midterms

Question 1

In which city did Jose Rizal work as an assistant to Dr. Louis de Weckert, a leading ophthalmologist?

Answer 1

Paris

Question 2

What does “Noli Me Tangere” literally mean?

Answer 2

“Touch Me Not”

Question 3

Who is the fat Franciscan friar and parish priest of San Diego in the novel “Noli Me Tangere”?

Answer 3

Padre Damaso

Question 4

While traveling, Jose Rizal attended a regional floral exposition and met Dr. Jagor. In which city did he attend this exposition?

Answer 4

Dresden

Question 5

Who bitterly criticized “Noli Me Tangere” in an article published in La España Moderna in January 1890?

Answer 5

Vicente Barrantes

Question 6

In which city did Jose Rizal celebrate his 26* birthday?

Answer 6

Geneva

Question 7

Who was the former Minister of the Crown that Jose Rizal met in Madrid?

Answer 7

Don Segismundo Moret

Question 8

Who was Rev. Vicente Garcia?

Answer 8

A Filipino Catholic priest scholar

Question 9

Which poem carries the message “work hard for the Motherland and respect the dignity of labor?”

Answer 9

“Hymn to Labor”

Question 10

Where díd Jose Rizal study Nippongo, Kabuki and Judo?

Answer 10

Tokyo, Japan

Question 11

Who had a romance with Osei-San (Seiko Usui)?

Answer 11

Jose Rizal

Question 12

Why did Rizal choose to go to Brussels?

Answer 12

The high cost of living in Paris

Question 13

Which club, founded by Jose Rizal, brought together young Filipinos in the French capital to enjoy their sojourn during the Universal Exposition?

Answer 13

Kidlat Club

Question 14

In which city did Rizal write and read a scholarly paper entitled “Tagalishe Verkunst”
(Tagalog Metrical Art) before the Ethnographic Society of Berlin?

Answer 14

Berlin

Question 15

In which city did Rizal meet Dr. Adolph B. Meyer, Director of Anthropological and
Ethnological Museum?

Answer 15

Dresden

Question 16

Which novel inspired Jose Rizal to write “Noli Me Tangere”?

Answer 16

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 17

Who is credited as the savior of “Noli Me Tangere?”

Answer 17

Maximo Viola

Question 18

Who is the young Dominican parish priest of Binondo in Rizal’s “Noli Me Tangere”?

Answer 18

Padre Sybila

Question 19

Who is the elderly and kind lieutenant of the Guardia Civil?

Answer 19

Señor Guevara

Question 20

Who called Rizal “a pearl of a man (una perla de hombre)”?

Answer 20

Dr. Reinhold Rost

Question 21

Who is Rizal’s personal bodyguard during his six months stay in Calamba?

Answer 21

Lt. Jose Taviel de Andrade

Question 22

What was the penname used by Rev. Vicente Garcia?

Answer 22

Justo Desiderio Magalang

Question 23

In Heidelberg, where did Jose Rizal work under the direction of Dr. Otto Becker?

Answer 23

University Eye Hospital

Question 24

Which family did Jose Rizal visit outside his working hours in Paris?

Answer 24

Pardo de Tavera

Question 25

Where did Jose Rizal stay during his time with a kind Protestant pastor in Wilhemsfeld?

Answer 25

Vicarage of Dr. Karl Ullmer

Question 26

Who is the captain of the cuadrilleros (town police) in "Noli Me Tangere"?

Answer 26

Don Melchor

Question 27

What tragic story in "Noli Me Tangere" involves a woman who was once rich but became poor after marrying a gambler?

Answer 27

Tale of sisa

Question 28

Who was the ex-theological student in "Noli Me Tangere" who was in love with Siñang?

Answer 28

Albino

Question 29

Who were the two boys in the tale of Sisa who became the source of her wretched life in "Noli Me Tangere"?

Answer 29

Basilio and Crispin

Question 30

Who is Capitan Tiago's cousin that took care of Maria Clara after her mother's death in "Noli Me Tangere"?

Answer 30

Aunt Isabel

Question 31

What happened to Crispin, the younger of the two brothers, in "Noli Me Tangere"?

Answer 31

Accused of stealing and tortured

Question 32

Who defended a helpless boy from the brutality of an illiterate Spanish tax collector, pushing the latter and accidentally killing him?

Answer 32

Don Rafael Ibarra

Question 33

Who is the bogus Spanish physician, lame and henpecked husband of Doña Victorina and several ladies?

Answer 33

Don Tiburcio de Espadaña

Question 34

In "Noli Me Tangere," what happened to Padre Salvi after leaving the parish of San Diego?

Answer 34

He became a chaplain of the nunnery

Question 35

What did Maria Clara do out of loyalty to the memory of Ibarra, the man she truly loved, in "Noli Me Tangere"?

Answer 35

She entered the Santa Clara nunnery

Question 36

What happened the next morning after Padre Damaso being transferred to a remote province?

Answer 36

He was found dead in his bedroom

Question 37

How did Capitan Tiago's life conclude in "Noli Me Tangere"?

Answer 37

became an opium addict

Question 38

Where was Alfonso Linares buried in "Noli Me Tangere"?

Answer 38

In Paco cemetery

Question 39

What happened to the alferez who successfully repulsed the abortive attack on the barracks?

Answer 39

Promoted to major

Question 40

What is the English translation of the poem "A La Juventud Filipina"?T

Answer 40

To the Filipino youth

Question 41

When and where was Jose Rizal's novel, "Noli Me Tangere," finally printed?

Answer 41

March 21, 1887, in Berlin

Question 42

Who is the vulgar mistress of the Spanish alferez in "Noli Me Tangere"?

Answer 42

Dona Consolacion

Question 43

In "Noli Me Tangere," who is the architect that continued to supervise the schoolhouse?

Answer 43

Nor Juan

Question 44

"Noli Me Tangere," who is the boatman that was a strong and silent peasant youth?

Answer 44

Elias

Question 45

Who complained to Ibarra about the lack of a proper schoolhouse, stating that the children were losing interest in their studies?

Answer 45

The progressive school teacher

Question 46

What is the title of Rizal's first article in La Solidaridad?

Answer 46

Los Agricultores Filipinos

Question 47

In which hotel did Jose Rizal stay during his time in Hong Kong?

Answer 47

Hotel Victoria

Question 48

In Paris, who organized the Indios Bravos and became its chief?

Answer 48

Jose Rizal

Question 49

What is the English title of Rizal's literary work "Junto Al Pasig"?

Answer 49

Beside the Pasig

Question 50

What is referred to as a "Batalan" in Noli Me Tangere?

Answer 50

A bamboo porch

Question 51

In Barcelona, Jose Rizal visited the famous Chateau d'lf.

Answer 51

False

Question 52

In Berlin, Jose Rizal met for the first time Dr. Feodor Jagor, a German scientist traveler.

Answer 52

True

Question 53

Jose Rizal dedicated the novel "Noli Me Tangere" to the Spain.

Answer 53

False

Question 54

One of the reasons for Rizal's decision to return home was to serve his people who had long been oppressed by Spanish tyrants.

Answer 54

True

Question 55

Jose Rizal left Manila on February 3, 1888 after his six months stay in Calamba

Answer 55

False (1889)

Question 56

Indios Bravos is an organization of nationalist Filipinos derived from the Buffalo Bull show.

Answer 56

True

Question 57

One of the reasons why Jose Rizal went to London was to improve his knowledge of the English language.

Answer 57

True

Question 58

Jose Rizal corrected some chapters of his second novel in Leipzig.

Answer 58

True

Question 59

"Noli Me Tangere" contains 73 chapters and an epilogue.

Answer 59

False

Question 60

Capitan Basilio was a former gobernadorcillo and the father of Siñang. 61.

Answer 60

True

Question 61

Maximo Viola offered a loan to Jose Rizal for the printing of Noli Me Tangere.

Answer 61

True

Question 62

"Noli Me Tangere" is taken from the Gospel of St. Matthew.

Answer 62

False

Question 63

Elias was hunted by the Guardia Civil for assaulting Padre Damaso and throwing the alferez into a mudhole.

Answer 63

True

Question 64

Song of Maria Clara (Canto de Maria Clara) is a poem written by Jose Rizal as part of his novel "Noli Me Tangere."

Answer 64

True

Question 65

In "Noli Me tangere," the spineless gobernadorcillo catered to the wishes of the Spanish parish friar.

Answer 65

True

Question 66

In "Noli Me Tangere," Tasio, the philosopher, had ideas that were too advanced for his times, leading people to call him "Tasio, the Great."

Answer 66

False

Question 67

Crisostomo Ibarra is the only son of Don Rafael Ibarra in "Noli Me Tangere."

Answer 67

True

Question 68

Don Rafael Ibarra was buried in consecrated ground, but his enemies, accusing him of being a heretic, had his body removed from the cemetery.

Answer 68

True

Question 69

One of the reasons for Rizal's decision to return to the Philippines was to find out why Leonor Rivera stopped communicating with him.

Answer 69

True

Question 70

One of the reasons for Rizal leaving the country was that his presence in Calamba was jeopardizing the safety and happiness of his family and friends.

Answer 70

True

Question 71

The greatest achievement of Rizal in **Brussels** was the annotating of Morga's book, "Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas."

Answer 71

False (London)

Question 72

Rizal's visit to Paris coincides with the Universal Exposition of 1889.

Answer 72

True

Question 73

In London, Rizal was busy writing El Filibusterismo, articles for La Solidaridad and letters to his family and friends.

Answer 73

False (Brussels)

Question 74

Jose Rizal criticized the Filipinos in Madrid for gambling.

Answer 74

True

Question 75

Rizal's outstanding achievement in Paris was the publication in 1999 of his annotated editions of Morga's Sucesos.

Answer 75

FALSE (1890)