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     All the entries falling under the "Rizal Course" category (topic), except for this notice, serve as "review materials." The Rizal course reviewer consists of the following:

1. Rizal Course Reviewer: Review Test
2. Rizal Course Reviewer: Tasks and Guides
3. Rizal Course Reviewer: Supplement - A Short Quiz on Philippine Heroes and Heroines

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Updated: Wednesday, 6 August 2008 6:16 AM JST

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PART I - Items 1 - 10 : MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the correct answer. Write the answer corresponding to the item number on your sheet of paper. Write the letter or text of the correct answer or both.

_____ 1. In June 1869, Rizal was enrolled in a school in Binan, Laguna. Who was his first teacher in school?:

• A. Maestro Lucas Padua
• B. Maestro Justiniano Aquino-Cruz
• C. Maestro Jose Bech
• D. Maestro Leon Monroy

_____ 2. Immediately below are 4 statements about the Philippines during Rizal's time. Which statement is false?:

• A. The system of government was called frailocracy.
• B. The Philippines was represented in the Spanish Cortes.
• C. The big plantations were owned by religious organizations.
• D. The justice system served the interests of the Spanish colonial government.

_____ 3. The character "Crisostomo Ibarra"  is to Noli Me Tangere as the character "____________________" is to El Filibusterismo.

• A. Elias
• B. Maria Clara
• C. Isagani
• D. Simoun

_____ 4. A year after Rizal's execution, a friend of Rizal declared: "Not only is Rizal the most prominent man of his own people but the greatest man the Malayan race has produced." Who was this friend of Rizal?:

• A. Ferdinand Blumentritt
• B. Adolf Meyer
• C. Antonio Ma. Regidor
• D. Fernando Ma. Guerero

_____ 5. In 1884, Rizal delivered a speech in honor of two Filipinos who won the first and second prizes in the National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid, Spain. These artists were:

• A. Juan Luna and Manuel Hidalgo
• B. Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo
• C. Antonio Luna and Manuel Hidalgo
• D. Antonio Luna and Felix Hidalgo

_____ 6. Who was the governor-general who sent Rizal into exile in Dapitan?:

• A. Ramon Blanco
• B. Valeriano Weyler
• C. Eulogio Despujol
• D. Camilio de Polavieja

_____ 7. Which book inspired Rizal to write the "Noli Me Tangere?":

• A. William Tell
• B. The Wandering Jew
• C. Uncle Tom's Cabin
• D. History of the French Revolution

_____ 8. In 1865, the young Rizal experienced his first sorrow when one of his sister died. His sister was:

• A. Lucia
• B. Saturnina
• C. Soledad
• D. Concepcion

_____ 9. Andres Bonifacio is to the Katipunan as ____________________ is to La Solidaridad.

• A. Marcelo H. del Pilar
• B. Jose Rizal
• C. Galicano Apacible
• D. Graciano Lopez Jaena

_____10. The pen-name which Rizal used in 1882 when he wrote the nationalistic essay, "Amor Patrio," was:

• A. Dimas Alang
• B. Pingkain
• C. Tenluz
• D. Laong Laan

END OF PART I. PROCEED TO RIZAL COURSE REVIEWER: REVIEW TEST, PART TWO, ITEMS 11 - 20. 

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Updated: Sunday, 15 June 2008 2:05 AM JST

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PART II - Items 11 - 20 : MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the correct answer. Write the answer corresponding to the item number on your sheet of paper. Write the letter or text of the correct answer or both.

_____11. For Rizal, the ideal mother is one who teaches her children the following except:

• A. how to live an honorable life
• B. how to love God and country
• C. how to recite long prayers
• D. how to act honestly

_____12. In which historical work did Rizal predict the inevitable collapse of Spanish colonial rule in Asia and the liberation of the Philippines?:

• A. The Philippines a Century Hence
• B. The People of the Indian Archipelago
• C. The Indolence of the Filipinos
• D. none of the choices

_____13. The characters in "Noli Me Tangere" were not fictional characters; they represented people who lived during Rizal's time. Paciano, the brother of Rizal, was represented by this character named:

• A. Basilio
• B. Pilosopong Tasio
• C. Padre Florentino
• D. Elias

_____14. The execution of these native and Spanish priests --- who advocated racial equality within the Catholic church --- by the Spaniards in 1872 awakened Rizal's nationalistic sentiment early in life. They were the following except:

• A. Fr. Jacinto Zamora
• B. Fr. Rufino Collantes
• C. Fr. Jose Burgos
• D. Fr. Mariano Gomez

_____15. This was the school where Rizal earned his medical degree. This school was:

• A. University of Prague
• B. Central University of Madrid
• C. Hiedelberg University
• D. University of Santo Tomas

_____16. To whom did Rizal got married unofficially and without the ceremonial rites of the Catholic church?:

• A. Leonor Rivera
• B. Nelly Boustead
• C. Segunda Katigbak
• D. Josephine Bracken

_____17. Which statement on the novel, "El Filibusterismo," is false?:

• A. It was dedicated to "My Fatherland," the Philippines.
• B. It was a sequel to the "Noli Me Tangere."
• C. It espoused ideas of freedom and independence from Spain.
• D. It was a political novel.

_____18. All of the events listed below happened while Rizal was in exile in Dapitan except:

• A. Rizal won in a Manila lottery.
• B. Rizal undertook remarkable community projects.
• C. Rizal collected rare specimens of animals and sent them to the Dresden Museum.
• D. Rizal wrote articles for a nationalistic newspaper.

_____19. This prize-winning poem of Rizal, in which he described the youth as the "hope of my fatherland," was the first great poem in Spanish written by a Filipino. What was the title of the poem in Spanish?:

• A. A Filipinas
• B. Por la Educacion Recibe Lustre la Patria
• C. A la Juventud Filipina
• D. El Consejo de los Dioses

_____20. Who provided the funds which Rizal needed to get the "Noli Me Tangere" published?:

• A. Valentin Ventura
• B. Antonio Luna
• C. Maximo Viola
• D. Jose Ma. Basa

END OF PART II. PROCEED TO RIZAL COURSE REVIEWER: REVIEW TEST, PART III, ITEMS 21 - 25.

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PART III - Items 21 - 25 : MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the correct answer. Write the answer corresponding to the item number on your sheet of paper. Write the letter or text of the correct answer or both.

_____21. "To the Flowers of Hiedelberg" is to Hiedelberg, Germany as "____________________" is to Madrid, Spain.

• A. They Asked Me for Verses
• B. To My Muse
• C. The Song of the Traveler
• D. La Vision del Fray Rodriguez

_____22. In his letter --- dated March 11, 1886 --- to his sister, Trinidad, Rizal described the German women as:

• A. hospitable and deeply religious
• B. gossipy and quarrelsome
• C. beautifully dressed and polite
• D. serious and educated

_____23. In 1888, while he was travelling in this country, Rizal wrote these lines in his diary: "Colorado has more trees....We reached Omaha, a big city ----- the biggest since we left San Francisco. The Missouri River is twice as wide as the Pasig River...." This country was:

• A. England
• B. United States
• C. Italy
• D. Japan

_____24. Although the "El Filibusterismo" was published in Ghent, Belgium, Rizal began writing the novel in:

• A. Biarritz, France
• B. Calamba, Laguna
• C. Barcelona, Spain
• D. Berlin, Germany

_____25. During his high school days, Rizal wrote a poem which he dedicated to his mother on her birthday. This poem was:

• A. My First Inspiration
• B. My Retreat
• C. In Memory of My Town
• D. To the Virgin Mary

END OF PART III. PROCEED TO RIZAL COURSE REVIEWER: REVIEW TEST, PART IV, ITEMS 26 - 30.

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PART IV - Items 26 - 30 : IDENTIFICATION - Identify the historic Philippine event associated with each important date listed below.

______________________________26. August 26, 1896

______________________________27. June 19, 1861

______________________________28. July 3, 1892

______________________________29. December 30, 1896

______________________________30. July 7, 1892

END OF PART IV. PROCEED TO RIZAL COURSE REVIEWER: REVIEW TEST, PART V, ITEMS 31 - 35.

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Updated: Wednesday, 30 July 2008 7:30 AM JST

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