Midterms 1: Rizal and His Childhood Years in Calamba Flashcards
is an enchanted town (Palma,1949)
Calamba
situated, as if enclosed in a valley, between
Laguna de Bay and Mt. Makiling.
Calamba
Calamba is situated, as if enclosed in a valley, between
_______ and _____
Laguna de Bay
Mt. Makiling
Panoramic with its landscape, as if nature
has lavished this town with all its tenderest
caresses
Calamba
Calamba at the time of Rizal’s birth was an
agricultural
town
Calamba
- The town was virtually owned by the
Dominican friars
Calamba became a prosperous town due to its specialization in the production of
Sugar
Life was filled with hardships on the part of the people
who were just tenants in the _______ hacienda.
Dominican hacienda
Calamba’s life was far better than in the other towns in Laguna
during those times.
What times?
CALAMBA AT THE TIME OF RIZAL’S BIRTH
At what time the Nature has been good to the Calambeños
CALAMBA AT THE TIME OF RIZAL’S BIRTH
The picturesque beauty of the town provided the
young Rizal the inspiration and springboard to
hone his poetic and artistic sensibilities.
What place?
Calamba
True or False
The misfortunes suffered by the tenants
from the hands of the Guardia Civil and the
Dominican friars, had ingrained in his
adult mind hatred of oppression and
exploitation of the weak by the strong.
FALSE:
YOUNG MIND - he was still little when he saw the oppression of his town people
The misfortunes suffered by the tenants
from the hands of the _____ and ____, had ingrained in his
young mind hatred of oppression and
exploitation of the weak by the strong.
Guardia Civil and the
Dominican friars
Full Name of Jose Rizal
Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda
Birthdate of Jose Rizal
June 19, 1861
True or False
His mother nearly died during his delivery because his mother has health complications
False; This is due to his very big head
after his birth, Rizal was baptized by
Fr. Rufino Collantes at the Calamba Catholic Church,
with Fr. Pedro Casañas, as his godfather.
How many days is Rizal after birth was baptized?
3 days after his birth
Three days after his birth, Rizal was baptized by
Fr. Rufino Collantes
Three days after his birth, Rizal was baptized by
Fr. Rufino Collantes at the Calamba Catholic Church, who is his godfather?
Fr. Pedro Casañas
Rizal was the _____ child in the family of 11 children of Don Francisco and Doña Teodora.
Seventh
Rizal family in their birth order
Saturnina (1850) Paciano (1851) Narcisa (1852)
Olimpia (1855)
Lucia (1857)
Maria (1859)
Jose (1861) Concepcion (1862) Josefa (1865)
Trinidad (1868)
Soledad (1870)
Parents of Rizal
Don Francisco and Doña Teodora
True or False
Rizal is full filipino
False: He is mixed race
True or False
His great grandfather from his father side was a Chinese merchant
named Domingo Lamco.
True
His great grandfather from his father side was a Chinese merchant
named
Domingo Lamco
He married a wealthy Chinese mestiza, Ines dela Rosa
Domingo Lamco
Who is Domingo Lamco
Rizal’s great grandfather from his father side
Domingo Lamco married a wealthy Chinese mestiza named
Ines dela Rosa
Domingo Lamco assumed the surname _____ in
keeping the gubernatorial decree of Narciso Claveria on the use of
Spanish surnames in the Philippines by all Spanish subjects in the
colony and to free themselves and their children from the
prejudices associated with a Chinese surname
Mercado
Who passed the gubernatorial decree on the use of
Spanish surnames in the Philippines by all Spanish subjects
Narciso Claveria
Rizal’s grandfather from his father side was
Juan Mercado
Who is Juan Mercado?
Grandfather of Rizal to father side
Juan
Mercado who married a Chinese-Filipino mestiza named
Cirila
Alejandro
became a gobernadorcillo of Biñan
Juan Mercado
Juan and Cirila had ____ children, one of whom was Rizal’s
father, Don Francisco.
How many children?
14
Juan and Cirila had 14 children, one of whom was Rizal’s
father.
Who was Rizal’s Father
Don Francisco
Rizal’s great grandfather on his mother’s side was
Manuel de Quintos
Who is Manuel de Quintos
Great grandfather on his mother’s side
Rizal’s great grandfather on his mother’s side was
Manuel de Quintos.
What is the race of Manuel de Quintos?
a Chinese mestizo from Lingayen, Pangasinan