Rizal Law Flashcards
(T or F) The Rizal Law was made due to the need to rebuild the Filipino identity after World War 2
True
the primary weapon of reorientation while prioritizing the youth as the bearers of country’s future
Education
(T or F) Senate Bill No. 438 suggests that AN ACT TO MAKE NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUTERISMO COMPULSORY READING MATTER IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
True
When was the Senate Bill No. 438 submitted to the Senate Committee on Education?
April 3, 1956
When did the Chairman of the Committee, sponsored and presented the bill to the members of the Upper House?
April 17, 1956
Who were the opposition of the Senate Bill No 438?
Mostly rabid catholic senators
(T or F) Arguments Re : Bill No. 438 — The bill was an attempt to spread the catholic religion
False — It was an attempt to discredit catholic religion
(T or F) Arguments Re : Bill No. 438 — Inimical to the tenets to discredit the Catholic religion
True
(T or F) Arguments Re : Bill No. 438 — The bill will unite the country
False
(T or F) Arguments Re : Bill No. 438 — Compulsion to read something against one’s faith impaired freedom of speech and religious freedom.
True
Who said “A vast majority of our people are at the same time Catholics and Filipino citizens. As such, they have two great loves: their country and their faith. These two loves are no conflicting loved. They are harmonious affections, like the love of a child for his father and for his mother. This is the basis of my stand. Let us not create a conflict between nationalism and religion; the government and the church.”
Jose P Laurel
Senator ______________ exclaimed that the novels have no intentions of discrediting the Church.
Claro M. Recto
A similar bill House Bill No. _______ was filed by Congressman ________________ in the House of Representatives
5561 — Jacobo Z. Gonzales
(T or F) substituted bill proposed by Senator Laurel — The inclusion of all works and writings of Jose Rizal, not just the two novels, was the main feature of the bill
True
(T or F) substituted bill proposed by Senator Laurel — He then stressed the removal of the term “compulsion” to appease the opposition
True
(T or F) substituted bill proposed by Senator Laurel — Senator Laurel asserted the importance of reading the original and unexpurgated edition of Rizal’s novels because the true purpose of studying these will be defeated if not followed.
True
On ________ , Senate Bill 438 was UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED on second reading.
May 12, 1956
(T or F) The Lower House imitated the Senate and on MAY 14, 1956, the bill was DENIED in the House of Representatives
False (APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY)
Author of Rizal Law - RA 1425
Claro M. Recto
_________ Sponsored the Bill No. 438 in the Senate.
Jose P. Laurel
Rizal Law - RA 1425 was signed on _________
June 12, 1956
AN ACT TO INCLUDE IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COURSES ON THE LIFE, WORKS AND WRITINGS OF JOSE RIZAL, PARTICULARLY HIS NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO, AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Republic Act 1425
