MIDTERM M14 Flashcards
the steamer Belgic, with Rizal on board, docked at San Francisco on Saturday morning
APRIL 28, 1888
Rizal registered here which was then considered a first-class hotel in the city
PALACE HOTEL
Rizal stayed in San Francisco for two days
MAY 4 TO 6, 1888
Rizal left San Francisco for Oakland
MAY 6, 1888 (SUNDAY 4:30 PM)
Rizal reached New York, thus ending his trip across the American continent
MAY 13, 1888 SUNDAY MORNING
Rizal stayed three days in this city, which he called the “_________.”
BIG TOWN
Rizal left New York for Liverpool on board the City of Rome
MAY 16, 1888
According to Rizal, this steamer was “the second largest ship in the world, the largest being the Great Eastern”
TRUE
The good impressions of Rizal in United States
(1) the material progress of the country as shown in the great cities, huge farms, flourishing industries and busy factories
(2) the drive and energy of the American people
(3) the natural beauty of the land
(4) the high standard of living
(5) the opportunities for better life offered to poor immigrants
The good impressions of Rizal in United States
(1) the material progress of the country as shown in the great cities, huge farms, flourishing industries and busy factories
(2) the drive and energy of the American people
(3) the natural beauty of the land
(4) the high standard of living
(5) the opportunities for better life offered to poor immigrants
Bad Impressions of Rizal in U.S
LACK OF RACIAL EQUALITY
Rizal lived in London from May 1888 to March 1889 for three reasons:
(1) to improve his knowledge of the English language
(2) to study and annotate Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, a rare copy of which he heard to be available in the British Museum
(3) London was a safe place for him to carry on his fight against Spanish tyranny
Rizal entertained the American and European passengers with his marvelous skills with the yo-yo as an .___________
YO-YO AS AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON
It is a small wooden disc attached to a string from the finger.
YO-YO
When did Rizal arrived at Liverpool, England
MAY 24, 1888
Rizal spend the night here while staying for one day in this port city
ADELPHI HOTEL
According to Rizal, “Liverpool is a big and beautiful city, and its celebrated port is worthy of its great fame. The entrance is magnificent, and the customhouse is quite good.” LIFE IN LONDON
TRUE
A day after docking at Liverpool, Rizal went to London
MAY 25, 1888
Rizal stayed as guest at the home of Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor, an exile of 1872 and a practicing lawyer in London.
TRUE
By the end of May, Rizal found a modest boarding place at No. 37 Chalcot Crescent, Primrose Hill
TRUE
A librarian of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an authority on Malayan languages and customs who was impressed by Rizal and called him “a pearl of a man” (una perla de hombre)
bad news from home reached Rizal were the injustices committed by the Spanish authorities on the Filipino people and the Rizal Family
TRUE
annotating of Morga’s book, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (Historical Events of the Philippine Islands), which was published in Mexico, 1609.
greatest achievement of Rizal in London
Rizal visited Paris for a week in order to search for more historical materials in the Bibliotheque Nationale
SEPTEMBER 1888
Rizal was entertained in this gay French metropolis by Juan Luna and his wife (Pas Pardo de Tavera), who proudly showed him their little son Andres (nickname Luling)
TRUE
December 11, 1888-Rizal went to Spain, visiting Madrid and Barcelona
TRUE
The two titans of the Propaganda Movement.
MARCELO H. DEL PILAR and MARIANO PONCE
December 24, 1888-Rizal returned to London and spent Christmas and New Year’s Day with the Becketts
TRUE
Rizal sent as Christmas gift to Blumentritt a bust of __________ and a bust of __________ to another friend, Dr. Carlos Czepelak (Polish scholar)
EMPERADOR AUGUSTUS and a bust of JULIUS CAESAR
The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist- a Christmas gift from Rizal’s landlady, Mrs. Beckett
TRUE
a patriotic society, which cooperate in the crusade for reforms, was inaugurated on December 31, 1888
ASOCIACION LA SOLIDARIDAD (SOLIDARIDAD ASSOCIATION)
OFFICERS OF SOLIDARIDAD ASSOCIATION
Galicano Apacible (president);
Graciano Lopez Jaena (vice-president);
Manuel Santa Maria (secretary);
Mariano Ponce (treasurer)
Jose Ma. Panganiban (accountant)
Rizal was chosen honorary president
TRUE
Graciano Lopez Jaena founded the patriotic newspaper called La Solidaridad in Barcelona
FEBRUARY 15, 1889
fortnightly periodical which served as the organ of the Propaganda Movement
LA SOLIDARIDAD
5 aims of La Solidaridad
(1) to work peacefully for political and social reforms
(2) to portray the deplorable conditions of the Philippines so that Spain may remedy them (3) to oppose the evil forces of reaction and medievalism
(4) to advocate liberal ideas and progress
(5) to champion the legitimate aspirations of the Filipino people to life, democracy and happiness
Rizal’s first article which appeared in La Solidaridad which is published on March 25, 1889, six days after he left London for Paris.
LOS AGRICULTORES FILIPINOS (THE FILIPINO FARMERS)
A pamphlet wrote by Rizal which published in Barcelona under his nom-de-plume Dimas Alang in order to defense his novel 20
LA VISION DEL FRAY RODRIGUEZ (The Vision of Fray Rodriguez)
In La Vision del Fray Rodriguez, Rizal demonstrated two things:
(1) his profound knowledge of religion
(2) his biting satire
A famous letter wrote by Rizal on February 22, 1889 in Tagalog -this letter is to praise the young ladies of Malolos for their courage to establish a school where they could learn Spanish, despite the opposition of Fr. Felipe Garcia, a Spanish parish priest of Malolos
LETTER TO THE YOUNG WOMEN OF MALOLOS
The main points of this letter To the young Women of Malolos were;
(1) a Filipino mother should teach her children love of God, fatherland, and mankind
(2) the Filipino mother should be glad, like the Spartan mother, to offer her sons in the defense of the fatherland
(3) a Filipino woman should know how to preserve her dignity and honor
(4) a Filipino woman should educate herself, aside from retaining her good racial virtues
(5) Faith is not merely reciting long prayers and wearing religious pictures, but rather it is living the real Christian way, with good morals and good manners
TRUE
A journal devoted to Asian studies, request Rizal to contribute some articles.
Dr Reinhold Rost, editor of Trubner’s Record
In response to his request, the latter prepared two articles:
(1) Specimens of Tagal Folklore, which published in the journal in May 1889
(2) Two Eastern Fables, published in June 1889
true
Rizal bade goodbye to the kind Beckett Family and left London for Paris
MARCH 19, 1889
