GEC19 Recitation 1: Jose Rizal

Question 1

Completed his medical course in Spain and was conferred the degree of Licentiate in Medicine by the Universidad Central de Madrid

Answer 1

Doctor

Question 2

Name was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of the Christian saint San Jose (St. Joseph)

Answer 2

Jose

Question 2

Name from Gervacio P. which come from a Christian calendar

Answer 2

Protacio

Question 2

Full Name of Jose Rizal

Answer 2

Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal Alonzo Y Realonda

Question 3

Name adopted in 1731 by Domigo Lamco (the paternal great-greatgrandfather of Jose Rizal) which the Spanish term mercado means ‘market’ in English

Answer 3

Mercado

Question 4

Name from the word ‘Ricial’ in Spanish means a field where wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again

Answer 4

Rizal

Question 5

Name which is the old surname of his mother

Answer 5

Alonzo

Question 6

and

Answer 6

Y

Question 7

Name was used by Doña Teodora from the surname of her godmother based on the culture by that time

Answer 7

Realonda

Question 8

Date: moonlit of Wednesday between eleven and midnight Jose Rizal was born in the lakeshore town of Calamba, Laguna

Answer 8

June 19, 1861

Question 9

Date: aged three days old, Rizal was baptized in the Catholic church

Answer 9

June 22, 1861

Question 10

a Batangueño, the parish priest who baptized Rizal

Answer 10

Father Rufino Collantes

Question 11

Rizal’s godfather, native of Calamba and close friend of the Rizal family

Answer 11

Father Pedro Casanas

Question 12

the governor general of the Philippines when Rizal was born

Answer 12

Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery-

Question 13

• born in Biñan, Laguna on May 11, 1818
• studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila
• became a tenant-farmer of the Dominican-owned hacienda
• a hardy and independent-minded man, who talked less and worked more, and was strong in body and valiant in spirit
• died in Manila on January 5, 1898 at the age of 80
• Rizal affectionately called him “a model of fathers”

Answer 13

Don Francisco Mercado (1818-1898)

Question 14

• born in Manila on November 8, 1826
• educated at the College of Santa Rosa, a well-known college for girls in the city
• a remarkable woman, possessing refined culture, literary talent, business ability, and the fortitude of Spartan women
• is a woman of more than ordinary culture: she knows literature and speaks Spanish (according to Rizal)
• died in Manila on August 16, 1911 at the age of 85

Answer 14

Doña Teodora Alonso Realonda (1826-1911)

Question 15

THE RIZAL CHILDREN is composed of _______ boys and __________ girls

Answer 15

2 ; 9

Question 16

• oldest of the Rizal children
• nicknamed Neneng
• married Manuel T. Hidalgo of Tanawan, Batangas

Answer 16

Saturnina (1850-1913)

Question 17

• older brother and confident of Jose Rizal
• was a second father to Rizal
• immortalized him in Rizal’s first novel Noli Me Tangere as the wise Pilosopo Tasio
• Rizal regarded him as the “most noble of Filipinos”
• became a combat general in the Philippine Revolution
• died on April 13, 1930, an old bachelor aged 79
• had two children by his mistress (Severina Decena)—a boy and a girl

Answer 17

Paciano (1851-1930)

Question 18

• her pet name was Sisa
• married to Antonio Lopez (nephew of Father Leoncio Lopez), a school teacher of Morong

Answer 18

Narcisa (1852-1939)

Question 19

• Ypia was her pet name
• married Silvestre Ubaldo, a telegraph operator from Manila

Answer 19

Olimpia (1855-1887)

Question 20

• married to Mariano Herbosa of Calamba, who was a nephew of Father Casanas
• Herbosa died of cholera in 1889 and was denied Christian burial because he was a brother-in-law of Dr. Rizal

Answer 20

Lucia (1857-1919)

Question 21

• Biang was her nickname
• married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna

Answer 21

Maria (1859-1945)

Question 22

• the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius
• nickname was Pepe
• lived with Josephine Bracken, Irish girl from Hong Kong
• had a son but this baby-boy died a few hours after birth; Rizal named him “Francisco” after his father and buried him in Dapitan

Answer 22

Jose (1861-1896)

Question 23

- her pet name was Concha - died of sickness at the age of 3 - her death was Rizal’s first sorrow in life

Answer 23

Concepcion (1862-1865)

Question 24

- her pet name was Panggoy - died an old maid at the age of 80

Answer 24

Josefa (1865-1945)

Question 25

- Trining was her pet name - she died also an old maid in 1951 aged 83

Answer 25

Trinidad (1868-1951)

Question 26

- youngest of the Rizal children - her pet name was Choleng - married Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba

Answer 26

Soledad (1870-1929)

Question 27

THE RIZAL CHILDREN: List of Names

Answer 27

Saturnina Paciano Narcissa Olimpia Lucia Maria Jose Concepcion Josefa Trinidad Soledad

Question 28

Rizal always called her sisters __________ (if married) and ________ (if single)

Answer 28

Doña or Señora; Señorita

Question 29

Rizal's Parents: Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso Realonda married on ________________, after which they settled down in Calamba

Answer 29

June 28, 1848

Question 30

The real surname of the Rizal family was __________, which was adopted in _______ by ____________ (the paternal great-great grandfather of Jose Rizal), who was a full blooded Chinese)

Answer 30

Mercado; 1731 Domingo Lamco

Question 31

Rizal’s family acquired a second surname: _____________which was given by a Spanish alcalde mayor (provincial governor) of Laguna, who was a family friend

Answer 31

Rizal