MIDTERM M14 Flashcards
(44 cards)
the steamer Belgic, with Rizal on board, docked at San Francisco on Saturday morning
APRIL 28, 1888
Rizal registered here which was then considered a first-class hotel in the city
PALACE HOTEL
Rizal stayed in San Francisco for two days
MAY 4 TO 6, 1888
Rizal left San Francisco for Oakland
MAY 6, 1888 (SUNDAY 4:30 PM)
Rizal reached New York, thus ending his trip across the American continent
MAY 13, 1888 SUNDAY MORNING
Rizal stayed three days in this city, which he called the “_________.”
BIG TOWN
Rizal left New York for Liverpool on board the City of Rome
MAY 16, 1888
According to Rizal, this steamer was “the second largest ship in the world, the largest being the Great Eastern”
TRUE
The good impressions of Rizal in United States
(1) the material progress of the country as shown in the great cities, huge farms, flourishing industries and busy factories
(2) the drive and energy of the American people
(3) the natural beauty of the land
(4) the high standard of living
(5) the opportunities for better life offered to poor immigrants
The good impressions of Rizal in United States
(1) the material progress of the country as shown in the great cities, huge farms, flourishing industries and busy factories
(2) the drive and energy of the American people
(3) the natural beauty of the land
(4) the high standard of living
(5) the opportunities for better life offered to poor immigrants
Bad Impressions of Rizal in U.S
LACK OF RACIAL EQUALITY
Rizal lived in London from May 1888 to March 1889 for three reasons:
(1) to improve his knowledge of the English language
(2) to study and annotate Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, a rare copy of which he heard to be available in the British Museum
(3) London was a safe place for him to carry on his fight against Spanish tyranny
Rizal entertained the American and European passengers with his marvelous skills with the yo-yo as an .___________
YO-YO AS AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON
It is a small wooden disc attached to a string from the finger.
YO-YO
When did Rizal arrived at Liverpool, England
MAY 24, 1888
Rizal spend the night here while staying for one day in this port city
ADELPHI HOTEL
According to Rizal, “Liverpool is a big and beautiful city, and its celebrated port is worthy of its great fame. The entrance is magnificent, and the customhouse is quite good.” LIFE IN LONDON
TRUE
A day after docking at Liverpool, Rizal went to London
MAY 25, 1888
Rizal stayed as guest at the home of Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor, an exile of 1872 and a practicing lawyer in London.
TRUE
By the end of May, Rizal found a modest boarding place at No. 37 Chalcot Crescent, Primrose Hill
TRUE
A librarian of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an authority on Malayan languages and customs who was impressed by Rizal and called him “a pearl of a man” (una perla de hombre)
bad news from home reached Rizal were the injustices committed by the Spanish authorities on the Filipino people and the Rizal Family
TRUE
annotating of Morga’s book, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (Historical Events of the Philippine Islands), which was published in Mexico, 1609.
greatest achievement of Rizal in London
Rizal visited Paris for a week in order to search for more historical materials in the Bibliotheque Nationale
SEPTEMBER 1888