Final Quiz

[ernesto thaddeus m. solmerano]

Rizal: The Life, Works and Writings of Jose Rizal
::)First Quiz/Finals
::)Prof. ETM Solmerano

What do you have to do when you take a quiz with a direction: "DO NOT CHEAT"?

I. Multiple Choice

1. Where did the family of Cabesang Tales originally live?
a. high up on the slopes of the mountain
b. beside the sea
c. in a wooded area
d. inside the town of Tiani
e. none of these aforementioned
2. Who is the real owner of the land that Cabesang Tales is cultivating?
a. the family of Cabesang Tales
b. the government
c. the Dominican friars
d. the league
e. none of these aforementioned
3. Which of the following trait that shows Cabesang Tales is a Filipino?
a. his being patient
b. his work as a farmer
c. He doesn’t speak Spanish.
d. his indolent nature
e. all of these aforementioned
4. What is the province of Cabesang Tales where his house is situated?
a. Batangas
b. Laguna
c. Quezon
d. Cavite
e. none of these aforementioned
5. What is the parallelism between crocodiles and friars?
a. Both are pachyderms.
b. Both can kill people.
c. Both can be abusive if their desires are not met.
d. Both can be injurious especially against the puny.
e. all of these aforementioned
6. Who is the real owner of the locket?
a. Basilio
b. Maria Clara
c. the leper
d. Juli’s dead mother
e. Simoun
7. When Cabesang Tales was captured by the bandits, what did Tandang Selo and Juli do in order to set him free?
a. They begged the bandits for mercy.
b. They asked the aid of the guardia civil.
c. They sell their valuable belongings.
d. Their neighbors commiserated with them and help them.
e. all of these aforementioned
8. What is the cause of death of the wife and the eldest daughter of Cabesang Tales?
a. cholera
b. influenza
c. malaria
d. anger of the woodland spirit
e. Both c and d
9. What became of Tano?
a. a guardia civil
b. a lawyer
c. a doctor
d. a teniente mayor
e. a bandit
10. Which of the following that Cabesang Tales do as cabeza de barangay?
a. ordered a sack coat
b. buy a felt hat
c. collect tax
d. spend his own money
e. all of these aforementioned
11. What is Cabesang Tales’ plan for Juli?
a. He wanted her to go to a convent.
b. He wished for her to study in Manila.
c. He would like her to stay at home.
d. He wanted her to marry Basilio.
e. all of these aforementioned
12. To what Cabesang Tales is compared to in his case against the friars?
a. clay jar
b. ant
c. both a and b
d. cayman
e. iron pot
13. Why Tandang Selo went many days without speaking to Cabesang Tales?
a. for allowing Tano to join the guardia civil
b. for making Juli miserable
c. for forgetting his duty to his family
d. for being selfish
e. all of these aforementioned
14. What action of Juli that the author criticized?
a. for relying on miracles
b. for not sacrificing the locket
c. for selling her rosary
d. for having a bahala na attitude
e. for being a martyr and patient
15. What happened to Tandang Selo at the end of this chapter?
a. He became blind.
b. He became mute.
c. He became insane.
d. He became sick.
e. He became paralyzed or couldn’t move anymore.

II. Sequencing Time

Arrange the correct sequence of events in a chronological order. (15 pts)

A. Juli left home to work for Hermana Penchang on Christmas day, leaving her grandfather alone to grieve over the family’s misfortunes.
B. Cabesang Tales was appointed cabeza de barangay, assigned with the thankless job of collecting taxes, and paying up for any shortfalls.
C. Cabesang Tales demanded justice, declaring grimly: "I serve and have been serving the King with my money and services. I am asking for justice and he is obliged to give it to me."
D. Cabesang Tales moved his family to the borders of the town where the whole family labored to transform a thickly wooded area that they believed belonged to no one into a productive farmland.
E. The governor of the province pressured Cabesang Tales to yield and withdraw his case against the friars.
F. Cabesang Tales finally refused to pay the incredible fee of 200 pesos, he got himself embroiled in a disastrous litigation with the corporate friars which destroyed the peace of his family, devoured his resources, and consumed his time and energy.
G. Cabesang Tales was kidnapped by tulisanes, who demanded a ransom of five hundred pesos.
H. Tano was conscripted because Cabesang Tales could not pay for his exemption.
I. Juli to work as an indentured maid-servant for Hermana Penchang.
J. A religious corporation claimed ownership of his fields and began exacting an ever increasing land rent.
K. Tandang Selo thought of abandoning the town and going back to the mountain.

III. Character Traits

Identify the character traits of Cabesang Tales by re-arranging these jumbled words.

Example: ebidento = obedient

1. incrippled
2. tenatip
3. sfeearls
4. tindigel
5. antibotes

IV. Spot the Issues

Fill in the blanks to complete the word or phrase.

Example: s e _ _ - _ e _ e _ s e = self-defense

1. l _ c _ of _ _ s _ i c _
2. _ i _ c _ i _ i n a _ i _ n
3. _ o r r _ _ _ _ o _
4. a _ _ _ e of _ o _ e _
5. l _ c _ of r i _ _ _ s of i_ _ i o s


“Karma moves in two directions. If we act virtuously, the seed we plant will result in happiness. If we act non-virtuously, suffering results. What goes around comes around.”