Q1 M1 Close Analysis and Critical Interpretation of Literary Texts from the World

Question 1

It has more than 50,000 published works in a wide range
of topics.

Answer 1

Chinese Literature

Question 2

Who is considered as China’s greatest poet?

Answer 2

Du Fu (712-770)

Question 3

He was known for his works of
lushi. A lushi has eight lines, each of which has five or seven syllables following a strict
tonal pattern.

Answer 3

Du Fu (712-770)

Question 4

He is also called Li Po, rivaled Du Fu for the title of China’s greatest poet.

Answer 4

Li Bai (701-762)

Question 5

A famous drinker, he frequently celebrated
drinking in his poetry, he wrote less formal verse forms.

Answer 5

Li Bai (701-762)

Question 6

This body works is mostly in ________, except the early writings which were written in
Chinese.

Answer 6

Japanese Literature

Question 7

Japan’s first literary figure was known for his works of tanka and choka.

Answer 7

Kakinomoto Hitomaro

Question 8

What is the basic form of Japanese poetry, it has five lines in five-seven-five-
seven-seven syllable pattern?

Answer 8

tanka

Question 9

Which has alternating lines of five and seven syllables and ends with an extra line of seven syllables?

Answer 9

choka

Question 10

Having no definite length, it
can have from seven lines to 150

Answer 10

choka

Question 11

Hitomaro’s works were included in M______

Answer 11

Man’yoshu, the
oldest anthology of Japanese poetry during the Nara Period (710-784)

Question 12

He was regarded as the supreme haiku poet

Answer 12

Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)

Question 13

Emerged from the
early Tokugawa period (1603-1770), the haiku is composed of three lines of a?

Answer 13

renga

Question 14

Basho’s verses appear in his travel accounts
like?

Answer 14

The Narrow Road to the Deep North (1694)

Question 15

This body of works is produced in India in a variety of vernacular languages like?

Answer 15

1. Sanskrit
2. Hindi
3. Punjabi
4. Tamil
5. Urdu

Question 16

It is an Indian epic written in Sanskrit.

Answer 16

Mahabharata

Question 17

It is the longest poem in history with
about 100,000 couplets.

Answer 17

Mahabharata

Question 18

Mahabharata is traditionally ascribed to an Indian sage named?

Answer 18

Vyasa

Question 19

The
Hindus regard the epic as both a text about d____?

Answer 19

dharna (the Hindu moral law) and a history

Question 20

B_______, the most celebrated of its episodes, gives spiritual guidance

Answer 20

Bhagavadgita

Question 21

It is shorter than Mahabharata, with some 24,000 couplets.

Answer 21

The Ramayana

Question 22

The sage V______ was traditionally
regarded as the Ramayana’s author.

Answer 22

Valmiki

Question 23

The P________ is a collection of Indian animal fables.

Answer 23

Panchatantra

Question 24

Panchatantra
is a mixture of p_____ and v_____. The stories are attributed to Vishnusharman, a learned
Brahmin.

Answer 24

prose & verse

Question 25

It is the earliest form of English language

Answer 25

Old English Literature (600-1100)

Question 26

Old English Literature was spoken by the A_________, a Germanic tribe living in Britain during the fifth century.

Answer 26

Anglo-Saxons

Question 27

One significant work written in Old English is B_______, the longest epic poem in Old English.

Answer 27

Beowulf

Question 28

Beowulf is known for its use of k______, which are phrases or compound words used to name persons, places, and things indirectly.

Answer 28

kennings

Question 29

It is a blend of Old English and Norman French (the French dialect spoken by Normans – people from Normandy).

Answer 29

Middle English Literature (1100-1500)

Question 30

The father of English Literature (GC)

Answer 30

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 31

A fine example of literature written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer

Answer 31

The Canterbury Tales