Certificate No.

AJA19-0226

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

Midterm Examination in LIFE and WORKS of RIZAL
INFO.TECH.II – A,B,C, BOT-II, BSCE - II
NAME: Lovely G. Abrajano Course & Year: _BOT-CET Date: __________
General Instruction: Write your answers legibly and you may use another sheet of paper
if deemed necessary.

Test – I: Multiple Choice

Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which among the following was Rizal’s godfather?

a. Father Pedro Casanas

b. Father Rufino Collantes
(c.) Dr. Rafael Palma
2. Which among the following was not Rizal’s brother or s ister?

a. Paciano
b. Olimpia
(c.) Ciriaco
3. Which among the following i sn’t part of Rizal’s races?

a. Negrito
( b.) Indian
c. Malay
4. The real surname of the Rizal family was Mercado, which was adopted first by
whom?
( a. )Domingo Lamco
b. Leon Ma. Guerrero
c. Francisco Mercado
5. Which among the stories told by Rizal’s mother left a deep impression on Rizal’s
mind about “death of a martyr”?

(a.)Story of the Moth

b. Children’s Friend
c. Il l-fated Moth
6. The death of the three priest martyrs awakened Rizal’s spirit of patriotism.
Which among the following isn’t part of the three martyrs?

a. Gomez
( b.) Borromeo
c. Zamora
7. When Rizal was eleven he was sent to what school to study which was under the
supervision of the Jesuits?
a. San Juan de Letran
( b). Ateneo Municipal
c. La Concordia College
8. Who among the professors in Ateneo did Rizal consider to be the best and
also helped Rizal to study harder and improve his poetry?
(a. )Father Sanchez
b. Father Burgos
c. Father Lleonart
 9. Rizal went to University of Santo Tomas to seek higher education. Which among the
following wasn’t Rizal’s course on that institution?

a. Philosophy and Letters

(b. )Medicine
c. Literature

10. What course did Father Pablo Ramon,Ateneo’sRector, advice Rizal to take?

(a.) Medicine
b. Philosophy and Letters
c. Arts
11. Rizal Completed his medicine course in what university in Spain?

(a. )University Central de Madrid

b. University Central de Barcelon
c. Universidad de Barcelona
12. When Rizal was in Paris, he worked as an assistant to a famous French doctor
named?

(a. )Dr. Louis De Weckert

b. Dr. Adoplh Meyer
c. Dr. Feodor Jagor
13. After acquiring enough experience in his specialization in Paris, Rizal left
for what German city famous for i ts old university and romantic surroundings?

(a. )Berlin
b. Heidelberg
c. Wilhelmsfeld
14. What interests did Ferdinand Blumentritt , Director of the Ateneo of Leitmeritz,
have which ultimately became the reason for his acquaintancewith Rizal?

( a. )Studying Philippine History

b. studying Philippine Language
c. studying Philippine Geography
15. When Rizal was in Berlin he came in contact with great scientists, one of
which was Dr. Feodor Jagor who wrote a famous book, which foretold the downfall of
Spanish rule in the Philippines and the coming of America to Philippine shores, entitled
what?

a. The Paradise of the East

b. Travels in the Philippines
( c. )Pearl of the Orient Sea
16. Who became the savior of Noli Me Tangere?

( a.) Maximo Viola

b. Eduardo de Lete
c. Valentin Ventura
17. Who was the theologian from the Manila Cathedral who
became a gallant defender of Noli?

(a. )Father Vicente Garcia

b. Father Federico Fauna
c. Father Jose Beck
 18. The novel El Filibusterismo was dedicated by Rizal to whom?

( a. )Gom-bur-za
b. Fi l ipinos
c. Fellow reformists
19. The friars concocted an espionage plot on Rizal while on his
deportation to filch certain letters and writings of Rizal that will incriminate him in the
Revolutionary movement by hiring a spy who assumed what name?

a. Pablo Mercado
(b.) Protacio Rizal
c. Simon Mercado Rizal
20. Who was the woman which Rizal considered to be his wife?

(a.) Leonor Rivera

b. Josephine Bracken
c. Nellie Bousted
21. Where did Rizal travel during 1885 – 1887.

(a.) Paris to Berlin

b. Paris to Italy
c. Paris to London
d. Paris to Barcelon
22. Why did Rizal went to Paris .

a. To specialize in chemistry
b. To specialize in pathology
c. To specialize in optometry
(d.) To specialize in opthalmology
23. He is a leading French ophthalmologist where Rizal work as an
assistant for about four months. .

a. Dr. Adolph B. Meyer

(b.) Dr. Louis de Weckert
c. Dr. Hans Meyer
d. Dr. Otto Becker
24. A composition of Rizal in Dapitan during his exile

a. Sa Aking mga Kababata

b. La Solidaridad
c. Las Pilipinas
(d). La Deportation
25. A historic city in Germany famous for its old university and romantic
surroundings.

(a.) Heidelberg
b. Barcelona
c. Leipzig
d. Dresden
26. In the spring of 1886, Rizal was fascinated by the blooming flowers,
which inspired him to wrote a poem ________________.
 a. Aling mang Lahi
b. La Deportation
(c. )A Las Flores de Heidelberg
d. The Blooming Flowers
27. A German scientist, traveler, and author of Travel in the Philippines.

(a. )De Feodor Jagor

b. Dr. Karl Ulmer
c. Dr. Hans Meyer
d. Dr. Rudolf Virchow
28. According to Rizal, the German woman are, serious, diligent,
educated and ________________.

a. Quarrelsome
b. Lazy
c. Friendly
(d.) Devotion
29. Which of the ff. reasons why Rizal, chose ophthalmology as his
specialization

a. He wanted to become famous

(b. )He wanted to cure his mother’s eye ailment
c. He wanted to cure his sister’s flu
d. All of the above
30. To whom did Rizal wrote his first letter in German.

a. Prof. Friedrich Ratzel

b. Dr. Karl Ulmer
c. Madam Lucie Cerdole
(d.) Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt

Test – II TRUE and FALSE

Direction: Write OK if the statement is True and UP if the statement is False.

___OK___ 31. According to German code of etiquette, it is bad manners for a

guest to remain aloof, and wait for his host to make the proper introduction.

____OK__ 32. According to Rizal, the Filipino women are more interested in
how they dressed than how much they know.

____UP__ 33. One of the reason why Rizal travel to Germany is to publish his
novel, “El Filibusterismo”.

____OK__ 34. The winter of 1886 was Rizal’s darkest winter, where he lived in
poverty.

____Uo__ 35. Rizal was not delighted of the German’s Yuletide custom.

____UP_ 36. On Nov. 4, 1882, Rizal enrolled in Universidad Central de Madrid to

take up Medicine and Philosophy and Letters.

____OK___37. Noli Me Tangere is a Latin phrase which means “touch me not”.

_____UP__38. Rizal dedicated his Noli Me Tangere to the Spaniards.

______UP__39. Noli Me Tangere has 63 chapters.

___UP_____40. On Feb. 21, 1887, Noli was finally finished and ready for printing.

Test – III ESSAY

Direction: Discuss briefly. (10 pts.) Avoid erasures.

“Noli Me Tangere”

Noli me Tangere is the first novel written by Filipino patriot and national
hero Dr. José P. Rizal in 1887 and published in Germany. The story line goes
detailed with the society of the Philippines during Spanish colonial period
and features aristocracy behind poverty and abuse of colonialists. In its
publication, the novel caused an uproar among Filipino people that also felt
Spanish abuse. Noli me Tangere was followed by its sequel, El
Filibusterismo (1889) before common Filipinos crossed the borderline and
started the infamous Philippine Revolution in 1896, some month's before Dr.
Rizal's execution.
 Prepared by:

ROTSEN C. YODICO