Midterm Exam - Rizal

 Due Aug 22 at 11:59pm

 Points 70
 Questions 66
 Available Aug 20 at 12:01pm - Aug 22 at 11:59pm 2 days
 Time Limit 100 Minutes

Attempt Time Score

LATEST Attempt 1 79 minutes 70 out of 70

Question 1Correct!
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Which of the following reasons is the LEAST possible explanation why Jose Rizal became the national
hero?

Because he belonged to a rich family who later on suffered from poverty.

Because he inspired the revolution through his writings.

Because he sacrificed his life for the sake of principle.

Question 2Correct!
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Which of the following is NOT an objective of RA1425?

To instill nationalism among the youth

To enlighten students on the relevance of Rizal's writings to currents situations in the country

To develop "Rizalism" or the love and veneration of Dr. Jose Rizal as a hero, a saint and a defender
of the faith.

Question 3Correct!
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Jose Rizal was declared as a national hero by the Philippine Commission. The Commission was an all-
American team of historians who were fascinated of Rizal's works rather than other proposed heroes'
contributions to Philippine history.

True False
Question 4Correct!
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Rizal's father was an educated man. He finished Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose. On the
other hand, Rizal's mother only finished high school. Afterwards, she became a full time housewife, and
mother.

True False

Question 5Correct!
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Jose Rizal had Chinese and principalia (upper class Filipinos) origins.

True False

Question 6Correct!
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As a child, Rizal studied the following, EXCEPT:

Arm-wrestling and exercise

Poker and black jack

Latin and Spanish

Question 7Correct!
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At a very young age, Rizal was exposed by his father to the cruelties that exist in society. One example
was the execution of reverend fathers Gomez, Burgos and Zamora. What was their alleged crime?

They were allegedly leading a reform movement in Spain and supporting the movement with funds of
their parishes.

They allegedly started a revolution in Tondo where many Spaniards were killed.

They collaborated with the Filipinos who were former members of the Spanish army and they were
believed to be the major proponents of the mutiny that was held in Cavite.

Question 8Correct!
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Which is NOT one of Rizal's reasons for writing Noli Me Tangere?

To encourage Filipinos to begin a bloody revolution.

To depict the past and to show what was happening in reality.

To expose the corrupt activities of the friars and the Spanish officials.
Question 9Correct!
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What image of the Filipina was NOT exemplified by the character of Maria Clara?

Vulnerable, easily deceived

Strong, willful, one who fights for her rights

Frail, always needs a man by her side, depressive

Question 10Correct!
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Who was the character in Noli Me Tangere who embodied Rizal's ideals of peaceful reform?

Crisostomo Ibarra

Capitan Tiago

Elias

Question 11Correct!
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Who was the character who embodied Rizal's personal motives, his innermost thoughts which contradicted
the idea of a peaceful reform?

Tasio the Lunatic

Crisostomo Ibarra

Elias

Question 12Correct!
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One of Rizal's favorite novels was The Count of Monte Cristo. What was the novel's theme?

It was about an innocent farmer who lost his land to the Spanish, and who later on was able to avenge
his loss by becoming a millionaire through illegal means.

It was about an innocent man who was imprisoned, who later on escaped and was able to go back to
his town as a different man to take revenge.

It was about a man who lost all his property to the French authorities. He disappeared and later on
became a vicious vampire.
Question 13Correct!
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The first Spanish surname of the Rizal family was Mercado. In English, what does Mercado mean?

Mercy

Merchants

Market

Question 14Correct!
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Which of the following was not one of the reasons why Rizal disliked his education at the University of Sto.
Tomas?

The Dominicans were a rich Catholic order.

The instruction was very traditional.

The Filipinos were discriminated in UST.

Question 15Correct!
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In the poem The Intimate Alliance Between Religion and Good Education, what is symbolized by the
Tempestuous Boreas?

The soldiers of the Church.

The beasts that can be found at sea.

The temptation to use knowledge in evil.

Question 16Correct!
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What is the general content of RA1425?

The law simply declares that Rizal is the national hero of the Philippines.

Rizal's life and works shall be mandatorily placed in the curriculum of public schools and shall be an
optional addition to the curriculum of private schools.

Rizal's life and works shall be taught in all public and private Philippine schools.

Question 17Correct!
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Choose the best explanation for the following quotation from the poem, Through Education Our Motherland
Receives Light:

"So skillful noble Teaching doth unfold to living minds the joy of virtuous ways.

She (Education) offers our dear motherland the light that leads us to immortal glory's height."

Through education true happiness and love can be found.

Through teaching proper ways, education gives hope for the motherland's development.

Education makes the land win battles.

Question 18Correct!
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As a student in Ateneo, Rizal devoted his time to the following, EXCEPT:

Visual arts (painting and sculpture) and poetry

Philosophy, natural sciences and religion

Fraternities, smoking and gambling

Question 19Correct!
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Why was Rizal's mother against Rizal's pursuit of further education in UST after his studies in Ateneo?

She wanted Rizal to stay at home to take care of her.

She feared that because he knew too much, he would be placed in great danger.

She believed it was impractical to take many courses because of the expenses.

Question 20Correct!
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Which of the following best explains the following lines from the poem, To the Filipino Youth?

"Go forth, and then the sacred fire of thy genius to the laurel may aspire;

To spread around the flame, and in victory acclaim, through wider spheres the human name."

Go and spread your new ideas in order to contribute to the betterment of human life.

Go and win the battle against the Spanish!

Go and make yourselves rich for it is in wealth that you may acquire power.

Question 21Correct!
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While in UST, Rizal founded an organization called Companerismo. This organization was likened to
fraternity - a fraternity of Filipino students in UST. The purpose of the organization was for Filipino students
to have a bastion or a support group against bullying from Spanish students.

True False

Question 22Correct!
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Rizal's time was characterized by a swift change in the economy. What particular international economic
milestone occurred in the 19th Century which affected societal organization in Europe?

Industrial Revolution

Cuban Revolution

French Revolution

Question 23Correct!
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Which two countries which dominated world trade and commerce in the 15th Century to the 18th Century
were about to be replaced by new superpowers in the 19th century?

Greece and italy

Spain and Portugal

Japan and China

Question 24Incorrect
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Choose the best explanation for the following lines of the poem, They Ask Me for Verses:
"While yet in childhood's happy day, I learn upon its sun to smile,
And in my breast there seems the while seething volcanic fires to play"

When I was young, I felt so many violent emotions inside of me.

When I was young, I was so eager and inspired to express everything in my heart.

When I was young, I happily played under the sun and near the volcanoes.

Question 25Correct!
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Rizal wrote the poem, To My Fellow Children when he was eight. What is the general theme of the poem?
 It is about how children develop through the help of their parents.

It is about how a person should deeply appreciate his or her native language.

It is about the joys of childhood.

Question 26Correct!
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Rizal passed the medicine board examination. However, he did not finish his final requirements and
therefore, he did not officially graduate from his medical course.

True False

Question 27Correct!
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Before the passage of RA1425 in the 1950s, the Rizal Bill was confronted with numerous objections from
Catholic schools because Rizal's writings, the novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo in particular,
contained "anti-Church" contents.

True False

Question 28Correct!
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Which of the following cannot be considered as a reason why Rizal joined Masonry?

Rizal wanted to belong in an organization that believed in equality of men under one God.

Rizal believed in liberalism.

Rizal became an anti-Christ.

Question 29Correct!
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The following describe the Rizals' lifestyle, EXCEPT:

They managed farms and family businesses such as a sugar mill and production of homemade jams.

They were land owners who were granted vast pieces of land because Rizal's father was very loyal to
the King of Spain.

They lived in a house made of stone and had their own "kalesa" or carriage.

Question 30Correct!
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When Jose Rizal was a little boy, he was brought by his father to Antipolo to fulfill Teodora's promise to the
Virgin Mary that she would go on pilgrimage if the Virgin Mary kept her pregnancy safe.

True False

Question 31Correct!
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Dr. Morayta was executed publicly because he attempted to counter the friars dominance in society.

True False

Question 32Correct!
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In his memoirs, Jose Rizal wrote that he remembered on of the stories his mother told him about a young
moth. In this story, HOW did the young moth die?

It flew closer and closer to the fire until one of its wings got caught in the flame.

It flew straight to the oil of the lamp.

It circled around the flame until it got suffocated from smoke coming from the fire.

Question 33Correct!
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Why did Jose Rizal Rizal compare himself to the young moth in his mother's story later in his writings?

Like the moth, he was disobedient and irrational son who always failed his mother's expectations.

Like the moth, he loved playing with fire.

Like the moth, he was placed in grave danger in his pursuit of justice and truth.

Question 34Correct!
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The following describe Jose Rizal'd childhood days in Calamba, EXCEPT:

He was usually asked by the town's leader to decorate during fiestas and other celebrations because
he was gifted with artistic talents.

He wrote poems and plays for the celebrations.

He sang the Spanish national anthem in the town plaza whenever there was a celebration.
Question 35Correct!
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Which of the following explains these lines from the poem, To My Fellow Children?

"Tagalog and the Latin language are the same and English and Castilian and the angels' tongue"

All languages are equal. Not one is greater than the other.

Tagalog and Latin have the same low status, while English and Castilian have the same high status.

Tagalog is inferior to Latin; English is inferior to Castilian. However, all of them are angels' languages.

Question 36Correct!
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Which of the following explains these lines from the poem, To My Fellow Children?

"Our mother tongue, like all the highest that we know had alphabet and letters of its own;

But these were lost -- by furious waves were overthrown like bancas in the stormy seas, long years ago."

Our mother tongue does not exist anymore. It is an extinct language.

We had our own language, our own alphabet, however, it was overpowered by the language of the
colonizer.

All the evidence that we ever had our own language was washed away by the stormy waters of the
sea.

Question 37Correct!
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Choose the best explanation for the following quotation from the poem, To My Fellow Children:

"Whoever knows not how to love his native tongue is worse than any beast or evil-smelling fish"

One should know all the dialects and variations of the national language of his or her country.

He who does not love his country's language cannot be considered as a righteous member of his
country.

People who do not speak in their native tongue are immoral.

Question 38Correct!
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Choose the best explanation for the following quotation from the poem, My First Inspiration:

"Why do the scented bowers in fragrant fray rival each other's flowers this festive day?

Why do the flowers smell exceptionally sweet today?

 Why don't the flowers have any smell today?

What is the festivity today?

Question 39Incorrect
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Why was Donya Teodora arrested, imprisoned and forced to walk from Calamba to Sta. Cruz, Laguna?

She allegedly tried to steal her brother's wife's jewelry while she was asleep.

She allegedly tried to poison her brother, Jose Alberto's wife.

She allegedly tried to poison the lover of her brother, Jose Alberto's wife.

Question 40Incorrect
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Choose the best explanation for the following quotation from the poem, My First Inspiration:

"While the crystalline murmurs glisten,

Hear you the accents strong

Struck from my lyre, listen!

To my love's first song"

While the spring water flows, listen as I play my lyre for you, my love!

Listen to the music of the water.

This is love at first sight.

Question 41Correct!
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When Jose Rizal began schooling in Ateneo, he belonged to the group of Carthaginians, otherwise known
asexternos. Why were they called externos?

It was because they were Filipinos.

It was because they resided or boarded outside Intramuros.

It was because they had low grades.

Question 42Correct!
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Choose the best explanation for the following quotation from the poem, Through Education Our Motherland
Receives Light: "The vital breath of prudent Education instills a virtue of enchanting power"

Education is the truth.

Education is enchanting, magical.

Education empowers man.

Question 43Correct!
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The following were reasons why Fr, Magin Ferrando, Ateneo's registrar, originally did not want to admit
Jose Rizal, EXCEPT:

He failed the entrance examinations on the Christian doctrine, arithmetic and reading.

He was sickly and undersized for his age.

He was already late for registration.

Question 44Correct!
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Choose the best explanation for the following quotation from the poem, Through Education Our Motherland
Receives Light: "Within the breast of wretched humankind, She (Education) lights the living flame of
goodness bright"

Education is for the good and the evil.

Education brings out the goodness in every human being despite all the evil that surrounds him.

Education is always good.

Question 45Correct!
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Choose the best explanation for the following quotation from the poem, The Intimate Alliance Between
Religion and Good Education: "Without Religion, Human Education is like unto a vessel struck by winds.
Which, sore beset is of its helm deprived by the roaring blows and buffets of the dread Tempestuous
Boreas..."

Without religion, a person is easily defeated in physical battles.

Without religion, even though a person is educated, he is easily overpowered by his weaknesses.

Religion is better than education. Man can live without education.

Question 46Correct!
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In the poem, The Intimate Alliance Between Religion and Good Education, religion is likened to an elm tree,
while education is likened to an ivy. Which of the following explains the analogy?

How a person uses his education is heavily influenced by his belief system. Man's belief system gives
direction to his mind.

Religion is strong while education is weak.

Man can live without education but not without religion.

Question 47Correct!
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Rizal preferred his Jesuit education over his Dominican education. He believed that Dominican education
was oppressive.

True False

Question 48Correct!
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While studying in UST, he developed a romantic relationship with Leonor Rivera, the daughter of his uncle
Antonio Rivera. She was the woman with whom Rizal had a very long engagement.

True False

Question 49Correct!
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Which is NOT the social cancer that Rizal was referring to in his introduction in the novel, Noli me Tangere?

An abnormal development and reproduction of the cells.

An inferiority complex that made Filipino natives subservient to the Spanish.

A hypocritical practice of power and religion.

Question 50Correct!
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Which of the following best explains the following lines from the poem, To the Filipino Youth?

"Hold high the brow serene, O youth where now you stand.

Let the bright sheen of your grace be seen, Fair hope of thy fatherland."
 Stand up and fight, dear youth. For long you have been silent.

Be proud of yourselves, dear youth. You are the hope of the future.

Fear nothing, dear youth. Your fatherland will always be there to protect you.

Question 51Correct!
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Which of the following CANNOT be considered as one of the reasons why Rizal disliked his education in
UST?

The method of teaching was old-fashioned and generally repressive.

The friars discriminated Filipino students in class.

The subjects taught were too easy for him.

Question 52 Correct
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Which of the following is the LEAST possible reason why Rizal kept his decision to study abroad from his
parents and from Leonor Rivera?

He felt that emotional reactions from his loved ones could bring forth negative effects to the plans of
the reform movement.

He wanted to be on his own so that he could make decisions independently.

He did not want his loved ones to worry.

Question 53Correct!
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What was Rizal's secret mission in Spain?

He was to enter government service in Spain and in the long run influence the Spanish authorities to
support the objectives of reform.

He was to observe the political situation in Spain in order to later on create a liberalization movement
for his countrymen.

He was to establish a clinic in Spain after his studies, so that he could repay and finance the reform
movement in Calamba.

Question 54Correct!
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What particular Masonic concept was brought about by the opening of the Suez Canal and the expansion
of the Galleon Trade, which meant "freedom from existing ideologies?"
 Fraternity

Liberalism

laissez faire

Question 55Correct!
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Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why Rizal was disappointed with his fellow Filipinos in
Spain?

Many Filipinos merely spent their parents' money on gambling and on womanizing.

Most Filipinos in Spain were withdrawn to the idea that they were second class citizens in Spain.

Many Filipinos excelled in the arts and wrote articles about their country.

Question 56Correct!
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Who financed Rizal's education in Spain?

Maximo Viola

Paciano and Saturnina Rizal

The Propaganda Movement in Calamba

Question 57Correct!
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What was the tone of the poem, They Ask Me for Verses?

The tone was angry and full of hate for the Spanish friars.

The poem expressed agony and longing to be with his family back in Laguna.

The tone was happy and contented with what fate Rizal had in his journey to Spain.

Question 58 Correct
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Choose the best explanation for the following lines of the poem, They Ask Me for Verses:

"A plant I am, that scarcely grown, was torn from out its Eastern bed,

Where all around perfume is shed and life but as a dream is known"

Like a plant that has barely matured, I was torn away from my native land where life is better and more
beautiful.
 Similar to a plant torn away from its roots, I am now forgotten by the people I love.

Like a plant that is torn from its roots, I am now dying of hunger.

Question 59Correct!
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Rizal stayed in Berlin for a long period of time while practicing as an apprentice to a famous ophthalmologist.
Why did he choose to stay in Berlin instead of in other German towns?

He wanted to be away from other Filipinos who were mostly in bigger towns..

He found out that there were many beautiful women in Berlin.

He found out that the commodities were so much cheaper in Berlin than in other towns.

Question 60Correct!
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Noli Me Tangere was supposed to be written by members of the Circulo-Hispano Filipino, an organization
of mestizos and pure Filipinos. How come Rizal ended up writing it alone?

The members were very much pre-occupied with drinking and gambling that they failed to submit their
articles and their financial share for the publication.

Rizal had a huge argument with the members and their friendship became irrepairable.

The members were imprisoned for gambling and Rizal was left alone to write the book.

Question 61 Correct
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Which is NOT a logical reason why Rizal entitled his novel, Noli Me Tangere or Touch Me Not?

It exposed matters that were linked to cancer, a disease that is very difficult to cure.

It was about delicate matters involving the Church and the Spanish Government.

It was a critique of the abuses that the Spanish were committing in Philippine society.

Question 62Correct!
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Why did Maria Clara give Ibarra's letters to Father Salvi?

She thought it was her religious duty to be honest at all times.

She exchanged them for her mother's letters revealing the truth about her (Maria Clara's) identity.

She was forced by Father Salvi by threatening to rape her if she did no surrender the letters.
Question 63Correct!
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How did Crisostomo Ibarra escape from the authorities?

Ibarra managed to steal the keys from the prison guards.

The Governor General did not find him guilty and therefore he was released.

Elias helped him escape by fetching him on a boat covered with hay.

Question 64Correct!
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When Rizal and Maximo Viola embarked on the tour of Europe, Viola shouldered all the expenses because
Rizal was penniless.

True

False

Question 65Correct!
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Which of the following values is the LEAST related to the act of visiting tourist destinations all over the
world?

Being culture-adaptive

Being open-minded and aware

Being industrious

Question 66
5 / 5 pts
If you were in Jose Rizal's shoes and your novel was being criticized by powerful forces in the country,
HOW WOULD YOU DEFEND your work? HOW would you reason out with Spanish authorities that you
committed no crime by publishing it? Explain your answer very well. Make sure your arguments are not
shallow.

Your Answer:
If I were Jose Rizal, I made a novel made out of my freedom of expression. Trying to express my
feelings through my written works. If the Spanish authorities see that my work are somewhat degrading and
offensive on their part, then I will explain to them that my work is not directly towards them and if they feel
offended because of what I have written then it is their mistake not mine, clearly, the beauty is in the eye of
the beholder. Anything unfavorable is of their own interpretation but I will point it out that I made no offense
in writing my piece of work. It’s just that I want to express myself through my work.