Chapter 1 ADVENT OF A NATIONAL HERO

Birth of a Hero
Wednesday, June 19 1861; Calamba,
1. Jose was born in? on?
Laguna
2. Why did his mother almost die during the delivery? Because of Rizal’s big head
Take Jose Rizal to the sanctuary of the
3. What did Rizal‟s mother vowed when she was giving
virgin of Antipolo by the way of
birth to Jose?
pilgrimage

4. Jose Rizal was baptized in? Catholic church in his town

b) at what age? 3 years old
c) by? Father Rufino Collantes

5. The name “Jose” was chosen by? His mother

b) Why Jose? Because his mother was a devotee of
the Christian saint San Jose
6. Who was amazed by Rizal‟s big head and said “Take
good care of this child, for someday he will become a great Father Rufino Collantes
man?
7. Who was the governor general when Jose Rizal was
Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery
born?

Rizal’s parents

1. Jose Rizal was the ____ of the 11 children of his parents Seventh
2. Who is Jose Rizal‟s Father? Francisco Mercado
b) He was born on? In? May 11, 1818; Biñan, Laguna
c) He died on? In? January 5, 1898; Manila
3. Who was the “model of all fathers” according to Jose? Francisco Mercado
4. Who is Rizal‟s mother? Teodora Alonso Realonda
b) She was born on? In? November 8, 1826; Manila
c) She died on? In? August 16, 1911; Manila
5. When Teodora was offered life pension after Jose
Rizal‟s death, she refused to accept it. Instead she said Reduce the taxes
that if the government has plenty of funds, they better___?
 The rizal children
1. Who was the eldest children of Francisco and Teodora?
Saturnina
b) She is also known as Neneng
2. How many boys are there in the Rizal family? Two boys (Paciano and Jose)
3. How many girls are there in the Rizal family? Nine girls
4. Who is the only and older brother of Jose? Paciano

5. Who was the third child of Francisco and Teodora? Narcisa

6. Who was the fourth child of Francisco and Teodora? Olympia

7. Who was the fifth child of Francisco and Teodora?
Lucia
b) Her husband was denied of Chiristian burial?
8. Who was the sixth child of Francisco and Teodora?
Maria
b) She is also known as Biang?
9. Who was the seventh child of Francisco and Teodora?
Jose
b) Also known as Pepe
10. When Jose was in Dapitan, he lived with an Irish girl
Josephine Bracken
from Hongkong named?
11. Jose had a child with Josephine but died after few
Francisco
hours. He named the child?
12. Who was the eighth child of Francisco and Teodora?
Concepcion
b) Also known as Concha
13. Her death when she was still 3 years old was Rizal‟s
Concepcion
first sorrow in life
14. Who was the ninth child of Francisco and Teodora?
Josefa
b) Also known as Panggoy
15. Who was the tenth child of Francisco and Teodora?
Trinidad
b) Also known as Trining
16. Who was the youngest child of Francisco and
Teodora? Soledad
b) Also known as Choleng
17. Jose call his married siblings ____? Doña or Señora
b) he call his unmarried siblings ____? Señorita
18. Paciano was ___ years older than Rizal. Ten
19. Rizal immortalized his brother in his novel ____ as the Noli Me Tangere;
wise _________. Pilosopo Tasyo
20. In his letter for Blumentritt, Rizal regarded Paciano as? Most noble of Filipinos
 Rizal’s Ancestry
1. Rizal was a product of mixture of races from both East Negrito, Indonesian, Malay, Chinese,
and West. What are these races? Japanese, and Spanish
2. Who was Rizal‟s great-great-grandfather? Domingo Lameo (Chinese)

3. The surname Mercado means? Merchant

4. Francisco and Teodora were married on? June 28, 1848

5. It was said that Teodora‟s family descended from the
Lakan Dula
last native king of Tondo named?
6. Teodora‟s great-grandfather was? Eugenio Ursua (Japanese)

The Surname Rizal

1. What was the real surname of the Rizal family? Mercado

2. The surname Rizal was given by?
3. Why was the surname Mercado replaced with Rizal?
4. Rizal in Spanish means?
A Spanish alcalde mayor of Laguna
Because there were many Mercados in
the Philippines who are not related to
Jose’s family
A field where wheat, cut while still
green, sprouts again

The Rizal Home; A Good and Middle-class Family

1. Where was the Rizal family‟s house located? Calamba

2. The Rizal family belonged to the ____, a town
Principalia
aristocracy in Spanish Philippines.
Their dint of honest and hard work and
3. Rizal‟s parents were able to live well because of?
frugal living
They own a carriage and a private
4. Why was the Rizal family considered as ilustrados? library. They sent their children to
colleges in Manila
 Chapter 2 CHILDHOOD YEARS IN CALAMBA

Calamba, The hero’s town

1. Calamba was a hacienda town owned by the ____,
Dominican Order
which also owned all the lands around it
2. What legendary mountain is found at the south looms of
Mount Makiling
Calamba?
3. At the east of Calamba is an inland lake of songs and
Laguna de bay
emerald waters known as ?
4. In 1876, when he was 15 yrs old, Rizal remembered his
Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo
beloved town, Calamba. He wrote a poem entitled?

Earliest childhood memories; The Hero’s First Sorrow

His happy days in the family garden
1. What was Rizal‟s first memory?
when he was 3 yrs old
2. Rizal‟s second memory was by nightfall, Teodora would
Pray the Angelus
gather all the children to ___?
3. Who related many stories about fairies, tales and
His aya (nurse maid)
fabulous stories to Rizal?
4. Of his sisters, who did Jose loved the most? Concepcion (Concha)

5. What year did Concha died because of sickness? 1865

Devoted son of the church

1. In what age did Jose began to take part in novenas and
Three years old
joined religious processions?
2. In what age was Jose when he was able to read the
Five years old
bible?
3. Why was Rizal called by the Hermanos and Hermanas Because he was so seriously devout to
Terceras “Manong Jose”? the Catholic church
4. Who was one of the men he esteemed and respected in
Father Leoncio Lopez, the town priest
Calamba during his boyhood?
 Pilgrimage to Antipolo
1. When did Jose Rizal and his father left Calamba to go
June 6, 1868
on a pilgrimage to Antipolo?
2. Why did Rizal went on a pilgrimage to Antipolo? To fulfil his mother’s vow

3. Why can‟t Teodora accompany them? Because she had given birth to Trinidad
4. In their pilgrimage to Antipolo, Jose and his father rode
Casco (Barge)
in a?
5. Jose did not sleep the whole night as they sailed He was awed by the magnificence of
towards Pasig River because? watery expanse and the silence of night
6. Where did Jose and his father prayed before going to
To the Virgin of Antipolo
Manila?
7. Who did Rizal and his father visited in La Concordia
Saturnina
College in Santa Ana?

The Story of the Moth; Artistic Talents; First poem

1. Of all the stories told by Teodora, what story made the
The story of the young moth
profoundest impression on him?
The Children’s Friend (El Amigo de Los
2. What was Teodora teaching Rizal to read?
Niños
3. What was the tragic fate of the young moth? It died a martyr to its illusions
4. At what age did Rizal began to make sketches and
Five
mould clays?
5. Who was Rizal‟s black dog? Usman

6. Aside from art, Rizal has a gift for? Literature

7. At the age of eight, Rizal wrote his first poem in native Sa Aking Mga Kababata (To My Fellow
language entitled? Children

First Drama by Rizal

1. What age did Rizal made his first dramatic work in
Eight years old
Tagalog Comedy?
2. His drama was staged in? Calamba Festival
3. Who was amazed by Rizal‟s piece and purchased the
A gobernadorcillo from Paete
manuscript for 2 pesos?
4. Where did Jose used to meditate on the sad conditions
Laguna de Bay
of his oppressed people?

Influences on the Hero’s Boyhood

1. What are the three influences of Rizal that caused him to
be great?
2. From his Malayan ancestors, Rizal inherited his?
3. From his Chinese ancestors, Rizal inherited his?
4. From his Spanish ancestors, Rizal inherited his?
5. From his father, he inherited?
6. From his mother, Rizal inherited his?
7. What stimulated Rizal‟s artistic and literary talents?
8. From Paciano, he learned?
Hereditary influence
Environmental influence
Aid of Divine Providence
Love for freedom, innate desire to
travel and indomitable courage
Serious nature, frugality, patience, and
love for children
Elegance of bearing, sensitivity to
insult, gallantry to ladies
A profound sense of self-respect, the
love for work and habit of independent
thinking
Religious nature, spirit of self-sacrifice,
and passion for arts and literature
The scenic beauties of Calamba and the
beautiful garden of the Rizal Family
The Love for freedom and justice

9. From his sisters, he learned? To be courteous and kind to women

10. What awakened his interest in folklore and legends? The fairy tales told by his aya
11. Of his three uncles from his mother‟s side, who inspired
Tio Jose Alberto
him to develop his artistic ability?
12. Of his three uncles from his mother‟s side, who
encouraged him to develop his frail body by means of Tio Manuel
physical activities?
13. Of his three uncles from his mother‟s side, who
Tio Gregorio
intensified his voracious reading of good books?
14. Who fostered Rizal‟s love for scholarship and
Father Leoncio Lopez
intellectual honesty?
Strengthen his character, enabling him
15. The sorrows in his family such as the death of Concha
to resist blows of adversity in later
and imprisonment of Teodora contributed to?
years
16. What awakened his spirit of patriotism and inspired him
Spanish abuses and cruelties,
to consecrate his life and talents to redeem his oppressed
execution of GOMBURZA
people?
 Chapter 3 EARLY EDUCATIONS IN CALAMBA AND BINAN

The Hero’s First Teacher; Jose goes to Biñan

1. Who was Rizal‟s first teacher? His mother

2. Who was the first person to discover Rizal‟s talent for
Teodora, his mother
poetry?
3. Who was Rizal‟s first private tutor? Maestro Celestino

4. Who was Rizal‟s second private tutor? Maestro Lucas Padua

5. Who was an old man who is a former classmate of
Leon Monroy
Rizal‟s father that became Jose‟s tutor?
6. Leon Monroy instructed Jose in? Spanish and Latin
7. When Monroy died, his parents decided to send Rizal
A private school in Biñan
in?
8. When did Rizal left Calamba for Biñan? June 1869
9. Who accompanied Rizal in going to Biñan and acted as
Paciano
his second father?
10. When did the two brothers stayed in Biñan? His aunt’s house

11. Who went sightseeing in the town with Jose? His cousin, Leandro

12. Jose did not enjoyed the sightseeing because? Because of his homesickness

First day in Biñan School; First School brawl

1. Paciano bought Rizal to the school of Maestro ___? Justiniano Aquino Cruz
He had been a pupil under Justiniano
2. How did Paciano knew the teacher quite well?
before
3. Who was the teacher‟s son that laughed at Jose‟s
answers when he was asked if he knew Latin and Pedro
Spanish?
4. Of his teachers, Rizal described ____ as tall, thin, long-
necked, with sharp nose and a body slightly bent forward. Maestro Justiniano Cruz
He used to wear sinamay shirt.
5. Who was Jose‟s bully? Pedro
6. Whom did Rizal learned the art of wrestling which he
Tio Manuel
used to defeat Pedro?
7. Who challenged him to an arm-wrestling match after his
Andres Salandanan
class?
8. Jose spent many leisure hours at the paint studio of ___,
Juancho
who was also the father-in-law of Justiniano.
9. Rizal and his classmate ____ became apprentices of the
Jose Guevarra
old painter.

End of Biñan Schooling; Martyrdom of GOMBURZA; Injustice to

Hero’s mother
1. Before the Christmas season in 1870, Jose received a
letter from ____, informing him the arrival of Talim which Saturnina
would take him to Calamba.
He prayed in the town church, collected
2. Rizal had a premonition that he would not return to pebbles in the river for souvenirs, and
Biñan again. Before he left, what did he do? regretfully bade farewell to his teachers
and classmates
3. When did he left Biñan? December 17, 1870

4. How many years did he study in Biñan? One and a half year
5. Who was the Frenchman and a friend of his father that
Arturo Camps
took care of him in the Talim?
6. When did the Filipino soldiers and workmen of Cavite
led by Lamadrid, rose in violent mutiny because of the
abolition of their usual privileges like exemption from tribute January 20, 1872
and polo (forced labor) by the reactionary Gov. Rafael de
Izquierdo?
7. Who were the leaders of the secular movement to
GOMBURZA
Filipinize the Philippine parishes?
Father Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos
8. What does GOMBURZA stands for?
and Jacinto Zamora
9. When was GOMBURZA executed? February 17, 1872

10. Who ordered the execution of GOMBURZA? Gov. General Izquierdo

11. Burgos was the beloved friend, teacher and housemate
Paciano
of?
12. Who told the heroic story of GOMBURZA to Jose? Paciano
13. What inspired Rizal to fight the evils of Spanish tyranny
The death of GOMBURZA
and redeem his oppressed people?
14. In 1891, what novel did he dedicate to the
El Filibusterismo
GOMBURZA?
Because of a malicious charge that she
15. Why was Teodora suddenly arrested before June
and her brother, Jose Alberto,
1872?
attempted to poison his wife
Because he has an ax to grind against
16. Why did the lieutenant help Jose Alberto‟s wife in filing the Rizal family, because Don
the case? Francisco refused to give him fodder
for his horse
17. Who helped in arresting Teodora and was also
Antonio Vivencio del Rosario
Calamaba‟s gobernadorcillo?
18. How many years did Teodora stayed in the prison? Two years and a half
The Manila Royal Audiencia (supreme
19. How did Teodora get out from prison? court) acquitted her of the alledged
crime
Francisco de Marcaida and Manuel
20. Teodora was defended by two famous lawyers named?
Marzan

Chapter 4 SCHOLASTIC TRIUMPHS AT ATENEO DE MANILA (1872-1877)

Rizal enters the Ateneo

1. Ateneo Municipal is a college under the supervision of? Spanish Jesuits

2. Ateneo Municipal was former known as _____, a school
for poor boys in Manila which was established by the Escuela Pia (Charity School)
government in 1817.
3. When did Jose went to Manila with Paciano? June 10, 1872
4. When did he took the entrance exam on Christian
College of San Juan de Letran
doctrine, arithmetic and reading?
5. Where did Rizal‟s father want him to study before he
College of San Juan de Letran
decided to send him to Ateneo instead?
(1) He was late for registration and (2)
6. Why did Father Margin Ferrando, the college registrar,
he was sickly and undersized for his
refused to admit Rizal? What are the 2 reasons?
age
7. Upon the intercession of _____, nephew of Father
Manuel Xerez Burgos
Burgos, he was reluctantly admitted at Ateneo.
Their family name ‘Mercado’ had come
8. Jose registered under the name „Rizal‟ because? under suspicion of the Spanish
authorities
9. Where did Rizal boarded when he was studying in A house outside Intamuros, on
Ateneo? Caraballo Street
10. How much did the house owner, Titay, owed to Rizal
family? Jose boarded with her in order to collect part of this 300 pesos
debt.

Jesuit system of education

The Roman Empire and The
1. Students were divided into two groups namely?
Carthaginian Empire
2. The Roman Empire was consists of? Internos (boarders)

3. The Carthaginian Empire was consists of? Externos (nonboarders)

4. The best student in each empire is called? Emperor

5. The second best in the empire is called? Tribune

6. The third best is called? Decurion

7. The fourth best is called? Centurion

8. The fifth best is called? Standard-bearer

9. Any student could challenge any officer in his empire to
answer questions on the day‟s lesson. His opponent could Three mistakes
lose his position if he committed how many mistakes?
10. What was the coat material used in their uniform? Rayadillo

11. When was Jose‟s first day in Ateneo? June 1872

12. Who was Rizal‟s first professor in Ateneo? Fr. Jose Bech
13. Being a newcomer and knowing little Spanish, Rizal
was placed at the bottom of the class. He was placed in Carthaginian Empire
what group/empire?
14. At the end of the month, Jose Rizal became the ___
Emperor
and was awarded as the brightest pupil
15. What did the first prize he received in Ateneo? A religious picture
16. What did Rizal do to improve his Spanis? He took
Santa Isabel College
private lessons in ____.
In the second half of his first year in
Ateneo, he did not try hard enough to
17. Why did Rizal placed second at the end of the year? retain his academic supremacy
because he resented some remarks of
his professor
 Summer vacation; Second year; Prophecy of Mother’s Release
1. When did Jose returned to Calamba for summer
March 1873
vacation?
2. Who brought him to the Tanawan to cheer him up? Saturnina (Neneng)

3. Why didn‟t Jose enjoyed his vacation? Because his mother was in prison

4. For his second year term, Rizal boarded in? Intramuros at No. 6, Magallanes St.

5. Who was his new landlady? Doña Pepay

6. When did he return to Calamba again? March 1874

He tells his mother news of his
scholastic triumphs and funny tales
7. How did Jose cheered up Teodora‟s lonely heart?
about his professors and fellow
students
8. To whom did Teodora likened Jose when he was able to
From Joseph in the Bible
interpret his mother‟s dream of being set free?

Teenage interest in reading

The Count of Monte Cristo by
1. What was Rizal‟s first favourite novel?
Alexander Dumas
2. As a voracious reader, he read not only fiction but also
non-fiction. He persuaded his father to buy him a costly set
Universal History
of Cesar Cantu‟s work entitled? This also aid in his studies
and enabled him to win more prizes in Ateneo
3. Later, Rizal read ____ by Dr. Feodor Jagor. Travels in the Philippines
(1) Jagor’s keen observations of the
defects of Spanish colonization and
4. What impressed him in Jagor‟s book, Travels in the
(2)his prophecy that Spain would lose
Philippines?
to Philippines and America would come
to succeed as her colonizer
5. Where was Teodora‟s cell located? Santa Cruz, Laguna
6. At his Third year in Ateneo, Rizal was not able to make
an excellent showing in his studies. His grades remain His spoken Spanish was not fluently
excellent in all subjects but he won only one medal- in sonorous
Latin. He failed to win the medal in Spanish because?
7. When did he became an interno in Ateneo? June 16, 1875
8. Of his professors, who inspired Rizal to study harder and
write poetry? Rizal had the highest affection and respect Father Francisco de Paula Sanchez
for him.
9. Who did Rizal consider as his best professor in ateneo? Father Francisco de Paula Sanchez
10. He was extremely happy in having the medals and He was able to repay his father for his
excellent ratings because? sacrifices
11. Rizal finished his last year in Ateneo in a blaze of glory.
TRUE hahaha FYI lang
He obtained the highest grades in all subjects.
12. When did Rizal graduated in Ateneo? March 23, 1877

13. In his graduation, Rizal received what degree? Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors

Extra-curricular activities in Ateneo; Sculptural Works in Ateneo

1. Rizal was an active member, later secretary, of a
Marian Congregation
religious society named?
2. Rizal was a member of the Academy of ____ and Academy of Spanish Literatures and
Academy of ______. Academy of Natural Sciences
3. Who advised him to stop communing with the Muses
and pay more attention to practical studies such as
Father Jose Vilaclara
philosophy and natural science? But jose did not heed his
advice.
4. He studied painting under the famous Spanish painter
Agustin Saez; Romualdo de Jesus
named? And famous sculptor named?
The Virgin Mary on a piece of batikuling
5. Jesuit professors was impressed with his skills when he
(Philippine hardwood) using his pocket-
carved an image of _____?
knifes
6. Who requested to carve an image of the Sacred Heart of
Father Lleonart
Jesus to Rizal?
7. This sculpture played a significant part in Rizal‟s last
Sacred Heart of Jesus
hours in Fort Santiago?
8. What incident happened to Rizal when he was in Ateneo?
One day, Rizal was studying when Manzano and Lesaca quarrelled and violently hurled books at
each other. Rizal was hit in the face by a thrown book. His face was wounded and bleeding but
he didn’t cry a protest. He went to school feeling neither bitterness nor rancour towards the
guilty party. (SHARE KO LANG KASI AMAZING hahaha )
9. What was the first poem Rizal wrote when he was in Mi Primera Inspiracion (My First
Ateneo? Inspiration)
10. His first poem in Ateneo was dedicated to? His mother on her birthday
11. El Heroismo de Colon (The Heroism of Columbus) was
Columbus, the discoverer of America
written by Rizal to praise?

12. Colon y Juan II relates?
13. What was the last poem Rizal wrote in Ateneo?
14. What was the poem Rizal wrote about education?
15. In what poem did Rizal showed the importance of The intimate alliance between religion
religion and education?
16. One of the religious poems he wrote to express his
devotion to his Catholic faith is?
17. Sanchez requested him to write a drama based on the
story of?
18. He finished the drama on?
How King John II of Portugal missed
fame and riches by his failure to
finance the projected expedition of
Columbus to the New world
Un Dialogo Alusivo a la Despedida de
los Colegiales (A Farewell Dialogue of
the Students)
Through education our motherland
receives light
and good education
Al Niño Jesus (To the child of Jesus)
St. Eustace the Martyr
June 2, 1876

First romance of Rizal

1. Who was Rizal‟s first love? Segunda Katigbak

2. Of Rizal‟s women, he met ____ who is a Batanguena
Segunda Katigbak
from Lipa
3. How did Rizal met Segunda?
When Rizal visited his grandmother in Trozo, Manila with his friend, Mariano Katigbak, he saw
other guests including the attractive girl, Segunda, who was Mariano’s sister.
4. Among Rizal‟s sisters, who went on the same school, La
Olimpia
Concordia College, with Segunda?
Segunda was already engaged to
5. Why did Rizal and Segunda‟s love hopeless? 
Manuel Luz
December 1877, he visited Segunda in
6. When was the last time Rizal and Seguna talked to each La Concordia College to say goodbye
other? because he was going home to
Calamba
Due to her failing eyesight and growing
7. Why did Teodora failed to recognize Jose at first?
blindness
 Chapter 5 MEDICAL STUDIES AT UST (1877-1882)

Mother’s opposition to higher education; Rizal enters the university;

Finishes surveying course in Ateneo (1878); Romances with other girls

1. After graduating in Ateneo, Rizal had to go to ____ for

University of Santo Tomas
higher studies.
2. Both ___ and ____ wanted Jose to pursue his higher
Don Francisco and Paciano
learning in the university.
3. Who opposed the idea of Rizal going to the university? Teodora, his mother
4. Why did Teodora opposed?
Because she knew what happened to GOMBURZA. She said that Rizal knows enough. If he gets
to know more, Spaniars will cut off his head.
5. When did Rizal entered UST? April 1877

6. What course did he take in UST? Philosophy and Letters

(1) His father liked it and (2) he was still
7. Why did he enrolled in this course?
uncertain as to what career to pursue
8. To whom did Rizal asked advise for his course? Father Pablo Ramon
Cosmology, Metaphysics, Theodicy and
9. In UST, Rizal studied?
History of Philosophy
(1) Ramon advised him to take
10. Why did Rizal took up medicine? medicine and (2) cure his mother’s
growing blindness
11. When he was in UST, he also studied in Ateneo. He
Perito Agrimensor (expert surveyor)
took the vocational course leading to the title of?
12. Rizal could not be granted with the title as surveyor
He was below age (17 years old)
because?
13. The title as surveyor was issued on? November 25, 1881
14. After losing Segunda, he court a young woman in
Calamba. In his memoirs, he called her? Describing her as Miss L
fair with seductive and attractive eyes
(1) the sweet memory of Segunda was
15. Why did Rizal had a change of heart towards Ms. L? still fresh in his heart and (2) his father
did not like the family of Miss L
16. During his sophomore year in UST, he boarded in the
house of Leyva who lives next door to Capitan Juan and Leonor Valenzuela
Capitana Sanday who had a charming daughter named?
17. Who is also known as Orang? Leonor
 Letter written in invisible ink that can
18. What does Rizal send to Leonor?
only be seen by heating it over a candle
19. Why did Rizal stopped courting Leonor? Because of Segunda
20. After Leonor Valenzuela, who was Rizal‟s next
Leonor Rivera
romance?
21. Of all his women, she was Rizal‟s cousin from Camiling Leonor Rivera
22. Of all Rizal‟s siblings, who went to the same school
Soledad
with Leonor Rivera?
23. in her letters to Rizal, Leonor signed her name as ___
in order to camouflage their intimate relationship from their Taimis
parents and friends.

Victim of Spanish officers’ brutality – Decision to study abroad

1. What was Rizal‟s first experience of Spanish brutality?
One dark night in Calamba, during summer vacation in 1878, Rizal was walking in the street
when he dimly perceived the figure of a man passing him. Due to darkness, he didn’t know that
the man was the lieutenant of the guardia civil and he didn’t salute. With a snarl, he sturned out
to Rizal, whipped out his sword and brutally slashed him on the back. The wound was not
serious but it was painful. It lasted for 2 weeks 
2. When he recovered, to who did Rizal reported the
General Primo de Rivera
incident?
He was an indio and the abusive
3. Nothing came out of his complaint because?
lieutenant was a Spaniard
4. What poem did Rizal submitted for the Liceo Artistico- A La Juventud Filipina (To the Filipino
Literario contest? youth)
5. What was the poem A La Juventud Filipina (To the Filipino youth) all about?
In this poem, 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 the people.
(1) It was the first great poem in
Spanish written by a Filipino and (2) it
6. Why was the winning poem of Rizal, A La Juventud
expressed for the first time the
Filipina (To the Filipino youth), became a classic Philippine
nationalistic concept that the Filipinos,
literature?
and not the foreigners, were the ‘Fair
hope of the Fatherland’
7. In 1880, another contest was held to commemorate the
El Consejo de los Dioses (The council
4th centennial death of Cervantes. What allegorical drama
of the gods)
did Rizal submitted?
8. Many were against the decision to award the first prize
He was an indio
to Rizal because?
Junto al Pasig (beside the pasig)
9. What zarzuela did Jose produce?
staged on December 8, 1880
10. Who was with Rizal when he went to visit the shrine of
Saturnina, Maria and Trinidad
Birhen Maria de los Dolores?
11. Who was the pretty girl colegiala, who skilfully played
the harp at the Regalado home? Rizal was infatuated with Vicenta Ybardolaza
this girl.
(1) it was the native town of Leonor
12. Why did Rizal made a side trip to the town of
Valenzuela and (2) to see the Pagsanjan
Pagsanjan?
falls
13. How did spanish students call their brown classmates? Indio, chongo!

14. How Filipino students call the Spanish? Kastila, bangus

15. What secret society did Rizal found out in UST? Compañerismo (Comradeship)

16. Who was with Rizal joining in this secret society? His cousin, Galicano Apacible
(1) The Dominican professors were
hostile to him
17. Why was Rizal unhappy at the Dominican institution of (2) The Filipino students were racially
higher learning? discriminated by Spaniards
(3) the method of instruction was
obsolete and repressive
18. After finishing the 4th year of his medical course, Rizal
Spain
decided to study in ___.

Chapter 6 IN SUNNY SPAIN (1882-1885)

Rizal’s secret mission

1. What was Rizal‟s mission in going to Spain aside from studying?
To observe keenly the life and culture, languages and customs, industries and commerce, and
governments and laws of the European nation in order to prepare himself in the mighty task of
liberating his oppressed people from Spanish tyranny
2. When did Rizal departed on board the Spanish steamer
May 3, 1882
bound for Singapore?
3. What was the first country abroad he visited? Singapore
4. Who was the ship captain from Austrias, Spain who
Donato Lecha
befriended Rizal?
5. Rizal was good in what sports? Chess
6. On May 8, 1882, when he was approaching Singapore,
Talim Island with the Susong Dalaga
Rizal saw a beautiful island that reminded him of?
7. In Singapore, Rizal transferred to another ship ____,
Djemnah
which left Singapore for Europe.
 When he was on board, French was the
mostly used language. Rizal found out
8. How did Rizal improved his knowledge in French that his book French he learned in
language? Ateneo could not be understood. He
improved his language by speaking to
French passengers daily.
The general appearance of Point Galle
9. Why was Rizal unimpressed of Point Galle, a seacoast
is picturesque but it is lonely and quiet
town in southern Ceylon?
and sad at the same time.
10. According to Rizal, what is more beautiful, smart and
Colombo, capital of Ceylan
elegant than Singapore, Point Galle and Manila?
11. What place did Rizal described as „inhospitable land
Coast of Africa
but famous‟?
12. When Rizal reached Naples, an Italian city, he was Business activities, its lively people
pleased of its? and its panoramic beauty
13. What place did Rizal reach on June 16, 1882? Barcelona
Rizal thought it was ugly, with dirty
14. What was Rizal‟s impression of Barcelona?
little inns and inhospitable residents.
He found out that the city has an
atmosphere of freedom and liberalism.
15. Later, Rizal‟s impression of Barcelona changed. Why?
Its people were open-hearted,
hospitable and courageous.
16. What is the most famous street in Barcelona? Las Ramblas
17. Filipinos in Barcelona gave Rizal a party at their
Plaza de Cataluña
favourite café in?
18. In Barcelona, Rizal wrote a nationalistic essay entitled? Amor Patrio (Love of Country)
Basilio Teodoro Moran, publisher of
19. Rizal sent his article Amor Patrio to?
Diariong Tagalog
20. What was Rizal‟s pen name in writing Amor Patrio? Laong laan

21. When did Amor Patrio appear in Diariong tagalog? August 20, 1882

22. The tagalog text of Amor Patrio was made by? Marcelo H. Del Pilar

23. What message does the Amor Patrio convey? Love for our Fatherland, the Philippines
24. What was Rizal‟s second article in the Diariong
Los Viajes (Travels)
tagalog?
25. What was the third article of Rizal in Diariong tagalog? Revista de Madrid (Review of Madrid)

26. He wrote Revista de Madrid (Review of Madrid) on? November 29, 1882
 Cholera was ravaging Manila and
27. While in Barcelona, Rizal heard of the sad news from
provinces. Many died and were dying
the Philippines. What was that news?
daily.
The unhappiness of Leonor Rivera, who
28. Aside from the Cholera news, what another sad news
was getting thinner because of the
did Rizal get from the Philippines?
absence of a loved one.
29. After leaving Barcelona, where did Rizal established
Madrid, capital of Spain
himself?
Universidad Central de Madrid (Central
30. In November 3, 1882 Rizal enrolled in the?
University of Madrid)
31. What course did Rizal take up in Madrid? Medicine and Philosophy and Letters
32. Aside from studying heavy subjects, he also studied
Academy of fine arts of San Fernando
painting in?
33. Rizal rigidly budgeted his money in Madrid. He never
Investing for a lottery ticket in Madrid
wasted money for gambling, wine and women. However,
lottery
his only extravagance was?
34. Rizal was not physically attractive but the daughter of
Consuelo Ortiga y Perez
Don Pablo Ortiga, ______, fell in love with him.
35. On August 22, 1883, Rizal wrote a poem for Consuelo
A La Señorita C.O. y P.
entitled?
(1) he was still engaged to Leonor
36. However, before his romance with Consuelo could
Rivera and (2) his friend and co-worker
blossom in to a serious affair, he suddenly backed out.
in propaganda movement, Eduardo de
Why?
Lete, was in love with her
37. In 1882, Rizal joined a society of Spaniards and
Circulo Hispano-Filipino
Filipinos named?
38. As requested by the members, he wrote the poem Me Piden Versos (They Ask Me For
entitled? Verses)
39. What two books aroused his sympathy for oppressed Uncle Tom’s Cabin and The Wandering
and unfortunate people? Jew
40. During his first summer vacation in Madrid, Rizal went
Paris
to?
41. On his visit in Paris, Rizal was mistaken by Parisians
Japanese
as a?
42. What is the costliest capital in Europe? Paris
They can openly and freely criticized
the government policies and lambasted
43. Why was Rizal impressed by the Spanish masons?
the friars, which could not be done in
the Philippines.
44. In March 1883, Rizal joined the Masonic lodge called? Acacia
To secure Freemansory’s aid in his
45. Why did Rizal join the masonry?
fight against the friars in the Phil.
46. Later Rizal transferred to ___ where he became the
Lodge Solidaridad
Master Mason on November 15, 1890.
47. Rizal was conferred the degree of ___ by the
Licentiate in Medicine
Universidad Central de Madrid on June 21, 1884.
He did not present the thesis required
48. Rizal wasn‟t awarded by his Doctor‟s diploma
for his graduation and did not pay the
because?
corresponding fees
49. He was awarded the degree of Licentiate in philosophy
and letters by the Universidad Central de Madrid on June Excellent (Sobresaliente)
19, 1885 with the rating of?

Chapter 7 PARIS TO BERLIN (1885-1887)

1. Where did Rizal travel to acquire more knowledge in
Paris
ophthalmology?
2. He stopped at Barcelona to visit his friend ___, a
medical student and a member of a rich family in San Maximo Viola
Miguel, Bulacan.
3. When he was in Paris, he worked as an assistant to ___,
Dr. Louis de Weckert
a leading French ophthalmologist
4. Who was the pretty girl engaged to Juan Luna? Paz Pardo de Tavera

5. What instrument does Rizal play? Flute

6. After acquiring enough experience from Dr. Weckert, he
Germany
left Paris on February 1, 1886 and went to ___.
7. On February 3, 1886, he arrived in ____, a historic city
in Germany famous for its old university and romantic Heidelberg
surroundings.
8. What sport does Rizal play? Chess
9. Rizal worked at the University eye hospital under the
Dr. Otto Becker
direction of ___, a German ophthalmologist.
10. The beautiful spring of flowers in Heidelberg and his
mood of homesickness inspired Rizal to write the poem A Las Flores de Heidelberg
___ in April 22, 1886?
11. After writing A Las Flores de Heidelberg, Rizal spent a
three-month vacation at ____, a mountainous village near Wilhelmsfeld
Heidelberg
12. Where did he stay in Wilhelmsfeld? In the house of Dr. Karl Ulmer
13. On July 31,1886, Rizal wrote his first letter in German
Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt
to?
14. Who did Rizal meet in Austria and became his
Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt
bestfriend?
15. Where in Europe did Rizal find out the cheapest cost of
Leipzig
living?
16. Where did Rizal meet Dr. Adolph Meyer? Dresden
It has a scientific atmosphere and
17. Why was Rizal enchanted by Berlin?
absence of rare prejudice
18. What are the five reasons why Rizal lived in Berlin?
(1) gain further knowledge of ophthalmology
(2) to further his studies of sciences and languages
(3) observe economic had political conditions of the German nation
(4) associate with famous German scientists and scholars
(5) publish his novel, Noli Me Tangere
19. Where did Rizal publish his Noli Me Tangere? Berlin, Germany

20. In Berlin, he worked as an assistant in the clinic of? Dr. Schweigger

21. Rizal had a lesson with ____ to master the idiomatic
Madame Lucie Cerdole
intricacies of the French language.
Brain over Beauty; They are serious,
diligent, educated and friendly. They
22. Why did Rizal admire German women?
are not particular with beautiful dresses
not like the women in Philippines
23. Of his sisters, who did Rizal advised to strive to read,
Trinidad
read, and learn?
24. Of his sisters, who gave Rizal a diamond ring that was
Saturnina
in the pawnshop?

Chapter 9 RIZAL’S GRAND TOUR OF EUROPE WITH VIOLA (1887)

1. Who agreed to be Rizal‟s traveling companion in visiting
Maximo Viola
important places in Europe?
2. In May 11, 1887, Rizal and Viola left what country? Berlin
3. What was one of the best cities in Germany that Rizal
Dresden
and Viola visited?
4. At 1:30 pm of May 13, 1887, the train with Rizal and
viola on board arrived at the railroad station of ___, where Leitmeritz, Bohemia
Blumentritt was waiting.
5. How months did it take for Rizal to learn German? 11 months
Beautiful buildings, religious images,
6. Rizal was fascinated by Vienna because of its
haunting waltzes, and majestic charm
7. In Madrid, an exposition of the Philippines was held.
Deplorable conditions of the primitive
Rizal received a sad news from his friends in Madrid about
Igorots exhibited in the exposition
the
8. Rome was considered the „Eternal City‟ and the City of the Caesars

9. After going to Geneva (Switzerland), Rizal went to Italy

Chapter 10 FIRST HOMECOMING (1887-1888)

1. Rizal was warned by Paciano, Ubaldo, Chengoy and
other friends not to return home after his publication of Noli Me Tangere
____ because of the uproar it caused among the friars
2. Rizal did not heed the warning because
(1) to operate his mother’s eyes
(2) to serve his people who had been long oppressed by Spanish tyrants
(3) to find out for himself how Noli and his other writings were affecting Filipinos and Spaniards
in the Philippines
(4) to inquire why Leonor Rivera remained silent
3. What steamer did Rizal board in going to Manila from
Haiphong
Saigon?
4. Who was Rizal‟s first patient? His Mother
5. Why can‟t Rizal perform surgical operation on his
Because her cataract were not yet ripe
mother‟s eyes?
6. Why do people call Rizal „Doctor Uliman‟? Because he came from Germany
7. Why did Rizal try to interest his people in gymnastics, To discourage the cockfights and
fencing and shooting? gambling
8. Rizal suffered one failure during his six months of
Leonor Rivera
sojourn in Calamba – his failure to see ___
9. Who is the governor general that sent Rizal a letter that
Governor General Emilio Terrero
requested him to come to Malacanan Palace?
10. When Rizal was informed by Gov. Terrero about his
The novel merely exposed the truth and
novel Noli advocating subversive idea, he denied it. What
did not advocate subversive idea
was his explanation that really pleased the governor?
11. Of his former professors, who said that „everything in it
was the truth‟ referring to his novel Noli and added that Father Federico Faura
„You may lose your head for it‟?
12. Who was assigned by Terrero to be Rizal‟s bodyguard? Don Jose Taviel de Andrade

13. Who was selling anti- Rizal pamphlets? Fray Rodriguez

14. Who made a brilliant defence of the Noli? Rev. Vicente Garcia
15. What marred Rizal‟s happy days in Calamba with Lt. (1) the death of his older sister, Olimpia
Andrade? (2) the groundless tales that he was a

16. Why was Rizal compelled to leave Calamba?
17. The poem Himno Al Trabajo was written by Rizal
The industrious folks of Lipa
dedicated to
German spy, an agent of Bismarck, a
protestant etc.
(1) his presence was jeopardizing the
safety and happiness of his family and
friends
(2) he could fight better his enemies
and serve his country’s cause with
greater efficacy by writing in foreign
countries

CHAPTER 11: In HONGKONG and MACAO (1888)

1. On February 3, 1888, after staying for 6 months in
Hongkong
Calamba, Rizal went to
(1) he was not feeling well
2. He did not get off his ship in brief stopover at Amoy
(2) it was raining hard
because of three reasons:
(3) he heard that the city was dirty
3. Who was a former secretary of General Terrero who
shadowed Rizal‟s movement in hongkong and was Jose Sainz de Veranda
commissioned by Spanish authorities to spy on Rizal?
4. What country was described by Rizal as a „small but
Hongkong
very clean‟?
5. What place was described by Rizal as a „small, low, and
gloomy; There are many junks, sampans but few steamers. Macao
It looks sad and almost dead‟?
6. What are Rizal‟s experiences in Hongkong?
(1) Noisy celebration of the Chinese New Year
(2) Boisterous Chinese theatre, with noisy audience and music
(3) The marathon Lauriat party
(4) Dominican order was the richest religious order in Hongkong
(5) Of the Hongkong cemeteries, that of the Protestants was the most beautiful
7. When Rizal left Hongkong, his next destination was? Japan

Chapter 12 ROMANTIC INTERLUDE IN JAPAN (1888)

1. In February 28, 1888, Rizal arrived in ___, Japan. Yokohama

(1) he could economize his living
2. Rizal was invited to live at the Spanish Legation. He expenses by staying at the legation
accepted the invitation because (2) he had nothing to hide from the eyes
of the Spanish authorities
3. The things which favourably impressed Rizal in Japan were:
(1) The beauty of the country
(2) The cleanliness, politeness, and industry of the Japanese people
(3) The picturesque dress and simple charm of the Japanese women
(4) There were very few thieves
(5) Beggars were rarely seen in the streets
4. What is one thing that Rizal did not like in Japan? Rickshaws- carts pulled by men
5. Who was the girl seen by Rizal passing the legation
Seiko Usui or O-Sei-San
gate?
Because Rizal had a patriotic mission
6. Why didn‟t Rizal end up with O-Sei-San? and could not stay permanently in
Japan
7. In April 13, 1888, Rizal left Japan and went to ____ United States
8. Who was the passenger Rizal befriended and was a
fighting Japanese writer, who was forced to leave the Tetcho Suehiro
country by the government?

Chapter 13 RIZAL’S VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES (1888)

(1) the material progress of the country
(2) the drive and energy of American
people
1. What were Rizal‟s good impressions of United States? (3) the natural beauty of the land
(4) the high standard of living
(5) the opportunities for better life
offered to poor immigrants
Lack of Racial equality (racial
2. What was Rizal‟s bad impression of US?
discrimination)
Land par excellence of freedom but
3. What was Rizal‟s overall impression of US?
only for the whites

Chapter 14 RIZAL IN LONDON (1888-1889)

(1)to improve his knowledge of the
English language
(2)to study and annotate Morga’s
1. Rizal moved to London because of three reasons. Sucesos de as Islas Pilipinas
(3)London was a safe place for him to
carry on his fight against Spanish
tyranny
2. On May 25, 1888, after docking at Liverpool, Rizal went
London
to ____
3. Who called Rizal „a pearl of a man‟? Dr. Reinhold Rost

4. What was Rizal‟s greatest achievement in London? Annotating of Morga’s book

To search for more historical materials
5. Why did Rizal visit Paris for a week?
in the Bibliotheque Nationale
6. On December 11, 1888, Rizal went to Spain and met __
Marcelo H. Del Pilar and Mariano Ponce
and _____
7. Where did Rizal spend Christmas and New Year with
London
the Becketts?
8. The people in Barcelona established a patriotic society
Asociacion La Solidaridad
named
9. On February 15, 1889, patriotic newspaper La
Graciano Lopez Jaena
Solidaridad was founded by
10. What are the aims of La Solidaridad?
(1) to work peacefully for political and social reforms
(2) portray the deplorable conditions of the Philippines
(3)oppose the evil forces of reaction and medievalism
(4) to advocate liberal ideas and progress
(5) to champion the legitimate aspirations of the Filipino people to life, democracy and
happiness
11. What was Rizal‟s first article that appeared in La
Los Agricultores Filipinos
Solidaridad?
12. What is Rizal‟s pen name? Dimas Alang
13. In La Vision del Fray Rodriguez, Rizal demonstrated (1) his profound knowledge of religion
two things: and (2) his biting satire
14. Where did Rizal write the “Letter to the Young Women
London
of Malolos”?
15. The main points of this letter are:
(1) Filipino mother should teach her children love of God, fatherland and mankind
(2) Filipino mother should be glad to offer her sons in the defense of the fatherland
(3) Filipino woman should know how to preserve her dignity and honor
(4) Filipino woman should educate herself
(5) Live the Christian way, with good morals and manners
16. Of the Beckett sisters, Rizal had a romantic
Gertrude or Gettie
relationship with?
17. Rizal realized that he could not marry Gertrude
He had a mission to fulfil
because
(1) Prometheus bound
(2) The triumph of death over life
18. Before leaving London, he finished four sculptures (3) the triump of Science over death
(4) a composite carving of the heads of
Beckett sisters
19. When did Rizal leave London? March 19, 1889

Chapter 15 RIZAL’S SECOND SOJOURN IN PARIS AND THE

UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION OF 1889
1. The ___ was founded by Rizal simply to bring together
the young Filipinos in the French capital so that they could Kidlat Club
enjoy their sojourn in the city
2. The aim of this society was the propagation of all useful
Sociedad R.D.L.M
knowledge in the Philippines.

Chapter 16 In BELGIAN BRUSSELS

1. On January 28, 1890, Rizal left Paris for ___, capital of
Brussels
Belgium
(1) the cost of living in Paris was very
high because of the Universal
Exposition
2. Why did Rizal leave Paris?
(2) the gay social life in Paris hampered
his literary works, especially El
Filibusterismo
3. Who accompanied Rizal when he moved to Brussels? Jose Albert
4. What article in La Solidaridad did he lay down the rules Sobre la Nueva Ortografia de la Lengua
of the new Tagalog orthography? Tagala
5. In the news delivered by Luna to Rizal, he said that the
Filipinos in Spain were destroying the good name of their Gambling too much
nation by?
6. When this gamblers learned about Rizal‟s moralizing,
Papa
they called him __ instead of Pepe
The Calamba agrarian trouble was
7. What was the bad news he received in Brussels? getting worse. Land rents continually
rise
8. He wrote this poem when he was against a background
of mental anguish in Brussels, during those days when he To My Muse (A Mi…)
was worried by family disasters.
(1) Summertime festival of Belgium
9. What things brought some measure of cheer to Rizal?
(2) Romance with Petite Jacoby
 CHAPTER 17 MISFORTUNES IN MADRID
1. Why Antonio Luna and Rizal almost got into a fight?
2. Who is the writer who used to attack Filipinos in various
newspapers in Madrid and was challenged by Rizal to a
duel?
3. One night when Rizal attended a pay at Teatro Apolo,
he lost his gold watch chain with a ____ that proved to be a
bad omen. This happened before he received the letter
about Leonor‟s marriage to another man.
4. During the election, the Filipinos were divided into two
hostile camps namely
Antonio was drunk and was bitter
because of his frustrated romance with
Nellie Boustead. He could not control
his self and uttered certain unsavoury
remarks about Nellie. Rizal heard it and
got angry so he challenged Luna to a
duel
Wenceslao E. Retana
Locket containing the picture of Leonor
Rivera
Rizalistas and Pilaristas

CHAPTER 18 BIARRITZ VACATION AND ROMANCE WITH NELLY

BOUSTEAD (1891)
1. To seek solace for his displacements in Madrid, Rizal
Biarritz
took a vacation in the resort of ___
2. After losing Leonor, Rizal entertain considerable
Nellie Boustead
affection for ____
(1) he refused to give up his Catholic
3. Why Rizal and Nellie‟s love failed? faith and convert to Protestantism
(2) Her mother doesn’t like Rizal
4. Where did Rizal finish his novel El Filibusterismo? Biarritz

5. After staying in Biarritz, Rizal went back to ___ Paris

6. El Filibusterismo was published in? Ghent, Belgium

Chapter 20 OPHTHALMIC SURGEON IN HONG KONG (1891-1892)

(1) political differences with M.H. Del
1. Why did Rizal leave Europe? Pilar
(2) to be near his idolized Philippines
2. In November 20, 1891, Rizal arrived in Hongkong
3. Of his sisters, who came to visit Rizal in Hongkong? Lucia, Josefa, Trinidad
4. Who is the Portuguese physician that helped Rizal build
Dr. Lorenzo P. Marques
a wide clientele?
5. In this article he contrasted the cruel Spanish prison
system with the modern and more humane British prison Una Visita a la Victoria Gaol
system
6. it denounces the frequent outbreaks of intentional fires in
La Mano Roja
Manila
7. The most important writing made by Rizal during his
La Liga Filipina
Hong kong sojourn was the constitution of
8. In May 1892, Rizal decided to go back to Manila. Why?
(1) to confer with Gov. Despujol regarding the Borneo colonization project
(2) to establish La Liga Filipina in Manila
(3) to prove that Eduardo de Lete was wrong in attacking him in Madrid

Chapter 21 SECOND HOMECOMING AND THE LIGA FILIPINA

1. What was the motto of La Liga Filipina? Unus Instar Omnium (One Like All)
2. What are the aims of La Liga Filipina?
(1) unite the whole archipelago into one compact and homogenous body
(2) mutual protection in every want and necessity
(3) defense against all violence and injustice
(4) encouragement of education, agriculture, and commerce
(5) study and application of reforms
3. Every member must pay? Php 2.10 (two pesos & 10 centavos)
4. What are the duties of the Liga members?
(1) obey the orders of the Supreme Council
(2) to help in recruiting new members
(3) to keep in strictest secrecy the decisions of the Liga authorities
(4) to have a symbolic name until he becomes president of the council
(5) report to the fiscal anything that can affect the Liga
(6) to behave well as befits of a good Filipino
(7) to help fellow members in all ways
During his interview in Malacanan,
Despujol presented to him the leaflets
5. Why was Rizal arrested and escorted to Fort Santiago? entitled Pobres Frailes (Poor Friars)
which was allegedly found in Lucia’s
pillow cases.
6. ___ published the story of Rizal‟s arrest which produced
Gaceta de Manila
indignant commotion among the Filipino people.
 Chapter 22 Exile in Dapitan (1892-1896)

1. Rizal‟s exile in Dapitan lasted for how many years? 4 years

2. Rizal could live at the parish convent on what conditions?
(1) Rizal publicly retract his errors concerning religion
(2) perform the church rites and make a general confession of his past life
(3) he conduct himself in an exemplary manner as a Spanish subject and a man of religion
3. What mail boat brought the happy tidings about the
Butuan
lottery?
Captain Carnicero, Dr. Rizal, and
4. The Lottery Ticket No. 9736 was jointly owned by?
Francisco Equilior
5. How much was the prize they received? Php 20, 000 (second prize)

6. How much was Rizal‟s share? Php 6,200

7. How much did Rizal give to his father? Php 2,000

8. Php 200 of Rizal‟s winning was given to? His friend Basa

9. What was Rizal‟s only vice? Lottery

Religion (Pastells told Rizal to desist
from his foolishness in viewing religion
10. Rizal and Pastells had a debate about?
from the prism of individual judgment
and self-esteem
11. In Dapitan, Rizal had a quarrel with a Frenchman, Juan The man purchase logs from the lands
Lardet, because? of Rizal but some were of poor quality
12. He was the only priest that defended Noli Me Tangere
Father Francisco de Paula Sanchez
in public?
13. What was the assumed name of the friar‟s spy who
Pablo Mercado
claimed he was Rizal‟s relative
14. What was Pablo Mercado‟s real name? Florencio Namanan
15. Who was the rich Filipino patient that paid Rizal Php
Don Ignacio Tumarong
3000 after his sight was restored?
16. Who was the rich hacendero who was cured by Rizal
Don Florencio Azacarraga
and paid him a cargo of sugar?
Because he had built the water systems
17. Why were modern engineers marvelled by Rizal‟s
with inadequate tools and limited
water system to Dapitan?
finances
18. Who was Rizal‟s business partner? Ramon Carreon

19. Sulpukan, Rizal‟s invention, is a? Cigarette Lighter

20. What was the poem written by Rizal about his serene
Mi Retiro (My Retreat)
life as an exile in Dapitan?
21. Where did Rizal and Josephne met? Dapitan
Father Obach refused to marry then
22. Rizal and Josephine were not married because? without the permission of the bishop of
Cebu
(1) the people are not ready for
23. Why did Rizal opposes to the idea of Andres on revolution
starting a revolution? (2) arms and funds must first be
collected
24. When did Rizal‟s exile ended? July 31, 1896

WHO MADE JOSE RIZAL OUR FOREMOST NATIONAL HERO AND

WHY?
1. “Rizal was the greatest product of the Philippines and
that his coming to the world was like the appearance of a
Dr. Maximo Viola
rare comet, whose rare brilliance appears only every other
century.”
2. Who proclaimed December 30 as Rizal‟s day? Emilio Aguinaldo

3. “…the greatest man the Malayan race has produced” Blumentritt

4. “The doctrines of Rizal are not for one epoch but for all
Rafael Palma
epochs”
5. Who was Rizal‟s enemy in the propaganda movement? Marcelo H. Del Pilar
Rizal himself, his own people and
6. Who made Rizal the foremost hero of the Philippines?
foreigners

CHAPTER 23
1. When did Rizal come to Manila from Dapitan? August 1, 1896
2. Who are the people that Rizal visited in Dumaguete? Herrero Regidor & Rufina
Family
3. When did Rizal go to Ilo-Ilo? Auust 3,1896
4. As Rizal landed in Ilo-Ilo what he did first? Shopping in the city and visited Molo
5. What is the name of the steamer that Rizal failed to mount? Isla de Luzon
6. What is the name of the cruise where Rizal kept as a guest on board? Castilla
7. How long did Rizal waited for another steamer that will bring him to Spain? 1
month
8. Who discovered the katipunan and reported to the Spanish authorities? Fr.
Mariano Gil
9. When Andres Bonifacio did raised the cry of revolution in the hills of Balintawak?
August 26, 1896
10. When was the day when the state of the war proclaimed in the 8 provinces, Rizal
received 2 letters from Gov. Gen. Blanco? August 30, 1896
11. What was the name of the steamer he transferred to? Isla de Panay
12. Where did Isla de Panay stop first? Singapore
13. Who advised Rizal to stay behind and take advantage of the protection of the
Bristih law? Don Pedro
14. Who was secretly conspiring with the Ministers of War and the colonies for hid
destruction? Governor Blanco
15. What steamer that Rizal saw leaving the Suez Canal with Spanish troops? Isla
de Luzon
16. Who was the person that has been executed? Francisco Roxas Genato and
Osorio
17. When did Rizal found out that he will be arrested? September 28,1896
18. Who ordered to arrest Rizal? Gov. Gen. Blanco
19. Who notified Rizal that he should stay in his cabin? Captain Alemany
20. Who arrested Rizal and it was the man who placed him in exile in Dapitan and
now serving as the Military Commander of Barcelona? Gov. Gen. Eulogio
Despujol
21. When Rizal did noticed the city‟s celebration o the feast day of St. Francis of
Assisi? October 4
22. What was the infamous fortress in Madrid? Monjuich
23. What is the name of the ship wherein Rizal was aboard and it is full of soldiers
and officers? Colon

CHAPTER 24

1. When did Rizal leaves Barcelona? October 6, 1896

2. Where will Rizal go after he leaves Barcelona? Manila
3. Who confiscated Rizal‟s Diary? Spanish authorities
4. What is the reason why Rizal‟s diary has been confiscated? They were
curious and their suspicion was aroused for they were fearful that Rizal might
be writing something seditious or treasonable
 October 11 – giconfiscate
  November 2- gibalik kay Rizal

5. Who are the friends of Rizal in Singapore and Europe that helped him and
brought him a lawyer? Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor and Sixto Lopez
6. Who was the English Lawyer that save Rizal from the Spanish steamer?
Hugh Fort
7. Who denied the Writ of Habeas Corpus? Chie Justice Lionel Cox
8. When Colon did reach Manila? November 3
9. Where did Rizal transport after he arrived in Manila? Fort Santiago
10. Who are the Filipino patriots that were arrested and brutally tortured to
implicate Rizal? Deodato Arelano, Dr. Pio Valenzuela, Moises Salvador,
Temoteo Paez and Rizal‟s brother Paciano.
 suffered many broken bones including his left hand – Paciano
 November 20 – Rizal appeared before the judge advocate Col. Francisco
Olive. Rizal was subjected to a gruelling five day trial.
11. Who transmitted the reports of Rizal‟s case to Gov. Gen. Ramon Blanco? Col.
Francisco Olive
 When did happen? November 26
12. Gov. Gen. Ramon Blanco transmitted the documents to whom? Judge
Advocate General, Don Nicolas de la Pena
 December 11 – Rizal was formally given his charges
13. Who took the seat of Gov. Gen. Ramon Blanco as Gov. Gen. of the
Philippines? Gen. Camilio de Polavieja
14. Who suppressed the release of Rizal‟s manifesto? Judge Advocate de la
Pena
 Cuartel de Espana- the court-martial of Rizal December 26, 1896
 The Trial was opened by Judge Dominguez who explained the case
against Rizal.
 Atty. Alcocer arose and delivered a long speech summarizing all charges
against Rizal and urged to give him death sentence.
15. Who read the eloquent defense of Rizal? Lt. Taviel de Andrade
 Lt. Andrade asked Rizal if he had anything to say. Rizal the read his
defense for himself which he had prepared in his prison cell
 16. Who signed Rizal‟s Execution? Polavieja

CHAPTER 25
SELF-STUDY NA LANG DAW GUYS 

Maam Aquino Quiz Questions:

1. Who presented or ordered the banishment of Rizal in
General Eulogio Despujol
Dapitan?
2. What was Rizal‟s principal purpose in annotating To show that we have a pre-colonial
Antonio Morga‟s Sucesos de as Islas Pilipinas? culture
3. How did Leonor break Rizal‟s heart? She married another man

4. Who signed the death sentence of Rizal? Camilo de Polavieja

5. In order to become a leader responsable, one must get
2/3
atleast ___ of the total votes.
6. Of Rizal‟s sisters, who accompanied Rizal from
Lucia
Hongkong back to Philippines?
7. Of Rizal‟s sisters, who was in favour of Josephine
Narcisa
Bracken?
8. During his exile in Dapitan, Rizal had a scholarly and
Father Pastells
long debate with?
To inform him about the plan of
9. Why did Pio Valenzuela visit Rizal in Dapitan?
Katipunan to launch a revolution
He will be giving his medical services in
10. During his exile, Rizal was freed once more because?
Cuba
11. The British authorities of Borneo were willing to give
the Filipino colonists a beautiful harbour and good 999 years
government for ____ years, free of all charges.
12. Where did Rizal stay the longest and he considered his
Madrid
second home?
(1) Antonio Luna likes Nellie
13. What are the reasons why didn‟t Rizal court Nellie
(2) Nellie’s parents don’t like Rizal
Boustead?
(3) Nellie is a protestant
(1) to gain further knowledge
14. Why did Rizal live in Berlin?
(2) observe the conditions of German…
15. Rizal‟s patients call him? Doctor Uliman

16. Paciano told Rizal to meet at? (I forgot the question ) Hongkong
 (1)to improve his knowledge of the
English language
(2)to study and annotate Morga’s
17. After US, Rizal moved to London because of three
Sucesos de as Islas Pilipinas
reasons.
(3)London was a safe place for him to
carry on his fight against Spanish
tyranny
th
18. During the 19 century, Philippines was one of the
remaining colonies of Spain. Spain cannot let go of the Trade potential is one of the richest
Philippines because
Secular priest being belittled by the
19. The secularization issue is all about
regular priest
20. Since Teodora almost died in giving birth to Rizal, she That she and Rizal will have a
promised pilgrimage in Antipolo
Mercado means merchant which best
21. From Lam-co the family name of Rizal adopted the
describes the work of their great great
name Mercado
grandfather
22. The family of Rizal belong to the Principalia class
because of the following reasons except:
a. they have their own business
b. they have their own library A. They have their own business
c. they have a bahay na bato
d. they own a land in Calamba

23. Paciano, the only brother of Rizal and became his 2nd
Second
father was the ___ of the 11 children
24. Rizal described his father as the Model of fathers
25. This was considered as the very first sad episode of
Sister Concha died
Rizal‟s life is when his
26. When Rizal was already older he realized that the story Sacrificing one’s life for an ideal is
of the moth has another meaning to him and this was worthwhile
27. He was the uncle of Rizal who taught him fencing and
wrestling that is why Rizal never run away when Manuel
challenged for a fight
28. The name of the dog of Rizal was Usman

29. The name of the very first formal teacher of Rizal was Justiano Aquino Cruz
She was accused of poisoning the wife
30. The reason why Teodora was imprisoned was
of Jose Alberto
31. Teodora was sent on foot to provincial jail from ___ to
Santa Cruz
Calamba which was 50km away
32. He was the most loved Governor General by the
Carlos Ma. Dela Torre
Filipinos during Spanish Colonization
33. Rizal knew about the death of the three priests
His brother Paciano related it to him
because
34. The Rizal family were very much affected from the They have a special relationship with
death of GOMBURZA because one of the priests
35. This was supposed to be where Rizal will be studying
Letran
after his studies in Binan
36. Riza belongs to the Carthaginian group of students
He is a non-boarder
upon his entry in Ateneo because
37. The best student in Ateneo is called as Emperor

38. The very first professor of Rizal in Ateneo was Jose Bech
39. Rizal was ever since a lover of books during his stay in
Ateneo. The following books he loves to read except:
a. Historia Universal
A or C
b. Count of Monte Cristo
c. Travels of the Philippines
d. Uncle Toms Cabin
40. During his second semester of his first year stay in He resented the disparaging remarks of
Ateneo, Rizal did not try studying hard because his professors
41. Gregorio, the brother of Teodora had influenced Rizal
Love Reading
to
(1) he could economize his living
42. Rizal was invited to live at the Spanish Legation. He expenses by staying at the legation
accepted the invitation because (2) he had nothing to hide from the eyes
of the Spanish authorities
43. The teacher who inspired Rizal to study harder and
Father Francisco de Paula Sanchez
write poetry
44. Rizal and Segunda met in Rizal’s grandmother house

45. The name of Rizal‟s sister who was close to Segunda Olimpia
46. This was what Teodora wanted Rizal to do after
schooling in Ateneo
a. To push thru medicine course
D
b. To take care of their family busjness
c. To continue his studies abroad
d. None of the above
47. These were the courses Rizal considered to take in
Literature, Medicine, Law
UST
48. Rizal took a land surveying course in Ateneo while
studying in UST however he was not not able to get his Underage when he finished the course
certificate because he was
49. The following were the women of Rizal in Manila
A
except:
 a. Consuelo Ortigas
b. Segunda Katigbak
c. Leonor Rivera
d. Leonor Valenzuela
50. This was the first place Rizal visited the first time he left
the Philippines
51. When Rizal joined the Masonic Society
Chapter 1 ADVENT OF A NATIONAL HERO
- Birth of a Hero
- Rizal’s parents
- The rizal children
- Rizal’s Ancestry
- The Surname Rizal
- The Rizal Home
- A Good and Middle-class Family
- Home Life of the Rizals
Chapter 2 CHILDHOOD YEARS IN CALAMBA
- Calamba, The hero’s town
- Earliest childhood memories
- The hero’s first sorrow
- Devoted son of the church
- Pilgrimage to Antipolo
- The Story of the Moth
- Artistic Talents
- First Poem by Rizal
- First Drama by Rizal
- Rizal as Boy Magician
- Lakeshore Reveries
- Influences on the Hero’s Boyhood
Chapter 3 EARLY EDUCATIONS IN CALAMBA
AND BINAN
- The Hero’s First Teacher
- Jose goes to Binan
- First day in BInan School
- First school brawl
- Painting lessons in Binan
- Daily life in Binan
- Best Student in School
- End of Binan Schooling
Singapore
He was excommunicated from the
Catholic church
- Martyrdom of GOMBURZA
- Injustice to Hero’s mother
Chapter 4 SCHOLASTIC TRIUMPHS AT
ATENEO DE MANILA (1872-1877)
- Rizal enters the Ateneo
- Jesuit system of education
- Rizal’s first year in Ateneo
- Summer vacation
- Second year in Ateneo
- Prophecy of Mother’s release
- Teenage interest in reading
- Third year in Ateneo
- Fourth year in Ateneo
- Last year in Ateneo
- Graduation with highest honors
- Extra-curricular activities in Ateneo
- Sculptural works in Ateneo
- Anecdotes on Rizal, the Atenean
- Poems written in Ateneo
- Rizal’s poems on education
- Rizal’s religious poems
- Dramatic works in Ateneo
- First romance of Rizal
Chapter 5 MEDICAL STUDIES AT UST (1877-
1882)
- Mother’s opposition to higher
education
- Rizal enters the university
- Finishes surveying course in Ateneo
(1878)
- Romances with other girls
- Victim of Spanish officers’ brutality
- To the Filipino youth (1879)
 - The council of the Gods (1880)
- Rizal’s visit to Pakil and Pagsanjan
- Champion of Filipino students
- Unhappy days at UST
- Decision to study abroad
Chapter 6 IN SUNNY SPAIN (1882-1885)
- Rizal’s secret mission
- Secret departure for spain
- Singapore
- From Singapore to Colombo
- First trip through Suez Canal
- Naples and Marseilles
- Amor Patrio
- Manila moves to Madrid
- Life in Madrid
- Romance with Consuelo Ortiga y
Perez
- They Ask Me For Verses
- Rizal as lover of books
- Rizal’s first visit to Paris
- Rizal as a Mason
- Financial worries
- Rizal’s salute to Luna and Hidalgo
- Rizal involved in student
demonstration
- Studies completed in spain
Chapter 7 PARIS TO BERLIN (1885-1887)
- In Gay Paris (1885-86)
- Rizal as musician
- In historic Heidelberg
- To the flowers of Heidelberg
- With Pastor Ullmer at Wilhelmsfeld
- First letter to Blumentritt
- Fifth centenary of Heidelberg
University
- In Leipzig and Dresden
- Rizal welcomed in Berlin’s scientific
circles
- Rizal’s life in Berlin
- Rizal on German women
- German Customs
- Rizal’s Darkest winter
Chapter 8 NOLI ME TANGERE PUBLISHED IN
BERLIN (1887)
Chapter 9 RIZAL‟S GRAND TOUR OF EUROPE
WITH VIOLA (1887)
- The tour begins
- Dresden
- First meeting with Blumentritt
- Beautiful memories of Leitmeritz
- Prague
- Vienna
- Danubian Voyage to Lintz
- From Lintz to Rheinfall
- Crossing the frontier to Switzerland
- Geneva
- Rizal resents exhibition of igorots in
1887 Madrid exposition
- Rizal in Italy
Chapter 10 FIRST HOMECOMING (1887-1888)
- Decision to return home
- Delightful trip to Manila
- Arrival in Manila
- Happy homecoming
- Storm over the Noli
- Attackers of the Noli
- Defenders of the noli
- Rizal and Taviel de Andrade
- Calamba’s agrarian trouble
- Farewell to Calamba
- A poem for Lipa
Chapter 11 IN HONGKONG AND MACAO
(1888)
- The trip to Hongkong
- Visit to Macao
- Experiences in hongkong
- Departure from hongkong
Chapter 12 ROMANTIC INTERLUDE IN JAPAN
(1888)
- Rizal arrives in Yokohama
- Rizal in Tokyo
- Rizal and the Tokyo musicians
- Rizal’s impression of Japan
- Romans with O-sei-san
- Rizal on O-sei-san
 - Sayonara, Japan
- O-sei-san after Rizal’s departure
- Voyage across the Pacific
- Rizal and Tetcho
Chapter 13 RIZAL‟S VISIT TO THE UNITED
STATES (1888)
- Arrival in San Francisco
- Rizal in San Francisco
- Across the American continent
- Rizal in New York
- Rizal’s impression of America
Chapter 14 RIZAL IN LONDON (1888-1889)
- Trip across the Atlantic
- Life in London
- News from home, good and bad
- Annotating morga’s book
- Short visit to Paris and Spain
- Christmas in London (1888)
- Rizal becomes leader of Filipinos in
Europe
- Rizal and the La Solidaridad
newspaper
- First article in La Solidaridad
- Writings in London
- Romance with Gertrude Beckett
- Adios, London
Chapter 15 RIZAL‟S SECOND SOJOURN IN
PARIS AND THE UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION
OF 1889
- Difficulty of finding quarters
- Life in Paris
- Rizal and Paris exposition of 1889
- Kidlat club
- Indios Bravos
- R.D.L.M. Society
- Annotated Edition of Morga
Published
- Comment on Morga’s Publication
Date
- Rizal as Historian
- The Philippines within a century
- The indolence of Filipinos
- International association of
Filipinologists
- Project for Filipino college in hong
kong
- Por telefono
- Christmas in Paris
Chapter 16 IN BELGIAN BRUSSELS (1890)
- Life in Brussels
- Articles published in La Solidaridad
- New ortography of Tagalog language
- Rizal criticizes Madrid Filipinos for
gambling
- Bad news from home
- Presentiment of death
- Preparation to go home
- Decision to go to Madrid
- To my muse (1890)
- Romance with Petite Jacoby
Chapter 17 MISFORTUNES IN MADRID (1890-
1891)
- Failure to get justice for family
- Rizal’s eulogy to Panganiban
- Aborted duel with Antonio Luna
- Rizal challenges Retana to Duel
- Infidelity of Leonor Rivera
- Rizal-Del Pilar Rivalry
- Rizal abdicates his leadership
- Adios, Madrid
Chapter 18 BIARRITZ VACATION AND
ROMANCE WITH NELLY BOUSTEAD (1891)
- With the Bousteads in Biarritz
- Romance with Nellie Boustead
- El Fili finished in Biarritz
- To Paris and back to Brussels
- Retirement from the propaganda
movement
- Rizal stopped writing for La
Solidaridad
- Revising the Fili for Publication
Chapter 19 EL FILIBUSTERISMO PUBLISHED
IN GHENT (1891)
- Privations in Ghent
- The Printing of El Fili
Chapter 20 OPHTHALMIC SURGEON IN
HONG KONG (1891-1892)
- Farewell to Europe
- Rizal and the German ladies
- Arrived in hong kong
- Family reunion in hong kong
- Ophthalmic surgeon in hong kong
- Borneo colonization project
- Writings in hong kong
- Decision to return to manila
- Last hong kong letters
- Rizal falls into Spanish trap
Chapter 21 SECOND HOMECOMING AND THE
LIGA FILIPINA
- Arrival in Manila with sister
- Visiting friends in cental Luzon
- Other interviews with Despujol
- Founding of the La Liga Filipina
- Constitution of Liga Filipina
- Rizal arrested and jailed in Fort
Santiago
- Arbitrary deportation to Dapitan
Chapter 22 Exile in Dapitan (1892-1896)
- Beginning of exile in Dapitan
- Wins in manila lottery
- Rizal-Pastells Debate on Religion
- Rizal challenges a Frenchman to a
duel
- Rizal and father Sanchez
- Idyllic life in Dapitan
- Rizal’s encounter with Friar’s spy
- As physician in Dapitan
- Water system for Dapitan
- Community projects for Dapitan
- Rizal as a teacher
- Hymn to Talisay
- Contributions to science
- Linguistic studies
- Artistic works in Dapitan
- Rizal as farmer
- Rizal as businessman
- Rizal’s inventive ability
- My retreat
- Rizal and Josephine bracken
- Rizal and the Katipunan
- Volunteers as military doctor in Cuba
- The song of the traveller
- Adios, Dapitan
Chapter 23 LAST TRIP ABROAD (1896)
- From Dapitan to Manila
- Rizal misses ship going to Spain
- Outbreak of the Philippine Revolution
- Departure for Spain
- Rizal in Singapore
- Victim of Spanish duplicity
- Rizal arrested before reaching
Barcelona
- Arrival in Barcelona as prisoner
Chapter 24 LAST HOMECOMING AND TRIAL
- A Martyr’s last homecoming
- Confiscation of Rizal’s diary
- Unsuccessful rescue in Singapore
- Arrival in Manila
- Preliminary Investigation
- Rizal chooses his defender
- Reading of information of charges to
the accused
- Rizal’s manifesto to his people
- Rizal’s saddest Christmas
- The trial of Rizal
- Polavieja signs Rizal’s execution
Chapter 25 MARTYRDOM AT BAGUMBAYAN
- Last hours of Rizal
- Death march to Bagumbayan
- Martyrdom of a hero
- Aftermath of a hero-martyr’s death