Post by ernesto thaddeus m. solmerano on Oct 4, 2008 20:51:49 GMT -5
Rizal: The Life, Works and Writings of Rizal
::)Final Examination
:oProf. ETM Solmerano
HONOR PLEDGE FOR THIS EXAM
I promise that I did not discuss any aspect of this exam with anyone other than the instructor, that I neither gave nor received any unauthorized assistance on this exam, and that the work presented herein is entirely my own.
I. Multiple Choice
1. In what year was El Filibusterismo first published?
a. 1889
b. 1890
c. 1891
d. 1892
2. What is the country where the novel was originally published?
a. Germany
b. Belgium
c. Switzerland
d. France
3. To whom does the author dedicate his book?
a. to his parents
b. to the three secular priests Gomburza
c. to the Philippines
d. Both b and c
4. The title of the novel is in:
a. Latin
b. Roman
c. Spanish
d. Greek
5. The literal translation of the title is:
a. The Subversive
b. The Reign of Greed
c. The Lost Eden
d. The Filibusteros
6. Finish the phrase from the author’s dedication: “In so far, therefore, as your ________________ in the Cavite mutiny is not clearly proved, as you may or may not have been patriots, and as you may or may not have cherished sentiments for justice and for liberty, I have the right to dedicate my work to you as victims of the evil which I undertake to combat.”
a. involvement
b. support
c. complicity
d. connivance
7. The time setting of the novel is:
a. December 24, 1893 – the first week of May, 1894
b. December 24, 1894 – the first week of May, 1895
c. December 24, 1895 – the first week of May, 1896
d. December 24, 1896 – the first week of May, 1897
8. About how many years elapsed between the death of Elias and the homecoming of Simoun?
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13
9. How old is Simoun when the novel begins?
a. 34
b. 35
c. 36
d. 37
10. Why did Simoun return to the country?
a. to wreck revenge on all those he deems responsible for ruining his future by orchestrating a revolution
b. to rescue Maria Clara from her seclusion in the convent
c. to liberate the people from despair and oppression
d. All of these aforementioned
11. What is the name of the street in which the house of Simoun is located?
a. Intramuros
b. Binondo
c. Escolta
d. San Diego
12. Simoun is sarcastically referred to as:
a. The Brown Cardinal
b. His Black Eminence
c. The Influential Capuchin
d. All of these aforementioned
13. What was Ben Zayb’s profession?
a. the Governor General’s envoy
b. writer
c. editor-in-chief
d. historian
14. Which of the following sentence that will best describe Doña Victorina?
a. She is an ignorant person unaware of her ignorance.
b. She is a ridiculous person who thinks she is clever.
c. She is a native Filipina married to a Spaniard and therefore thinks of herself as Spanish.
d. She aspires to rise in the social standing in their community.
e. All of these aforementioned
15. Which of the following sentence that will best describe Padre Florentino?
a. He is a lover of science and the study of the natural sciences saves him from spiritual dissolution.
b. He lives not in the heart of the town but in distant retreat by the sea.
c. He is a priest, a man of religion.
d. He is seen deep in prayer and contemplation but not saying Mass.
e. All of these aforementioned
16. Which character is a symbol of a person who occupies high positions in the Philippine colonial administration?
a. Simoun
b. Don Custodio
c. Señor Pasta
d. Quiroga
17. Which character is a Spanish beauty who tries to allure a bachelor with means in life? She is said to be intelligent, imaginative, spirited, light hearted and flirtatious.
a. Paulita Gomez
b. Sinang
c. Juli
d. Maria Clara
18. Which character is a typical indigenous individual in the milieu of a decadent era and a picture of the tragedy of the unfortunate masses?
a. the leper
b. Cabesang Tales
c. Capitan Basilio
d. Sandoval
19. What is the name of the barrio where the family of Cabesang Tales had settled in?
a. San Diego
b. Sagpang
c. Tiani
d. Malapad na Bato
20. Which of the following traits that Cabesang Tales does not have?
a. serene
b. tolerant
c. resolute
d. firm
21. According to Tata Selo, the enemies of Cabesang Tales can be compared to:
a. lions
b. tigers
c. crocodiles
d. lemmings
22. How does Basilio give respect to his deceased mother?
a. by uttering a prayer
b. by removing his hat
c. by offering some flowers and by arranging the stones which marked the tomb
d. Both a and b
e. All of these aforementioned
23. What did Simoun bring in the forest?
a. candle, hoe and hammer
b. lamp, hammer and hoe
c. shovel, lamp and map
d. lamp, shovel and hoe
24. How was Basilio able to identify Simoun as Ibarra?
a. because of the latter’s nose, mouth and eyes
b. because of the latter’s nose, mouth and mustache
c. because of the latter’s hair, nose and eyes
d. because of the latter’s body built, mouth and eyes
25. According to Basilio, he will not be of much help to Simoun because he is not a/an:
a. engineer
b. politician
c. architect
d. doctor
26. Which character typifies the virtuous country girl who sacrifices her honor and her life for her family and beloved?
a. Juli
b. Maria Clara
c. Sinang
d. Paulita Gomez
27. What action of Juli that the author criticized?
a. for being resigned as Hermana Penchang's maid
b. for religiously praying and putting complete and total faith on saints
c. for learning to just accept and bear whatever hardships fate hands to them
d. All of these aforementioned
28. The first request of Juli to the Holy Virgin has a connection with:
a. stars
b. comets
c. sun
d. planets
29. The second appeal of Juli to the Holy Virgin concerns with:
a. their house
b. their land
c. money
d. her beloved Basilio
30. How was Cabesang Tales able to go back to his house?
a. He escaped the bandits.
b. He was ransomed.
c. The bandits took pity on him.
d. He fought the tulisanes.
31. Who were the “Pilates”?
a. the alferes
b. Hermana Penchang
c. The new tenant of Cabesang Tales’ land
d. All of these aforementioned
32. According to Hermana Penchang, holiness can be achieved through:
a. helping the needy
b. feeding the hungry
c. memorizing prayers
d. All of these aforementioned
33. Who is considered by Hermana Penchang as sinful?
a. Basilio
b. Juli
c. Cabesang Tales
d. All of these aforementioned
34. Who is being referred to as the devil disguising as a student?
a. Basilio
b. Isagani
c. Juanito Pelaez
d. Placido Penitente
35. What topic is Capitan Basilio mostly interested in?
a. science
b. history
c. music
d. politics
36. What is the gift of Capitan Basilio to Padre Camorra?
a. a ring
b. a bracelet
c. earrings
d. a locket
37. How much did Simoun offer to buy Maria Clara’s locket?
a. 100 pesos
b. 500 pesos
c. 1,000 pesos
d. 5,000 pesos
e. All of these aforementioned
38. Who is the mother of Placido Penitente?
a. Capitana Maria
b. Cabesang Loleng
c. Capitana Ines
d. Cabesang Andang
39. The hunkian and revesino are forms of:
a. prayers
b. game
c. gambling
d. dance
40. How many schools are located in the vicinity of Intramuros?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
41. In order to attract the attention of his teacher, Placido Penitente dragged his _____ inside the class.
a. chair
b. shoes
c. table
d. bakya
42. Which of the following sentence that will best describe Padre Millon?
a. He finished Philosophy and Theology, dabbles in metaphysics (theory), teaches Chemistry and Physics.
b. He haphazardly skims through books on Chemistry and Physics. He does not believe in the things he reads about science, and handles the course as if it were about Philosophy.
c. He forces students to blindly memorize lessons which he does not even explain well.
d. All of these aforementioned
43. To what animal is the students are compared to in the class in Physics?
a. tiger
b. eagle
c. parrot
d. monkey
44. What is the reaction of classmates of Placido Penitente after his outburst against Padre Millon?
a. His classmates pitied him.
b. His classmates criticized him.
c. His classmates were awed with him.
d. His classmates ridiculed him.
45. He is a Chinaman who enjoys privileges granted by the Castillians of his time. He typifies the usual Chinese bigwig in Manila.
a. Mr. Leeds
b. Quiroga
c. Serpollete
d. Imuthis
46. Which character is a representation of the selfish type of individual who cares only for himself and would not lift a finger to help his country and his fellow countrymen?
a. Don Custodio
b. Capitan Basilio
c. Señor Pasta
d. Juanito Pelaez
47. Which character typifies a radical student who desires a violent change and nurses a sentimental desire to die for his country?
a. Isagani
b. Basilio
c. Placido Penitente
d. Tadeo
48. Which character is like a typical Filipino -- a pacifist who prefers to suffer in silence and will sacrifice and keep quiet just to avoid trouble, but when pushed too far, is capable of getting openly angry and taking action?
a. Isagani
b. Basilio
c. Placido Penitente
d. Juanito Pelaez
49. How old is Basilio in the novel?
a. 21
b. 22
c. 23
d. 24
50. Complete the following quote: “What will you be in the future? A people without character, a nation without ____________ — everything you have will be borrowed, even your very defects!”
a. freedom
b. liberty
c. autonomy
d. independence
51. Complete the following quote: “Don’t you realize that that is a useless life which is not consecrated to a great idea? It is a stone wasted in the fields without becoming a part of any ___________.”
a. edifice
b. structure
c. construction
d. formation
52. Complete the following quote: “Resignation is not always a virtue; it is a crime when it encourages oppression. There are no tyrants where there are no __________. Man is by nature so evil that he always abuses his powers when he is not resisted.”
a. slaves
b. prisoners
c. captives
d. jailbirds
53. The locket is set with:
a. diamonds and emeralds
b. rubies and emeralds
c. sapphires and emeralds
d. diamonds and onyxes
54. Who is the friar-administrator and the treasurer of the Dominican Estate?
a. Padre Florentino
b. Padre Camorra
c. Padre Irene
d. Padre Clemente
55. How do the friars enrich themselves?
a. by exhorting excessive fees for church services
b. by unjust acquisition of landed estates
c. by claiming certain parcels of land and renting them out to tenants
d. All of these aforementioned
56. How many times that Simoun attempted to ignite the fires of rebellion?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
57. What does “mane, thacel, phares” mean in English?
a. I came, I saw, I conquered.
b. The end justifies the means.
c. I am the Master of the Universe!
d. None of these aforementioned
58. Who recognizes the handwriting of Simoun and confirms that it was indeed Ibarra’s?
a. Padre Irene
b. Padre Salvi
c. Padre Camorra
d. The Governor General
59. How did Simoun die in the novel?
a. He was shot and mortally wounded by the Guardia Civil.
b. He drinks poison.
c. He stabs himself with a stiletto.
d. All of these aforementioned
60. The theme expressed in the book is:
a. the decadence of the social order
b. the abuses of the religious authorities
c. corruption in the civil government
d. the defective educational system
e. All of these aforementioned
"Life is a series of hellos and good-byes. It's time for good-byes again. Thank you for all the memories and fun. Be well, do good work, take care and keep in touch."
::)Final Examination
:oProf. ETM Solmerano
HONOR PLEDGE FOR THIS EXAM
I promise that I did not discuss any aspect of this exam with anyone other than the instructor, that I neither gave nor received any unauthorized assistance on this exam, and that the work presented herein is entirely my own.
I. Multiple Choice
1. In what year was El Filibusterismo first published?
a. 1889
b. 1890
c. 1891
d. 1892
2. What is the country where the novel was originally published?
a. Germany
b. Belgium
c. Switzerland
d. France
3. To whom does the author dedicate his book?
a. to his parents
b. to the three secular priests Gomburza
c. to the Philippines
d. Both b and c
4. The title of the novel is in:
a. Latin
b. Roman
c. Spanish
d. Greek
5. The literal translation of the title is:
a. The Subversive
b. The Reign of Greed
c. The Lost Eden
d. The Filibusteros
6. Finish the phrase from the author’s dedication: “In so far, therefore, as your ________________ in the Cavite mutiny is not clearly proved, as you may or may not have been patriots, and as you may or may not have cherished sentiments for justice and for liberty, I have the right to dedicate my work to you as victims of the evil which I undertake to combat.”
a. involvement
b. support
c. complicity
d. connivance
7. The time setting of the novel is:
a. December 24, 1893 – the first week of May, 1894
b. December 24, 1894 – the first week of May, 1895
c. December 24, 1895 – the first week of May, 1896
d. December 24, 1896 – the first week of May, 1897
8. About how many years elapsed between the death of Elias and the homecoming of Simoun?
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13
9. How old is Simoun when the novel begins?
a. 34
b. 35
c. 36
d. 37
10. Why did Simoun return to the country?
a. to wreck revenge on all those he deems responsible for ruining his future by orchestrating a revolution
b. to rescue Maria Clara from her seclusion in the convent
c. to liberate the people from despair and oppression
d. All of these aforementioned
11. What is the name of the street in which the house of Simoun is located?
a. Intramuros
b. Binondo
c. Escolta
d. San Diego
12. Simoun is sarcastically referred to as:
a. The Brown Cardinal
b. His Black Eminence
c. The Influential Capuchin
d. All of these aforementioned
13. What was Ben Zayb’s profession?
a. the Governor General’s envoy
b. writer
c. editor-in-chief
d. historian
14. Which of the following sentence that will best describe Doña Victorina?
a. She is an ignorant person unaware of her ignorance.
b. She is a ridiculous person who thinks she is clever.
c. She is a native Filipina married to a Spaniard and therefore thinks of herself as Spanish.
d. She aspires to rise in the social standing in their community.
e. All of these aforementioned
15. Which of the following sentence that will best describe Padre Florentino?
a. He is a lover of science and the study of the natural sciences saves him from spiritual dissolution.
b. He lives not in the heart of the town but in distant retreat by the sea.
c. He is a priest, a man of religion.
d. He is seen deep in prayer and contemplation but not saying Mass.
e. All of these aforementioned
16. Which character is a symbol of a person who occupies high positions in the Philippine colonial administration?
a. Simoun
b. Don Custodio
c. Señor Pasta
d. Quiroga
17. Which character is a Spanish beauty who tries to allure a bachelor with means in life? She is said to be intelligent, imaginative, spirited, light hearted and flirtatious.
a. Paulita Gomez
b. Sinang
c. Juli
d. Maria Clara
18. Which character is a typical indigenous individual in the milieu of a decadent era and a picture of the tragedy of the unfortunate masses?
a. the leper
b. Cabesang Tales
c. Capitan Basilio
d. Sandoval
19. What is the name of the barrio where the family of Cabesang Tales had settled in?
a. San Diego
b. Sagpang
c. Tiani
d. Malapad na Bato
20. Which of the following traits that Cabesang Tales does not have?
a. serene
b. tolerant
c. resolute
d. firm
21. According to Tata Selo, the enemies of Cabesang Tales can be compared to:
a. lions
b. tigers
c. crocodiles
d. lemmings
22. How does Basilio give respect to his deceased mother?
a. by uttering a prayer
b. by removing his hat
c. by offering some flowers and by arranging the stones which marked the tomb
d. Both a and b
e. All of these aforementioned
23. What did Simoun bring in the forest?
a. candle, hoe and hammer
b. lamp, hammer and hoe
c. shovel, lamp and map
d. lamp, shovel and hoe
24. How was Basilio able to identify Simoun as Ibarra?
a. because of the latter’s nose, mouth and eyes
b. because of the latter’s nose, mouth and mustache
c. because of the latter’s hair, nose and eyes
d. because of the latter’s body built, mouth and eyes
25. According to Basilio, he will not be of much help to Simoun because he is not a/an:
a. engineer
b. politician
c. architect
d. doctor
26. Which character typifies the virtuous country girl who sacrifices her honor and her life for her family and beloved?
a. Juli
b. Maria Clara
c. Sinang
d. Paulita Gomez
27. What action of Juli that the author criticized?
a. for being resigned as Hermana Penchang's maid
b. for religiously praying and putting complete and total faith on saints
c. for learning to just accept and bear whatever hardships fate hands to them
d. All of these aforementioned
28. The first request of Juli to the Holy Virgin has a connection with:
a. stars
b. comets
c. sun
d. planets
29. The second appeal of Juli to the Holy Virgin concerns with:
a. their house
b. their land
c. money
d. her beloved Basilio
30. How was Cabesang Tales able to go back to his house?
a. He escaped the bandits.
b. He was ransomed.
c. The bandits took pity on him.
d. He fought the tulisanes.
31. Who were the “Pilates”?
a. the alferes
b. Hermana Penchang
c. The new tenant of Cabesang Tales’ land
d. All of these aforementioned
32. According to Hermana Penchang, holiness can be achieved through:
a. helping the needy
b. feeding the hungry
c. memorizing prayers
d. All of these aforementioned
33. Who is considered by Hermana Penchang as sinful?
a. Basilio
b. Juli
c. Cabesang Tales
d. All of these aforementioned
34. Who is being referred to as the devil disguising as a student?
a. Basilio
b. Isagani
c. Juanito Pelaez
d. Placido Penitente
35. What topic is Capitan Basilio mostly interested in?
a. science
b. history
c. music
d. politics
36. What is the gift of Capitan Basilio to Padre Camorra?
a. a ring
b. a bracelet
c. earrings
d. a locket
37. How much did Simoun offer to buy Maria Clara’s locket?
a. 100 pesos
b. 500 pesos
c. 1,000 pesos
d. 5,000 pesos
e. All of these aforementioned
38. Who is the mother of Placido Penitente?
a. Capitana Maria
b. Cabesang Loleng
c. Capitana Ines
d. Cabesang Andang
39. The hunkian and revesino are forms of:
a. prayers
b. game
c. gambling
d. dance
40. How many schools are located in the vicinity of Intramuros?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
41. In order to attract the attention of his teacher, Placido Penitente dragged his _____ inside the class.
a. chair
b. shoes
c. table
d. bakya
42. Which of the following sentence that will best describe Padre Millon?
a. He finished Philosophy and Theology, dabbles in metaphysics (theory), teaches Chemistry and Physics.
b. He haphazardly skims through books on Chemistry and Physics. He does not believe in the things he reads about science, and handles the course as if it were about Philosophy.
c. He forces students to blindly memorize lessons which he does not even explain well.
d. All of these aforementioned
43. To what animal is the students are compared to in the class in Physics?
a. tiger
b. eagle
c. parrot
d. monkey
44. What is the reaction of classmates of Placido Penitente after his outburst against Padre Millon?
a. His classmates pitied him.
b. His classmates criticized him.
c. His classmates were awed with him.
d. His classmates ridiculed him.
45. He is a Chinaman who enjoys privileges granted by the Castillians of his time. He typifies the usual Chinese bigwig in Manila.
a. Mr. Leeds
b. Quiroga
c. Serpollete
d. Imuthis
46. Which character is a representation of the selfish type of individual who cares only for himself and would not lift a finger to help his country and his fellow countrymen?
a. Don Custodio
b. Capitan Basilio
c. Señor Pasta
d. Juanito Pelaez
47. Which character typifies a radical student who desires a violent change and nurses a sentimental desire to die for his country?
a. Isagani
b. Basilio
c. Placido Penitente
d. Tadeo
48. Which character is like a typical Filipino -- a pacifist who prefers to suffer in silence and will sacrifice and keep quiet just to avoid trouble, but when pushed too far, is capable of getting openly angry and taking action?
a. Isagani
b. Basilio
c. Placido Penitente
d. Juanito Pelaez
49. How old is Basilio in the novel?
a. 21
b. 22
c. 23
d. 24
50. Complete the following quote: “What will you be in the future? A people without character, a nation without ____________ — everything you have will be borrowed, even your very defects!”
a. freedom
b. liberty
c. autonomy
d. independence
51. Complete the following quote: “Don’t you realize that that is a useless life which is not consecrated to a great idea? It is a stone wasted in the fields without becoming a part of any ___________.”
a. edifice
b. structure
c. construction
d. formation
52. Complete the following quote: “Resignation is not always a virtue; it is a crime when it encourages oppression. There are no tyrants where there are no __________. Man is by nature so evil that he always abuses his powers when he is not resisted.”
a. slaves
b. prisoners
c. captives
d. jailbirds
53. The locket is set with:
a. diamonds and emeralds
b. rubies and emeralds
c. sapphires and emeralds
d. diamonds and onyxes
54. Who is the friar-administrator and the treasurer of the Dominican Estate?
a. Padre Florentino
b. Padre Camorra
c. Padre Irene
d. Padre Clemente
55. How do the friars enrich themselves?
a. by exhorting excessive fees for church services
b. by unjust acquisition of landed estates
c. by claiming certain parcels of land and renting them out to tenants
d. All of these aforementioned
56. How many times that Simoun attempted to ignite the fires of rebellion?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
57. What does “mane, thacel, phares” mean in English?
a. I came, I saw, I conquered.
b. The end justifies the means.
c. I am the Master of the Universe!
d. None of these aforementioned
58. Who recognizes the handwriting of Simoun and confirms that it was indeed Ibarra’s?
a. Padre Irene
b. Padre Salvi
c. Padre Camorra
d. The Governor General
59. How did Simoun die in the novel?
a. He was shot and mortally wounded by the Guardia Civil.
b. He drinks poison.
c. He stabs himself with a stiletto.
d. All of these aforementioned
60. The theme expressed in the book is:
a. the decadence of the social order
b. the abuses of the religious authorities
c. corruption in the civil government
d. the defective educational system
e. All of these aforementioned
"Life is a series of hellos and good-byes. It's time for good-byes again. Thank you for all the memories and fun. Be well, do good work, take care and keep in touch."