• San Francisco State University

• BIOL 848

FILAMER CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

College of Teacher Education

Accredited Level IV – ACSCU- ACI

Roxas City, Capiz

RIZAL’s LIFE WORKS AND WRITINGS

Name: __________________________Course: ____________ Schedule: ________Score: _____

I. MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS: Read & understand the following items carefully. Encircle the letter of

the correct answer. Note: Erasure is prohibited in all the test items.

1. What law is known as the Rizal Law?

A. R.A 1425 B. R.A. 438 C. R.A. 2435 D. R.A. 834

2. In what reasons why Claro M. Recto authored the Senate Bill 438 or otherwise known as Rizal Bill of

1956?

I. To retain the memory of our national hero in every Filipino.

II. To exude Rizal as he valiantly fought for our freedom.

III. To foster in every Filipino the same nationalistic, moral, political, and social principles that

Rizal had.

IV. To instill in the future generation the civic virtue of subordinating individual ambitions to the

common good.

A. I-II-III B. II-III-IV C. I-II-III-IV D. I-II-IV

3. What are the arguments of the oppositors of the Bill why they do not want the bill to be passed into

law?

I. Rizal novels “belonged in the past” and that they are harmful to read.

II. It is “an attack on the clergy” and objected to ridicule the Catholic Faith.

III. The pages only contain patriotic content and anti-Catholic attacks.

IV. It is inimical portrayal to the tenets of faith and violates religious freedom.

A. II-III B. III-IV C. I-II-III D. I-II-III-IV

4. What is Jose Rizal’s most significant legacy to the Filipinos at present time?

I. His literary works.

II. His idea of non-violent revolution.

III. His achievements.

IV. His ideas on patriotism and nationalism.

A. II only B. III only C. IV only D. I-II-III-IV

5. Jose Rizal’s becoming the national hero was accordingly the result of American sponsorship. It was in

1901 when William Howard Taft proposed Rizal as our national hero because:

I. Rizal was already dead by the time the American colonized the Philippines.

II. He did not make any negative or embarrassing remarks of anti-American quotations.

III. Martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal was a symbol of Spanish oppression.

IV. He urged reform from within by publicity, by public education, and appeal to the public

conscience.

A. I-II-III-IV B. II- III-IV C. I- II D. III-IV

6. Who regarded Rizal as the Pioneer Exponent of Liberal Democracy in Asia?

A. Guerrero (1998) B. Fischer (1962) C. De Ocampo (1969) D. Taft (1901)

7. Who retrieved the stolen original manuscripts of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo without paying

a single centavo as ransom?

A. Alejandro Roces B. Quintin Paredes C. Lorenzo Tanada D. Domacao Alonto

8. Who was the president of the Philippines when the Rizal Law was passed?

A. Elpidio Quirino B. Jose P. Laurel C. Ramon Magsaysay D. Carlos Garcia

9. Phil. President who made Dec. 30 as Day of National Mourning in Rizal honor

A. Osmena B. Aguinaldo C. Quezon D. Magsaysay

10. When was RA 1425 signed into law?

A. May 17, 1956 B. June 12, 1956 C. July 15, 1956 D. August 12, 1956

11. On what date Rizal was executed in Bagumbayan (in Manila) which is now Rizal Park?

A. December 30, 1896 C. December 31, 1896

B. December 30, 1897 D. December 31, 1897

12. Which proves that Filipinos already venerate Jose Rizal as national hero before the American

recognized him as such?

A. The Dec. 15, 1896 manifesto of Jose Rizal convincing the Filipinos to stop the rebellion.

B. The second verse of the MI Ultimo Adios which praises the revolutionaries.

C. The Dec. 20 1898 proclamation issued by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo.

D. The testimonies of Pio Valenzuela about his conversation with Jose Rizal in Dapitan.

13. The main proponent of the Rizal Bill who dubbed as a community and anti-Catholic.

A. Fidel Ramos C. Ramon Magsaysay

B. Claro M. Recto D. Jose P. Laurel

14. Last June 19, 2021, we celebrated Rizal’s _____birth anniversary.

A. 169th B. 160th C. 150th D. 159th

15. The influx of liberal ideas that came to be felt in Manila can be attributed to the following except:

A. The opening of Suez Canal

B. The opening of the Philippines to world trade

C. The ending of the Spanish Civil Wars

D. The Filipinos surpassing the Spaniards in literary prowess

16. Who was the Frenchman and builder of the Suez Canal?

A. Ferdinand de Lesseps B. Montesquieu C. Carlos Maria de la Torre D. Romero

17. What is the most important legacy to the Philippines was the termination of the oppressive galleon

trade because it put an end to the sufferings of the natives.

A. Cadiz Constitution C. Biak na Bato Constitution

B. Malolos Constitution D. Kawit Constituti