El Filibusterismo Quizzes

El Filibusterismo Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of El Filibusterismo?
Andrés Bonifacio

José Rizal

Carlos Rizal

Emilio Aguinaldo
2 What country is the book set in?
The Philippines

China

Mexico

Spain
3 When was the book written?
1887

1856

1891

1991
4 What does "filibuster" mean?
An outlaw

A religious fanatic

A traitor to Filipino culture

A Filipino who was accused of advocating for independence from Spain
5 Which major group is in charge of education in the Philippines?
Filipinos

The Catholic Church

The government

Local goverment authorities
6 What does Simoun do for a living?
He is a doctor

He is a jeweler

He is a friar

He is a soldier
7 What does the term mestizo refer to?
Someone who is Spanish but born in the Philippines

Someone of Chinese and Spanish descent

Someone who was born in Spain

Someone of Spanish and Filipino decent
8 What do Basilio and Isagani want to start?
A school to teach martial arts to Filipinos

A school to teach Latino to Filipinos

A school to teach Spanish to Filipinos

A school to teach Tagalog to Filipinos
9 Why is Don Custodio worried about Simoun's plan to improve the canal in Manila?
He's worried it could cause unrest among Filipinos

He's worried it won't fix the problems with the canal

He's worried it will be too expensive

He's worried it's immoral
10 How was Ibarra supposedly killed?
Shot by the Civil Guard after escaping prison

His political partner shot him in order to escape the persecution of the Civil Guard

Killed by his former fiance Maria Clara

He was not killed, he escaped
11 How do Tales' wife and daughter die?
Starvation after the family farm fails

They are killed by the Civil Guard

While clearing the new land for their farm

They are captured and killed by bandits
12 Who claims that Tales' farm is really theirs?
The religious order in the neighbhoring town

Simoun

The mayor

Captian Tiago
13 The increasing rents every year on Tales farm is an examle of what?
The greed of the church

Inflation

The economic difficulties of the Philippines

Tales' increasing wealth and the success of the farm
14 Why does Tales lose his court case?
He becomes a bandit first

He does not have money to pay for lawyers

The judges do not want to rule against the church

He does not have a legitimate right to the land
15 Rizal describes Tales' court case as "a clay jar bashing against an iron pot." This is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor

Personification

Imagery

Simile
16 How does Juli pay the ransom after Tales is kidnapped by bandits?
She asks Simoun for a loan

She enters indentured servitude

She sells the locket Basilio gave her

She sells the farm to the church
17 What happened the same night Basilio's mother died?
Maria Clara entered a nunnery

Captian Tiago took Ibarra's lands

Ibarra was reportedly killed by the Civil Guard

His brother was killed by the Civil Guard
18 What does Basilio realize when he sees Simoun in the woods?
He could blackmail Simoun by threatening to reveal his true identity

He is the same stranger who helped Basilio bury his mother 13 years ago

Simoun knew his brother

He also wants to be a revolutionary
19 What does Simoun think about the students' efforts to create a Spanish school?
It's naive and will further colonize Filipinos' minds

It will help Filipinos gain respect and equality

It's a good idea

It's dangerous to criticize the church's running of education
20 What is Basilio studying?
Medicine

Law

Farming

Religion
21 What does Simoun wear as a disguise?
Blue goggles and a white wig

Reading glasses

A black wig

A fake nose
22 Why did Simoun return to the Philippines?
To gain power and eventually take over running the Philippines

To make money

To take back his family's land

To start a revolution and help the country gain independence from Spain
23 Simoun accuses Basilio of being what?
Greedy

Reckless

Ignorant

Submissive
24 Who does Simoun gain influence with?
Padre Salvi

Captian Tiago

The governor of the Philippines

Don Custodio
25 What happens to Tandang Selo after Juli leaves?
He gets sick and dies

He runs away into the woods

He gets arrested

He loses the ability to speak

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