Rizal in Sunny Spain, Paris and Berlin: The Noli Me Tangere Flashcards

1
Q

Aside from completing his studies in Spain, what is the “secret mission” of him in Europe?

A

Was to observe the life and
culture, languages and customs, industries and commerce,
and government and laws of the European nations in
order to prepare himself in the mighty task of liberating
his oppressed people from Spanish tyranny.

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2
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The ship captain from
Asturias, Spain befriended Rizal which was described as an affable man, “much more refined than his other countrymen and colleagues that I have met.”

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Donato Lecha

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3
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When did Rizal began to write farewell letters to his friends and family?

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May 1, 1882

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When was the first time Rizal left the Philippines to Spain, boarded on the SS Salvadora using a passport of Jose Mercado?

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May 3, 1882

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This is when SS Salvadora docked in Singapore and stayed in Hotel dela Paz for 2 days.

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May 9, 1882

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When was Djemnah reach Point Galle, a seacoast town in southern Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)?

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May 17, 1882

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This is when Rizal landed at Aden, Yemen about 8:30 am. According to his observation, Aden is a city hotter than Manila, and Rizal was amused to see the camels for the first time.

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May 27, 1882

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A canal which built by Ferdinand de Lesseps (French diplomat-engineer) which was inaugurated on November 17, 1869

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Suez Canal

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The Mediterranean terminal of the Suez Canal.

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Port Said

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10
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This is when Rizal arrived at the Suez Canal en route to Marseilles.

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June 2, 1882

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11
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When did Rizal reach Naples in Italy?

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June 11, 1882

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12
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When did Rizal left the Marseilles by train for the last lap of his trip to Spain?

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May 15, 1882 in the Afternoon

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13
Q

This is when Rizal finally reached his destination, in Barcelona

A

June 16, 1882

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14
Q

What is the most famous street in Barcelona?

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Las Ramblas

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15
Q

A nationalistic essay where it is Rizal’s first article written on Spain’s soil-under his pen-name Laong Laan, appeared in print in Diariong Tagalog on August 20, 1882

A

Amor Patrio (Love of Country)

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16
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It was published in two texts—Spanish and Tagalog—the Spanish text was the one originally written by Rizal in Barcelona, the tagalog text was a Tagalog translation made by M.H. del Pilar.

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Amor Patrio (Love of Country)

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17
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He is a friend of Rizal in Manila and the publisher of Diariong Tagalog where Rizal sent this article.

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Basilio Teodoro Moran

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It is the first Manila Bilingual newspaper (Spanish and Tagalog)

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Diariong Tagalog

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19
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This is the second article of Rizal for Diariong Tagalog

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Los Viajes (Travels)

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20
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It is Rizal’s third article written in Madrid on November 29, 1882 but returned to him because the Diariong Tagalog had ceased publication for lack of funds

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Revista de Madrid (Review of Madrid)

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21
Q

When did Rizal receive sad news about the cholera that was ravaging Manila and the provinces according to Paciano’s letter?

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September 15, 1882

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22
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In September 2, 1882, where did Rizal move and heading to, in order to continue his medical studies?

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Madrid

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23
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What are the two courses that Rizal enrolled at the Universidad Central de Madrid in November 3, 1882?

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Medicine, Philosophy and Letters

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24
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Where did Rizal study painting and sculpture, and also take lessons in French, German, and English under private instructors during his life in Madrid?

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Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

25
Q

Where did Rizal practice fencing and shooting?

A

Hall of Arms in Sanz y Carbonell

26
Q

Rizal joined an association formed by Filipino students in Spain, composed of both Filipinos and Spaniards.

A

Circulo-Hispano Filipino

27
Q

Upon the request of the members of this society, Rizal wrote this poem which he personally declaimed during New Year’s Eve reception held in the evening of December 31, 1882.

A

Mi Piden Versos (They Ask Me for Verses)

28
Q

In March 1883, Rizal joined the Masonic Lodge called?

A

Acacia

29
Q

This is when Rizal transferred to Lodge Solidaridad, where he become a Master Mason.

A

November 1883

30
Q

When was Rizal finished his medical education and conferred the degree of Licentiate in Medicine?

A

June 1884

31
Q

In June 1887, Rizal passed all his subjects leading to Doctors of Medicine. What was Rizal only able to get because he wasn’t able to pay corresponding fees?

A

Doctor’s Diploma in June 1887

32
Q

What was the rating that Rizal gets when he was awarded the degree of Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters by the Universidad Central de Madrid?

A

Excellent (Sobrasaliente)

33
Q

What was Rizal chose in the branch of medicine in Paris and Germany for he wanted to cure his mother’s eye ailment.

A

Ophthalmology

34
Q

He is the leading French Ophthalmologist during their period and the leading authority among the oculists of France who found Rizal and make him as his Clinical Assistant.

A

Dr. Louis De Wecker

35
Q

It is a historic city in Germany, famous for its old university and romantic surroundings. Rizal left Paris to Germany on February 1, 1886 and arrived in this city on February 3, 1886

A

Heidelberg

36
Q

He is distinguished German Ophthalmologist where Rizal worked at University Eye Hospital

A

Dr. Otto Becker

37
Q

When was Rizal arrive in Berlin where he was also enchanted by the scientific atmosphere and the absence of racial prejudice in Berlin?

A

November 1886

38
Q

Rizal met this great scientist and an author of “Travels in the Philippines”, one of the books that Rizal admired during his student days.

A

Dr. Feodor Jagor

39
Q

Rizal met this known to be the Father of Modern Pathology

A

Dr. Rudolf Virchow

40
Q

This scholarly paper wrote by Rizal in German on April 1887 was published in the same year and elicited favorable comments from all scientific quarter.

A

Tagalische Verkunst (Tagalog Metrical Art)

41
Q

Rizal lived in Berlin, famous capital of unified Germany for five reasons:

A

(1) to gain further knowledge of ophthalmology
(2) to further his studies of sciences and languages
(3) to observe the economic and political conditions of
the German nation
(4) to associate with famous German scientists and
scholars
(5) to publish his novel, Noli Me Tangere

42
Q

one of Rizal’s important letters written while he was in Germany that addressed to his sister, Trinidad; -in this letter, Rizal expressed his high regard and admiration for German womanhood .

A

March 11, 1886

43
Q

When was Noli Me Tangere published in Berlin?

A

1887

44
Q

He inspired Dr. Rizal to prepare a novel that would depict the miseries of his people under the lash of Spanish tyrants

A

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

45
Q

When was the reunion of Filipinos in the Paterno residence in Madrid where Rizal proposed the writings of a novel about the Philippines by a group of Filipinos?

A

January 2, 1884

46
Q

In April-June 1886, where did Rizal wrote the last few chapters of Noli Me Tangere?

A

Wilhelmsfeld

47
Q

During the winter days in Berlin, when did Rizal made the final revisions on the manuscript of the Noli?

A

February 1886

48
Q

Rizal’s friend from Bulacan, arrived in Berlin at the height of Rizal despondency and loaned him the needed funds to publish the novel; savior of Noli

A

Maximo Viola

49
Q

When was the Noli finally finished and ready for printing?

A

February 21, 1887

50
Q

What did Rizal delete in his manuscript to save printing expenses?

A

Elias and Salome

51
Q

A printing shop which charged the lowest rate, that is, 300 pesos for 2,00 copies of the novel * March 21, 1887- the Noli Me Tangere came off the press.

A

Berliner Buchdruckrei-Action-Gesselschaft

52
Q

Rizal, in token of his appreciation and gratitude, gave Viola the galley proofs of the Noli carefully rolled around the pen that he used in writing it and a complimentary copy, with the following inscription: “To my dear friend, Maximo Viola, the first to read and appreciate my work”

A

March 29, 1887

53
Q

It is a sketch of explicit symbols that Rizal designed in the cover of Noli Me Tangere.

A

A Woman’s Head - atop a Maria Clara bodice represents the nation and the women, victims of the social cancer. One of the causes of the cancer is symbolized in the friar’s feet, outsized in relation to the woman’s head.

54
Q

It is the other aggravating causes of oppression and discrimination shown in the cover of Noli.

A

Guard’s helmet and the iron chains

55
Q

This symbolizes the people, forever in the background of their own country’s history.

A

Bamboo stands

56
Q

These are indicative of the religious policy, the misdirected ardor, the people strangled as a result of these all

A

A cross, a maze, flowers and thorny plants, a flame

57
Q

How many chapters are there in the novel Noli Me Tangere?

A

63 Chapters and an Epilogue

58
Q

A Filipino patriot and lawyer who had been exiled due to his complicity in the Cavite Mutiny of 1872, read avidly the Noli and was very much impressed by its author.

A

Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor