•Exercise 1:

I. True or False
Write True if the statement is correct, otherwise write False.
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. Claro M. Recto approved Republic Act No. 1425, a law which mandates all public and private
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schools, colleges, and universities to teach courses on the life, works, and writings of Jose
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Rizal, particularly his novels Noli me tangere and El filibusterismo.
. President Elpidio Quirino signed Senate Bill No. 438 into law on 12 June 1956 after several
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days of deliberation.
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. The implementation of the Rizal Law led to an increase in the number of school textbooks
being written about the national hero.
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. State universities such as UP offer a Rizal course worth three units of credit.
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. The life, works, and writings of Rizal encourage patriotism and civic consciousness among
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students.
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. One indication of the implementation of the Rizal Law is the increased membership in the
Knights of Rizal.
. The Rizal Law received a swift and smooth approval from Congress.
. Faculty members who majored in history are the only individuals who are qualified to teach
the Rizal course.
. A prescribed syllabus is available to provide guidance for teaching the Rizal course.
. Rizal's Noli me tangere, especially the passages in it that appeared to attack Catholic faith,
was deemed as a violation of the Church's Canon Law 1399.
II. Essay
Explain your answer in not more than five sentences.
1. In what ways is Rizal still relevant today? Discuss briefly the enduring impact of Riza's ideas and
works in the present time.
2. Discuss briefly why the Catholic Church opposed the bill when it was first proposed in Congress.
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3. Why is Rizal regarded as the "Father of Philippine Nationalism"?
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•Exercise 2:
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I. Identification
Write in the space what is being referred to by each statement below.
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. A member of the cabeza class in each pueblo.
. The highest judicial and administrative tribunal in the Spanish colonial government.
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. The revolution that overthrew Queen Isabella II.
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. A decree that was considered the most notable educational reform during the Spanish
colonial period.
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. The king when Spain adopted the Constitution of 1876.
. The governor-general who brought liberalism in the Philippines and promoted equality
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between Spaniards and Filipinos.
. In the nineteenth-century Philippines, the term "sangley" refers to these people.
. Lands that were distributed to the different religious orders in the colonial period.
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. Lands that were given to Spanish officers and men who helped in the conquest and
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colonization of the country.
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. The first banking system in the Philippines.
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II. Graphic Organizer,
Fill in the table.

Philippine Society Development during Challenges/

During the Nineteenth the Nineteenth Constraints Faced by
Century Century Filipinos
Political Condition
Economic Condition
Social Condition

Exercise 3:

Identification
Write in the space what is being referred to by each statement below.
. Rizal's complete name.
. The Filipino Catholic priest who was the friend and mentor of Rizal's brother.
. Rizal's eldest brother with whom he shared a goal of fostering a sense of nationhood among
Filipinos.
. The collective name for three Filipino Catholic priests who were executed for their alleged
involvement in the 1872 Cavite Mutiny.
. The religious order that owned the land from which Rizal's father, Francisco, built a fortune.
. Rizal's uncle who taught him the value of promptness, diligence, and persever-
ance.
. The number of years that Doña Teodora was imprisoned for after being accused of trying to
poison her brother's wife.
. Jose learned proverbs, prayers, folk songs, and nursery rhymes from her.
. A decree that compelled the natives to choose new surnames from a list of Spanish family
names.
. The title of the poem Rizal purportedly wrote at the age of eight.

Il. Graphic Organizer

Create a graphic organizer (or a visual representation) similar to a family tree that organizes and
displays information about your family ancestors and descendants. This graphic organizer/rep-
resentation will help you understand and appreciate your family's history and connections. Share
your answers with the class:
1. What makes a family? Describe the multifaceted aspects that make a family.
2. What qualities are unique to your family? Identity the strengths, virtues, and talents that you think
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pased own through generations and have shaped the collective personality of your current family.
3. How does family serve as the foundation of good citizenship?

Ill. Essay
Explain your answer in not more than five sentences.
1. How did Domingo Lam-co, Rizal's great-great-grandfather, end up settling in the Philippines?
2. How did Francisco and Teodora's family become one of the richest in Calamba?
3. How did the unjust imprisonment of Rizal's mother, Teodora, and the execution of Gomburza
contribute to his nationalistic tendencies?

Exercise 4.

I. Identification
Write in the space what is being referred to by each statement below.
. The Jesuits invited Rizal to participate in the preparations for this feast.
. Rizal's professors in painting and sculpture.
. One of the novels Rizal read during his second year in Ateneo.
. His first teacher in Biñan.
. The basic aim of Atenean education.
. Rizal completed this degree in Ateneo.
. The course he completed at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila.
. Rizal's course at the University of Santo Tomas.
. 10. Two of Rizal's notable classmates in Ateneo.

II. Essay
Explain your answer in not more than five sentences.
1. Describe Rizal's organization while studying at Ateneo.
2. Explain what were some of the causes of Riza's decline in academic performance during his time
at UST.
3. Describe some of the methods or techniques Rizal used to develop himself.

III. Contrasting Information

Ateneo during Rizal's time.
Create a chart that shows the major differences between the educational system of UST and Ateneo
during Rizal’s time.
 University of Santo Ateneo Municipal de
Tomas Manila
Mission/ Vision
Curriculum
Academic Freedom
Strategies in Teaching
Facilities

Exercise 5.

I. Identification
Write in the space what is being referred to by each statement below.
. The poem Rizal wrote in Madrid for his mother and which he later recited in a New.
Year's Eve reception.
. The commission that is made up of religious and secular individuals who con demned
Rizal's novel for attacking the religion and state.
. Acted as Riza's bodyguard at the appointment of Governor-General Emilio Terero.
. Rizal's brother who sent him pension every month while abroad.
. Rizal's close friend who invited him to Leitmeritz.
. The item enclosed in Rizal's first letter to Blumentritt.
. The professor who is said to have influenced Rizal to join the Freemasons.
. The pastor who offered Rizal lodging in Wilhelmsfeld.
. German anthropologist who wrote about the Igorots and befriended Riza on has visit to
Leipzig.
. A well-known ophthalmologist on whom the scissors used during eye surgey wis named
after.
11. Served as director of Heidelberg University's eye clinic.
12-13.Two Filipino painters whose murals won in the 1884 Madrid Exposition.
. He published the pamphlet warning people that reading Noli was a mortal sin.
. Rizal's first literary work written in Spain.

Il. Graphic Organizer

Make atimeline of Riza's trip abroad from 1882 to 1887. Jot down key experiences and meetings
that took place. (30 points)
•1882
•1883
•1884
•1885
• 1886
• 1887

Exercise 6.
I. Identification
Write in the space what is being referred to by each statement below.
. He was the president of La Liga Filipina.
. He drafted the goals of La Liga Filipina.
. It was the title of the book that Rizal diligently copied by hand and annotated to make it
more available for Filipino readers.
. In this essay, Rizal argued against the idea that Spanish friars are to be viewed as models of
holiness.
. It was Rizal’s article which proposed several rules of a new Tagalog orthography
. It was the name of the Borneo settlement Rizal was planning to establish.
. He was the reformist who gave Rizal the funding to finally complete the printing of El fili.
8.He was the Japanese writer Rizal met aboard Belgic and whom he briefly worked with as an
interpreter.
. He was the Sanskrit scholar who Rizal befriended in London.
. It was the 300-meter high structure touted as the 1889 Paris Exposition's central
attraction.
Il. Essay
Explain your answer in not more than five sentences.
1. What are the goals of La Liga Filipina?
2. Discuss some of the articles Rizal had written for La Solidaridad and what issues they tackled.
3. Discuss Rizal's feelings on returning to the Philippines, as expressed in the two letters he wrote
before doing