Personal Events in Rizal's life Flashcards
First personal event for Rizal
Death of his sister Concepcion “Concha”
How old was Rizal when Concepcion died?
4 years old
When Concepcion died, Rizal shed what for the first time?
Shed tears of love
Second personal event for Rizal
Imprisonment of his mother Teodora Alonso
Why was Teodora Alonso imprisoned?
She was accused of being an accomplice of Jose Alberto’s poisoning of his wife
Who is Jose Alberto?
Brother of Doña Teodora and Jose Rizal’s uncle
Who is arrested Dona Teodora Alonso?
Don Antonio Vivencio del Rosario - a fanatical mayor
What did Rizal realize from his experience of his mother’s imprisonment?
He distrusted friendship and doubted men as the people who arrested his mother were friends of their family
A local event that greatly affected Rizal
Execution of GOMBURZA
Why was the execution of GOMBURZA close to Rizal’s heart?
Paciano was a close friend to Fr. Jose Burgos
Who witnessed the GOMBURZA execution firsthand and where did it take place?
Paciano witnessed the execution in Bagumbayan in 1872
How was Rizal greatly affected by the GOMBURZA execution?
It became Rizal’s basis and awakening of his nationalism and nationalistic ideas
Rizal wrote a letter to a friend on April 18, 1889. Who is this friend?
Mariano Ponce
According to his letter to Mariano Ponce, without the 1872 GOMBURZA execution, there would be no?
Reformistas and propagandistas
According to his letter to Mariano Ponce, without the 1872 GOMBURZA execution, Rizal would be a?
Jesuit priest
