
21ST CENTURY Q2 - FINAL EXAM
Quiz by Janice Bandula
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It refers to a story that comes from a writer’s imagination, as opposed to one based strictly on fact or true story.
The brutal wind bullied the tree into giving up its autumn leaves, is an example of what speech?
"A marriage counselor files from divorce.” This is ironic because the expectation is that a professional who coaches couples through rough patches would herself have a strong marriage.
Literature in this African Literature is synonymous with writing about life shaped by the colonial experience of direct rule and domination by imperialist powers.
It is the longest-enduring and most popular form of Korean poetry, is three-line poems in which each line has 14 to 16 syllables exceeding to 45 syllables.
As a literary device, the purpose of ______ is not just to make a comparison, but to provide an explanation as well with additional
information or context.
This type of Irony is often fake ignorance to reveal someone’s misconstrued assumptions
The plants in her house silently begged to be watered, is an example of _____.
It is the central message that the author wishes to convey. The readers are trying to figure what the author is trying to teach or
show through their writing.
He was a poet, painter, musician, and statesman during the Tang Dynasty and was established as the founder of the respected Southern school of painter-poets.
A figure of speech that address the subject that is not present in the work. In this case, the object is absent or inanimate.
He won the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature award for his book “The English Gitanjail” or Song Offerings, which became the
collection of devotional songs to the supreme.
"The hired hands do all the hard work”, is an example of _____.
A South Korean poet novelist who won the 1977 Korean Literature Writers Award and wrote the classic novel entitled “Changma”
This type of Allegory presents stories such as the unity of Christianity. Example, Dante’s passage through hell, purgatory, and heaven
A Ghanian novelist and poet who wrote “This Earth, My Brother”, a cross between a novel and a poem.
A figure of speech that address the subject that is not present in the work. In this case, the object is absent or inanimate.
He was one of the most influential Uzbek writers of the 20th century and Soviet playwright, poet, writer, and literary translator. His
most famous work is the historical novel Otgar Kunlar.
He/she is the leading character, hero or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
It’s a David and Goliath story, with the small startup challenging the tech giant.
If you’re watching a movie about the Titanic and a character leaning on the balcony right before the ship hits the iceberg saying,
“It’s so beautiful I could just die,: that’s an example of
A good book is a friend. It provides entertainment and insight it keeps you company and helps you feel connected to others.
The novel Chaka written by Thomas Mofolo tells the story of the man who bought dozens of chiefdoms together in the early nineteenth-century, creating the Zulu Kingdom in contemporary South Africa. What could be the possible theme?
What is one of the three-verse poetry collection written by Okot p’ Bitek that deals with the great troubles of a rural African wife
whose husband has taken up Urban life and wishes everything to be Westernized?
______ reflects a simple yet complex, imperfect yet abounding with beauty cultural identity, and has a rich and unique literary  history.
What is the finest era of Chinese Literature that produced world-renowned authors?
What is the largest continent in the world and has a vast literary tradition in terms of scope and length of existence?
What is the world-renowned short descriptive poem with 17 syllables of the Japanese Literature?
African is considered the “Cradle of Humankind”. Why did the contemporary African writers use their literary work as a voice for their new and free government?
What is significant factor that shaped African Literature from ancient to the contemporary period?
What is the medium of African writers in expressing their cry for freedom oppression through their literary works?
Ramayana and Mahabharata are samples sample epics of _____ Literature which inspire morals and philosophy in the forms of myths, chants, narratives and verses
It is the longest-enduring and most popular form of Korean poetry, is three-line poems in which each line has 14 to 16 syllables exceeding to 45 syllables.
All of the following statements are TRUE about African Literature EXCEPT:
It is a Russian Novel that recounts teh love story of a sister-in-law, Jamilya, and a local crippled young man, Daniyar, while her husband is one of the Soviet soldier in a World War II.
It was a historical novel about the story of the rise and fall of the Zulu King Shaka.
It is an Egyptian book compilation that covers the life of the seven most important Sahabahor, the disciples and followers of Muhammad.
It is a Korean novel that describes the Koreans conflict between social realities and traditional ideals.
It is the masterpiece and internationally acclaimed 21-volum epic novel written by Pak Kyongni wherein she chronicled the violent Korean history from 1897 to 1945.
A Chinese novel about the Chinese battling Japanese intruders as well as each other during the 1930’s in Shadong Province.
It was the first major novel in English by an East African which deals with the Mau-Mau Uprising, a war in the British Kenya Colony between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army.
An Indian novel written by Dhanpat Srivastava that deals with the socio-economic deprivation as well as the exploitation of the village poor.
A Japanese novel which recounts the encounter between a servant and an old woman in the dilapidated Rashomon, where unclaimed corpse was sometimes dumped
The best-known play written by Abe Kobo which is a story, with dark humor, reveals the relationship with the other, and exposes the peculiarity of human relationship in the present age.
Mukhtar Auez-uli was an early Soviet Kazakh writer and won recognition for the long novel entitled _______ which is based on the life and poetry of Kunanbay-uli.
This poem collection of Amir Hamzah is considered as the most developed literary work and shows the theme of God and His relationship to humanity, fate, dissatisfaction, and escape.
This story is about a young mans growing into an adulthood with a penetrating social criticism of the conditions forced upon black South Africans by a system called institutionalized racial segregation
This African play is written for the Nigerian Independence Celebration. It parodies the emerging nation by stripping it of romantic legend and by showing that the present is no more a golden age than it was before.
A Chinese poem which is about conscription – with hidden satire that speaks of the noticeable luxury of the court.
He was a Nigerian novelist, poet, critic, and professor and was honored as Grand Prix de la Memoir of the 2019 edition of the Grand Prix of Literary Association.