Indolence and the Spanish Colonial Rule

Question 1

avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness. “my failure is
probably due to my own indolence”

Answer 1

Indolence

Question 2

make (someone) weak and infirm. “a weakness that debilitates him
despite his overwhelming physical might”

Answer 2

Debilitates

Question 3

skill in a particular craft. “I admire his engineering skills and
craftsmanship”

Answer 3

Craftsmanship

Question 4

a thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad and
deserves to be condemned. “these rapidly escalating crime figures are an indictment of our society”

Answer 4

Indictment

Question 5

The latter half of the 19th Century a debate broke out on the nature and disposition of our forefathers, the natives, whom the colonial rulers called “indios” and disparaged as ________________.

Answer 5

backward and lazy.

Question 6

The issue: _____________ Dr. Rizal confronted the issue in an essay of the same title, befitting his role as an articulator of his generation’s nationalist sentiments.

Answer 6

“The Indolence of the Filipino.”

Question 7

He traced how _______ witnessed and
chronicled the prolific craftsmanship and output of Filipinos—describing
how ships from India, Siam (Thailand), and other places would sail in to be
loaded in Cebu with gold, silver, and other goods from the islands.

Answer 7

Ferdinand Magellan and Pigaffeta

Question 8

Centuries of that drained the Filipino’s self-esteem and confidence, Rizal
wrote. Ultimately, it discouraged him from doing or producing anything that
fed his master’s covetousness or intensify his sense of entitlement to
anything an indio produced.

Answer 8

“Who would work, let alone work hard,” he wrote, “knowing that at harvest
time his crop would only fatten the executioner?”