el fili

Question 1

a story set in twilight years of the spanish colonial government in the philippines

Answer 1

El Filibusterismo

Question 2

El fili was translated by ____ in ____

Answer 2

Charles Derbyshire in 1912

Question 3

El fili was translated under what title?

Answer 3

The Reign of Greed

Question 4

Rizal dedicated the novel, El fili to the Three martyr priests, which are

Answer 4

Father Don Mariano Gomez
Father Don Jose Burgos
Father Jacinto Zamora

Question 5

the main objective of Rizal in writing El Fili

Answer 5

to expose the Philippine situation as he witnessed during his time

Question 6

the hero of El filibusterismo

Answer 6

Simoun

Question 7

who was Simoun compared to the Noli me tangere

Answer 7

Crisostomo Ibarra

Question 8

a powerful figure which is a jeweler and a good friend and adviser of the Governor General

Answer 8

Simoun

Question 9

Two main magnificent Obsessions

Answer 9

1. to rescue Maria clara from the Nunnery of Santa Clara
2. To form a revolution against the hated spanish masters

Question 10

the ridiculous pro-spanish native woman who is to the laguna of her henpecked husband

Answer 10

Donya Victorina

Question 11

husband of Donya Victoria who has deserted her

Answer 11

Tiburcio de espadana

Question 12

Donya Victorina’a beautiful niece

Answer 12

Paulita Gomez

Question 13

a spanish journalist who writes silly article about filipinos

Answer 13

Ben-Zayb( anagram of Ibanez)

Question 14

Vice rector of University of Santo Tomas

Answer 14

Padre Sibyla

Question 15

The parish priest of the Town Tiani

Answer 15

Padre Camorra

Question 16

The thin Franciscan Friar and former Cura of San Diego

Answer 16

Padre Salvi

Question 17

A pro-spanish Filipino holding a high position in the Government

Answer 17

Don Custodio

Question 18

a Kind friar who was a friend of the filipino students

Answer 18

Padre Irene

Question 19

a poet-nephew of Padre Florentino and lover of Paulita

Answer 19

Isagani

Question 20

son of sisa and a promising medical student whose medical education is financed by his patron Capitan tiago

Answer 20

Basilio

Question 21

Dispossessed of his land in Tiani by the friars like that of Rizal’s Father

Answer 21

Cabesang Tales

Question 22

He became a bandit chieftain named Matanglawin

Answer 22

Cabesang Tales

Question 23

Sweetheart of Basilio

Answer 23

Juli

Question 24

kills herself rather than be dishonored by Padre Camorra

Answer 24

Juli

Question 25

a rich student and a leader of the Filipino students who formed a movement to have a academy where they could learn spanish

Answer 25

Macaraig

Question 26

bigoted Dominican Friar, who teaches physics in UST without scientific experiments

Answer 26

Padre Milon

Question 27

A batangueno who discontented with the poor method of instruction in the University

Answer 27

Placido

Question 28

the filipino lawyer, who refuses to help filipino students in their petition to the government for educational reforms

Answer 28

Senyor Pasta

Question 29

grandfather of juli and a father of cabesang Tales

Answer 29

Tandang selo

Question 30

a spanish student who supports the cause of the filipino students to propagate the teaching of spanish

Answer 30

Sandoval

Question 31

one of the filipino students who agitates for the speaking of spanish

Answer 31

Pecson

Question 32

the pretty dancer and mistress of Don custodio

Answer 32

Pepay

Question 33

A good dominican friar and a friend of isagani

Answer 33

padre fernandez

Question 34

the father juanito pelaez

Answer 34

Don timoteo

Question 35

the story of El fili begins on the board the clumsy roundish shaped steamer ____, which is sailing upstream the ____ from ____ to _____

Answer 35

TABO, Pasig from Manila to Laguna de bay

Question 36

Simoun is also called as the ____ because of his influence in malacanang.

Answer 36

"brown Cardinal" or " Black Eminence

Question 37

Simoun smuggles arm into the country with the help of a rich chinese merchant, _____

Answer 37

Quiroga

Question 38

wants to be the Chinese consul of Manila

Answer 38

Quiroga

Question 39

the sad news that simoun heard in the first attempt to begin the armed uprising

Answer 39

Maria clara died in the nunnery

Question 40

what wedding gift did simoun gave to Paulita gomez and Juanito Pelaez

Answer 40

A beautiful lamp

Question 41

who knew that the lamp will burn and explode

Answer 41

Simoun and Basilio

Question 42

who was the poet that Paulita rejected, which also tried to save her from the lamp

Answer 42

Isagani

Question 43

reason why Paulita rejected isagani

Answer 43

due to his liberal ideas

Question 44

A romantic Novel " work of the heart, " a book of feeling". it has a freshness, color, humor, lightness and wit

Answer 44

noli me tangere

Question 45

A political novel; "a work of the head", " book of thought". it contains bitterness, hatred, revenge, sorrow, pain and violence.

Answer 45

El filibusterismo

Question 46

Rizal considered that ___ is superior to the ___

Answer 46

Noli, Fili

Question 47

who did rizal agree that noli was superior to fili as a novel

Answer 47

M.H. del pilar

Question 48

who thought that Fili is superior to the Noli

Answer 48

-Blumentritt -Graciano Lopez Jaena - Dr. rafael Palma

Question 49

when was the unfinished third novel made by Rizal

Answer 49

September 22.1891, four days after the fili came of the press

Question 50

when did rizal boarded the steamer Melbourne in Marseilles bound for Hong Kong

Answer 50

october 10, 1891

Question 51

the story of the unfinished third novel begins ___

Answer 51

solemn burial of Prince Tagulina, on Malapad na bato, a big rock on the bank of Pasig river

Question 52

hero of the novel, descendant of LakanDula, Last kins of Tondo

Answer 52

Kamandagan

Question 53

two beautiful grandaughters of Kamandagan,

Answer 53

Maligaya and Sinagtala

Question 54

whom did Kamandagan saved against two lustful spaniards

Answer 54

Maligaya and sinagtala

Question 55

what are the other unfinished novel's of rizal

Answer 55

-Makamisa -Dapitan - and three untitled novels

Question 56

a novel in tagalog, written in sarcastic style

Answer 56

Makamisa

Question 57

written in ironic spanish, written during his exile in ____ to depict the town life and customs

Answer 57

Dapitan

Question 58

where is the original manuscript of El Filibusterismo preserved

Answer 58

The Filipiniana Division of the Bureau of Public Libraries, Manila

Question 59

El Filibusterismo is consists of how many pages

Answer 59

270 pages