Rizal's Life (Part 2) Practice Exam PDF

GE9 GE9 FIRST SEMESTER | S.Y. 2024 - 2025| Barry Nuico Rizal’s Ancestry Early Education in Calamba and Biñan...

GE9 GE9 FIRST SEMESTER | S.Y. 2024 - 2025| Barry Nuico Rizal’s Ancestry Early Education in Calamba and Biñan - Product of a Mixed race (like many Filipinos) Chinese, Japanese, Malay, and Dr. Jose Rizal (Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Spanish. Alonso Realonda) Rizal’s father was the great grandson - June 19, 1861 - December 1896 of Lam-co, an immigrant from - He was a Physician (Ophthalmic Fukien City. Surgeon), Mathematician, engineer, Rizal’s maternal ancestor was surveyor, poet, musician, sculptor, allegedly Lakan-Dula, his maternal painter, cartoonist, cartographer, great great grandfather was Ugenio novelist, dramatist, inventor, Ursua(Japanese). philosopher, linguist, businessman, economist, historian, teacher, and Rizal’s Name farmer. - Belong to a wealthy ilustrado family Mercado - original surname meaning “Market” in - agricultural business. Spanish. - Raised in a religious household. - Adopted by Domingo Lam-co in 1731. - Parents were strict but fair “Spare - 1849 decree by Gov. General Claveria on the rod and spoil the child” Spanish Surnames. - Francisco Mercado chose “Rizal” The Rizal Children Typical style of the ilustrado family 1. Paciano (1851-1930) - Knowledge was rigid and strict 2. Saturnina (1850 - 1913) - Tedious Memory method 3. Narcisa (1852 - 1939) - Aided by the teacher’s whip. 4. Olimpia (1855-1887) 5. Lucia (1857-1919) Governed by the four R’s 6. Maria (1859-1945) - Reading 7. Jose Rizal (1861-1896) - Arithmetic 8. Concepcion (1862-1865) - Writing 9. Josefa (1865-1919) - Religion 10. Trinidad (1868 - 1951) 11. Soledad (1870-1929) COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE LESSON # 5  GE9 GE9 FIRST SEMESTER | S.Y. 2024 - 2025| Barry Nuico - He challenged Pedro to a fight. - Jose learned wrestling from Tio Manuel - He defeated Pedro and became popular. - Andres Salandanan challenged him to an Rizal’s First Teacher arm-wrestling match- Rizal lost. - His mother, Doña Teodora, was his first - Rizal had fights in succeeding days. teacher. - At age 3, he learned the alphabet and the prayers. Painting lessons in Binan - His mother was the first to discover that he - Near the school was a house of an old has talent for poetry and encouraged him painter, named Juancho. to write poems. - Jose would spend many of his lecture hours - As Rizal grew older, his parents employed in the painting studio. private tutors: - Juancho freely gave him lessons in painting Maestro Celestino and drawing. Maestro Lucas Padua - Jose and Jose Guevarra became Juancho’s Leon Monroy apprentices. - He lived in Rizal’s home and - They later became the favorite painters of taught him Spanish and the class. Latin. Daily Life in Binan Jose goes to Biñan - Jose led a simple life which contributed - In June 1869, he left Calamba for Binan to much to his future development. enroll. - It strengthened his body and soul. - He was accompanied by Paciano Best Student in School - Lived at his aunt’s house. - Jose beat all the Binan boys in Spanish, Latin, and other subjects. First day in Biñan School - His classmates were jealous of him, and - The school was in the house of the teacher, told lies to discredit him. Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz - The teacher had to “punish” Jose. - It was a small nipa hut about 30 meters from the home of Jose’s aunt. End of Binan Schooling - Paciano was also under the teacher before. - Jose received a letter from Saturnina, informing the arrival of the steamer Talim which would take him from Binan to First School Brawl Calamba. - Jose was angry at Pedro(the bully) for making fun of him. COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE LESSON # 6  GE9 GE9 FIRST SEMESTER | S.Y. 2024 - 2025| Barry Nuico - He had a premonition that he would not - The family trouble was settled and Jose returned to Binan. Alberto lived again his wife. - He prayed in the town church, collected - However, the evil wife filed a case in court pebbles as souvenirs, and bade farewell to accusing her husband and Dona Teodora of his teacher and classmates. attempting to poison her. - Left on December 17, 1872 - The Lieutenant and the Gobernadorcillo, - He met a Frenchman, Arturo Camps. Antonio Vivencio del Rosario, arrested Dona Teodora. - The lieutenant forced her to walk from Martyrdom of Gom-Bur-Za Calamba to Santa Cruz (capital of Laguna - Implicated on 1872 Cavite mutiny. Province), a distance of 50 km. - On January 20, 1872, about 200 Filipino - She spent 2 and a half years in prison. soldiers and workmen rose in violent mutiny because of the abolition of their usual privileges. Scholastic Triumphs at Ateneo de Manila - 2 days later, it was suppressed by the reinforcements from Manila. Rizal enters the Ateneo - On February 17, 1872, Fathers Gom-Bur-Za - Jose was sent to Manila four months after were executed. the martyrdom of Gom-Bur-Za and with - Paciano was enraged by the execution of Dona Teodora still in prison. He studied in Burgos, his friend, teacher, and housemate. the Ateneo Municipal, a college under the He quit his studies and returned to supervision of the Spanish Jesuits. Calamba. - Ateneo Municipal was the bitter rival of the - Later in 1891, he dedicated his second Dominican-owned College of San Juan de novel, El Filibusterismo, to Gom-Bur-Za. Letran. - Formerly the Escuela Pia (Charity School) - for poor boys in Manila established in 1817. Injustice to Rizal’s Mother - In 1859 name was changed to Ateneo - Before June of 1872, Dona Teodora was Municipal by the Jesuits and later became suddenly arrested on a malicious charge the Ateneo de Manila. that she and her brother, Jose Alberto, tried to poison, Don Alberto’s wife. June 10, 1872 - Jose Alberto had just returned from a - Jose went to Manila to take the entrance business trip in Europe and found out that exams on Christian Doctrine, arithmetic, his wife was living with another man and and reading at the College of San Juan de abandoned their home and children. Letran. - Don Jose Alberto’s plan was to divorce. - He passed all of the exam. - Dona Teodora persuaded him to forgive his wife. COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE LESSON # 7  GE9 GE9 FIRST SEMESTER | S.Y. 2024 - 2025| Barry Nuico - His father was the first one who wished him to study at Letran but he changed his mind and decided to send Jose at Ateneo Each of these empires had its rank. instead. Students fought for positions. With 3 mistakes, opponent’s position could lose his Father Magin Fernando, college registrar of position. Ateneo Municipal, refused to admit Jose 1st best : emperor because: 2nd best : Tribune - He was late for registration for; 3rd best: Decurion - He was sickly and undersized for his 4th best : Centurion age (11 yrs old). 5th best: Standard - bearer Upon the intercession of Manuel Xeres Burgos, he was admitted at Ateneo. Ateneo students' uniform consisted of Jose Adopted the surname “Rizal” at the “hemp-fabric trousers” and “striped cotton Ateneo. coat.” The coat was called rayadillo, and Ateneo was located in the Intramuros, was adopted as the uniform for the Filipino within the walls of Manila. troops during the days of the First He boarded in a house on Caraballo Street, Philippine Republic. 25 min walk from the college. The boarding house was owned by Titay, who owned Rizal family Php 300. Rizal’s First Year in Ateneo (1872-1873) - Rizal’s first professor in Ateneo was Fr. Jose Bech. Jesuits System of Education - Rizal was placed at the bottom of the class - Jesuits trained the character of the student since he was a newcomer and knows little by the rigid discipline, humanities and Spanish. religious instruction. - He was an externo (Carthaginians), - They heard Mass early in the morning occupying the end of the line. But at the before the beginning of daily class. end of the month, he became “emperor” of - Classes were opened and closed with his Empire. prayers. - Rizal took private lessons in Santa Isabel College during noon recesses to improve his Students were divided into 2 groups: Spanish, he paid three pesos for extra Roman Empire - consisting of the lessons. internos(boarders) with red banners. Carthaginian Empire - composed of the externos (non-boarders) with blue banners. Summer Vacation (1873) - What Rizal was categorized. COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE LESSON # 8  GE9 GE9 FIRST SEMESTER | S.Y. 2024 - 2025| Barry Nuico - Rizal didn’t enjoy his summer because his - Rizal also read non-fiction. He persuaded mother was in prison. So, Saturnina brought his father to buy a costly set of Cesar him to Tanawan. Cantu’s historical work entitled Universal - He went to Santa Cruz to visit his mother in History. prison. - He also read Travels in the Philippines by Dr. - He told his mother of his brilliant grades. Feodor Jagor, a German scientist traveler - After summer, he returned to Manila and who visited the Philippines in 1859-60. He now boarded inside intramuros at No. 6 was impressed by: Magallanes Street. Jagor’s keen observations of the defects of Spanish colonization. His prophecy that someday Spain Second Year in Ateneo (1873-74) would lose the Philippines and that - Rizal lost the class leadership. But he America would come to succeed her repented and even studied harder, once as colonizer. more became “emperor”. He received excellent grades in all subjects. - And a gold medal. Third Year in Ateneo (1875-76) June 16, 1875 Prophecy of Mother’s Release - He became an interno in Ateneo. - Dona Teodora told her son of her dream the previous night. - Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez, one of his - Rizal, interpreting the dream, told her that professors, inspired him to study harder she would be released from the prison in 3 and write poetry. Rizal’s best professor in month’s time. Ateneo. - It came true. - Rizal described him as “a model of Teenage Interest in Reading uprightness, earnestness, and love for the advancement of his pupils.” - The first favorite novel of Rizal was The - He returned to Calamba with 5 medals and Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander excellent ratings. Dumas. - His boyish imagination was stirred by the sufferings of Edmond Dantes (the hero) in Last Year in Ateneo (1876-77) prison, his spectacular escape from the dungeon of Chateau d” if, his finding a - Rizal, the most brilliant Atenean of his time, buried treasure in the rocky island of Monte and was truly the “pride of the Jesuits.” Cristo, and his dramatic revenge on his enemies who had wronged him. Graduation with Highest Honors COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE LESSON # 9  GE9 GE9 FIRST SEMESTER | S.Y. 2024 - 2025| Barry Nuico March 23, 1877 - Rizal, 16 years old, received from his Alma Mater, Ateneo Municipal, the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors. Poems Written in Ateneo Extra-Curricular Activities in Ateneo - He was an active member, later secretary, Mi Primera Inspiracion (My First Inspiration) of Marian Congregation. - First written poem of Rizal, which was - He was accepted because of his academic dedicated to his mother on her birthday. brilliance and devotion to Our Lady of - He wrote it when he was 14 years old. Immaculate Conception, the college patroness. In 1875, inspired by Fr. Sanchez, he wrote - He is also a member of the academy of more poems such as: Spanish Literature and the Academy of - Felicitacion (Felicitation) Natural Sciences. - El Embarque: Himno a la Flota de - He studied painting under Agustin Saez, a Magallanes (The Departure: Hymn famous painter, and sculpture under to Magellan’s Fleet. Romualdo de Jesus. - He continued his physical training under his sports-minded Tio Manuel. First Romance of Rizal - He experienced his first romance with Segunda Katigbak, a pretty 14 year old Sculptural Works in Ateneo Batanguena from Lipa. - He carved an image of The Virgin Mary on a - Met Segunda when he visited his maternal piece of batikuling (Philippine hardwood) grandmother at Trozo, Manila. with his pocket-knife. The Jesuit fathers - Mysteriously caused his heart to palpitate were amazed. with strange ecstasy. - Father Lleonart requested him to carve for - He reminisced, “she looked at me and I him an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. blushed” Rizal came to know Segunda more He intended to take the image with intimately during weekly visits to La him to Spain but forgot to do so. Concordia College. - So the Ateneo boarders placed it on the - Their was indeed “a love at first sight.” door of their dormitory. - But Segunda was already engaged to be - It plays a significant part in Rizal’s last hours married to Manuel Luz. at Fort Santiago. COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE LESSON # 10