Rizal and the Theory of Nationalism

Nationalism is best understood by first looking into the term __________.

nation

Benedict Anderson defined the nation as a __________, a bond between people who did actually exist prior to its own recognition.

fabrication

Anderson describes the nation as an imagined community that is both inherently __________ and sovereign.

limited

According to Anderson, nation-ness is a cultural artefact that is felt as having existed since time __________ but is objectively modern.

immemorial

The concept of __________ time suggests that a nation can be imagined as a unit, moving through time.

homogenous empty

Rizal’s works, particularly __________, conjured an imagined community between the readers and the author.

Noli Me Tangere

The novels __________ and El Filibusterismo emerged as the founding texts of Philippine Nationalism.

Noli Me Tangere

Rizal's ability to portray the Filipino in his novels included those with a colonial mentality and those who __________ for the country at all costs.

willingly fought

The Noli and Fili reveal the true setting and condition of the __________ society in the era.

Filipino

The novels were significant in forming the Filipinos' sense of __________ identity.

national

Rizal was arrested, exiled to Dapitan, and ultimately __________ in 1896 based principally on his writings.

executed

The Rizal Law (Republic Act 1425) was passed requiring all levels of Philippine schools to teach the hero’s two __________ as part of the curriculum.

novels