Readings In Philippine History

Article I

“You shall not kill, neither shall you steal, neither shall you do harm to the aged. lest you incur the danger of death. All those who infringe this order shall be condemned to death by being drowned in the river, or in boiling water.”

a.) Article I

b.) Article II

c.) Article III

d.) Article IV

Article II

“You shall obey. Let all your debts with the headman be met punctually. He who does not obey shall receive for the first time one hundred lashes. If the debt is too large, he shall be condemned to thrust his hand in boiling water thrice. For the second time, he shall be beaten to death.”

a.) Article I

b.) Article II

c.) Article III

d.) Article IV

Article III

“Obey you: let no one have women that are very young nor more than he can support; nor be given excessive lust. He who does not comply with, obey, and observe this order shall be condemned to swim for three hours for the first time and for the second time, to be beaten to death with sharp thorns.”

a.) Article I

b.) Article II

c.) Article III

d.) Article IV

Article IV

“Observe and obey: let no one disturb the quiet of the graves. When passing by the caves and trees where they are, give respect to them. He who does not observe this shall be killed by ants, or beaten to death by thorns.”

a.) Article I

b.) Article II

c.) Article III

d.) Article IV

Article V

“You shall obey; he who exchanges for food, let it be always done in accordance with his word. He who does not comply, shall be beaten for one hour, he who repeats the offense shall be exposed for one day amongst ants.”

a.) Article VIII

b.) Article VII

c.) Article VI

d.) Article V

Article VI

“You shall be obliged to revere the sights that are held in respect, such as those of trees of recognized worth and other sights. He who fails to comply shall pay with one month’s work in gold or in honey.”\

a.) Article VIII

b.) Article VII

c.) Article VI

d.) Article V

Article VII

“These shall be put to death; he who kills trees of venerable appearance; who shoot arrows at night at old men and women; he who enters houses of the headman without permission; he who kills a shark or a streaked cayman.”

a.) Article VIII

b.) Article VII

c.) Article VI

d.) Article V

Article VIII

“Slavery for a doam (a certain period of time) shall be suffered by those who steal away the women of the headmen; by him who keep ill-tempered dogs that bite the headman; by him who burns the fields of another.”

a.) Article VIII

b.) Article VII

c.) Article VI

d.) Article V

Datu Rajah Bendahara Kalantiaw

Who made the main lawful code of the Philippines?

a.) Jose Rizal

b.) Jose Burgos

c.) Emilio Jacinto

d.) Datu Rajah Bendahara Kalantiaw

Maragtas

From which epic story was the lawful code from?

a.) El Filibusterismo

b.) Maragtas

c.) Noli Mi Tangere

d.) Manga Aral ng Katipunan

1433

In what year was the lawful code made?

a.) 1433

b.) 1423

c.) 1533

d.) 1523

William Henry Scott

Which history student vehemently opposed the lawful code?

a.) Jose Burgos

b.) Emilio Jacinto

c.) Mr. L. M. Johnson

d.) William Henry Scott

Negros

From which region was the original creator of the lawful code?

a.) Laguna

b.) Negros

c.) Manila

d.) Bulacan

Chief

What was the creators’ occupation?

a.) Chief

b.) Datu

c.) Lakan

d.) Lakambini

Article IX

“All these shall be beaten for two days: who sing while traveling by night; kill the Manaul; tear the documents belonging to the headman; are malicious liars; or who mock the dead.”

a.) Article IX

b.) Article X

c.) Article XI

d.) Article XII

“It is decreed an obligation; that every mother teach secretly to her daughters matters pertaining to lust and prepare them for womanhood; let not men be cruel nor punish their woman when they catch them in the act of adultery. Whoever shall disobey shall be killed by being cut to pieces and thrown to the caymans.”

a.) Article IX

b.)Article X

c.) Article XI

d.) Article XII

Article XI

“These shall be burned: who by their strength or cunning have mocked at and escaped punishment or who have killed young boys: or try to steal away the women of the elders.”

a.) Article XII

b.) Article XI

c.) Article X

d.) Article IX

Article XII

“These shall be drowned: all who interfere with their superiors, or their owners or masters; all those who abuse themselves through their lust; those who destroy their anitos (idols) by breaking them or throwing them down.”

a.) Article XII

b.) Article XI

c.) Article X

d.) Article IX

Article XIII

“All these shall be exposed to ants for half a day; who kill black cats during a new moon; or steal anything from the chiefs or agorangs, however small the object may be.”

a.) Article XVI

b.) Article XV

c.) Article XIV

d.) Article XIII

Article XIV

“These shall be made slave for life: who have beautiful daughters and deny them to the sons of chiefs, and with bad faith hide them away.”

a.) Article XIII

b.) Article XIV

c.) Article XV

d.) Article XVI

Article XV

“Concerning beliefs and superstitions; these shall be beaten: who eat the diseased flesh of beasts which they hold in respect, or the herb which they consider good, who wound or kill the young of the Manaul, or the white monkey.”

a.) Article XVI

b.) Article XV

c.) Article XIV

d.) Article XIII

Article XVI

“The fingers shall be cut-off: of all those who break idols of wood and clay in their alangans and temples; of those who destroy the daggers of tagalons, or break the drinking jars of the latter.”

a.) Article XVI

b.) Article XVII

c.) Article XVIII

d.) Article XIX

Article XVII

“These shall be killed: who profane sites where idols are kept, and sites where are buried the scared things of their diwatas and headmen. He who performs his necessities in those places shall be burned.”

a.) Article XVI

b.) Article XVII

c.) Article XVIII

d.) Article XIX

Article XVIII

“Those who do not cause these rules to be obeyed: if they are headmen, they shall be put to death by being stoned and crushed; and if they are agorangs they shall be placed in rivers to be eaten by sharks and caymans.”

a.) Article XIX

b.) Article XVIII

c.) Article XVII

d.) Article XVI

Jose E. Marco

Who wrote “Los Antiguas Leyendas de la Isla de Negros”?

a.) Jose P. Rizal

b.) Jose Burgos

c.) Jose E. Marco

d.) Jose P. Laurel

1913

When did Jose E. Marco write “Los Antiguas Leyendas de la Isla de Negros”?

a.) 1915

b.) 1913

c.) 1920

d.) 1921

Los Antiguas Leyendas de la isla de Negros

What book did Jose E. Marco write in 1913

Aking Mga Kabata

What poem did Jose Rizal write when he was eight years old?

a.) Los Antiguas Leyendas de la Isla de Negro

b.) Aking Mga Kabata

c.) Primo Viaggio Intorno Al Mondo

Butuan

Where was it long believed as the site of the first mass?

a.) Laguna

b.) Cebu

c.) Butuan