Rizal's Romances

Question 1

was the daughter of Don Norberto Katigbak y Kalaw and Doña Justa Solís y Luz. Her father Don Norberto was gobernadorcillo of Lipa in 1862 and a member of the Batangas Provincial Board of Agriculture and Commerce.
he addressed her as “la Señorita K

Answer 1

Segunda

Question 2

he was 16 and Segunda was

Answer 2

14

Question 3

First Met in ______ during a visit to his maternal grandaunt, Doña Basilia Bauzon de Leyba (fondly called Impo Ilyang; a friend of the Katigbak family), facilitated by Segunda’s brother, Mariano Katigbak, who was Rizal’s friend and classmate.

Answer 3

Trozo, Manila

Question 4

Segunda was studying at _____ with Rizal’s sister, Olimpia Mercado.

Answer 4

Colegio de la Concordia

Question 5

_____ through intense glances and meaningful, unspoken emotions.

Answer 5

Communication

Question 6

Segunda was engaged to marry her uncle ____, a family-approved match.
(Rizal also, for his shyness, failed to propose to her)

Answer 6

Manuel Luz

Question 7

where Rizal provides the most detailed account of his youthful romance with Segunda Katigbak, recounting their meetings and his unspoken love.

Answer 7

Memorias de un Estudiante de Manila

Question 8

daughter of Capitan Juan and Capitana Sanday Valenzuela. She was a tall girl who carried herself with grace and elegance

Answer 8

Leonor “ORANG” Valenzuela

Question 9

Rizal was ___ and Leonor was likely around 16 or 17 (there is no exact record of her age, but she was slightly younger than Rizal).

Answer 9

18

Question 10

Rizal courted Valenzuela by sending love letters written in ______, which could only be read when heated over a candle or lamp. He learned how to make the ink from his chemistry class.

Answer 10

invisible ink

Question 11

When Rizal left for _____ in 1882 to pursue further studies, he did say goodbye to Valenzuela, but their relationship did not develop further.

Answer 11

Spain

Question 12

a young lady from Camiling, and a cousin of Jose Rizal.

Answer 12

Leonor rivera

Question 12

Rizal kept in touch with her through their mutual friend, though the relationship slowly drifted apart.

Answer 12

Jose “Chenggoy” Cecilio

Question 13

Rizal met Leonor Rivera when he was 19 and she was 13, at his uncle’s boarding house in _____

Answer 13

Intramuros, Manila.

Question 14

Rivera was his _____ cousin, known for her beauty, singing talent, and piano skills.

Answer 14

second

Question 15

Rizal used the name _____ in letters to keep Rivera’s identity hidden.
(They fell in love, but Rivera’s parents disapproved, worried about Rizal’s growing political activities.)

Answer 15

“Taimis”

Question 16

• Before leaving for _____ in 1882, Rizal said he had found the woman he wanted to marry, but even his brother Paciano discouraged the idea, saying it would be unfair to marry and leave her behind.

Answer 16

Europe

Question 17

In 1890, Rivera informed Rizal that she was engaged to _____, a British engineer.

Answer 17

Henry Kipping

Question 18

Some accounts suggest Rivera burned Rizal’s letters and kept the ashes in her ______.

Answer 18

wedding gown

Question 19

She died after giving birth to her _____ child, and it is said that Rizal was deeply affected, not speaking for days.

Answer 19

second

Question 20

Rizal immortalized Leonor Rivera as the character _____ in Noli Me Tangere, marking her as “the one that got away.”

Answer 20

Maria Clara

Question 21

Rizal met Consuelo in Madrid when he was ___ and she was 18.

Answer 21

23

Question 22

Daughter of Pablo Ortiga y Rey, former mayor of Manila, who owned the apartment where the Circulo Hispano Filipino met.

Answer 22

Consuelo Ortiga y rey

Question 23

• She finally rejected Rizal’s attention in favor of ____, a Filipino-Spanish mestizo from Leyte. Lete was Rizal’s friend.

Answer 23

Lete

Question 23

Rizal gave Rey gifts: sinamay cloth, embroidered piña handkerchiefs, slippers – all ordered through his sisters in _____.

Answer 23

Calamba

Question 24

Rey accepted all the swains’ gifts but played ____ against Rizal.

Answer 24

Eduardo de Lete

Question 24

Rizal wrote a poem for Consuelo Ortiga y rey entitled what

Answer 24

“A la Señorita C.O. y R.”

Question 25

Also known as “O-Sei-San”

Answer 25

Seiko Usui

Question 26

Their friendship blossomed after Rizal was introduced to Seiko by a _____.

Answer 26

gardener

Question 26

Rizal met her while he was working on Spanish legislation in Tokyo in 1888. He was 27, and she was 23.

Answer 26

Seiko Usui

Question 27

• Their relationship lasted for ___ months. O-Sei-San later married Alfred Charlton, a British chemistry teacher in Tokyo.

Answer 27

two

Question 28

• Rizal was charmed by Japan’s beauty and almost stayed there permanently with _____, but his patriotic responsibilities pulled him away.

Answer 28

O-Sei-San (Seiko Usui)

Question 29

Rizal calls Beckett “______” while Beckett calls Rizal “______”

Answer 29

Gettie
Pettie

Question 29

She showered Rizal with all the love and attention of a girl who is hopelessly in love

Answer 29

Gertrude beckett

Question 29

She even assisted Rizal as he finished some of his famous sculptures, Prometheus Bound; The Triumph of Death over Life; and The Triumph of Science over Death.

Answer 29

Gertrude beckett

Question 30

• Rizal met her in London when he was 27. She was the eldest daughter of his landlord, Charles Beckett.

Answer 30

Gertrude beckett

Question 31

Rizal left London in 1889, leaving Beckett a composite carving of the _____ of her and her sisters.

Answer 31

heads

Question 32

______, Rizal’s friend, said Rizal left London to move away from Beckett.
(Beckett was deeply in love with Rizal, but her feelings were not reciprocated.)

Answer 32

Marcelo del Pilar

Question 33

Rizal met her in Belgium in 1890 when he was staying at a boarding house run by two sisters named Jacoby.

Answer 33

Suzanne jacoby

Question 34

• Their romance was brief and possibly one-sided, with ____ sending letters to Rizal that he may have only replied to once.

Answer 34

Jacoby

Question 35

In August 1890, Rizal left Belgium but he left Jacoby a box of ______, which the latter did not eat nor touch.

Answer 35

chocolates

Question 36

Rizal met Nellie Boustead in _____ in 1891, where her wealthy family hosted him.

Answer 36

Biarritz, France

Question 37

He was 28, and she was 19.

Answer 37

Nellie Boustead

Question 38

Before Biarritz, Rizal already made friends with the Boustead family a few years back, and even played fencing with ____ and her sister.

Answer 38

Nellie Boustead

Question 39

Rizal considered pursuing a romantic relationship with Nellie Boustead after learning of Leonor Rivera’s engagement.

_____ also had feelings for Boustead, leading to tension between the two men.

Answer 39

Antonio Luna

Question 40

he got drunk and an argument ensued between the two men, with one of them challenging the other to a duel.

Answer 40

Antonio Luna

Question 41

She demanded Rizal convert to Protestantism, which he refused. Her mother also disapproved of his background. They remained friends.

Answer 41

Nellie Boustead

Question 42

Daughter of Irish parents James Bracken and Elizabeth MacBride.

Answer 42

Josephine Bracken

Question 42

Rizal met her during his exile in Dapitan, in 1895.

Answer 42

Josephine Bracken

Question 43

He was 37, and she was 18.

Answer 43

Josephine Bracken

Question 44

After Rizal’s Death, Josephine found solace in marrying _____, a Cebuano, in Hong Kong in 1898.

Answer 44

Vicente Abad

Question 45

Rizal was deeply in love with Bracken and called her “_____”
(One of Rizal’s sisters suspected Bracken was a Spanish spy.)

Answer 45

Josefina

Question 45

As a mason, Rizal could not wed Bracken; however, the latter bore him a stillborn son who was named ______ in honor of Rizal’s late father.

Answer 45

Francisco

Question 46

Bracken is the foreigner alluded by Rizal in his poem ______, where he wrote: “Farewell my sweet foreigner, my darling, my delight.” She was Rizal’s great love.

Answer 46

Mi Ultimo Adios (My Last Farewell)