Week 7

Question 1

______ vocal with her opposition to the decision of Don Francisco to send Rizal for a higher education in Manila after his graduation in Ateneo

Answer 1

Doña Teodora

Question 2

She knew the fate of _____ who questioned the Spanish authorities in the Philippines.

Answer 2

intelligent young Filipinos

Question 3

Jose returned to Manila and enrolled in UST

Answer 3

April 1877

Question 4

course he took during his freshman year because his father wanted it

Answer 4

Philosophy and Letters

Question 5

subjects he took

Answer 5

Cosmology and, Metaphysics Theodicy, History of
Philosophy

Question 6

during his vocational course, he was leading to the the title of…

Answer 6

“perito agrimensor” (expert surveyor)

Question 7

why was it not given to him

Answer 7

he was still 17 years old

Question 8

director of Ateneo de Manila that advised him to take medicine

Answer 8

Rev. Fr. Pablo Ramon

Question 9

what course did he take in medicine to relieve Doña Teodora’s failing eyesight

Answer 9

Opthalmology

Question 10

Rizal was not _____ with the system of education at the university.

Answer 10

satisfied

Question 11

There were plenty of things to ____ a young man in the peak of his youth

Answer 11

distract

Question 12

Three factors contributed to his unhappiness at the university

Answer 12

1. The Dominican professors were hostile to him.
2. Filipino students suffered discrimination.
3. The method of instruction at UST was obsolete and repressive.

Question 13

what was Rizal hit with by the brutal guards?

Answer 13

dry stingray tail (buntot pagi).

Question 14

who did Rizal go to after being brutally hit by the guards?

Answer 14

Captain General Primo de Rivera

Question 15

what did the Captain General do?

Answer 15

reprimanded Rizal

Question 16

Artistic-Literary Lyceum of Manila (Liceo Artistico-Literario)

Answer 16

1879

Question 17

what did Rizal submit in the 1879 competition?

Answer 17

To the Filipino Youth/A La Juventud Filipina”

Question 18

Through this poem Rizal also motivated the youth to ___ for freedom and human dignity and to free their countrymen (Filipinos) from ignorance.

Answer 18

aspire

Question 19

what award did Rizal receive

Answer 19

feather-shaped silver pen decorated with a gold ribbon

Question 20

what type of literature was “El Consejo de los Dioses” (The Council of the Gods).

Answer 20

Allegorical Drama

Question 21

The Judges composed of Spaniards awarded the first prize to Rizal’s work because of its _____ over others.

Answer 21

literary supremacy

Question 22

what award did he receive for his allegorical drama?

Answer 22

a gold-ring on which was engraved on the bust of Cervantes

Question 23

who was the first Indio to win alongside Rizal?

Answer 23

D.N. del Puzo

Question 24

what do Spanish students call their Filipino Classmates?

Answer 24

Indio Chongo

Question 25

what did the Filipino students call the Spaniards in retaliation?

Answer 25

Kastilang Bangus

Question 26

what group did Rizal start in school that he brought to streetfights?

Answer 26

Compañarismo (Comradeship)

Question 27

what are the members of Compañarismo called?

Answer 27

Companions of Jehu

Question 28

why did he choose to study abroad?

Answer 28

Discrimination
Hostile Ambiance

Question 29

who were unaware of Rizal’s plan to leave?

Answer 29

Rizal’s parents, Leonor and the Spanish authorities

Question 30

Who were aware of his plant to leave?

Answer 30

His brothers
two sisters Saturnina (Neneng) and Lucia.
Uncle Antonio Rivera,
the Valenzuela family and some friends

Question 31

Aside from pursuing his medical studies abroad, Rizal’s reason to leave the country was for a…

Answer 31

secret mission

Question 32

who were Rizal’s biographers?

Answer 32

Augustin Craig and Wenceslao E. Retana