Chapter 11: In Hongkong and Macao

Question 1

When was Rizal forced to leave his country for the second time?

Answer 1

February 1888

Question 2

When did Rizal first went abroad and at what age?

Answer 2

June 1883, age 21

Question 3

At what age was Rizal a practicing physician and a recognized man-of-letter?

Answer 3

27 years old

Question 4

When did Rizal leave Manila for Hong Kong?

Answer 4

February 3 1888

Question 5

What was the name of the ship Rizal went on for his trip to Hong Kong?

Answer 5

Zafiro

Question 6

Why did Rizal not get off his ship when it made brief stopover at Amoy on February 7?

Answer 6

• He was not feeling well
• It was raining hard
• He heard the city was dirty

Question 7

When did Rizal arrive in Hong Kong?

Answer 7

February 8 1888

Question 8

Rizal wrote to Blumentritt expressing his biterness on what day?

Answer 8

February 16 1888

Question 9

This was the hotel Rizal stayed at in Hong Kong

Answer 9

Victoria Hotel

Question 10

Rizal was welcome by the Filipino residents who were?

Answer 10

Jose Maria Basa, Malbino Mauricio, and Manuel Yriarte

Question 11

This is the spaniard who shadowed Rizal’s movement in Hong Kong

Answer 11

Jose Sainz de Varanda

Question 12

Varanda was a former secretary of who?

Answer 12

Gov. Gen Terrero

Question 13

He was ordered by the Spanish authorities to spy on Rizal

Answer 13

Jose Sainz de Varanda

Question 14

Rizal wrote this city was small but very clean to Blumentritt.

Answer 14

Hong Kong

Question 15

What were the ethnicities that lived in Hong Kong?

Answer 15

Portuguese, Hindus, English, Chinese, and Jews

Question 16

There were Filipinos exiled in what place since 1872?

Answer 16

Mariana Islands

Question 17

When did Rizal and Basa board for Macao?

Answer 17

February 18 1888

Question 18

What was the ferry steamer Rizal and Basa boarded for Macao?

Answer 18

Kiu-Kiang

Question 19

Who was the familiar figure Rizal saw among the passengers in Kiu-Kiang?

Answer 19

Jose Sainz de Varanda

Question 20

What did Rizal describe Macao as?

Answer 20

Small, low, and gloomy. Many Junks, sampans, but few steamers

Question 21

Rizal and Basa stayed in the home of?

Answer 21

Don Juan Francisco Lecaros

Question 22

What did Rizal see during his two-day stay in Macao?

Answer 22

“Grotto of Camoens” Portugal’s national poet

Question 23

What did Rizal witness on the evening of February 19?

Answer 23

Catholic procession

Question 24

When did Rizal and Basa return to Hong Kong on board the Kiu-Kiang?

Answer 24

February 20 1888

Question 25

How long did Rizal stay in Hong Kong?

Answer 25

Two weeks

Question 26

What did Rizal study in Hong Kong?

Answer 26

Chinese way of life, language, drama and customs

Question 27

What experience did Rizal write in his diary about the Chinese experience?

Answer 27

Noisy celebration of the Chinese New Year which lasted from Feb 11 to Feb 13

Question 28

What theater did Rizal observe in Hong Kong?

Answer 28

Boisterous Chinese theater

Question 29

This was the longest meal in the world

Answer 29

The marathon Lauriat party

Question 30

This was the richest religious order in Hong Kong

Answer 30

The Dominican Order

Question 31

The Hong Kong cemeteries belonged to who?

Answer 31

Protestants, Catholics, and Muslims

Question 32

When did Rizal leave Hong Kong?

Answer 32

February 22 1888

Question 33

What was the name of the American steamer Rizal boarded for Japan?

Answer 33

Oceanic

Question 34

What did Rizal not like about the Oceanic and what did he like?

Answer 34

He did not like the meals on board but liked the ship for its cleanliness and was efficiently managed