Name: Arriana B.

De Mesa Date: June 24, 2023

Year & Section: 1st Year – 10422 GE6 Activity 1

Chapter 5: Rizal in Europe

True or False. Write True if the statement is correct and False if it is incorrect.

False 1) The universities and general intellectual life that Rizal and other illustrados
encountered in Spain in 1880s were among the most advanced in Europe.

True 2) Rizal’s speech in the 1884 banquet to honor Juan Luna and Felix Resurreccion
Hidalgo praised their work as it brought glory to the Philippines but not to Spain
and insinuated that there would be a time when the Spanish flag would no longer
wave over the Philippines.

False 3) The selection of editor of the periodical to be published by the new organization La
Solidaridad was a smooth process.

True 4) In early issues of La Solidaridad, articles were written by illustrado were either
unsigned or used pseudonyms.

True 5) As a contributor to La Solidaridad, Rizal generally treats a subject matter in depth;

he wrote polemical pieces such as his critique.

True 6) Marcelo H. del Pilar was the official delegate in Spain of the Comite de Propaganda
de Manila.

False 7) The Comite de Propaganda first was legal; political campaign was advocated in
Spain, which was very successful. The second was vague but it involved a struggle
for control of the Philippines.

False 8) The reformists were successful in accomplishing the platforms of Propaganda

Movement.

True 9) Noli Me Tangere was a scathing, full-scale indictment of the Philippine political and
religious regime.

True 10) Dr. Jose Rizal was inspired to write Noli Me Tangere based on the book Uncle Tom’s
Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.