Sucesos

Question 1

How did Antonio Morga’s work view Filipinos?

Answer 1

Provided a secular and sympathetic view of Filipinos

Question 2

What was Rizal’s aim in annotating Morga’s “Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas”?

Answer 2

To create a critical history of the Philippines

Question 3

How did Rizal present the view of history in relation to “Noli Me Tangere” and “Sucesos”?

Answer 3

Presented a linear view of history: Noli (present), Sucesos (past)

Question 4

What was one of Rizal’s intentions in annotating Morga’s work?

Answer 4

To create a sense of national identity and consciousness

Question 5

What did Rizal aim to counter through his annotations of Morga’s “Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas”?

Answer 5

Negative portrayals of Filipinos by early Spanish chroniclers

Question 6

According to historian Ambeth Ocampo, why did Rizal choose to annotate Morga’s work? (First reason)

Answer 6

Morga’s work in its original Spanish edition was rare

Question 7

Why did Rizal find Morga’s secular account more credible?

Answer 7

Unlike ecclesiastics, Morga was a civil administrator providing a secular view

Question 8

What made Morga’s work more sympathetic towards the natives compared to other chronicles?

Answer 8

Morga’s account was less biased and more sympathetic than those written by the friars

Question 9

Why was Morga’s perspective considered particularly valuable by Rizal?

Answer 9

Morga was an eyewitness to historical events during the early Spanish colonization