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

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 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

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 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.

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 Answer: True

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