Q 01/05

In which Laguna town was José Rizal born in 1861?

A) Calamba

B) Biñan

C) Santa Cruz

D) Los Baños

Answer · why

A) Calamba

His parents leased a hacienda and rice farm there from the Dominican Order.

Q 02/05

What was Rizal's profession, the one he used on his own mother's eyes?

A) Pharmacist

B) Ophthalmologist

C) Veterinarian

D) Neurologist

Answer · why

B) Ophthalmologist

He trained in Heidelberg under Otto Becker and used the newly invented ophthalmoscope.

Q 03/05

Which island was Rizal banished to in 1892, to the town of Dapitan?

A) Luzon

B) Cebu

C) Mindanao

D) Panay

Answer · why

C) Mindanao

He spent four years there, building a school, a hospital and a water system.

Q 04/05

Which Irish woman became Rizal's common-law wife during his exile?

A) Nelly Boustead

B) Consuelo Ortiga

C) Gertrude Beckett

D) Josephine Bracken

Answer · why

D) Josephine Bracken

She came to Dapitan so Rizal could examine her blind adoptive father's eyes.

Q 05/05

For what crime was Rizal executed in December 1896?

A) Rebellion

B) Treason against the king

C) Heresy

D) Smuggling arms

Answer · why

A) Rebellion

A court-martial convicted him of rebellion, sedition and conspiracy.