Chapter 9: Grand tour of Europe with Viola

Question 1

What was the first place Rizal and Viola visited?

Answer 1

Potsdam, a city near Berlin

Question 2

Who made Potsdam famous?

Answer 2

Frederick the Great

Question 3

When did Rizal and Viola leave Berlin? and what was the season?

Answer 3

At dawn on May 11 1887, Spring in Europe

Question 4

What mode of transportation did they use when they left in Berlin?

Answer 4

Train

Question 5

This is “one of the best cities in Germany”

Answer 5

Dresden (Germany)

Question 6

This is where Rizal studies numerous plant varieties of extraordinary beauty and size

Answer 6

Dresden

Question 7

Who are the two people that Rizal and Viola meet in Dresden?

Answer 7

Dr. Adolph B. Meyer and Dr. Feodor Jagor

Question 8

What museum did Rizal and Viola visit?

Answer 8

Museum of Art: “Prometheus Bound”

Question 9

He is a kind-hearted, old Austrian professor that carried a pencil sketch of Rizal

Answer 9

Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt

Question 10

With their first meeting with Blumentritt; where and when did they meet him?

Answer 10

May 13 1887 (1:30pm) in Leitmeritz, Bohemia (Litomerice, Czechoslovakia)

Question 11

What was the name of the hotel they stayed in Leitmeritz?

Answer 11

Hotel Krebs

Question 12

What were the dates in which Rizal and Viola stayed in Leitmeritz?

Answer 12

May 13 to May 16 1887

Question 13

State the Blumentritt family members

Answer 13

Rosa (wife), Dolores (Dora or Dorita), Conrad, Fritz

Question 14

When Blumentritt invited them to a beer garden, they met who?

Answer 14

Burgomaster

Question 15

What was Rizal and Viola invited to of which Blumentritt was the secretary?

Answer 15

Tourists’ Club of Leitmeritz

Question 16

Rizal painted a portrait of who?

Answer 16

Professor Blumentritt

Question 17

He was an eminent naturalist

Answer 17

Professor Robert Klutschak

Question 18

Rizal and Viola met another renowned scientist of Europe namely:

Answer 18

Dr. Carlos Czepelak

Question 19

When and at what time did Rizal and Viola leave Leitmeritz by train?

Answer 19

May 16 1887 at 9:45 AM

Question 20

He was a professor of natural History in the University of Prague where Rizal carried letter of recommendation from Blumentritt to him

Answer 20

Dr. Willkomm

Question 21

What were the places that they visited in Prague?

Answer 21

• Tomb of Copernicus
• Museum of Natural History
• Cave where San Juan Nepomuceno was imprisoned and the birdge where he ward hurled

Question 22

Where did they go after Prague where “nothing of important happened”?

Answer 22

Brunn (Austria)

Question 23

When did Rizal send an appreciation letter to Blumentritt and lost his diamond stickpin?

Answer 23

May 19 1887

Question 24

This is when Rizal and Viola arrived in Vienna

Answer 24

May 20 1887

Question 25

This is the capital of Austria-Hungary

Answer 25

Vienna

Question 26

Vienna was known as?

Answer 26

"Queen of the Danube"

Question 27

The date when Rizal and Viola expressed their concern for the illness of Dora, Blumentritt's daughter

Answer 27

May 24 1887

Question 28

He was one of the greatest novelist in Europe during that time who Rizal and viola met and this novelist was impressed by Rizal whose genius he so much admired

Answer 28

Norfenfals

Question 29

This is where Rizal received his missing diamond stickpin

Answer 29

Vienna

Question 30

What hotel did Rizal and Viola stay in Vienna?

Answer 30

Hotel Metropole

Question 31

Who did t hey meet in Vienna?

Answer 31

Masner and Nordmann, Austrian scholars

Question 32

When did they leave Vienna?

Answer 32

May 24 1887

Question 33

What river did they cross leaving vienna?

Answer 33

Danube River

Question 34

Where Rizal and Viola sojourned for a short time to savor the famous Munich beer, reputed to be the best in Germany

Answer 34

Munich

Question 35

This is the oldest city in Germany and among the sights, they saw the horrible torture machines used by the inquisition

Answer 35

Nuremberg

Question 36

The largest and tallest cathedral in all Germany

Answer 36

Ulm Cathedral

Question 37

This is where they saw the most beautiful waterfall of Europe

Answer 37

Rheinfall (Cascade of the Rhine)

Question 38

What was the name of the most beautiful waterfall in Europe

Answer 38

Rhine Falls

Question 39

From Rheinfall, where did they cross?

Answer 39

Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Question 40

How long did they stay in Switzerland?

Answer 40

June 2 to 3 1887

Question 41

After Switzerland, where did they continue their tour?

Answer 41

to Basel, Bern, and Laussanne

Question 42

What was the name of the lake that they crossed going to Geneva?

Answer 42

Leman Lake

Question 43

This Swiss city is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, visited by world tourist every year

Answer 43

Geneva

Question 44

When did Rizal treat Viola to a blow-out for Rizal's 26th birthday?

Answer 44

June 19 1887

Question 45

This is when Rizal and Viola parted ways where Viola returned to Barcelona and Rizal continued the tour to Italy

Answer 45

June 23 1887

Question 46

Primitive Igorots were exhibited in this exposition

Answer 46

1887 Madrid Exposition

Question 47

What was Rome known as?

Answer 47

"Eternal City" and "City of the Ceasars"

Question 47

The date when Rizal wrote to Blumentritt and described it as "grandeur that was Rome"

Answer 47

June 27 1887

Question 48

This was known as the "City of the Popes"

Answer 48

Vatican

Question 49

This was Capital of Christendom

Answer 49

Vatican

Question 50

What day is the Feast Day of St. Peter and St. Paul?

Answer 50

June 29th