. To My Muse

24. One of the controversial works of Rizal was this allegory that allegedly
won him a prize in a literary competition, but the prize was denied to him for
the reason that the writer was an Indio. What is the title of this work?
a. A La Juventud Filipina
b. The Council of the Gods
c. My Motherland
d. Through Education the Motherland Receives Glory.

25. Rizal secretly left the Philippines and had his first voyage to the world.
When was this?

a. May 3, 1882
b. May 13, 1882
c. May 23, 1882
d. May 30, 1882

26. What is the name of the ship Rizal boarded during his first voyage?

a. S.S. Victoria
b. S.S. Salvadora
c. S.S Aaliyah
d. S.S. Sophia

27. Rizal went to Madrid and enrolled medicine. What is the name of this
school?

a. Universidad Central Madrid

b. Medical Center of Madrid
c. Madrid Central University
d. Madrid Central University of Medicine

28. While Rizal was enrolled in Madrid for his medicine course, he also
studied painting and sculpture. What is the name of this school?

a. Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

b. Academy of Arts
c. Madrid Arts Institute
d. Academy of San Carlos

29. Where did Rizal enrolled in his drawing classes?

a. Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

b. Academy of Arts
c. Madrid Arts Institute
d. Academy of San Carlos

30. Who is the professor of Rizal in drawing?

a. Mr. Brown c. Mr. Haes

b. Mr. Dan d. Mr. Wecker

31. Considered to be the 1 st foreign book that Jose Rizal read. What is the
title of this book?

a. Travels in the Philippine

b. Count of Monte Cristo
c. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
d. The Wandering Jew

32. Below are four statements about the Philippines during Rizal’s time.
Which statement is false?

a. The system of government was called frailocacy.

b. The Philippines was represented in Spanish cortes.
c. The big plantations were owned by religious organizations.
d. The justice system served the interests of Spanish colonial
government.
33. As soon as Noli was published, Rizal was ready to go home and perform
surgery on the eyes of his mother. He took the ship from Marseilles and
started his journey back to the Philippines on _____________.

a. July 5, 1887
b. July 15, 1887
c. July 25, 1887
d. July 28, 1887

34. Who was this Austrian historian whom Rizal deep friendship with during
his stay in Germany?

a. Jose Basa
b. Mariano Ponce
c. Maximo Viola
d. Ferdinand Blumentritt

35. While Rizal was in Paris, he took advanced course in Ophthalmology

under the tutelage of the known ophthalmologist. Who is this?

a. Otto Becker
b. Louis de Wecker
c. Karl Ullmer
d. Friedrich Ratzel

36. Rizal continued his study in ophthalmology in Germany under the

mentorship of eminent ophthalmologist named ____________.

a. Otto Becker
b. Louis de Wecker
c. Karl Ullmer
d. Friedrich Ratzel

37. When did Rizal write his poem to the flowers of Heidelberg?

a. April 1885
b. April 1886
c. April 1887
d. April 1888
38. Rizal wrote a lengthy essay about his prophecies on the condition of the
Philippines entitled _________________.

a. To The Flowers of Heidelberg

b. Last Farewell
c. The Philippines, A Century Hence
d. Annotation to the Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas

39. A poem Jose wrote when his mother ask him to write a poetry. A poem
that is Jose’s product of all the melancholy of his aching soul. What is the
title of this poem?

a. Hymn To Work
b. To the Women of Malolos
c. They Ask me for Verses
d. In Memory of my Village

40. Laong-laan, one of the pseudonyms of Jose Rizal. What does this literally
means?

a. untouchable
b. never ready
c. always ready
d. never a coward

41. Who ordered Jose Rizal to be shot in Bagumbayan on the morning of

December 30, 1896?

a. Governor-general Ramon Blanco

b. Governor-general Eulogio Despujol
c. Governor-general Camilo Polavieja
d. Governor-general Rafael de Izquierdo

42. Rizal was able to finish his studies and performed excellently in all
subjects in Ateneo. He was later coined as the “Pride of the Jesuits” but he
pointed out that if weren’t for his educator, he wouldn’t have achieved his
goals. Who was this educator?
a. Father Sanchez
b. Maestro Aquino
c. Don Saez
d. Don de Jesus

43. Where did El Filibusterismo publish?

a. Paris
b. Austria
c. Brussels
d. Ghent

44. Why did Rizal failed to publish El Fili in France?

a. life in Paris was expensive

b. Spanish agents were running after him
c. he wanted the publication secret
d. no one was willing to print the manuscript in Paris

45. The law making body that proclaimed Rizal as the Philippine National
Hero.

a. National Commission on Culture and Arts

b. Philippine Historical Institute
c. Philippine Commission
d. Philippine Commission on Good Government

46. The Rizal Law __________.

a. R.A 1524
b. R.A 1452
c. R.A 1425
d. R.A 1542

47. Who gladly agreed to finance the printing cost of the book Noli Me
Tangere when Rizal was having problems with the expenses?

a. Ferdinand Blumentritt
b. Antonio de Morga
c. Maximo Viola
d. Hans Meyer

48. When Rizal was in trial, who was the defense counsel assigned to him?

a. Luis Taviel de Andrade

b. Camilo Polavieja
c. Martin Constantino
d. Nicola de Pena
49. The Katipunan was a secret society founded by Andres Bonifacio and
other patriotic Filipinos on July 7, 1892 aimed at attaining Philippine
Independence through the use of force. In what district of Manila was the
Katipunan founded?

a. Intramuros
b. Binondo
c. Tondo
d. Sampaloc

50. What crime Rizal tried according to the Spanish military court?

a. Graft and corruption

b. Rebellion and organizing illegal societies
c. Libel and assault
d. Falsification of documents

51. After the execution, Rizal corpse was buried with the greatest secrecy at
the Paco cemetery. Who was the one who patiently searched all the
cemeteries in Manila to find his body in vain?

a. His brother, Paciano

b. His mother, Teodora
c. His sister, Narcisa
d. His friend, Maximo Viola

52. On Rizal’s exile in Dapitan, he was guarded by a Spanish military

commandant, Captain Ricardo Canicero. How did this military commandant
treat the exiled?

a. He would allow Rizal to talk to his visitors only upon request.

b. He supported Rizal’s activities and reported it to the governor-general
and ask for funding.
c. He gave Rizal the freedom to go anywhere requiring him only to report
once a week to his office.
d. He strictly guarded Rizal and would not allow him to do any acitivity.

53. Rizal met a kind protestant German pastor in Germany who befriended
him. He stayed at his vicarage and learned German language. This is where
he finished his first novel. Where was “Noli Village” located in honor of the
novel “Noli Me Tangere”?

a. Wilhelmsfeld
b. Berlin
c. Heidelberg
d. Leipzig

54. Rizal has a bestfriend whom he would always confide with through
letters. His best friend is a principal of a secondary school in Leitmeritz,
Austria. Who is he?

a. Ferdinand Blumentritt
b. Maximo Viola
c. Pedro Paterno
d. Cecilio Segismundo

55. A character in Noli who became a drug addict and frequently visited
Calle Fumadero in Tondo – the place where the Chinese addicts were allowed
to smoke opium.

a. Kabesang Tales
b. Placido Penitente
c. Capitan Tiago
d. Tiburcio

56. The only sister of Rizal who can recite from memory all his poems and
married Antonio Lopez. Who is she?

a. Saturnina
b. Narcisa
c. Olympia
d. Lucia

57. The following characteristics were hereditary influences of Jose Rizal from
his Chinese ancestry, EXCEPT ONE. Which one does not belong?

a. serious nature
b. frugality
c. love for children
d. indomitable courage

58. The following were the characteristics Rizal inherited from his father,
EXCEPT ONE. Which of the following did Rizal inherited from his mother?

a. profound sense of self-respect

b. scientific ability
c. habit of independent thinking and
d. love for work

59. Which of the following did Jose Rizal inherited from his Malayan ancestry?

a. Elegance of bearing
b. Sensitivity to insult
c. Innate desire to travel
d. Gallantry to ladies

60. One of Rizal’s romances and engaged with him but married another man
named Henry Kipping. According to some books, she was Jose’s great love.
Who was this lady?

a. Segunda Katigbak
b. Leonor Rivera
c. Josephine Bracken
d. Consuelo Ortia y Perez

61. A Belgian woman whom Rizal met and one of the contributing factors
that led him to continue writing El Filibusterismo. Who is this woman?

a. Nelly Boustead
b. O Sei San
c. Suzanne Jacoby
d. Josephine Bracken

62. The woman whom Jose wanted to marry but because of church
requirements they just simply lived together. Jose called her his “wife” and
“dulce estrangera”. Who is she?

a. Nelly Boustead
b. O Sei San
c. Suzanne Jacoby
d. Josephine Bracken
63. Rizal had a casual relationship with a daughter of a liberal minded
Spanish official who once served in Manila during the Spanish era. Who is
this woman?

a. C. Gertrude Beckett
b. Consuelo Ortia y Perez
c. Nelly Boustead
d. Leonor Rivera

64. Considered to be Jose’s First Love but a fixed marriage was arranged
between her and Manuel Luz. Who is she?

a. Leonor Rivera
b. Josephine Bracken
c. Segunda Katigbak
d. Nelly Boustead

65. The following are Rizal’s teacher who gave him introductory lessons in
Latin, EXCEPT ONE. Who among them does not belong to the group?

a. Dr. Justiniano Aquino Cruz

b. Maestro Celestino
c. Maestro Lucas Padua
d. Leon Monroy

66. Rizal’s sister who died at age 3.

a. Josefa
b. Trinidad
c. Concepcion
d. Soledad

67. The only sister of Rizal who lived up to 1950’s.

a. Maria
b. Narcisa
c. Saturnina
d. Olympia

68. According to Rizal himself he took the term Noli Me Tangere, which
means “Touch Me Not” from the bible. From what Gospel Noli Me Tangere
was taken?
a. St. Luke (24:12)
b. St. Luke (24:44)
c. St. John (20:17)
d. St. John (20:15)

69. Four days after the founding of La Liga Filipina, Rizal was
arrested and imprisoned at Fort Santiago without due process of law.
Who was then the governor-general of the country who ordered the
arrest and banishment of Rizal in Dapitan?
a. Ramon Blanco
b. Eulogio Despujol
c. Camilo Polavieja
d. Emilio Terrero

70. The character in Noli Me Tangere who was described by Rizal as a

laundry woman before her marriage to the officer of the Guardia Civil.
She was known as the muse of Guardia Civil. She pretended to have
forgotten Tagalog already but her use of Spanish was awful. Who was
the woman?

A. Dona Consolacion
B. Sisa
C. Dona Victoria delos Reyes de Espadana
D. Paulita Gomez

71. Spanish husband of Donya Victorina who is limp and submissive to his
wife; he also pretends to be a doctor. Who is this character?

a. Alferez
b. Pilosopo Tasyo
c. Don Tiburcio
d. Pedro

72. A character in Noli Me Tangere who made an abusive treatment to Sisa

and a wife of an Alferez.

a. Dona Consolacion
b. Dona Victorina
c. Maria Clara
d. Mara Clara
73. The man whom Crisostomo Ibarra seeks advices from. The townspeople
doesn’t like him since he’s pessimist, cynic and always mad. However, Ibarra
sees him as a wise man.

a. Padre Damaso
b. Kapitan Tiyago
c. Don Anastacio
d. Padre Sibyla

74. The younger son of Sisa who died from the punishment from the soldiers
from the false accusation of stealing an amount of money.

a. Crispin
b. Basilio

75. Known as the father of Maria Clara but not his biological father.

a. Padre Damaso
b. Padre Sibyla
c. Kapitan Tiyago
d. Alferez

76. Maria Clara is the epitome of a Filipino woman – beautiful, intelligent,

respectful etc. She has lots of admirers and one of them is a priest. Who is
this?

a. Crisostomo Ibarra
b. Padre Sibyla
c. Elias
d. Padre Salvi

77. Father of Crispin and Basilio who became addicted to cockfighting.

a. Tiburcio
b. Leocio
c. Pedro
d. Salvi

78. What was the real surname of Crisostomo Ibarra?

a. Eibarramendia
b. Eiberramandia
c. Eibaramindia
d. Eiberremendia
79. Crisostomo Ibarra is Maria Clara’s sweetheart. However, Maria Clara has
this would-be fiancé. Who is it?

a. Elias
b. Salvi
c. Linares
d. Captain Pablo

80. Sisa’s son who became an aspiring doctor in El Fili?

a. Basilio
b. Crispin

81. A poet and Basilio's best friend who was dumped by Paulita Gomez.

a. Florentino
b. Fernando
c. Isagani
d. Juanito

82. The girlfriend of Basilio, and the youngest daughter of Kabesang Tales.

a. Paulita Gomez
b. Juliana de Dios
c. Quiroga
d. Pia Alba

83. Ben Zayb is a journalist who thinks he is the only one thinking in the
Philippines. What is his real name?

a. Fernando Ibanez
b. Pedro Ibanez
c. Abraham Ibanez
d. Amir Ibanez

84. He is quite an ordinary fellow who married a rich woman in order to be a

member of Manila's high society. Also, he is a famous journalist who was
asked by the students about his decision for the Academia de Castellano.

a. Don Fernando
b. Don Pedro Pelaez
c. Don Tiburcio
d. Don Custodio
85. In El Fili, he reincarnated as a wealthy jeweler, bent on starting a
revolution. Who is this character?

a. Elias
b. Simoun
c. Basilio
d. Crispin

86. El Fili is the sequel of the Noli Me Tangere, and like the first book, it was
written in Spanish. To whom did he dedicate this second novel?

a. To his beloved parents

b. To the suffering Filipino people
c. To the executed Filipino priest GomBurZa
d. To his love, Leonor Rivera

87. Rizal is a noted kite maker in his hometown in Laguna. His favorite
design is of Malay origin. What is the name of the said design?

a. Guryon
b. Boka-boka
c. Chapi-chapi
d. De baso

88. What was the reason of Rizal when he decided to write his two novels in
Spanish?

a. He wants to show off his talent in Spanish

b. He wants to hide it to those who doesn’t know Spanish
c. He has the idea that it was the intelligencia that should lead and guide
the people in revolution
d. He loves the language and were comfortable with it

89. Who authored Rizal law and signed on June 12, 1956?

a. Emilio Aguinaldo
b. Claro M. Recto
c. Sergio Osmena
d. Diosdado Macapagal

90. Rizal’s birthday is on ______________.

a. June 19, 1860

b. June 19, 1861
c. June 19, 1862
d. June 19, 1863
91. Rizal wrote a poem Sa Aking mga Kababata at an early age. What is his
age when he wrote it?

a. 7
b. 8
c. 9
d. 6

92. How old is Rizal when he wrote the poem A Mother’s Birthday?

a. 7
b. 8
c. 9
d. 10

93. Students in Ateneo is divided into 2 empires to fight for academic

supremacy the Roman and Carthaginian. Rizal became the emperor of what
empire?

a. Roman
b. Carthaginian

94. A poem Jose wrote while he was in Ateneo which suggested that
education is an integral part of national character. What is this poem?

a. The Intimate Alliance between Religion and Education

b. To the Philippine Youth
c. Through Education Our Motherland Receives Light
d. They Ask Me for Verses

95. 1st sad poem Jose wrote. What is this poem?

a. Al Niǹo Jesus
b. In Memory of my Village
c. A la Virgen Maria
d. They Ask me for Verses

96. In the El Fili, his character is one of the great lawyers of mid-Hispanic
Manila. Who is he?

a. Placido Penitente
b. Atty Pasta
c. Atty Quiroga
d. Atty Fernando
97. A Chinese businessman who dreamt of being a consul of a Consulate of
China in the Philippines. He hid Simoun's weapons inside his house.

a. Penintente
b. Padre Sibyla
c. Elias
d. Quiroga

98. A student of the University of Santo Tomas who is always miserable.

a. Basilio
b. Placido Penitente
c. Crispin
d. Isagani

99. In 1872 the matrydom of Gomburza truly inspired Rizal to fight the evils
of Spanish tyranny and redeem his oppressed people. The governor-general
who ordered the execution of Gomburza was _______.
a. Governor-general Rafael de Izquierdo
b. Governor-general Fernando Primo de Rivera
c. Governor-general Ramon Blanco
d. Governor-general Camilo Polavieja

100. The law making body that proclaimed Rizal as the Philippine National
Hero.
a. National Commission on Culture and Arts
b. Philippine Historical Institute
c. Philippine Commission
d. Philippine Commission on Good Government