Notes on Noli Me Tangere

Question 1

It means Touch me not and is expressed in Latin

Answer 1

Noli Me Tangere

Question 2

Which Gospel of St. John did Noli Me Tangere come from

Answer 2

Gospel of St. John XX:17

Question 3

He is the personification of various Filipinos who enjoyed the respect of Manila society. It relates to the gobernadorcillos or what were then equivalent to town mayors, captain of the town

Answer 3

Capitan Tiago

Question 4

Who were the father and son sculptures, engravers and dentists that Rizal once referred to

Answer 4

Jose and Bonifacio Arevalo

Question 5

Who was the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, the Virgin of Antipolo

Answer 5

Nuestra Senora de la Paz y Buenviaje

Question 6

The Filipina, legendary, known in her great devotion and generous donations to the church and to religious feasts

Answer 6

Capitana Ines

Question 7

A semi-military body tasked to go after criminals, maintain the security of the highways, and order in the towns. They eventually slid into corruption, misdemeanors, and brutality

Answer 7

Guardia Civil

Question 8

The Spanish general who distinguished himself for vigorous repression of Protestantism, so bloodthirsty and cruel that his name was used a bogey to frighten children

Answer 8

Duke of Alba

Question 9

The Roman god of wine and fertility

Answer 9

Bacchus

Question 10

The Dominican friars belonging to the religious order founded in 1215 by St. Dominic de Guzman

Answer 10

Hijos de Guzman

Question 11

A well known person in Manila at that time, doorkeeper to the mayoralty, manager of children’s theaters, manager of a merry go round, etc

Answer 11

Mendieta

Question 12

It is what the spaniards call the Malays in the PH, a pejorative name of spaniards born in the PH

Answer 12

INDIO

Question 13

It is what they call the Spaniards born in Spain

Answer 13

Peninsular

Question 14

What are the three orders under Franciscan rule in the context of Tertiary Sisters

Answer 14

The first - young priests
The 2nd - nuns
The 3rd - laity

Question 15

The eventual source of graft and corruption, it reserved for the govt the right to regulate the cultivation, manufacture, and sale to the public of tobacco, 1782. stopped in 1881

Answer 15

Tobacco Monopoly

Question 16

The fictitious town which was believed to be Binan, Calamba and Malabon for Rizal

Answer 16

San Diego

Question 17

The hometown of Leonor Rivera, Rizal’s betrothed. A town in Pangasinan and now in Tarlac

Answer 17

Camiling

Question 18

What do you call the title of the highest representative of the King in the PH

Answer 18

Vice-Royal Patron

Question 19

Which governor-general was assissanted in Oct 1719 after certain radical elements of Manila rose against him

Answer 19

Governor General Bustamante

Question 20

He was the dirty Fransciscan, always gross, always tyrannical and constantly corrupted

Answer 20

Padre Damaso

Question 21

The German Franciscan monk of the 14th century who is credited with the invention of gunpowder

Answer 21

Berthold Schwartz

Question 22

Where was La Liga Filipin first organized

Answer 22

Tondo

Question 23

It means one pretends to not want a thing which in reality he wants so badly - Spanish-Tagalog

Answer 23

Jele jele bago quire

Question 24

The latin words meaning that arms should give way to the toga, used figuratively to signifiy the superiority of the civil govt

Answer 24

Cedant arma togae

Question 25

It means to bless with which a prayer in Latin begins and was said before meals and after end of the meal, by the superior or head, and answered by the community

Answer 25

The Benedicite

Question 26

What do you call someone who worked for reforms in the colonial govt or the Filipino with liberal ideas who did not conform to he monastic military ruling regime

Answer 26

Subversive or filibustero

Question 27

It is The Overseas Mail, a newspaper of liberal character published in Madrid which sympathized with the aspirations of the Filipinos for autonomy

Answer 27

El Correo de Ultamar

Question 28

Who where the three priest sentenced to death

Answer 28

GomBurZa Gomez Burgos Zamora

Question 29

What do you call the shirt worn outside, untucked, the attire of the well-to-do Filipino now known as the barong tagalog

Answer 29

Camisa

Question 30

It is the slogan spread by the supporters and sympathizers of the Spanish republicans in the PH

Answer 30

the cub of the lion was a lion

Question 31

When was Rizal executed and where (chapter 5)

Answer 31

December 30, 1896 in Bagumbayan Field