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Key Literature Questions for Exams

1. Yasunari Kawabata was the first Asian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. 2. Confucianism is the school of thought based on filial piety. 3. Maya refers to the Hindu belief that life is an illusion. 4. The Rigveda is a collection of non-speculative hymns representative of the Aryan religious spirit. 5. The Analects is a collection of sayings from Confucius and his students.

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Key Literature Questions for Exams

1. Yasunari Kawabata was the first Asian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. 2. Confucianism is the school of thought based on filial piety. 3. Maya refers to the Hindu belief that life is an illusion. 4. The Rigveda is a collection of non-speculative hymns representative of the Aryan religious spirit. 5. The Analects is a collection of sayings from Confucius and his students.

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English Major Questions

He holds the distinction of being the


first Asian to receive the Nobel Prize
for Literature.

A. Wole Soyingka
B. Yasunari Kawabata
C. Naguib Mahfouz
D. Rabindranath Tagore
Filial piety is a basic tenet of this
school of thought.

A. Taoism
B. Confucianism
C. Hinduism
D. Buddhism
The Hindu belief that life is an illusion.
A. Dharma
B. Artha
C. Maya
D. kama
It is a collection of non-speculative
hymns representative of the Aryan
religious spirit often comparable to the
psalms in the old testament.
a. Bhagavad Gita
b. Dhammapada
c. Rigveda
d. upanishads
It is a collection of sayings ranging
from statements to more extended
dialogues between Confucious and his
students.
a. Analects
b. Tao - te Ching
c. Book of Changes
d. Books of songs
The ____ is a Chinese poem sung to
the tunes of popular melodies.

a. Shih
b. Li sao
c. Lu-shih
d. Tzu
It was written by Sei Shonagon that
records her irreverent reflections on
life at the Imperial Court during the
Heian Dynasty.
a. Atsumori
b. The Pillow Book
c. Essays in Idleness
d. Records of the Grand Historian
The earliest form of Japanese drama
performed on an almost bare stage by
a small but elaborately costumed cast
of actors wearing masks is called ____.
a. No
b. Kabuki
c. Jorori
d. kyogen
Which is not a characteristic of African
oral literature ?

a. Repetition and parallel structure


b. Tonal alliteration
c. Call and response
d. Repeat and vary
It is an important kind of African moral
tale intended for listeners to discuss
and debate usually with an open-
ending.
a. Orature
b. Ashanti
c. Enigma
d. Origin
The epic Ramayana is attributed to the
poet ___.

a. Vyasa
b. Valmiki
c. Kalidasa
d. Vaytsyayana
Chou-Shu-Jen is better known as ___.

a. Ssu-Ma’Chien
b. Lu Xun
c. Li Ch’ing-Chao
d. Po Chu-I
This novel is based on the pilgrimage
of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang to
India is search of sacred texts.
a. On learning to be an Indian
b. Record of a Journey to the West
All of these are novels of Yasanuri
kawabata except _____.

a. Confession of a Mask
b. Snow Country
c. The house of Sleeping Beauty
Chinese plays are called as ___
because the average length of the
plays takes about four acts with
prologue and an epilogue. There are
also singing, recitation of verses,
acrobats, dancing, and playing
traditional musical instruments.
a. Musical Theater b. Performance theater
c. Total Theater c. Full-act Theater

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