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Name: Camille Ann P. Munar

Year and Section: BMLS-II

Rizal in Europe for the First Time Quiz

I.

Multiple Choices: Choose the letter of the correct answer in the series. Write your
answers before the numbers and strictly no erasures.

A 1.On May 3, 1882. Rizal left for Europe for what apparent reasons:
A. he was not satisfied with how the Dominicans taught the students
B. he wants to evade the call of love that is perpetually disturbing him
C. he considered the personnel of UST as people who belong to the species of
lower life forms.
D. he was never contented with the foods offered in the cafeteria
B 2.The method by which he was taught in college was by far inferior according to his
standards. He disliked most this method which, to him is not intellectually challenging:
A. Research method
C. memorization method
B. Liberal thinking
D. purely on student reporting
B 3. But the most compelling reason of his going abroad was:
A. to learn the history of Europe and bring European lifestyles here in the Philippines
B. to emancipate the Filipino nation from the barbarities of Spanish colonization
C. to earn a living and return to the country as a rich man
D. to find his true love as Filipinas are not as lovely as the Europeans
A 4. Paciano to Rizal: Your departure for Spain has been the topic of conversation, but
nobody has guessed the true reason. Why?
A. It was a secret
B. it was one of the questions in a theatrical game show
C. it was not worth telling to the public for it was just a nonsense trip
D. Jose Rizal was fond of letting the people guess his motives
C 5. Paciano to Rizal. The principal object of your departure is not your personal
perfection
in that career but your preparation for other things of greater utility, in other words,
things to which you are most inclined. What career was referred to here?
A. cosmetology
C. medicine
B. Scientology
D. political science
A 6. Paciano to Rizal. The principal object of your departure is not your personal
perfection
in that career but your preparation for other things of greater utility, in other words,
things to which you are most inclined. What is that referred to as those things which Rizal
was most inclined?
A. Patriotic ideals
C. business ventures
B. girl hunting
D. tourist life
C 7. Rizal had to understand others in order to evaluate his own circumstances and to let
them understand him so that he could transmit to the world the true image of the Filipino
nation. The motivation was he must be a:
A. maniac
C. a polyglot
B. a lawyer
D. a linguist
A 8. Seldom had Rizal suffered a spiritual crisis as profound as that which when he left on
his first trip to Europe. Why?
A. he was with deep sense of responsibility and was conscious of the commitment to
himself and to those who are supporting him.
B. he goes to church everybody
C. never did he has that because he was not a spiritist or a voodoo master

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D. women were everywhere, waiting for Rizal in a shining armor
B 9. Rizal had to endure the life of an ____________, thousands of kilometers away from
family and home. The blank if provided would yield:
A. repatriate
C. prisoner of conscience
B. Expatriate
D. economic refugee
A 10. He boarded his ship in his trip to Europe on what ship?
A. Djemnah
C. Victoria
B. Salvadora
D. Alexandria
A 11. Rizal was the only Indio (native) on the ship and he was so proud of himself. He
was

in no way inferior nor superior with the other passengers. The moral is:
A. never be ashamed of your racial identity
B. the Filipino isnt worth dying for
C. Filipinos are second rate trying hard copy cats.
D. You will never know who really you are unless you ride on a ship.
A 12. While on board, Rizal had heard unfavorable remarks against his country by some
Spaniards and other Latin-American Countries. What Latin American country the
Philippines shares cultural ties?
A. Bolivia
C. Cuba
B. Mexico
D. Brazil
B 13. Rizal arrived in Singapore in the 9th of May and spent most of his times visiting
museums, centers and establishments concerning Singaporean ways of life. This to
him became part of his:
A. political growth
C. medical growth
B. cultural growth
D. spiritual growth
A 14. Before disembarking, Rizal was always careful in the manner of dressing, even up to
the day of his death. If only he still lives at the present, Rizal is grouped among the:
A. metrosexuals
C. social climbers
B. scavengers
D. macho gays
D 15. Before disembarking, Rizal was always careful in the manner of dressing, even up to
the day of his death. Which clothing best describes him as shown among his portraits?
A. ala Michael Jackson attire
C. top coat, hat and gloves
B. barong tagalog
D. like cowboys in Texas
B 16. On June 15, he arrived in Barcelona. His homesickness and loneliness had given rise

to

_______________ (An illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts and that
affects the way a person eats, sleeps, feels about himself or herself, and thinks about
things.)
A. pneumonia
C. tuberculosis
B. depression
D. dementia
C 17. When he arrived in Barcelona, he had no money left and had to borrow from whom?
A. Filipino expats
C. his brother Paciano
B. the Jesuits
D. prostitutes
A 18. Of his experiences on the ship, he came to realize that the Philippines suffer from
some sort of backwardness as compared to other Asian colonies. He saw that the Filipino
enjoyed less in his attempts to expose his ideas through mass media. The right in
questions is?
A. freedom of expression and of the press
B. freedom of assembly

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C. illegal possession of ugly face
D. freedom to life
D 19. From Barcelona, he moved to Madrid for what reason?
A. because Madrid is the capital of Spain
B. to see the king and his royal escorts
C. thats where most Filipinos are found
D. education was reportedly cheaper in Madrid
C 20. To enhance his artistic talents, he took up painting and sculpture at:
A. Ateneo de Madrid
B. Centro Universidad de Madrid
C. Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
D. Madrid Lyceum of Arts and letters
C 21. In 1884, he finished his first course that is:
A Licenciate in Ophthalmology
B. Licentiate in Biology

C. Licentiate in Medicine
D. Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters

B 24. In 1885, Rizal proceeded to take up Doctorate in medicine but he failed to submit a
requirement thus, he was not able to finish the degree. What was that he failed to pass?
A. Experiment
C. a specimen
B. Thesis
D. a case study
1884-1885 25. The degree of doctor of Medicine was conferred on him in
____________(year) during the centenary of his birth. When?
C 26. He went to Paris for advanced studies in Ophthalmology in the clinic of a French
leading ophthalmologist in the name of:
A. Dr. Schultzer
C. Dr. de Wecker
B. Dr. Galezowski
D. Dr. Becker
C 27. In writing his masterpiece, the Noli me Tangere, he joined a brotherhood for him to
meet liberal minded personalities. What was that brotherhood?
A. The masons
C. The Christian Brotherhood
B. The Ku Klux Klan
D. The Brindis
C 28. He finished writing his novel in:
A. Madrid
B. Paris

C. Germany
D. Austria

C 29. Running short of funds, he found the cheapest book printer that printed his novel.
Which one?
A. Tagalische Verkunst
C. Buckdruckerei Actien Geisselschaft
B. Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie D. Kenji lee Agawa
B 30. His friend _______________ lent him the amount of P300.00 for 200 copies that
was why the book was released in March 1887.
A. Juna Luna
C. Felix hidalgo
B. Maximo Viola
D. Lopez Jaena
A 31. To enhance his education in preparation for leadership, he had gone to many
European cities and towns. Which he did not visit? (as stated in the text)
A. Cabaret
C. schools
B. Churches
D. synagogues

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C 32. Rizals sojourn in Germany gave him the chance to meet ________________, an
Austrian ethnographer who became his most cherished friend. Who?
A. Friedrich Jagor
C. Ferdinand Blumentritt
B. Adolph Meyer
D. William Reiss
A 33. In Berlin, Rizal was asked to deliver a lecture on _____________________ to the
member of the answer of number 16. On what topic?
A. The Insulares
C. The British in Asia
B. The Muslim Struggle in Mindanao
D. the tagalong people and culture
A 34. Rizal later became a member of the Geographical and Anthropological Society of
Berlin. He submitted an original work entitled:
A. Noli Me Tangere
C. Tagalog Art of Versification
B. Filibusterismo
D. ars Poetica Tagala
A 35. What Rizal found out after reading accounts about the Philippine in German books?
A. Non-Spanish writers were not different to the Spaniards all were biased and
racist
B. Non-Spanish writers wrote nonsense about the Indios
C. Spanish writers were better in substance and style than their other European
counterparts
D. Non-Spanish writers had higher regard for the Filipinos than their Spanish
counterparts
C 36. His regular travels once aroused the German government that he was a French spy.
What saved him?
A. his revolver
C. his tongue
B. his small size
D. his physical good looks
D 37. In his ethnological studies, what subject he was concentrated on?
A. racial difference
B. allegedly superiority of the white race
C. prove that the Indios were not of the anthropoid race
D. all of the above
A 38. Trick question. Who was Hitler?
A. Rizals illegitimate son
C. A Neanderthal
B. An Aryan
D. An anthropoid
C 39. Which Swiss drama he translated into tagalog for the Indio to learn the ideals of
freedom and patriotism.
A. William Tell
C. Uncle Toms Cabin
B. Le Miserables
D. Don Quixote
B 40. With all he had acquired, he was now prepared for his patriotic objective that is:
A. to marry Leonor Rivera
B. to cure his mothers failing eyesight
C. to lead an armed revolution
D. the redemption of his countrymen from their deplorable condition.
II. On TO THE FILIPINO YOUTH. Read the Poem and answer the questions.
B 41. Unfold, oh timid flower! Rizal describes the Filipino youths in this line as:
A. wilting flowers
C. strong willed chick boys
B. shy and weak
D. dumb and ignorant
Youth is the hope of the fatherland 42. Rizal called the youths of his time as the
____________________________.
Lift up your radiant brow,
This day, Youth of my native strand!
Your abounding talents show
Resplendently and grand,
__________________________
A 43. The lines suggest that with the innate talents of the Filipino, should travel:

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A. Soar high, oh genius great,
B. And with noble thoughts fill their mind;
C. The honor's glorious seat,
D. May their virgin mind fly and find
E. More rapidly than the wind.
B 44. Rizal invokes the youth to learn not only one vocation and field but all as indicated by
what line?
A. Descend with the pleasing light
B. Of the arts and sciences to the plain,
C. Oh Youth, and break forthright
D. The links of the heavy chain
E. That your poetic genius enchain.
B 45. Which line indicates the description of the Philippines as a country whose citizens are
recognized not as Filipinos but of other racist names.
A. See that in the ardent zone,
B. The Spaniard, where shadows stand,
C. Doth offer a shining crown,
D. With wise and merciful hand
E. To the son of this Indian land.
D 46. Where does the goddess of poetry live?
A. You, who heavenward rise
B. On wings of your rich fantasy,
C. Seek in the Olympian skies
D. The tenderest poesy,
E. More sweet than divine honey;
B 47. A nocturnal bird?
A. You of heavenly harmony,
B. On a calm unperturbed night,
C. Philomel's match in melody,
D. That in varied symphony
E. Dissipate man's sorrow's blight;
D 48 What art is referred to in these lines?
You, who heavenward rise
On wings of your rich fantasy,
Seek in the Olympian skies
The tenderest poesy,
More sweet than divine honey
A. music
C. architecture
B. painting
D. literature
E 49. What art is referred to in these lines?
You at th' impulse of your mind
The hard rock animate
And your mind with great pow'r consigned
Transformed into immortal state
The pure mem'ry of genius great;
A. music
C. architecture
B. painting
D. literature

E. sculpture

E. sculpture

B 50. What art is referred to in the series?

And you, who with magic brush
On canvas plain capture
The varied charm of Phoebus,

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Loved by the divine Apelles,
And the mantle of Nature;
A. music
C. architecture
B. painting
D. literature

E. sculpture

kenji

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