Chapter 8

Question 1

What means the study of the events in the past?

Answer 1

History

Question 2

Dr. Jose Rizal who has an unflattering love in his humble beginnings as a Filipino, continuously dig deeper into the Philippine History after studying previous writings which was started in the late sixteenth century by a lieutenant governor of the Philippines named?

Answer 2

Dr. Antonio de Morga

Question 3

Rizal finally received one great achievement when he successfully finished his annotation of Morga’s book,?

Answer 3

Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas

Question 4

With the commentaries made by Rizal on Morga’s work, and with the publication of his annotated edition, he earned himself the label of being a?

Answer 4

historian

Question 5

Rizal told ? that “a historian ought to be rigorously imparted. I never assert anything on my own authority. I cite texts and when I do, I have them before me.”

Answer 5

Isabelo de los Reyes

Question 6

Rizal according to ?, “ holds the distinction as the first Filipino to dig through primary sources and apply tools of German historiography to analyse history in aid of well-elucidated nationalist objectives.”

Answer 6

Clemente

Question 7

Rizal started his work with a prologue from his personal friend named ? who gave some suggestions in correcting some points: (1) “The historian should not impute to the men of the sixteenth century the broad horizon of ideas that moves the nineteenth century;” (2) “The second point which I do not agree is some vented against Catholicism. I believe that you cannot find the origin of numerous events regrettable for Spain and for the good name of the European race in religion by in the hard behavior and abuses of many priests.”

Answer 7

Ferdinand Blumentritt