1. What was/were the language/s used in the proceedings of the Rizal Bill 10. Part of Claro M.

10. Part of Claro M. Recto’s motivation in pushing for the Rizal Bill was to
1956? provide an antidote to the overwhelming Americanism in the post-war
Answer: Spanish and English Philippines.
2. Under what administration when the first monument of Jose Rizal was Answer: True
built? 11. Who is the primary author of the Rizal Bill?
Answer: American Rule Answer: Claro M. Recto
3. What was the condition of the 1950s that shaped the motivation and 12. Where did Claro M. Recto and Jose P. Laurel draw their arguments in
agenda of Claro M. Recto and other supporters of the Bill? support of the Rizal Bill according to the article “History Wars”?

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Own Answer: In the 1950s, even though the Philippines had just Answer: History of Rizal’s Spain

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proclaimed independence from American rule the effects of 13. What is the basis of the exemption statement of RA 1425?
American colonial discourse still remained. Our country was still Answer: Religious Beliefs

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recuperating from postwar devastation and Filipinos were 14. Why study the life and works of Jose Rizal according to RA 1425?
struggling to forge a national identity in the midst of such Explain 1 whereas statement in your own words.

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tragedies caused by prolonged colonialism. For that reason, Claro Own Answer: “1: There is a need for rededication to the ideals of

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M. Recto proposed the Bill dedicated to reviving the ideas that freedom and nationalism for which our heroes lived and died.” The
provoked the revolution which barely understood and the events first "whereas" phrase of the Rizal Law is one of the reasons we

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during the Spanish rule that led to Rizal’s execution which were should study Rizal's life and works, which includes promoting
mostly forgotten. nationalism nurtured by a sense of history. It is essential to have

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4. The American sponsored Jose Rizal as the “National Hero” because he a thorough understanding of the past in order to completely
embodies the ideals of patriotism and nationalism to whom the Filipinos recognize our heroes who shaped it and to be in close connection

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should aspire for. with their ideas, actions, and honorable lives. Additionally,
Answer: False reading Rizal's books seeks to enhance the youth's Filipinism,
5. The Catholic Church strongly opposed the Rizal Bill by virtue of the promote patriotism, and instill a sense of freedom.

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Pastoral Letter released by Archbishop Rufino Santos which was 15. The recent experience of the Filipino-American resistance against the

Church against the said Bill. co rc

signed by all Bishops in the country as proof of the unified stand of the Japanese occupation convinced the opposition (to the Rizal Bill) that
“the thoughts of Rizal were necessary for Filipinos to risk death fighting
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Answer: False Japan”.
6. Where did the opposition of Rizal Bill like Archbishop Rufino Santos Answer: False
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based his arguments against the reading of Jose Rizal’s novels? 16. Senate Bill 438 required the compulsory reading of the unexpurgated
Answer: History of Rizal’s Spain editions of Noli Mi Tangere and El Filibusterismo as proposed by Claro
7. Students can be exempted from taking the Rizal course if reading the M. Recto.
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novels of Jose Rizal will be dangerous to their faith. Answer: True

Answer: False 17. The American endorsed Jose Rizal as “National Hero” in order to gain
8. RA 1425 is also known as: good will of the Filipinos according to William Howard Taft.
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Answer: Rizal Law Answer: True

9. Both Senate and RA 1425 require the compulsory reading of the two
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novels of Jose Rizal without any exemption.

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Answer: False
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