El Filibusterismo Quizzes

El Filibusterismo Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of El Filibusterismo?
José Rizal

Carlos Rizal

Emilio Aguinaldo

Andrés Bonifacio
2 What country is the book set in?
Mexico

Spain

The Philippines

China
3 When was the book written?
1891

1991

1887

1856
4 What does "filibuster" mean?
A religious fanatic

A Filipino who was accused of advocating for independence from Spain

A traitor to Filipino culture

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

Local goverment authorities

Filipinos

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

He is a friar

He is a doctor

He is a jeweler
7 What does the term mestizo refer to?
Someone of Spanish and Filipino decent

Someone who is Spanish but born in the Philippines

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's immoral

He's worried it could cause unrest among Filipinos

He's worried it won't fix the problems with the canal
10 How was Ibarra supposedly killed?
Shot by the Civil Guard after escaping prison

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
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?
Simoun

The religious order in the neighbhoring town

The mayor

Captian Tiago
13 The increasing rents every year on Tales farm is an examle of what?
Tales' increasing wealth and the success of the farm

The greed of the church

Inflation

The economic difficulties of the Philippines
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?
Simile

Metaphor

Personification

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

She sells the farm to the church

She sells the locket Basilio gave her

She enters indentured servitude
17 What happened the same night Basilio's mother died?
Ibarra was reportedly killed by the Civil Guard

Maria Clara entered a nunnery

His brother was 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 could blackmail Simoun by threatening to reveal his true identity

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 dangerous to criticize the church's running of education

It's a good idea

It will help Filipinos gain respect and equality

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

Religion

Law

Medicine
21 What does Simoun wear as a disguise?
A black wig

A fake nose

Reading glasses

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

To take back his family's land
23 Simoun accuses Basilio of being what?
Ignorant

Greedy

Reckless

Submissive
24 Who does Simoun gain influence with?
Don Custodio

The governor of the Philippines

Padre Salvi

Captian Tiago
25 What happens to Tandang Selo after Juli leaves?
He gets sick and dies

He loses the ability to speak

He runs away into the woods

He gets arrested

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