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LESSON 1 : FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS/ TRIVIA

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

* How old was Rizal when he died?

* 35 years, 6 months and 11 days old

* What is the first novel of Rizal

* Noli Me Tangere

* What is the title of Rizal's unfinished novel in Tagalog?

* Nakamisa

* Where and when did he finish his Bachelor of Arts degree?

* Areneo Municipal (now Ateneo de Manila) on March 23, 1872

* When and where did Rizal start formal schooling?

* In Biñan on 1869

* What was Rizal's first poem?

* "Sa aking mga kababata"

* What was Rizal’s first winning literary piece on the competition sponsored by the Artistic-Literary Lyceum?

* A La Juventud Filipina

* When and where did Rizal finish his medical course?

* Central University of Manila, on June 21, 1884, he was awarded the degree of Licentiate in Medicine.

* Who was the youngest sister of Rizal?

* Soledad

* Who was the oldest sister of Rizal?

* Saturnina

* Where did Rizal obtain his early schooling?

* 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?

* 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...