El Filibusterismo Quizzes

El Filibusterismo Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of El Filibusterismo?
Carlos Rizal

Andrés Bonifacio

José Rizal

Emilio Aguinaldo
2 What country is the book set in?
China

Mexico

Spain

The Philippines
3 When was the book written?
1991

1891

1856

1887
4 What does "filibuster" mean?
A religious fanatic

A Filipino who was accused of advocating for independence from Spain

An outlaw

A traitor to Filipino culture
5 Which major group is in charge of education in the Philippines?
Local goverment authorities

The Catholic Church

The government

Filipinos
6 What does Simoun do for a living?
He is a doctor

He is a friar

He is a jeweler

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

Someone of Spanish and Filipino decent

Someone who was born in Spain

Someone of Chinese and Spanish descent
8 What do Basilio and Isagani want to start?
A school to teach Tagalog to Filipinos

A school to teach martial arts to Filipinos

A school to teach Latino to Filipinos

A school to teach Spanish to Filipinos
9 Why is Don Custodio worried about Simoun's plan to improve the canal in Manila?
He's worried it will be too expensive

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's immoral
10 How was Ibarra supposedly killed?
Killed by his former fiance Maria Clara

Shot by the Civil Guard after escaping prison

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

He was not killed, he escaped
11 How do Tales' wife and daughter die?
They are captured and killed by bandits

While clearing the new land for their farm

They are killed by the Civil Guard

Starvation after the family farm fails
12 Who claims that Tales' farm is really theirs?
Captian Tiago

The religious order in the neighbhoring town

The mayor

Simoun
13 The increasing rents every year on Tales farm is an examle of what?
Inflation

The economic difficulties of the Philippines

The greed of the church

Tales' increasing wealth and the success of the farm
14 Why does Tales lose his court case?
The judges do not want to rule against the church

He does not have a legitimate right to the land

He does not have money to pay for lawyers

He becomes a bandit first
15 Rizal describes Tales' court case as "a clay jar bashing against an iron pot." This is an example of what literary device?
Imagery

Personification

Simile

Metaphor
16 How does Juli pay the ransom after Tales is kidnapped by bandits?
She enters indentured servitude

She asks Simoun for a loan

She sells the locket Basilio gave her

She sells the farm to the church
17 What happened the same night Basilio's mother died?
His brother was killed by the Civil Guard

Maria Clara entered a nunnery

Ibarra was reportedly killed by the Civil Guard

Captian Tiago took Ibarra's lands
18 What does Basilio realize when he sees Simoun in the woods?
He is the same stranger who helped Basilio bury his mother 13 years ago

He also wants to be a revolutionary

Simoun knew his brother

He could blackmail Simoun by threatening to reveal his true identity
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?
Farming

Religion

Medicine

Law
21 What does Simoun wear as a disguise?
Reading glasses

A black wig

Blue goggles and a white wig

A fake nose
22 Why did Simoun return to the Philippines?
To take back his family's land

To make money

To gain power and eventually take over running the Philippines

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

Submissive

Greedy

Reckless
24 Who does Simoun gain influence with?
The governor of the Philippines

Don Custodio

Padre Salvi

Captian Tiago
25 What happens to Tandang Selo after Juli leaves?
He loses the ability to speak

He gets arrested

He runs away into the woods

He gets sick and dies

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