RIZAL Flashcards

1
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birth date of Jose Rizal.

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June 19, 1861 –

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2
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Jose was Born in

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Calamba, Laguna Province.

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3
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In this year, Jose was baptized in the Catholic church of his town at the age of 3.

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 June 22, 1862

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4
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He baptized Rizal.

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Father Rufino Collantes

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5
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Rizal’s godfather.

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Father Pedro Casañas

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6
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He is nephew of Casañas who will marry Lucia (Rizal’s sister).

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Mariano Herbosa

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7
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– full name of Jose Rizal.

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Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda

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8
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He is the governor general of the Philippines when Rizal was born.

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Lieutenant-General Jose Lemary

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9
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It was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of the Christian saint San Jose (St. Joseph).

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Jose

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10
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It was from Gervacio P. which came from a Christian calendar.

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Protacio

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11
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It was adopted in 1731 by Domingo Lamco (the paternal great-great grandfather of Jose
Rizal). The Spanish term “Mercado” means “market” in English

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Mercado

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12
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in Spanish means a field where wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again.

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Rizal

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13
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And meaning

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Y

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14
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old surname of his mother.

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Alonzo

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15
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It is used by Doña Teodora from the surname of her godmother.

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Realonda

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16
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  • Born on May 11, 1818.
  • Born in Biñan, Laguna.
  • Studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila.
  • June 28, 1848 – he married Teodora.
  • The youngest of the 13 children of Cirila Alejandro and Juan Mercado.
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Francisco Mercado Rizal

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17
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  • Born on November 09, 1827.
  • Educated at the College of Santa Rosa, a well-known college for girls.
  • Died in Manila on August 16, 1911 at the age of 85.
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Teodora Alonzo Realonda

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18
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She is the oldest of the Rizal children; nicknamed Neneng.

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Saturnina (1850-1913)

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19
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He older brother and confident of Jose Rizal; second father of Rizal; Pilosopo
Tasio in Noli Me Tangere.

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Paciano (1851-1930)

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20
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pet name: Sisa.

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Narcisa (1852-1939)

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21
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pet name: Ypia.

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Olimpia (185501887) –

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22
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She is married Mariano Herbosa, who died of cholera in 1889 and was denied
Christian burial because he was a brother-in-law of Dr. Rizal.

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Lucia (1857-1919)

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23
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nickname: Biang

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Maria (1859-1945)

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24
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He is the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius; nickname: Pepe.

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JOSE (1861-1896)

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25
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pet name: Concha; she died of sickness at the age of 3; her death was
Rizal’s first sorrow in life.

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Concepcion (1862-1865)

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26
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pet name: Panggoy; died an old maid at the age of 80.

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Josefa (1865-1945)

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27
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pet name: Trining; also died an old maid at the age of 83.

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Trinidad (1868-1951)

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28
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She is the youngest of the Rizal children; pet name: Choleng.

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Soledad (1870-1929)

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29
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He is the great-great grandfather of Rizal; a Chinese immigrant from Changchow; he
was married to a Chinese Christian girl of Manila named Ines de la Rosa

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Domingo Lamco

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30
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He is Domingo Lamco’s son; married Cirila Bernacha.

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Francisco Mercado

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31
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In this year, Domingo Lamco adopt the name Mercado meaning Market

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1731

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32
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He is Francisco’s son married to Cirila Alejandro.

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Juan Mercado

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33
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descendant; last native king of Tondo

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Lakan Dula

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34
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He is youngest son of Juan Mercado; Rizal’s father.

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Francisco Mercado

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35
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He is great-great grandfather of Rizal; Japanese married to a Filipina named Benigna.

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Eugenio Ursua

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36
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She is daughter of Eugenio, married Manuel de Quintos (Filipino-Chinese lawyer).

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Regina

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37
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She is daughter of Regina who married Lorenzo Alberto Alonso (Spanish-Filipino mestizo).

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Brigida

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38
Q

 A 2-storey building, rectangular in shape, built of adobe stones and hardwoods, and roofed with
red tiles.
 Behind the house were poultry yard full of turkeys and chickens, and a big garden of tropical fruit
trees (atis, balimbing, chico, macopa, papaya, santol, tampoy, etc.).

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The Rizal Home

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39
Q

It is a town aristocracy in Spanish Philippines was one of the distinguished families in
Calamba.

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Principalia

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40
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It is a status symbol of the ilustrados in Spanish Philippines.

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Carriage

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41
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It is the largest in Calamba; consisted of more than 1,000 volumes.

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Private Library

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42
Q

 Natal town of Rizal.
 Named after a big native jar.
 Happiest period of Rizal’s life was spent in this lakeshore town, a worthy prelude to his
Hamlet-like tragic manhood.
 Hacienda town which belonged to the Dominican Order.
 Picturesque town nestling on a verdant plain covered with irrigated rice fields and sugar lands.
 A few kilometers to the south looms of the legendary Mt. Makiling and beyond this mountain is
the province of Batangas.
 East of the town is the Laguna de Bay.

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Calamba

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43
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A poem written by Rizal in 1876 when he was 15 years old and a student of Ateneo de Manila.

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Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In Memory of My Town)

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44
Q

“When I was four years old,” he said, “I lost my little sister Concha, and then for the first time
I shed tears caused by love and grief…

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Death of Little Concha (Concepcion)

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45
Q

 At the age of, he began to take part in the family prayer. His mother taught him the Catholic
Prayers.

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At the age of 3

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46
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 At the age of, he was able to read the Spanish family bible.

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At the age of 5

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47
Q

 He was so seriously devout that he was laughingly called _________ by the Hermanos &
Hermanas Terceras.

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Manong Jose

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48
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He is the town priest, one of the men he esteemed & respected in Calamba during his
boyhood.

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Father Leoncio Lopez

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49
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 The first memory of Rizal, in his infancy, was his happy days in the family garden when he was 3
years old. He was given the tenderest care by his parents because he was frail, sickly, and
undersized.
 His father built a little nipa cottage in the garden for him to play in the daytime.
 An aya (nurse maid), a kind old woman, was employed to look after him.
 He watched from the cottage, the culiauan, maya, maria capra, & martin pitpit and other birds and
listened with “wonder and joy” to the twilight songs.
 The daily Angelus prayer.
 The happy moonlit nights at the azotea after the nightly Rosary.
 The imaginary tales told by the aya aroused Rizal’s interest in legends and folklore.
 The aya would threaten Rizal with asuang, nuno, tigbalang, or a terrible bearded and turbaned
Bombay would come to take him away if he would not eat his supper.
 The nocturnal walk in the town esp. when there was a moon with his aya by the river

A

Earliest Childhood Memories

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50
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 Young Rizal is a religious boy. He grew up a good Catholic.
 At the age of 3, he began to take part in the family prayer. His mother taught him the Catholic
Prayers.
 5 years old, he was able to read the Spanish family bible.
 He was so seriously devout that he was laughingly called Manong Jose by the Hermanos &
Hermanas Terceras.
 Father Leoncio Lopez, town priest, one of the men he esteemed & respected in Calamba during his
boyhood.

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Devoted Son of the Church

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51
Q

In this year.
Jose and his father left Calamba to go on a pilgrimage to Antipolo.

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June 06, 1868

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52
Q

 First trip of Jose across Laguna de Bay and his first pilgrimage to Antipolo. They rode in a Casco
(barge).
 He was awed by “The magnificence of the water expanse and the silence of the night”.
 After praying at the shrine of the Virgin of Antipolo, Jose and his father went to Manila and visited
Saturnina, who was then a boarding student at La Concordia College in Santa Ana.

A

Pilgrimage to Antipolo

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53
Q

In this age, Jose started making sketches with his pencil and to mould in clay and wax objects which
attracted his fancy.

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Age 5

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54
Q

 A religious banner was always used during fiesta and it was spoiled; Rizal painted in oil colors a
new banner that delighted the townfolks.
 Jose had the soul of a genuine artist.

A

Artistic Talents

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55
Q

In this age, his sisters laughed at him for spending so much time making those images rather than
participating in their games. He told them “All right laugh at me now! Someday when I die, people
will make monuments and images of me!”

A

Age of 6

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56
Q

Age 8, Rizal wrote his first poem in the native language entitled ______ He wrote it in an appeal to our people to love our national language. First poem by Rizal

A

“Sa Aking Mga Kabata” (To My
Fellow Children).

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57
Q

in the age of, Rizal wrote his first dramatic work which was a Tagalog Comedy. It was staged in a
Calamba festival.

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Age 8

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58
Q

He purchased the manuscript for 2 pesos.

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A gobernadorcillo from Paete

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59
Q

 He learned various tricks such as making a coin appear and disappear in his fingers and making a
handkerchief vanish in thin air.
 Entertained his town folks with magic-lantern exhibitions. This consisted of an ordinary lamp
casting its shadow on white screen.
 Also gained skill in manipulating marionettes (puppet shows).
 In Chapter XVII and XVIII of his second novel, El Filibusterismo (Treason), he revealed his wide
knowledge of magic

A

Rizal as Boy Magician

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60
Q

 Rizal used to meditate at the shore of Laguna de Bay, accompanied by his pet dog, on the sad
conditions of his oppressed people.
 He wrote to his friend, Mariano Ponce: “In view of these injustices and cruelties, although yet a
child, my imagination was awakened and I made a vow dedicating myself someday to avenge the
many victims. With this idea in my mind, I studied, and this is seen in all my writings. Someday
God will give me the opportunity to fulfill my promise.”

A

Lakeshore Reveries

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61
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It inherent qualities which a person inherits from his ancestors and parents.

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Hereditary Influence

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62
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It means of love for freedom, desire to travel, and indomitable courage.

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Malayan Ancestors

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63
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It means of serious nature, frugality, patience, and love for children.

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Chinese Ancestors

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64
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It means of elegance of bearing, sensitivity to insult, and gallantry to ladies.

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Spanish Ancestors

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65
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It means of sense of self-respect, love for work, and habit of independent thinking.

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Father

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66
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It means of religious nature, spirit of self-sacrifice, passion for arts and literature.

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Mother

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67
Q

It means of environment, as well as heredity, affects the nature of a person;
includes places, associates, & events.

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Environmental Influence

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68
Q

It stimulated the inborn artistic and literary talents of
Jose Rizal.

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Calamba and the garden of the Rizal family

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69
Q

It fortified his religious nature.

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Religious atmosphere at his home

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70
Q

He love of freedom and justice.

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Paciano

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71
Q

They should to be courteous and kind to women.

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Sisters

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72
Q

interest in folklores and legends

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Fairy tales told by his aya

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73
Q

He have artistic ability, who studied 11 years in a British school in Calcutta

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Tio Jose Alberto

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74
Q

He is Rizal’s voracious reading of good books.

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Tio Gregorio

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75
Q

He develop his frail body by means of physical exercises including horse riding

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Tio Manuel

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76
Q

He fostered Rizal’s love for scholarship and intellectual honesty.

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Father Leoncio Lopez

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77
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  • A person cannot attain greatness in the annals of the nation despite having everything life
    (brains, wealth, and power) without this.
  • Rizal was providentially destined to be the pride and glory of his nation; endowed by God with
    versatile gifts of a genius, vibrant spirit of a nationalist, and the valiant heart to sacrifice for a
    noble cause.
A

Aid of Divine Providence

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78
Q

his mother, was his first teacher

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Doña Teodora

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79
Q

He is his first tutor during Early Education

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Maestro Celestino

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80
Q

He is his second tutor during Early Education

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Maestro Lucas Padua

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81
Q

He is a former classmate of Rizal’s father, became the hero’s tutor in Spanish and Latin.

A

Leon Monroy

82
Q

After Monroy’s death, Rizal’s parents decided to send him to a private school in__________

A

Binan

83
Q

Jose left Calamba for Biñan with Paciano.

A

June 1869.

84
Q

their mode of transportation.

A

Carromata

85
Q

where Jose lodge.

A

Aunt’s House

86
Q

He is the owner and teacher of the school. Rizal described him as “tall, thin, long-necked, and sharp-nosed with a body slightly
bent forward.”

A

Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz

87
Q

He challenged Rizal to an arm-wrestling match. Jose, having the weaker arm, lost
and nearly cracked his head on sidewalk.

A

Andres Salandaan

88
Q

Jose challenged_________to a fight and he won having learned the art of wrestling from his athletic
Tio Manuel.

A

Pedro

89
Q

He is the father-in-law of the school teacher, freely gave Jose painting lessons.

A

Old Juancho

90
Q

Jose Rizal and his classmate_________ became apprentices of the old painter.

A

Jose Guevarra

91
Q
  1. Hears mass at 4:00 AM or studies lesson at that hour before going to mass.
  2. Goes to the orchard to look for a mabolo to eat.
  3. Breakfast: rice and 2 dried small fish.
  4. Goes to class until 10:00 AM and goes home for lunch.
  5. Goes back to school at 2:00 PM and comes out at 5:00 pm.
  6. Prays with cousins and returns home.
  7. Studies lesson and draws a little.
  8. Supper: one or 2 rice with an ayungin.
  9. Prays again and if there’s a moon, plays with cousins.
A

Daily life in Binan

92
Q

In this year, Jose left Biñan using the steamer Talim for Calamba.

A

December 17, 1870

93
Q

He is a Frenchman and friend of his father who took care of him during his trip.

A

Arturo Camps

94
Q

In this year, Martyrdom of Gom-Bur-Za
Cavite Mutiny.

A

January 20, 1872

95
Q

In this year, Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora were implicated
and executed.

A

February 17, 1872

96
Q

It were leaders of the secularization movement.

A

GOMBURZA

97
Q

He quit his studies at the College of San Jose and returned to Calamba, where he told the
heroic story of Burgos to Rizal.

A

Paciano

98
Q

in year. Rizal dedicated his second novel El Filibusterismo to GOMBURZA.

A

1891

99
Q

In ______, Doña Teodora was arrested on a malicious charge that she aided his brother Jose Alberto
in trying to poison his wife.

A

1872

100
Q

He planned to divorce his wife because of her infidelity. His wife connived with the
Spanish lieutenant of the Guardia Civil and filed a case against Rizal’s mother.

A

Jose Alberto

101
Q

He is the gobernadorcillo of Calamba, helped the lieutenant arrest Doña
Teodora.

A

Antonio Vivencio del Rosario

102
Q

Doña Teodora was made to walk from Calamba to the provincial prison in Santa
Cruz.

A

50 kilometers

103
Q

Jose was sent to Manila four months after the Martyrdom of GomBurZa and with Doña Teodora still in
prison. He studied in the Ateneo Municipal, a college under the supervision of the Spanish Jesuits.

A

Scholastic Triumphs at Ateneo de Manila (1872-1877)

104
Q

They are the most famous lawyers of Manila, defended
Doña Teodora in court

A

Don Francisco de Mercaida and Don Manuel Marzan

105
Q

This school is for poor boys in Manila established in 1817

A

Formerly the Escuela Pia (Charity School)

106
Q

Owned College of San Juan de Letran.

A

Bitter rival of the Dominican

107
Q

In this year, Jose, accompanied by Paciano, went to Manila to take the entrance examinations
on Christian Doctrine, arithmetic, and reading at College of San Juan de Letran, and passed them.
His father was the first one who wished him to study at Letran but he changed his mind and
decided to send Jose at Ateneo instead.

A

June 10, 1872

108
Q

In _______, name was changed to Ateneo Municipal by the Jesuits and later became the Ateneo de
Manila.

A

1859

109
Q

Jesuit trained the character of the student by rigid discipline, humanities, and religious instruction.
 The students heard Mass in the morning before the beginning of daily class.
 Classes were opened and closed with prayers.
 Students were divided into two groups: Roman Empire – consisting of the internos (boarders) with
red banners; and Carthaginian Empire – composed of the externos (non-boarders) with blue
banners.
 Each of these empires had its rank. Students fought for positions. Any student could challenge any
officer in his “empire” to answer questions on the day’s lesson. With 3 mistakes, opponents could
lose his position.
1
st best: EMPEROR
2
nd best: TRIBUNE
3
rd best: DECURION
4
th best: CENTURION
5
th best: STANDARD-BEARER
 Ateneo students’ uniform is consisted of “hemp-fabric trousers” and “striped cotton coat”. The coat
was called rayadillo and was adopted as the uniform for Filipino troops during the days of the First
Philippine Republic.

A
110
Q

In this year first day of class in Ateneo.

A

June 1872

111
Q

He is the nephew of Father Burgos; upon his intercession, Jose Rizal was admitted at
Ateneo.

A

Manuel Xerez Burgos

112
Q

He is the college registrar of Ateneo Municipal, refused to admit Jose because: (1)
he was late for registration and (2) he was sickly and undersized for his age (11 years old).

A

Father Magin Fernando

113
Q

Jose used Rizal instead of Mercado because the name “Mercado” had come under suspicion of the
Spanish authorities.

A
114
Q

He is the first professor of Rizal in his 1st year in Ateneo

A

Fr. Jose Bech

115
Q

 Rizal was placed at the bottom of the class since he was a newcomer and knows little Spanish. He
was an externo and was assigned to Carthaginians. At the end of the month, he became emperor
of his Empire. He was the brightest pupil in the whole class.
 Took private lessons in Santa Isabel College and paid 3 pesos for extra Spanish lessons.
 Placed 2nd at the end of the year, although all his grades were still marked Excellent.

A
116
Q

In this year, Rizal returned to Calamba for summer vacation.

A

March 1873

117
Q

 His sister Neneng (Saturnina) brought him to Tanawan to cheer him up.
 Visited his mother in prison at Santa Cruz without telling his father.
 After vacation, he returned to Manila for his 2nd year term in Ateneo.
 Boarded inside Intramuros at No. 8 Magallanes Street.

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118
Q

 Doña Teodora told her son of her dream the previous night. Rizal, interpreting the dream, told her
that she would be released from prison in 3 months time. It became true.
 Doña Teodora likened his son to the youthful Joseph in the Bible in his ability to interpret dreams

A

Prophecy of Mother’s Release

119
Q

She is the landlady and old widow with a widowed daughter and four sons

A

Doña Pepay

120
Q

 Rizal lost the leadership but he repented and even studied harder, once more he became emperor.
He received excellent grades in all subjects and a gold medal.
 He had 3 classmates from Biñan who had also been his classmates in the school of Maestro
Justiniano.

A

Second Year in Ateneo (1873-74)

121
Q

It is the Jose Rizal’s first favorite novel

A

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

122
Q

Also read non-fiction, Cesar Cantu’s historical work Universal History.
 He also read Travels in the Philippines by Dr. Feodor Jagor, German who visited the Philippines in
1859-1860. In this book, he foretold that someday Spain would lose the Philippines and that
America would come to succeed here as colonizer.

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123
Q

 Shortly after the opening of classes, his mother was released from prison.
 Rizal did not make an excellent showing in his studies.
 He failed to win the medal in Spanish because his spoken was not fluently sonorous.

A

Third Year in Ateneo (1874-75)

124
Q

he became an inferno in Ateneo

A

June 16, 1875

125
Q

He inspired him to study harder and write poetry. Rizal described
him as “model of uprightness, earnestness, and love for the advancement of his pupils”.

A

Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez

126
Q

He returned to Calamba with 5 medals and excellent ratings.

A

Fourth Year in Ateneo (1875-76)

127
Q

 The most brilliant Atenean of his time, “the pride of the Jesuits”.
 Obtained highest grades in all subjects.

A

Last Year in Ateneo (1876-77)

128
Q

last year of Rizal in Ateneo

A

June 1876

129
Q

 Excellent scholastic records from 1872-1877.

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Graduation with Highest Honors

130
Q

Commencement Day. 16 year old Rizal received from his Alma Mater the degree
of Bachelor of Arts with highest honors.

A

March 23, 1877

131
Q

 An emperor inside the classroom and campus leader outside.
 Secretary of the Marian Congregation.
 Member of Academy of Spanish Literature and the Academy of Natural Sciences.
 Studied painting under the famous Spanish painter Agustin Saez.
 Studied sculpture under Romualdo de Jesus, noted Filipino sculptor.
 Engaged in gymnastics and fencing.
 Fr. Jose Villaclara advised him to stop communing with the muses and pay more attention to
practical studies such as philosophy and natural science.

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Extra-Curricular Activities

132
Q

He requested him to carve an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Ateneo students
placed the image on the door of the dormitory and remained there for many years.

A

Father Lleonart

133
Q

Carved an image of _________on a piece of batikuling (Philippine hardwood).

A

The Virgin Mary

134
Q

He is one of Rizal’s contemporaries in Ateneo.

A

Felix M. Ramos

135
Q

whose house Rizal boarded shortly before he became an inferno.

A

Manuel Xeres Burgos

136
Q

– first poem he wrote for his mother’s birthday.

A

Mi Primera Inspiracion (My First Inspiration) –

137
Q

In _______, nspired by Father Sanchez, he wrote more poems such as: Filicitacion (Felicitation), El
Embarque: Himno a la Flota de Magallanes (The Departure Hymn to Magellan’s fleet), Y Es
Espanol: Elcano, the first to circumnavigate the world), and El Combate: Urbiztondo Terror de Jolo
(The Battle: Urbiztondo, Terror of Jolo).

A

1875

138
Q

In _______, Rizal wrote poems on various topics: Un Recuerdo a Mi Pueblu (In Memory of My Town),
Alianza Intima Entre la Region Y La Buena Educacion (Intimate Alliance Between Religion and
Good Education), Por la Educacion Recibe Lustre La Patria (Through Education the Country Receive
Light), E Cultivero Y El Triunfo (The Captivity and the Triumph: Battle of Lucena and the
Imprisonment of Boabdil), and La Entrada Triuntal de Los Reyes Catolices en Granada (The
Triumphal Entry of The Catholic Monarches into Granada).

A

1876

139
Q

In _______, he wrote more poems: El Heroismo de Colon (The Heroism of Colombus),
Colon y Juan II (Colombus and John II ), Gran Consuelo en la Mayor Desdicha (Great Solace in
Great Misfortune), and Un Diarogo Alusivo a la Despedida de los Colegiales (A Farewell Dialogue of
the Students.

A

1877

140
Q

a brief ode; written in 1875 when he was 14 years old

A

Al Niño Jesus (To the Child Jesus)

141
Q

Rizal’s Religious Poems

A

Al Niño Jesus (To the Child Jesus)
A La Virgen Maria (To the Virgin Mary).

142
Q

he wrote the religious drama in poetic verses.

A

Summer 1876 in Calamba

143
Q

his favorite teacher, ask him to write a drama based on the prose story of St.
Eustace the Martyr

A

Father Sanchez

144
Q

He finished the manuscript in _____

A

June 02, 1876

145
Q

He submitted the finished manuscript entitled “__________” (St. Eustace, the Martyr) to
Father Sanchez in his last academic year in Ateneo.

A

San Eustacio, Martir

146
Q

Rizal experienced his first romance.

A

16 years old

147
Q

She is a pretty 14 years old Batangueña from Lipa; sister of his friend Mariano
Katigbak

A

Segunda Katigbak

148
Q

 His sister Olimpia was a close friend of Segunda in La Concordia College.
 Segunda was already engaged to Manuel Luz. His first romance was ruined by his own shyness
and reserve.
 Segunda returned to Lipa and later married Manuel Luz. Rizal remained in Calamba, a frustrated
lover, cherishing nostalgic memories of lost love.

A

First Romance of Rizal

149
Q

Rizal matriculated in the University of Santo Tomas

A

April 1877

150
Q

 He enrolled in UST taking up Philosophy and Letter for two reasons: (1) his father liked it and (2)
he was “still uncertain as to what career to pursue”
 He asked the advice of Father Pablo Ramon (Rector of the Ateneo) on what career to choose but
Father Recto was in Mindanao so he was unable to advice Rizal.

A
151
Q

Doña Teodora opposed the idea of sending Rizal to UST to pursue higher education
because she knew what happened to Gom-Bur-Za and the Spaniards might cut
off his head if he gets to know more. Rizal was surprised by his mother’s
opposition, who was a woman of education and culture. Despite his mother’s
tears, Don Francisco told Paciano to accompany Rizal to Manila.

A
152
Q

Rizal studied Cosmology, Metaphysics, Theodicy, and History of
Philosophy

A

First-year Term (1877-78)

153
Q

He said study medicine; reason: to be able to cure his mother’s growing
blindness.

A

Ateneo Rector’s advice

154
Q

 While Rizal was studying at UST, he also studied in Ateneo. He took the vocational
course leading to the title of “perito agrimensor” (expert surveyor).
 Colleges for boys in Manila offered vocational courses in agriculture, commerce,
mechanics, and surveying.
 He excelled in all subjects in the surveying course obtaining gold medals in agriculture
and topography.
 At the age of 17, he passed the final examination in the surveying course.
 November 25, 1881 – he was granted the title as surveyor.
 Because of his loyalty to Ateneo, he continued to participate actively in the Ateneo’s
extra-curricular activities.
 He was president of the Academy of Spanish Literature and secretary of the Academy of
Natural Sciences.

A
155
Q
  • Fair with seductive and attractive eyes.
  • Romance died a natural death.
  • 2 Reasons for his change of heart: (1) the sweet memory of Segunda was still fresh in his
    heart and (2) his father did not like the family of “Miss L”.
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Miss L.

156
Q
  • Daughter of the next-door neighbors of Doña Concha Leyva (her house is where Rizal
    boarded).
  • Tall girl with a regal bearing.
  • Pet name: Orang.
  • Rizal sent her love notes written in invisible ink. This ink consisted of common table
    salt and water. He taught Orang the secret of reading any note written in the invisible
    ink by heating it over a candle or lamp so that the words may appear.
A

Leonor Valenzuela

157
Q

Rizal’s cousin from Camiling.
- Born in Camiling, Tarlac on April 11, 1867.
- A student of La Concordia College where Rizal’s youngest sister, Soledad was then studying.
- Frail, pretty girl “tender as a budding flower with kindly, wistful eyes”.
- They became engaged.
- In her letters to Rizal, Leonor signed her name as “Taimis”, in order to camouflage
their intimate relationship from their parents and friends.
- Rizal lived in: Casa Tomasina No. 6 Calle Santo Tomas, Intramuros Antonio Rivero – Rizal’s
landlord-uncle is the father of Leonor Rivera.

A

Leonor Rivera

158
Q

 One dark night in Calamba, during the summer vacation in 1878, when Rizal was walking in the
street and dimly perceived the figure of a man while passing him. Not knowing the person was a
lieutenant of the Guardia Civil; he did not salute nor say greetings. With a snarl, he turned upon
Rizal, whipped out his sword and brutally slashed his back.
 Rizal reported the incident to General Primo de Rivera, the Spanish Governor General of the
Philippines at that time, but nothing came out because he was an Indio and the accused was a
Spaniard. Later in a letter to Blumentritt dated March 21, 1887, he related, “I went to the CaptainGeneral but I could not obtain justice; my wound lasted two weeks.”

A

Victim of Spanish Officer’s Brutality

159
Q

It is the society of literary men and artists;
held a literary contest.

A

Liceo Artisco-Literano (Artistic-Literary Lyceum) of Manila

160
Q

Rizal submitted his poem entitled A La Juventud Filipina (To the Filipino Youth).

A

At the age of 18

161
Q

It is composed of Spaniards; gave the first prize to Rizal which consisted of a
silver pen, feather-shaped and decorated with a gold ribbon.

A

The Board of Judges

162
Q

Rizal beseeched the Filipino youth to rise from lethargy, to let their genius fly swifter than the wind
and descend with art and science to break the chains that have long bound the spirit of people.

A

“To the Filipino Youth” (1879)

163
Q

Reasons why Rizal’s poem was a classic in Philippine Literature:

A

(1) it was the first great poem in
Spanish written by a Filipino, whose merit was recognized by Spanish literary authorities
(2) it expressed for the first time the nationalistic concept that the Filipinos were the “fair hope of the
Fatherland”.

164
Q

Opened another literary contest for both Filipino and Spaniards to
commemorate the fourth centennial of the death of Cervantes, Spain’s glorified man-of-letters and
famous author of Don Quixote.

A

Artistic-Literary Lyceum

165
Q

Rizal submitted an allegorical drama entitled _____________
and he received the first prize, a gold ring on which was engraved the bust of Cervantes

A

El Consejo de los Dioses (The Council of the Gods)

166
Q

a sonnet he wrote for the album of the Society of Sculptors

A

A Filipinas (1880)

167
Q

– a zarzuela which was staged by the Ateneans on
December 08, 1880, on the annual celebration of the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception
(Patrones of the Ateneo).

A

Junto al Pasic (Beside the Pasig) (1880)

168
Q

a poem declaimed by Manuel Fernandez on the night of December 08, 1879
in honor of the Ateneo’s Patroness.

A

Abd-el-Azis (1879)

169
Q

a poem he wrote as an expression of affection to Father Pablo
Ramon.

A

Al M.R.P. Pablo Ramon (1881)

170
Q

Rizal went to a pilgrimage to the town of pakil, famous shrine of the Birhen
Maria de los Dolores.

A

Summer of May 1881

171
Q

He was accompanied by his sisters

A

Saturnina , Maria, and Trinidad and their female friends.

172
Q

 They took a casco (flat-bottom sailing vessel) from Calamba to Pakil, Laguna, and stayed at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Regalado, whose son Nicolas was Rizal’s friend in Manila.
 Rizal and his companions were fascinated by the famous turumba (people dancing in the streets
during the procession in honor of the miraculous Birhen Maria de los Dolores)

A

Rizal’s Visit to Pakil and Pagsanjan

173
Q

Rizal was infatuated by a pretty girl colegiala, who skillfully played the harp at
the Regalado home

A

Vicenta Ybardolaza,

174
Q

Reasons why Rizal and his company made side trip to the neighboring town of Pagsanjan:

A

(1) it
was the native town of Leonor Valenzuela
(2) to see the world famed Pagsanjan Falls.

175
Q

Rizal was the champion of the Filipino students in their fights against the arrogant Spanish
students, who insultingly called their brown classmates “Indio, chongo!” In retaliation, the Filipino
students called them “Kastila, bangus!”.

A
176
Q

Rizal founded a secret society of Filipino students in the University of Santo Tomas called
“Compaňerismo” (Comradeship), whose members were called “Companions of Jehu,” after the
valiant Hebrew general who fought the Armaeans.

A

1880

177
Q

He was unhappy at this Dominican institution of higher learning because

A

(1) the Dominican
professors were hostile to him
(2) the Filipino students were racially discriminated against by the
Spaniards,
(3) the method of instruction was obsolete and repressive.

178
Q

 After finishing the fourth year of his medical course, Rizal decided to study in Spain. He could no
longer endure the rampant bigotry, discrimination, and hostility in the University of Santo Tomas.
 He did not seek his parent’s permission and blessings to go abroad; and even his beloved Leonor.

A
179
Q

Rizal was born during the time that the world is being divider into empires. There were 2 characteristics of the world in 1861 to 1896

A

Rise of Liberalism
Decline of the Spanish Empire

180
Q

In 1861, there were a lot of special world events related to the Rise of Liberalism that happened.

A

Appeasement of 23M farmers in Russia
Freedom of US slaves
First native Mexican President

181
Q

Reason of DECLINE OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE

A

Corruption of the colonial government
Union of the church and state
Unjust treatment of the people in the colonies

182
Q

got their independence in the early 1800s by winning the war against Spain.

A

Mexico,
Argentina
Peru

183
Q

When Rizal was born, Spain had already lost all its colonies except the

A

Philippines,
Cuba,
Puerto Rico.

184
Q

Rizal means

A

rice field ready for harvest.

185
Q

ordered the painting of Rizal’s house with green paint, when he was the head of the NHI.

A

Ambeth Ocampo

186
Q

rented from the Dominican friars a large tract of land in Calamba, Laguna

A

Francisco Mercado

187
Q

Some of Jose Rizal’s family members also had an active participation in the revolution.

A

Paciano Rizal was a General of the revolutionaries of Calamba. He was able to make the Spaniards surrender in Calamba after a siege in the church.

Delfina Herbosa, daughter of Lucia Rizal, was one of the 3 women who sew the first Philippine National flag.

Josephine Bracken, “wife” of Rizal, joined the KKK after Rizal’s execution and fought battles in Cavite under Bonifacio. She was able to kill a Spanish officer.

188
Q

It was only recently that Ambeth Ocampo wrote about them, and Philippine media featured them.
Family controversies

A
  1. Incest in the Family
    1. Attempted murder
    2. Live-in relationships
189
Q

Why study The life Of rizal?

A
  1. To have something to share to foreigners.
  2. Rizal is the Father of the Filipino Nation.
  3. He was an inspiration for the revolutionaries
  4. Mandated by Law - Republic Act 1425
  5. Nationalism to live on
190
Q
  • the natives of the islands
    • means stupid, inferior, barbaric
    • the Spaniards never told the indios that they belong to one country, one nation
A

Indio

191
Q
  • Spaniards born in Spain
    • came from the root word “Peninsula”
    • Spain is a peninsula
A

Peninsulares

192
Q
  • Spaniards born in the Philippines
    • Children of Spanish government officials and Spanish soldiers born in the Philippines
    • came from the root word “Insula” which means detached.
    • sounds like “Isla” which means land detached from the mainland
    • Insulares means “born in the islas”
    • The Spaniards consider the Insulares as the Filipinos
A

Insulares

193
Q

Insulares means

A

“born in the islas”

194
Q

In his writing _________ he called the natives as “Filipinos”. That’s when the natives understood things and started to refer themselves as Filipinos. The different regions also embraced that they belong to one nation despite of having different dialects and traditions.

A

“Indolence of the Filipinos”,

195
Q

objective is to unite the people of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao into one and help them realize that they belong to one race, one nation. That is how Rizal was called “The Father of the Filipino Nation” and “The First Filipino”.

A

La Liga Filipina

196
Q

His nickname was _______. His sisters would make fun of him because he was short for his age, and had a big head which was not proportion to his body.

A

Pepe

197
Q

Rizal has a male black dog named ______. He would walk his dog every morning up to the lake shore of Calamba.

A

Usman

198
Q
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199
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200
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201
Q
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202
Q
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