Prelim Flashcards
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a Philippine law that requires all schools in the Philippines, both public and private, to offer courses on the life, works, and writings of the Philippine national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal
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Rizal Law
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also known as Senate Bill No. 438
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Noli-Fili Bill
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Who proposed Noli-Fili Bill?
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Senator Claro M. Recto
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When was Noli-Fili Bill proposed?
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April 3, 1956
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What was Noli-Fili Bill titled as?
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An Act to Make Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo Compulsory Reading Matter in All Public and Private Colleges and Universities and For other Purposes
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Who sponsored the NF Bill and where was it presented?
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Senator Jose P. Laurel Sr. Presented to the Upper House.
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When did Laurel sponsored and presented it to the Upper House?
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April 17, 1956
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What was Laurel then when he sponsored the NF Bill?
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Chairman of the Committee on Education
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Who said this? “Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo must be read by all Filipinos. They must be taken to heart, for in their pages we see ourselves as a mirror, our defects as well as our strength, our virtues as well as our vices. Only then would we become conscious as a people, and so learn to prepare ourselves for painful sacrifices that ultimately lead to self-reliance, self-respect and freedom”
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Jose P. Laurel Sr.
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How did the Catholic Church opposed the NF Bill?
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According to them, the bill was an attempt to discredit the Catholic religion since Rizal criticized them.
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Who argued that Jose Rizal’ novels from the past should not be taught in schools because they do not accurately depict current conditions and may give a false impression of the country?
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Fr. Jesus Cavanna
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Among the 333 pages of Noli Me Tangere, how many passages were nationalistic and how many were anti-Catholic?
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25 - nationalistic
120 - anti-Catholic
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How many lines from Noli Me Tangere and El Fili were offensive to the Catholic doctorine?
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170 - Noli
50 - El Fili
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Catholic groups who organized opposition to the bill
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Catholic Action of the Philippines
Congregation of the Mission
Knights of Columbus
Catholic Teachers Guild
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a similar bill to Noli-Fili bill
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House Bill No. 5561
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Who fielded the House Bill No. 5561?
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Congressman Jacobo Z. Gonzales
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Where and when was the HB No. 5561 fielded?
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House of Representatives on April 19, 1956
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Since both bills were opposed, who proposed a substitute bill with a few tweaks to appease the opposition?
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J.P. Laurel Sr.
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What were the few tweaks Laurel changed?
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Instead of only Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, it includes a wider range of works and writings by Jose Rizal
Reading is now optional
The implementation of reading unexpurgated versions of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo will only be for college or university students
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not censored or edited to remove offensive or objectionable content
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unexpurgated
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to remove or censor offensive or objectionable content, especially from a text
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expurgated
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Who said this, “It’s important to read the original and unexpurgated edition of Rizal’s novels because the true purpose of studying these will be defeated if not followed.”?
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Jose P. Laurel
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When were the Bills both unanimously approved?
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On May 12, 1956 and May 14, 1956
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On what reading and where was both bills approved?
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second reading and in the Lower House
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When was the bill signed into law?
June 12, 1956
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Who signed the bill into law?
President Ramon Magsaysay
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What was given birth to when Pres. Magsaysay signed the bill into law?
Rizal Law
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Other name for Rizal Law
Republic Act 1425
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What was Provision 1 of Rizal Law indicate?
The rationale for passing the Rizal Law is that there is a concern that the Filipino identity is waning.
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Prov. 2 of Rizal Law indicates what?
The purpose of enacting the Rizal Law is to educate the young generation of the Philippines about the ideals and principles for which Rizal sacrificed his life
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What is being stated in Prov. 3 of Rizal Law?
By reading and studying Rizal's life, teachings, and writings, the youth will gain confidence, direction, courage and determination to contribute to the progress of our nation
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Section 1 of Rizal Law?
Concerns mandating the students to read Rizal's novels
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Sect. 2 of Rizal Law
Requires schools to have a sufficient number of copies of unexpurgated edition of the novels in their libraries
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Sect. 3 of Rizal Law?
Aims to make Rizal's writings more readily available to the general public by promoting their printing at an affordable cost, or in some cases, providing them for free
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Sect. 4 of Rizal Law
Clarifies it will not change a specific section of the Administrative Code that prohibits public school teachers from discussing religious doctrines
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Sect. 5 of Rizal Law
Authorizes the unallocated funds to be used to implement the act
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Sect. 6 of Rizal Law
The last section of the law states that the act will immediately take effect
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Goals of the Rizal Law summarized in three points
To rededicate the lives of youth to the ideals of freedom and nationalism, for which our heroes lived and died
To pay tribute to our national hero for devoting his life and works in shaping the Filipino character
To gain an inspiring source of patriotism through the study of Rizal's life, works, and writings
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Rizal’s full name?
Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
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When was Rizal born and at what time?
June 19, 1861 between eleven and midnight
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Parents of Rizal
Francisco Mercado Rizal y Alejandro
Teodora Alonzo y Quintos
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Where was Rizal born?
Calamba, in La Laguna
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Calamba came from what word?
kalan banga meaning jar
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When was Rizal baptized?
June 22, 1861
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Who baptized Rizal?
Father Rufino Collantes
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When was the parochial church of Calamba and the canonical books, including the book in which Rizal’s baptismal records were entered burned down?
Sept. 28, 1862
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Godfather of Rizal
Fr. Pedro Casanas
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How many members is Rizal’s family consisted of?
13
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– the youngest of 13 children of Juan and Cirila Mercado
– born in Binan, Laguna
– studied in San Jose College of Manila
– died in Manila
Francisco Mercado II
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– a business-minded, religious and hard working individual
– born in Santa Cruz, Manila on November 14, 1827
– the second child of Brijida de Quintos and Lorenzo Alberto Alonso
– had Spanish and Japanese ancestors
– studied at the Colegio de Santa Rosa
– died in Manila in 1913
Teodora Alonso y Quintos
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– the eldest of the offsprings of Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso Realonda
– married Manuel Hidalgo who hailed from Tanauan, Batangas
Saturnina Rizal
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– only brother of Rizal
– the second child
– studied at the San Jose College in Manila
– worked as a farmer and later as a general of the Philippine Revolution
Paciano Rizal
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Who were the other sisters of Rizal aside from Saturnina?
Narcisa
Olympia
Lucia
Maria
Concepcion
Josefa
Trinidad
Soledad
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Who started Rizal’s lineage?
Lam-co
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What name did Lam-co adopt?
Domingo
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Who did Lam-co marry?
Ines de la Rosa
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Why did Lam-co changed the family surname Rizal?
To steer clear of the anti-Chinese hostility of the Spanish authorities
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What surname did Lam-co and what does it mean in Spanish?
Mercado meaning market
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– son of Lam-co and Ines
– born in 1731
– great grandfather or Rizal
– married Bernarda Monica of San Pedro, Tunasan in 1771
Francisco Mercado I
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– grandfather of Rizal
– son of Francis Mercado and Bernarda Monica
– served as the capitan municipal of Biñan
– with his wife, Cirila Alejandra, he had 13 children of which among is Rizal’s father, Francis
Mercado II
Juan Mercado
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Two things on how Jose got his last name
A provincial governor suggested Francisco Mercado II the surname Rizal
Jose Rizal dropped three other names that made up his full name
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Why did a provincial governor suggested Francisco Mercado II the surname Rizal?
Bc of a decree that was issued in 1849 by which native Filipino and immigrant families were to adopt Spanish surnames from a list of Spanish family names
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Who issued the decree in 1849 by which native Filipino and immigrant families were to adopt Spanish surnames from a list of Spanish family names?
Gov-Gen Narciso Claveria
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What were three names Rizal dropped?
Mercado
Alonso
Realonda
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Why was Rizal forced to use this name even though his family never actually recognize this?
So that he can travel freely and disassociate himself from his brother Paciano
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Spaniards who were born and lived in Spain but migrated to the Philippines during the Spanish Colonization
Peninsulares
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those who were born and lived in the Philippines but are Spanish by blood
Insulares
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native Filipinos
Indios
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– his first teacher
– she taught Rizal Spanish, corrected his composed poems, coached him in rhetoric
– Rizal learned from her the alphabet and Catholic prayers at the age of three and had
learned to read and write at age 5
Doña Teodora
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Rizal’s sister who mentored him and taught him the lessons she had from school
Saturnina
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Rizal’s 3 Maternal Uncles
Uncle Jose
Uncle Manuel
Uncle Gregorio
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– practical skills
– taught him painting, sketching, and sculpture
Uncle Jose Alberto
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– instilled into the mind of the boy love for education
– advised Rizal, "Work hard and perform every task very carefully; learn to be swift
as well as thorough; be independent in thinking and make visual pictures of
everything."
– influenced him to further love reading
Uncle Gregorio
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– seeing Rizal frail in body, concerned himself with the physical development
– developed Rizal’s physical skills
Uncle Manuel
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When did Paciano bring Rizal to a private school in Binan?
June 1869
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– first formal teacher/school teacher
– in Jose Rizal’s own words, “he knew by the heart the grammars by Nebrija and Gainza.”
Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz
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Where supposedly and where actually and when did Rizal go to highschool?
Colegio de San Juan de Letran but he only took the entrance examination there. Actually, he went to Ateneo Municipal in June 1872.
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comprised the interns (boarders)
Roman Empire
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consisted of the externs (non-boarders)
Carthaginian Empire
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Rank System in Ateneo
Emperor
Tribune
Decurion
Centurion
Standard Bearer
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Where did Rizal go to College and when?
University of Santo Tomas in 1877
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What were the courses Rizal took in college?
Philosophy and Letters
a vocational course at the Ateneo a land-surveyor and assessor's degree (expert surveyor)
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When did Rizal successfully finished his surveyor's training and when did he passed the licensing examination for it?
1877 - finished
May 1878 - passed
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When Rizal went to Spain, where and when did he study?
Universidad Central de Madrid on May 3, 1882
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What course did Rizal take in Universidad Central de Madrid on May 3, 1882?
Medicine and Philosophy and Letters
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At what age and what date did Dr. Rizal obtained the degree of Licentiate in Medicine?
23 on June 1884
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What degree did Dr. Rizal obtain at the age of 23 on June 1884?
Licentiate in Medicine
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What degree did Rizal attain after he took and completed three additional subjects in the sy 1884-1885?
Doctor of Medicine degree
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Why was Rizal not awarded the Doctor's diploma?
failure to pay fee and required thesis
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What degree did the Madrid University awarded him with? When?
Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters on his 24th birthday
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At what span did Rizal worked as an assistant to Dr. Louis de Weckert
Nov. 1885 - Feb. 1886
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To who did Rizal learn from on how to perform all the ophthalmological operations
Dr. Louis de Weckert
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When did Rizal arrived in Heidelberg, Germany?
Feb. 3, 1886
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What was Rizal doing in Heidelberg, Germany?
He attended the lectures and worked at a University Eye Hospital
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Whose lectures did Rizal attended in Heidelberg, Germany? Where?
Dr. Otto Becker and Wilhelm Kuehne at the University of Heidelberg
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How many months did Rizal spent in the nearby village, Wilhemsfeld, where he wrote the last few chapters of Noli Me Tangere?
3 months
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Whose house did Rizal lived at the time he was in Wilhemsfeld?
Dr. Karl Ullmer
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When did Rizal attended lectures on History and Psychology at the University of Leipzig?
Aug. 1886
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What were the societies Rizal was inducted as a member of?
Ethnological Society
Anthropological Society
Geographical Society
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What date was Rizal invited to deliver an address in German before the "Ethnographic Society" of Berlin on the orthography and structure of the Tagalog language?
April 1887
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– one of the forerunners of the propaganda movement that awakened the Filipino people from the abuses of the Spanish colonizers
Jose P. Rizal
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a noted orator and pamphleteer who had left the islands for Spain in 1880 after the publication of his satirical short novel, Fray Botod (Brother Fatso), an unflattering portrait of a provincial friar
Graciano Lopez Jaena
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established a biweekly newspaper in Barcelona which became the principal organ of the Propaganda Movement, having audiences both in Spain and in the islands in 1889
Graciano Lopez Jaena
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Aims of Propagandists
Representation in the Philippines in the Cortes Generales, the Spanish parliament
Secularization of the clergy
Legalization of Spanish and Filipino equality
Creation of a public school system
Independence of Catholic friars
Abolition of polo y servicios (labor service) and the vandala (forced sale of local products to the government)
Guarantee of basic freedoms
Equal opportunity for Filipinos and Spanish to enter government service
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When did Rizal arrive back in Manila?
June 26, 1892
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founded on July 3, 1892 in the house of Doroteo Ongjunco in Tondo, Manila
La Liga Filipina
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Reasons why Rizal was exiled
for publishing anti-Catholic and anti-friar books and articles
for having in possession a bundle of handbills, the Pobres Frailes, in which advocacies were in violation of the Spanish orders
for dedicating his novel, El Filibusterismo to the three “traitors” (Gomez, Burgos and Zamora) and for emphasizing on the novel's title page that “the only salvation for the Philippines was separation from the mother country (referring to Spain)”
for simply criticizing the religion and aiming for its exclusion from the Filipino culture
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In Dapitan, Rizal had a scholarly debate (that revealed the anti-Christian in him) with who?
Father Pablo Pastells
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As a Physician, what has Rizal done?
Rizal provided free medicine to his patients, most of them were underprivileged but also had wealthy patients who paid him well enough for his excellent
surgical skill
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As an engineer?
Successfully provided a good ater system in Dapitan despite the inadequacy of tools at hand
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Educator
Established a school in Dapitan which was attended by 16 young boys from prominent families in which instead of having them to pay for the matriculation, they only have to do community work
Rizal taught them reading, writing in English and Spanish, geography, history, mathematics, industrial work, nature study, morals and gymnastics
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Agriculturist
Planted important crops and fruit-bearing trees in his 16-hectare land. Cacao, coffee, sugarcane, and coconuts to name a few.
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Businessman
Together with his partner, Ramon Carreon helped Dapitan in developing a fishing industry by requesting that two good Calamba fishermen be sent to teach the fisher folks of the new fishing methods
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A big net used as a new fishing method in Dapitan
Pukutan
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Inventor
Invented a special type of lighter called sulpukan and a wooden brick-maker which can manufacture
about 6,000 bricks a day
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Artist
Contributed his talent in the Sisters of Charity who were preparing for the arrival of the image of the Holy Virgin
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Linguist
Studied languages and were fluent with them
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What were the 22 languages Rizal had knowledge in?
Tagalog
Ilocano
Bisayan
Subanun
Spanish
Latin
Greek
English
French
German
Arabic
Malayan
Hebrew
Sanskrit
Dutch
Catalan
Italian
Chinese
Japanese
Portuguese
Swedish
Russian
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Scientist
Discovered three species
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What were three species Rizal discovered?
Draco Rizali (flying dragon)
Apogonia Rizali (small beetle)
Rhacophorus Rizali (rare frog)
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Josephin Bracken according to Wenceslao Retana's words was?
slender, a chestnut blond, with blue eyes, dressed with elegant simplicity, with an atmosphere oflight (gaiety)
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When did Bracken, her father, and a Filipina named Manuela Orlac arrived in Dapitan?
Feb. 1895
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Who refused to marry Bracken and Rizal unless they be permitted by the Bishop of Cebu?
Fr. Pedro Obach
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When and where did the Katipunan had a secret meeting?
May 2, 1896 at Bitukang Manok river in Pasig
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Who did the Katipunan send as a representative to Dapitan who will inform Rizal of their plan to launch a revolution against the Spaniards?
Dr. Pio Valenzuela
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What were the reasons why Rizal outspokenly objected the idea of a revolution?
the Filipinos were still unready for such bloody revolution
the Katipunan lacked machinery
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What did Rizal’s death produced?
a martyr
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The reason Rizal was put to death
subversion
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What were the 3 crimes the Spanish colonial government accused Rizal of?
The founding of La Liga Filipina, an "illegal organization" whose single aim was to "Perpetrate the crime of rebellion"
Rebellion which he promoted through his previous activities.
Illegal association
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What was the penalty if accused?
life imprisonment to death and correctional imprisonment and a charge of 325 to 3,250 Pesetas
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What were the information that detailed Rizal’s subversive activities?
1. The writing and publication of "Noli me Tangere", the Annotations to Morga's History of the Philippines, "El Filibusterismo", and the various articles which criticized the friars and suggested their expulsion in order to win independence.
2. The El Filibusterismo was dedicated to the three martyr priests who were executed as traitors to the Fatherland in 1872 because they were the moving spirit of the uprising of that year.
3. The establishment of masonic lodges which became the propaganda and fund raising center to support subversive activities and the establishment of centers in Madrid, Hongkong and Manila to propagate his ideas.
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Two kinds of evidence endorsed by Colonel Olive to Governor Ramon Blanco
Documentary - 15 exhibits
Testimonial - 15 people
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What were Pena’s recommendations?
Rizal must be immediately sent to trial.
He must be held in prison under necessary security
His properties must be issued with order of attachment
As indemnity, Rizal had to pay one million pesos
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Who was Rizal’s lawyer?
Lt. Luis Taviel de Andrade
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At what time and where was Rizal ordered to be shot?
7:00 in the morning of December 30, 1896 at Bagumbayan field
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To who did Rizal write his first letter when he was in his death cell?
Ferdinand Blumentritt
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What was inside of the lamp Rizal gave to Trinidad?
Rizal’s famous Farewell poem
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What was Rizal's famous farewell poem titled as?
Ultimo Adios
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What did Rizal shout before the shot run out?
Consummatum Est
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What does “Consummatum Est” mean?
It is finished
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In the background when the hero’s life ended, what can be heard?
Viva España! Death to traitors!
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Who and where was Rizal’s body buried and found?
Narcisa found the buried body in Paco cemetary
