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Land of Cherry Blossom, where Rizal visited for one month and a half.
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What PLACE did Rizal refer to when he said, "__________ is more extensive than Paris. The walls are built in a cyclopean manner. The streets are large and wide."
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While in Tokyo, Rizal was visited in Tokyo Hotel by the secretary of the Spanish Legation, who invited him to live in that legation. What was that secretary of Spanish Legation?
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Having realized that Spanish diplomatic authorities were instructed from Manila to watch out his movements in Japan, Rizal accepted the invitation of the Spanish Legation for the following reasons:
i) He could economize his living expenses by staying at Spanish Legation
ii) He could further his medical studies
iii) He had nothing to hide the prying eyes of the Spanish authorities
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__________: Japanese drama; Judo: Japanese art of self-defense
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6.
Taking abundant notes of the life, customs, and culture of Japan and Japanese people, Rizal was favorably impressed of:
i) The picturesque dress and simple charm of the Japanese women as well as the cleanliness, politeness, and industry of the Japanese people
ii) The beauties of the country; and there were very few thieves and beggars
iii) Their discipline, courage, and generosity
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However, there is one thing that Rizal did not like in Japan. It was
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Hara kiri - a voluntary suicide of oneself by stabbing in the left belly
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Ricksaw - mode of transportation
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In spring morning in mid-March 1888, Rizal entered one of the biggest stores (dealing with Western goods) in Yokohama to buy something. What was the name of the former samurai who owned that store?
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A lovely woman was at that store. Assuming that she was a store staff, Rizal asked if she knew English. And to her surprise, she was very fluent in Japanese, English, and French. What was the name of that woman having cameo-like beauty, charming tenderness, and high intelligence?
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What was the real name of O-Sei-San?
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11.
On April 13, 1888, Rizal boarded an English steamer at Yokohama, bound for the United States. What was the name of the steamer?
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A Japanese newspaperman who had been jailed twice for writing an article against the government did not know any foreign languages that he was not able to talk with any other passengers in that steamer bound for the United States. So Rizal, who could fairly talk, helped the latter, and they became friends. Both were valiant patriots inflexible enemies of injustice and tyranny, and both exiles traveled across the Pacific, through the United States, and parted at London. Who was that Japanese newspaperman?
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Suehiro published his political novel Storm Over the Southern Sea, which plot is similar to Rizal's Noli Me Tangere. Who was that HERO, which is equivalent to Ibarra in the Noli?
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On what date was Rizal executed in Bagumbayan (in Manila), which is now Rizal Park?
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Suehiro became prominent in Japan's political and journalistic circles. He grew rich as ___________ of Choya Shinbun and later became a member of the Japanese Parliament.
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16.
Rizal discovered that the placing of the ship under quarantine was politically motivated for the election was near, and in order to win the votes of the whites in California was to impede the entry of 643 Chinese coolies, believed to be displacing the laborers in WHAT SECTOR of the laborers?
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Railroad construction camps
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After a week of quarantine, all the first-class passengers, including Rizal, were allowed to land. But the ____________ passengers of the second and third-class accommodations were forced to remain on board for a longer period.
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18.
Who was the PRESIDENT of the United States when he crossed America heading for London
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19.
In what STATE do Alto, Oakland and Sacramento belong?
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20.
In San Francisco, Rizal left for Oakland by ____________, while in Oakland he left by ____________.
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21.
On May 8, 1888, the train, which Rizal was riding, passed a place which he described as having a good system of irrigation that could be cultivated. It is seen with horses, oxen, and trees. What was this place which is part of Utah (the third state they passed over)?
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In Rizal's diary, he described this place as there are mountains in the middle of the lake like the islands of Talim in Laguna de Bay.
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At 10:30 am, May 9, 1888, they climbed up a certain height which was snow seen along the way. There were pines. Icicles in the tunnels were very bright as they passed by. What was this 5th state of the American continent they crossed over?
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On May 10, 1888, the train crossing the American continent reached Nebraska (one of the states in the US), a plain country. They reached Omaha city, a big city - the biggest since they left San San Francisco. What river did Rizal depict in his diary that was twice as the Pasig River in its widest part?
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25.
Rizal riding on the train crossing over the American continent, arrived at Ontario, Canada (English territory). In the afternoon, they passed these falls and stopped for some time to see the points that were beautiful. He depicted this as the greatest cascade he ever saw, but it was not so beautiful nor so fine as the falls in Los Banos through bigger, more imposing. What were these falls he described?
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