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Asian Literature Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. Murasaki Shikibu was the author of the most famous of all Japanese novels, The Tale of Genji
2. What are considered the religious texts which inform the religion of Hinduism?
3. Which country is also known as "The Land of Blue Dragon?"
4. What you do in this life determines what happens in the next life is .....
5. Emperor who introduced writing system and developed into Modern Chinese writing
6. It is considered to be the finest and best know Egyptian literary piece because of the romantic and high adventures of a man who loyally served his king.
7. These are India's sacred writings that is composed of hymns praising the Gods.
8. Big philosophical and religious school
9. It is considered one of the oldest novels in the world that can be found in Japan.
10. The purpose of the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament was to express grief of the fall of Jerusalem
11. The Book of Changes (Yi King), it is made up of a geometrical combination of six lines plus sixty-four explanatory essays.
12. During the reign of Tang Dynasty, there were four poets who became popular, who was considered as the "Poet Magician" ?
13. What tale tells the story of Rama, whose ideal life is the perfect representation of Dharma?
14. Asian literature is divided into three major bodies of literary works. These works are texts from India, Japan, and .....
15. Which of the following is an example of an expository text?
16. The most sacred text is the Torah which means "guidance" or "instruction"
17. The values, morality, and principles or proper human conduct are recurrent themes in the following Asian literary texts except
18. What term applies to vivid bits of poetry representing the dead kings attaining power in the afterlife?
19. Who is considered the greatest of the prophets in the Old Testament?
20. The Book of History (Shu King), A selection of three hundred and five odes.
21. Along the banks of what river did the earliest Indian civilization begin?
22. What language is most widely spoken in Asia?
23. He is considered as one of the brightest students of Confucius who asked the question: "Is there a single saying that one may put into practice all one's life?"
24. Hasidism and the Lubbavicher are different sects of Judaism
25. The ..... is awarded to any person who has rendered valuable public service to the people of Singapore.
26. The term refers to a philosophy that is all-encompassing way of thinking and living that entails ancestor reverence and a profound human-centered religiousness.
27. Who is considered one of the earliest and greatest poets in Japanese literature, known for composing many haikus in the 8th century CE?
28. -Third Largest Ethnic Group
29. Based on the historical journey of a Buddhist to India
30. Israel is the name given by God to Jacob.
31. What is court literature?
32. Wrote "The Three Body Problem" , the first book in the trilogy Remembrance of Earth's Past
33. Which of the following is considered the oldest novels in the world written by Murasaki Shikibu?
34. "The mere hum of it has a lancinating quality of tone which foretells the quality of the pain about to come" -the narrator
35. What is the dominant religion in North Africa?
36. Asian folktales, proverbs, riddles, songs, legends and myths are within the genre of
37. Jews did NOT believe in the Tenakh, which corresponds to the Christian Old Testament.
38. It is an Arabic prose consisting of a succession of pairs of short rhyming expression where there is a rhetorical and antithetical balance of sense between the pairs of expressions with a certain loose rhythmical balance not bound by strict meter.
39. Development of Chinese Writing. It is also the 1st dynasty.
40. Daily conversations, performing in a theater, and drama on televisions are example of gestural communication modes.
41. Goddess of learning and Brahma's Consort.
42. What is the purpose of the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament?
43. It represent the social classes of the people.
44. Kuomintang continued the Republic of China in the island of Taiwan
45. Country is the poem "The Monstrous Biped" written?
46. The lowest class group (composed of servants and serfs) in the Indian caste system was the
47. Novels and Pre-modern literature
48. Wrote "Wenxue gailiang chuyi" (Tentative Proposal for Literary Reform) written not in literary tradition but in vernacular.
49. There are five pillars of faith that Muslims follow.
50. Famous for his hydraulic powered astronomical clock tower
51. What stories and poems define heroism, love and wisdom for that civilization and are popular to the present which is also India's most ancient literary products?
52. Qin (Ch'in) dynasty, was the second to unify the China.
53. Why were the writers of Thailand heavily influenced by Indian culture?
54. One of the most popular drama pieces
55. Basic Philosophical and Religious literature.
56. The Person who wrote the most famous of all Japanese novels was Haruki Murakami
57. What is the meaning of the term veda?
58. Philosophical school
59. The ff. ideas are true about the parable of good Samaritan EXCEPT .....
60. Who invented writing paper?
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