This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Regions > Asian > Asian Literature – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Asian Literature Quiz 2 (42 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who translated Rubaiyat in English? A) Ezra Miller. B) Edward Cullen. C) Ezra Pound. D) Edward Fitzgerald. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edward Fitzgerald. 2. The following ideas are used as the main characters of a fable EXCEPT ..... A) Human. B) Animals. C) Objects in nature. D) Forces of nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human. 3. There is a ..... of rain tomorrow. A) Decision. B) Possibility. C) Necessity. D) Request. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Possibility. 4. The old name of Iran is ..... A) Ceylon. B) Persia. C) Burundi. D) Formosa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persia. 5. ..... made up of hymns in praise of the gods A) Rig-Veda. B) Upanishad. C) Arthasastra. D) Kalidasa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rig-Veda. 6. The greatest philosopher of the world has known. One of the truly great men that China has produced. A) Tao Tsu. B) Yangcrates. C) Confucius. D) Sun Chu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confucius. 7. An ad saying that when you use a certain detergent bar, the fragrance of the clothes lasts for a week. A) Inform. B) Entertain. C) Persuade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuade. 8. Check the entities that are used as the main characters of a fable A) Animals. B) Human. C) Objects in nature. D) Forces of nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forces of nature. 9. What emotion does the speaker express in these lines from the third haiku by Basho? The fragrant blossoms remain. / A perfect evening! A) Frustration. B) Contentment. C) Pride. D) Sadness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contentment. 10. Followed the Shang Dynasty of great intellectual activity and was in this period when the philosophies of the Confucianism, Taoism and legalism originated. It is the longest dynasty in Chinese history which lasted from 1122 B.C. To 256 B.C. A) Tang. B) Han. C) Shang. D) Chou. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tang. 11. ..... is Japanese five-line poem A) Tingu. B) Tanka. C) Pingu. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tanka. 12. He was a well-known Chinese poet who represented the classical tradition in Chinese literature, politics, and morality. A) Li Po. B) Po-Chu-I. C) Confucius. D) Li tai Po. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Po-Chu-I. 13. What African norm is explained below:The art of dialogue and conversation is a cherished value in African human. A) SENSE OF COMMUNITY. B) SENSE OF GOOD HUMAN RELATIONS. C) SENSE OF HOSPITALITY. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SENSE OF GOOD HUMAN RELATIONS. 14. I love my mother without a doubt . A) Promisingly. B) Responsibly. C) Requisitely. D) Certainly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Certainly. 15. The Japanese play of the masses. It is less intellectual, more realistic, even sensational. A) Kojiki. B) Noh. C) Kabuki. D) Joruri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kabuki. 16. The earliest people in India dating back to 3000-2500 B.C. Towards 2000 B.C. A) Mahabharata. B) Dravidians. C) Ramayana. D) Davidians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dravidians. 17. A book that said to contain the first fables ever written. Fables are stories of animals who behave like human beings. A) Bhasa. B) Panchatantra. C) Shakuntala. D) Kalidasa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Panchatantra. 18. The founder of Taoism who stressed freedom, simplicity and the mystical contemplation of nature. A) Lao Tzu. B) Sun Tzu. C) Li Bai. D) Confucius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lao Tzu. 19. The ff. are west Asian countries except ..... A) Saudi Arabia. B) Vietnam. C) Armenia. D) Iran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vietnam. 20. Identify the leading poet of the eighth century A) Li Tai Po. B) Lu You. C) Yang Lian. D) Duo Duo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Li Tai Po. 21. Define "perpetuated" A) Never occurred. B) Insulted. C) Complimented. D) Continued. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continued. 22. What African norm is explained below: "Go the way many people go; if you go alone, you will have reason to lament." A) SENSE OF COMMUNITY. B) SENSE OF GOOD HUMAN RELATIONS. C) SENSE OF HOSPITALITY. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SENSE OF COMMUNITY. 23. ..... is the play of the masses that is less intellectual, more realistic, even sensational A) Puppet play. B) Noh play. C) Kabuki play. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kabuki play. 24. The earliest people in India dating back to 3000-2500 B.C were called ..... A) Aryans. B) Dravidians. C) Vikings. D) Saxons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dravidians. 25. Second-line in the Haiku poem consists of how many syllables? A) 3. B) 7. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 26. The repetition of similar sounds at the end of words. A) Alliteration. B) Rhythm. C) Assonance. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 27. A five-line poem. The first and third lines have five syllables each and the others seven, making a total of thirty-one syllables per poem. A) Bunraku. B) Haiku. C) Tanka. D) Heiki. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tanka. 28. "Jeremy looked like a rock star. He was really tall with perfect blonde hair, ice blue eyes, and this sullen look that drove the girls crazy." is an example of ..... A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Characterization. 29. Who is considered the "godfather of manga" A) Tezuka Osamu. B) Toiyama Akira. C) Inoue Takehiko. D) Miyazaki Hayao. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tezuka Osamu. 30. Which Chinese-born author chose his pen name in homage to his favorite city? A) Ha Jin. B) Yu Hua. C) Mo Yan. D) Yan Lianke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ha Jin. 31. AFRICAN LANGUAGES ARE considered ..... which means pitch level determines meaning. A) Conventional language. B) Pitch language. C) Secular language. D) Tone language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone language. 32. ..... deals with the other reincarnation of Vishnu in the person of Krishna. A) Dharmasastra. B) Ramayana. C) Veda. D) Mahabharatha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahabharatha. 33. The word " bibliography" originated from the Greek words "biblion" meaning a book and " graphia" meaning to ..... A) Read. B) Copy. C) Write. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write. 34. ..... consists of a group of sketches, illustrations, explanations, and critical comments on the religious thoughts suggested by the poetic hymns of Rig-Veda. A) Sama Veda. B) Yajur Veda. C) Upanishads. D) Atharva Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Upanishads. 35. A collection of stories of which "Alladin" , "Sinbad" and "Alibaba" are perhaps best known to Western readers. A) Arabian Nights. B) Zaynab. C) The Epic of Gilgamesh. D) Men In The Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arabian Nights. 36. How do you call the " teachers" who taught Confucius philosophy when he died? A) Missionaries. B) Masters. C) Disciples. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disciples. 37. WHO IS CHINUA ACHEBE? A) The feminist writer. B) The rebel writer. C) The forefather of contemporary African writers. D) The rising fiction writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The forefather of contemporary African writers. 38. Name 2 languages Indian literature was written in. A) English and Indian. B) Indian and English. C) I'm randomly choosing options because I paid no attention to the skit. D) Punjabi and Prakrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Punjabi and Prakrit. 39. The national theater of Japan wherein performers use masks. A) Kabuki. B) Noh. C) Kojiki. D) Joruri. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noh. 40. "They plan to kill General Washington." He closed the book, set it on the floor, and leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "T ell me all" (103). What is the tone of the dialogue? A) Serious. B) Happy. C) Optomistic. D) Informal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Serious. 41. A tale of a superhuman Sumerian king who searched for everlasting life. A) Alladin. B) The Epic of Gilgamesh. C) Sinbad. D) One Thousand and One Nights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Epic of Gilgamesh. 42. The old language of India. The word means cultivated or perfected. A) Vishnu. B) Aryan. C) Vedic. D) Sanskrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanskrit. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesRegions QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesAsian Literature Quiz 1 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books