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This is a short explanation or note added to a text or image

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Annotation

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This means the work of an honest observer, a versatile bureaucrat

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Sucesos

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This means “The Philippine Island” in honor of King Philip II of Spain

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Islas Filipinas

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Who published Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas, and when and where was it published?

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Antonio De Morga in Mexico 1609

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Where did Rizal find Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas

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London at British Museum’s reading room

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How many pages did STLIF have?

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351 pages

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True or False: STLIF was the first history written from the point of view of the colonized not the colonizer

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True

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The prologue of Rizal’s annotation of STILF was written by?

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Ferdinand Bluementritt

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Why did Jose Rizal choose Morga’s work?

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  1. Objective
  2. Sympathetic to Indios
  3. Morga was a primary source
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What are Rizal’s purposes for annotating Morga’s work?

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  1. Awaken Filipinos
  2. Correct what has been distorted about the past
  3. To prove that Filipinos are civilized before the Spaniards came
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When did the Sucesos appear for the first time in the Philippines?

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It was published in Manila in 1958

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Morga called Cebu as…

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“The City of the Most Holy Name of Jesus,” previously called as The Village of San Miguel

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According to Rizal’s annotation of Sucesos, when did Legaspi arrive in Manila?

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May 19th not 20th; Festival of San Baudelio’s not Santa Potenciana

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The southern islands, the Bisayas, were also called ___ because the natives had their bodies decorated with tattoos

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The Land of the Painted People

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What is the first act of piracy by the inhabitants of the South recorded in Philippine History

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Raid by Datus Sali and Silonga of Mindanao in 1599 with 50 sailing vessels and 3, 000 warriors against Panay

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True or false: The easy virtue of native women is due to their religious belief that they need a partner in their journey after death to “Kalualhatiran”

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True

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True or false: The remark that the Filipinos like fish better when it is commencing to turn bad is another prejudice by Spaniards

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True

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True or False: It was easy to convert civilized natives to Catholicism, but the contrary was the fact among the mountain tribes

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True

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According to Morga, house is called ___, while according to Rizal, in Tagalog, it is called ___

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Bahadin; Pamamahay

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According to Morga ___ is a wife married to a native man, while Rizal says that it is ___

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Inasawa; Asawa

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The Latin equivalent of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo?

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Touch Me Not; The Reign of Greed

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From what bible verse was touch me not?

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John Chapter 20:17

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Where was Noli Me tangere published?

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Berlin, Germany

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Where is the setting of Noli Me Tangere?

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San Diego

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What is the inspiration of Noli Me Tangere?
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel entitled Uncle Tom's Cabin
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When and where did Rizal started writing Noli Me Tangere?
1884, Madrid
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When was one of the darkest periods of Rizal's life:
February 1886; penniless, sick, hopeless in the publication of his novel
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Who is the savior of Noli Me Tangere?
Maximo Viola of San Miguel, Bulacan
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What chapter from Noli Me Tangere was removed?
Chapter 25: Elias at Salome
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When was Noli Me Tangere finished and ready for printing?
February 21, 1887
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Where was Rizal thought of as a French spy?
Berlin
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When did Noli Me Tangere come off the press?
March 21, 1887
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What does the upper triangle and the lower triangle of Noli Me Tangere's cover mean? How about the partly covered texts?
Upper: Life situation in Rizal's time Lower: Oprression of his countrymen at the hands of the Spanish tyranny Texts: Secret message to Rizal's parents
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What does the man in a cassock with hairy feet in NMT cover symbolize?
Priests that use religion as a facade to their dirty doings and to oppress the Indios
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What do the chains represent in NMT cover?
Slavery
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What do the flogs and whips in NMT cover symbolize?
Cruelties of the Spaniards
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What does the bamboo stalk in the cover of NMT symbolize?
Resilience of Filipinos
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What does the helmet of Guardia Civil in the cover of NMT symbolize?
Arrogance of those in authority
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What does the silhouette of a woman in the cover of NMT symbolize?
Maria Clara or the motherland (Philippines)
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What does the cross in the cover of NMT symbolize?
Dominance of the church during the Spanish regime; sufferings
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What do the pomelo blossoms and laurel leaves symbolize in the cover of NMT?
Aspiration for the Filipinos, honor and fidelity
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What does the burning torch in the cover of NMT symbolize?
Rage and passion
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What does the sunflower in the cover of NMT represent?
New beginning; enlightenment
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What is the English version of Noli Me Tangere?
The Social Cancer
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How many chapters in total did Noli Me Tangere have?
63 chapters
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What is the full name of Crisostomo Ibarra?
Juan Crisostomo Ibarra y Magsalin
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What did Ibarra do for Elias, which made Elias loyal to him?
Save him from a crocodile
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Who is a Franciscan friar and former parish curate of San Diego?
Padre Damaso Verdolagas
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A wise man who was called insane by some because of his exceptional talent for reasoning
Pilosopo Tasio
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Which character in Noli Me Tangere represented the motherland?
Sisa
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Who burned and buried Elias after he was shot by the Guardia Civil?
Basilio
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Crispin was accused of stealing what?
Two gold pieces
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He is a farmer who struggled to obtain the land that he worked on
Cabesang Tales
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The wife of Don Tiburcio, who is a social climber
Dona Victorina de los Reyes de Espadana
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He is the husband of Dona Victorina who pretends as a doctor
Don Tiburcio de Espadana
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She is a Filipina married to the ensign, portraying the Filipinos who reject their own nationality to make themselves look more important
Dona Consolacion
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This is Dona Consolacion's husband who shares rivalry with Padre Salvi
Alferez
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True or False: Noli Me Tangere awakened the Filipino nationalism leading to the 1896 Philippine Revolution
True
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What is the English title of El Filibusterismo?
The Reign of Greed
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How many chapters does El Filibusterismo have?
38 chapters
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Where was El Filibusterismo published?
Ghent, Belgium
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When did Rizal start writing El Filibusterismo?
October 1887, Calamba Laguna
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When and where did Rizal finish El Filibusterismo?
March 29, 1891 in Biarritz
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Who looked for the printing press for El Fili?
Jose Alejandrino
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What did Rizal give Alejandrino for looking for a printing press?
Corrected proofs and the pen used in doing corrections
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Who might have possibly been the first person to read El Filibusterismo?
Jose Alejandrino
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Who was named the savior of El Fili, who partly financed the novel's publication?
Valentin Ventura
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To whom did Jose Rizal write a letter about his dire financial situation and the suspension of El Filibusterismo's printing in 1891?
Jose Basa
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What is the original number of pages of El Filibusterismo? How many pages were erased from it to save expenses?
Original: 279 pages Erased: 47 pages
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What did Rizal give Ventura for being the savior of El Fili?
Original manuscript, pen, and an autographed copy in 1925
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The PH Government bought the autographed copy of El Fili from Ventura for how much?
10, 000 pesos
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What did Basilio choose to study in El Fili?
Medicine
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To whom did Juli work as a maid to claim her father from the bandits?
Hermana Penchang
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Who sabotaged Simoun's plan at the wedding of Paulita and Pelaez?
Isagani
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Who is known as the Luzon Bandit Matanglawin in El Filibusterismo?
Kabesang Tales
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Who recommended the absolute prohibition on the importance, reproduction, and circulation of the Noli in Rizal's time?
Permanent Commission of Censorship
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What word means subversive, dissident, revolutionary, seditious, insurrectionary, and treasonous?
Filibuster
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To whom did Rizal dedicate El Filibusterismo?
Gomburza, patriotic priests accused of being filibuseter; thus, executed
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When was Rizal arrested and exlied to Dapitan because of his writings?
1896
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In 1956, the Philippine Congress passed the Rizal Law (Republic Act ___) requiring all levels of Philippine schools to teach as part of the curriculum, the hero's two novels?
1425
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In 2007, the English version of Noli Me Tangere was published by _____ as part of the publication's commitment to publish the major literary classics of the world
Penguin Books Classics

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