El Filibusterismo Quizzes

El Filibusterismo Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of El Filibusterismo?

Andrés Bonifacio

José Rizal

Emilio Aguinaldo

Carlos Rizal
2 What country is the book set in?

The Philippines

Mexico

Spain

China
3 When was the book written?

1856

1991

1887

1891
4 What does "filibuster" mean?

An outlaw

A traitor to Filipino culture

A Filipino who was accused of advocating for independence from Spain

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

Filipinos

The government

The Catholic Church

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

He is a doctor

He is a friar

He is a soldier

He is a jeweler
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 Spanish to Filipinos

A school to teach Latino to Filipinos

A school to teach martial arts 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 will be too expensive

He's worried it won't fix the problems with the canal

He's worried it could cause unrest among Filipinos

He's worried it's immoral
10 How was Ibarra supposedly killed?

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

Killed by his former fiance Maria Clara

He was not killed, he escaped

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

While clearing the new land for their farm

They are captured and killed by bandits

Starvation after the family farm fails

They are killed by the Civil Guard
12 Who claims that Tales' farm is really theirs?

Simoun

The religious order in the neighbhoring town

Captian Tiago

The mayor
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?

He becomes a bandit first

He does not have a legitimate right to the land

He does not have money to pay for lawyers

The judges do not want to rule against the church
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

Personification

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

She sells the locket Basilio gave her

She sells the farm to the church

She asks Simoun for a loan

She enters indentured servitude
17 What happened the same night Basilio's mother died?

His brother was killed by the Civil Guard

Captian Tiago took Ibarra's lands

Maria Clara entered a nunnery

Ibarra was reportedly killed by the Civil Guard
18 What does Basilio realize when he sees Simoun in the woods?

He could blackmail Simoun by threatening to reveal his true identity

He also wants to be a revolutionary

He is the same stranger who helped Basilio bury his mother 13 years ago

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?

Religion

Law

Farming

Medicine
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 gain power and eventually take over running the Philippines

To take back his family's land

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

To make money
23 Simoun accuses Basilio of being what?

Ignorant

Greedy

Submissive

Reckless
24 Who does Simoun gain influence with?

The governor of the Philippines

Captian Tiago

Don Custodio

Padre Salvi
25 What happens to Tandang Selo after Juli leaves?

He runs away into the woods

He loses the ability to speak

He gets sick and dies

He gets arrested

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