Unit 3: Rizal's Family, Childhood, & Early Education

Question 1

The full name of Jose Rizal

Answer 1

Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Question 2

Rizal’s birthdate

Answer 2

June 19, 1861

Question 3

The meaning of:

Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Answer 3

Chosen by mother, a devotee of St. Joseph

Question 4

The meaning of:

Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Answer 4

From Gervacio Protacio who got it from the Christian Calendar

Question 5

The meaning of:

Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Answer 5

From “ricial” meaning “green fields”

Question 6

The meaning of:

Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Answer 6

Adapted by late grandfather Domingo Lameo, meaning “market”

Question 7

The meaning of:

Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Answer 7

Old surname of mother

Question 8

The meaning of:

Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Answer 8

Surname of godmother, adopted due to the culture at the time where one must adopt the surname of their godmother

Question 9

Jose Rizal’s father

Answer 9

Don Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado

Question 10

Jose Rizal’s mother

Answer 10

Doña Teodora Alonso Quinto Realonda (“Lolay”)

Question 11

Jose Rizal’s 10 siblings

Answer 11

• Saturnina
• Paciano
• Narcisa (Sisa)
• Olympia (Ypia)
• Lucia
• Maria (Biang)
• Jose
• Concepcion (Concha)
• Josefa (Panggoy)
• Trinidad (Trining)
• Soledad (Choleng)

Question 12

Jose Rizal’s first sorrow in life

Answer 12

Death of sibling, Concepcion (Concha)

Question 13

When did Jose Rizal write In Memory of my Town?

Answer 13

1876

Question 14

Jose Rizal’s pony, gifted to him when he was 7 years old

Answer 14

Alipato

Question 15

Jose Rizal’s black dog

Answer 15

Usman

Question 16

Jose Rizal’s first poem

Answer 16

“To My Fellow Children”
/
“Sa Aking Mga Kababata”

Question 17

Jose Rizal’s 3 uncles who influenced him

Answer 17

• Jose Alberto (artistic)
• Manuel (physical)
• Gregorio (books)

Question 18

A story representing Jose Rizal’s own life journey, which taught obedience

Answer 18

The Story of the Moth

Question 19

Jose Rizal’s first tutor

Answer 19

Maestro Celestino

Question 20

Jose Rizal’s first formal schooling

Answer 20

Biñan
(1869-1872)

Question 21

Jose Rizal’s sister who served as the mediator between Rizal and Segunda

Answer 21

Olympia

Question 22

The educated and highly cultured woman from Sta. Cruz, Manila

Answer 22

Teodora Alonzo

Question 23

The birthplace of Rizal, derived from “clay stone”

Answer 23

Calamba

Question 24

The classmate of Don Francisco who lived at the Rizal home to be a tutor of Spanish and Latin

Answer 24

Leon Monroy

Question 25

The Catholic town priest in Calamba who was esteemed and respected by Rizal

Answer 25

Leoncio Lopez

Question 26

The sister of Rizal who became the custodian of his last and greatest poem

Answer 26

Trinidad

Question 27

Rizal's sister whose husband died of cholera in May 1889

Answer 27

Lucia

Question 28

The reticent but vigorous gentleman from whom Rizal inherited his "free soul"

Answer 28

Tiniente Kiko

Question 29

The flat-bottomed boat with a roof, which Rizal and his father rode on their way to a pilgrimage in Antipolo

Answer 29

Casco

Question 30

She helped in financing Rizal's studies in Europe, even pawning her jewelry and peddling her clothes if needed

Answer 30

Narcisa

Question 31

Rizal had an arm-wrestling match with this classmate after class

Answer 31

Andres Salandanan

Question 32

The esteemed school for girls in Manila where Dona Lolay was educated

Answer 32

College of Santa Rosa

Question 33

The sister with whom Rizal talked about wanting to marry Josephine Bracken

Answer 33

Maria

Question 34

The maestro in a private school in Binan where Rizal was brought by Paciano

Answer 34

Maestro Celestino

Question 35

The surname suggested by a provincial governor, which caused confusion in the commercial affairs of the family

Answer 35

Rizal