Module 7

Question 1

She was considered to be Rizal’s first teacher.

Answer 1

Donya Teodora Alonso Realonda

Question 2

What was the title of Rizal’s biography when he was a student?

Answer 2

Memorias de un Estudiante de Manila

Question 3

Rizal looked up to her as the one who influenced his love for learning as shown by their nightly readings in their house in Calamba.

Answer 3

Donya Teodora Alonso Realonda

Question 4

In ____________, Rizal even recognized the importance of mothers in inculcating this value to their children, at least in the traditional family setting.

Answer 4

Letters to the Women of Malolos

Question 5

Who was Rizal’s second teacher?

Answer 5

his brother Paciano

Question 6

He was responsible for relaying the message of secularization, especially the ideas for reform from Padre Jose Burgos, one of the martyrs who were executed in Bagong Bayan in 1972 after being accused of playing a part in the Cavite Mutiny.

Answer 6

Paciano Rizal

Question 7

Rizal was also home-schooled before he was transferred to a private school in Binan, Laguna, which was under the supervision of _________________.

Answer 7

Justiniano Aquino Cruz

Question 8

Rizal’s love for painting was nurtured early on by an old painter named _______ in Binan.

Answer 8

Juancho

Question 9

Rizal stayed in a private school in Binan, Laguna for how long?

Answer 9

one and a half year

Question 10

From _________, Rizal studied in Ateneo de Manila under the supervision of Jesuit priests.

Answer 10

1872-1877

Question 11

It was characterized by rigid discipline.

Answer 11

Jesuit Education

Question 12

While in Ateneo de Manila, Rizal appreciated his time under _________________ who inspired him to study harder and write poetry.

Answer 12

Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez

Question 13

Rizal was also able to meet _____________who encouraged Rizal to study philosophy and the natural sciences.

Answer 13

Fr. Jose Villaclara

Question 14

In Ateneo de Manila, Rizal graduated with a ____________ He also completed a ___________ in the same school.

Answer 14

1. degree of Bachelor of Arts
2. vocational course on surveying

Question 15

From ___________, before his first trip to Europe to study ophthalmology. Rizal enrolled at the
____________________ to pursue his medical studies. Before taking up medical studies, however, Rizal took up a course on ____________for a year.

Answer 15

1. 1877 - 1882
2. University of Sto. Tomas
3. Philosophy and Letters

Question 16

In ______, Rizal was sent to Europe by _______ with the secret mission to observe the life, culture, languages and customs, industries and commerce and governments and laws of different European countries.

Answer 16

1. 1882
2. Paciano

Question 17

In what university did Rizal enroll when he was overseas and when?

Answer 17

1. Universidad Central de Madrid
2. November 8, 1882

Question 18

Besides medicine, what did Rizal study while he is overseas?

Answer 18

1. studied French, German, and English at the Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
2. fencing and shooting at the Hall of Arms of Sanz y Carbonell

Question 19

He is an Austrian scholar who published books about Philippine ethnological topics.

Answer 19

Ferdinand Blumentritt

Question 20

Enumerate the different scholars whom Rizal met through the help of Ferdinand Blumentritt.

Answer 20

1. Hendrik Kern – professor of Sanskrit at the University of Leiden;
2. A.B. Meyer – director of the Ethnographic Museum in Dresden;
3. Wilhelm Joest – professor at the University of Berlin who also published articles about the Philippines;
4. Fedor Jagor – a naturalist who travelled to Southeast Asia; and
5. Rudolfo Virchow – president of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehitory.

Question 21

What are the academic organizations that Rizal was able to associate himself with in Germany?

Answer 21

1. Geographical Society in Berlin
2. Anthropological Society founded by Rudolf Virchow and Adolf Bastian in the 1880s

Question 22

Who founded the Anthropological Society and when?

Answer 22

Rudolf Virchow and Adolf Bastian in 1880s

Question 23

On ______________, Rizal wrote Blumentritt and mentioned his (Rizal’s) objective of establishing Philippine studies subject or course as a way for Filipino to know themselves.

Answer 23

April 13, 1887

Question 24

What are some of the notable works Rizal produced in the social sciences?

Answer 24

1. annotations of Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas by Antonio Morga
2. The Indolence of the Filipinos
3. his planned organization Association Internationale des Philippinestes

Question 25

It aimed to organize different conferences about the Philippines with History as a central theme.

Answer 25

Association Internationale des Philippinestes

Question 26

Through his conceptualization of the Association Internationale de Philippinestes and his planned conference, Rizal divided Philippine history into three periods, namely:

Answer 26

1. Precolonial Philippines
2. The loss of Philippine Autonomy from 1521-1808
3. 1808 to the Cavite Mutiny in 1872

Question 27

Historians refer to Rizals type of periodization as the _____________________.

Answer 27

Tripartite View of Philippine history.

Question 28

During the formation of the revolutionary movement under Andres Bonifacio, the Katipuneros also incorporated the tripartite view in the KKK’s initiation process, giving it more revolutionary and localized character by calling the:

Answer 28

1. Precolonial Period - Liwanag
2. Spanish Colonial - Dilim
3. Period of Liberation of Spain - Muling Liwanag

Question 29

In his essay The Indolence of the Filipinos where he frequently referred to the country as _________________________.

Answer 29

a body that could experience sickness and decay, but could also be healed.

Question 30

The Propaganda movement in Spain also influenced Rizal especially with the establishment
of ___________________.

Answer 30

La Solidaridad in 1889

Question 31

What was the main reason Rizal broke up with the propaganda movement?

Answer 31

why he no longer saw himself pushing for reforms was the sufferings experienced by the tenants of Calamba and his family.