Chapter 1 Of Rizal

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During the christening ceremony ____________ was impressed by the baby's big head, and told the members of the family who were present: (saying) His words proved to beprophetic, as confirmed by subsequent events.

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Father Collantes "Take good care of this child, for someday he will become a great man."

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The baptismal certificate of Rizal reads as follows: signed by

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Leoncio lopez

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"I, the undersigned parish priest of Calamba, certify that from the investigation made with proper authority, for replacing the parish books which were burned on ____"

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September 28, 1862, to be found in Docket No.1 of Baptisms, p. 49

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it appears by the sworn testimony of competent witnesses that JOSE RIZAL MERCADO is the legitimate son, and lawful wedlock, of Don Francisco Rizal Mercado and Doña Teodora Realonda, having been baptized in this parishon the ______ by ______

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22nd day of June in the year 1861, the parish priest Rev. Rufino Collantes, Rev. Pedro Casanas being his godfather

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It should be noted that at the time Rizal was born, the governor general of the Philippines was ________

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Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery

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The former senator of Spain (member of the upper chamber of the Spanish Cortes) governed the Philippines from February 2, 1861 to July 7, 1862. Incidentally, on the same date of Rizal's birth (June 19, 1861), he sent an official dispatch to the _______.

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Ministry of War and the Ministry of Ultramar in Madrid, denouncing Sultan Pulalun of Sulu and several powerful Moro datus for fraternizing with a British consul.

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Among his achievements as governor general were ______

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(1) fostering the cultivation ofcotton in the provinces

(2) establishing the politico-military governments in the Visayas and in Mindanao.

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Jose Rizal was the _______ of the eleven children of Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonso Realonda.

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seventh

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The hero's father, Francisco (1818-1898) was born inBinan, Laguna, on May 11, 1818. He studied _____ and ________ at the __________

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Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila.

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In early manhood, following his parent's death, he moved to Calamba and ________ of the Dominican-owned hacienda.

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tenant-farmer

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He was a hardy and ______ man, who talked less andworked more, and was strong in body and valiant in spirit. He died in Manila on January 5, 1898, at the age of 80.

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independent-minded

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In his student memoirs, Rizal affectionately called him ___________

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"a model of fathers".

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Doña Teodora (1826-1911), the hero's mother, was born in Manila on November 8, 1826 and was educated at the _______________, a well-known college for girls in the city.

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College of Santa Rosa

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She was a remarkable woman, possessing (1), (2), (3), and the (4)

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1.refined culture

2.literary talent

3.business ability

4.fortitude of Spartan women.

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Rizal lovingly said of her: "My mother is a woman of more than _____________; she knows _________ and speaks ________ better than I. She corrected my poems and gave me good advice when I was studying ________. She is a mathematician and has read many books."

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ordinary culture

literature

Spanish

rhetoric

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Doña Teodora died in Manila on _________, at the age of 85. Shortly before her death, the Philippine government offered her a ____________. She courteously rejected it saying, "My family has never been _________ for money. If the government has plenty of funds and does not know what to do with them, better reduce the taxes."

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August 16, 1911

life pension

patriotic

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Such remarks truly befitted her as a &

__________ of a national hero.

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worthy mother

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Saturnina (1850-1913) — oldest of the Rizal children, nicknamed Neneng; she married _________

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Manuel T. Hidalgo of Tanawan, Batangas.

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Paciano (1851-1930) --- older brother and confidant of Jose Rizal; after his younger brother's execution, he joined the _______ and became a combat general; after the Revolution, he retired to his farm in Los Baños, where he lived as a gentleman farmer and died on April 13, 1930, an old bachelor aged 79. He had two children by his mistress _______

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Philippine Revolution

Severina Decena

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Narcisa (1852-1939) — her pet name was Sisa and she married ___________ (nephew of Father Leoncio Lopez), a school teacher of Morong.

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Antonio Lopez

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Olimpia (1855-1887) - Ypia was her pet name; she married __________, a telegraph operator from Manila.

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Silvestre Ubaldo

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Lucia (1857-1919) - She married ________, who was a nephew of Father Casanas. He died of cholera in 1889 and was denied Christian burial because he was a brother-in-law of Dr. Rizal.

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Mariano Herbosa of Calamba

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Maria (1859-1945) - Biang was her nickname; she married __________

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Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna.

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JOSE (1861-1896)-the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius; his nickname was Pepe; during his exile in Dapitan he lived with __________, Irish girl from Hong Kong; he had a son by her, but this baby-boy died a few hours after birth; Rizal named him _______ after his father and buried him in Dapitan.

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Josephine Bracken

"Francisco"

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Concepcion (1862-1865) - her pet name was Concha; she died of sickness at the age of 3; her death was _________

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Rizal's first sorrow in life.

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Josefa (1865-1945) - her pet name was _________; she died an old maid at the age of 80.

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Panggoy

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Trinidad (1868-1951) --Trining was her pet name; she died also an _______ in 1951 aged 83.

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old maid

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Soledad (1870-1929) - youngest of the Rizal children; her pet name was Choleng; she married ____________

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Pantaleon Quictero of Calamba.

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Sibling relationship among the Rizal children was ________

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affectionately cordial

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As a little boy, Rizal used to play games with his sisters. Although he had ________ with them he respected them.

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boyish quarrels

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Years later when he grew to manhood, he always called them Doña or Señora (if married) and Señorita (if single). For instance, he called his older sister "Doña Ypia," his oldest sister "Señora Saturnina,” and his __________ "Señorita Josefa” and "Señorita Trinidad."

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unmarried sisters

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Rizal's relation with his only brother Paciano, who was ten years his senior, was more than that of younger to older brother. Paciano was a second father to him. Throughout his life, Rizal respected him and greatly valued his sagacious advice. He immortalized him in his first novel Noli Me Tangere as the _________

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wise Pilosopo Tasio

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In a letter to Blumentritt, written in London on June 23, 1888, he regarded Paciano as the (1) and "though an (2), more generous and noble than all the Spaniards put together. And in a subsequent letter also written to Blumentritt and dated London, October 12, 1888, he spoke of his beloved older brother, as follows: "He is much finer and more serious than I am; he is bigger and more slim, he is not so dark, his nose is fine, beautiful and sharp; but he is (3)."

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1. "most noble of Filipinos"

2. Indio

3. bow-legged

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As a typical Filipino, Rizal was a product of the mixture of races. In his veins flowed the blood of both East and West-Negrito, Indonesian, Malay, (1), (2), and (3).

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1. Chinese

2. Japanese

3. Spanish

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Predominantly, he was a Malayan and was a magnificent specimen of (1). Rizal's great-great grand-father on his father's side was (2), a Chinese Immigrant from the (3), who arrived in Manila about 1690. He became a Christian, married a well-to-do Chinese Christian girl of Manila named (4), and assumed in 1731 the surname (5) which was appropriate for him because he was a merchant

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1. Asian manhood

2. Domingo Lamco

3. Fukien city of Changchow

4. Ines de la Rosa

5. Mercado

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The Spanish term mercado means "(1)" in English. Domingo Mercado and Ines de la Rosa had a son, (2), who resided in Biñan, married a Chinese-Filipino mestiza, (3), and was elected (4) (municipal mayor) of the town. One of their sons, Juan Mercado (Rizal's grandfather), married (5), a Chinese-Filipino mestiza.

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1. market

2. Francisco Mercado

3. Cirila Bernacha

4. gobernadorcillo

5. Cirila Alejandro

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Like his father he was elected governadorcillo of Biñan. Capitan Juan and Capitana Cirila had (1) children, the youngest being Francisco Mercado, Rizal's father.

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1. thirteen

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At the age of (1), Francisco Mercado lost his father and grew up to manhood under the care of his mother. He studied Latin and Philosophy in the College of San Jose in Manila. While studying in Manila, he met and fell in love with (2), a student in the College of Santa Rosa.

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1. eight

2. TeodoraAlonso Realonda

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They were married on (1), after which they settled down in Calamba, where they engaged in farming and business and reared a big family.

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1. June 28, 1848

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It is said that Doña Teodora's family descended from (1), the last native king of Tondo. Her great-grandfather(Rizal's maternal great-great-grandfather) was (2)(of Japanese ancestry), who married a Filipina named (3).

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1. LakanDula

2. Eugenio Ursua

3. Benigna

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Their daughter, (1), married (2) a Filipino-Chinese lawyer from Pangasinanthe daughters of Attorney Quintos and Regina was Brigida, who married (3), a prominent Spanish Filipino mestizo of Biñan. Their children were Narcisa, Teodora (Rizal's mother), (4), Manuel, and Jose.

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1. Regina

2. Manuel de Quintos

3. Lorenzo Alberto Alonso

4. Gregorio

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The real surname of the Rizal family was Mercado, which was adopted in (1) by (2) (the paternal great-great-grandfather of Jose Rizal), who was full-blooded Chinese. Rizal's family acquired a second surname - Rizal - which was given by a (3) (provincial governor) of Laguna, who was a family friend. Thus said Dr. Rizal, in his letter to (4)

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1. 1731

2. Domingo Lamco

3. Spanish alcalde mayor

4. Blumentritt

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I am the only Rizal because at home my parents, my sisters, my brother, and my relatives have always preferred our old surname (1). Our family name was in fact Mercado, but there were many Mercados in the Philippines who are not related to us. It is said that an alcalde mayor, who was a friend of our family added Rizal to our name. My family did not pay much attention to this, but now I have to use it. In this way, it seems that I am an (2).

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1. Mercado

2. illegitimate son

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“Whoever that Spanish alcalde mayor was," commented (1) distinguished (2), "his choice was (3) for Rizal in Spanish means a field where wheat, cut while still green, (4)."

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1. Ambassador Leon Ma. Guerrero

2. Rizalist and diplomat

3. prophetic

4. sprouts again

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The house of the Rizal family, where the hero was born, was one of the distinguished (1) in Calamba during Spanish times. It was a (2) building, rectangular in shape, built of (3) and hard-woods, and roofed with red tiles. It is described by (4), one of Rizal's (5), as follows:

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1. stone houses

2. two-storey

3. adobe stones

4. Dr. Rafael Palma

5. prestigious biographers

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The house was high and even (1), a solid and (2) structure with sliding shell windows. Thick walls of (3) bounded the first floor: the second floor was made entirely of (4) except for the roof, which was of (5), in the style of the buildings in Manila at that time

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1. sumptuous

2. massive earthquake-proof

3. lime and stone

4. wood

5. red tile

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At the back there was an (1) and a wide, (2) to hold rain water for home use. Behind the house were the poultry yard full of turkeys and chickens and a big garden of (3) - atis, balimbing, chico, macopa, papaya, santol, tampoy, etc.

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1. azotea

2. deep cistern

3. tropical fruit trees

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It was a (1) where (2) and children's laughter reigned. By day, it (3) with the noises of children play and the songs of the birds in the garden. By night, it echoed with the (4) of family prayers. Such a wholesome home, naturally, bred a wholesome family. And such a family was the Rizal family.

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(1) happy home

(2) parental affection

(3) hummed

(4) dulcet notes

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The Rizal family belenged to the (1), a (2) in Spanish Philippines. It was one of the (3) families in Calamba. By dint of honest and hard work and (4), Rizal's parents were able to live well. From the farms, which were rented from the (5), they harvested rice, corn, and sugarcane.

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1. principalia

2. town aristocracy

3. distinguished

4. frugal living

5. Dominican Order

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They raised pigs, chickens, and turkeys in their backyard. In addition to (1) and (2), Doña Teodora managed a general goods store and operated a (3) and a (4)

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1. farming

2. stockraising

3. small flour-mill

4. home-made ham press

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As evidence of their (1), Rizal's parents were able to build a (2) house which was situated near the town church and to buy another one. They owned a (3), which was a status symbol of the (4) in Spanish Philippines and a (5) (the largest in Calamba) which consisted of more than 1,000 volumes. They sent their children to the colleges in Manila.

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1. affluence

2. large stone

3. carriage

4. ilustrados

5. private library

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Combining affluence and culture, hospitality and courtesy, they participated prominently in all (1) affairs in the community. They were (2) to all visitors and guests -- (3) - during the town fiestas and other holidays. Beneath their roof, all guests (4) of their color, rank, social position, and economic status, were welcome.

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1. social and religious

2. gracious hosts

3. friars, Spanish officials, and Filipino friends

4. irrespective

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The Rizal family had a (1), (2), and (3). In consonance with Filipino custom family ties among the Rizals were (4). Don Francisco and Doña Teodora loved their children, but they never (5) them.

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1. simple

2. contented

3. happy life

4. intimately close

5. spoiled

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They were (1) and they trained their children to love God to behave well, to be obedient, and to respect people, especially the (2) . Whenever the children, including Jose Rizal, got into (3), they were given a sound (4) Evidently, they believed in the maxim: "(5)"

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1. strict parents

2. old folks

3. mischief

4. spanking

5. Spare the rod and spoil the child.