El Filibusterismo Quizzes

El Filibusterismo Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of El Filibusterismo?
Carlos Rizal

Andrés Bonifacio

Emilio Aguinaldo

José Rizal
2 What country is the book set in?
Spain

The Philippines

China

Mexico
3 When was the book written?
1991

1856

1891

1887
4 What does "filibuster" mean?
A traitor to Filipino culture

A Filipino who was accused of advocating for independence from Spain

An outlaw

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

The Catholic Church

The government

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

He is a doctor

He is a friar

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

Someone of Chinese and Spanish descent

Someone of Spanish and Filipino decent

Someone who was born in Spain
8 What do Basilio and Isagani want to start?
A school to teach Latino to Filipinos

A school to teach Tagalog to Filipinos

A school to teach Spanish to Filipinos

A school to teach martial arts 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

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 killed by the Civil Guard

They are captured and killed by bandits

While clearing the new land for their farm

Starvation after the family farm fails
12 Who claims that Tales' farm is really theirs?
The religious order in the neighbhoring town

The mayor

Simoun

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 economic difficulties of the Philippines

The greed of the church

Inflation
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?
Personification

Metaphor

Imagery

Simile
16 How does Juli pay the ransom after Tales is kidnapped by bandits?
She sells the farm to the church

She enters indentured servitude

She asks Simoun for a loan

She sells the locket Basilio gave her
17 What happened the same night Basilio's mother died?
His brother was killed by the Civil Guard

Ibarra was reportedly killed by the Civil Guard

Maria Clara entered a nunnery

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

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 dangerous to criticize the church's running of education

It will help Filipinos gain respect and equality

It's naive and will further colonize Filipinos' minds

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

Religion

Medicine

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

A black wig

A fake nose

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 make money

To take back his family's land

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

Greedy

Reckless

Submissive
24 Who does Simoun gain influence with?
Don Custodio

Captian Tiago

Padre Salvi

The governor of the Philippines
25 What happens to Tandang Selo after Juli leaves?
He gets sick and dies

He runs away into the woods

He gets arrested

He loses the ability to speak

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