PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION

SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
BAYAMBANG CAMPUS

GE 9: THE LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL

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 Because of Rizal’s big head
delivery?
Take Jose Rizal to the sanctuary of the
3. What did Rizal‟s mother vowed when she was
virgin of Antipolo by the way of
giving 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 Father Rufino Collantes
become a great
man?
7. Who was the governor general when Jose Rizal
Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery
was born?

Rizal’s parents

1. Jose Rizal was the of the 11 children of his Seventh

parents
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 Francisco Mercado
Jose?
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. Reduce the taxes
Instead she said
that if the government has plenty of funds, they
better ?
 The Rizal children
1. Who was the eldest children of Francisco and
Saturnina
Teodora?
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 Olympia

Teodora?
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
Jose
Teodora?
b) Also known as Pepe
10. When Jose was in Dapitan, he lived with an
Josephine Bracken
Irish girl from Hongkong named?
11. Jose had a child with Josephine but died after
Francisco
few hours. He named the child?
12. Who was the eighth child of Francisco and
Concepcion
Teodora?
b) Also known as Concha
13. Her death when she was still 3 years old was
Concepcion
Rizal‟s first sorrow in life
14. Who was the ninth child of Francisco and
Josefa
Teodora?
b) Also known as Panggoy
15. Who was the tenth child of Francisco and
Trinidad
Teodora?
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 Noli Me Tangere;
the wise . Pilosopo Tasyo
20. In his letter for Blumentritt, Rizal regarded Most noble of Filipinos
Paciano as?
 Rizal’s Ancestry
1. Rizal was a product of mixture of races from both Negrito, Indonesian, Malay, Chinese,
East 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
Lakan Dula
from the 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? A Spanish alcalde mayor of Laguna
Because there were many Mercados in
3. Why was the surname Mercado replaced with the Philippines who are not related to
Rizal? Jose’s family
A field where wheat, cut while still
4. Rizal in Spanish means?
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
Principalia
town 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 library. They sent their children to
ilustrados? 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
Mount Makiling
looms of Calamba?
3. At the east of Calamba is an inland lake of
Laguna de bay
songs and emerald waters known as ?
4. In 1876, when he was 15 yrs old, Rizal
Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo
remembered his 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
Pray the Angelus
would gather all the children to ?
3. Who related many stories about fairies, tales
His aya (nurse maid)
and 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
Three years old
novenas and joined religious processions?
2. In what age was Jose when he was able to
Five years old
read the bible?
3. Why was Rizal called by the Hermanos and Because he was so seriously devout to
Hermanas Terceras “Manong Jose”? the Catholic church
4. Who was one of the men he esteemed and
Father Leoncio Lopez, the town priest
respected in Calamba during his boyhood?
 Pilgrimage to Antipolo
1. When did Jose Rizal and his father left Calamba
June 6, 1868
to go 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
Casco (Barge)
father rode in a?
5. Jose did not sleep the whole night as they He was awed by the magnificence of
sailed towards Pasig River because? watery expanse and the silence of night
6. Where did Jose and his father prayed before
To the Virgin of Antipolo
going to Manila?
7. Who did Rizal and his father visited in La
Saturnina
Concordia College in Santa Ana?

The Story of the Moth; Artistic Talents; First poem

1. Of all the stories told by Teodora, what story
The story of the young moth
made the 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
Five
and 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 Sa Aking Mga Kababata (To My Fellow
native language entitled? Children

First Drama by Rizal

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

Influences on the Hero’s Boyhood

Hereditary influence
1. What are the three influences of Rizal that caused
Environmental influence
him to be great?
Aid of Divine Providence
Love for freedom, innate desire to
2. From his Malayan ancestors, Rizal inherited his?
travel and indomitable courage
Serious nature, frugality, patience, and
3. From his Chinese ancestors, Rizal inherited his?
love for children
Elegance of bearing, sensitivity to
4. From his Spanish ancestors, Rizal inherited his?
insult, gallantry to ladies
A profound sense of self-respect, the
5. From his father, he inherited? love for work and habit of independent
thinking
Religious nature, spirit of self-sacrifice,
6. From his mother, Rizal inherited his?
and passion for arts and literature
The scenic beauties of Calamba and the
7. What stimulated Rizal‟s artistic and literary
beautiful garden of the Rizal Family
talents?
8. From Paciano, he learned? 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 The fairy tales told by his aya
legends?
11. Of his three uncles from his mother‟s side, who
Tio Jose Alberto
inspired him to develop his artistic ability?
12. Of his three uncles from his mother‟s
side, who Tio Manuel
encouraged him to develop his frail body by
means of physical activities?
13. Of his three uncles from his mother‟s side,
Tio Gregorio
who intensified his voracious reading of good books?
14. Who fostered Rizal‟s love for scholarship
Father Leoncio Lopez
and intellectual honesty?
Strengthen his character, enabling him
15. The sorrows in his family such as the death of
to resist blows of adversity in later
Concha and imprisonment of Teodora contributed
years
to?
16. What awakened his spirit of patriotism and
Spanish abuses and cruelties,
inspired him to consecrate his life and talents to
execution of GOMBURZA
redeem his oppressed 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
Teodora, his mother
talent for 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
Leon Monroy
classmate of 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
A private school in Biñan
Rizal in?
8. When did Rizal left Calamba for Biñan? June 1869
9. Who accompanied Rizal in going to Biñan and
Paciano
acted as 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 Pedro
knew Latin and
Spanish?
4. Of his teachers, Rizal described as tall, thin,
long- necked, with sharp nose and a body slightly Maestro Justiniano Cruz
bent forward. He used to wear sinamay shirt.
5. Who was Jose‟s bully? Pedro
6. Whom did Rizal learned the art of wrestling
Tio Manuel
which he used to defeat Pedro?
7. Who challenged him to an arm-wrestling match
Andres Salandanan
after his class?
8. Jose spent many leisure hours at the paint studio
Juancho
of

, who was also the father-in-law of Justiniano.

9. Rizal and his classmate became apprentices of
Jose Guevarra
the 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 Saturnina
arrival of Talim which would take him to Calamba.
He prayed in the town church, collected
2. Rizal had a premonition that he would not pebbles in the river for souvenirs, and
return to Biñan again. Before he left, what did he regretfully bade farewell to his teachers
do? 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
Arturo Camps
that 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 January 20, 1872
exemption from tribute and polo (forced labor) by
the reactionary Gov. Rafael de
Izquierdo?
7. Who were the leaders of the secular
GOMBURZA
movement to 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
Paciano
housemate of?
12. Who told the heroic story of GOMBURZA to Jose? Paciano
13. What inspired Rizal to fight the evils of Spanish
The death of GOMBURZA
tyranny and redeem his oppressed people?

14. In 1891, what novel did he dedicate to

El Filibusterismo
the GOMBURZA?
Because of a malicious charge that she
15. Why was Teodora suddenly arrested before
and her brother, Jose Alberto,
June 1872?
attempted to poison his wife
Because he has an ax to grind against
16. Why did the lieutenant help Jose Alberto‟s wife the Rizal family, because Don
in filing the case? Francisco refused to give him fodder
for his horse
17. Who helped in arresting Teodora and was
Antonio Vivencio del Rosario
also Calamaba‟s gobernadorcillo?
18. How many years did Teodora stayed in the Two years and a half
prison?
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
Marzan
named?

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

Rizal enters the Ateneo

1. Ateneo Municipal is a college under the Spanish Jesuits

supervision of?
2. Ateneo Municipal was former known as , a
school for poor boys in Manila which was Escuela Pia (Charity School)
established by the government in 1817.
3. When did Jose went to Manila with Paciano? June 10, 1872
4. When did he took the entrance exam on
College of San Juan de Letran
Christian doctrine, arithmetic and reading?
5. Where did Rizal‟s father want him to study
College of San Juan de Letran
before he decided to send him to Ateneo instead?
(1) He was late for registration and (2)
6. Why did Father Margin Ferrando, the college
he was sickly and undersized for his
 age
registrar, refused to admit Rizal? What are the 2
reasons?
7. Upon the intercession of , nephew of
Manuel Xerez Burgos
Father 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 A house outside Intamuros, on
studying in Ateneo? Caraballo Street

10. How much did the house owner, Titay, owed to

Rizal family? Jose boarded with her in order to 300 pesos
collect part of this
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. Three mistakes
His opponent could lose his position if he
committed how many mistakes?
10. What was the coat material used in their Rayadillo
uniform?
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 Carthaginian Empire
placed in what group/empire?
14. At the end of the month, Jose Rizal became
Emperor
the
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
Santa Isabel College
took 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 retain his academic supremacy
year? 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
March 1873
summer vacation?
2. Who brought him to the Tanawan to cheer him Saturnina (Neneng)
up?
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
From Joseph in the Bible
able to 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
Universal History
him a costly set 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
(2)his prophecy that Spain would lose
the 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 His spoken Spanish was not fluently
grades remain excellent in all subjects but he sonorous
won only one medal- in
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 Father Francisco de Paula Sanchez
affection and respect
for him.
9. Who did Rizal consider as his best professor in Father Francisco de Paula Sanchez
ateneo?
10. He was extremely happy in having the medals He was able to repay his father for his
and excellent ratings because? sacrifices
11. Rizal finished his last year in Ateneo in a blaze of
TRUE hahaha FYI lang
glory. 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,
Marian Congregation
of a religious society named?
2. Rizal was a member of the Academy of Academy of Spanish Literatures and
and Academy of . Academy of Natural Sciences
3. Who advised him to stop communing with the
Muses and pay more attention to practical studies
Father Jose Vilaclara
such as philosophy and natural science? But jose
did not heed his
advice.
4. He studied painting under the famous Spanish
Agustin Saez; Romualdo de Jesus
painter named? And famous sculptor named?
The Virgin Mary on a piece of batikuling
5. Jesuit professors was impressed with his skills
(Philippine hardwood) using his pocket-
when he carved an image of ?
knifes
6. Who requested to carve an image of the Sacred
Father Lleonart
Heart of Jesus to Rizal?
7. This sculpture played a significant part in
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Rizal‟s last 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 Mi Primera Inspiracion (My First
was in 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)
Columbus, the discoverer of America
was written by Rizal to praise?

How King John II of Portugal missed

fame and riches by his failure to
12. Colon y Juan II relates?
finance the projected expedition of
Columbus to the New world
Un Dialogo Alusivo a la Despedida de
13. What was the last poem Rizal wrote in Ateneo? los Colegiales (A Farewell Dialogue of
the Students)
Through education our motherland
14. What was the poem Rizal wrote about
receives light
education?
15. In what poem did Rizal showed the The intimate alliance between religion
importance of religion and education? and good education
16. One of the religious poems he wrote to
Al Niño Jesus (To the child of Jesus)
express his devotion to his Catholic faith is?
17. Sanchez requested him to write a drama based
St. Eustace the Martyr
on the story of?
18. He finished the drama on? 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
Segunda Katigbak
Batanguena 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
Olimpia
school, La 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 La Concordia College to say goodbye
to each 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

University of Santo Tomas
for higher studies.
2. Both and wanted Jose to pursue his
Don Francisco and Paciano
higher learning in the university.
3. Who opposed the idea of Rizal going to the Teodora, his mother
university?
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
Perito Agrimensor (expert surveyor)
Ateneo. He took the vocational course leading to the
title of?
12. Rizal could not be granted with the title as
He was below age (17 years old)
surveyor 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? Miss L
Describing her as
fair with seductive and attractive eyes
(1) the sweet memory of Segunda was
15. Why did Rizal had a change of heart towards Ms. still fresh in his heart and (2) his father
L? did not like the family of Miss L
16. During his sophomore year in UST, he boarded
in the Leonor Valenzuela
house of Leyva who lives next door to Capitan Juan
and 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
Leonor Rivera
next romance?
21. Of all his women, she was Rizal‟s cousin from Leonor Rivera
Camiling
22. Of all Rizal‟s siblings, who went to the same
Soledad
school with Leonor Rivera?
23. in her letters to Rizal, Leonor signed her name
as in order to camouflage their intimate Taimis
relationship from their 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
General Primo de Rivera
reported the 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 A La Juventud Filipina (To the Filipino
Artistico- 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
expressed for the first time the
Juventud Filipina (To the Filipino youth), became a
nationalistic concept that the Filipinos,
classic Philippine literature?
and not the foreigners, were the ‘Fair
hope of the Fatherland’
7. In 1880, another contest was held to
El Consejo de los Dioses (The council
commemorate the 4th centennial death of
of the gods)
Cervantes. What allegorical drama
did Rizal submitted?
8. Many were against the decision to award the
He was an indio
first prize 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

Saturnina, Maria and Trinidad
shrine of Birhen Maria de los Dolores?
11. Who was the pretty girl colegiala, who skilfully
played the harp at the Regalado home? Rizal was Vicenta Ybardolaza
infatuated with this girl.
(1) it was the native town of Leonor
12. Why did Rizal made a side trip to the
Valenzuela and (2) to see the Pagsanjan
town of Pagsanjan? falls
13. How did spanish students call their brown Indio, chongo!
classmates?
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 (2) The Filipino students were racially
institution of higher learning? discriminated by Spaniards
(3) the method of instruction was
obsolete and repressive
18. After finishing the 4th year of his medical
Spain
course, Rizal 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
May 3, 1882
steamer bound for Singapore?
3. What was the first country abroad he visited? Singapore
4. Who was the ship captain from Austrias, Spain
Donato Lecha
who befriended Rizal?
5. Rizal was good in what sports? Chess
6. On May 8, 1882, when he was approaching
Talim Island with the Susong Dalaga
Singapore, 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 that his book French he learned in
French 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
is picturesque but it is lonely and quiet
seacoast town in southern Ceylon?
and sad at the same time.
10. According to Rizal, what is more beautiful,
Colombo, capital of Ceylan
smart and elegant than Singapore, Point Galle and
Manila?
11. What place did Rizal described as
Coast of Africa
„inhospitable land but famous‟?
12. When Rizal reached Naples, an Italian city, he Business activities, its lively people
was 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.
Its people were open-hearted,
Why?
hospitable and courageous.
16. What is the most famous street in Barcelona? Las Ramblas
17. Filipinos in Barcelona gave Rizal a party at
Plaza de Cataluña
their favourite café in?
18. In Barcelona, Rizal wrote a nationalistic essay Amor Patrio (Love of Country)
entitled?
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 Laong laan
Patrio?
21. When did Amor Patrio appear in Diariong August 20, 1882
tagalog?
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
Los Viajes (Travels)
Diariong tagalog?
25. What was the third article of Rizal in Diariong Revista de Madrid (Review of Madrid)
tagalog?
26. He wrote Revista de Madrid (Review of Madrid) November 29, 1882
on?

Cholera was ravaging Manila and

27. While in Barcelona, Rizal heard of the sad news
provinces. Many died and were dying
from the Philippines. What was that news? daily.
The unhappiness of Leonor Rivera, who
28. Aside from the Cholera news, what another sad
was getting thinner because of the
news did Rizal get from the Philippines?
absence of a loved one.
29. After leaving Barcelona, where did Rizal
Madrid, capital of Spain
established 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
Academy of fine arts of San Fernando
studied painting in?
33. Rizal rigidly budgeted his money in Madrid. He
Investing for a lottery ticket in Madrid
never
lottery
wasted money for gambling, wine and women.
However, his only extravagance was?
34. Rizal was not physically attractive but the
Consuelo Ortiga y Perez
daughter of Don Pablo Ortiga, , fell in love with
him.
35. On August 22, 1883, Rizal wrote a poem for
A La Señorita C.O. y P.
Consuelo entitled?
(1) he was still engaged to Leonor
36. However, before his romance with Consuelo
Rivera and (2) his friend and co-worker
could blossom in to a serious affair, he suddenly
in propaganda movement, Eduardo de
backed out. Why? Lete, was in love with her
37. In 1882, Rizal joined a society of Spaniards
Circulo Hispano-Filipino
and Filipinos named?
38. As requested by the members, he wrote the Me Piden Versos (They Ask Me For
poem entitled? Verses)
39. What two books aroused his sympathy for Uncle Tom’s Cabin and The Wandering
oppressed and unfortunate people? Jew
40. During his first summer vacation in Madrid,
Paris
Rizal went to?
41. On his visit in Paris, Rizal was mistaken by
Japanese
Parisians 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
the friars, which could not be done in
masons?
the Philippines.
44. In March 1883, Rizal joined the Masonic lodge Acacia
called?
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

Lodge Solidaridad
the Master Mason on November 15, 1890.
47. Rizal was conferred the degree of by
Licentiate in Medicine
the Universidad Central de Madrid on June 21,
1884.
He did not present the thesis required
48. Rizal wasn‟t awarded by his Doctor‟s
for his graduation and did not pay the
diploma because? corresponding fees
49. He was awarded the degree of Licentiate in
philosophy and letters by the Universidad Central Excellent (Sobresaliente)
de Madrid on June 19, 1885 with the rating of?

Chapter 7 PARIS TO BERLIN (1885-1887)

1. Where did Rizal travel to acquire more
Paris
knowledge in ophthalmology?
2. He stopped at Barcelona to visit his friend
, a medical student and a member of a rich family Maximo Viola
in San Miguel, Bulacan.
3. When he was in Paris, he worked as an assistant
Dr. Louis de Weckert
to

, 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.
Germany
Weckert, he 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 Heidelberg
and romantic
surroundings.
8. What sport does Rizal play? Chess
9. Rizal worked at the University eye hospital
Dr. Otto Becker
under the direction of , a German ophthalmologist.
10. The beautiful spring of flowers in Heidelberg
and his mood of homesickness inspired Rizal to A Las Flores de Heidelberg
write the poem
in April 22, 1886?
11. After writing A Las Flores de Heidelberg, Rizal
spent a three-month vacation at , a Wilhelmsfeld
mountainous village near 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
Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt
German to?
14. Who did Rizal meet in Austria and became
Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt
his bestfriend?

15. Where in Europe did Rizal find out the cheapest

Leipzig
cost of 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 Dr. Schweigger

of?
21. Rizal had a lesson with to master the
Madame Lucie Cerdole
idiomatic 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
Trinidad
read, read, and learn?
24. Of his sisters, who gave Rizal a diamond ring
Saturnina
that was in the pawnshop?

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

1. Who agreed to be Rizal‟s traveling companion in
Maximo Viola
visiting important places in Europe?
2. In May 11, 1887, Rizal and Viola left what Berlin
country?
3. What was one of the best cities in Germany that
Dresden
Rizal 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 Leitmeritz, Bohemia
, where 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
Deplorable conditions of the primitive
held. Rizal received a sad news from his friends in
Igorots exhibited in the exposition
Madrid about 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 Noli Me Tangere
publication of
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
Haiphong
Manila from Saigon?
4. Who was Rizal‟s first patient? His Mother
5. Why can‟t Rizal perform surgical operation
Because her cataract were not yet ripe
on his 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 To discourage the cockfights and
gymnastics, fencing and shooting? gambling
8. Rizal suffered one failure during his six
Leonor Rivera
months of sojourn in Calamba – his failure to
see
9. Who is the governor general that sent Rizal a
Governor General Emilio Terrero
letter that requested him to come to Malacanan
Palace?
10. When Rizal was informed by Gov. Terrero
The novel merely exposed the truth and
about his novel Noli advocating subversive idea, he
did not advocate subversive idea
denied it. What
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 Father Federico Faura
novel Noli and added that
„You may lose your head for it‟?
12. Who was assigned by Terrero to be Rizal‟s Don Jose Taviel de Andrade
bodyguard?
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 (1) the death of his older sister, Olimpia
with Lt. Andrade? (2) the groundless tales that he was a

German spy, an agent of Bismarck, a

protestant etc.
 (1) his presence was jeopardizing the
safety and happiness of his family and
friends
16. Why was Rizal compelled to leave Calamba? (2) he could fight better his enemies
and serve his country’s cause with
greater efficacy by writing in foreign
countries
17. The poem Himno Al Trabajo was written by
The industrious folks of Lipa
Rizal dedicated to

CHAPTER 11: In HONGKONG and MACAO (1888)

1. On February 3, 1888, after staying for 6
Hongkong
months in Calamba, Rizal went to
(1) he was not feeling well
2. He did not get off his ship in brief stopover at
(2) it was raining hard
Amoy 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 Jose Sainz de Veranda
was commissioned by Spanish authorities to spy on
Rizal?
4. What country was described by Rizal as a
Hongkong
„small but very clean‟?
5. What place was described by Rizal as a „small,
low, and Macao
gloomy; There are many junks, sampans but few
steamers. 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 Japan
was?

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 expenses by staying at the legation
Legation. He 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
Seiko Usui or O-Sei-San
legation 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 Tetcho Suehiro
fighting Japanese writer, who was forced to
leave the 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 (3) the natural beauty of the land
States? (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,
London
Rizal went to

3. Who called Rizal „a pearl of a man‟? Dr. Reinhold Rost

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

London?
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
Marcelo H. Del Pilar and Mariano Ponce
met and
7. Where did Rizal spend Christmas and New Year
London
with the Becketts?
8. The people in Barcelona established a patriotic
Asociacion La Solidaridad
society named
9. On February 15, 1889, patriotic newspaper
Graciano Lopez Jaena
La 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
Los Agricultores Filipinos
in La Solidaridad?
12. What is Rizal‟s pen name? Dimas Alang
13. In La Vision del Fray Rodriguez, Rizal (1) his profound knowledge of religion
demonstrated two things: and (2) his biting satire
14. Where did Rizal write the “Letter to the Young
London
Women 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
Gertrude or Gettie
romantic relationship with?
17. Rizal realized that he could not marry
He had a mission to fulfil
Gertrude because
(1) Prometheus bound
(2) The triumph of death over life
18. Before leaving London, he finished four (3) the triump of Science over death
sculptures (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 Kidlat Club
that they could enjoy their sojourn in the city
2. The aim of this society was the propagation of all
Sociedad R.D.L.M
useful knowledge in the Philippines.

Chapter 16 In BELGIAN BRUSSELS

1. On January 28, 1890, Rizal left Paris for , capital
Brussels
of 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 Jose Albert
Brussels?
4. What article in La Solidaridad did he lay down Sobre la Nueva Ortografia de la Lengua
the rules of the new Tagalog orthography? Tagala
5. In the news delivered by Luna to Rizal, he said
that the Gambling too much
Filipinos in Spain were destroying the good name of
their nation by?
6. When this gamblers learned about Rizal‟s
Papa
moralizing, 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 To My Muse (A Mi…)
those days when he was worried by family
disasters.
(1) Summertime festival of Belgium
9. What things brought some measure of cheer to
(2) Romance with Petite Jacoby
Rizal?
 CHAPTER 17 MISFORTUNES IN MADRID
Antonio was drunk and was bitter
because of his frustrated romance with
Nellie Boustead. He could not control
1. Why Antonio Luna and Rizal almost got into a his self and uttered certain unsavoury
fight? remarks about Nellie. Rizal heard it and
got angry so he challenged Luna to a
duel
2. Who is the writer who used to attack Filipinos in
various newspapers in Madrid and was challenged Wenceslao E. Retana
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 Locket containing the picture of Leonor
proved to be a bad omen. This happened before Rivera
he received the letter
about Leonor‟s marriage to another man.
4. During the election, the Filipinos were divided
Rizalistas and Pilaristas
into two hostile camps namely

CHAPTER 18 BIARRITZ VACATION AND ROMANCE WITH NELLY

BOUSTEAD (1891)
1. To seek solace for his displacements in Madrid,
Biarritz
Rizal took a vacation in the resort of
2. After losing Leonor, Rizal entertain
Nellie Boustead
considerable 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 Lucia, Josefa, Trinidad
Hongkong?
4. Who is the Portuguese physician that helped
Dr. Lorenzo P. Marques
Rizal build a wide clientele?
5. In this article he contrasted the cruel Spanish
prison Una Visita a la Victoria Gaol
system with the modern and more humane British
prison system
6. it denounces the frequent outbreaks of intentional
La Mano Roja
fires in Manila
7. The most important writing made by Rizal
La Liga Filipina
during his 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 entitled Pobres Frailes (Poor Friars)
Santiago? which was allegedly found in Lucia’s
pillow cases.
6. published the story of Rizal‟s arrest which
Gaceta de Manila
produced indignant commotion among the Filipino
people.
 Chapter 22 Exile in Dapitan (1892-1896)

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

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
Butuan
about the 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 The man purchase logs from the lands
Frenchman, Juan Lardet, because? of Rizal but some were of poor quality
12. He was the only priest that defended Noli Me
Father Francisco de Paula Sanchez
Tangere in public?
13. What was the assumed name of the friar‟s
Pablo Mercado
spy who 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
Don Ignacio Tumarong
Rizal Php 3000 after his sight was restored?
16. Who was the rich hacendero who was cured by
Don Florencio Azacarraga
Rizal and paid him a cargo of sugar?
Because he had built the water systems
17. Why were modern engineers marvelled by
with inadequate tools and limited
Rizal‟s 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
Mi Retiro (My Retreat)
serene 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 revolution
Andres on 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
Dr. Maximo Viola
appearance of a 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 Blumentritt

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

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

General Eulogio Despujol
Rizal in Dapitan?
2. What was Rizal‟s principal purpose in To show that we have a pre-colonial
annotating Antonio Morga‟s Sucesos de as Islas culture
Pilipinas?
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
2/3
must get atleast of the total votes.
6. Of Rizal‟s sisters, who accompanied Rizal
Lucia
from Hongkong back to Philippines?
7. Of Rizal‟s sisters, who was in favour of
Narcisa
Josephine Bracken?
8. During his exile in Dapitan, Rizal had a
Father Pastells
scholarly and 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
Cuba
because?
11. The British authorities of Borneo were willing
to give the Filipino colonists a beautiful 999 years
harbour and good
government for years, free of all charges.
12. Where did Rizal stay the longest and he
Madrid
considered his second home?
(1) Antonio Luna likes Nellie
13. What are the reasons why didn‟t Rizal court
(2) Nellie’s parents don’t like Rizal
Nellie 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 Hongkong

question )
 (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 Sucesos de as Islas Pilipinas
three reasons. (3) London was a safe place for him to
carry on his fight against Spanish
tyranny
18. During the 19th century, Philippines was one of
the remaining colonies of Spain. Spain cannot let go Trade potential is one of the richest
of the 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 That she and Rizal will have a
Rizal, she promised pilgrimage in Antipolo
Mercado means merchant which best
21. From Lam-co the family name of Rizal
describes the work of their great great
adopted the 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

Second
his 2nd 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
Sister Concha died
episode of Rizal‟s life is when his
26. When Rizal was already older he realized that Sacrificing one’s life for an ideal is
the story of the moth has another meaning to him worthwhile
and this was
27. He was the uncle of Rizal who taught him
fencing and Manuel
wrestling that is why Rizal never run away
when 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 Justiano Aquino Cruz
was
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
Santa Cruz
to Calamba which was 50km away
32. He was the most loved Governor General
Carlos Ma. Dela Torre
by the Filipinos during Spanish Colonization
33. Rizal knew about the death of the three
His brother Paciano related it to him
priests because
34. The Rizal family were very much affected They have a special relationship with
from the death of GOMBURZA because one of the priests
35. This was supposed to be where Rizal will be
Letran
studying after his studies in Binan
36. Riza belongs to the Carthaginian group of
He is a non-boarder
students 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 or C
a. Historia Universal
b. Count of Monte Cristo
c. Travels of the Philippines
d. Uncle Toms Cabin
40. During his second semester of his first year He resented the disparaging remarks of
stay in Ateneo, Rizal did not try studying hard his professors
because
41. Gregorio, the brother of Teodora had
Love Reading
influenced Rizal to
(1) he could economize his living
42. Rizal was invited to live at the Spanish expenses by staying at the legation
Legation. He 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
Father Francisco de Paula Sanchez
harder and write poetry
44. Rizal and Segunda met in Rizal’s grandmother house

45. The name of Rizal‟s sister who was close to Olimpia

Segunda
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
Literature, Medicine, Law
take in UST
48. Rizal took a land surveying course in Ateneo
while studying in UST however he was not not able Underage when he finished the course
to get his certificate because he was
49. The following were the women of Rizal in
A
Manila except:
 a. Consuelo Ortigas
b. Segunda Katigbak
c. Leonor Rivera
d. Leonor Valenzuela
50. This was the first place Rizal visited the first time
Singapore
he left the Philippines
He was excommunicated from the
51. When Rizal joined the Masonic Society
Catholic church

Chapter 1 ADVENT OF A NATIONAL HERO - Martyrdom of GOMBURZA

- Injustice to Hero’s mother
- Birth of a Hero
- Rizal’s parents Chapter 4 SCHOLASTIC TRIUMPHS
- The rizal children AT ATENEO DE MANILA (1872-
- Rizal’s Ancestry 1877)
- The Surname Rizal
- The Rizal Home - Rizal enters the Ateneo
- A Good and Middle-class Family - Jesuit system of education
- Home Life of the Rizals - Rizal’s first year in Ateneo
- Summer vacation
Chapter 2 CHILDHOOD YEARS IN - Second year in Ateneo
CALAMBA
- Prophecy of Mother’s release
- Calamba, The hero’s town - Teenage interest in reading
- Earliest childhood memories - Third year in Ateneo
- The hero’s first sorrow - Fourth year in Ateneo
- Devoted son of the church - Last year in Ateneo
- Pilgrimage to Antipolo - Graduation with highest honors
- The Story of the Moth - Extra-curricular activities in Ateneo
- Artistic Talents - Sculptural works in Ateneo
- First Poem by Rizal - Anecdotes on Rizal, the Atenean
- First Drama by Rizal - Poems written in Ateneo
- Rizal as Boy Magician - Rizal’s poems on education
- Lakeshore Reveries - Rizal’s religious poems
- Influences on the Hero’s Boyhood - Dramatic works in Ateneo
- First romance of Rizal
Chapter 3 EARLY EDUCATIONS IN
CALAMBA AND BINAN Chapter 5 MEDICAL STUDIES AT UST
(1877- 1882)
- The Hero’s First Teacher
- Jose goes to Binan - Mother’s opposition to higher
- First day in BInan School education
- First school brawl - Rizal enters the university
- Painting lessons in Binan - Finishes surveying course in
Ateneo (1878)
- Daily life in Binan
- Best Student in School - Romances with other girls
- End of Binan Schooling - Victim of Spanish officers’ brutality
- To the Filipino youth (1879)
 - The council of the Gods (1880) Chapter 9 RIZAL‟S GRAND TOUR OF EUROPE
- Rizal’s visit to Pakil and Pagsanjan WITH VIOLA (1887)
- Champion of Filipino students
- Unhappy days at UST - The tour begins
- Decision to study abroad - Dresden
- First meeting with Blumentritt
Chapter 6 IN SUNNY SPAIN (1882-1885) - Beautiful memories of Leitmeritz
- Prague
- Rizal’s secret mission
- Vienna
- Secret departure for spain
- Danubian Voyage to Lintz
- Singapore
- From Lintz to Rheinfall
- From Singapore to Colombo
- Crossing the frontier to Switzerland
- First trip through Suez Canal
- Geneva
- Naples and Marseilles
- Rizal resents exhibition of igorots in
- Amor Patrio
1887 Madrid exposition
- Manila moves to Madrid
- Rizal in Italy
- Life in Madrid
- Romance with Consuelo Ortiga y
Perez
- They Ask Me For Verses Chapter 10 FIRST HOMECOMING (1887-1888)
- Rizal as lover of books
- Rizal’s first visit to Paris - Decision to return home
- Rizal as a Mason - Delightful trip to Manila
- Financial worries - Arrival in Manila
- Rizal’s salute to Luna and Hidalgo - Happy homecoming
- Rizal involved in - Storm over the Noli
student demonstration - Attackers of the Noli
- Studies completed in spain - Defenders of the noli
- Rizal and Taviel de Andrade
Chapter 7 PARIS TO BERLIN (1885-1887) - Calamba’s agrarian trouble
- Farewell to Calamba
- In Gay Paris (1885-86) - A poem for Lipa
- Rizal as musician
- In historic Heidelberg Chapter 11 IN HONGKONG AND MACAO
- To the flowers of Heidelberg (1888)
- With Pastor Ullmer at Wilhelmsfeld
- First letter to Blumentritt - The trip to Hongkong
- Fifth centenary of Heidelberg - Visit to Macao
University - Experiences in hongkong
- In Leipzig and Dresden - Departure from hongkong
- Rizal welcomed in Berlin’s scientific
Chapter 12 ROMANTIC INTERLUDE IN
circles
JAPAN (1888)
- Rizal’s life in Berlin
- Rizal on German women - Rizal arrives in Yokohama
- German Customs - Rizal in Tokyo
- Rizal’s Darkest winter - Rizal and the Tokyo musicians
- Rizal’s impression of Japan
Chapter 8 NOLI ME TANGERE PUBLISHED
- Romans with O-sei-san
IN BERLIN (1887)
- Rizal on O-sei-san
 - Sayonara, Japan - Project for Filipino college in
- O-sei-san after Rizal’s departure hong kong
- Voyage across the Pacific - Por telefono
- Rizal and Tetcho - Christmas in Paris

Chapter 13 RIZAL‟S VISIT TO THE Chapter 16 IN BELGIAN BRUSSELS (1890)

UNITED STATES (1888)
- Life in Brussels
- Arrival in San Francisco - Articles published in La Solidaridad
- Rizal in San Francisco - New ortography of Tagalog language
- Across the American continent - Rizal criticizes Madrid Filipinos for
- Rizal in New York gambling
- Rizal’s impression of America - Bad news from home
- Presentiment of death
Chapter 14 RIZAL IN LONDON (1888-
- Preparation to go home
1889)
- Decision to go to Madrid
- Trip across the Atlantic - To my muse (1890)
- Life in London - Romance with Petite Jacoby
- News from home, good and bad
Chapter 17 MISFORTUNES IN MADRID (1890-
- Annotating morga’s book
1891)
- Short visit to Paris and Spain
- Christmas in London (1888) - Failure to get justice for family
- Rizal becomes leader of Filipinos - Rizal’s eulogy to Panganiban
in Europe
- Aborted duel with Antonio Luna
- Rizal and the La
- Rizal challenges Retana to Duel
Solidaridad newspaper
- Infidelity of Leonor Rivera
- First article in La Solidaridad
- Rizal-Del Pilar Rivalry
- Writings in London
- Rizal abdicates his leadership
- Romance with Gertrude Beckett
- Adios, Madrid
- Adios, London
Chapter 18 BIARRITZ VACATION AND
Chapter 15 RIZAL‟S SECOND SOJOURN
ROMANCE WITH NELLY BOUSTEAD (1891)
IN PARIS AND THE UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION OF 1889 - With the Bousteads in Biarritz
- Romance with Nellie Boustead
- Difficulty of finding quarters
- El Fili finished in Biarritz
- Life in Paris
- To Paris and back to Brussels
- Rizal and Paris exposition of 1889
- Retirement from the propaganda
- Kidlat club
movement
- Indios Bravos - Rizal stopped writing for La
- R.D.L.M. Society Solidaridad
- Annotated Edition of - Revising the Fili for Publication
Morga Published
- Comment on Morga’s Publication Chapter 19 EL FILIBUSTERISMO PUBLISHED
Date IN GHENT (1891)
- Rizal as Historian
- The Philippines within a century - Privations in Ghent
- The indolence of Filipinos - The Printing of El Fili
- International association of
Filipinologists
Chapter 20 OPHTHALMIC SURGEON IN - Rizal as farmer
HONG KONG (1891-1892) - Rizal as businessman
- Rizal’s inventive ability
- Farewell to Europe
- My retreat
- Rizal and the German ladies
- Rizal and Josephine bracken
- Arrived in hong kong
- Rizal and the Katipunan
- Family reunion in hong kong
- Volunteers as military doctor in Cuba
- Ophthalmic surgeon in hong kong
- The song of the traveller
- Borneo colonization project
- Adios, Dapitan
- Writings in hong kong
- Decision to return to manila Chapter 23 LAST TRIP ABROAD (1896)
- Last hong kong letters
- Rizal falls into Spanish trap - From Dapitan to Manila
- Rizal misses ship going to Spain
Chapter 21 SECOND HOMECOMING AND - Outbreak of the Philippine Revolution
THE LIGA FILIPINA - Departure for Spain
- Rizal in Singapore
- Arrival in Manila with sister
- Victim of Spanish duplicity
- Visiting friends in cental Luzon
- Rizal arrested before
- Other interviews with Despujol
reaching Barcelona
- Founding of the La Liga Filipina
- Arrival in Barcelona as prisoner
- Constitution of Liga Filipina
- Rizal arrested and jailed in Fort
Santiago
- Arbitrary deportation to Dapitan Chapter 24 LAST HOMECOMING AND TRIAL

Chapter 22 Exile in Dapitan (1892-1896) - A Martyr’s last homecoming

- Confiscation of Rizal’s diary
- Beginning of exile in Dapitan - Unsuccessful rescue in Singapore
- Wins in manila lottery - Arrival in Manila
- Rizal-Pastells Debate on Religion - Preliminary Investigation
- Rizal challenges a Frenchman to - Rizal chooses his defender
a duel - Reading of information of charges to
- Rizal and father Sanchez the accused
- Idyllic life in Dapitan - Rizal’s manifesto to his people
- Rizal’s encounter with Friar’s spy - Rizal’s saddest Christmas
- As physician in Dapitan - The trial of Rizal
- Water system for Dapitan - Polavieja signs Rizal’s execution
- Community projects for Dapitan
- Rizal as a teacher Chapter 25 MARTYRDOM AT BAGUMBAYAN
- Hymn to Talisay
- Contributions to science - Last hours of Rizal
- Linguistic studies - Death march to Bagumbayan
- Artistic works in Dapitan - Martyrdom of a hero
- Aftermath of a hero-martyr’s death