Noli and El Fili

Question 1

a Rizal biographer called the novels the “ New Gospels” and the “ New Bible” of the Filipinos.

Answer 1

Wenceslao Retana

Question 2

considered the Noli as the “greatest literary work ever written by a Filipino… a work written with the heart’s blood of a patriot”

Answer 2

Ferdinand Blumentritt

Question 3

Rizal wrote the novels for the noble purpose of

Answer 3

redeeming his people from their miserable conditions

Question 4

His main purposes were to expose the social malady affecting the country, and to awaken and develop the national consciousness of the people.

Answer 4

TRUE

Question 5

Noli Me Tangere

Answer 5

social Cancer

Question 6

El Filibusterismo

Answer 6

The reign of greed

Question 7

The novels exposed the symptoms of the cancer that were eroding Philippine society

Answer 7

-abuses of the friars and civil guards
-corruption of the government
-defective educational system
-hypocrisy and apathy of some Filipinos
-Decadence of social order

Question 8

portrayed the substance and character of the contemporary situation in the Philippines.

Answer 8

Noli

Question 9

Rizal told _____ The Filipinos will find in Noli the history of the last 10 years”. The events that I have recounted are all true and have actually happened.

Answer 9

Bluemintritt

Question 10

revolution is a tragic necessity according to the?

Answer 10

Marxists

Question 11

unavoidable because they believe that the ruling class will never give up without a fight

Answer 11

Marxists

Question 12

Rizal is a

Answer 12

realist

Question 13

Rizal believes in the political theory of

Answer 13

Locke and Rousseau

Question 14

Rizal doubts if a revolution can ever succeed if these are without

Answer 14

Education and virtues

Question 15

When did Rizal voiced through two pivotal characters of his El-Filibusterismo the need for re-invigorating Philippine society through revolution.

Answer 15

1891