El Filibusterismo Quizzes

El Filibusterismo Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of El Filibusterismo?

Andrés Bonifacio

Carlos Rizal

Emilio Aguinaldo

José Rizal
2 What country is the book set in?

China

The Philippines

Spain

Mexico
3 When was the book written?

1891

1991

1856

1887
4 What does "filibuster" mean?

A Filipino who was accused of advocating for independence from Spain

An outlaw

A traitor to Filipino culture

A religious fanatic
5 Which major group is in charge of education in the Philippines?

The government

Filipinos

The Catholic Church

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

He is a doctor

He is a soldier

He is a friar

He is a jeweler
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 Spanish to Filipinos

A school to teach martial arts to Filipinos

A school to teach Tagalog to Filipinos

A school to teach Latino 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's immoral

He's worried it will be too expensive
10 How was Ibarra supposedly killed?

Killed by his former fiance Maria Clara

He was not killed, he escaped

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

Shot by the Civil Guard after escaping prison
11 How do Tales' wife and daughter die?

They are captured and killed by bandits

Starvation after the family farm fails

They are killed by the Civil Guard

While clearing the new land for their farm
12 Who claims that Tales' farm is really theirs?

The mayor

Captian Tiago

Simoun

The religious order in the neighbhoring town
13 The increasing rents every year on Tales farm is an examle of what?

Inflation

Tales' increasing wealth and the success of the farm

The economic difficulties of the Philippines

The greed of the church
14 Why does Tales lose his court case?

The judges do not want to rule against the church

He becomes a bandit first

He does not have a legitimate right to the land

He does not have money to pay for lawyers
15 Rizal describes Tales' court case as "a clay jar bashing against an iron pot." This is an example of what literary device?

Imagery

Metaphor

Simile

Personification
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 farm to the church

She sells the locket Basilio gave her
17 What happened the same night Basilio's mother died?

Captian Tiago took Ibarra's lands

Maria Clara entered a nunnery

His brother was killed by the Civil Guard

Ibarra was reportedly killed by the Civil Guard
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 could blackmail Simoun by threatening to reveal his true identity

He also wants to be a revolutionary

Simoun knew his brother
19 What does Simoun think about the students' efforts to create a Spanish school?

It's dangerous to criticize the church's running of education

It will help Filipinos gain respect and equality

It's a good idea

It's naive and will further colonize Filipinos' minds
20 What is Basilio studying?

Religion

Law

Medicine

Farming
21 What does Simoun wear as a disguise?

A black wig

Blue goggles and a white wig

Reading glasses

A fake nose
22 Why did Simoun return to the Philippines?

To take back his family's land

To make money

To start a revolution and help the country gain independence from Spain

To gain power and eventually take over running the Philippines
23 Simoun accuses Basilio of being what?

Greedy

Reckless

Ignorant

Submissive
24 Who does Simoun gain influence with?

Padre Salvi

The governor of the Philippines

Don Custodio

Captian Tiago
25 What happens to Tandang Selo after Juli leaves?

He gets arrested

He loses the ability to speak

He gets sick and dies

He runs away into the woods

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