Chapter 6-9: Paris to Berlin

Question 1

Rizal’s Secret Mission

Answer 1

Liberating his oppressed people from Spanish tyranny.

Question 2

Name Pepe used in his secret departure for Spain

Answer 2

Jose Mercado

Question 3

Date of his departure…

Answer 3

May 3, 1882

Question 4

Suez Canal

Answer 4

Brought Asia to Europe. Built by Ferdinand de Lesseps, November 17, 1869.

Question 5

First article written on Spain’s soil

Answer 5

“Amor Patrio”, Love of Country. Appeared in print, August 20, 1882.

Question 6

First Manila bilingual newspaper

Answer 6

Diariong Tagalog

Question 7

Tagalog translation of “Amor Patrio” was made by…

Answer 7

Marcelo H. Del Pilar

Question 8

University Jose enrolled when advised by Paciano to finish medical course.

Answer 8

Universidad Central de Madrid (Central University of Madrid) - Medicine and Philosophy and Letters

Question 9

Romance with Consuelo Ortiga y Perez

Answer 9

Poem titled A La Señorita C. O. y O. (To Miss C. O. y O. P.)

Question 10

In 1882, Rizal joined the…

Answer 10

Circulo Hispano-Filipino. He also wrote a poem, “Me Piden Versos”, They Ask Me For Verses

Question 11

These two books aroused his sympathy for the oppressed and unfortunate people.

Answer 11

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Beecher Stowe, and The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue.

Question 12

Rizal’s Masonic Name

Answer 12

Dimasalang

Question 13

He became a Master Mason on…

Answer 13

November 15, 1880

Question 14

Awarded the diploma as Master Mason by Le Grands Orient de France in Paris

Answer 14

February 15, 1892

Question 15

Jose was unable to take breakfast. Won gold medal in a Greek language contest. .

Answer 15

June 24, 1884

Question 16

Guest speaker in a banquet held for Juan Luna and Felix Resurreccion National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid.

Answer 16

June 25, 1884. Juan Luna: Spolarium, Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo: Christian Virgins Exposed to the Populace.

Question 17

November 20-22, 1884, Madrid exploded in bloody riots because of…

Answer 17

Dr. Miguel Morayta

Question 18

Rizal completed his medical course in Spain. Degree of Licentiate in Medicine by the Universidad Central de Madrid on…

Answer 18

June 21, 1884

Question 19

Finished his studies in Philosophy and Letters on and with the rating of…

Answer 19

June 19, 1884, “Excellent” Sobresaliente

Question 20

November 1885, he worked as an assistant to a leading French ophthalmologist named

Answer 20

Dr. Louis de Weckert

Question 21

Rizal as Musician

Answer 21

Composed songs Alin Mang Lahi (Any Race) and La Deportacion (Deportation). Learned solfeggio, the piano, and the voice culture.

Question 22

Spring of 1886, Rizal wrote a poem as fascinated by the blooming flowers in Neckar River.

Answer 22

“A Las Flores de Heidelberg” To the Flowers of Heidelberg. April 22, 1886.

Question 23

Wrote the first letter to Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt.

Answer 23

July 31, 1886

Question 24

First Asian to be accorded “such” honors

Answer 24

Rizal became a member of the Anthropological Society, the Ethnological Society, and the Geographical Society of Berlin.

Question 25

Rizal’s Darkest Winter

Answer 25

Winter of 1886, lived in poverty as no money arrived from Calamba.

Question 26

Bleak winter of 1886 was memorable for two reasons:

Answer 26

Painful episode for he was sick, hungry, and despondent in a strange city, and
First novel came off press in March 1887.

Question 27

The Writing of Noli

Answer 27

End of 1884, Madrid: One-half of the novel.
1885, Paris: One-half of the second-half.
1885, Germany: Last fourth of the novel.
April-June 1886, Wilhelmsfeld: Last few chapters

Question 28

The savior of Noli

Answer 28

Dr. Maximo Viola

Question 29

Noli came off the press

Answer 29

March 21, 1887

Question 30

The Author’s Dedication

Answer 30

“To My Fatherland”

Question 31

Missing Chapters of the Noli

Answer 31

“Elias and Salome” which follows Chapter XXIV - “In the Wood”