Submitted by: Submitted by jabbz
Views: 109
Words: 590
Pages: 3
Category: Literature
Date Submitted: 05/08/2014 08:11 PM
Frequently Asked Questions
• How old was Rizal when he died?
o 35 years, 6 months and 11 days old
• What is the first novel of Rizal
o Noli Me Tangere
• What is the title of Rizal's unfinished novel in Tagalog?
o Nakamisa
• Where and when did he finish his Bachelor of Arts degree?
o Areneo Municipal (now Ateneo de Manila) on March 23, 1872
• When and where did Rizal start formal schooling?
o In Biñan on 1869
• What was Rizal's first poem?
o "Sa aking mga kababata"
• What was Rizal’s first winning literary piece on the competition sponsored by the Artistic-Literary Lyceum?
o A La Juventud Filipina
• When and where did Rizal finish his medical course?
o Central University of Manila, on June 21, 1884, he was awarded the degree of Licentiate in Medicine.
• Who was the youngest sister of Rizal?
o Soledad
• Who was the oldest sister of Rizal?
o Saturnina
• Where did Rizal obtain his early schooling?
o Jose Rizal obtained his early schooling at a private school in Biñan, because Biñan at that time was famous for its private school. Rizal studied under Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz – a well-known teacher of young boys. Rizal was nine (9) years old when his parents sent to him to study in Biñan.
• Why did Rizal leave Japan when he was happy in that beautiful country and was in loved with a pretty Japanese girl?
o There is no doubt that Rizal and O-sei-san were deeply in love. If Rizal were a man without patriotism and without self-control, he would have stayed permanently in Japan. He could have married beautiful O-sei-san and lived happily with her. He could have a good life in Japan, for the Spanish legation offered him a job with a high salary. But he was dedicated to a noble mission - the welfare and freedom of his oppressed people. And nothing, even the love of the pretty girl and a good job could make him forgets his mission in life.
• Who became Rizal’s wife? How did they meet?
o Rizal has his last romance in Dapitan. He falls in love...