Jose Rizal and his Writings Flashcards
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Jose Rizal Birthday
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June 19, 1861
2
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Where was he born?
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Calamba, Laguna
3
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Mother of Rizal
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Dona Teodora Alonso
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Father of Rizal
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Don Francisco Mercado
5
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Status of Rizal’s mother
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Principalia Class
- able to meet foreigners
- taught Jose Rizal different languages at home
- not formally educated
6
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Status of Rizal’s father
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Industrialists class (cash crops)
7
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Which character in the Noli was based on Rizal’s father?
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Kapitan Tiago
8
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What languages did Rizal’s mother teach him?
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Spanish, English, Tagalog
9
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From what word did the last name “Mercado” come from?
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Merkado or market
10
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Who was Jose Rizal’s European friend/pen pal?
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Ferdinand Blumentritt
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Ferdinand Blumentritt was a __________
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European Filipinist
12
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Why was ‘Rizal’ added to the name of the Mercaods?
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to differentiate them from the others named Mercado
13
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Which poem was allegedly written by rizal?
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Sa Aking Mga Kababata
14
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How old was Rizal when he allegedly wrote the poem ‘Sa Aking mga Kababata’?
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6-8 years old
15
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Did he really write this poem?
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No
16
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How did Rizal feel about himself when he entered school?
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He felt inferior
17
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How tall was Rizal?
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4’10
18
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What did Rizal ask from his parents to compensate for his height?
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to build a gym at home
19
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Did Rizal have an easy time transitioning from childhood to education?
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No
20
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What happened in the Cavite Mutiny (1872)?
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GOMBURZA was killed
21
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Which of the priests was Rizal’s family close to?
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Father Burgos
22
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Why was Paciano disliked in school?
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Because of his affinity with father burgos
23
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Why did he use the name ‘Rizal’ instead of ‘Mercado’?
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He was advised by Paciano so that they would not be associated to each other
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Why did his mother not want him to attend school in manila anymore?
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She sensed he was becoming too radical
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Who took him to Manila to study?
His brother
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Which character in the Noli represents Rizal's questions on why people saw education/educated people as bad?
Pilosopong Tasio
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What profession did Rizal originally want?
Lawyer
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Who told him to take medicine instead?
His brother
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Why did his brother tell him to take medicine instead?
1. More peaceful
| 2. Help his mother's vision
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Why did Rizal end up in politics?
to "save the Philippines"
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What does Noli Me Tangere mean?
Social Cancer
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Why did Pilosopong Tasio's parents prevent him from going to school?
They were afraid he was going to become atheist
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Who were Crispin and Basilio running away from?
Sacristan Mayor
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Which one of the brothers was caught and killed?
Crispin
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What was Sisa doing while the brother's were in danger?
Waiting for them to come home while preparing dinner
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Who suddenly appeared at Sisa's house?
Her drunkard husband
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What did Sisa's husband do when he showed up at the house?
Ate the food she prepared for her children
38
What happened to Basilio after he escaped from the church?
He was shot in the shoulder by a guardia civil and ran into the forest
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What was the reason Rizal put the story of Sisa, Basilio, and Crispin in the Noli?
No reason, it was an appeal to emotion for the readers.
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What was Rizal trying to target in using Sisa and her children as an appeal to emotion?
The intense reaction of Filipinos to the destruction of family
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Which real life person is compared to the character of Elias?
Andres Bonifacio
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What did they see in the water during the fishing excursion?
Buwaya
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Who dove in to fight the buwaya?
Elias
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Who helped Elias with the buwaya?
Ibarra
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What was Maria Clara's reaction to the buwaya?
She fainted
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How many times did MC faint?
3 times
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What did Elias feel towards Ibarra after the fishing excursion?
"Utang na loob"
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What did maria Clara give to the leper during the eve of chirstmas?
Her locket
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Who gave this locket to her?
Kapitan Tiago
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Why did maria clara not get hawa from the leper?
Means she is pure (not sure)
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Who cured the leper in El fili?
Basilio
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What did the leper give Basilio in exchange for being healed?
Maria Clara's locket
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Why was Kapitan Tiago happy before he died?
He saw Maria Clara's locket again (which he gave) while Basilio was treating him
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Why did Ibarra get excommunicated?
Because he attacked Padre Damaso during the luncheon
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Who protected Padre Damaso?
Maria Clara
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What question does the Noli try to answer?
Reform or revolution?
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What question does El Fili try to answer?
What type of revolution?
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What type of revolution did Simoun (Ibarra) symbolise?
violent revolution
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Who symbolised peaceful revolution?
Basilio
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How many years has it been since the events of Noli in the start of El Fili?
13 years
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Where was the opening scene of El Fili?
Bapor Tabo
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What message did Rizal want to send by contrasting Ibarra and Basilio who both experienced trauma but Ibarra (the one better off) became violent and resentful while Basilio became the hopeful one?
The youth is still the future of tomorrow
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What happened to Ibarra after he did not get his way through peaceful means?
He became cynical, vengeful, and violent
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How did he plan to get his violent revolution?
By triggering something primal- encouraging the upper class to oppress people and take what they love the most
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Why was the church hardly mentioned in El Fili?
Focused on destroying the government not the church- the true root is the colonial power
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Why was Basilio in the forest (in El Fili)?
Visiting his mother's grave
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Who did Basilio see in the forest (in El Fili)?
Simoun
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What happened when Basilio saw Simoun in the forest?
He discovered Ibarra's identity
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What is El Fili about?
Ibarra trying to recruit Basilio
| -can an illustrado be turned into a revolutionary?
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What was RIzal's message when Basilio refused to be recruited "wrongs are not resolved by more wrongs"?
The youth is incorruptible
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Who adopted Basilio?
Kapitan Tiago
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Why was Kabesang Tales a perfect recruit for Simoun?
His land and daughter was stolen (very angry)
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What was Ibarra's plan?
Anger everybody and surrond the house of Kapitan Tiago where all the rich were for the wedding celebration
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What was supposed to signal the start of the revolution?
Explosion of the house (killing all officials)
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What hindered Simon from the plan?
The death of Maria Clara
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Where was the bomb?
In the lamp (wedding gift of Simoun)
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What hindered the bomb from exploding in the house?
Basilio had a change of heart and told Isagani who grabbed the lamp and jumped into the river with it
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How did they find out that simoun was ibarra?
recognised his handwriting on the card of the lamp
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To whose house did Ibarra run to when he was being chased?
Father Florentino
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What was Ibarra's realisation before he died?
His plans were not for the greater good but for personal gain
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What is the moral/message of the story of El Fili?
Philippine freedom/independence will not happen through violent means
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What did Father Florentino do to the jewels of Ibarra?
Threw it into the water
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Where and when did Rizal start writing El Fili?
October 1887 while practicing medicine in Calamba`
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What is the translation of the Latin name "El Fili"?
The Subservism
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Where did Rizal get the title (The Subservism)?
It is a reference of what the Spanish priests call his works
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Who is El Fili dedicated to?
GOMBURZA
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Why did Rizal write about what type of revolution should be done?
He found out about the revolutionary movement (KKK)
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The naive Rizal wanted ____
violent revolution
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The mature Rizal wanted ____
Peaceful reform
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Basilio's terrible youth but good deposition and good future represents ____
The optimism of the youth
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Who did Simoun plan to get close with in order to influence him to oppress the people
Governor General
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What answer did Simoun provide the people?
Revolution
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Why did the enemy shift from the church to the government?
SPain was also moving away from the rule of the church in real life
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What was Rizal's conclusion?
Rizal still does not know the answer
- reform will not be able to solve anything
- violence will not be able to solve anything
- we should prepare and develop ourselves to be ready for the freedom that is coming
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What did Rizal think about Philippine freedom?
He was for independence but felt like we were not ready for it
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Why was el fili not fit for a filipino audience?
They wanted action and force
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What was the name of the 3rd book that Rizal was planning to write (unrelated to the first 2)?
Makamisa
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Why was Rizal exiled?
The book was not received well
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Where was he exiled?
Dapitan
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What was the name of Rizal's final girl?
Josephine Bracken
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Where did Rizal meet Josephine?
In Dapxtan while on exile
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How did Rizal and Josephine meet?
Josephine's dad asked Rizal for help with his eyesight
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Why did Rizal dislike the chinese?
Chinese man outsold him in the stocking business
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What advice did jose rizal give the katipunan when they tried to recruit him?
gather guns, educate yourselves, find leaders and money
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Why was Rizal concerned about the Katipunan?
Because of the failure of the propaganda movement despite them being educated
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Why did Rizal decide to become a military doctor in cuba?
he was concerned he would be associated to the revolution
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When did the revolution break out?
While Rizal was on the way to Cuba
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Where was Rizal arrested?
upon arrival at Cuba
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What were the accusations against Rizal?
1. That he was the honorary president of the katipunan
2. That the password of the katipunan is his name
3. That his picture was in the headquarters
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What was Rizal's response to the accusations?
1. That he is innocent
2. He does not know anything about the katipunan
3. He is being framed
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Who most likely framed Rizal?
Andres Bonifacio
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Why is framing Rizal win/win for Bonifacio?
If he dies: he can use it as a rallying cause
| If he lives: he can be used to motivate people to join as well
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Why did Rizal's death attract so much fanfare?
Illustrados don't usually get executed
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What did rizal give his sister Narcissa before he died?
Alcohol lamp with mi ultimo adios inside
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What is the implication if Rizal and Josephine were married before he died?
It means he was forgiven by the church
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Who were tasked to shoot rizal?
filipino soldiers
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Why did only one gun have a bullet?
So they can't revolt and shoot at people
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What animal mascot of the firinf squad was present at Rizal's execution?
a dog
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Where was rizal shot?
In the back
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What happened after they shot him in the back?
"Shot of grace" in the head
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One theory as to why Rizal wanted to twist and get shot in the front
For posterity (so that it exits the back of his head in case it explodes)
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Where was his body interred?
Unmarked grave but it was found by his sister and transferred to a different grave
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Nationalism _____ people
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