LESSON 1&2

Question 1

Rizal is a unique example of a

Answer 1

many-splendored genius who became the greatest Hero of a nation.

Question 2

Rizal was a physician ______

Answer 2

ophthalmologist/opthalmic surgeon

Question 3

Changes and
historical events all over the world, particularly from the 19th to the early 20th centuries brought relevance and impact to the character of the person known in history as the

Answer 3

first malayan hero

Question 4

Rizal declared as Philippine National Hero under the

Answer 4

Philippine Revolutionary Government headed by Emilio Aguinaldo in Malolos, Bulacan

Question 5

this is the day was marked as the day for national mourning and solemn observance of the death anniversary of the Filipino National Hero.

Answer 5

december 30,1898

Question 6

Who selected rizal?

Answer 6

americans and filipinos

Question 7

• An officer of the revolutionary government named ___________, was sent to Lucban, Quezon in 1898, to accomplish a mission for the government wrote the following observations.

Answer 7

antonio guevarra

Question 8

where the spaniards kill jose rizal?

Answer 8

bagumbayan (luneta park)

Question 9

she was an American Author who visited the Philippines in December 31, 1904, she noted that her observations while she was in Iloilo; she stated how the people in this place celebrated the death anniversary of Rizal.

Answer 9

mrs. dauncey compbell

Question 10

“I think you may be amused to hear about a Filipino Fiesta, which took place yesterday called Rizal Day- the anniversary of the death of the national hero, a Filipino by the name of Doctor Jose Rizal”

Answer 10

mrs. dauncey compbell

Question 11

who choose rizal to become a national hero?

Answer 11

• He was chosen by the Taft Commission. The Taft Commission was given the responsibility to do the
Job.
• This Commission was headed by William Howard
Taft.
Members:
1 Americans: W. Morgan Shuster, Bernard Moses,
dean Warcester and Henry Clay.
2 Filipinos: Jose Luzuriaga, Gregorio Araneta and Trinidad Pardo de Tavera

Question 12

Criteria: Of a National Hero

Answer 12

1. He must be a Filipino.
2. He is already Dead.
   3.He has Immeasurable Love for the country.
3. He has Low Temper (since the Filipinos are emotional).
4. He died in Dramatic Manner.
   • Rizal possesses all the criteria and then he became our National Hero.

Question 13

Why Rizal became the greatest national hero?

Answer 13

• Rizal became the greatest Filipino because he is a man of honoured.
• Even after death he received public worship because of his exceptional service to mankind.
• We can say that before his execution, Rizal was already acclaimed by both Filipinos and Foreigners as the foremost leader of his people.
• Among the foreigners who recognized Rizal as the leading Filipino of his time were Ferdinand Blumentritt, Dr, Reinhold Rost and Vicente Barantes.
• Prof. Blumentritt told Dr. Viola in May 1887, that Rizal was the greatest product of the Philippines and that his coming to the world was like the appearance of a Rare Comet, who Rare Brilliance appears only other century.

Question 14

Dr. Jose Rizal was born on _______ in Calamba Laguna.

Answer 14

june 19,1861

Question 15

He was baptized in the catholic church in Calamba Laguna on June 22, 1861, by the parish priest Father _______

Answer 15

rufino collante

Question 16

Rizal God Father ____ a close friend of his fam

Answer 16

pedro casanas

Question 17

His name “Jose” was chosen by his mother who
was a devotee of the Christian saint _____

Answer 17

san jose or saint joseph

Question 18

The Baptismal Certificate was signed and witness by __

Answer 18

leoncio lopez

Question 19

The Governor-General of the Philippines at that time Jose Rizal was born

Answer 19

lieutenant general jose lemery

Question 20

general jose lemery governed the philippines from _____

Answer 20

feb 2,1861-july7, 1862

Question 21

Jose Rizal was the ____ of the 11th children of
Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonso Realonda.

Answer 21

7th

Question 22

he was the father of Rizal.
• He was born on May 11, 1818 in Biñan, Laguna. His Father studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose Manila.
• Jose Rizal father died in Manila on January 5, 1898 at the aged of 79.

Answer 22

francisco mercado rizal (1818-1898)

Question 23

• She was the mother of Rizal. o She was born on November 9, 1827 and was educated at the College of Santa Rosa, a well-known College for girls in the City.
• She knows Literature and speaks Spanish well and a Mathematician
• She died on August 16, 1911, at the aged of 84

Answer 23

doña teodora (1827-1911)

Question 24

God Blessed the marriage of Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonso Realonda with Eleven (11) Children.

Answer 24

two boys and nine girls

Question 25

Oldest of the Rizal Children, nickname Neneng.
• She married to Manuel T. Hidalgo of Tanawan, Batangas.

Answer 25

saturnina rizal hidalgo (1850-1913)

Question 26

• Older brother and confidant of Jose Rizal.
• After Jose Rizal execution, Paciano joined the
Philippine Revolution and became a combat
general, after the Revolution

Answer 26

paciano rizal (1851-1930)

Question 27

Her nickname was Sisa and she married to
Antonio Lopez (Nephew of Father Leoncio Lopez), a school teacher of Morong.

Answer 27

narcisa rizal lopez (1852-1939)

Question 28

Her nickname was Ypia. o she married Silvestre
Ubaldo, a telegraph operator from Manila.

Answer 28

olimpia rizal ubaldo (1855-1887)

Question 29

• She married to Mariano Herbosa of Calamba, who
was a Nephew of Father Casanas.
• Herbosa died of Cholera in 1889 and was denied
Christian burial and because he was a brother- inlaw of Dr. Jose Rizal

Answer 29

lucia rizal herbosa (1857-1919)

Question 30

• Biang was her nickname.
• She married to Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan
Laguna.

Answer 30

maria rizal (1859-1945)

Question 31

• The greatest Filipino Hero and peerless genius. o
His nickname was “Pepe”.
• During his exile in Dapitan he lived with Josephine
Bracken, an Irish girl from Hong Kong. Rizal had a
son by her, but his baby-boy died a few hours after
his birth.
• But still Rizal named him “Francisco” after his
father’s name and buried him in Dapitan

Answer 31

jose rizal (1859-1896)

Question 32

• Her nickname was Concha o She died at the aged
of 3.
• Her death was Jose Rizal first sorrow in life

Answer 32

conception rizal (1862-1865)

Question 33

• Her nickname was Panggoy.
• She died at the aged of 80.

Answer 33

josefa rizal (1945)

Question 34

• Her nickname was Trining
• She died at the aged 83.

Answer 34

soledad rizal(1929)

Question 35

• Brother of Teodora Alonzo
• Resident of Binan, Laguna

Answer 35

uncle jose alberto alonzo

Question 36

Distant relative of the Rizals Ruler of Manila in the
late 1500s

Answer 36

lakan dula

Question 37

Rizal wrote a letter to Blumentritt, on _____
while Rizal is in London. Rizal said that “His Brother Paciano was the most
Noble Filipinos and though an “Indio” meaning generous and nobleman

Answer 37

june 23,888

Question 38

Surename “Rizal” came from the word Ricial
which means

Answer 38

green fields

Question 39

how do you describe the house of rizal

Answer 39

It was a two-storey building, rectangular in shape,
built of adobe stones and hard-woods, and roofed
with red tiles.
• Behind the house were the poultry yard full of
turkey’s and chickens and a big garden of tropical
fruit trees- like, atis, balimbing, chico, macopa,
papaya, santol, tampoy, etc.

Question 40

The Rizal family belonged to the “______”, a
town aristocracy in Spanish Philippines. It was one
of the distinguished families in Calamba.
• They owned “carriage” which was a status symbol
of the “ilustrados” in Spanish Philippines and a
private library (the largest library in Calamba)
which consists of more than 1,000 volumes

Answer 40

principalia