10 COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:

(Based on Chapter II: 19TH Century Philippines as Rizal’s Context)

1. What best describes the 19th Century?

a. Depicted as birth of modern life
b. The century where there is massive changes in Europe, Spain and in
Philippines
c. It brought historical events in terms of economic, social and political
Answer: C.

2. The following are impact of the Galleon trade, except:

a. Manila became a trading hub where China, India and Japan and Southeast
Asian countries sent their goods to be consolidated for shipping.
b. It allowed modern, liberal ideas to enter the Philippines, eventually and
gradually inspiring the movement for independence from Spain.
c. This trade served as the central income-generating business for American
colonists in the Philippines.
Answer: C., Spanish not American

3. Pick out the one that is not included on the opening of the Suez Canal.
a. Distance of travel between Europe and Philippines was considerably
abbreviated
b. It served as a significant factor that enabled the growth of nationalistic desires
of Jose Rizal and other Filipino Ilustrados
c. It discouraged the Ilustrados to pursue their education abroad and learn
scientific and liberal in European academic institutions
Answer: C., encouraged not discouraged
4. What do you think is the reason why sharecropper suffered most
abuses and demands?
a. Because they are just a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as a rent
b. They are at the bottom rung of hierarchy
c. Because they are just people who have no right to complain as they have no
land, and just following wants of the estate owner and inquilinos.
Answer: A.

5. What is the impact of the Bourbon Reform to the natives?

a. It gives the idea that colonization could be done without much intervention
from the Catholic Church.
b. It reclaim control over transatlantic trade and restrict the church’s power
c. It endeavored to curtail contraband commerce
Answer: A.

6. Do you think the Cadiz Constitution is very influential on the

Philippines in 19th century?
a. Yes, it I influential because it was a liberal constitution
b. Yes, because it established principles and issued a decree that is effective for
the natives
c. Yes, because it has a universal character as it included everyone from overseas
even the Philippines
Answer: A.

7. Which of the following is NOT true?

a. Development of commercial agriculture in the archipelago resulted in the
presence of a new clans
b. At the beginning of 19th century, social and political changes in Europe were
finally starting to affect Spain and Philippines
c. Manila became open to foreign merchant almost without restriction by the
mid-1830s
Answer: B., economic not social
8. Why that is the Spanish missionaries established schools but did not
seriously teach them the Spanish language?
a. Because Spanish fear that Indios would become so knowledgeable with them
b. They believed that natives would not be able to match their skills
c. They don’t want Indios to learn their language as they were considered as the
lowest class in social structure
Answer: A.

9. TRUE OR FALSE
Liberalism is a worldview founded on ideas of freedom, judgment and
equality. It also includes a wide range of social philosophies that consider
individual liberty to be the most significant social goal, and underscore individual
rights and equality of opportunity.
Answer: FALSE- in the sentences: no judgment, political goal
not social

10. What can we conclude from the 19th century Philippines as

Rizal’s context?
a. This is the era of challenges and responses
b. It was the century of changes and filled of turning points in our history and
identity. It was this time when a lot of changes happened in aspects of
political, economic and social.
c. It is the period of major changes that affect man and society.
Answer: B

Prepared by: RIZZA DIZON, BEED 1

Course: HIST 24 (Life and Works of Rizal)