Extra El Flashcards

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How did Rizal feel about the reform movement and Filipino infighting during this period?

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Disillusioned

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What did Rizal begin to doubt regarding the struggle for reform?

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Doubts peaceful struggle, contemplates violence

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According to Rizal in “El Filibusterismo,” what did he believe Filipinos lacked for meaningful action?

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Civic virtue

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How did Rizal’s view on nationhood change during this period?

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No longer sees nation as inevitable outcome of history

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According to Rizal’s shifting views, who is to blame for the country’s situation?

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Filipinos, not just Spanish rule

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What aspect did Rizal shift his focus to from bad government?

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Lack of a viable Filipino nation

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What is “El Filibusterismo” in relation to “Noli Me Tangere”?

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Sequel with a darker tone

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What aspect of the storyline in “El Filibusterismo” highlights a problem?

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Simoun’s failed revolution

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According to Rizal, what do Filipinos lack for independence?

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Courage and sacrifice

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How does Rizal characterize Filipinos in terms of their actions regarding oppression?

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Passive and self-serving, complicit in oppression

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Why does Rizal warn against achieving independence without a certain quality?

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Independence without civic virtue would create new tyrants

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What did Rizal translate into Tagalog while working on Noli Me Tangere?

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Schiller’s play William Tell

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What was the aim of Rizal’s translation of William Tell into Tagalog?

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To reach the non-Spanish speaking townsfolk

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14
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How did Rizal’s 14 months in Germany influence his development?

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As much as his experience with the guardia civil

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Why was Rizal’s family worried upon his return to the Philippines?

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Due to his political notoriety

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16
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In what dispute did Rizal become involved in Calamba?

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Disputes between the Dominican hacienda and the tenants

17
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Who wanted Rizal to leave the country following the Noli and Calamba controversy?

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The friar orders, the archbishop, and Rizal’s countrymen

18
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What influenced Rizal’s next projects after the Noli and Calamba controversy?

A

The reaction to the Noli and the Calamba controversy

19
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What influenced Rizal’s ideas on language and nationhood in “El Filibusterismo”?

A

Johann Gottfried Herder

20
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According to Rizal, what did he believe was necessary for national emancipation?

A

Understanding history and culture

21
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What was Rizal’s aim in annotating Antonio de Morga’s “Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas”?

A

To provide Filipinos with a sense of origin and counter Spanish racism

22
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Whom did Rizal try to convince to write a history of the Philippines?

A

Blumentritt

23
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Which scholar emphasized cultural nationalism and influenced Rizal’s ideas?

A

Johann Gottfried Herder

24
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What did Rizal believe anthropology could be used as against Spanish racism?

A

A weapon

25
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Which field of scholarship did Rizal study that influenced his views?

A

German ethnographic and anthropological scholarship

26
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What was one of the works Rizal studied by ethnographers in his pursuit of knowledge?

A

Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas by Antonio de Morga

27
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According to Rizal, what was the state of Filipinos before Spanish conquest and colonization?

A

More advanced

28
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What was a characteristic of Rizal’s annotations on pre-colonial Filipinos?

A

Relied on imagination at times

29
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How did Rizal use Morga’s reference to a native foundry man in his annotations?

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Claimed Filipinos were skilled in metallurgy before the Spanish

30
Q

What does recent archaeological work suggest about pre-Hispanic maritime technology?

A

A more accurate picture

31
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How did Rizal view the difficulty of reading the native script (baybayin)?

A

Downplayed it

32
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Whose migration wave theory shaped Rizal’s view of pre-colonial Filipinos?

A

Blumentritt’s

33
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What groups did Blumentritt’s migration wave theory identify as ancestors of Filipinos?

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Negritos and two Malay groups

34
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Whom did Rizal’s “imagined community” exclude?

A

Non-Christian groups

35
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What was one point of disagreement between Rizal and Isabelo de los Reyes regarding Philippine history?

A

De los Reyes’ focus on Ilocano history

36
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What did Rizal believe national identity should be based on?

A

Glorious past

37
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How did Isabelo de los Reyes argue for national identity portrayal?

A

More inclusive

38
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What was one aspect of De los Reyes’ belief about Filipinos embracing their ethnicities?

A

Embrace all their ethnicities

39
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What was Rizal more concerned with regarding Filipinos?

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As a unified nation