El Filibusterismo Quizzes

El Filibusterismo Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of El Filibusterismo?

Emilio Aguinaldo

Carlos Rizal

Andrés Bonifacio

José Rizal
2 What country is the book set in?

Mexico

China

Spain

The Philippines
3 When was the book written?

1891

1856

1887

1991
4 What does "filibuster" mean?

A traitor to Filipino culture

A religious fanatic

A Filipino who was accused of advocating for independence from Spain

An outlaw
5 Which major group is in charge of education in the Philippines?

The government

Local goverment authorities

The Catholic Church

Filipinos
6 What does Simoun do for a living?

He is a soldier

He is a doctor

He is a jeweler

He is a friar
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 Latino to Filipinos

A school to teach martial arts to Filipinos

A school to teach Tagalog 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 won't fix the problems with the canal

He's worried it's immoral

He's worried it could cause unrest among Filipinos
10 How was Ibarra supposedly killed?

Killed by his former fiance Maria Clara

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

He was not killed, he escaped

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

Starvation after the family farm fails

They are captured and killed by bandits

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 religious order in the neighbhoring town

The mayor

Captian Tiago

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

The economic difficulties of the Philippines

Inflation

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 becomes a bandit first

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?

Metaphor

Imagery

Personification

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

She sells the farm to the church

She asks Simoun for a loan

She enters indentured servitude

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

Ibarra was reportedly killed by the Civil Guard

Captian Tiago took Ibarra's lands

His brother was killed by the Civil Guard

Maria Clara entered a nunnery
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 will help Filipinos gain respect and equality

It's naive and will further colonize Filipinos' minds

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

It's a good idea
20 What is Basilio studying?

Religion

Farming

Law

Medicine
21 What does Simoun wear as a disguise?

A fake nose

A black wig

Reading glasses

Blue goggles and a white wig
22 Why did Simoun return to the Philippines?

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

To take back his family's land

To make money

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

Ignorant

Reckless

Greedy

Submissive
24 Who does Simoun gain influence with?

Captian Tiago

Padre Salvi

Don Custodio

The governor of the Philippines
25 What happens to Tandang Selo after Juli leaves?

He runs away into the woods

He gets sick and dies

He gets arrested

He loses the ability to speak

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