GREAT BOOKS- MIDTERM

Question 1

china’s most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist

Answer 1

Confucius

Question 2

he influenced the civilizations of china and other asian countries

Answer 2

Confucius

Question 3

most revered sacred scripture in the Confucian tradition

Answer 3

the lunyu

Question 4

a 700 year old japanese verse form; a three line poem consisting of 17 syllables

Answer 4

haiku

Question 5

a nigerian novelist acclaimed for his unsentimental depictions of the social and psychological disorientation accompanying the imposition of western customs and values upon traditional african society

Answer 5

Chinua Achebe

Question 6

acclaimed as the finest novel written about life in nigeria at the end of the 19th century; world’s most widely read african novel

Answer 6

things fall apart

Question 7

the main character; often described as roaring flame

Answer 7

okonkwo

Question 8

symbolizes potential, masculinity, and life

Answer 8

fire

Question 9

cold, impotent ash

Answer 9

nwoye

Question 10

wealth, status, and masculinity’; king of crops

Answer 10

yams

Question 11

devastating effects of european contact and christian missionaries; white men and colonists

Answer 11

locusts

Question 12

a masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestors of the village; respected and honor men

Answer 12

egwugwu

Question 13

symbolize the feminine aspect of life in umuofia

Answer 13

folktales

Question 14

adopted son of okonkwo

Answer 14

ikemefuna

Question 15

Okonkwo’s father, lazy, musician, and wine drinker

Answer 15

UNOKA

Question 16

2nd wife, Ezinma’s mother

Answer 16

Ekwefi

Question 17

favorite child of Okonkwo

Answer 17

EZINMA

Question 18

Okonkwo’s closest friend

Answer 18

Obierika

Question 19

what is the longest epic in the world?

Answer 19

mahabharata

Question 20

where is the text passage taken “revenge is not always better, but neither is forgiveness; learn to know them both, so that there is no problem” ?

Answer 20

mahabharata

Question 21

what are the 3 religions in china that have influenced chinese life and thought?

Answer 21

taoism, confucianism, and buddhism

Question 22

aside from “book of days” the analects of confucius is also called?

Answer 22

the lunyu

Question 23

according to the analects of confucius, the welfare of the nation necessarily depended on wealth of it people

Answer 23

false

Question 24

the yajur veda of the aryan culture is considered the oldest type of vedic literature (t or f)

Answer 24

false

Question 25

who is said to be the author of the famous epic in the world?

Answer 25

veda vyasa

Question 26

the central theme of things fall apart is feminism (t or f)

Answer 26

false