RIZAL LIFE, WORKS AND WRITINGS

1. Rizal was a ______________.

a. Physician
b. Engineer
c. Philosopher
d. All of the above
2. Rizal epitomized the ideal Renaissance man – a person of broad intellectual and cultural
interests encompassing the full spectrum of available knowledge.
a. True
b. False
c. Subjective/Situational
d. Not applicable
3. Jose Rizal was born on _________________, between eleven and twelve o’clock midnight, a few
days before the full moon.
a. June 9, 1861
b. June 29, 1861
c. June 19, 1861
d. None of the above
4. His birth would have cost his mother’s life had she not vowed to the ______________ that
would take him on a pilgrimage of her shrine.
a. Mother of Perpetual Help
b. Our Lady of Fatima
c. Virgin of Antipolo
d. None of the above
5. Scenic _____________ is the picturesque town that gave birth to our hero. It is a town named
after a big native jar surrounded by a big hacienda which belonged to the Dominican Order,
which also owned almost all the lands around it.
a. Calamba
b. Paete
c. Calauan
d. None of the above
6. _____________ is the father of Jose Rizal.
a. Rafael Mercado Rizal
b. Francisco Mercado Rizal
c. Teodoro Mercado Rizal
d. None of the above
7. His great, great grandfather was a Christian Chinese named ____________, whom Rizal called a
“model of fathers.”
a. Dominador Laudico
b. Domingo Lamco
c. Eduardo Langco
 d. None of the above
8. __________________, Rizal’s mother was born in Manila on November 8, 1826, a woman of
remarkable talent in mathematics, business and literature.
a. Teodora Alonzo
b. Teresita Alonzo
c. Thelma Alonzo
d. None of the above
9. Rizal inherited from his father a profound sense of dignity and self-respect, seriousness and self-
possession; and from his mother the temperament of the poet and dreamer and bravery for
sacrifice.
a. True
b. False
c. Subjective/Situational
d. Not applicable
10. ______________ is the hero’s only brother who joined General Aguinaldo’s revolutionary army,
where he rose to the rank of Major General.
a. Poncio
b. Pancho
c. Luciano
d. None of the above
11. When Rizal was 15 years old and was a student at Ateneo de Manila, he reminisced his beloved
town and wrote a poem, _______________________________.
a. Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo
b. My Childhood Memories
c. Sa Aking Kabata
d. None of the above
12. At the tender age of __________, Rizal learned the alphabet from his mother.
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. None of the above
13. Paciano, Jose’s brother became a trusted assistant of ______________in the fight for the
Filipinization of all parishes.
a. Father Burgos
b. Father Gomez
c. Father Zamora
d. None of the above
14. At the age of eight, he wrote in the poem _____________, as an appeal to his countrymen to
love their national language.
a. In Memory of my Town
b. Sa Aking Kabata
c. My Childhood Memories
 d. None of the above
15. Jose went to Manila from Calamba to take the entrance examinations and enrolled in the
__________________, a college under the supervision of Spanish Jesuits.
a. College of San Juan de Letran
b. Ateneo Municipal
c. Universidad de Manila
d. None of the above
16. _____________ is a poem written by Rizal as an expression of good wishes which was full of
endearing filial affection on his mother’s birthday.
a. Sa Aking Kabata
b. In Memory of my Town
c. My First Inspiration
d. None of the above
17. _________________ was written by Rizal when he was eighteen years old at the University of
Santo Tomas in connection with a literary contest sponsored by Liceo Artistico – Literario, a
society of men interested in literature and arts.
a. My First Inspiration
b. To the Filipino Youth
c. In Memory of my Town
d. None of the above
18. ________________ is the art of carving, molding, welding or producing works of art in three
dimensions.
a. Painting
b. Sculpture
c. Architecture
d. None of the above
19. Rizal who was sixteen years old enrolled in the University of Sto. Tomas and took up
_______________before starting with his medical studies.
a. Biology
b. Philosophy and Letters
c. Engineering
d. None of the above
20. In his novel, ____________________ Rizal described how some Dominican professor insulted
Filipino students and mockingly called them “Indio.”
a. El Filibusterismo
b. Noli Me Tangere
c. Makamisa
d. None of the above
21. Rizal experience the “pleasure and pains of first love” in the person of _________________, who
was a boarder at La Concordia College, where his elder sisters were studying.
a. Leonor Rivera
b. Segundina Katigbak
 c. Josephine Bracken
d. None of the above
22. Impelled by his desire to perfect himself and to become more useful to his people, Rizal left
home and country and went to Europe in order to educate himself.
a. True
b. False
c. Subjective/Situational
d. Not applicable
23. ______________ is a city of Catalina, Spain’s second largest city. Rizal was amused at the
famous street, Las Ramblas.
a. Madrid
b. Valencia
c. Barcelona
d. None of the above
24. In the Spanish capital, Rizal met and associated with other Filipino students who formed the
Spanish-Filipino Circle. The members of the association requested him to write a poem and this
was the ___________________.
a. Me Piden Versos
b. El Consejo delos Dioses
c. A La Juventud Filipina
d. None of the above
25. In the Madrigal Exposition of Fine Arts, Juan Luna’s painting, the ________________, was
awarded first prize and a gold medal.
a. Indios
b. Christian Virgin Exposed to the Populace
c. Spolarium
d. None of the above
26. Rizal went to Paris and Germany in order to specialize in ________________, a branch of
medical science dealing with the anatomy, functions, and diseases of the eye.
a. Ophthalmology
b. Optometry
c. Iridology
d. None of the above
27. Juan Luna painted a historical canvas, _______________ in which Rizal posed as Sikatuna and
Trinidad as Legaspi.
a. Indios
b. Christian Virgin Exposed to the Populace
c. Spolarium
d. None of the above
28. While in ___________, Rizal had the privilege to work in the clinic of a noted Polish
ophthalmologist, Dr. Javier Galezowsky. It is a city in Baden-Wurttemberg in West Germany,
famous for its old universities and beautiful sceneries in the countryside.
 a. Heidelberg
b. Frankfurt
c. Berlin
d. None of the above
29. It was in Leipzig where he was inspired to translate Schiller’s __________________ from
German language to Tagalog version so that the Filipinos might understand the story of the
legendary Swiss patriot who championed its independence. The main character was forced by
the Austrian governor to shoot an apple off his son’s head with bow and arrow.
a. Mary Stuart
b. The Robbers
c. William Tell
d. None of the above
30. The reason why Rizal lived in Berlin was ______________________.
a. To gain further knowledge in ophthalmology
b. To observe the prevailing political, social and economic conditions
c. To finish writing his novel, Noli Me Tangere
d. All of the above
31. ____________________ means “do not touch me.” The book contains things of which no one
among ourselves has spoken up to the present; they are so delicate that can not be touched by
anybody.
a. A La Juventud Filipina
b. Noli Me Tangere
c. El Filibusterismo
d. None of the above
32. Upon the insistence of Rizal’s wealthy friend, _________________, who loaned P300 to Rizal,
Noli was finally printed in March, 1887.
a. Antonio Regidor
b. Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt
c. Dr. Maximo Viola
d. None of the above
33. With adequate knowledge about the science of ophthalmology and his surgical skill acquired in
the best eye clinics in Europe, he successfully removed the ______________ from his mother’s
eyes.
a. Glaucoma
b. Cataract
c. Optic neuropathy
d. None of the above
34. Rizal was assigned a personal bodyguard named __________________ by the Governor-general
to protect him during the duration of his stay in the Philippines because he believed that Rizal’s
life might be in danger and because the friars were very powerful.
a. Don Jose Taviel de Andrade
b. Emilio Terrero
 c. Pedro Payo
d. None of the above
35. The banning of the Noli only served to make it more popular because everybody would like to
have a copy and read it. In spite of the government prohibition, many Filipinos got hold of the
Noli which they read secretly.
a. True
b. False
c. Subjective/Situational
d. Not applicable
36. Rizal observed that there are few thieves in Japan. The houses remained open day and night and
other valuable articles are left on the table without being lost.
a. True
b. False
c. Subjective/Situational
d. Not applicable
37. Rizal’s romance with the Japanese lady named ______________ started in early sprig of March,
1888, when he entered a department store in Yokohama to buy something.
a. Akiko
b. Machiko
c. O-Sei-San
d. None of the above
38. Rizal said, “________________ is the land par excellence of freedom but only for the whites.”
a. Germany
b. England
c. America
d. None of the above
39. While in London, Rizal received some disturbing news from his country – the arbitrary arrest and
imprisonment of Laureano Viado, a Sto. Tomas medical student, who was found in possession of
__________________.
a. La Solidaridad
b. Noli Me Tangere
c. El Filibusterismo
d. None of the above
40. The need for an organ of the Propaganda to neutralize the false, malicious and defamatory
articles designed to injure the reputation of the Filipinos written by Spanish detractors and
mercenaries was evidently felt by the Filipinos in Spain that consequently led to the founding of
___________________.
a. Association Hispano-Filipina
b. La Solidaridad
c. La Vision de Fray Rodriguez
d. None of the above
41. Before leaving London, he carved several fine and realistic sculptural works governed by a great
and detailed attention to anatomical shapes and proportions such as _______________.
a. Prometheus Bound
b. The Triumph of Death over Life
c. The Triumph of Science over Death
d. All of the above
42. In Paris, the _______________ was founded simply to bring together young Filipinos in the
French capital in order that they could enjoy their stay in the city during the international
exposition.
a. Association Hispano-Filipina
b. Kidlat Club
c. Indios Bravos
d. None of the above
43. The saddest episode of Rizal’s life was the news of the impending marriage of ______________,
his sweetheart for eleven years to Mr. Kipping, an English engineer employed in the
construction of Manila-Dagupan railway.
a. Gertrude Beckett
b. Adelina Bousted
c. Leonor Rivera
d. None of the above
44. ______________, the capital of Spain, is one of the pleasant cities in the world because of its
people and culture. Upon arrival to this city, Rizal tried to exhaust all available legal means and
remedies to seek justice for his family and tenant farmers in Calamba, but justice on their side
seemed elusive.
a. Barcelona
b. Seville
c. Valencia
d. None of the above
45. With the help of his lawyer, __________________, they sought an audience with the minister of
the Colonies in order to present the various injustices committed by the Governor-General and
the Dominicans against the poor and helpless tenant-farmers of Calamba.
a. Marcelo H. del Pilar
b. Antonio Luna
c. Graciano Lopez Jaena
d. None of the above
46. While in Hongkong, Rizal wrote the __________________, an association of Filipinos for civic
and social activities until its printing in 1892.
a. Ang Karapatan ng mga Tao
b. Constitution and By-Laws of La Liga Filipina
c. Sa Mga Kababayan
d. None of the above
47. Four days after the founding of ____________________, Rizal was ordered arrested by
Governor-General Despujol allegedly for having found in his baggage, a few hours after his
arrival from Hongkong a bundle of leaflets entitled “Poor Friars” (Pobres Frailes).
a. Association Hispano-Filipina
b. Indios Bravos
c. La Liga Filipina
d. None of the above
48. One of the most significant events worth remembering in connection with Rizal’s life in Dapitan
was the coming into his life of _____________________, the adopted daughter of an American
engineer, George Taufer.
a. Leonor Rivera
b. Josephine Bracken
c. Gertrude Beckett
d. None of the above
49. Bonifacio and his Katipunan followers proclaimed defiance of the Spanish government by
tearing their cedula certificates during the famous historical _________________.
a. Cry of Katipunan
b. Cry of Dapitan
c. Cry of Balintawak
d. None of the above
50. ______________ was a novel that bore an irresistible urge to revolution, while promising
nothing from it.
a. El Filibusterismo
b. Noli Me Tangere
c. Huling Paalam
d. None of the above