Wesleyan University- Philippines

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Cabanatuan City

MIDDLE TERM EXAMINATION

NAME: _________________________________ COURSE: ______________

Test I. Modified True or False.

1. Spanish women said nothing to their son before going to war only for this
pertaining to their shield “Return with it; or on it”.

2. The Philippine government during the time of Jose Rizal improved the
agriculture, trade and commerce.

3. God gave each individual reason and will of his or her own to distinguish the
just and unjust.

4. Rizal described the Filipina women to his letter to the young women of
Malolos as brave, promising and nation builder.

5. The Filipino succumbed to Spanish rule for three centuries because they
have been deceived by the friars, encomienderos and gobernadors.

6. During the Spanish Era, the government fostered and perfected gambling in
the Philippines.

7. It is cowardice and erroneous that saintliness consists in blind obedience that

prudence and the habit of thinking and presumptuous.

8. A man cannot live in any climate because of his physical limitations towards
his environment.

9. Indolence is associated to Filipino traits which is innate to them and

strengthen by the warm climate in the Philippines.

10. Rizal did have great means at his disposal to carry out his propaganda
campaign.

11. The tyranny of some is possible only through braveness and participation on
the part of other.
 12. Filipina women according to Rizal seemed plants sown and reared in
darkness, having flowers without perfume and fruits without sap.

13. Women play a very essential role in nation building.

14. Colonies established to sub serve the policy and commerce of the sovereign
country all eventually became independent.

15. He who does not act freely is not responsible for his actions.

Test II. Identification.

______________1. Who sponsored the title of Rizal our foremost national Hero?
______________2. If ________ will not change their mode of being let her rear no more
children.
______________ 3. How many young women of Malolos who initiated the petition for to
open night school?
______________ 4. According to Rizal, people and ___________ are correlated and
complementary.
______________ 5. The Filipinos succumb to Spanish rule for how many centuries?
______________ 6. They were deceived by the Spanish officials by the hope of
paradise.
______________ 7. Rizal Law.
______________ 8. It is an equivalent word for servitude.
______________ 9. It is not innate among Filipinos but the effect of disorder and
backwardness.
______________ 10. In order to read the ______, it is necessary to open the book of
her past.
______________ 11. It refers to little love for work; lack of activity associated with
laziness.
______________ 12. Before the __________ came, the Filipinos were active in
agriculture, industries and commerce.
______________ 13. The author of the article Who made Jose Rizal our foremost
national hero and why?
______________ 14. The kind of climate that according to Spaniards requires quiet rest
for the individual.
______________ 15. Who made the declaration that December 30 will be the
celebration of Rizal Day?
Test III. Enumeration.
What are the different contributing factors that converted the Filipinos into lazy and
indolent Christians?
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How the Spanish government sustained the laziness of the Filipinos?

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10.

How did Rizal describe the Filipino women?

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How did Rizal perceive the Philippines after a century?

14.
15.

Give at least 3 reflections of Rizal in his essay To The Young Women of Malolos?
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Describe the Friars during the time of Rizal.

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Test IV. Essay.

1. Make a brief comparison between the young of Malolos among the Sparta
women and women of today.
2. How did Rizal perceive the Philippines after a century?

3. Explain. He who refuses protection to others will find himself without it.

4. Is it practical to replace Rizal to other heroes? Yes or No? Why?