El Filibusterismo Quizzes

El Filibusterismo Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of El Filibusterismo?
Andrés Bonifacio

Carlos Rizal

Emilio Aguinaldo

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

Spain

Mexico

The Philippines
3 When was the book written?
1856

1991

1891

1887
4 What does "filibuster" mean?
A religious fanatic

A traitor to Filipino culture

An outlaw

A Filipino who was accused of advocating for independence from Spain
5 Which major group is in charge of education in the Philippines?
The Catholic Church

Local goverment authorities

The government

Filipinos
6 What does Simoun do for a living?
He is a soldier

He is a doctor

He is a friar

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 of Chinese and Spanish descent

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

A school to teach Latino to Filipinos

A school to teach Spanish 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 could cause unrest among Filipinos

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

He's worried it's immoral
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

Shot by the Civil Guard after escaping prison

He was not killed, he escaped
11 How do Tales' wife and daughter die?
They are killed by the Civil Guard

They are captured and killed by bandits

Starvation after the family farm fails

While clearing the new land for their farm
12 Who claims that Tales' farm is really theirs?
Captian Tiago

The mayor

The religious order in the neighbhoring town

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

Inflation

Tales' increasing wealth and the success of the farm

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 a legitimate right to the land

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?
Personification

Imagery

Simile

Metaphor
16 How does Juli pay the ransom after Tales is kidnapped by bandits?
She enters indentured servitude

She sells the farm to the church

She sells the locket Basilio gave her

She asks Simoun for a loan
17 What happened the same night Basilio's mother died?
Captian Tiago took Ibarra's lands

Maria Clara entered a nunnery

Ibarra was reportedly killed by the Civil Guard

His brother was 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 is the same stranger who helped Basilio bury his mother 13 years ago

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 naive and will further colonize Filipinos' minds

It will help Filipinos gain respect and equality

It's a good idea

It's dangerous to criticize the church's running of education
20 What is Basilio studying?
Law

Religion

Medicine

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

A fake nose

Blue goggles and a white wig

Reading glasses
22 Why did Simoun return to the Philippines?
To gain power and eventually take over running the Philippines

To make money

To take back his family's land

To start a revolution and help the country gain independence from Spain
23 Simoun accuses Basilio of being what?
Greedy

Submissive

Reckless

Ignorant
24 Who does Simoun gain influence with?
Don Custodio

Captian Tiago

The governor of the Philippines

Padre Salvi
25 What happens to Tandang Selo after Juli leaves?
He gets sick and dies

He gets arrested

He runs away into the woods

He loses the ability to speak

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