Group #2

MTW S506

HIST 2 2-3

Valdez, Charles Panfilo III M. Chapter 23-25

Aguilar, Erynne Noelle C. Chapter 15-19
Casison, Aira Mae P. Chapter 6-9
Nebrija, Fraya Joy B. Chapter 1-5
Realubin, Dianne D. Chapter 20-21
Solis, Genette M. Chapter 10-14
101 Questions with Answers
I.

Advent of a Hero
1. In Rizal's letter to Blumentritt he mentioned that he seems like an illegitimate son, why?
Answer: He is the only Rizal's because at their home his parents, sister and brothers as
well as relatives have always preferred to use their old surname Mercado. A family friend
of theirs added Rizal to their name but his family did not pay attention to it.
2. What caused Rizal's first grief? Answer: His sister Conception's death.
3. On the story of the moth why did Rizal thought that the creature's death was justified?
Answer: because he believed that to sacrifice one's life for one's ideals is worthwhile.
4. Because of his poetic inclination, at the age of 8 he was able to right a poem. What is the
title of the poem? Answer: Sa Aking Mga Kababata (To My Fellow Children)
5. A person may have everything in life but without this he cannot attain greatness in the
annals of the nation. Answer: Aid of Divine Providence
6. When the moon is bright what does Rizal and his nieces do in the street? Ans: play
7. They were the leaders of the secularization movement. Answer: Gom-Bur-Za
8. After how many years did the Royal Audencia acquitted Doa Teodora? Answer: after 2
1/2 years
9. This was Rizal's first price for being the brightest pupil in the whole class? Answer: A
Religious Picture
10.A society wherein Rizal became the secretary. Answer: Marian Congregation
11.For what reason did Doa Teodora opposed the idea of Rizal to pursue higher learning?
Answer: She opposed the idea of Rizal to pursue higher learning because he knows
enough and if he gets to know more the Spaniards will cut off his head.
12.In what poem did Rizal show the importance of religion in education? Answer: The
Intimate Alliance Between Religion and Good Education
13.Title of Rizal's poem that was given first prize which consisted of a silver pen, feather
shaped and decorated with ribbons? Answer: A La Juventud Filipina (To The Filipino Youth)
14.Based on the Greek classics this poem is a literary masterpiece. Answer: El Consejo de
lots Dioses (The Councils of the Gods)
15.A pretty girl colegiala who skillfully played the harp at the Regalado home whom Rizal was
infatuated in Pakil. Answer: Vicenta Ybardolaza
16.Members of the society whose after the valiant Hebrew general Answer: Companions of
Jehu
17.A poem of farewell written by Rizal for his classmates. Answer: Un Dilogo Alusivo a la
Despedida de lots Colegiales (A Farewell Dialogue of the Students)

18.Why was Rizal called Manong Jose by the Hermanos and Hermanas Terceras? Answer:
Because he loved to go to church, to pray and to take part in novenas. He was so seriously
devout.
19.For Rizal he is the "most noble of Filipinos" Answer: Paciano
20.Considered as pride of the Jesuits. Answer: Jose Rizal
II.

Education Abroad
1. What name did Rizal used when he depart for Spain? Answer: Jose Mercado
2. Who is the ship captain that was described by Rizal as an affable man? Answer: Donato
Lecha
3. What did Rizal remembered when he saw a beautiful island while approaching to
Singapore? Answer: Talim Island with the susong dalaga
4. How many days did Rizal stayed at Hotel de la Paz? Answer: 2
5. Rizal called this as the "inhospitable land but famous". Answer: Africa
6. Who built the Suez Canal? Answer: Ferdinand de Lesseps
7. Where did Rizal enrolled on November 3, 1882? Answer: Central de Madrid
8. On June 24, 1884 a touching event in Rizals life happened at? Answer: Madrid
9. Where did Rizal transferred wherein he became the master mason? Answer: Lodge
Solidaridad
10.Who is the friend of Rizal that he visited at Barcelona before going to Paris? Answer:
Maximo Viola
11.Where did Rizal went on February 3, 1886? Answer: Heildelberg
12.What is the title of the book that Rizal sent to Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt?- Answer:
Artimetica
13.When is the darkest winter of Rizal? Answer: 1886
14.When did Noli Me Tangere came off the press? Answer: March 21,1887
15.What is the correct biblical source of Noli Me Tangere? Answer: Gospel of St. John

III.

First Homecoming
1. When Rizal established a medical clinic in Calamba, who was his first patient? Answer: his
Mother
2. What was Rizal's failure during his 6 months of sojourn in Calamba? Answer: To see
Leonor Rivera
3. Who wrote the anti-Rizal pamphlets that were sold daily in the churches after mass?
Answer: Fray Rodriguez
4. Why was Jose Rizal warned not to return to Philippines in his 1st homecoming (18871888)? Answer: Because of the publication of the Noli Me Tangere and the uproar it
caused among friars.
5. Patients from manila and the provinces flocked to Calamba because of Rizal's Medical
clinic. Rizal who came to be called __________ because he came from Germany treated
their ailments and soon he acquired a lucrative medical practice. Answer: Doctor Uliman

IV.

Second Travel Abroad

1. A Spaniard, a former secretary of Governor General Terrero, shadowed Rizal's movement
in Hong Kong. It was believed that he was commissioned by Spanish authorities to spy
Rizal. Answer: Jose Sainz se Varanda
2. Where did Rizal and Basa stayed in Macao? Answer: Don Juan Francisco Lecaros house
3. Happiest interludes in life of Rizal was his soujourn in the land of ________ for one month
and a half (feb28-April 13,1888) Answer: Cherry blossoms
4. Rizal fall in love with a japanese girl named (true name) ______ whose loveliness infused
joy and romance in his sorrowing heart. Answer: Seiko Usui
5. Nankai-no-Daiharan: Noli Me Tangere ; ________: El Filibusterismo
6. What is the bad impression of Rizal to America? Answer: Lack of racial equality

7. Who founded the patriotic newspaper called La Solidaridad in Barcelona on February 15,
1889? Answer: Graciano Lopez Jaena
8. It was the first article of Rizal appeared in La Solidaridad and published on March 25, 1889.
Answer: Los Agricultores Filipinos
9. A satire against Fr. Salvador Font. Answer: Por Telefono
10.When did Rizal leave Paris for Brussels, Belgium? Answer: January 28, 1890
11.A Madrid newspaper which sympathized with the Filipino cause. Answer: El Resumen
12.El Filibusterismo was finished in ________? Answer: Biarritz
13.The martyrdom of Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora occurred on ______________? Answer:
February 17, 1872
14.Who became the Responsible, having obtained the necessary two-thirds vote? Answer:
Mariano Ponce
15.When the revision of El Filibusterismo was almost completed? Answer: May 30, 1891
16.On March 19, 1889, Rizal organized his paisanos into a society called __________. Answer:
Kidlat club
17.Toward the closing days of 1890, there arose an unfortunate rivalry between Rizal and
__________. Answer: Marcelo H. del Pilar
18.What is the clumsy, roundish shaped steamer called in the beginning of El Filibusterismo?
Answer: Tabo
19.Who is the Portuguese physician that help Rizal build a wide clientele in Hong Kong?
Answer: Dr. Lorenzo P. Marques
20.The title to his writings that appeal to Spain to right the wrongs done to the Calamba
tenants. Answer: A la Nacion Espaola /To the Spanish Nation
V.

Second Homecoming and La Liga Filipina

1. When is Rizals second homecoming? Answer: June 26, 1892
2. The Chines-Filipino mestizo whose house was used for the meeting of the patriots.
Answer: Doroteo Ongjunco
3. What is the motto of La Liga Filipina? Answer: Unus Instar Omnium/One Like All
4. What is the title of the incriminatory leaflets that was said to have been found in Lucias
pillow case? Answer: Pobres Frailes/Poor Friars
5. Where the story of Rizals arrest was published which produced indignant commotion
among the Filipino people. Answer: Gaceta de Manila

VI.

Exile to Dapitan
1. When did arrived in Dapitan? Answer: July 7, 1892
2. Who was the Spanish commandant of Dapitan, whom Rizal had a warm and friendly
relationship and whose house he lived in? Answer: Captain Ricardo Carnicero
3. Who did Rizal had a long and scholarly debate about religion with? He is also the Superior
of the Jesuit Society of the Philippines that gave conditions for Rizal to live at the parish
convent of Dapitan, which Rizal had not agreed with. Answer: Father Pablo Pastells
4. What was the title of the book given to Rizal after his debate with the Superior of the Jesuit
Society of the Philippines? Answer: Imitacion de Cristo/Imitation of Christ
5. When was the birthday of your answer in #2, where Rizal wrote a poem for him? Answer:
August 26, 1892
6. Fill in the blank. Letter of Rizal to Ferdinand Blumentritt last January 20, 1890: I want to
hit the friars, but only friars who utilize religion not only as a ________, but also as a
weapon, castle, fortress, armor, etc.; I was forced to attack their false and superstitious
religion in order to fight the enemy who hid himself behind it. Answer: shield
7. Who was the French businessman, who purchased many logs from the lands of Rizal,
which Rizal challenged to a duel? Answer: Mr. Juan Lardet

8. Rizal is an expert in martial arts, particularly in __________. Answer: fencing and pistol
shooting
9. Who was the only Spanish priest to defend Noli Me Tangere in public? Answer: Father
Francisco de Paula Sanchez
10.Who was hired by the recollect friars that posed as Rizals relative under the name of
Pablo Mercado? Answer: Florencio Namanan
11.What was Rizals specialty as a physician? Answer: eye specialist
12.What left a poignant void in Rizals heart in his exile? Answer: Leonora Riveras death
13.The Irish girl, born on Hong Kong on October 3, 1876, who Rizal fell in love at first sight.
Answer: Josephin Bracken
14.The secret revolutionary society that was founded by Andres Bonifacio on July 7, 1892.
Answer: Katipunan
15.When did Rizals four-year exile in Dapitan came to an end? Answer: July 31, 1896
VII. Last Trip Abroad and Martyrdom
1. Who raised the cry of the revolution in the hills of Balintawak? Answer: Andres Bonifacio
and the Katipunan.
2. When did Dr. Jose Rizal left for Spain on the steamer Isla de Panay? Answer: September 3,
1896
3. The day when the state of war was proclaimed in the eight provinces? Answer: August
30, 1896
4. They regard him as a dangerous Filipino who was responsible for the raging Philippine
revolution. Answer: Governor General Blanco
5. Name of the grim and infamous prison-fortress where Rizal escorted to on October 6?
Answer: Monjuich
6. When was Dr. Jose Rizals last homecoming during his saddest return to his beloved native
land? Answer: 1896
7. Who were the people that dispatched frantic telegrams to an English laywer? Answer: Dr.
Antonio Ma. Regidor and Sixto Lopez
8. Who instituted proceedings at the Singapore court for the removal of Rizal from the
streamer Answer: Atty. Fort
9. Who denied the writ of habeas corpus on the ground because the streamer carry Spanish
troops hence it is a warship of hence it is a warship of foreign power which under the
international law was beyond the jurisdiction of Singapore Authorities foreign power which
under the international law was beyond the jurisdiction of Singapore Authorities. Answer:
Chief Justice Loinel Cox
10.Who was the lieutenant that defended Rizal in the court? Answer: Don Luis Taviel de
Andrade
11.Rizals bodyguard in the calamba in 1887. Answer: Lt. Jose Taviel de Andrade
12.When did Rizal wrote the manifesto to his people appealing to stop the necessary
shedding of the blood and to achieve their liberties by the means of education and
industry? Answer: December 15
13.Who opened the trial who explained the case against Rizal? Answer: Judge Advocate
Dominguez
14.Approved the decision of the court-martial and ordered Rizal to be shot. Answer: Polavieja
15.Article that was published in the Hong Kong Telegraph? Answer: Unfortunate Philippines
16.When did Unfortunate Philippines published? Answer: September 24, 1892
17.Who was designated by Governor General Camilo Polavieja to take charge of all
arrangement for the execution of the condemned prisoner? Answer: Captain Rafael
Dominguez
18.Rizals first visitor before his execution? Answer: Father Miguel Saderra Mata and Father
Luis Viza

19.Who Discussed with Rizal about retraction of the anti-Catholic ideas in his writings and
membership in masonry? Answer: Father Balaguer
20.Age of Rizal when he died. Answer: 35 years old