El Filibusterismo Quizzes

El Filibusterismo Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of El Filibusterismo?

Emilio Aguinaldo

José Rizal

Andrés Bonifacio

Carlos Rizal
2 What country is the book set in?

Mexico

Spain

The Philippines

China
3 When was the book written?

1991

1891

1856

1887
4 What does "filibuster" mean?

A religious fanatic

A traitor to Filipino culture

An outlaw

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

The government

Filipinos

Local goverment authorities

The Catholic Church
6 What does Simoun do for a living?

He is a jeweler

He is a friar

He is a doctor

He is a soldier
7 What does the term mestizo refer to?

Someone who was born in Spain

Someone who is Spanish but born in the Philippines

Someone of Chinese and Spanish descent

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 will be too expensive

He's worried it's immoral

He's worried it won't fix the problems with the canal
10 How was Ibarra supposedly killed?

He was not killed, he escaped

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
11 How do Tales' wife and daughter die?

While clearing the new land for their farm

They are captured and killed by bandits

They are killed by the Civil Guard

Starvation after the family farm fails
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?

The economic difficulties of the Philippines

The greed of the church

Tales' increasing wealth and the success of the farm

Inflation
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 money to pay for lawyers

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?

Imagery

Metaphor

Simile

Personification
16 How does Juli pay the ransom after Tales is kidnapped by bandits?

She sells the farm to the church

She sells the locket Basilio gave her

She enters indentured servitude

She asks Simoun for a loan
17 What happened the same night Basilio's mother died?

His brother was killed by the Civil Guard

Maria Clara entered a nunnery

Captian Tiago took Ibarra's lands

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 also wants to be a revolutionary

He could blackmail Simoun by threatening to reveal his true identity

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

It's a good idea

It will help Filipinos gain respect and equality

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

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

Farming

Religion

Medicine

Law
21 What does Simoun wear as a disguise?

A black wig

A fake nose

Blue goggles and a white wig

Reading glasses
22 Why did Simoun return to the Philippines?

To make money

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

To take back his family's land

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

Greedy

Ignorant

Submissive

Reckless
24 Who does Simoun gain influence with?

Padre Salvi

Don Custodio

The governor of the Philippines

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

He loses the ability to speak

He gets arrested

He gets sick and dies

He runs away into the woods

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