Instructions
Directions: Read the items carefully and provide an argument or stand for each. Write your answers on
the spaces provided or at the back of this sheet, as needed. Use black or blue pen ink only. Avoid any
form of erasure, alteration, and superimposition on the final answer (4 items x 20 points).
1. In no more than three (3) sentences, cite and explain one (1) reason why the Catholic Church
actively discredits the Rizal Law's content and prevents it from being passed.
2. What are the provisions and potential benefits of studying the Rizal Law? Justify your answer in
no more than seven (7) sentences.
3. In Rizal's literary piece, "The Council of the Gods (El Consejo del los Dioses)," what were the
reasons that the gods gave to justify Cervantes' victory over Homer and Virgil? Justify your
answer in no more than three (3) sentences.
4. What drove the Filipinos to actively pursue Rizal's literary works in their quest for national
identity? Justify your answer in no more than three (3) sentences.
Rubric for scoring:
CRITERIA PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POINTS
Provided an argument that is coherent
Argument 10
to the content and context
Used correct grammar, punctuation,
Grammar 3
spelling, and capitalization
Expressed the points in clear and
Organization
logical arrangement of ideas in the 6
of Ideas
paragraph
Adhered to the required
Format 1
style/appearance
TOTAL 20