Chapter 5 - Medical Studies at the University of Santo Tomas (1877 - 1882)

University of Santo Tomas

After graduating with the highest honors from the Ateneo, Rizal had to go to which university in order to prepare himself for a career?

Bachelor of Arts degree

It was equivalent to a high school diploma today during the Spanish times

Philosophy and Letters

What course did Rizal take when he matriculated in the University of Santo Tomas in April 1877 who was then nearly 16 years old?

Father Pablo Ramon

He is the Rector of the Ateneo who had been good to Rizal during his student days in that college. Rizal wrote to him asking for advice on the choice of career.

Medicine

What course did Rizal take after his first school term in the UST?

Perito Agrimensor (Expert Surveyor)

In 1877-78, Rizal also studied in the Ateneo. He took the vocational course leading to what title?

17 years old

How old was Rizal when he passed the final examination in the surveying course, but he could not be granted the title as surveyor because he was below age?

November 25, 1881

When was the title of surveyor issued to Rizal?

Academy of Spanish Literature

Rizal was the president of what exclusive society in the Ateneo?

Academy of Natural Sciences

Rizal was the secretary of what exclusive society in the Ateneo?

Marian (RIVERA) Congregation (CONGRE-ss-GATION)

Rizal was the secretary of what religious society in the Ateneo?

Miss L

Shortly after losing Segunda Katigbak, he paid court to a young woman in Calamba. In his memoirs, he called her simply? He describe her as "fair with seductive and attractive eyes."

Doña Concha Leyva (levi)

During Rizal's sophomore year at the University of Santo Tomas, he boarded in the house of whom in Intramuros?

Capitan Juan and Capitana Sanday Valenzuela

They are the next door neighbors of Doña Concha and the parents of a charming girl named Leonor

Leonor Valenzuela (Orang)

She was a tall girl, "almost as tall as Jose himself," and had a regal bearing. She was the daughter of Capitan Juan and Capitana Sanday Valenzuela who were next door neighbors of Doña Concha

Invisible ink

Rizal sent Orang love notes written in what type of ink? This ink consisted of common table salt and water. It left no trace on the paper

Orang

Rizal's pet name for Leonor Valenzuela

Leonor Rivera (Taimis)

Rizal's cousin from Camiling and his third romance after Leonor Valenzuela. She is a student at La Concordia College, where Soledad (Rizal's youngest sister) was then studying. She was born in Camiling, Tarlac, on April 11, 1867 and was a frail, beautiful girl.

Casa Tomasina

It was a boarding house managed by Rizal's uncle, Antonio Rivera, at No. 6 Calle Santo Tomas, Intramuros where he lived in 1879 at the start of his junior year at the university

Taimis

In her letters to Rizal, Leonor signed her name as this in order to camouflage their intimate relationship from their parents and friends

Lieutenant of the Guardia Civil

He is the vague figure that Rizal didn't recognize because of darkness outside causing him to not salute the figure or even say a courteous "Good Evening." The figure then turned upon Rizal, whipped upon a sword and brutally slashed the latter on the back

General Primo de Rivera

He was the Spanish governor-general of the Philippines at the time when Rizal was whipped and brutally slashed on the back by a lieutenant of the Guardia Civil

March 21, 1887

When did Rizal send a letter to Blumentritt where he related: "I went to the Capitan-General but I could obtain no justice; my wound lasted two weeks."

Liceo Artistico-Literario (Artistic-Literary Lyceum)

It a society of literary men and artists of Manila. In the year 1879, they held a literary contest to which RIzal won with his submission "A La Juventud Filipina" (To the Filipino Youth)

Silver pen, feather-shaped and decorated with a gold ribbon

When Rizal submitted his poem, "A La Juventud Filipina" in 1879, the board of judges were impressed and gave it the first prize. What is this prize?

A La Juventud Filipina (To the Filipino Youth)

It is Rizal's prize-winning, inspiring poem of flawless form. It is a classic in Philippine literature for two reasons: first, it is the first great poem in Spanish written by a Filipino, and second, it gives for the first time a nationalistic concept that the Philippines is the "Fatherland of the Filipinos."

Miguel de Cervantes

Spain's glorified man-of-letters and famous author of Don Quixote. In 1880, the Artistic-Literary Lyceum opened another literary contest to commemorate the fourth centennial of his death

El Consejo de los Dioses (The Council of the Gods)

This winning allegory of Rizal was a literary masterpiece based on the classics. "The allegory established a parallel among Homer, Virgil, and Cervantes. The gods discuss the comparative merits of these different bards and finally decide to give the trumpet to Homer, the lyre to Virgil, and the laurel to Cervantes."

Gold ring

This was the prize awarded to Rizal when he won the literary contest of the Liceo Artistico-Literario in 1880 with his submission "El Consejo de los Dioses." It was engraved with the bust of Cervantes

D. N. del Puzo (DN-d del Puzo(HEART))

He is a Spanish writer who won the second prize in in the literary contest opened by the Liceo Artistico-Literario in 1880 in commemoration for the 4th centennial of the death of Cervantes

Junto al Pasig (Beside the Pasig)

It was a melodrama or zarzuela produced by Rizal as President of the Academy of Spanish Literature in the Ateneo which was staged by the Ateneans on December 8, 1880 on the occasion of the annual celebration of the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the Ateneo

December 8, 1880

When did the Ateneans staged the melodrama "Junto al Pasig" produced by Rizal on the occasion of the annual celebration of the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the Ateneo

Immaculate Conception

The Patroness of the Ateneo

A Filipinas

A sonnet written by Rizal in 1880 in the album of the Society of Sculptors. In this sonnet, he urged all Filipino artists to glorify the Philippines

Abd-el-Azis y Mahoma

A poem composed by Rizal which was declaimed by an Atenean, Manuel Fernandez, on the night of December 8, 1879 in honor of the Ateneo's Patroness

Al M.R.P. Pablo Ramon, Rector del Ateneo, en Sus Dias

A poem composed by Rizal in 1881 where he expressed his affection towards Father Pablo Ramon, the Ateneo Rector, who had been so kind and helpful to him

Pakil

It was the town where the famous shrine of Birhen Maria de los Dolores was located. Rizal, accompanied by his sisters and their female friends, went on a pilgrimage to this town

Casco (parang cisco pero a)

It was a flat-bottom sailing vessel that took Rizal, his sisters and their female friends from Calamba to Pakil, Laguna

Mrs. and Mr. Manuel Regalado

Rizal, his sisters, and their female friends stayed at the home of whose house in Pakil, Laguna?

Nicolas Regalado (NICOLE-as, REGALA-do)

Son of Mrs. and Mr. Manuel Regalado who was Rizal's friend in Manila

Turumba (TUMBA)

This is the people dancing in the streets during the procession in honor of the miraculous Birhen Maria de los Dolores. Rizal and his companions were fascinated by this dance.

Vicenta Ybardolaza

She is a pretty girl colegiala who skillfully played the harp at the Regalado home. Rizal was inafatuated with her when he was in Pakil, Laguna

Pasanjan

From Pakil, Rizal and his party made a side trip to what neighboring town? It was the native town of Leonor Valenzuela and is the location of the world famed falls named after the name of the town

Chapter VI

In what chapter of Noli Me Tangere did Rizal mention the Turumba?

Niagara Falls

Rizal said that this falls was the greatest cascades he ever saw but not as beautiful nor fine as the Pagsanjan falls

Indio, chongo!

This was the insult of the arrogant Spanish students to their brown Filipino classmates

Kastila, bangus!

This was the insult of the retaliating Filipino students to their arrogant Filipino classmates

Three Musketeers (Dumas)

Rizal and his three close friends, fired by Dumas' novel, called themselves what when they participated in student brawls in the UST?

Treville (TREsVILLE)

The chief of the three musketeers; Rizal was chosen as him

Compañerismo (Comradeship)

Rizal was also the chief and founder of a secret society of Filipino students called? It was organized in 1880 and its secretary was Galicano Apacible, his cousin from Batangas

Galicano (GALI-c-ANO) Apacible (affable-APAcible)

He was the secretary of the secret organization called "Compañerismo" which was organized in 1880

Companions of Jehu

The members of the secret organization "Compañerismo" called themselves what?

Jehu (jevi-WHOO? JEHU)

The valiant Hebrew general who fought the Arameans and ruled the Kingdom of Israel for 28 years. Rizal based name of the members of Compañerismo of him

Chapter XIII - The Class in Physics

In his novel El Filibusterismo, Rizal described how the Filipino students were humiliated and insulted by their Dominican professors and how backward was the method of instruction, especially in the teaching of natural sciences. He related in this chapter of El Fili that this science subject was taught without laboratory experiments. The microscope and other laboratory apparatus were kept inside the showcases to be seen by visitors, but the students could not even touch them

Antonio Rivera

Rizal's uncle and Leonor's father who encourage him to go to Spain to finish his medical course