Quiz # 1: Rizal Life: Childhood, Family and

Early Education
The highest student position in Ateneo was? *
Centurion

Decurion

Standard bearer

Emperor

Immediately below are 4 statements about the Philippines during Rizal's time. Which
statement is false? *
The system of government was called frailocracy.

The Philippines was represented in the Spanish Cortes.

The big plantations were owned by religious organizations.

The justice system served the interests of the Spanish colonial government

When Rizal excelled as a top student at Ateneo de Manila, a school administered by the Jesuit
priests, he loved reading books and novels. Among other books, he read a novel by Alexander
Dumas. This was the first novel that he really loved. What was it? *
The Three Musketeers

The Fencing Master

Le Captaine Paul

The Count of Monte Cristo

One educational device at the Ateneo was to stimulate to the utmost the competitive instincts
of the students. *
True

False

The following subjects were the illustrado should learn except? *

rhetoric

Writing
Arithmetic

Reasoning

Religion

Other:

The bitterness against the barbarous educational method of Justiniano Aquino Cruz led to the
idea of Rizal to build a modern school house. *
True

False

He was the Spanish Priest of Marikina was known to be unfriendly to Spaniards. *

J. Burgos

J. Zamora

F. Baluyut

M. Gomez

Other:

Considered as Rizal's first teacher *

Trinidad Alonso Mercado

Francisco Mercado

Teodora Alonso Mercado

The death of her brought Rizal's first sorrow *

Narcisa

Olimpia

Concepcion

For Rizal, the ideal mother is one who teaches her children the following except: *

how to live an honorable life

how to love God and country

how to recite long prayers

how to act honestly

During the Spanish colonial era, the former datus became the local headman or Cabeza de
barangay who were tasked to collect taxes. *
True

False

In Ateneo, the rhetoric skill of Rizal was improved because of the encouragement of the
Jesuits teacher *
True

False

In the event of the 1872 execution at Bagumbayan, there was four individual who died namely
Gomez, Burgos, Zamora, and Saldua. *
True

False

Jose was the only one who used the surname Rizal because his family preferred Mercado *
True

False

If not for the event in 1872 Rizal would still write the Noli me Tangere and El filibusterismo. *
True

False

Father Leoncio Lopez was a priest regarded by Rizal because of his in-depth insight into the
Philippine situation. *
True

False

In Ateneo, How many mistakes would it take for a student who is challenged by another
student to lose his position? → 5 mistakes *
True

False

Rizal family on his father side, the Mercados, had been originally farmers. *
True

False
He was the nephew of Father Burgos whose intercession with Ferrando caused Rizal to be
reluctantly admitted at then Ateneo *
Manzano and Lesaca

Manuel Xerez Burgos

Manuel Luz

Students in Ateneo were divided in to two groups which were? *

The Roman Empire and the Carthaginian Empire

Centurion

Standard-bearer

Carthaginian Empire

An old man in his mid-70s Chinese-Filipino born in Cavite. The Archbishop vicar in Cavite *

J. Burgos

J. Zamora

F. Baluyut

M. Gomez

Other:

In Ateneo Rizal was enrolled under the surname of Mercado. *

True

False

Left an impression to Rizal about the sacrifice on one's life *

Death of GOMBURZA

Moth Story

Cavite Mutiny

Option 1

The priest who baptized Rizal *

Fr. Rufino Collantes

Fr. Rufino Guererro

Fr. Rufino Sanchez

The execution of the GOMBURZA in Bagumbayan had inspired the Cavite Mutiny in 1872. *
True

False

What did Rizal receive in the Commencement day on March 23, 1877 from his Alma Mater,
Ateneo Municipal, when he was 16 years old? → Bachelor of Arts with the Highest Honors *
True

False

Which among the following government position is the highest position can a Filipino can
attain during the Spanish colonialization? *
Alcalde Mayor

Cabeza de Barangay

Gobernadorcillo

Governor General

Which event paved the way for the influx of liberal ideas from Europe which also influenced
the emergence of Filipino consciousness? *
1872 Cavity Mutiny

Opening of the Suez Canal

Which statement on the term “Filipino” is NOT true? *

It is a term or label which gradually became associated with the ilustrados during Rizal’s time

It is a term which the inhabitants of the Philippines gradually learned to equate with racial
equality, human dignity and love country

Jose himself had an aya who told him stories about the mythical creatures. *

True

False

The surname suggested by a provincial governor, which caused confusion in the commercial
affairs of the family. *

Realonda

Rizal

Mercado
Alonzo

Ilustrado and Principalia are synonymous. *

True

False

The college under the supervision of the Spanish Jesuits where Rizal studied. It was the bitter
rival of the Domincan-owned College of San Juan de Letran and was former known as Escuela
Pia → Ateneo Municipal *

True

False

He was the Spanish priest of Manila Cathedral. *

J. Burgos

J. Zamora

F. Baluyut

M. Gomez

Other:

Rizal started his formal schooling in *

Calamba

San Pablo

Binan