CHAPTER 4 (RIZAL) Questions and
Answers
Ateneo Municipal - answer A college under the supervision of the Spanish Jesuits.
College of San Juan de Letran - answer A dominican owned college which is the
bitter rival with Ateneo Municipal
Escuela Pia (Charity School) - answer Ateneo was formerly known as this, which is a
school for poor boys in Manila.
1817 - answer It was the year when Ateneo Municipal was established by the city
government.
1768 - answer The year when Jesuits were exoleed from the Philippines.
1859 - answer The year when they returned to Manila and they were given the
management of the Escuela Pia.
June 10, 1872 - answer The date when Rizal went to Manila with Paciano to take his
entrance exam at the College of San Juan de Letran.
Christian doctrine
Arithmetic
Reading - answer Subjects taken during his entrance examination
Fathet Magin Ferrando - answer Who was the college registrar, refused to admit
Rizal for 2 reasons.
1) He was late for registration
2) He was sickly and undersized for his age - answer Reasons why the registrar at
Ateneo refused Rizal to be admitted.
Manuel Xerez Burgos - answer Nephew of father Burgos, he helped Rizal to be
admitted to Ateneo.
Intramuros - answer The location of Ateneo Municipal.
Caraballo Street - answer What street did he first boarded outside Intramuros, it was
25 mins. walk from the college.
Titay - answer A spinster, who owned the boarding house, she owed the Rizal family
300 pesos, he let Jose board in order to collect part of the debt.
, Roman Empire (internos) and Carthaginian Empire (externos) - answer Student were
divided into two groups, namely:
1) Emperor
2) Tribune
3) Decurion
4) Centurion
5) Standard-bearer - answer Ranks of each empire in order.
Three mistakes - answer The number of mistakes when they can lose their position.
Red - answer Color of the banner of the Roman Empire
Blue - answer Color of the banner of the Carthaginian Empire
Hemp fabric trousers and striped cotton coat - answer Uniform of Ateneo's student
during Rizal's time.
Rayadillo - answer The name of the coat material
June 1872 - answer The year and month of his first day in class in Ateneo.
Fr. Jose Bech - answer Rizal's first professor in Ateneo, he described him as a tall,
thin man, harried walk, an ascetic face, small deep sunken eyes, sharp nose and thin
lips.
Santa Isabel College - answer He took his private lessons in Spanish in this college
during noon recesses.
Three pesos - answer The amount he paid for his extra Spanish lessons.
March 1873 - answer Summer vacation after his first year in Ateneo
No. 6 Magallanes Street - answer He boarded here inside Intramuros.
Dona Pepay - answer The name of his landlady was an old widow, who had a
widowed daughter and four sons.
Summer vacation in 1874 - answer The time he began to take interest in reading
romantic novels.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas - answer Rizal's first favorite novel.
Answers
Ateneo Municipal - answer A college under the supervision of the Spanish Jesuits.
College of San Juan de Letran - answer A dominican owned college which is the
bitter rival with Ateneo Municipal
Escuela Pia (Charity School) - answer Ateneo was formerly known as this, which is a
school for poor boys in Manila.
1817 - answer It was the year when Ateneo Municipal was established by the city
government.
1768 - answer The year when Jesuits were exoleed from the Philippines.
1859 - answer The year when they returned to Manila and they were given the
management of the Escuela Pia.
June 10, 1872 - answer The date when Rizal went to Manila with Paciano to take his
entrance exam at the College of San Juan de Letran.
Christian doctrine
Arithmetic
Reading - answer Subjects taken during his entrance examination
Fathet Magin Ferrando - answer Who was the college registrar, refused to admit
Rizal for 2 reasons.
1) He was late for registration
2) He was sickly and undersized for his age - answer Reasons why the registrar at
Ateneo refused Rizal to be admitted.
Manuel Xerez Burgos - answer Nephew of father Burgos, he helped Rizal to be
admitted to Ateneo.
Intramuros - answer The location of Ateneo Municipal.
Caraballo Street - answer What street did he first boarded outside Intramuros, it was
25 mins. walk from the college.
Titay - answer A spinster, who owned the boarding house, she owed the Rizal family
300 pesos, he let Jose board in order to collect part of the debt.
, Roman Empire (internos) and Carthaginian Empire (externos) - answer Student were
divided into two groups, namely:
1) Emperor
2) Tribune
3) Decurion
4) Centurion
5) Standard-bearer - answer Ranks of each empire in order.
Three mistakes - answer The number of mistakes when they can lose their position.
Red - answer Color of the banner of the Roman Empire
Blue - answer Color of the banner of the Carthaginian Empire
Hemp fabric trousers and striped cotton coat - answer Uniform of Ateneo's student
during Rizal's time.
Rayadillo - answer The name of the coat material
June 1872 - answer The year and month of his first day in class in Ateneo.
Fr. Jose Bech - answer Rizal's first professor in Ateneo, he described him as a tall,
thin man, harried walk, an ascetic face, small deep sunken eyes, sharp nose and thin
lips.
Santa Isabel College - answer He took his private lessons in Spanish in this college
during noon recesses.
Three pesos - answer The amount he paid for his extra Spanish lessons.
March 1873 - answer Summer vacation after his first year in Ateneo
No. 6 Magallanes Street - answer He boarded here inside Intramuros.
Dona Pepay - answer The name of his landlady was an old widow, who had a
widowed daughter and four sons.
Summer vacation in 1874 - answer The time he began to take interest in reading
romantic novels.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas - answer Rizal's first favorite novel.
