Divine Word College of Vigan

General Education Course

Vigan City

Final Examination
Rizal’s Life and Works (GE 9)
I. Select the answer that best describes or referred to in the following statements (write the
letter only)
1 What does the title "Noli Me Tangere" mean?
a. do not detain me
b. touch me not
c. subversive
d. rebel

2 The title "El Filibusterismo" means

a. do not detain me
b. touch me not
c. subversive
d. rebel

3 The main character of Noli Me Tangere is

a. Elias
b Simoun
c. Crisisotomo Ibarra
d. Isagani

4 The main character of El Filibusterismo is

a. Elias
b. Simoun
c. Crisisotomo Ibarra
d. Isagani

5 The novel, Noli Me Tangere is about

a. religion
b. love
c. society
d. all of the above

6 The novel, El Filibusterismo is about

a. politics & revolution
b. love and emotion
c. humor & liberty
d. all of the above

7 The novel, Noli Me Tangere is dedicated to

a. maria clara
b. gomburza
c. blumentritt
d. all of the above
8 El Filibusterismo is dedicated to
a. maria clara
b. gomburza
c. blumentritt
d. all of the above

9 The title "El Filibusterismo" means

a. do not detain me
b. touch me not
c. subversive
d. rebel

10 Noli Me Tangere was inspired by

a. Luna’s Spolairum
b. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
c. Martyrdom of Gomburza
d. A and B
e. B and C

11 Simoun is a wealthy jeweller who came back to the Philippines after how many years?
a. 7
b. 5
c. 13
d. 20

12 Crisostomo Ibarra was a student abroad who had his homecoming after how many years?
a. 7
b. 5
c. 13
d. 20

13 Pilosopo Tasyo is a character in Noli Me Tangere personified by whom in reality?

a. chengoy
b. marcelo
c. paciano
d. none of the above

14 The heaven-sent financer of Noli Me Tangere

a. Valentin Ventura
b. Antonio Luna
c. Maximo Viola
d. Ferdinand Blumentritt

15 The novel, El Filibusterismo came off the press with the financial assistance of
a. Valentin Ventura
b. Antonio Luna
c. Maximo Viola
d. Ferdinand Blumentritt

16 The girlfriend of Isagani who dumped him for another man, believing that she has no
future if she marries him
a. Huli
b. Juliana de Dios
 c. Paulita Gomez
d. Victorina de Espadana

17 The article that Rizal wrote in Madrid on November 29, 1882 which was returned to him
because the Diariong Tagalog ceased publication.
a. Idolence of the Filipino People
b. Letter to young women of malolos
c. Love of Country
d. The Philippines a Century Hence

18 At the National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid in 1884, joined by many painters in
Europe in that art competition, Luna won first prize (gold medal) for his __________
a. Christian Virgins Exposed to the Populace
b. Spolarium
c. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
d. The Wandering Jew

19 The title of the poem that Rizal submitted for the literary contest held by Liceo Artistico-
Literario wher he won?
a. A La Juventud Filipina
b. Por La Educacion
c. Hymno Al Trabaho
d. Amor Patrio

20 One of the members of the society founded by Rizal upon arrival in Manila who
ultimately became the “Father of Revolution in the Philippines”.
a. Emilio Aguinaldo
b. Elias
c. Simoun
d. Andres Bonifacio

II. Identify the following:

1 A poem dedicated to the Filipino youth where Rizal won the first prize, a silver pen,
feather-shaped and with a gold ribbon running through it
2 A literacy piece where Jose Rizal posed a challenge to the youth to rise from timidity and
free themselves from the bondage of ignorance
3 A poem written by José Rizal on the eve of his execution on December 30, 1896
4 A famous literay work where Jose Rizal said that “To die is to rest”.
5 To who is Rizal referring to as sweet stranger, his friend, and who brightened his way?
6 A popular name of the Philippines mentioned by Jose Rizal in one of his poem which
now widely used in literary works.
7 This poem proved that he valued education so much that may give the power of the
country to survive from any forces( barbaric actions, deceits, hostility, vices and etc.) in
the struggles of societal freedom .
8 A literary piece where Rizal thought that a man who was properly educated needed to
apply what he learned on spiritual view rather than simply on material achievements.
9 Without religion, human education may result to chaos and disorder in any civilized
nation because people may no longer value freedom, respect, dignity and other good
 virtues that maintain societal order.
10 A writing of Rizal where he brought the idea that religion had a profound effect to
education, the educated must internalized the virtue of incorruptible life based on the
ethical and moral standard of the society.

11 This composition by Rizal which was originally written in Spanish, in general speaks
about how every Filipino is willing to work hard, or labor, for his country
12 a socio-political essay published in La solidaridad in Madrid in 1890 written by José
Rizal as a response to the accusation of Indio or Malay indolence.
13 In this writings, Rizal said that Indios-Filipinos are by nature not lazy, because in fact,
even before the arrival of Spaniards, Filipinos have been engaged in economic activities
such as agriculture and trade
14 In this writing, Rizal talks of “love of country” which “is never effaced once it has
penetrated the heart, because it carries with it a divine stamp
15 an essay written by Philippine national hero Jose Rizal to forecast the future of the
country within a hundred years
16 This essay, published in La Solidaridad starts by analyzing the various causes of the
miseries suffered by the Filipino people
17 In this writing, Rizal said that tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of
others.
18 This novel was described to as a romantic novel, it is a “wok of the heart: and “”book of
feeling”
19 A literary piece considered to be a political novel, a “work of the head” and a “book of
thought”
20 What is Rizal’s literary piece which was considered to be the “priceless gem of
Philippine Literature.

III. Identify the literary piece where the following lines are drawn:
1 The language which by heav'n they were taught to use.
That country also surely liberty pursue
2 Whoever knows not how to love his native tongue
Is worse than any best or evil smelling fish
3 Our mother tongue, like all the highest that we know
Had alphabet and letters of its very own
4 Hold high the brow serene,
O youth, where now you stand
5 Shine forth resplendent now,
In gallant glory stand
6 O youth, and there untie
The chains that heavy lie
7 Through the night benign
Frees mortality from pain
8 Where education rears her throne
exuberant youth robust shall grow
9 thus education, a benefactor,
with lavish hand exalts humanity
10 thus good education proudly offers
the bliss of virtue to the living
11 Within the breast of wretched humankind
She lights the living flame of goodness bright
12 Farewell, my adored Land, region of the sun caressed,
Pearl of the Orient Sea, our Eden lost
13 Pray thee for all the hapless who have died,
For all those who unequalled torments have undergone
14 I'll go where there are no slaves, tyrants or hangmen
Where faith does not kill and where God alone does reign
15 Through Religion, Education gains renown, and
Woe to the impious mind that blindly spurning
16 Without Religion, Human Education
Is like unto a vessel struck by winds
17 Go to work with spirits high,
For the wife keeps home faithfully
18 Hail! Hail! Praise to labour,
Of the country wealth and vigor!
19 Teach, us ye the laborious work
To pursue your footsteps we wish
20 Now the East is glowing with light,
Go! To the field to till the land
21 Genius . . . sprouts everywhere; it is like light and air; it belongs to everyone: it is
cosmopolitan like space, life and God
22 I drink to the health of the Filipino youth, sacred hope of my homeland, that they may
imitate such precious examples so that Mother Spain, solicitous and heedful of the
welfare of her provinces, may implement soon the reforms she has contemplated for a
long time!
23 The patriarchal era of the Philippines is passing; the illustrious deeds of her sons are no
longer wasted away at home; the oriental chrysalis is leaving the cocoon
24 In the history of nations there are names that are related to an event which bring love
and greatness to mind;
25 To wish that the alleged child remain in its swaddling clothes tis to risk that it
may turn against its nurse and flee, tearing away the old rags that bind it. 
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26 A government that rules a country from a great distance is the one that has the
most need for a free press more so even than the government of the home country.
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27 It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great deal. It is like a stone wasted
on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.
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28 Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction
29 All men are born equal, naked, without bonds. God did not create man to be a slave; nor
did he endow him with intelligence to have him hoodwinked, or adorn him with reason
to have him deceived by others.
30 I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its
liberties or its prejudices and, accordingly, to the sacrifices or the selfishness of its
forefathers

31 I die without seeing dawn's light shining on my country... You, who will see it, welcome
it for me...don't forget those who fell during the nighttime
32 “Why independence, if the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow?”
33 “I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or
punishment for his deeds, but not for the acts of others.”
34 “The glory of saving a country doesn't mean having to use the measures that contributed
to its ruin!”
35 “When a people holds onto its language, it holds onto a semblance of freedom, like a
man who holds onto his independence when he retains his own way of thinking.
Language is the thought of a people.”

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