Midterm Exam

Question 1

Which among the following are the original historical sources?

Answer 1

c. Primary sources

Question 2

Among the choices given which is NOT an example of a primary source?

Answer 2

a. Biographies

Question 3

What historical sources are materials by nature?

Answer 3

a. Unwritten sources

Question 4

From the evidences listed which is considered as material evidence?

Answer 4

b. Archeological

Question 5

Historians consider these sources as record and existing legal situation as the best sources of writing history.

Answer 5

d. Diplomatic sources

Question 6

Which is an example of a primary source?

Answer 6

a. Newspaper

Question 7

What is the historical tract typically composed to inform contemporaries or succeeding generations?

Answer 7

d. Scientific tract

Question 8

These are materials made by people long after the events being described had taken place.

Answer 8

d. Secondary source

Question 9

In investigating historical subjects, a historian proceeds by asking the following question, “What was going on in the world when the text was created?” The historian is asking for which of the following C’s?

Answer 9

c. Context

Question 10

This is a historical method where historians investigate, collect, and examine sources.

Answer 10

d. Historical analysis

Question 11

It is known as the historian’s ability to reconstruct historical events.

Answer 11

a. Historiography

Question 12

The historian’s aim of searching for the truth, authenticity, and plausibility is called_________.

Answer 12

b. Verisimilitude

Question 13

Which of the following articles of the Kartilya ng Katipunan expresses the value of mam as steadfast guide for women and children in the struggle for self-rule?

Answer 13

d. Art. 10

Question 14

What could be the reason why the Philippine Revolution, although widely known as agrarian revolution, was not given emphasis in the Proclamation of Independence?

Answer 14

a. Revolutionary leaders like Aguinaldo, Bautista, and Buencamino were landholders

Question 15

Which of the following political actions could have made a big difference in Cory Aquino’s administration?

Answer 15

c. She invoked the choice of waiving the large sum of foreign debt incurred by the Marcos regime.

Question 16

How does the Spanish leadership call those people who refused to servilely obey the wishes and whims of the authorities?

Answer 16

b. Persona sospechosa

Question 17

Who among GOMBURZA was executed last?

Answer 17

b. Burgos

Question 18

The conservative past and the liberated future of the Philippines were depicted best in the 1930’s by which of the following caricatures?

Answer 18

a. “Flaming Youth” by Alfred McCoy

Question 19

Which statement is untrue in the speech of Corazon C. Aquino delivered in the US Congress on September 18, 1986?

Answer 19

d. Development of the comprehensive agrarian reform in the Philippines

Question 20

When was the First Holy Catholic Mass held in the Philippines?

Answer 20

d. March 31, 1521

Question 21

When was the “Cry of Pugad Lawin” according to Pio Valenzuela’s controversial account?

Answer 21

a. August 23, 1896

Question 22

Which version of the “Cry” could not be accepted with equal weight since the writer is not a participant of the historic event?

Answer 22

d. Alvarez’s the “Cry of Bahay Toro”

Question 23

Political patronage was depicted early among Filipino politicians in which of the following caricatures?

Answer 23

b. “El Turno de los Partidos” published by Lipang Kalabaw

Question 24

Who was known as the keeper of the Katipunan’s secret documents?

Answer 24

c. Gregorio de Jesus

Question 25

The Cry of Pugad Lawin has four versions with different accounts. However, the closest versions were those from eyewitnesses of the event. Whose version is more or less telling the truth of what really happened?

Answer 25

c. Guillermo Masangkay

Question 26

On the archival of Japanese reports, the Philippine historians scrutinize carefully the factuality of documents by looking into the context and agenda behind its creation. This specific event is an example of________________.

Answer 26

b. Internal criticism

Question 27

Which of the following groups uses the tripartite view of Philippine history?

Answer 27

c. Early nationalists

Question 28

Reading the Kartilya will reveal a more thorough understanding of________________________.

Answer 28

b. The Katipunan and the significant role that played in the revolution

Question 29

The last cartoon that was published by Lipang Kalabaw is about_______________.

Answer 29

d. The patronage of the U.S. being coveted by Filipino politicians

Question 30

What does the acronym EDSA stand for?

Answer 30

c. Epifanio de los Santos Avenue

Question 31

Which of the following is true about the Annales School of History? I. A school of history which challenged the canons of history. II. It studied the history of peasantry, history of medicine & history of environment. III. "No document, No History"

Answer 31

d. I & II

Question 32

This kind of perspective highlights the importance of facilitating an internal conversation and discourse among Filipinos about our own history, using the language that is understood by everyone.

Answer 32

a. Pantayong pananaw

Question 33

It is a historical seal that has been subject to special study by experts.

Answer 33

c. Sigillographers

Question 34

It determines the historicity of the facts contained in the document

Answer 34

b. Internal criticism

Question 35

It is a dictionary of biography that gives examples of handwriting.

Answer 35

a. Isographies

Question 36

This refers to the time when historical criticism formed.

Answer 36

d. 17th century

Question 37

This is considered a hoax or misrepresentation from the genuine document.

Answer 37

a. Anachronistic

Question 38

This criticism deals with more important matters than the external form.

Answer 38

d. Higher criticism

Question 39

It determines the authenticity of the source.

Answer 39

a. External criticism

Question 40

It is the island that is three hundred leagues from the island of Landroni according to Pigafetta.

Answer 40

c. Samar

Question 41

What school of thought requires empirical and observable evidence before one can claim that a particular knowledge is true?

Answer 41

d. Positivism

Question 42

It is the place where the visitors of Pigafetta on the 18th of March lived.

Answer 42

d. Zuluan

Question 43

It is the current name for Humunu island.

Answer 43

b. Homonhon

Question 44

It is the Italian term for "the Watering-place of Good Signs."

Answer 44

a. Aquada da li buoni Segnialli

Question 45

It refers to the municipality of Hinunangan today that was passed across by the group of Pigafetta as they had their course towards the west-southwest direction.

Answer 45

c. Hiunanghan

Question 46

It is the term used by Pigafetta which refers to a small boat.

Answer 46

c. Baloto

Question 47

It refers to the king of Butuan.

Answer 47

a. Raja Colambu

Question 48

It is the term used by Pigafetta which refers to the island of Cebu.

Answer 48

d. Zubu

Question 49

It is the island passed through by the group of Pigafetta where bats are as large as eagles as they laid their course toward the northwest direction going to Cebu.

Answer 49

b. Gatighan

Question 50

This refers to the era when historical forgery was not known.

Answer 50

a. Middle Ages