Republic of the Philippines

Commission on Higher Education

Region V
LIGAO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Soledad Street, Guilid, Ligao City, 4504
Email – Address: ligaocommunitycollege@gmail.com
Tel Nos.: 0926 – 772 - 1213 / (052) 830 – 6446

GENERAL EDUCATION 12
LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL

Answer the following questions to the best of your ability and knowledge.

▪ Rizal was unhappy with his stay at the UST because of the rampant
discrimination to the Filipinos by the Spanish professors, by the obsolete and
backward method of teaching and the professors were hostile to him, not treating
him right.

1. What can you infer with the situation of Rizal’s experience about the brutality of the
Spanish authorities?
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2. What do you think is the type of government prevailing during Rizal’s time? How does it
affect him?
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3. Why the poem A la Juventud Filipina was considered Rizal’s first true expression of his
nationalistic sentiment? Why this poem was considered a classic in Philippine literature?
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4. What is your stand about the relationship of Rizal to Leonor Rivera? Do you agree with it
or not? Why or why not?
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5. If you have a message to our national hero, what would you tell him about the youth
nowadays, contemplating on his famous quotation that “The youth is the hope of our
Motherland.”

Part II. MAKE AN ANALYSIS PAPER!

You can make your own title based on your chosen topic.

Choose one from the topic below:

1. JESUIT SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
2. A La Juventud Filpina (To the Filipino Youth)
3. IN MEMORY OF MY TOWN (Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo