Lesson 8: Noli Me Tangere Flashcards
How many chapters did Noli Me Tangere originally have?
65 chapters
What chapter did Rizal delete in Noli Me Tangere?
Chapter 25 - The Story of Elias and Salome
Why did Rizal delete that chapter from Noli?
Masyadong mahal, bitch was broke.
How long did it take Rizal to finish Noli?
3 years haha bagal ampotcha
Why did it take Rizal that long to finish Noli?
Kasi di siya full-time writer and he didn’t have time kagaya niya wala siya time for you HAHAHAHA AY
What is the English translation of Noli Me Tangere?
Touch Me Not
Why did Rizal choose Noli Me Tangere as the title of his novel?
Because of its other meaning “The Social Cancer”; he thinks there is a cancer in our society
What bible verse did Rizal use to come up with the title?
John 20:17 “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father.” boogsh
T or F: Prostitute si Mary Magdalene.
True
What was the main artwork that influenced Rizal’s creation of Noli?
Spoliarium
What was the main theme of the Spoliarium?
Romanticism
What does the crucifix on the cover represent?
Catholicism and the main reason why we are colonized
What do the laurel leaves on the cover represent?
Fidelity and honor
What do the pomelo blossoms or calamansi on the cover represent?
Cleanliness
What does the silhouette of a woman on the cover represent?
Maria Clara (The country)
What does the burning torch on the cover represent?
Awakening of the Filipinos
What does the sunflower/mirasol on the cover represent?
New beginnings
What do the bamboo stalks on the cover represent?
Resiliency
What does the chain on the cover represent?
Slavery and imprisonment
What does the hairy foot on the cover represent?
Priests or friars that used God to fool and abuse others
What does the whip on the cover represent?
Cruelty of the colonizers
What does the helmet of the guardia sibil on the cover represent?
Arrogance and authority
When did Rizal suggest the creation of the book?
January 1884
This would influence the writing of the novel
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Who were the members of the reunion that approved of the proposal?
Paternos (Pedro, Maximino, Antonio)
Graciano Lopez Jaena
Valentin Ventura
Eduardo de Lete
Evaristo Aguirre
Julio Llorente
T or F: The plan materialized without any complications.
False
Why did his plans not materialize?
His compatriots were more interested in writing about women instead
The novel was completed in Berlin, Germany at _____
end of 1886
The final draft was ready for publication at the onset of the year ____
1887
How many copies did Rizal produce from the P300 given to him by Viola?
2000
He is known as the savior of Noli
Maximo Viola
Main character that represents Jose
Rizal.
Ibarra
The love-interest of Ibarra
Maria Clara
“Epitome” or the “perfect example” of a
Filipina who is conservative, simple, but
doesn’t know how to stand on its own feet
Maria Clara
Illegitimate daughter of Father Dámaso
Maria Clara
Maria Clara’s step-father but treated Maria Clara as his own daughter
Capitan Tiago
A Filipino businessman and the cabeza
de barangay or head of barangay of the
town of San Diego.
Capitan Tiago
T or F: Capitan Tiago attended and finished school.
False
What job did he take up after not attending school?
A domestic helper of a Dominican
friar who taught him informal education
Best known as a notorious character who speaks with harsh words and has been a cruel priest
Padre Damaso
The real father of Maria Clara
Padre Damaso
T or F: Damaso and María Clara had bitter
arguments whether she would marry Alfonso Linares or go to a convent.
True
Father of Crisostomo Ibarra
Don Rafael Ibarra
Ibarra’s mysterious friend and ally
Elias
Expresses his ideals in paper written in a cryptographic alphabet
Filosofo Tacio
Full name of Filosofo tacio
Don Anastacio
They represent a Filipino
family persecuted by the Spanish
authorities.
Sisa, Crispin, and Basilio
Deranged mother of Basilio and Crispín.
Sisa or Narcisa
An altar boy who was unjustly accused of stealing money from the church.
Crispin
An acolyte tasked to ring the church bells for the Angelus
Basilio
Instructed by an old priest in his order to watch Crisóstomo Ibarra.
Padre Hernando de la Sibyla
The younger version of Padre Damaso
Padre Bernardo Salvi
The Franciscan curate of San Diego,
secretly harboring lust for María Clara.
Padre Bernardo Salvi
What is the meaning of Salvi?
Salvi (Salvation) and is also short for Salvaje (bad)
Mortal enemy of the priests for power in San Diego
El Alférez or Alperes
A poor friend who married a rich man and is a friend of Doña Victorina.
Doña Consolacíon
Nicknamed as la musa de los guardias civiles (The muse of the Civil Guards) or la Alféreza
Doña Consolacíon
Best remembered for her abusive
treatment of Sisa
Doña Consolacíon
Filipina who classifies herself as a Spanish and mimics Spanish ladies by putting on heavy make-up
Doña Victorina
Spanish Quack Doctor who is limp and
submissive to his wife
Don Tiburcio de Espadaña
He revealead to Crisóstomo how Don Rafael Ibarra’s death came about
Teniente Guevara
He presented himself as a practitioner of law, it was later revealed that he is a fraud
Alfonso Linares
Capitán Tiago’s cousin, who raised Maria Clara
Tia Isabel
The Filipino translation of Noli Me Tangere
Huwag mo akong Salingin / Huwag mo akong Hawakan
Huwag mo akong i-touch
statesman and history professor in Central University of Madrid
Dr. Miguel Morayta
Rizal’s Jesuit professor, told Rizal that everything in Noli was the truth
Federico Faura
Using coded words, Paciano wrote to Jose that a “______” was “______________”
storm was threatening Makiling
Who translated Noli into Tagalog?
Paciano
Who summoned Jose Rizal during his first homecoming and when?
Gov-Gen Emilio Terrero in 1887
At whose request did UST faculty denounce Noli as ecclesiastically heretical, impious, etc?
Pedro Payo
Permanent Commission of Censorship was led by who?
Tondo cura Salvador Font
Who resentfully attacked Noli in his newspaper written in Madrid?
Vicente Barrantes
Some members of the Spanish Cortes labeled Noli as?
Anti-Catholic, Protestant, socialistic
He wrote 8 anti-Noli pamphlets
Jose Rodirguez
The unexpected defender of the novel, the Filipino theologian priest
Vicente Garcia
Vicente Garcia wrote under the penname of?
Justo Desiderio Magalang
When did Rizal receive a letter comparable to a death threat?
February 15, 1888
Where is the furniture set of Dr. Karl Ullmer now displayed?
Peacock Garden resort in Baclayon Bohol
To whom did Karl Ullmer donated the furniture?
Hans Schoof
Hans Schoof’s better half is a member of what?
Knights of Rizal
