Lesson 3: Rizal's Life, Family, Childhood, and Early Education - Prelims Flashcards
What is Rizal’s full name?
Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonso Realonda
When was Rizal born?
June 19, 1861
T or F: Rizal’s mother almost died giving birth to Rizal because of his
head’s size.
True, aye big brain Pepe oppar
What is Rizal’s nickname?
Pepe
Where is Rizal from?
Calamba, Laguna
Where did the name Calamba come from?
The native jar “kalan-banga” or “banga”
What does kalan-banga translate to?
Clay stove
What does banga translate to?
Water jar
T or F: Calamba was not owned by Dominicans/Prayle but rather the Inquillinos.
False
T or F: Rizal’s family was considered to be inquillinos.
True
Tenants of farmers who are renting lands.
Inquillinos
When was Rizal baptized?
June 22, 1861
Who baptized Rizal?
Fr. Rufino Collantes
He is Rizal’s Godfather.
Fr. Pedro Casanas
What was the degree Rizal finished in Spain?
Degree of Licentiate in Medicine
T or F: Rizal had always wanted to be a doctor.
False, he wanted to be a farmer like his father or a priest because of family friends. He also wanted to be a teacher or lawyer.
T or F: He wanted to be a doctor to cure the cataract of his mother’s eye.
True
Where did the name Jose come from?
St. Joseph (Father of Jesus)
Where did the name Protacio come from?
From Jose Protacio, a saint, a martyr from the date 19 of Christian calendar
Where did the surname Rizal come from?
Spanish word Ricial which means “a field where wheat, cut while still green sprouts again”
What were the reasons Rizal was the only one who used the Rizal surname?
- He thinks he’s an adopted child.
- Protection of him and his brother
- To prevent being identified as an enemy by the Spaniards
The original surname of the family
Mercado
What does Mercado mean?
Market, becase Rizal’s ancestors were merchants
What does Y mean?
And
Where did the name Alonso come from?
Old surname of Rizal’s mother
Where did the name Realonda come from?
Surname of Dona Teodora’s godmother based on the culture
T or F: Rizal’s original house was built by his father in the 18th century.
False, it was built in the 17th century.
T or F: The Rizal ancestral house was destroyed by the Japanese bombing during WWII.
True
Which president was in power when Rizal’s Shrine in Calamba was created?
Elpidio Quirino
When did Rizal’s Shrine open?
1950s
T or F: None of Rizal’s family were able to attend the inauguration of the replica house.
False, Rizal’s sister Trinidad attended
What color was the house painted?
Green, because his father was an NCT stan chos kasi farmer sya
Great, great grandfather of Rizal from the paternal side
Domingo Lamco
Why did Domingo Lamco not return to China?
An outbreak of a certain disease
The wife of Domingo Lamco
Ines Dela Rosa
Son of Domingo Lamco and Ines Dela Rosa
Francisco Mercado
Why did Francisco change his surname?
Because of a gubernatorial decree in 1741 that declared all Chinese in the Philippines should change their surname to Spanish
A pure Filipina who married Francisco Mercado
Cirila Bernacha
Son of Francisco Mercado and Cirila Bernacha
Juan Mercado
T or F: Juan Mercado became an Alkalde-Mayor in Binan, Laguna for 5 times.
False, only 3 times