Rizal Law

Question 1

(T or F) The Rizal Law was made due to the need to rebuild the Filipino identity after World War 2

Answer 1

True

Question 2

the primary weapon of reorientation while prioritizing the youth as the bearers of country’s future

Answer 2

Education

Question 3

(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

Answer 3

True

Question 4

When was the Senate Bill No. 438 submitted to the Senate Committee on Education?

Answer 4

April 3, 1956

Question 5

When did the Chairman of the Committee, sponsored and presented the bill to the members of the Upper House?

Answer 5

April 17, 1956

Question 6

Who were the opposition of the Senate Bill No 438?

Answer 6

Mostly rabid catholic senators

Question 7

(T or F) Arguments Re : Bill No. 438 — The bill was an attempt to spread the catholic religion

Answer 7

False — It was an attempt to discredit catholic religion

Question 8

(T or F) Arguments Re : Bill No. 438 — Inimical to the tenets to discredit the Catholic religion

Answer 8

True

Question 9

(T or F) Arguments Re : Bill No. 438 — The bill will unite the country

Answer 9

False

Question 10

(T or F) Arguments Re : Bill No. 438 — Compulsion to read something against one’s faith impaired freedom of speech and religious freedom.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

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.”

Answer 11

Jose P Laurel

Question 12

Senator ______________ exclaimed that the novels have no intentions of discrediting the Church.

Answer 12

Claro M. Recto

Question 13

A similar bill House Bill No. _______ was filed by Congressman ________________ in the House of Representatives

Answer 13

5561 — Jacobo Z. Gonzales

Question 14

(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

Answer 14

True

Question 15

(T or F) substituted bill proposed by Senator Laurel — He then stressed the removal of the term “compulsion” to appease the opposition

Answer 15

True

Question 16

(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.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

On ________ , Senate Bill 438 was UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED on second reading.

Answer 17

May 12, 1956

Question 18

(T or F) The Lower House imitated the Senate and on MAY 14, 1956, the bill was DENIED in the House of Representatives

Answer 18

False (APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY)

Question 19

Author of Rizal Law - RA 1425

Answer 19

Claro M. Recto

Question 20

_________ Sponsored the Bill No. 438 in the Senate.

Answer 20

Jose P. Laurel

Question 21

Rizal Law - RA 1425 was signed on _________

Answer 21

June 12, 1956

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Republic Act 1425