Reminder: This is an hour-and-a-half-long examination only, please submit your paper on time

otherwise you need to retake the exam.

Instruction: Supply the correct answer. For questions with multiple answers, all answer must be
correct to earn 1 point. Wrong spelling wrong.

1. complete name is José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

2. Rizal was born on (date and place) June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Laguna and died on
(date)December 30, 1896 for the crime of Rebellion
the punishment of which is execution by froring squad of Spaniards in Rizal Park,
Manila.
3. Name Rizal’s siblings (according to the order of their birth)
a. Saturnina Mercado
b. Paciano Mercado
c. Narcisa Mercado
d. Olympia Mercado
e. Lucia Mercado
f. Maria Mercado
g. Concepcion Mercado
h. Josefa Mercado
i. Trinidad Mercado
j. Soledad Mercado
4. first teacher was his mother Teodora Alonso Realonda and his first sorrow was the
death of his younger sister concha.
5. Enumerate the three (3) “influences” that contributed to Rizal’s personhood.
a. Hereditary Influence
b. Environmental Influence
c. Aid of Divine Providence
6. original Rizal bill RA 1425 Also known as the Rizal Law is authored by Jose P.
Laurel.
7. ” An act to include in the curricula of all public and private schools, colleges and
universities courses on the life, works and writings of Jose Rizal, particularly his
novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, authorizing the printing and distribution
thereof, and for other purposes” is also known as Republic Act No. 1425.
8. In 1901, during the American period Rizal acquired the official title of Philippine national
hero.
9. Give one (1) reason why Rizal was chosen as the Philippine national hero during the
American period.
Jose Rizal was honored as a national hero for fighting for freedom in a silent but
effective manner. Rather than using force, he used his books, essays, articles, and
poems to express his love for the Philippines.
10. ….. and sometimes can be proven false, but are, nonetheless, necessary to sustain life.
They are convictions that satisfy the need for stability.  They are ________________
because they cannot be proven. They are necessary because without them we would be
rudderless in a world of chaos (Tenbusch, 2015).
11. What did these necessary fictions instill in us? _____________________ and
___________________.
12. Give at least 2 examples of necessary fiction. El filibusterismo and Noli Me Tángere.
What is the concept of imagined communities? The concept of Imagined Communities
is to analyze nationalism. The author argues that the nation is an imagined political
community that is inherently limited in scope and sovereign in nature.
13. How did the idea of nationalism spread? What aided the spread of nationalism? .
14. ____________________________ is an archaic term used in the Philippines beginning in
the Spanish colonial period to describe and classify a person of mixed Chinese and
Filipino ancestry.
15. What did the Chinese Mestizos acquire during the Spanish colonial regimes? Chinese
mestizo merchants bought tobacco.
16. Chinese who embraced the faith settled into what is known today as Confucianism.
17. Those who refused were allowed to stay in a settlement just outside or near the vicinity of
Intramuros which became the ______________________ community.
18. How did the Passion of Christ (Pasyon) help in awakening nationalism among Filipino
people?
_______________________________________________________________________.
The “spectre of comparisons” is a phrase taken from Jose Rizal’s great book, Noli Me
Tangere
19. What is the role of awit in the spread of Filipino nationalism? ______________________
________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________.
What is the relevance of the tale of Bernardo Carpio in Philippine history? Bernardo
Carpio is considered the savior of the Filipinos against national oppression and
enslavement.
20. What was the name of community that existed in the Philippine islands before the
Spaniards arrive? Barangays
21. Who took care of the natives in the barangay settlement? Datu
22. According to Rizal, it was useless to work hard in the Philippines, why? Because in his
time only rich people can go to the school, many people that don’t have any access in
education.
23. What was the inter-clergy conflict all about?
__________________________________________________________________ and
_________________________________________________________________
24. Who were GumBurZa? Give their complete names.
Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora.
25. Who owned the lands that Rizal’s family was renting? __________________________________
26. The Spaniards systematically reorganized the pre-Hispanic Philippine society by integrating
subjugated barangays to form the _________________________.
27. Differentiate the sugar industry in Hacienda de Calamba from that of Negros. The Hacienda
de Calamba epitomised a large-scale estate under a single corporate (religious) entity, which
was essentially an enclave economy; in contrast, Negros showcased a range of haciendas of
varying sizes in a frontier setting where different actors and ethnicities sought to carve a
niche.
II - Draw Rizal’s family tree (20 pts)