Rizal Semis UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
El Amor Patrio (The Love of the Country) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -the first article Rizal
wrote on the Spanish soil.
-written in the summer of 1882
-published in Diariong Tagalog in August
-used the pen name Laong Laan and sent it to Marcelo H. Del Pilar for Tagalog translation
-written during the Spanish colonization and reign over the Philippine islands
El Amor Patrio (The Love of the Country) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -aimed to establish
nationalism and patriotism among the natives.
-Rizal extended his call for the love of country to his fellow compatriots in Spain, for he
believed that nationalism should be exercised anywhere a person is.
Revista De Madrid (Review of Madrid) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -written by Rizal on
November 29, 1882
-was unfortunately returned to him because Diariong Tagalog had ceased publications for
lack of funds.
Los Agricultores Filipinos (The Filipino Farmers) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -dated March
25, 1889
-the first article of Rizal published in La Solidaridad
-depicted the deplorable conditions of the Filipino farmers in the Philippines, hence the
backwardness of the country
A La Defensa (To La Defensa) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -a response to the anti-Filipino
writing of Patricio de la Escosura published by La Defensa in March 30, 1889.
-written on April 30, 1889
-refuted the views of Escosura, calling the readers attention to the insidous influences of the
friars to the country.
, Los Viajes (Travels) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -published on La Solidaridad on May 15,
1889
-article tackled the rewards gained by people who have traveled to many places in the world.
La Verdad Para Todos (The Truth for All) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Rizal's counter to the
Spanish charges that the natives were ignorant and depraved.
-May 31, 1889, published in the La Solidaridad
Vicente Barrante's Teatro Tagalo - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -the first installment of Rizal's
Vicente Barrantes was published in the La Solidaridad on June 15, 1889
-exposed Barrante's lacked of knowledge of Tagalog theatrical art.
Defensa Del Noli - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -written on June 18, 1889.
-sent to Marcelo H. Del Pilar. wanting it to be published by the end of that month in La
Solidaridad
Verdades Nuevas (New Facts/New Truths) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -July 31, 1889
-Rizal replied to the letter of Vicente Belloc Sanchez dated on July 4, 1889 in La Patria, a
newspaper in Madrid.
-Rizal addressed Sanchez's allegation that the provision of reforms to the Philippines would
devastate the diplomatic rule of the Catholic friars.
Una Profanacion (A Desecration/A Profanation) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -published on
July 31, 1889
-mockingly attacked the friars for refusing to give Christian burial to Mariano Herbosa,
Rizal's brother in law, who died of cholera on May 23, 1889.
-being the husband of Lucia Rizal (Jose's sister), Herbosa was denied of burial at the Catholic
cemetery by the priests.
Crueldad (Cruelty) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -August 15, 1889
-Rizal's witty defense of Blumentritt from the libelous attacks of his enemies
Diferencias (Differences) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -published on September 15, 1889
Questions and CORRECT Answers
El Amor Patrio (The Love of the Country) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -the first article Rizal
wrote on the Spanish soil.
-written in the summer of 1882
-published in Diariong Tagalog in August
-used the pen name Laong Laan and sent it to Marcelo H. Del Pilar for Tagalog translation
-written during the Spanish colonization and reign over the Philippine islands
El Amor Patrio (The Love of the Country) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -aimed to establish
nationalism and patriotism among the natives.
-Rizal extended his call for the love of country to his fellow compatriots in Spain, for he
believed that nationalism should be exercised anywhere a person is.
Revista De Madrid (Review of Madrid) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -written by Rizal on
November 29, 1882
-was unfortunately returned to him because Diariong Tagalog had ceased publications for
lack of funds.
Los Agricultores Filipinos (The Filipino Farmers) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -dated March
25, 1889
-the first article of Rizal published in La Solidaridad
-depicted the deplorable conditions of the Filipino farmers in the Philippines, hence the
backwardness of the country
A La Defensa (To La Defensa) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -a response to the anti-Filipino
writing of Patricio de la Escosura published by La Defensa in March 30, 1889.
-written on April 30, 1889
-refuted the views of Escosura, calling the readers attention to the insidous influences of the
friars to the country.
, Los Viajes (Travels) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -published on La Solidaridad on May 15,
1889
-article tackled the rewards gained by people who have traveled to many places in the world.
La Verdad Para Todos (The Truth for All) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Rizal's counter to the
Spanish charges that the natives were ignorant and depraved.
-May 31, 1889, published in the La Solidaridad
Vicente Barrante's Teatro Tagalo - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -the first installment of Rizal's
Vicente Barrantes was published in the La Solidaridad on June 15, 1889
-exposed Barrante's lacked of knowledge of Tagalog theatrical art.
Defensa Del Noli - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -written on June 18, 1889.
-sent to Marcelo H. Del Pilar. wanting it to be published by the end of that month in La
Solidaridad
Verdades Nuevas (New Facts/New Truths) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -July 31, 1889
-Rizal replied to the letter of Vicente Belloc Sanchez dated on July 4, 1889 in La Patria, a
newspaper in Madrid.
-Rizal addressed Sanchez's allegation that the provision of reforms to the Philippines would
devastate the diplomatic rule of the Catholic friars.
Una Profanacion (A Desecration/A Profanation) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -published on
July 31, 1889
-mockingly attacked the friars for refusing to give Christian burial to Mariano Herbosa,
Rizal's brother in law, who died of cholera on May 23, 1889.
-being the husband of Lucia Rizal (Jose's sister), Herbosa was denied of burial at the Catholic
cemetery by the priests.
Crueldad (Cruelty) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -August 15, 1889
-Rizal's witty defense of Blumentritt from the libelous attacks of his enemies
Diferencias (Differences) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -published on September 15, 1889
