1. List someone ancestor, family members and relative of Jose Rizal.

Identify their relationship with Jose Rizal.

Answer:

FRANCISCO MERCADO (1818-1898)

Father of Jose Rizal who was the youngest of 13 offsprings of Juan and
Cirila Mercado. Born in Biñan, Laguna on April 18, 1818; studied in San
Jose College, Manila; and died in Manila.

TEODORA ALONSO (1827-1913)

Mother of Jose Rizal who was the second child of Lorenzo Alonso and
Brijida de Quintos. She studied at the Colegio de Santa Rosa. She was a
business-minded woman, courteous, religious, hard-working and well-read.
She was born in Santa Cruz, Manila on November 14, 1827 and died in
1913 in Manila.

SATURNINA RIZAL (1850-1913)

Eldest child of the Rizal-Alonzo marriage. Married Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo
of Tanauan, Batangas.

PACIANO RIZAL (1851-1930)

Only brother of Jose Rizal and the second child. Studied at San Jose
College in Manila; became a farmer and later a general of the Philippine
Revolution.

NARCISA RIZAL (1852-1939)

The third child. married Antonio Lopez at Morong, Rizal; a teacher and
musician.

OLYMPIA RIZAL (1855-1887)

The fourth child. Married Silvestre Ubaldo; died in 1887 from childbirth.

LUCIA RIZAL (1857-1919)

The fifth child. Married Matriano Herbosa.

MARIA RIZAL (1859-1945)

The sixth child. Married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna.

JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896)

The second son and the seventh child. He was executed by the Spaniards
on December 30,1896.

CONCEPCION RIZAL (1862-1865)

The eight child. Died at the age of three.

JOSEFA RIZAL (1865-1945)

The ninth child. An epileptic, died a spinster.

TRINIDAD RIZAL (1868-1951)

The tenth child. Died a spinster and the last of the family to die.

SOLEDAD RIZAL (1870-1929)

The youngest child married Pantaleon Quintero.

2. Name three (3) Filipino social reformers associated with Jose Rizal
during that period in Philippine history which was called the
“Propaganda Movement.” Cite one contribution of each social
reformer to the historical development of Philippine nationalism.

Answer:

3. Write a chronology of important events in the life of Jose Rizal.

Answer:

1848
José Rizal's mom, Teodora Morales Alonso-Realonda y Quintos, and dad, Francisco Rizal-Mercado y
Alejandra, marry on June 28th.

1861
On June 19th José Rizal is born to become the seventh child born to his parents. Three days later Rizal
was christened with the name Jose Protasio Rizal-Mercado y Alonso-Realonda.

1870
José begins school under the instruction of Justiniano Aquin Cruz at just nine years of age.

1871
José continues his education under the instruction of Lucas Padua.

1872
Rizal is examined by those in charge of college entrance to St. Tomas University in Manila; he enters the
school system as a scholar.

1875
Rizal enters the Ateneo as a boarder at just 14 years of age.

1876
At the age of 15, Rizal receives a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Ateneo de Manila. He not only receives
this degree, but receives it with the highest honors possible.

1877
In June José begins to go to school at St. Tomas University in Manila where he studies philosophy.

Writing Career
1877
In November Rizal writes a poem and receives recognition for his writing from the Royal Economic Society of
Friends of the Country, also known as Amigos del Pals. The recognition comes in the form of a diploma of
merit and honorable mention.

1878
In June Rizal decides to switch gears in his educational pursuits and transfers into the medical courses at St.
Tomas University. During this time he also writes an additional two poems that win him further recognition.

1880
At the age of 19 Rizal writes another poem for a competition where he should have won first prize. However,
he was not given this prize due to discrimination.
In December Rizal produces his first Operetta called On the Banks of the Pasig.

1881
Rizal creates the commemorative medal in wax for the Royal Economic Society of Friends centennial
celebration.

Emigrating
1882
In May Rizal gets money from his brother and travels secretly from Manila to Spain aboard a French ship and
railroad entering Spain at the Port Bou.
In June St. Tomas University realizes Rizal is nowhere to be found and threatens to take land away from his
father who is a tenant even though his father has no idea of his whereabouts.
June 15 Rizal makes his arrival in Barcelona and begins to study again in Madrid in October of that same year.

1886
Rizal receives a degree in medicine from the Central University of Madrid at the age of 23. He then becomes
an assistant to Dr. L. de Wecker and visits many universities in Berlin, Leipzig, and Heidelberg in the country
of Germany.
Fame... Then Death and Legacy
1887
Rizal finishes his first novel titled Noli Me Tangere while staying in Berlin. The novel offends Catholic
officials and Rizal is deemed to be a troublemaker
He then travels to Austria, Switzerland, and Italy.
On July 3 Rizal leaves from Mersailles in Italy and arrives in Manila on August 5th. He travels to nearby areas
escorted by a Spanish Lieutenant.

1888
In February Rizal leaves Spain and sets sail for Hong Kong in Japan. He continued to travel practice medicine
and write.

1892
In August Rizal was detained aboard a ship traveling back to Spain. Rizal was charged with treason, sedition,
and the formation of illegal societies. He was sent to an island and held.
He taught for four years while being held.
He met a girl named Josephine Bracken who he wanted to marry but the church refused to give him a license
to marry.
He penned his last piece of writing called My Last Farewell and wrote an address to Filipino insurgents to lay
down their arms against the Spanish. The address was never made public, but was added to the list of charges
against him.

1896
His request to go to Cuba was approved. On the way to Cuba he was arrested and charged with conspiracy and
sedition.
On December 27 he was condemned to death in a Spanish court
On December 30th he was permitted to marry Josephine two hours before he was shot by a firing squad.
He was buried in a secret grave.

1912
On December 30th the ashes of Rizal were transferred to the Rizal Mausoleum and December 30th is declared
a national holiday in honor of his memory.
José Rizal's life and works were critical to those from the Philippines who were looking for an end to Spanish
colonization.

4. Write a bio-data for Jose Rizal.

Answer:
José Rizal, in full José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda, (born June
19, 1861, Calamba, Philippines—died December 30, 1896, Manila), patriot,
physician, and man of letters who was an inspiration to the Philippine nationalist
movement.
The son of a prosperous landowner, Rizal was educated in Manila and at
the University of Madrid. A brilliant medical student, he soon committed himself to
the reform of Spanish rule in his home country, though he never advocated
Philippine independence. Most of his writing was done in Europe, where he resided
between 1882 and 1892.
In 1887 Rizal published his first novel, Noli me tangere (The Social Cancer), a
passionate exposure of the evils of Spanish rule in the Philippines. A sequel, El
filibusterismo (1891; The Reign of Greed), established his reputation as the leading
spokesman of the Philippine reform movement. He published an annotated edition
(1890; reprinted 1958) of Antonio Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, hoping to
show that the native people of the Philippines had a long history before the coming
of the Spaniards. He became the leader of the Propaganda Movement, contributing
numerous articles to its newspaper, La Solidaridad, published in Barcelona. Rizal’s
political program included integration of the Philippines as a province of Spain,
representation in the Cortes (the Spanish parliament), the replacement of Spanish
friars by Filipino priests, freedom of assembly and expression, and equality of
Filipinos and Spaniards before the law.

Rizal returned to the Philippines in 1892. He founded a nonviolent-reform society,

the Liga Filipina, in Manila, and was deported to Dapitan in northwest Mindanao. He
remained in exile for the next four years. In 1896 the Katipunan, a Filipino nationalist
secret society, revolted against Spain. Although he had no connections with that
organization and he had had no part in the insurrection, Rizal was arrested and tried
for sedition by the military. Found guilty, he was publicly executed by a firing squad
in Manila. His martyrdom convinced Filipinos that there was no alternative to
independence from Spain. On the eve of his execution, while confined in Fort
Santiago, Rizal wrote “Último adiós” (“Last Farewell”), a masterpiece of 19th-century
Spanish verse.

5. Compare and contrast Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio using

these areas of comparison: family background, education,
personal ideology, contributions to the historical development of
the Philippine natiomnalism.

Answer:

Jose Rizal was a brilliant and multi-talented man. He was a doctor, a novelist, and the
founder of La Liga, a peaceful anti-colonial pressure group that met just one time in
1892 before the Spanish authorities arrested Rizal.
Jose Rizal inspired his followers, including the fiery rebel Andres Bonifacio, who
attended that single original La Liga meeting and reestablished the group after Rizal's
arrest. Bonifacio and two associates also tried to rescue Rizal from a Spanish ship in
Manila Harbor in the summer of 1896. By December, however, the 35-year-old Rizal
was tried in a sham military tribunal and executed by a Spanish firing squad.

Andres Bonifacio, from an impoverished lower-middle-class family in Manila, joined Jose

Rizal's peaceful La Liga group but also believed that the Spanish had to be driven from the
Philippines by force. He founded the Katipunan rebel group, which declared independence from
Spain in 1896 and surrounded Manila with guerrilla fighters.

Bonifacio was instrumental in organizing and energizing the opposition to Spanish rule. He
declared himself president of the newly independent Philippines, although his claim was not
recognized by any other country. In fact, even other Filipino rebels challenged Bonifacio's right
to the presidency, since the young leader did not have a university degree.

Just one year after the Katipunan movement began its revolt, Andres Bonifacio was executed at
the age of 34 by a fellow rebel, Emilio Aguinaldo.

6. What is the status or penalty given to Rizal when he was exiled in

Dapitan.
7. How many years Rizal suffered in Dapitan? Did he obtain
independence after such sufferings.
8. What was the duty of Luis Travel de Andrade? Describe his
manifestations during the trial of Rizal.
9. Site any law, executive orders and proclamations of Chief
Executive, memoranda, or circulars issued by t he Department of
Education which recognized Rizal as our National Hero and
discuss it.
10. How did Rizal use education as a tool for reform and
nationalism?
11. Explain briefly why Dr. Jose Rizal objected vehemently to
revolution or use of brute force to achieve freedom.
12. Discuss how Rizal prove the “pen is mightier than sword”
13. Who were the women in Rizal’s life and What is his relationship
to them.
14. If you have given an opportunity to ask Rizal face to face.. what
would you ask him.. Give at least 3 questions.
15. What is the significance of studying Rizal Life?