Noli Me Tangere Flashcards
1
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How many chapters does Noli Me Tangere have?
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63 chapters + epilogue
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Novel of Rizal that exposes the abuses and inequities of many Spanish Catholic friars and government officials during his time
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Noli Me Tangere
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Noli Me Tangere: Rizal was a __________ when he started writing Noli Me Tangere.
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Student of medicine in the Universidad Central de Madrid
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How old was Rizal when Noli Me Tangere was published?
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26 years old
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When was Noli Me Tangere published?
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March 21, 1887
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2 English translation of Noli Me Tangere?
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- Touch Me Not
- The Social Cancer
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Where was Noli Me Tangere extracted from?
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Taken from Christ’s words
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In a letter to _________ Rizal however made a mistake in attributing the quotation of the title of Noli Me Tangere to the Gospel of Luke, for it was in fact recorded in ________
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- Felix Hidalgo
- John 20:17
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What bible verse states: Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father
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John 20:17
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What book influenced Noli Me Tangere?
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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Where and when did Rizal suggested the creation of Noli Me Tangere?
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In a meeting in Madrid at the Paterno residence in January 1884
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Who were the 8 individuals who were supposed to be Rizal’s co-authors in Noli Me Tangere?
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- Pedro Paterno
- Maximo Paterno
- Antonio Paterno
- Graciano Lopez Jaena
- Valentin Ventura
- Eduardo de Lete
- Evaristo Aguirre
- Julio Llorente
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When did Rizal’s letter – explaining why he ended up writing Noli Me Tangere alone – dated?
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January 2, 1884
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What was the reason why Rizal’s supposed-to-be co-authors in Noli Me Tangere refuse (or the plan did not materialize)?
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He noticed that they were more interested in writing about women instead and in spending time gambling or flirting with Spanish women
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Noli Me Tangere: Ending up writing the book alone, Rizal left for _____ in 1885. He had written the third quarter of the novel in _______
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France, Paris
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Noli Me Tangere: Where did Rizal penned the last few chapters?
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Wilhelmsfeld
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Noli Me Tangere: When did he penned the last few chapter of the novel?
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April to June 1886
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Noli Me Tangere: where was the novel completed?
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Berlin, Germany
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Noli Me Tangere: When was the novel completed
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end of 1886
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Noli Me Tangere: When was the final draft ready for publication?
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1887
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Noli Me Tangere: When was the (probably) most stressful parts in Rizal’s life
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Transition between 1886 and 1887
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Noli Me Tangere: Why did Rizal struggle with the publishing of Noli Me Tangere?
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He struggled financially
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Noli Me Tangere: Why did Rizal not ask his co-Filipinos in Europe for financial help for the novel’s publishing?
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None of them supported him in writing the novel
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Noli Me Tangere: Who was the friend from a rich family of San Miguel, Bulacan that arrived in Berlin and helped Rizal with the publishing of the book?
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Dr. Maximo Viola
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Noli Me Tangere: What was the term to describe Dr. Maximo Viola?
*paldo* (loaded with money)
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Noli Me Tangere: Viola came to _____ to invite Rizal to accompany him on a Europe tour
Germany
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Noli Me Tangere: What did Viola do upon learning Rizal's struggle?
Viola decided to delay his Europe tour and insisted on lending Rizal some money so that Noli could be published
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Noli Me Tangere: What adjustment did Rizal do to economize the printing of the novel?
Deleted a chapter
29
Noli Me Tangere: What chapter did Rizal deleted? What chapter would it have been if it wasn't deleted?
* "*Elias and Salome*"
* Supposedly chapter 25, following the chapter "*In the Woods*"
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Noli Me Tangere: How much did Viola lend Rizal?
P300
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Noli Me Tangere: How many copies was Rizal able to print with the money Viola lent?
2,000
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Noli Me Tangere: Some references stated that Noli Me Tangere officially came off the press on ________, although records also show that by ________, Rizal was already sending _______ a copy of the novel
* March 29, 1887
* March 21, 1887
* Blumentritt
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Noli Me Tangere: Because of Viola's generous act, he had fittingly gown down the PH history with what title?
Savior of the Noli
34
Noli Me Tangere: In what way did Rizal show gratitude to Viola with his help with the publishing of the novel?
Gave him the gallery proofs of the novel rolled around the pen used in writing the novel
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Noli Me Tangere: Who received the first copy of Noli Me Tangere?
Maximo Viola
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Noli Me Tangere: What dedication did Rizal inscribed on the 1st copy of Noli Me Tangere that he gave to Viola?
*To my dear friend, Maximo Viola, the **first to read and appreciate** my work—Jose Rizal*
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Noli Me Tangere: main character of the novel, a young and wealthy Filipino who returned to his country after some years of study in Europe
Crisostomo Ibarra
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Noli Me Tangere: Who threw a party for Ibarra's trip home?
Capitan Tiago (Santiago de los Santos)
39
Noli Me Tangere: Where was Capitan Tiago's home?
Manila
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Noli Me Tangere: a fat Franciscan priest who had been assigned for many years in Ibarra's native town
Padre Damaso
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Noli Me Tangere: Where was Ibarra's native town?
San Diego
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Noli Me Tangere: young Dominican curate of Binondo
Fray Sybila
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Noli Me Tangere: Lieutenant of the Guardia Civil
Lieutenant Guevarra
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Noli Me Tangere: wife of a fake Spanish physician
Donya Victorina
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Noli Me Tangere: A fake Spanish physician who is the husband of Donya Victorina
Tiburcio de Espadaña
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Noli Me Tangere: What is the name of Ibarra's father?
Don Rafael Ibarra
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Noli Me Tangere: Capitan Tiago's supposed daughter, and Crisostomo's fiancée
Maria Clara
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Noli Me Tangere: During the party, _____ belittled Ibarra who simply ignored it. When Ibarra left Capitan Tiago's house, ______ talked to him and related the miserable fate of ______ in San Diego
* Padre Damaso
* Lieutenant Guevara
* Don Rafael Ibarra
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Noli Me Tangere: Guevara explained that Don Rafael was unfairly accused by San Diego curate of being a _____ and ______ because of his non-participation in mass and confession
heretic, filibuster
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Noli Me Tangere: One day, Don Rafael saw a ______ and a weak boy fighting. In an attempt to defend the boy, he had accidentally ________ the brutal Spaniard
* Spanish tax collector
* pushed and killed
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Noli Me Tangere: Due to accidentally killing the Spanish tax collector, Don Rafael was _____ and _____ in his cell miserably
* imprisoned
* died
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Noli Me Tangere: Initially buried in _______, Don Rafael's body was ________ under the order of his enemies
* consecrated ground
* removed from the Catholic cemetery
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Noli Me Tangere: After the welcoming party, who did Crisostomo visit?
His sweetheart, Maria Clara
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Noli Me Tangere: After a lovely visit to his girlfriend, Ibarra went where? And why?
To San Diego to look for his father's grave
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Noli Me Tangere: According to a gravedigger, what did Ibarra discover about what happened to his father's corpse?
It was dug up by the order of the curate to be transferred in the Chinese cemetery
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Noli Me Tangere: Was Don Rafael's body properly transferred to the Chinese cemetery? Why or why not?
No, it was raining and the corpse was heavy, so the gravedigger just threw Don Rafael's corpse into the river
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Noli Me Tangere: Upon finding out what happened to his father's corpse, what did Ibarra do?
Attacked Padre Salvi, who is the San Diego parish priest
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Noli Me Tangere: Was it Padre Salvi that ordered what happened to Don Rafael? Who was actually the town parish priest during that time?
No, and it was Padre Damaso
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Noli Me Tangere: When Maria Clara and her family arrived in San Diego, Ibarra gave a picnic at the lake. During the lake, who did Ibarra save?
Elias – the boatman who has almost killed by a crocodile trapped in the fish cage
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Noli Me Tangere: After being saved by Ibarra, some Guardia Civil also came to pursue Elias. For what reason is that?
Elias had previously assaulted Padre Damaso and the alferez
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Noli Me Tangere: Was the Guardia Civil able to pursue Elias?
No, he escaped before they arrived
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Noli Me Tangere: Ibarra received a notice that his donation of a ____ in San Diego had been approved by the Spanish government
school
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Noli Me Tangere: On the day of San Diego town fiesta, Ibarra and Maria Clara attended the morning mass officiated by _______ (2). During the mass, Elias silently went Ibarra and notified him of the plot to ________
* Padre Salvi and Padre Damaso
* kill him on the ceremony of the laying of the school's cornerstone
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Noli Me Tangere: During the inauguration of Ibarra's school, when he was about to cement the foundation of the schoolhouse, what happened?
The platform collapsed
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Noli Me Tangere: Was the plan to kill Ibarra during the inauguration of his school successful?
No, Elias had rescued Ibarra and the man who was paid to harm Ibarra was the one killed in the incident
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Noli Me Tangere: After Ibarra's failed death, he hosted a banquet later that day. What did Padra Damaso do?
Publicly attacked the dignity of Ibarra's dead father
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Noli Me Tangere: How did Ibarra react to Padre Damaso publicly attacking his father?
Lunged at the friar and almost killed him with a knife (thankfully, Maria Clara interfered just in time)
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Noli Me Tangere: After Ibarra almost killed Padre Damaso, what happened?
* Ibarra was excommunicated
* Ibarra's engagement with Maria Clara was broken as Damaso persuaded Capitan Tiago to prohibit the lady to marry Ibarra
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Noli Me Tangere: One day, Ibarra's enemies engineered a helpless attack on the station of the Guardia Civil. What was the goal for this?
To make the attackers believe that Ibarra was the brain of the uprising
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Noli Me Tangere: After Ibarra was framed for the helpless attack on the station of the Guardia Civil, what happened to Ibarra?
He was incriminated and arrested
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Noli Me Tangere: Who helped Ibarra escape from prison?
Elias
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Noli Me Tangere: After Elias helped Ibarra escape, they discretely stopped where?
At Capitan Tiago's house
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Noli Me Tangere: After Ibarra's prison escape, they went to Maria Clara. What did Maria Clara explain?
She was blackmailed by Padre Salvi to surrender Ibarra's letter (which was used to incriminate him) in exchange for the letters written by her dead mother
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Noli Me Tangere: What did Maria Clara learn from the letters of her dead mother?
That Padre Damaso was her real father
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Noli Me Tangere: Ibarra and Elias then took off by boat. Instructing Ibarra to lie down, what did Elias do to cover Ibarra?
He covered him with grass
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Noli Me Tangere: In their attempt to escape by boat, Elias and Ibarra was spotted by their enemies. What did Elias do, thinking he would outsmart them, but that decision lead to his demise?
Elias jumped into the water, but the guards rained shots on him, not knowing that they were aiming at the wrong man.
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Noli Me Tangere: Badly injured, Elias reached the forest where he had found ______
Basilio
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Noli Me Tangere: At what state this Elias found Basilio in?
Sobbing over the body of his dead mother, Sisa
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Noli Me Tangere: What happened to Sisa?
Lost her mind upon learning that her sons were missing from the convent
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Noli Me Tangere: What happened to Crispin and Basilio at the convent?
Falsely accused of stealing. Crispin was tortured and killed by the sacristan mayor. Basilio escaped
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Noli Me Tangere: Who covered up Crispin's death?
Salvi
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Noli Me Tangere: Knowing that he would eventually die, Elias instructed Basilio to what?
* make a funeral pyre
* burn his and Sisa's bodies to ashes
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Noli Me Tangere: Who said, "*I shall die without seeing the dawn break upon my homeland. You, who shall see it, salute it! Do not forget those who have fallen during the night.*"
Elias, his last words
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Noli Me Tangere: What happened to Capitan Tiago in the epilogue?
Became addicted to opium
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Noli Me Tangere: What happened to Padre Damaso in the epilogue?
Assigned to a far province, and was found dead in his bedroom one morning
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Noli Me Tangere: What happened to Maria Clara in the epilogue?
* entered the nunnery, believing that Ibarra was dead
* Salvi left San Diego parish and became the chaplain of the nunnery, some believe he did so to have the chance to regularly molest Maria Clara
* A pretty crazy woman was seen one rainy night at the top of the convent bitterly weeping and cursing the heavens for the fate it has bestowed upon her
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Noli Me Tangere: Who represent the small group of Filipinos who has a chance to study abroad and dreamt of improving the country
Crisostomo Ibarra
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Noli Me Tangere: Who represents the wicked but ironically respected priests. A reflection of the then rampant covert fathering of illegitimate children by friars
Padre Damaso
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Noli Me Tangere:
* This character represents the powerless Filipina then
* patterned after Leonor Rivera
* personifies some ideal Filipina (loving and unwavering in their loyalty to their spouses)
Maria Clara
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Noli Me Tangere: Which character represents the rich Filipinos who opted to be allies (*tuta*) of Spanish officials and friars just to preserve their wealth and political position
Capitan Tiago
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Noli Me Tangere: Which character symbolizes those whose ideas were advanced that other people could not understand him
Pilosopo Tasio
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Noli Me Tangere: Pilosopo Tasio's character was patterned after who?
Paciano
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Noli Me Tangere: This character signifies the Filipinos who wished to revolutionize the country by liberating it from Spanish authority
Elias
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Noli Me Tangere: They epitomize a Filipino family oppressed by the Spanish authorities
Sisa and her sons
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Noli Me Tangere: Represents some ambitious Filipinas who wanted to be classified as Spanish, hence putting on of heavy make-up
Donya Victorina
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Noli Me Tangere: Character that represents the incompetent and unqualified Spaniards who illegally practiced their supposed profession in the PH
Don Tiburcio
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Noli Me Tangere: He represents the seemingly kind but in fact wicked Spanish friars
Padre Salvi
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Noli Me Tangere: He epitomizes the rich and at the same time virtuous and generous Filipinos during the Spanish era
Don Rafael Ibarra
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Noli Me Tangere: Three non-Filipino individuals who supported Noli Me Tangere. Saying it is nothing but the truth but would cost Rizal his head? (Individuals who now have roads named after them)
* Ferdinand Blumentritt
* Dr. Miguel Morayta (statesman and history professor in Central University of Madrid)
* Federico Faura (Rizal's Jesuit professor)
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Noli Me Tangere: Who translated Noli Me Tangere into Tagalog?
Paciano
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Noli Me Tangere: During Rizal's first homecoming, _____ summoned him to the Malacañan Palace, and told Rizal that _____, the Archbishop of Manila petitioned to ban Noli
* Govt. General Emilio Terrero
* Bernardino Nozaleda
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Noli Me Tangere: Did Emilio Terrero find anything criminal abt the book? What did he do?
No. But nonetheless assigned Lt. Jose Taviel de Andrade to be Rizal's bodyguard
102
Noli Me Tangere: An ad hoc committee of the faculty of UST formed at the request of ______ found and denounced Noli as ecclesiastically heretical, impious, and scandalous and politically unpatriotic, subversive of public order, and harmful to the Spanish govt and its administration
Manila Archbishop Pedro Payo
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Noli Me Tangere: The Permanent Commission of Censorship led by ______ similarly found Noli to contain subversive ideas against the Catholic Church and Spain, thus recommended the absolute prohibition on the importation, reproduction, and circulation of the book
Tondo cura Salvador Font
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Noli Me Tangere: In Madrid, a newspaper article written by ______ resentfully attacked Noli
Vicente Barrantes
105
Noli Me Tangere: Some members of the Spanish Cortes belabored the novel through formal speeches, labeling it as what?
* anti-Catholic
* Protestant
* socialistic
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Noli Me Tangere: An Augustinian priest who even took great pains to write eight anti-Noli pamphlets which were forcibly sold to church-goers
Jose Rodriguez
107
Noli Me Tangere: an unexpected defender of the novel, a Filipino theologian and priest that outlines and nonetheless logically addressed the arguments in Jose Rodriguez's pamphlets
Vicente Garcia
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Noli Me Tangere: Penname of Vicente Garcia that countered the claim that Noli's author was an "ignorant man" by saying that Rizal was a graduate of universities of Spain and received scholastic honors
Justo Desiderio
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Noli Me Tangere: _____ also answered Rodriguez's claim that those who read the Noli committed a mortal sin by concluding that Rodriguez therefore committed a mortal sin since he had read the novel
Vicente Garcia
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Noli Me Tangere: According to Rizal's letter to Pastor Karl Ullmer, what were the things accused of him? (6)
* German spy
* Protestant
* a freemason (this was true)
* sorcerer
* a damned soul
* evil
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Noli Me Tangere: Rizal wrote to Pastor Ullmer that "*... enemies burned my books, friends bought them for as much as fifty pesos. Bookstores profited but I got nothing.*" This indicates that Noli is a what?
Classic case of a black market profiting much from an "illegal" product
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Noli Me Tangere: Rizal once received a letter dated _______ which was comparison to a death threat. The sender ironically did not indicate his real name and just cowardly sighed the letter, "_____"
* February 15, 1888
* A Friar
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Noli Me Tangere: The furniture set of ______ used by Rizal during his stay in the pastor's house in Wilhelmfeld in 1886 is now displayed in the _________-
* Dr. Karl Ullmer
* Peacock Garden Resort in Baclayon, Bohol
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Noli Me Tangere: Ullmer's family donated the furniture to ______ – German owner of the resort where it is now displayed – for his advocacy of propagating the ideals of Rizal
Hans Schoof
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# Cover page of Noli Me Tangere symbolisms
Upper triangle
Past
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Silhoutte of a Filipina
* believed to be Maria Clara
* Or *Inang Bayan* as depicted by Rizal
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Cross/crucifix
* represents the Catholic faith as it rises about Inang Bayan and Filipinos
* Symbolizes sufferings and death
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Pomelo Blossoms & Laurel leaves
* faith, honor, and fidelity which are the values Rizal aspires to be embodied by Filipinos
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* ________ are used to scent the air commonly during prayers and cleansing rituals
* ________ are used as crowns during Greek Olympics for honoring the best
* Pomelos
* Laurel leaves
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Burning Torch
* Refers to the Olympic torch
* pertains to the awakening of Filipino consciousness
* also sheds light to the text of the manuscript
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Sunflower
* Symbolizes a new beginning
* it is compared to the happiness of which appears to be always bowing down
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Hairy legs
* symbolizes the Legend of the Wolf
* The wolf shape shifts just like how friars hide their true nature and character
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Shoes
* represents wealth
* it is also the footprints left by the friars in teaching Catholicism
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helmet of a Guardia Civil
* represents the arrogance of those in authority (abuse of power)
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Bamboo Stalks
* represents Filipino resliency
* despite the sufferings, Filipinos can still stand tall and firm
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Rizal's signature
* shows that Rizal experienced and witnessed the ills and abuses that happened during his time
127
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chain
Symbolizes slavery and imprisonment
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Flogs (Suplina)
* it is used for self-flagellation
* just like the whip, this also symbolizes the cruelties of the Guardia Civil
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Whip
* it represents the abuses and cruelties done by the Spaniards and friars as depicted in the novel
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Lower Triangle
Represents Rizal's current situations
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# Cover page of Noli Me Tangere
8 symbols in the lower triangle of the cover page of Noli Me Tangere
1. Bamboo stalks
2. Rizal's signature
3. Chain
4. Flogs (suplina)
5. Whip
6. Helmet of a Guardia Civil
7. Shoes
8. Hairy legs
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# Cover page of Noli Me Tangere
5 symbols in the upper triangle of the cover page of Noli Me Tangere
1. Cross/crucifix
2. Silhoutte of a Filipina
3. Burning torch
4. Sunflower
5. Pomelo blossoms and laurel leaves
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# Works in which Noli Me Tangere is inspired from
A painting which reflects the spirit of the social, moral, and political life of his time because it clearly showed mankind under severe ordea, mankind unrefeemed, and reason and aspiration in an open struggle with fanaticism and injustice
Spolarium by Juan Luna
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# Works in which Noli Me Tangere is inspired from
Novel which portrays the brutalities committed by American slave-owners and the pathetic conditions of the unfortunate Negro slaves
***Uncle Tom's Cabin*** by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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# Works in which Noli Me Tangere is inspired from
An anti-clerical novel
***The Wandering Jew*** by Eugene Sue
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How long did Ibarra study in Europe?
7 years
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Maria Clara was raised by Capitán Tiago, San Diego's ____________ and is the most beautiful and widely celebrated girl in San Diego.
cabeza de barangay
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What was the name of the local covenant for nuns that Maria Clara entered?
Beaterio de Santa Clara
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Who did Capitan Tiago marry?
Pia Alba
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Son of a Filipino businessman, Don Rafael Ibarra, he studied in Europe for seven years. He is also María Clara's fiancé. Upon his return, he requested the local government of San Diego to construct a public school to promote education in the town.
Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra y Magsalin
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* She was raised by Capitán Tiago, San Diego's cabeza de barangay and is the most beautiful and widely celebrated girl in San Diego.
* revealed as an illegitimate daughter of Father Dámaso, former parish curate of the town, and Doña Pía Alba, wife of Capitán Tiago. In the end she entered local covenant for nuns Beaterio de Santa Clara
María Clara de los Santos y Alba
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* is a Filipino businessman and the cabeza de barangay or head of barangay of the town of San Diego.
* He is also the known father of María Clara.
* He is also said to be a good Catholic, friend of the Spanish government and was considered as a Spanish by colonialists.
* He never attended school, so he became a domestic helper of a Dominican friar who taught him informal education.
* He married Pía Alba from Santa Cruz
Don Santiago de los Santos
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is a Franciscan friar and the former parish curate of San Diego. He is best known as a notorious character who speaks with harsh words and has been a cruel priest during his stay in the town.
Dámaso Verdolagas
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* He is the real father of María Clara and an enemy of Crisóstomo's father, Rafael Ibarra.
* Later, he and María Clara had bitter arguments whether she would marry Alfonso Linares or go to a convent. At the end of the novel, he is again re-assigned to a distant town and is found dead one day
Dámaso Verdolagas
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Who was the man that Padre Damaso wanted Maria Clara to marry?
Alfonso Linares
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* is Ibarra's mysterious friend and ally.
* Made his first appearance as a pilot during a picnic of Ibarra and María Clara and her friends.
* He wants to revolutionize the country and to be freed from Spanish oppression.
Elias
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Seeking for reforms from the government, he expresses his ideals in paper written in a cryptographic alphabet similar from hieroglyphs and Coptic figures hoping "that the future generations may be able to decipher it" and realized the abuse and oppression done by the conquerors
Filosofo Tacio (Pilosopo Tasyo)
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The educated inhabitants of San Diego labeled him as Filosofo Tacio (Tacio the Sage) while others called him as Tacio el Loco (Insane Tacio) due to his exceptional talent for reasoning
Filosofo Tacio (Pilosopo Tasyo)
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What is the full name of Filosofo Tacio?
Don Anastacio
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* the deranged mother of Basilio and Crispín.
* Described as beautiful and young, although she loves her children very much, she can not protect them from the beatings of her husband, Pedro.
Sisa
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Sisa's 7-year-old son. An altar boy, he was unjustly accused of stealing money from the church.
Crispin
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After failing to force Crispín to return the money he allegedly stole, _____ and ______ killed him.
Father Salví and the head sacristan
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Sisa's 10-year-old son. An acolyte tasked to ring the church bells for the Angelus, he faced the dread of losing his younger brother and falling of his mother into insanity
Basilio
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a Dominican friar. He is described as short and has fair skin. He is instructed by an old priest in his order to watch Crisóstomo Ibarra
Padre Hernando de la Sibyla
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the Franciscan curate of San Diego, secretly harboring lust for María Clara. He is described to be very thin and sickly
Padre Bernardo Salvi
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It is also hinted that Padre Salvi's last name, "Salvi" is the shorter form of "Salvi" meaning ______, or "Salvi" is short for "________"
* Salvation
* Salvaje
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How much money was Crispin accused of stealing?
2 onzas (32 pesos)
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chief of the Guardia Civil. Mortal enemy of the priests for power in San Diego and husband of Doña Consolacion.
El Alférez or Alperes
159
wife of the Alférez, nicknamed as la musa de los guardias civiles (The muse of the Civil Guards) or la Alféreza, was a former laundrywoman who passes herself as a Peninsular; best remembered for her abusive treatment of Sisa
Doña Consolacíon
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is an ambitious Filipina who classifies herself as a Spanish and mimics Spanish ladies by putting on heavy make up.
Doña Victorina (Doña Victorina de los Reyes de Espadaña)
161
Spanish Quack Doctor who is limp and submissive to his wife, Doña Victorina.
Don Tiburcio de Espadaña
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a close friend of Don Rafael Ibarra. He reveals to Crisóstomo how Don Rafael Ibarra's death came about
Teniente Guevara
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* A distant nephew of Tiburcio de Espanada, the would-be fiancé of María Clara.
* Although he presented himself as a practitioner of law, it was later revealed that he, just like Don Tiburcio, is a fraud.
Alfonso Linares
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How did Alfonso Linares die?
He later died due to given medications of Don Tiburcio.
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Capitán Tiago's cousin, who raised Maria Clara
Tía Isabel
166
* Unnamed person in the novel, he is the most powerful official in the Philippines.
* He has great disdains against the friars and corrupt officials, and sympathizes Ibarra.
Governor General (Gobernador Heneral)
167
vice mayor of the town of San Diego, leader of the liberals
▪ Don Filipo Lino
168
he is the linguistic curate of a nearby town, who says the sermon during San Diego's fiesta
Padre Manuel Martín
169
father of Crisóstomo Ibarra. Though he is the richest man in San Diego, he is also the most virtuous and generous.
Don Rafael Ibarra
170
wife of Capitan Tiago and mother of María Clara. She died giving birth to her. In reality, she was raped by Dámaso so she could bear a child.
Dona Pía Alba
171
Who did Christ told to not touch Him for He has not ascended yet (John 20:17)
Mary Magdalene
172
What was the reason why Rizal almost did not finish the manuscript of Noli Me Tangere?
He learned that Leonor Rivera is to be wedded
173
What period was **Spolarium** by Juan Luna depicted in?
Romanticism period
