Asian Literature Quiz 4 (20 MCQs)

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1. Wheel of karma, importance of reciprocity, resilience of human nature are some of the common ..... inherent in Asian Literature.

Correct Answer: A) Themes.

2. Two of the four greatest novels in Chinese literature

Correct Answer: C) The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin.

3. What 2009 Korean novel won the Man Asian Literary Prize and caused its author to be credited with revitalizing the Korean publishing industry?

Correct Answer: D) "Please Look After Mom".

4. Who was the first ethnic Chinese author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Correct Answer: C) GA o xing key.

5. There in the web was a ..... the size of your thumbnail crawling laboriously yet acrobatically, its young on its back.

Correct Answer: E) .

6. It is the shortest form of Japanese poetry but most popular. It has seventeen-syllable poem in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.

Correct Answer: B) Haiku.

7. The greatest philosopher of the world has known. One of the truly great men that China has produced.

Correct Answer: A) Confucius.

8. What is the primary sacred language of Hinduism?

Correct Answer: D) Sanskrit.

9. Hieroglyphics writing on bronze wares and oracle bones. It evolved into ideographic and partly phonetic Chinese characters

Correct Answer: A) Shang Dynasty (1700-1050 BC).

10. Era's major contribution were Scientific and Historical Texts

Correct Answer: D) Han Dynasty (206-220 BC).

11. The following are the features of expository writing EXCEPT .....

Correct Answer: B) Stated more of opinions rather than facts.

12. Who is called as the "poet's poet" in Chinese literature

Correct Answer: C) TU F U.

13. Muezzins are the main religious figures in the Muslim community

Correct Answer: A) True.

14. Zawgyi, refers to a ..... from Burmese mythology.

Correct Answer: E) .

15. It is considered as the earliest recordings of literature written down in papyrus in 250 BC.

Correct Answer: A) Book of Dead.

16. A collection of Indian beast fables is called .....

Correct Answer: B) Panchatantra.

17. The study of Asian literature cannot be dissociated from all of these except one

Correct Answer: D) Philosophy.

18. What cultural and historical themes are commonly explored in 21st-century Asian literature?

Correct Answer: D) All of the Above.

19. One of the greatest Romantic poets

Correct Answer: D) Liblove.

20. The poet notes that someone has left a plague saying .....

Correct Answer: E) .