5. Rizal in UST Flashcards
Rizal enrolled in University of Santo Tomas taking the course on ______
Philosophy and Letters.
_________, who new of what happened to GOMBURZA vigorously opposed the idea of Rizal studying at UST
Doña Teodora
Despite his mother’s tears, Paciano
accompany his younger brother to Manila with the approval of _______
Don Francisco.
Rizal asked the advice of ______, Rector of the Ateneo on the choice of a career
Father Pablo Ramon
During his first year term in UST, Rizal also took up ______ at the Ateneo.
surveying and agriculture
At the age of 17, he passed the final examination in the surveying course but he could not be granted the title as ______ until he was 21 years old.
“perito agrimensor” (expert surveyor)
Having received the Ateneo Rector’s advice to study medicine and wanted to treat the failing eyesight of his mother, Rizal decided to take up _________
medicine
“A fair lady from Calamba with seductive and attractive eyes.”
Miss L
◦ Nickname: Orang
◦ Daughter of Capitan Juan and Capitana Sanday
Valenzuela of Pagsanjan Laguna.
◦ “A tall girl with regal bearing.”
Leonor Valenzuela
◦ Rizal’s cousin from Camiling, Tarlac.
◦ Daughter of his uncle Antonio Rivera
◦ A student from La Concordia
◦ “A frail, pretty girl tender as
budding flower with kindly, wistful eyes.”
Leonor Rivera
While at the UST he showed his literary prowess. He joined a literary contest among mestizos and Filipinos sponsored by the _____ in 1879
Liceo Artistico Literario de Manila (Artistic-Literary Lyceum)
He submitted his poem _____ and won the first prize, a feather shaped silver pen decorated with a gold ribbon.
“To The Filipino Youth”
the Liceo sponsored another competition celebrating the 4th centenary of the death of ______, the national poet of Spain. The title of his play _______ (The Council of the Gods)
Miguel de Cervantes, “El Consejo de los Dioses”
_____ was the final judge who measured the values of each poet’s masterpiece. His evaluation showed that all three works were equal value
Jupiter
The trumpet was awarded to ______
Homer
The lyre was awarded to _____
Virgil
The laurel was awarded to _____-
Cervantes
The scene of the zarzuela or musical play showed Filipinism, manifesting a nostalgia for the country’s past or the period previous to the arrival of the Spaniards, a land which now” fall off under the power of foreign people”.
Junto Al Pasig (Beside the Pasig)
◦ For the album of the Society of Sculptors
◦ In this sonnet, Rizal urged all Filipino artists to glorify the Philippines
A Filipinas – sonnet
It was declaimed by an Atenean Manuel Fernandez in honor of the Ateneo’s Patroness
Abd-el-Azis y Mahoma – poem
An expression of Rizal’s affection to Father Pablo Ramon, the Ateneo rector, who had been so kind and helpful to him
Al M.R.P. Pablo Ramon – poem
In the summer month of May, 1881, when he was still a medical student at UST, Rizal went on a pilgrimage (with Saturnina, Maria, Trinidad and their female friends) at the town of ____, famous shrine of the______ (Turumba)
Pakil, Birhen Maria de los Dolores
At Pakil, he was infatuated by a pretty college girl named ____ who skilfully plays the harp
Vicenta Ybardolaza
It was the native town of Leonor Valenzuela, one of his girl friends in Manila
Pagsanjan
