Midterms 1: Rizal and His Childhood Years in Calamba

Question 1

is an enchanted town (Palma,1949)

Answer 1

Calamba

Question 2

situated, as if enclosed in a valley, between
Laguna de Bay and Mt. Makiling.

Answer 2

Calamba

Question 3

Calamba is situated, as if enclosed in a valley, between
_______ and _____

Answer 3

Laguna de Bay
Mt. Makiling

Question 4

Panoramic with its landscape, as if nature
has lavished this town with all its tenderest
caresses

Answer 4

Calamba

Question 5

Calamba at the time of Rizal’s birth was an

Answer 5

agricultural
town

Question 6

Calamba
- The town was virtually owned by the

Answer 6

Dominican friars

Question 7

Calamba became a prosperous town due to its specialization in the production of

Answer 7

Sugar

Question 8

Life was filled with hardships on the part of the people
who were just tenants in the _______ hacienda.

Answer 8

Dominican hacienda

Question 9

Calamba’s life was far better than in the other towns in Laguna
during those times.

What times?

Answer 9

CALAMBA AT THE TIME OF RIZAL’S BIRTH

Question 10

At what time the Nature has been good to the Calambeños

Answer 10

CALAMBA AT THE TIME OF RIZAL’S BIRTH

Question 11

The picturesque beauty of the town provided the
young Rizal the inspiration and springboard to
hone his poetic and artistic sensibilities.

What place?

Answer 11

Calamba

Question 12

True or False

The misfortunes suffered by the tenants
from the hands of the Guardia Civil and the
Dominican friars, had ingrained in his
adult mind hatred of oppression and
exploitation of the weak by the strong.

Answer 12

FALSE:

YOUNG MIND - he was still little when he saw the oppression of his town people

Question 13

The misfortunes suffered by the tenants
from the hands of the _____ and ____, had ingrained in his
young mind hatred of oppression and
exploitation of the weak by the strong.

Answer 13

Guardia Civil and the
Dominican friars

Question 14

Full Name of Jose Rizal

Answer 14

Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda

Question 15

Birthdate of Jose Rizal

Answer 15

June 19, 1861

Question 16

True or False
His mother nearly died during his delivery because his mother has health complications

Answer 16

False; This is due to his very big head

Question 17

after his birth, Rizal was baptized by
Fr. Rufino Collantes at the Calamba Catholic Church,
with Fr. Pedro Casañas, as his godfather.

How many days is Rizal after birth was baptized?

Answer 17

3 days after his birth

Question 18

Three days after his birth, Rizal was baptized by

Answer 18

Fr. Rufino Collantes

Question 19

Three days after his birth, Rizal was baptized by
Fr. Rufino Collantes at the Calamba Catholic Church, who is his godfather?

Answer 19

Fr. Pedro Casañas

Question 20

Rizal was the _____ child in the family of 11 children of Don Francisco and Doña Teodora.

Answer 20

Seventh

Question 21

Rizal family in their birth order

Answer 21

Saturnina (1850) Paciano (1851) Narcisa (1852)
Olimpia (1855)
Lucia (1857)
Maria (1859)
Jose (1861) Concepcion (1862) Josefa (1865)
Trinidad (1868)
Soledad (1870)

Question 22

Parents of Rizal

Answer 22

Don Francisco and Doña Teodora

Question 23

True or False

Rizal is full filipino

Answer 23

False: He is mixed race

Question 24

True or False

His great grandfather from his father side was a Chinese merchant
named Domingo Lamco.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

His great grandfather from his father side was a Chinese merchant named

Answer 25

Domingo Lamco

Question 26

He married a wealthy Chinese mestiza, Ines dela Rosa

Answer 26

Domingo Lamco

Question 27

Who is Domingo Lamco

Answer 27

Rizal's great grandfather from his father side

Question 28

Domingo Lamco married a wealthy Chinese mestiza named

Answer 28

Ines dela Rosa

Question 29

Domingo Lamco assumed the surname _____ in keeping the gubernatorial decree of Narciso Claveria on the use of Spanish surnames in the Philippines by all Spanish subjects in the colony and to free themselves and their children from the prejudices associated with a Chinese surname

Answer 29

Mercado

Question 30

Who passed the gubernatorial decree on the use of Spanish surnames in the Philippines by all Spanish subjects

Answer 30

Narciso Claveria

Question 31

Rizal’s grandfather from his father side was

Answer 31

Juan Mercado

Question 32

Who is Juan Mercado?

Answer 32

Grandfather of Rizal to father side

Question 33

Juan Mercado who married a Chinese-Filipino mestiza named

Answer 33

Cirila Alejandro

Question 34

became a gobernadorcillo of Biñan

Answer 34

Juan Mercado

Question 35

Juan and Cirila had ____ children, one of whom was Rizal’s father, Don Francisco. How many children?

Answer 35

14

Question 36

Juan and Cirila had 14 children, one of whom was Rizal’s father. Who was Rizal's Father

Answer 36

Don Francisco

Question 37

Rizal’s great grandfather on his mother’s side was

Answer 37

Manuel de Quintos

Question 38

Who is Manuel de Quintos

Answer 38

Great grandfather on his mother’s side

Question 39

Rizal’s great grandfather on his mother’s side was Manuel de Quintos. What is the race of Manuel de Quintos?

Answer 39

a Chinese mestizo from Lingayen, Pangasinan

Question 40

Manuel de Quintos married

Answer 40

Regina Ursua

Question 41

Manuel married Regina Ursua, a woman with Chinese ancestry. True or False

Answer 41

False: JAPANESE

Question 42

Who is the grandmother of Rizal in mother side?

Answer 42

Brigida

Question 43

Who is Brigida?

Answer 43

Grandmother of Rizal in mother side.

Question 44

Brigida married

Answer 44

Lorenzo Alberto Alonso

Question 45

Brigida married Lorenzo Alberto Alonso had how many children?

Answer 45

5 children

Question 46

Brigida married Lorenzo Alberto Alonso, their children is one of the parent of jose rizal. Who is that parent?

Answer 46

Teodora, Rizal’s mother

Question 47

He has what class of the family?

Answer 47

Middle class family in the 19th century Philippines. Principalia class or ruling elite

Question 48

True or False: The affluence of Rizal’s family can clearly be gleaned from the following: the family’s predilection for studies; its stone house of adobe and hardwood; ownership of carriage and horses - the symbols of wealth and respectability during those times; home library with numerous volumes of books; presence of personal servants taking care of the needs of the children, and private tutoring of children in the family.

Answer 48

True

Question 49

Rizal's family business is?

Answer 49

rice and sugar

Question 50

Rizal’s father, ______ , was an educated man.

Answer 50

Don Francisco Mercado

Question 51

His father, Don Francisco Mercado, took courses in _____ in Colegio de San Jose in Manila.

Answer 51

Latin and Philosophy

Question 52

His father, Don Francisco Mercado, took courses in Latin and Philosophy in

Answer 52

Colegio de San Jose in Manila.

Question 53

Rizal described his father a model father because?

Answer 53

Owing to his honesty, frugality and industry.

Question 54

Where do Rizal inherited a profound feeling of dignity, self-respect, serenity and poise and seriousness

Answer 54

His father, Don Francisco Mercado

Question 55

Rizal described her mother as

Answer 55

disciplinarian, a woman more than average education, a woman of culture and religion, a sacrificing and industrious housewife.

Question 56

Doña Teodora was an educated woman. She completed her education at the

Answer 56

Colegio de Santa Rosa

Question 57

a prestigious college for girls in Manila then

Answer 57

Colegio de Santa Rosa

Question 58

Rizal learned the values of warmth and virtue. He also inherited a practical temperament, stoicism, selfsacrifice, temperament of a dreamer and fondness for poetry. From his?

Answer 58

Mother, Dona Teodora

Question 59

CHILDHOOD DAYS AND MEMORIES of Rizal: when the family stayed in the garden to exchange ______

Answer 59

stories.

Question 60

He always treasured the care demonstrated to him by his parents due to his intelligence True or False?

Answer 60

FALSE: due to his poor health.

Question 61

CHILDHOOD DAYS AND MEMORIES of Rizal: daily family prayer during ______, where all the members of his family gather and pray together.

Answer 61

Angelus

Question 62

His sister, Josefa, narrated to him legends and fairy tales at the azotea, after the Angelus True or False?

Answer 62

False; He was narrated by his personal servant

Question 63

CHILDHOOD DAYS AND MEMORIES: He grew up a pious Catholic owing to the training provided him by his mother. At ___ years old, he learned how to pray and even read the Bible.

Answer 63

three

Question 64

He grew up a pious Catholic training he had at home was strengthened by his frequent visit to _____, the parish priest of Calamba

Answer 64

Fr. Leoncio Lopez

Question 65

Who made the young Rizal the need to develop a sound philosophy of life. It was also from him that Rizal learned the value of scholarship and intellectual honesty.

Answer 65

Fr. Leoncio Lopez

Question 66

At the age of ____, Rizal experienced his first sorrow

Answer 66

four

Question 67

At the age of four, Rizal experienced his first sorrow. Why?

Answer 67

This was when his younger sister Concepcion, whom he fondly called Concha, died.

Question 68

What is the name of Rizal's sister who have died when he was 4?

Answer 68

Conception or Concha

Question 69

As a young boy, he spent many hours down the shore of ____, thinking of what was beyond, dreaming of what might be over on the other side of the waves

Answer 69

Laguna de Bay

Question 70

From the usual activity of Rizal, it can be noted that he was a _______, noting every detail of what he actually saw

Answer 70

good observer

Question 71

One of the stories Rizal never forgot, narrated to him by his mother was the fable entitled

Answer 71

“The Moth and the Flame”

Question 72

As a young boy, there were indications that Rizal was intellectually gifted What are these?

Answer 72

He was able to master the alphabet when he was three years old He enjoyed reading the books in their library at home Also showed his knack in sketching, painting, sculpture and literature.

Question 73

What age Rizal wrote his first poem?

Answer 73

8 years old

Question 73

He enjoyed reading the books in their library at home, and ______, as his reading teacher and critic.

Answer 73

his mother, Dona Teodora

Question 74

Rizal was 8 years old when he wrote his first poem ______

Answer 74

Sa Aking Kabata or To My Fellow Children

Question 75

True or False Rizal when he was younger associated love for the native language bestowed by God with the desire for freedom, which according to him was on mortgage.

Answer 75

True

Question 76

In his first poem, Rizal described his native language or Tagalog as comparable to Latin, English and Spanish. true or False?

Answer 76

TRUEE

Question 77

Young Jose calling on his fellow children to love their ?

Answer 77

Native tongue

Question 78

THE FIRST TASTE OF INJUSTICE of Rizal was when?

Answer 78

The arrest and incarceration of his mother in 1871

Question 79

Why was his Rizal's Mother arrested?

Answer 79

Alleged complicity in the attempted murder of his uncle’s unfaithful wife

Question 80

When did his uncle's wife murdered?

Answer 80

This happened right after the arrival of his uncle, Jose Alberto from Europe. Upon arriving at Biñan, his uncle discovered the infidelity of his wife and decided to divorce her

Question 81

Doña Teodora was arrested and made to walk a distance of ______ from Calamba to Santa Cruz, the capital of Laguna. And???

Answer 81

50 km and she was jailed for almost two and one-half years

Question 82

Her mother was freed later by ______

Answer 82

Gov. General Rafael de Izquierdo

Question 83

Why was her mother freed?

Answer 83

She was freed later by Gov. General Rafael de Izquierdo as a result of the request of the young Soledad, whose graceful dancing charmed the governor-general and his guests.

Question 84

Rizal lost confidence in friendship and developed mistrust of his fellowmen when his mother was jailed. Why?

Answer 84

Because the men who arrested Doña Teodora were frequent visitors in their home

Question 85

An incident that greatly influenced Rizal’s goal and life work was the?

Answer 85

Martyrdom of Gomburza

Question 86

Rizal was then ___ years when his older brother Paciano narrated to him the injustice suffered by the three Filipino priests

Answer 86

11 years old

Question 87

Rizal was then 11 years when his older brother _____ narrated to him the injustice suffered by the three Filipino priests

Answer 87

Paciano

Question 88

Who was the 3 priests?

Answer 88

Fathers: Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, Jacinto Zamora

Question 89

He was enraged particularly the struggle waged by ____, his teacher at Colegio de San Jose. GOMBURZA

Answer 89

Father Jose Burgos

Question 90

If it were not for the unjust execution of the three priests, Rizal would have been a member of the _____ in the Philippines

Answer 90

Society of Jesuits

Question 91

He wrote this from the memory of Gomburza

Answer 91

El Filibusterismo

Question 92

Rizal’s first teacher was his

Answer 92

Mother, Dona Teodora

Question 93

His first private tutor was

Answer 93

Maestro Celestino,

Question 94

His second private tutor

Answer 94

Maestro Lucas Padua

Question 95

His third tutor?

Answer 95

Leon Monroy, a former classmate of his father.

Question 96

In this tutor Rizal’s skill in reading, writing, and the rudiments of Latin were honed.

Answer 96

Leon Monroy

Question 97

Rizal, just like other children from the principalia class, was trained to become

Answer 97

a middle-class intellectual or ilustrado

Question 98

True or False His trainings as an ilustrado could explain why Rizal did not have any real social consciousness.

Answer 98

True: As he grew up detached from the people, he did not understand their needs and aspirations at the very start.