STUDY RIZAL

Question 1

Who described the blood compact between Sikatuna and Legazpi as the unification of aspirations of Spain and the Philippines?

Answer 1

Marcelo H. del Pilar

Question 2

Who posed as Sikatuna for the painting ‘El pacto de sangre’?

Answer 2

Jose Rizal

Question 3

Who argued that the Spaniards shamelessly violated the blood compact, making revolution justifiable?

Answer 3

Apolinario Mabini

Question 4

Whose administration is described in the first chapter of the Sucesos?

Answer 4

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

Question 5

Who claimed that Rizal confided to him about achieving aspirations only after separation from Spain?

Answer 5

Galicano Apacble

Question 6

Who said that three centuries of brutalization and obscurantism influenced the Filipinos?

Answer 6

Jose Rizal

Question 7

Who painted ‘El pacto de sangre’, which fanned the assimilation-separation debate?

Answer 7

Juan Luna

Question 8

Who was the emissary sent by Bonifacio to Rizal for counsel on the planned revolution?

Answer 8

Pio Valenzuela

Question 9

From whom did the Americans get the idea of Rizal being an assimilationist aside from Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera?

Answer 9

Wenceslao Retana

Question 10

Who believed the blood compact was invalid from the start due to Spaniards’ pretenses?

Answer 10

Andres Bonifacio

Question 11

In which work did Rizal comment about the tropical climate inspiring inactivity?

Answer 11

Sobre la indolencia de los filipinos

Question 12

Who is the author of the Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas?

Answer 12

Antonio de Morga

Question 13

What did Rizal believe was necessary for true reforms?

Answer 13

Education

Question 14

What was as important as economic factors in Spain and Portugal’s colonization efforts?

Answer 14

Christianity

Question 15

Who authored El progreso de Filipinas, whose treatment of indolence Rizal disagreed with?

Answer 15

Gregorio Sandanco

Question 16

In which work did Rizal praise the tropical climate for breeding genius?

Answer 16

Brindis

Question 17

What term refers to the process of cultural assimilation of natives to Spanish culture?

Answer 17

Cultural entrapment

Question 18

What Filipino trait is described as leading to the ideology of submission?

Answer 18

Pessimism

Question 19

In which work did Rizal condemn Bonifacio’s planned revolution?

Answer 19

Manifiesto a algunos filipinos

Question 20

What is considered Rizal’s most patriotic work according to To Quibuyen?

Answer 20

Mi Ultimo Pensamiento

Question 21

What did adhering to the Spaniard’s belief system endanger for the natives?

Answer 21

Their physical and spiritual lives

Question 22

What term refers to the place where the missionary resided, usually the center of the pueblo?

Answer 22

Cabecera

Question 23

What form of gambling represented the natives’ ambivalent attitude the most?

Answer 23

Juego de gallos

Question 24

What term refers to a settlement that was part of an existing town but did not have a resident priest?

Answer 24

Visita

Question 25

What Filipino trait is blamed for the ideology of submission due to loyalty?

Answer 25

Loyalty

Question 26

What did the friars endeavor to replace in the natives' belief system?

Answer 26

Pagan elements with elements of Christianity

Question 27

Who were the ancient healers that used saliva or breath in their craft?

Answer 27

Saludadores

Question 28

Who were the ancient healers that used spells in their craft?

Answer 28

Ensalmadores

Question 29

What process involved bringing natives into one settlement and making them empadronados?

Answer 29

Reduccion

Question 30

What ideology is expressed in Rizal's description of Filipinos caught in metamorphosis?

Answer 30

Submission

Question 31

What generic term did the Spaniards give to the beings of the spiritual realm that natives believed in?

Answer 31

Engkantos

Question 32

What did the friar's appearance lead the Visayans to describe him as?

Answer 32

Diliingun nato

Question 33

What theory refers to the idea that temperament is a result of bodily fluid balance?

Answer 33

Humor theory

Question 34

What is the generic name given to the bad beings of the spiritual realm?

Answer 34

Maligno

Question 35

What is the etymological meaning of 'indolence'?

Answer 35

Freedom from work

Question 36

Who were blamed for making Filipinos forget and be ashamed of their culture?

Answer 36

The friars

Question 37

What refers to the idea that facial features give insight into temperament and character?

Answer 37

Physiognomy

Question 38

What was the 17th-century definition of 'indolence'?

Answer 38

Inactivity resulting from a dislike to work

Question 39

Who did del Pilar consider as those who must be expelled from the Islands?

Answer 39

The friars

Question 40

How did Rizal interpret the word 'entrusted' in the encomienda system?

Answer 40

Divided up among

Question 41

What did Rizal argue about indolence in relation to backwardness and trouble?

Answer 41

Cause, effect

Question 42

What did LMG say about the 15 December Manifiesto regarding separation?

Answer 42

It declared its inevitability

Question 43

Who was the indio metalworker that Rizal believed existed in Pampanga?

Answer 43

Panday Pito

Question 44

How did the ilustrados portray the Islands?

Answer 44

As good and beautiful

Question 45

Which chapter of the Sucesos talks about pre-colonial Philippines?

Answer 45

Eighth

Question 46

What term refers to the ilustrados' usage of climate in forwarding their political agenda?

Answer 46

Climate politics

Question 47

To what did Rizal attribute the loss of interaction with neighboring territories?

Answer 47

The religious orders

Question 48

What did Europeans believe about the Torrid Zone during the 18th century?

Answer 48

It causes degeneracy morally and physically

Question 49

Is the blood compact a tradition that predated the coming of the Spaniards?

Answer 49

True

Question 50

What method did Rizal envision to cure the Filipino’s indolence?

Answer 50

That of a doctor of medicine