Rizal's Annotation of Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas

What year did Jose Rizal begin replicating Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas by hand?

• 1888

• 1885

• 1890

• 1889

Who financially supported Rizal in the publication of his annotated edition of Morga's Sucesos?

• Ferdinand Blumentritt

• Antonio Regidor

• Wenceslao Emilio Retana

• Teodoro Agoncillo

Which chapter in Morga’s book did Rizal find especially valuable for ethnographic purposes?

• Chapter One

• Chapter Five

• Chapter Seven

• Chapter Eight

What was a major reason Rizal chose to annotate Morga’s work rather than other contemporary accounts?

• Morga’s work was secular and more objective

• Morga was a religious historian

• Morga’s book was widely available

• Morga focused on Spain’s religious missions

In what year was Morga’s Sucesos originally published?

• 1600

• 1609

• 1610

• 1598

What European city did Rizal use as the base to conduct his research on Morga’s Sucesos?

• Paris

• London

• Madrid

• Rome

What year was Rizal’s annotated edition of Morga’s Sucesos published?

• 1890

• 1889

• 1909

• 1868

Who wrote the introduction to Rizal’s edition of Morga’s Sucesos?

• Antonio Regidor

• Wenceslao Retana

• Ferdinand Blumentritt

• J.S. Cummins

Why was Rizal’s annotation of Morga's work banned in the Philippines?

• It supported the Spanish regime

• It was written in English

• It presented history from a Filipino perspective

• It contained religious propaganda

What was the name of the Englishman who translated Sucesos into English in 1868?

• J.S. Cummins

• Antonio Regidor

• Wenceslao Retana

• H.E.J. Stanley