Chapter 4 Quizbowl- Life and Works of Rizal

1. Chapter 4: Rizal’s life: Higher
Education and Life Abroad
QUIZBOWL

2. GENERAL DIRECTIONS. This activity is compose of 3 rounds
(Easy, Average, and Difficult). Each round has a corresponding
points and time.
For Easy Round:
Points/ correct answer: 1
Time/ question: 10
Average round:
Points/ correct answer: 2
Time/ question: 8
Difficult round
Points/ correct answer: 3
Time/ question: 10

3. Easy
Round

4. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Read the following questions and
select the correct answer. Raise only the letter
that corresponds the correct answer. 1 point
will be given every correct answer.

6. 1. What was the reason why Rizal shifted from
Philosophy and Letters to Medicine in UST?
a. Because the method of instruction was obsolete and
repressive.
b. To be able to cure the deteriorating eyesight of his mother.
c. He doesn't like the course of Philosophy and Letters

7. 2. What was the Php 300 loan that Rizal
borrowed from his friend Maximo Viola?
a. For his fare on the ship going to Spain
b. To cover for the printing of the Noli Me Tangere
c. Paid for his Historical visits in Amphitheatre and
Roman Forum

8. 3. Why did the Dominican Friars ask Rizal to
look for another school?
a. Because of his bold and radical questions
b. Dominican Friars don't want him to study at Colegio de
San Juan de Letran
c. Because he was late for the registration

9. 4. Rizal stopped attending class at UST in 1882
because?
a. Rizal became penniless as his family encountered economic
regression
b. He left for Spain and enrolled in Medicine and Philosophy
and Letters at the Unibersidad Central de Madrid
c. He's tired and sick of the discriminatory and oppressive
Dominican professors

10. 5. What was the Jesuits' system of education?
a. Rigid discipline, humanities, and religious instruction
b. Freedom to explore one's interests
c. Strictly academic with no focus on character development
d. No emphasis on religion

11. 6. Which city when Rizal complete one half of
the novel, Noli Me Tangere?
a. Paris
b. Barcelona
c. Vatican
d. Madrid

12. 7. What is the name of the college where Jose
studied in Manila?
a. College of San Juan de Letran
b. Ateneo Municipal
c. Escuela Pia
d. College of Santa Isabel

13. 8. Why was Jose admitted to Ateneo instead of
Letran?
a. His father changed his mind
b. Letran refused to admit him
c. He wanted to be with Manuel Xeres Burgos
d. He preferred Ateneo's system of education

14. 9. Why did Jose adopt the surname Rizal?
a. It was his mother's maiden name
b. It was a popular name at the time
c. Their family name Mercado was under suspicion of the
Spanish authorities
d. He wanted to honor a Spanish friend

15. 10. What was the name of the boarding house
where Jose stayed?
a. College of San Juan de Letran
b. Ateneo Municipal
c. Escuela Pia
d. Titay's house on Caraballo Street

16. Scoreboard

17. Average Round
TRUE or FALSE
Read the following statement. Raise the word
TRUE if the statement is correct and raise the
word FALSE if it is not.
2 points will be given every correct answer.

19. 1. Rizal went to Paris and Germany in
order to specialize in Ophthalmology.
TRUE

20. 2. In February 1886, Rizal left Paris and
went to Germany. He arrived in Heidelberg,
a historic city in Germany famous for its old
university and romantic surroundings.
TRUE

21. 3. July 31, 1886 Rizal wrote his second letter in
German to Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt,
Director of the Ateneo of Leitmeritz, Austria. Rizal
wrote to him after learning that this ethnologist
was interested in the Tagalog language. He sent
him a book entitled Arithmetica.
FALSE

22. 4. In Leipzig, Germany, because of his
knowledge of German, Spanish, and
other European languages, Rizal
worked as proof-reader in a
publishing firm. TRUE

23. 5. March 21, 1887- the Noli Me Tangere
came off the press. The title Noli Me
Tangere is a Latin phrase which means
“Touch Me Not”. “Noli Me Tangere, are
words taken from the Gospel of St. Luke
FALSE

24. 6. Rizal dedicated his Noli Me Tangere to
the Philippines—“To My Fatherland”. It
contains 63 chapters and an epilogue.
Maximo ViolaThe savior of Noli, he gave
him the needed funds to publish the novel.
TRUE

25. 7. August 8, 1887, he reached Calamba. He opened a
medical clinic and restored his mother’s vision. Such
“miraculous” news spread throughout the
community like wild fire, thus, his clinic was flocked
by people aspiring for a better eyesight.
TRUE

26. 8. Newly arrived from Germany, he began
to be known as “ Doctor Jose” (from the
word Aleman) and soon he acquired a
lucrative medical practice. He earned $900
from his services as physician.
FALSE

27. 9. While still in Calamba, Rizal was seen as
a troublemaker. There are groundless tales
circulated by his enemies that he was “a
German spy, an agent of Bismarck, a
Protestant, a Mason, a witch, a soul
beyond salvation, etc.”
TRUE

28. 10. On February 3, 1888, with a heavy heart,
Rizal left Manila for Hong Kong. His powerful
enemies refused to give him peace and quiet.
Anonymous letters with threats on his life
were sent to his parents’ house in Calamba.
TRUE

29. Scoreboard

30. DIFFICULT ROUND
Identification
There are only 5 questions in this round.
Read the statement carefully and write
your answer in your slate board.
3 points will be given every correct
answer.

32. Founded in December 31, 1888, a
patriotic society. They crusade for
reforms in the Philippine Government.
Asociacion La Solidaridad/ Solidaridad
Association

33. On February 15, 1889 He founded
the patriotic newspaper called La
Solidaridad in Barcelona.
Graciano Lopez Jaena

34. From 1889- 1890, Rizal continued
contributing for La Solidaridad under
the pseudonyms
___________________
Dimas Alang and Laong Laan

35. Rizal’s greatest rivalry for leadership in
the Asociacion Hispano Filipino.
Marcelo H. Del Pilar

36. Give at least 1 reason why Rizal
stopped writing for La Solidaridad
a) Rizal need to work on his book ;
b) He wanted other Filipinos to work also;
c) Rizal considered it very important to the party that there be unity in
the work ;
d) Marcelo H. Del Pilar is already at the top and Rizal also have his own
ideas it is better to leave del Pilar alone to direct the policy.