El Filibusterismo

• What language is El Filibusterismo written in?

  Spanish
• What was the common English Translation of El Filibusterismo?

  The Reign of Greed
• Who financed El Filibusterismo?

  Valentin Ventura
• How many chapters does El Filibusterismo consists of?

  38 chapter
• What does Filibusterismo mean?

  subversive, dissident, revolutionary, seditious, insurrectionary, and treasonous.
• Sequence of Events in El Filibusterismo:

  1. Crisostomo Ibarra returned to the Philippines as Simoun as a jeweler and a person who has many connections in the government.
  2. Simoun’s grand plan is to take revenge against the Spanish officials and rescue Maria Clara from convent.
  3. He made alliances with exploited and abused natives, Basilio, and Kabesang Tales.
  4. The first planned revolt was aborted due to Maria Clara’s death.
  5. Another revolt was planned. It would be at the wedding reception of Juanito Palaez and Paulita Gomez.
• The El Filibusterismo was considered what?

  A social sketch of the country during Rizal’s time.
• The novel El Filibusterismo provided insights into what?

  the culture of the 19th and early 20th centuries
• The novel EL Filibusterismo influenced who?

  The Katipunan
• What publishing house published El Filibusterismo?

  F. Meyer van Loo Press, Ghent, Belgium
• When was El Filibusterismo published?

  1891
• What was the background of the time of El Filibusterismo being written in?

  It was written against the background of threats and oppressions Rizal and his family suffered because of the Noli and the Calamba agrarian disputes.
• Who did RIzal dedicated El Filibusterismo to?

  In memory of the GOMBURZA (Frs. Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora)