El Filibusterismo Quizzes

El Filibusterismo Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of El Filibusterismo?
Carlos Rizal

Andrés Bonifacio

José Rizal

Emilio Aguinaldo
2 What country is the book set in?
Mexico

The Philippines

China

Spain
3 When was the book written?
1887

1891

1856

1991
4 What does "filibuster" mean?
A Filipino who was accused of advocating for independence from Spain

A religious fanatic

An outlaw

A traitor to Filipino culture
5 Which major group is in charge of education in the Philippines?
Filipinos

The government

Local goverment authorities

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

He is a jeweler

He is a soldier

He is a doctor
7 What does the term mestizo refer to?
Someone who was born in Spain

Someone of Chinese and Spanish descent

Someone who is Spanish but born in the Philippines

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 won't fix the problems with the canal

He's worried it could cause unrest among Filipinos

He's worried it's immoral

He's worried it will be too expensive
10 How was Ibarra supposedly killed?
He was not killed, he escaped

Shot by the Civil Guard after escaping prison

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

Killed by his former fiance Maria Clara
11 How do Tales' wife and daughter die?
They are captured and killed by bandits

While clearing the new land for their farm

Starvation after the family farm fails

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

Captian Tiago

The religious order in the neighbhoring town

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

Tales' increasing wealth and the success of the farm

The economic difficulties of the Philippines

The greed of the church
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

Personification

Simile
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?
Maria Clara entered a nunnery

Captian Tiago took Ibarra's lands

His brother was killed by the Civil Guard

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

He could blackmail Simoun by threatening to reveal his true identity

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

He also wants to be a revolutionary
19 What does Simoun think about the students' efforts to create a Spanish school?
It's a good idea

It's naive and will further colonize Filipinos' minds

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

It will help Filipinos gain respect and equality
20 What is Basilio studying?
Farming

Religion

Law

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

A black wig

Blue goggles and a white wig

A fake nose
22 Why did Simoun return to the Philippines?
To take back his family's land

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

To gain power and eventually take over running the Philippines

To make money
23 Simoun accuses Basilio of being what?
Submissive

Reckless

Greedy

Ignorant
24 Who does Simoun gain influence with?
The governor of the Philippines

Captian Tiago

Padre Salvi

Don Custodio
25 What happens to Tandang Selo after Juli leaves?
He runs away into the woods

He gets sick and dies

He loses the ability to speak

He gets arrested

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