Name: Bangayan, Trizia G.

Date: 12/08/2022
Section: BSBA 2-1 ACTIVITY #9

1. Describe the second novel of Jose Rizal.

 The second novel of Jose Rizal was full of revenge and anger. This novel
encouraged the people who experienced abuse to revenge and seek for
justice using violent means.

2. Why was this novel written?

 This novel was written in the memory of Gomburza’s, the three priests who
experienced injustice and executed in 1872.

3. Why did El Filibusterismo encourage the People?

 El Filibusterismo encouraged the people to rise and unite to assert reform

even with violent means.

4. Describe the following characters of El Filibusterismo:

1. Simoun:

• He encouraged the people who experienced abused to join him in his rebellion
against the church and the society.
2. Basilio:

• He was the son of Sisa and was adopted by Kapitan Tiago. A medicine student
and the boyfriend of Juli.

3. Isagani:

• He was the nephew of a good priest named Padre Tolentino. He was idealistic
and a student leader. He was the friend of Basilio and the boyfriend of Maria
Paulita Gomez.

4. G. Pasta:

• He was a former idealistic Filipino but because of the corruption in the

government he became self-centered.

5. Juli:

• She was the less fortunate daughter of Cabesang Tales and the girlfriend of
Basilio. Because of the different misfortunes that she experienced, she committed
suicide.

6. Cabesang Tales:

• A farmer who rented a piece of land from the corporation of the friars.
7. Plasido Penitente:

• He was a student from the province. A scholar and a victim of a self-centered

professor. He walked out from school and joined the plan of Simoun.

8. Don Custodios:

• A Spaniard who was placed in the high position in the government even if he
was not educated and did not have enough skills.

9. Maria Paulita Gomez:

• She was the girlfriend of Isagani but in the end she married another man just to
follow the request of her aunt, Doña Victorina.

10. Padre Florentino:

• The relative of Isagani and a good Filipino priest.

5. What is the sequel of Noli?

• El Filibusterismo is the sequel of Noli Me Tangere.

6. What was the Purpose of Ibarra in the last novel?

• Simoun Ibarra or Crisostomo Ibarra in the last novel sought for revenge against
the people who did wrong to his family. He planned the revolution to overthrow
the existing government and the friars through encouraging other people who
also experienced misfortune because of them.

7. How was Bapor Tabo described in the novel?

• Bapor, Tabo, the native Filipinos were in the lowest part of the ship and the
Peninsulares, government official and the friars were on top.

8. What was the argument of Padre Milton with Placido?

• Padre Milton was a kind of teacher who would get mad if someone could
answer his question and he only accepted answers coming from the book. As an
intelligent student, Placido could expand well his answer and because of that he
had an argument with Padre Milton.

9. What did Placido do for what had happen?

• Placido walked out from the university and decided to join Simoun.

10. Why Kabesang Tales lost his land?

• Kabesang Tales was a farmer who lost his land because of the friars.
11. What did he do against the Friars?

• He refused to pay taxes and filed a case against the friars.

12. Why was he kidnapped?

• He was kidnapped by the rebels because they thought that he had a lot of
money because he could afford to sue the friars.

13. Why Paulita married Juanito Pelaez?

• Paulita married Juanito Pelaez since he was a Spaniard and came from a wealthy
family.

14. Why was Basilio imprisoned?

• He was the boyfriend of Juli and because he was part of the organization who
fought for the foundation of the Academy of Spanish Language, he was later
imprisoned.

15. What did Juli do to pay for Basilio’s Freedom?

• Because he could not pay for his freedom, Juli offered herself to Padre Camorra
so that Basilio could be free.
16. What did Juli do when he could not bear the result of her agreement with
Padre Camorra?

• Julie could not bear the result of her agreement with Padre Camorra so she
committed suicide.

17. What was the plan of Simoun?

• The plan of Simoun would be executed during the wedding of Maria Paulita
Gomez and Juanito Pelaez because the wedding would be attended by the friars
and the highest officials in the government.

18. Why did the explosion not happen?

• The explosion did not happen and the rebels thought that they were deceived
by Simoun.

19. What did the Spanish authorities do for what had happen?

• The Spanish authorities arrested those who were included in the plan and the
secret of Simoun as Crisostomo Ibarra was revealed.

20. What did Simoun do after meeting with Padre Florentino?

• Simoun was able to escape and reached the place of Padre Florentino. He
confessed to the priest and before he committed suicide by drinking poison, he
entrusted his box of jewelry to the priest.
21. What did Padre Florentino do with the box of jewelry?

• Padre Florentino threw the box of jewelry to the sea where it came from.