This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > Asian Literature > Asian Literature – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Asian Literature Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Book of Poetry (Shi King). A selection of three hundred and five odes, most of which were written between 1000 and 600 B.C. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Murasaki Shikibu was the author of the most famous of all Japanese novels, The Tale of Genji A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What are considered the religious texts which inform the religion of Hinduism? A) Eternal Path. B) Upanishads. C) The Vedas. D) Eternal Order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Vedas. 4. Which country is also known as "The Land of Blue Dragon?" A) Laos. B) Cambodia. C) Vietnam. D) Thailand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vietnam. 5. What you do in this life determines what happens in the next life is ..... A) Dharma. B) Reincarnation. C) Rebirth. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karma. 6. Emperor who introduced writing system and developed into Modern Chinese writing A) LISI-Qin. B) Sim AQI Press-. C) CAI LUN. D) Liblove. E) Dufu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LISI-Qin. 7. 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. A) The Tale of Sinuhe. B) The Shipwrecked Sailor. C) The Tale of Two Brothers. D) The Story of Eloquent Peasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Tale of Sinuhe. 8. These are India's sacred writings that is composed of hymns praising the Gods. A) Sarasvati. B) Vedas. C) Lakshmi. D) Parvati. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vedas. 9. Big philosophical and religious school A) Mohism. B) Legalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohism. 10. It is considered one of the oldest novels in the world that can be found in Japan. A) Tale of Genji. B) Tale of Zestiria. C) Tale of Memories. D) Tale of a Gumiho. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tale of Genji. 11. The purpose of the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament was to express grief of the fall of Jerusalem A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. The Book of Changes (Yi King), it is made up of a geometrical combination of six lines plus sixty-four explanatory essays. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. During the reign of Tang Dynasty, there were four poets who became popular, who was considered as the "Poet Magician" ? A) Liblove. B) BA IJ U one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BA IJ U one. 14. What tale tells the story of Rama, whose ideal life is the perfect representation of Dharma? A) Mahabharata. B) Ramayana. C) Arjuna. D) Bhagavad Gita. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ramayana. 15. Asian literature is divided into three major bodies of literary works. These works are texts from India, Japan, and ..... A) Indonesia. B) Thailand. C) China. D) Taiwan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 16. Which of the following is an example of an expository text? A) The night was very quiet. It was always quiet except on moonlight nights. Darkness held a vague terror for these people, even the bravest among them. Children were warned not to whistle at night for fear of evil spirits. Dangerous animals became even more sinister and uncanny in the dark. B) A newly-published report on global wealth says that for the first time, Asia has more dollar billionaires than the USA. According to the Global Rich List 2013 from the research institute Hurun, there were 1, 453 people whose personal worth was $ 1 billion or more at the end of January. C) How do you succeed in life? Succeeding in life is caused by having a rewarding career. Certain careers will allow you to earn lots of money. Examples of good jobs are being engineers, doctors, architects and more. Getting these types of jobs comes from getting a college education. D) An American writer named Morgan Robertson once wrote a book called The Wreck of the Titan. The book was about an "unsinkable" ship called the Titan that set sail from England to New York with many rich and famous passengers on board. On its journey, the Titan hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sunk. Many lives were lost because there were not enough lifeboats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How do you succeed in life? Succeeding in life is caused by having a rewarding career. Certain careers will allow you to earn lots of money. Examples of good jobs are being engineers, doctors, architects and more. Getting these types of jobs comes from getting a college education. 17. The most sacred text is the Torah which means "guidance" or "instruction" A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. The values, morality, and principles or proper human conduct are recurrent themes in the following Asian literary texts except A) Confucius writings. B) Noh plays. C) The epic of Ramayana. D) Aesop fables. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aesop fables. 19. What term applies to vivid bits of poetry representing the dead kings attaining power in the afterlife? A) Pyramid Texts. B) Proverbs. C) Cannibal Texts. D) Coffin Texts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pyramid Texts. 20. Who is considered the greatest of the prophets in the Old Testament? A) Isaiah. B) Ezekiel. C) Jeremiah. D) Daniel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isaiah. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesAsian Literature Quiz 1Asian Literature Quiz 2Asian Literature Quiz 3Asian Literature Quiz 4Asian Literature Quiz 5Asian Literature Quiz 6Asian Literature Quiz 8Asian Literature Quiz 9Asian Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books