1) Philippine historiography (sources, methods as well as interpretations used by scholars to study the history) is characterized by the following except: a

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1) Philippine historiography (sources, methods as well as interpretations used by scholars to study the history) is characterized by the following except:

a. Frequent changes happened since pre-colonial period;

b. Early Filipinos have their own means of orally transmitting their history from one generation to the next;

c. Philippine history was static and minimal change happened over time and space.

d. Spanish chroniclers employed two-fold view recording of Philippine observations through written accounts.

 

2. According to Morga, this social class has the duty to govern and rule their subjects and henchmen.

a. Timaguas

b. Saguiguilires

c. Principalias

d. Lakan

 

3. Scholarly analysis of Rizal's new edition of Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas reveals the following major propositions. Deducing from the readings, which among the following shall not be credited as such?

a. The people of the Philippines had a culture of their own before the coming of the Spaniards;

b. Western imperialism was a crucial force that distorted the growth of Filipino nationalism;

c. Filipinos were decimated, demoralized, exploited and ruined by the Spanish colonization;

d. The present state of the Philippines was not necessarily superior to its past.

 

4. Rizal wittingly crafted an annotation of Morga's An Account of the Philippine Islands in aid of the analytic-supplemental method. Which among the following statements is not a part thereof?

a. Morga noted the absence of absolute rulership in a certain region but rather governed by individual chiefs extending control over specific territories. On the other hand, Rizal emphasized the ills of a centralized colonial administration headed by the influential Spanish governor- general.

b. Social stratification and rulership as observed by Morga is determined by inheritance and succession and rulers from high social stations enjoyed reverence and prestige. On the contrary, Rizal exposed the abuses of colonial rulers who simply won the ire of the colonials.

c. Morga wrote about the efficiency of judicial process among the Filipinos and emphasized the observance of speedy trial. Moreover, Rizal attributed the sound judicial system which was built upon familiarity of customs, usages and languages in the locality by chiefs and elders as compared to the gowned colonial judges.

d. Morga focuses on the abuses committed against the three social stations and wrote about royal decrees to stop the abuses. This was confirmed by Rizal as this prevented discrimination and injustice to happen.

 

5. Morga's remark about the Filipinos eating fish which is about to smell and decompose was rebutted by Rizal by saying, that the fish that Morga mentions does not taste better when it beginning to rot is locally known as "bagoong," and all who are familiar or least tasted it can testify that is not or ought not to be rotten. This judgment per se has reference to

a. cultural bias

b. racial discrimination

c. cultural relativism

d. historical revisionism

 

6. What characterizes the Tagalog wife in the description of Rizal?

a. She is free and respected;

b. She is the keeper of the money;

c. She educates the children;

d. All of the above

 

7. These are historical information that leads Rizal to the Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas according to some scholars. Which among them is nonfactual?

a. His encounter with Morga's sucesos was merely incidental to his plan of writing a truly Philippine history.

b. Rizal was an earnest seeker of truth and this marked him as a historian;

c. He had a burning desire to know exactly the conditions of the Philippines when the Spaniards came ashore to the islands

d. His theory was that the country was economically self-sufficient and prosperous prior to Spanish colonization.

 

8. Rizal's annotations fall into categories.

A. First are the straightforward historical annotations, where Rizal amplifies or corrects the original.

B. Second are the annotations which, though historically based, reflect his strong anticlerical bias. The latter is something not to be expected in a scholarly work, but these notes give Rizal's edition its distinct flavor.

C. Third Rizal branded religious interpretations of events as "pious lies (190).

D. Both A and B

 

9. The importance of Rizal's annotations to Morga was' that

A. he tried to use history and historical revision, not just to express his personal views on the historiography, but to create sense of national consciousness or identity.

B. Historical revision is always met with varying degrees of oppos