Rizal Flashcards
Which law orders all schools to study Rizal?
RA 1425
(Clue: Rizal died at 35.)
What was the full name of Rizal?
Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso
(JP-RM-YA)
Rizal came from which social class during his time?
Principalia
How many siblings did Rizal have and what was his birth order?
10 siblings (9 sisters, 1 brother); he was 7th.
Rizal born on [date] and three days later, he was baptized on [date]?
(Clue: Rizal is a Cancer)
June 19, 1861; June 22, 1861
Rizal grew up in what area in Laguna?
Calamba
This priest baptized Rizal
(Clue: Go go go, baptized na to!)
Rev. Rufino Collantes
This woman was the equivalent of T.Thess. She was Rizal’s first tutor and discovered his talent for poetry.
Dona Teodora
Rizal’s first poem
Sa Aking Mga Kababata
When Rizal was young, he studied in a private school in what area of Laguna?
Binan
When he was in elementary, Rizal went to what Top 4 university?
Ateneo de Manila (Escuela Pia)
Rizal didn’t use the surname “Mercado” in Ateneo because?
His brother Paciano was under close monitoring
Which school helped enhance Rizal’s spanish?
Sta.Isabel College
What was Rizal’s first major in UST?
Philosophy (because of his dad)
During his college years in UST, what course did Rizal shift to and why?
Medicine; to cure his sick mother’s eyesight
This woman was Rizal’s inspiration for Maria Clara. He regarded her as his greatest love.
Leonor Rivera
One of Rizal’s best poems which won him the grand prize in a contest.
A La Juventud Filipina (To the Filipino Youth)
Rizal’s first essay was [name] and was published in [newspaper] using his pen name [blank].
El Amor Patrio (Love of Country); Diariong Tagalog; Laong Laan
Where Rizal get his master’s degree?
University of Madrid (Major in Medicine)
What was the code name that Rizal used when he was recruited into the freemasonry by Morayta?
Dimasalang
Who funded Rizal’s Noli me Tangere?
Maximo Viola
(Clue: Jake the Dog is rich.)
Who wrote the preface in El Filibusterismo? He was one of Rizal’s confidants.
Prof. Blumentritt
Where did Rizal first publish Noli me Tangere?
Berlin
Who was Rizal’s first patient in the clinic he set up at Calamba?
His mother
What were the three aims of the propaganda movement?
- Philippines be made a province of Spain
- Have a Pinoy representative in the Spanish court
- Secularization of parishes
Which person saved the publishing of El Fili by providing funds?
Ventin Ventura
What were Rizal’s three reasons for going back to the PH depsite moving to Hong Kong?
- He wanted to talk to some general about his Borneo Colonization project
- Establish La Liga Filipina
- To prove to some guy that he wasn’t living comfortably in Hong Kong?
Who was hired to spy on Rizal?
Florencio Namanan (Pablo Mercado)
(Clue: Florence Pugh is a spy in Black Widow, accompanied by Pablo. Pugh & Pablo)
When did Rizal die?
December 30, 1896
Who approved of Rizal’s shooting?
Gov. Camilo Polaveija
