This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Regions > Asian Literature > Asian Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Asian Literature Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Early myths and legends; the earliest anthology of Chinese poetry, the Book of Songs; early narrative and philosophy, including the I Ching, Tao-te Ching, and the Analects of Confucius; rhapsodies, historical writings, magical biographies, ballads, poetry, and miscellaneous prose from the Han and Six Dynasties period A) Modern Literature. B) The Present Age Literature (1949-Present). C) Classical Literature. D) Contemporary Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classical Literature. 2. It is an Egyptian story that tells the bad and tedious complaints of a peasant who has been robbed of his merchandise. A) The Admonitions of Sage. B) The Shipwrecked Sailor. C) The Tale of Two Brothers. D) The Story of the Eloquent Peasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Story of the Eloquent Peasant. 3. He Book of History (Shu King). This is a formulation of the political ideals, the fundamentals of good government, and Chinese history. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Has an area of 9.6 million square km, and the capital city is Beijing. A) China. B) Singapore. C) Indonesia. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 5. What was the impact of Aryans in the Indian Literature? A) The Aryans brought many gifts to India. B) The Aryans brought Hinduism to the Indus Valley. C) The Aryans introduced Sanskrit to the people of Indus Valley. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Aryans introduced Sanskrit to the people of Indus Valley. 6. What makes Chinese writings understandable to all at any time in any part of China? A) The Chinese script is based on many dialects. B) The Chinese alphabet is simple and easy to read. C) The Chinese characters stand for ideas. D) The Chinese symbols are universal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Chinese characters stand for ideas. 7. The Fine City Total land area measuring only 721.5 square kilometers. It is also a Multireligious country. A) China. B) Singapore. C) Japan. D) Indonesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singapore. 8. What is the largest continent in the world? A) Europe. B) Australia. C) Asia. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asia. 9. Era's major contribution were Early Woodblock Painting and Travel Literature, Poetry, Scientific Texts and Neo-Confucian Classsic A) Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). B) Yuan Dynasty (1278-1368). C) Song Dynasty (960-1279). D) Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Song Dynasty (960-1279). 10. Which is NOT Chinese teaching? A) Shintoism. B) Buddhism. C) Taoism. D) Confucianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shintoism. 11. The ..... represent communism A) Large Gold Star. B) Four Smaller Stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Large Gold Star. 12. Written in ancient form of language that is very different from present day Chinese, it needs to be carefully studied and to be understood A) Contemporary Literature. B) The Present Age Literature (1949-Present). C) Classical Literature. D) Modern Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classical Literature. 13. Which Chinese classic novel, attributed to Wu Cheng'en, follows the adventures of a monkey named Sun Wukong? A) Dream of the Red Chamber. B) Water Margin. C) Journey to the West. D) Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Journey to the West. 14. It is the second largest continent by land area after Asia. A) AFRICA. B) NORTH AMERICA. C) SOUTH AMERICA. D) EUROPE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AFRICA. 15. Children who grew up not seeing the sun would probably develop a ..... and end up looking like mollusks. A) Bipolar disorder. B) . C) Obsessive-compulsive disorder. D) Schizophrenia. E) Degenerative Spinal Disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 16. Two or more semiotic systems or communication modes is still not a multimodal text. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 17. What is Sinophone literature? A) Written in Chinese by China-raised writers. B) Written in Chinese by Chinese-speaking writers. C) Written in English and Chinese by Chinese writers. D) Translated writings in Chinese. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Written in Chinese by Chinese-speaking writers. 18. This landmark has a lion's body and a human head, it represents Ra-Horakhty, a form of the powerful sun god, and is the incarnation of royal power and the protector of the temple doors. A) Banaue Rice Terraces. B) Great Sphinx of Giza. C) Victoria Falls. D) Taj Mahal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Great Sphinx of Giza. 19. It is the largest archipelago in the world, with over 17, 000 islands, some of which are uninhabited. A) Singapore. B) China. C) Indonesia. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indonesia. 20. What is the major theme of Palestine literature? A) Political ideologies. B) Social norms and values. C) Environmental awareness. D) Faith in Allah. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political ideologies. 21. Last of China's great classic novels. A) Dream of the Red Chamber. B) Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dream of the Red Chamber. 22. One of the best romantic dramas ever written in China A) GU case Han Quing. B) Mid Summer Snow. C) The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin. D) The Romance of the Western Chamber by Wang Shifu-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Romance of the Western Chamber by Wang Shifu-. 23. Which is a Japanese term that is now used in the English-speaking world to refer to comics? A) Doodle fiction. B) Manga. C) Graphic novel. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manga. 24. Who smells of toddy and arrack in "The Village Goes to Town" ? A) The Tamils. B) The Police. C) Headman. D) Henchmen. E) . Show Answer Correct Answer: E) . 25. It refers to the earliest period and covers works from 3, 000 years ago to the last Qing Dynasty and is virtually unbroken strands enduring dynastic changes A) The Present Age Literature (1949-Present). B) Contemporary Literature. C) Classical Literature. D) Modern Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classical Literature. 26. Which book of the Bible is regarded as the noblest monument of the ancient literature? A) Job. B) Proverbs. C) Genesis. D) Psalms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genesis. 27. In the short story entitled "Mastiff" , what is the representation of dog? A) Death. B) Life. C) The inevitability persistence of time, love, and death. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The inevitability persistence of time, love, and death. 28. The Chief Rabbinate is a body of rabbis who make the religious laws to which Israeli Jews are subject. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. It spanned from 1919 to the foundation of the modern in 1949 and took on a new vigor despite the fact that Chinese was in the checkered and complicated times. A) Classical Literature. B) Contemporary Literature. C) Modern Literature. D) The Present Age Literature (1949-Present). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contemporary Literature. 30. Who was the composer of Panchatantra that provided maximum knowledge to three young princes through stories and examples? A) Mulk Raj Anand. B) Pandit Vishnu Sharma. C) R.K. Narayan. D) Anita Desai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pandit Vishnu Sharma. 31. Burmese literature was historically influenced by Indian and Thai cultures, as seen in many works, such as the Ramayana. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 32. In writing your own speech one must do the following EXCEPT ..... A) Use difficult vocabulary for the audience to understand. B) Focus on the topic you are writing about to avoid confusion of ideas. C) Make sure that the ideas presented in series are parallel. D) Make an outline before writing the details of the speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use difficult vocabulary for the audience to understand. 33. What are the best known and most often read of the Vedas because their discourse is presented in dialogue/narrative form and they were the first to be translated into other languages? A) Aranyakas. B) Samhitas. C) Upanishads. D) Brahmanas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Upanishads. 34. During the reign of Tang Dynasty, there were four poets who became popular, who was considered as the "Poet Wizard" ? A) Li He. B) Liblove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Li He. 35. Which of the following may likely describe the characteristics of African literature in general? A) They document religious life among tribes. B) They often tackle stories about the creation of the world or about the horrors of slavery and slave trade. C) They focus on the ideals of the society and importance of self-worth. D) They highlight chivalry and the romantic ideals of the community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They often tackle stories about the creation of the world or about the horrors of slavery and slave trade. 36. The Chief Rabbinate, are scholars of the Koran and sound the call to prayer from mosques. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 37. The importance of I Want in the poem explicit ..... A) Poets naturalistic and nationalistic determination for the nature. B) Poets love for the nature. C) Poets good rational thinking. D) Poets sense of isolation. E) . Show Answer Correct Answer: E) . 38. What term refers to a philosophy that is all-encompassing way of thinking and living that entails ancestor reverence and a profound human-centered religiousness? A) Taoism. B) Hinduism. C) Confucianism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confucianism. 39. "I won't be what I'm not." Jing-mei means which of the following when she says this line? A) She is fond of pretension. B) She decides to be her original self. C) Tries to hide behind the American identity. D) All of the above. E) . Show Answer Correct Answer: E) . 40. It is a collection of Indian animal stories that has circulated widely in India and around the world. A) Niti. B) Panchatantra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Panchatantra. 41. "Chinese people had Chinese opinions, and American People had American Opinions. Usually the American opinion was better." -Rose's perspective in this line A) She prefers the American opinions. B) She prefers to be Chinese. C) It is good to be double-faced. D) She is in dilemma of her origins. E) . Show Answer Correct Answer: E) . 42. The ..... of the Chinese flag symbolizes the Communist Revolution, and also, the tradition color of the people. A) Red. B) Gold. C) White. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red. 43. There was a Logjam as a consequence of the cultural resolution that lasted 10 years. That era has passed, and they now have a favorable turn events and a great number of responsible written works. A) Contemporary Literature. B) Modern Literature. C) Classical Literature. D) The Present Age Literature (1949-Present). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Present Age Literature (1949-Present). 44. Which country is the author of the poem "Gods can die" from? A) Pakistan. B) Bangladesh. C) Sri Lanka. D) Singapore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Singapore. 45. Wheel of karma, importance of reciprocity, resilience of human nature are some of the common ..... inherent in Asian Literature. A) Themes. B) Roles. C) Functions. D) Beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Themes. 46. Two of the four greatest novels in Chinese literature A) GU case Han Quing. B) Mid Summer Snow. C) The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin. D) The Romance of the Western Chamber by Wang Shifu-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin. 47. There in the web was a ..... the size of your thumbnail crawling laboriously yet acrobatically, its young on its back. A) Lacewings. B) Charcoal-colored Spider. C) . D) Young Fleas. E) Embioptera. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) . 48. What is the primary sacred language of Hinduism? A) Kanji. B) Sanskrit. C) Hangul. D) Hanja. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit. 49. Hieroglyphics writing on bronze wares and oracle bones. It evolved into ideographic and partly phonetic Chinese characters A) Zhou Dynasty (1045-225 BC). B) Han Dynasty (206-220 BC). C) Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC). D) Tang Dynasty (618-907). E) Shang Dynasty (1700-1050 BC). Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Shang Dynasty (1700-1050 BC). 50. Era's major contribution were Scientific and Historical Texts A) Tang Dynasty (618-907). B) Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC). C) Shang Dynasty (1700-1050 BC). D) Han Dynasty (206-220 BC). E) Zhou Dynasty (1045-225 BC). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Han Dynasty (206-220 BC). 51. The following are the features of expository writing EXCEPT ..... A) Varied sentence structures and use of cohesive devices. B) Stated more of opinions rather than facts. C) Organized structure that logically follows the writer's points. D) Detailed information about a specific topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stated more of opinions rather than facts. 52. Muezzins are the main religious figures in the Muslim community A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. Zawgyi, refers to a ..... from Burmese mythology. A) Arthurian. B) Yoda. C) Gandalf. D) Mythical wizard. E) . Show Answer Correct Answer: E) . 54. It is considered as the earliest recordings of literature written down in papyrus in 250 BC. A) Book of Dead. B) Oral Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Book of Dead. 55. The study of Asian literature cannot be dissociated from all of these except one A) Religion. B) Philosophy. C) History. D) Politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philosophy. 56. What cultural and historical themes are commonly explored in 21st-century Asian literature? A) Colonialism and Independence. B) Mythology and Folklore. C) Globalization and Technology. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 57. One of the greatest Romantic poets A) Liblove. B) Sim AQI Press. C) LISI-Qin. D) Dufu. E) CAI LUN. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liblove. 58. The poet notes that someone has left a plague saying ..... A) I shall never forgive you. B) I shall never ask pardon to you. C) I shall never forget you. D) I shall never reveal the truth to you. E) . Show Answer Correct Answer: E) . 59. Written in classical language A) 5 classics and 4 Books. B) S very Kuoh and SU song. C) Shen. D) SU song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 classics and 4 Books. 60. English is an official language in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. A) True. B) False. 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