RIZAL

Assignment on -line

December 1, 2019

Prof. Cris. J Malanum

NAME: _______________________________________________________ SCORE: ______________

PART I. MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the correct answer. Shade the circle corresponding the letter of
your choice. Send your answer thru cjmalanum@plm.edu.ph. Before December 2, 2019 , 5:30 pm.
Please be informed that 5:31 will be considered and accepted.

1. Despite the warnings of his brother Paciano and friends, Dr. Jose Rizal returned to the
Philippines in 1887 for the following reasons, except

A. to serve his people

B. for his mother’s eye surgery

C. to find out for himself how his writings were affecting the Filipinos and Spaniards

D. to marry Leonor Rivera

2. Which book inspired Rizal to write Noli Me Tangere?

A. William Tell

B. The Wandering Jew

C. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

D. History of the French Revolution

3. “I did not believe that the Noli Me Tangere would ever be published when I was in Berlin,
broken-hearted, weakened and discouraged from hunger and deprivation, I was at the point of
throwing my work into the fire as a thing accursed and fit only to die.” In the midst of Rizal ‘s
misery, who helped him in the printing of his work?

A. Fernando Canon

B. Maximo Viola

C. Graciano Lopez Jaena

D. Valentin Ventura

4. Which of the following statements is false about the Philippines during Rizal’s time?

A. The system of the government was called frailocracy

 B. The Philippines was represented in the Spanish Cortes

C. The big plantations were surrounded by religious organizations

D. The justice system served the interests of the Spanish colonial government

5. The characters in Noli Me Tangere were not fictional characters; they represented people who
live during Rizal’s time. Paciano, the brother of Rizal, was represented by this character named

A. Basilio

B. Pilosopong Tasio

C. Padre Florentino

D. Elias

6. The novel Noli Me Tangere contains how may chapters excluding the epilogue?

A. 63

B. 64

C. 36

D. 46

7. In the original manuscript of Noli Me Tangere, there was a chapter entitled Elias and Salome.
Why was it deleted?

A. Irrelevant to the entire manuscript

B. Needed more polishing

C. As advised by Blumentritt

D. Cost of printing

8. What does Noli Me Tangere means?

A. Do Not Detain Me

B. Touch Me Not

C. Subversive

D. Rebel

9. Where was Noli Me Tangere published?

A. Berlin, Germany

B. Ghent, Belgium
 C. Paris, France

D. Manila, Philippines

10. The much maligned Noli Me Tangere had its gallant defenders who fearlessly came out to prove
the merits of the novel or to refute the arguments of the attackers. These included the
following, except

A. Graciano Lopez Jaena, Filipino reformist in foreign land

B. Rev. Vicente Garcia, a Filipino Catholic priest-scholar, a theologian of the Manila Cathedral.

C. Fr. Jose Rodriguez, an Augustinian priest

D. Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez, a Jesuit priest and a former professor

11. She was a formerly rich girl in Noli Me Tangere but became poor after marrying a gambler. She
also became crazy after losing her two boys.

A. Salome

B. Maria Clara

C. Sisa

D. Victorina

12. Who saved Crisostomo’s life from the collapsed derrick?

A. Linares

B. Tiburcio

C. Crispin

D. Elias

13. Who saved Elias while he was fighting a crocodile?

A. Linares

B. Tiburcio

C. Crispin

D. Crisostomo

14. What happened to Elias at the end of the novel?

A. He escaped and ran away

B. He died

C. He married Salome

D. He followed Crisostomo
 15. What happened to Maria Clara at the end of the novel?

A. She died

B. She married Linares instead

C. She ran away with Crisostomo

D. She entered the Santa Clara nunnery

PART II. A brilliant defense of Noli Me Tangere came from the unexpected source – Rev. Fr. Vicente
Garcia. Using a penname Justo Desiderio Magalang, Fr. Garcia wrote a defense of the Noli which was
published in Singapore as an appendix to a pamphlet date July 18, 1888. Write down the three (3)
defenses of Fr. Garcia in the arguments of Fr. Jose Rodriguez. 3 points each.