T2: Heroism & Choosing a National Hero

Question 1

wrote the most powerful literature of the Reform Movement

Answer 1

o Rizal

Question 1

Chairman/Director of National Historical Institute 1971-1981

Answer 1

ESTEBAN DE OCAMPO

Question 2

Rizal endured __ years of lonely exile in Dapitan

Answer 2

4

Question 3

Rizal bravely faced a firing squad on

Answer 3

December 30, 1896

Question 4

Commissioner William Howard Taft with four Americans and four Filipinos (Trinidad Pardo de Tavera, Gregorio Araneta, Cayetano Arellano, Jose Luzuriaga) convened as a selection committee.

Answer 4

• Filipino
• Deceased
• Great love for country
• Mahinahong damdamin

Question 5

“No law, executive order nor proclamation has been enacted or issued officially proclaiming any Filipino historical figure as a national hero.”

Answer 5

• Legislative Research Service Congress of the Philippines

Question 6

creating the National Heroes Committee “to study, evaluate and explicitly recommend Filipino historical personages as national heroes in due recognition of their sterling character and remarkable achievements for the country.”

Answer 6

• March 28, 1993 Executive Order No. 75

Question 7

discourages the passage of law in declaring national heroes

Answer 7

NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE

Question 8

prefers public acclamation as the means to recognize heroes

Answer 8

NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE

Question 9

• favors the issuance of laws and proclamations to HONOR certain Filipinos who have rendered service to the country

Answer 9

NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE