Name: _________________________________________ Course / Year: _____________ Score: _____

Phil History Exam2 Sergio D. Mahinay, Jr. Schedule: _________________

Instructions: Write the CAPITAL letter that corresponds to the correct / best answer on the space
provided at the left of the number. No erasures are allowed.

___1. This historical proposition about Christianity is true.

A) It was the greatest legacy of India to the Filipino people
B) It was the greatest legacy of Spain to the Filipino people
C) It was the greatest legacy of Japan to the Filipino people
D) It was the greatest legacy of America to the Filipino people
___2. It was a system by means of which the natives were required to pay taxes to the Spanish authority.
A) Polo
B) Bandala
C) Tributo
D) Encomienda
___3. It was the form of government established by Spain in the Philippine islands.
A) Centralized
B) Decentralized
___4. The principal office of the Spanish government established in the Philippines was located in:
A) Cebu
B) Bohol
C) Panay
D) Manila
___5. He was the highest official in the Philippines during the Spanish rule.
A) Alcalde
B) Alcalde mayor
C) Governadorcillo
D) Governor-General
___6. It was one of the outstanding features of the government established by Spain in the Philippines.
A) Union of the church and state
B) Separation of the church and state
___7. In the Philippines today, this government agency has the status of the Royal Audiencia.
A) The Congress
B) The Executive
C) The Supreme Court
D) The Constitutional Commissions
___8. It was a reward system during the Spanish rule whereby men who rendered valuable service to the
King of Spain were given the right to collect taxes from the inhabitants.
A) Galeon
B) Policitos
C) Bandala
D) Encomienda
___9. In the Philippines today, tributo may be equated to –
A) Slavery
B) Income tax
C) Price ceiling
D) Involuntary servitude
___10. Encomienda system still manifests today among Filipinos in the form of –
A) Pasipsip
B) Bahala na
C) Pakikialam
D) Gaya-gaya
___11. He was the head of the province during the Spanish rule in the Philippines.
A) Alcalde
B) Alcalde mayor
C) Governadorcillo
D) Cabeza de Barangay
___12. In the Philippines today, Governador-General is the equivalent of –
A) The Prime Minister
B) The Speaker of the House
C) The President of the Philippines
D) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
___13. He / they planted the seed of Christianity in the Philippine Islands.
A) Legaspi
B) Magellan
C) Warriors
D) Missionaries

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___14. One of the principal aims of education in the Philippines during the Spanish regime was to:
A) Make the native Filipinos patriotic
B) Make the native Filipinos romantic
C) Make the native Filipinos obedient
D) Make the native Filipinos nationalist
___15. The first schools introduced by Spain in the Philippines were:
A) Public
B) Secular
C) Parochial
D) All of the above
___16. The second and the oldest existing college / university to be opened in the colony was:
A) College of Sta. Isabel
B) University of San Ignacio
C) University of Santo Tomas
D) College of Sta. Potenciana
___17. It was a coat of Spanish origin worn by the well-to-do native men.
A) Mestiza
B) Mantillas
C) Americana
D) Camisa de chino
___18. He was the Governor General who issued a decree which contrained a long list of surnames from
which the native Filipinos might choose their surnames.
A) Emilio Despujol
B) Narciso Claveria
C) Rafael de Isquerdo
D) Carlos Ma. De la Torre
___19. This literary work was a story about adventure.
A) Pasion
B) Noli Me Tangere
C) Siete Infantes de Lara
D) Ang Buhay ni Don Juan Tenoso
___20. He is famous in our history as “The Prince of Tagalog Poets.”
A) Jose Rizal
B) Juan de Vera
C) Pedro Bukaneg
D) Francisco Balagtas
___21. The plot of this epic substantially parallels that of Florante at Laura.
A) Eopdepus
B) Adam and Eve
C) Romeo and Juliet
D) Alibaba and the theives
___22. They established the first printing press in the Philippines.
A) Jesuits
B) Dominicans
C) Augustinians
D) Benedictines
___23. He was the first known Filipino printer in the Philippines.
A) Jose Rizal
B) Juan de Vera
C) Tomas Pinpin
D) Pedro Bukaneg
___24. It was the first newspaper in the local diaclect.
A) El Ilokano
B) La Bandera
C) La Esperanza
D) Del Superior Govierno
___25. It was the first school of music to be established for Filipinos.
A) Teatro Daliri
B) Teatro Comico
C) Colegio de San Jose
D) Colegio de Ninos Tipples
___26. It was a religious dramatic presentation of the passion and death of Christ.
A) Zarsuela
B) Lam-ang
C) Cenaculo
D) Moro-moro
___27. It was the first theater in the Philippines.
A) Teatro Daliri
B) Teatro Comico
C) Colegio de San Jose
D) Colegio de Ninos Tipples

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___28. They were the native Filipino noble class.
A) Indios
B) Pegados
C) Illustrados
D) Principales
___29. They were the resident Spaniards born in the Philippines.
A) Insulares
B) Pensionados
C) Peninsulares
D) Discompiados
___30. In the Philippines today, the illustrados are on the same level with –
A) Outcaste
B) Lower class
C) Upper class
D) Middle class
___31. This was an annual trade between Manila and Acapulco in Mexico.
A) Boleta
B) Galleon
C) Confradias
D) Obras Pias
___32. When the Philippines was opened by Spain to world trade, liberal ideas streamed into the country
borne by ships and men from foreign ports. These ideas came from:
A) Africa
B) Europe
C) America
D) Australia
___33. He was one of the notable colonial officials with democratic ideas and sentiments sent by Spain to
Manila.
A) General Juan Prim
B) General Francisco Serrano
C) General Rafael de Izquierdo
D) General Carlos Ma. De la Torre
___34. The opening of this maritime zone resulted to the shortening of the sea route between Manila and
Spain, and thus, brought the Philippines closer to Europe.
A) Red Sea
B) Suez Canal
C) Indian Ocean
D) Mediterranean Sea
___35. He led the Filipino soldiers and workers in the Cavite arsenal mutiny.
A) Alamid
B) Zaldua
C) Ginoves
D) Lamadrid
___36. The Filipino priests and patriots who were implicated in the Cavite Mutiny were tried by a:
A) Military court
B) Civilian court
C) Quasi-judicial body
D) Administrative body
___37. He was a former Bicolano soldier bribed by the Spanish government to testify against Fathers
Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora.
A) Lamadrid
B) Jose Arrieta
C) Felipe Ginoves
D) Francisco Zaldua
___38. The execution of Fathers Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora was considered by historians as a:
A) Great insult on the part of the Spanish officials
B) Great triumph on the part of the Spanish officials
C) Great blunder on the part of the Spanish officials
D) Great injustice on the part of the Spanish officials
___39. The Propaganda Movement is known in Philippine history as –
A) The peaceful campaign for reforms
B) A war fare to establish a Revolutionary Government
C) The libertarian struggle by force of reason and justice
D) A revolutionary society whose aim it was to fight for Philippine independence
___40. It does not belong to the group.
A) Jose Rizal
B) Marcelo del Pilar
C) Andres Bonifacio
D) Graciano Lopez Jaena

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___41. It was one of the aims and purposes of the Propaganda Movement.
A) Fight for Philippine Independence
B) Establish a new Revolutionary Government
C) Rectify the evils of the Spanish colonial system
D) Libertarian struggle by force of reason and justice
___42. He was a Filipino Propagandist known as the master of the brush.
A) Jose Rizal
B) Juan Luna
C) Marcelo H. del Pilar
D) Graciano Lope Jaena
___43. It was a fortnightly newspaper that served as the organ of the Propaganda Movement.
A) Kalayaan
B) La Solidaridad
C) Del Superior Govierno
D) El Heraldo de la Revolucion
___44. Instead of using their real names, the Propagandists used pen names. As commonly understood, a
“pen name” is –
A) A false name used by a writer
B) An invented name used humurously
C) A fictitious name used by an actor or actress
D) A name which is the exact opposite of another
___45. He was one of the Propagandists whose pen name was Laong Laan.
A) Jose Rizal
B) Antonio Luna
C) Mariano Ponce
D) Marcelo del Pilar
___46. It was a satirical novelette which ridiculed the Spanish friars who became very fat for eating too
much and living in luxury.
A) Fray Botod
B) Impresiones
C) En Tinieblas
D) Por Telepono
___47. It was the first Filipino Masonic lodge in the Philippines.
A) Lodge Nilad
B) Liga Filipina
C) Los Compromisarios
D) Asociación Hispano-Filipina
___48. It was a society of Filipino propagandists and their Spaniards friends with the purpose of securing
reforms for the Philippines.
A) Lodge Nilad
B) Liga Filipina
C) Los Compromisarios
D) Asociación Hispano-Filipina
___49. It was a civic association composed of Filipinos founded by Rizal with the purpose of encouraging
education, agriculture, and commerce.
A) Lodge Nilad
B) Liga Filipina
C) Los Compromisarios
D) Asociación Hispano-Filipina
__50. It proved to be the swan song of the Propaganda Movement.
A) Rizal’s trial at Fort Santiago
B) Rizal’s deportation to Dapitan
C) Rizal’s execution at Bagumbayan
D) Rizal’s living-in with Josephine Bracken

Thank you for not cheating.

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