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3 YEARS OLD age when Rizal learned the alphabet and the prayers
UNCLE MANUEL developed Rizals physical skills in martial arts like wrestling
LEON MONROY Don Franciscos former classmate who lived in Rizals home to become his tutor in
Spanish and Latin
SMALL NIPA HOUSE Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz house where Rizal studied
NEBRIJA & GAINZA grammars known by the heart of Justiniano Aquino Cruz
ANDRES SALANDANAN Rizals classmate with whom he had an arm-wrestling match where he lost
and almost cracked his head on the sidewalk
COLEGIO DE SAN JUAN DE LETRAN school where Rizal, after studying for three months, was asked
by the Dominican friars to look for another school due to his radical and bold questions
ATENEO MUNICIPAL school run by the Jesuit congregation (Society of Jesus) where Don Francisco
sent Rizal instead
CALLE CARBALLO IN SANTA CRUZ boarding house whre Rizal had transferred
EXCELLENT mark attained by Rizal in all the subjects and in the examinations
NO. 6 CALLE MAGALLANES where Rizal transferred residence during his second year
JOSE BECH priest-professor in Ateneo; a man with mood swings and somewhat of a lunatic and of an
uneven humor
FRANCISCO DE PAULA SANCHEZ an upright, earnest, and caring teacher whom Rizal considered his
best professor
DON AUGUSTIN SAEZ Rizal's professor who thoughtfully guided him in drawing and painting
LAND SURVEYOR & ASSESSOR'S DEGREE vocational course Rizal took in Ateneo
MEDICINE Rizal's second course in UST which he took to be able to cure the deteriorating eyesight of
his mother
DR. MIGUEL MORAYTA excommunicated by bishops for delivering a liberal speech proclaiming the
freedom of science and the teacher, at the opening ceremony of the academic year which
started the protest rallies
NICANOR REYES STREET the street in Manila formerly named after Morayta
FAIR rating Rizal got affected by the low grades he got from UST
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE DEGREE to which Rizal was led to accomplish after he took and completed
the three additional subjects
DEGREE OF LICENTIATE IN PHILOSOPHY & LETTERS awarded to Rizal by the Madrid University
exactly at his 24th birthday
DR. LOUIS DE WECKERT to whom Rizal worked as an assistant in Paris and from whom he learned
how to perform all the ophthalmological operations
DR. OTTO BECKER & PROF. WILHELM KUEHNE to whom Rizal attended lectures in the University of
Heidelberg
UNIVERSITY OF THE EYE where Rizal also worked under the guidance of Dr. Becker
25 YRS. OLD age when Rizal had completed his eye specialization
DR. KARL ULLMER Protestant pastor whose pastoral house Rizal stayed in Wilhemsfeld
DR. HANZ MEYER & DR. RUDOLF VIRCHOW German anthropologists who Rizal befriended
DR. HANS VIRCHOW Rudolfs son; descriptive anatomy professor who Rizal befriended
TOUCH ME NOT & THE SOCIAL CANCER English translation of Noli Me Tangere
JOHN 20:17 Bible verse from which the title of the novel was derived
COMPATRIOTS more interested in writing about women instead in spending time gambling or flirting
with Spanish women
PARIS where Rizal had written the third quarter of the novel
DR. MAXIMO VIOLA savior of Noli; insisted on lending Rizal some money so that the Noli could be
published
ELIAS AND SALOME the deleted chapter which was supposedly the Chapter 25 following the chapter
In the Woods
300 PESOS money Viola lent to Rizal used to print the first 2,000 copies of the Noli
CRISOSTOMO IBARRA main character of Noli; young & wealthy Filipino who returned to his country
after some years of study in Europe
CAPITAN TIAGO (SANTIAGO DE LOS SANTOS) threw a party at his house in Manila in Ibarras honor
PADRE DAMASO fat Franciscan priest who had been assigned for many years in Ibarras native town
PADRE SALVI San Diego parish priest whom Ibarra suddenly attacked after seeing him
ELIAS boatman who was saved by Ibarra after he was almost killed by a crocodile trapped in the fish
cage
CRISPIN altar boy; younger son of Sisa who was falsely accused of stealing from the convent and
was then tortured and killed by the wicked and crooked
CRISOSTOMO IBARRA represents the small group of Filipinos who had a chance to study abroad and
dreamt of improving the country
MARIA CLARA stands for the powerless Filipina patterned after Leonor Rivera
CAPITAN TIAGO represents the rich Filipino who opted to be allies (as in tuta) of Spanish officials &
friars just to preserve their wealth & political position
PILOSOPO TASIO symbolizes those whose ideas were advanced that other people could not
understand him patterned after Paciano
ELIAS signifies the Filipinos who wished to revolutionize the country by liberating it from the Spanish
tyranny
SISA, CRISPIN & BASILIO epitomize a Filipino family oppressed by the Spanish authorities
DOA VICTORINA represents some ambitious Filipinas who wanted to be classified as Spanish
DON TIBURCIO Doa Victorinas husband who stands for incompetent & unqualified Spaniards who
illegally practiced their supposed profession in the Philippines
PADRE SALVI curate who secretly harbors lust for Maria Clara; represents the seemingly kind but in
fact wicked Spanish friars
DON RAFAEL IBARRA epitomizes the rich and at the same time virtuous and generous Filipinos
during the Spanish era
FERDINAND BLUMENTRITT Rizals Austrian friend and a non-Filipino defender of the Noli
DR. MIGUEL MORAYTA statesman and history professor in Central University of Madrid and a non-
Filipino defender of Noli
GOV. GEN. EMILIO TERRERO governor general during Rizals first homecoming
PEDRO PAYO denounced Noli as ecclesiastically heretical, impious, and scandalous & politically
unpatriotic, subversive of public order, and harmful to the Spanish government & its
administration in the Philippines
PERMANENT COMMISSION OF CENSORSHIP similarly found the Noli to contain subversive ideas
against the Catholic church & Spain
SALVADOR FONT Tondo cura who led the Permanent Commission of Censorship
VICENTE BARRANTES wrote a newspaper article that resentfully attacked the Noli
VICENTE GARCIA Filipino theologian and priest who countered Rodriguezs claims