Question 1

According to Schumacher, the universities and general intellectual life that Rizal and other ilustrados
encountered in Spain in 1880s were among the most advanced in Europe.

ANSWER: False

Question 2
In his notes to Morga, Rizal observed that slaves in the preconquest islands were not
always in a terrible condition as they could eat with their master on the same table;
besides, Rizal noted that if there were brutal indigenous slave owners, the
encomenderos were worse.

ANSWER: TRUE

Question 3
Rizal argues in his essay that the hot climate makes the people of the Philippines
predisposed to laziness because the excessive heat thins the blood and wears out
people.

ANSWER: True

Question 4
Schumacher asserts that Noli me tangere is more than just an expose of abuses: it is a
Charter of Nationalism.

ANSWER: TRUE

Question 5
Initially Rizal thought of writing Noli Me Tangere in French because it was the language
of the civilized world; later he decided to write it in Spanish because he decided to write
it for his countrymen.

ANSWER: TRUE
Question 6
In 1883, while in Spain, Rizal’s sentiment against the friars was inflamed by the unjust
imprisonment of his mother, causing him to give up the practice of Catholicism and
influencing other youth from the Philippines to focus on their ire on the friars.

ANSWER: False

Question 7
Rizal felt bad about the divisive elections in Madrid in early 1891 but denied he resented
the weak endorsement of his leadership and claimed he harbored no resentment
against del pilar, however our source for this is del pilar who could have been biased.

Answer: False

Question 8
Rizal chose to annotate Morga’s book over other early Spanish accounts because it was
the only one that survived from that early period of history and it was available at the
time Rizal was in Europe.

Answer: False

Question 9
The Pacto de Sangre of Legazpi and Sikatuna was a historic ceremony between a
conquistador and a native chief who thereby became sworn brothers who sealed
political treaty between Spain and the Phililppines.

Answer: False

Question 10
By 1887, rizal was convinced that spain would not listen to the ilustrado’s reasonable
demands; hence he opted for the independence of the Philippines and thus political
activity should be pursued in the country rather than in Spain.

Answer: true
Question 11
According to Schumacher, by the early 1880s, a clearly defined sense of nationalism
already existed among many of the young men from the Philippines in Spain, which
Rizal mobilized upon his arrival there.

Answer: False

Question 12
According to Schumacher, in addition to feeling depressed about events in Calamba and
the lack of progress in the campaign for Philippine representation in the cortes, rizal
assumed wrongly that his fellow Filipinos would accept the type of leadership he wished
to impose on them.

Answer: true

Question 13
In his notes to Morga, Rizal defended native women as chaste even if they believed in
the need for a lover who would help them cross a dangerous river to reach
Kalualhatian, and they would not simply follow their base instincts because of their high
morality.

Answer: false

Question 14
Rizal’s speech in the 1884 banquet to honor Juan Luna and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo
praised their work as bringing glory to the Philippines but not to Spain and insinuated
that there would be a time when the Spanish flag would no longer wave over the
Philippines.

Answer: False

Question 15
Early in 1884, ilustrado activity in Madrid began to change in speeches and newspaper
articles they began to criticize Spain’s handling of the Philippines and  Graciano Lopez
Jaena specifically attacked the friar priest as acting like “true feudal lord” especially
when not restrained by the presence of the provincial governor.

Answer: True