21st Century Literature
By: Cuison •
The term _ __ refers to spirits that roam the land and are also known as the Shinto gods.
Answer: Kami •
During the ____ period, Shintoism became the main religion in Japan
Answer: Meiji •
Some prominent rocks are worshipped as K ami
Answer: True •
The demonic creatures represented as ogres and trolls roaming the earth
Answer: Oni •
Which of the following is not one of the three levels in which the Japanese are shaped?
Answer: Standard of living •
The name of the tree on which Gautama vowed never to arise until he found the truth.
Answer: Pipal •
Which of the following is incorrect?
Answer: Sorrow is one of the unwholesome mental states impeding progress towards enlightenment. •
Confucianism, like the Catholics, have specific rituals or practices for their religion.
Answer: False •
Which of the following is not one of the Confucian Thoughts from the Analects?
Answer: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." •
Heaven or ____ is a positive and personal force in the universe for Confucius.
Answer: T’ien •
The one who secured friendship of several major European c ountries.
Answer: Edward VII •
During World War II, when was London destroyed causing the death approximately 60,000 civilians?
Answer: 1941
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Which of the following is not one of the independent countries which the British Empire has dissolved into?
Answer: Nepal •
The common themes of British literature often str ay from modernism and stream of consciousness.
Answer: False •
What marked the end of World War I?
Answer: Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles •
This refers to a set of philosophical, political, and ethical ideas which provide the basis for the aesthetic aspect of modernism.
Answer: Modernity •
Postmodern art favors discontinuity in narrative structure.
Answer: True •
Which of the following terms related to postmodernism means "construction or cr eation from a diverse range of available things"?
Answer: bricolage •
The common ground in the themes of postmodernism and modernism.
Answer: result of war and invasions •
Identify the aspect of modernism described:
The rise of spontaneity and discovery in creation. Answer: a rejection of elaborate formal aesthetics in favor of minimalist designs. •
This artist's artworks feature racism and discrimination. One such example is the image below:
Answer: Oswaldo Guayasamin •
Explores aspects that are associated with imagination, attempting to ex press the inner life of humans.
Answer: Surrealism •
Treats unreal events as matter of o f fact.
Answer: Magic Realism •
Portrays nonrealistic subjects, often a product of hallucinations.
Answer: Fantasy
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____ is a means of reuniting conscious and and unconscious realms of experience so completely that the world of dream and fantasy combines.
Answer: Surrealism •
Is the ruling political party of post-apartheid South Africa
Answer: African National Congress •
The West Africa-Nsukka Group aims to revive the ____ art of the Igbo tribe.
Answer: Uli •
French speaking African writers, politicians and intellectuals developed the ideological philosophy, Negritude.
Answer: True •
Approximately how many ethnic groups are in Nigeria?
Answer: 200 •
The Southern part of West Africa are mostly
Answer: Christians •
The goal of Hindu Life which refers to physical pleasure.
Answer: Kama •
In Indian Literature, the devil does not exist. Instead, God does something bad to a person to teach them a lesson.
Answer: True •
A demonic being from Hindu mythology.
Answer: Rakshasa •
The female Rakshasa in human form takes the name
Answer: Manushya-Rakshasi •
___ refers to the red mark on the forehead of the Indians and is said to be a sign of God.
Answer: kunkuni •
_____ is a major south-flowing south-flowing river in South Asia.
Answer: Indus River •
A way to achieve God by how you act.
Answer: Bakhti •
A way to achieve God through t hrough direct action.
Answer: Karma •
Being a Hindu is said to be a sign of being
Answer: glorious •
The Indian goddess of dance
Answer: Shivast •
These are charms, wards or scriptures that are said to bring the bearer good luck or protection.
Answer: Ofuda •
Omamori comes from the word mamori, which means,
Answer: protection •
Time refers to ___ while moment means "for the time being."
Answer: clear-cut situation •
The Japanese do not possess guilt.
Answer: True •
The sun goddess, ___ is considered as the most important God.
Answer: Amaterasu •
To the Japanese, a person's poor quality/badness is relative because of the existence of goodness.
Answer: False •
Shinto believes that the reason for human's attachment to nature is because they become kami after they die.
Answer: True •
Families build ___ where kamis live.
Answer: Shrines •
This term refers to Japanese festivals to c elebrate and honor shrines.
Answer: matsuri •
勇気 (Romaji: yuuki) means love.
Answer: False •
The main principle of Confucianism is ___ which means "humaneness" or "benevolence."
Answer: Ren
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The term ___, refers to loyalty to o ne's true nature
Answer: Zhong •
Chinese expressed things by ____ than analysis.
Answer: individualization individualization •
Chinese Literature serves to portray only a fraction of reality.
Answer: False •
To Buddhists, ___ or suffering is the innate nature of existence
Answer: dukkha •
Which of the following is not a book of Confucianism?
Answer: Li Ching •
Complete the quote: Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the m an. To discuss with a man not worthy of conversation is to
Answer: waste words •
The Chinese do not like change.
Answer: True •
One of the classics of Confucianism that is a collection of 300 poems and songs from the e arly Chou Dynasty.
Answer: Shih Ching •
___ is a religion that encompasses a variety of traditions, traditions, beliefs, and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to Buddha.
Answer: Buddhism •
The first woman member in the House of Commons.
Answer: Lady Astor •
Who was the youngest Prime Minister of Br itain for almost 200 years?
Answer: Tony Blair •
People of the time read war poems that are based on the horrors of the aftermath of the World War.
Answer: True •
The age of technology brought about the following except:
Answer: Storage Drives
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The first woman Prime Minister and was elected three consecutive times.
Answer: Margaret Thatcher •
This type of newspaper was developed in 1962 as a supplement to the Sunday newspaper.
Answer: tabloid •
Adolf Hitler's conquering strategy called ___ or Lightning War
Answer: Blitzkrieg •
After the first World War, the clothing of people became simplistic.
Answer: False •
A law designed to protect woman's rights during that time.
Answer: Equal Pay Act of 1970 •
All women over eighteen were granted the right to vote.
Answer: False •
The European Enlightenment began on mid-eighteenth century.
Answer: True •
This term generally refers to the broad aesthetic movements of the 20th Century.
Answer: Modernism •
Identify the aspect of modernism described: Discontinuous narratives and randomseeming collages of different materials.
Answer: an emphasis on fragmented forms •
____ was implemented and Canada was then separated separated from the British parliament
Answer: Canada Act of 1982 •
In Modern America, this country is the first to become an independent nation in West I ndies.
Answer: Haiti •
The following are countries that proclaimed independence from Spain except for:
Answer: Texas •
Choosing materials used to produce art and in methods of displaying, distributing and consuming art.
Answer: a rejection of the distinction between "high" and "low" "low" or popular culture •
Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492.
Answer: False •
Aztecs found Tenochtitlan in 1325 to 1350 A.D. Today, Tenochtitlan is known as:
Answer: Mexico •
Postmodernism emphasizes pastiche. Which of the following is the closest meaning of the word "pastiche"?
Answer: an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist or period •
The English title of Gabriel Garcia Marquez' novel which became the epicenter of novels in this t his period.
Answer: One Hundred Years of Solitude •
The art/literature has a realistic sett ing.
Answer: Magic Realism and Realism •
Depicts everyday subjects and situations in contemporary settings.
Answer: Realism •
The objective is to bring a fresh image of our everyday world.
Answer: Magic Realism •
A fantasy plot that is accepted by the characters.
Answer: Magic Realism and Fantasy •
The purpose of this is an approach to find methods of uniting the conscious and subconscious realms of experience.
Answer: Surrealism •
Explores the social and political ills in the 20th Ce ntury.
Answer: Magic Realism •
The Spanish and Portuguese in South America had two goals. What are these?
Answer: increase wealth and and convert the natives to Christians Christians •
A movement where Brazilians explored their myths and folklore.
Answer: Modernismo •
A popularly acclaimed artist whose artworks result in powerful paradoxes, often provoking unsettling thoughts.
Answer: Rene Magritte
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By: JayArChocHls •
The total length of the Indus River is ____ kilometers.
Answer: 3180 •
____ is said to be relative in the Japanese customs.
Answer: Truth •
A book of Confucianism that talks about "Great Learning."
Answer: Ta Hsueh •
The first Indian poet who wrote the epic, Ramayana.
Answer: Maharishi Valmiki •
Omamori are charms, wards or scriptures said to bring the bearer good luck or protection, depending on what is written on them.
Answer: True •
Siddhartha Gautama was born and eventually grew up in India.
Answer: False •
This emphasizes the criticism of something broken.
Answer: Postmodernism Postmodernism •
This expresses the inner life and psychology of humans.
Answer: Surrealism •
Queen Victoria died after only ten years of being a queen.
Answer: False •
This massacre occurred in Rwanda causing millions to flee.
Answer: Hutus •
This is the term that depicts an ideal society.
Answer: Dystopia •
One of the themes reflected in postmodernism which means the construction or creation from a diverse range of available things.
Answer: bricolage
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There is a line drawn between the rich and the poor in dystopian literature.
Answer: True •
Edward VII earned the title, "Edward the ____" because he secured good relationship between European countries.
Answer: Peacemaker •
What is the existing goal of the Ramayana?
Answer: Dharma •
Which of the following paths is not included in the samadhi or meditation?
Answer: Right Thought •
A book of Mencius' conversations with kings of the time.
Answer: Meng Tzu •
This book advocates the discernment of a basic norm of human action which, if put into effect, will bring life into harmony with the process of the universe.
Answer: Lun Yu •
This art favors reflexivity, self-consciousness, fragmentation and discontinuity.
Answer: Postmodern •
The one who wrote Totem, a poem that encourages common racial identity for black Africans.
Answer: Leopold Sedar Senghor •
Rakshasas are most commonly called ____.
Answer: Maneaters •
The literary and ideological philosophy developed by French-speaking African intellectuals.
Answer: Negritude •
This depicts the tragedy of something broken.
Answer: Modernism •
The Chinese accept that change is inevitable.
Answer: True •
Indian belief dictates that salvation is not achieved by action but by k nowledge or realization.
Answer: True •
In 1948, immigrants arrived in Britain. Their nationalities varied and they are the following except:
Answer: Australians •
Edward VII lead the friendship of major European countries and eventually forming the group called, "____."
Answer: Entente Cordiale •
This Japanese term refers to the t he spirits that roam the land.
Answer: Yokai •
The Indians believe that knowing and believing are nearly the same.
Answer: False •
Confucianism is characterized by a highly ____ view of human nature.
Answer: Optimistic •
A Japanese term referring to nature.
Answer: Kigo •
I Ching or the Classic of Changes is a collection of texts on divination based on a set of __ hexagrams that reflect the relationship between Yin and Yang in nature and society.
Answer: 64 •
This term refers more to art/literature that defies logic with the supernatural.
Answer: Fantasy •
The one who proposed equality in the West A frica.
Answer: Blaise Daigne •
This consists of three books on the Rites of Propriety.
Answer: Li Ching •
Gautama Buddha is known to be _________ and will remain in this position until he has found the truth.
Answer: Seated under the pipal tree •
The story about the grief of a woman who lost her child and eventually where the line, "the living are few, but the dead are many" became popular.
Answer: Kisa Gotami •
The ___ group are composed of writers, painters and art ists that aim to revive the Uli art of the Igbo tribe.
Answer: West Africa-Nsukka
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There is no devil in Indian literature.
Answer: True •
The ____ River is one of the longest rivers in Asia extending to 3,180 kilometers.
Answer: Indus •
The ____ religion believes that we planned our lives with God.
Answer: Youruba •
Adolf Hitler, head of the Nazis used the ____ in conquering Poland.
Answer: Lightning war •
Indian Literature is often described as illogical.
Answer: True •
Which of the following is not one of the unwholesome mental states that impede profress towards enlightenment?
Answer: Lying •
The characteristic of existence which refers to selflessness.
Answer: Anatta •
The Indians have ___ identities of the god.
Answer: 300 •
A way to achieve God which depends o n how you act.
Answer: Bakhti •
This is the innate nature of existence according to Buddhism.
Answer: dukkha •
The term that refers to the goal of liberation.
Answer: Moksha •
The Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs in 152 1.
Answer: Herman Cortes •
The Indian's way of living's characteristics include the following except:
Answer: Happiness •
This is a collection of fables given to kings and princes that will teach them all there is to know about values, leadership and governance.
Answer: Panchatantra •
The Veda for rituals of sacrifice.
Answer: Yajur Veda •
A Japanese word which means protection.
Answer: mamori
