NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Manila
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ARTS & SCIENCES
GENERAL EDUCATION

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Subject: Rizal’s Life Works and Writing Section:  
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INSTRUCTIONS: General Directions: Any form of erasure is considered wrong .

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the best answer. (20pts)

1. Republic Act No. 1425 is known as?

a. Recto Law b. Rizal Law c. Magsaysay Law d. Laurel Law

2. Mercado is a Spanish word which means?

a. Mall b. Market c. Market Place d. Green Fields

3. Rizal was the surname that Francisco Mercado choose to be his family name. What does the word Rizal means?
a. Green Pastures b. Market c. Green Fields d. Evergreen

4. She was described as gifted woman who excel in literature, art, music and other forms of Filipino Culture and history.
a. Saturnina b. Narcisa c. Maria d. Teodora Alonso

5. He is Jose Rizal Paternal Great great Grandfather who was from Fujian, China?
a. Domingo Lamco b. Juan Mercado
c. Francisco Mercado d. Domingo Mercado

6. Who is the Maternal Grandmother of Jose Rizal?

a. Brigida de Quintos b. Brigida Dela Quintos
c. Brigida Quintas d. Brigida Delos Santos

7. She was the aya/nanny of Jose Rizal.

a. Manang Valentina b. Sor. Valentina
c. Ate Valentina d. Valentina Alquitran

8. Severina Decena is the common law wife of Paciano. Who is the daughter of Paciano and Severina who married her first cousin Antonio Lopez?
a. Antonia Rizal b. Emiliana Rizal
c. Josefa Maria Rizal d. Emilia Rizal

9. The poem Jose Rizal wrote during his first year in Ateneo Municipal.
a. Ala siñorita Segunda b. El Embarque c. Felicitacion d. Mi Primera Inspiracion

10. What is the title of the poem Rizal wrote when he was 8 years old?
a. Sa Aking mga Kabata b. Sa Aking mga Kababata c. Amigos de los niños d. Querida Amigos

11. What religious order run and manage the Ateneo Municipal.
a. Dominicans b. Augustinians
c. Jesuits d. Franciscans

12. Religious order who own the vast track of land in Calamba.
a. Jesuits b. Dominicans
b. Augustinians d. Franciscans

13. Rizal enrolled in Universidad de Santo Tomas taking Medicine and Philosophy and Letters as his courses. How old was Rizal during that time?
a. 15 b. 17
c. 16 d. 18
14. While studying Medicine at UST, Jose enrolled also at Ateneo taking up what course?
a. Vocational Course b. Commerce
c. Technical Course d. Surveying Course

15. What was Rizal’s poem that won a first prize in 1879 Liceo Artistico Literario Contest?
a. A La Juventud Filipina b. El Consejo de los Dioses c. El Amor Patria d. Mi Piden Versos

16. In what school Rizal studied the Spanish Language?

a. Colegio de Santa Rosa b. Colegio de San Juan de Letran c. Colegio de Santa Isabel d. Ateneo Municipal

17. What was the Organization Filipinos and Spanish in Madrid that Rizal became a member while studying in Universidad Central De Madrid?

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 a. Circulo Hispano Filipino b. Circulo Filipino Hispano c. Circulo de los Indios d. Circulo de los Amigos

18. Noli me Tangere was published in what city in Germany?

b. Berlin b. Ghent c. Bonn d. Dresden

19. What religious order owns the Hacienda de Calamba?

a. Dominicans b. Augustinians
c. Jesuits d. Franciscans

20. Who financed the printing of El Filibusterismo?

a.Marcelo Del Pilar c. Valentin Ventura

b.Maximo Viola d. Paciano Rizal

II. TRUE OR FALSE. Write T if the statement is true and write F if it is false. (20pts)

21. Act No. 137 is about renaming of Rizal Province into Morong in honor of Jose Rizal.
22. Leonor Rivera was Rizal’s distant relative.
23. Proclamation 510 was declared by Pres. Fidel B. Ramos to honor all Filipino Heroes.
24. Padre Burgos was a teacher of Paciano.
25. Every last Sunday of September of every year is commemorated as National Heroes Day.
26. Jose Rizal never quarreled with anyone during his stay in binyang.
27. Act No. 2946 is about the erection of a monument to the memory of Andres Bonifacio.
28. Act No. 345 was issued to commemorate the death anniversary of Jose Rizal.
29. Ala Juventud Filipina was Rizal’s first poem that won a first prize in a contest during 1879.
30. Josefa Rizal was a member of Katipunan.
31. Calamba was name after a big jar called Calambanga.
32. Noli me Tangere was published in Paris.
33. Act No. 243 was approved to build a monument in honor to the memory of Jose Rizal.
34. Memoria de un Estudiante de Manila was Rizal’s autobiography.
35. Leonor Rivera was Rizal’s distant relative
36. Graciano Lopez Jaena was the founder of La Solidaridad..
37. Francisco Marcaida defended Rizal’s family and Calamba Tenants.

III. ENUMERATION. Enumerate the following. (15pts.)

38-48. Enumerate the siblings of Jose Rizal
49-52. Religious Orders who spread Christianity in the Philippines

IV. ESSAY. Explain your answer for 2 paragraphs (15pts.)

53- 65. Why there is a criteria for selecting National Hero of the Philippines. site the criteria and explain your answer.

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