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Afro-Asian Literature

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"Highly praised" is the meaning of the name of Prophet Muhammad
  • True Correct
  • False
A Hebrew branch of literature which came from the word "higgid"
  • Haggahah Correct
  • The Middle Ages
  • JMGordon
  • Halakah
A literary work in Egypt that composed of series of chapters that was intended for the exercise of magic for private individuals in the life henceforward
  • The Book of Dead Correct
  • Religious Literature
  • Pessimistic Literature
  • Wole Soyinka
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
  • Babies are born and they will die when they are old
  • No one knows the beginning and the end
  • The farmers wake up in the time of planting and harvesting it in the time of harvest season
  • There are times in the life of person when someone or something will be gone but something will come to replace which is much better Correct
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace,
  • If you are willing to give forgiveness even though you were hurt many times, you will experience a peaceful mind and soul Correct
  • Pain is not constant
  • Pain is always there when you experience love
  • There are times that you experience to love and to hate people for hurting you
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
  • Speak if somebody ask you to speak
  • Be silent because you might hurt other person
  • Not all the time you are coward, you need to fight back; know your time to speak and know your battle Correct
  • Be emotional all the time and be eaten by fear
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
  • Mourning and weeping
  • There are moments in life when you need to cry and pure bliss Correct
  • Laugh and cry
  • Dance in the festival
Al-Hamasa is a type of elegies
  • True Correct
  • False
Antoine Galland is the first person who introduced "The Arabian Nights" in Europe
  • True Correct
  • False
Asia is the largest continent of the world and known as the "Land of Extremes"
  • True Correct
  • False
Book of Rites is consists of 305 poems
  • True
  • False Correct
Christian dominated Israel
  • True
  • False Correct
Confucius is the greatest philosopher in Chinese Literature
  • True Correct
  • False
During the period of New Kingdom, the language used in literary works were daily conversation or the "language of the day"
  • True Correct
  • False
Give the general idea of the Verses that you have read from the Book of Ecclesiastes
  • In all the happening and decisions in life, God will guide and lead you in the right path because He knows the best Correct
  • Make goals and achieve them by working hard
  • Do nothing and let it be
  • You are the only one who will create your life no one else
He became the King of the Israel after Saul and he killed Goliath
  • NRWesley
  • David Correct
  • Exodus
  • Genesis
He has made everything beautiful in its time He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end
  • God is always there to guide and protect us, He knows what's best for us Correct
  • The essential is visible to the eyes, only the heart knows
  • Everything is beautiful if we plan ahead
  • Everything should fall in the right place
He is a Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer and known for his work entitled Rubaiyat
  • Omar Khayyam Correct
  • Sufism
  • Sanskrit Literature
  • Panini
He is considered as the Great Teacher of China and contributed a lot of Chinese Literature
  • Confucius Correct
  • Panini
  • Sanskrit Literature
  • Mahabharata
He is considered as the greatest poet when it comes to love and life
  • China
  • Hindu Literature
  • Nizami Correct
  • Iran
He is the creator of the epic poem entitled "Mosiad" in Hebrew literature
  • David
  • Genesis
  • Exodus
  • NRWesley Correct
He is the most powerful poet of Enlighten Period in Hebrew Literature
  • JMGordon Correct
  • The Middle Ages
  • Haggahah
  • Halakah
He is the second recipient of Nobel Prize in literature in 1968
  • Yukio Mishima
  • Kana
  • Yasunari Kawabata Correct
  • Shosetsu Shinzui
He produced the Sanskrit grammar
  • Confucius
  • Mahabharata
  • Sanskrit Literature
  • Panini Correct
He wrote novels that were often heavily romantic in mood and some of the contents are based on his German escapades
  • Waka
  • Katakana
  • Kojiki
  • Mori Ogai Correct
How many books does the New Testament have?
  • 27 Correct
  • 72
  • 39
  • 66
How many books does the Old Testament have?
  • 72
  • 66
  • 27
  • 39 Correct
Hymn of Osiris is a piece of devotional literature that begins as a hymn and ends as prayer
  • True Correct
  • False
I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it God does it so that people will fear him
  • God is majestic
  • God is the beginning and the end, He knows everything at the beginning of time until the end Correct
  • We should be fearful to God
  • Love is forever
I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live
  • Live life to the fullest and always know the good from the bad and do the right things because God knows what the right path is Correct
  • Stick to your principles in life because you, yourself knows what makes you happy and best for you
  • Be happy go lucky, go out with friends, drink and dance like there is no tomorrow
  • Be happy until the end of time, don't think of the problems and pain
In English, this is known as "Record of Ancient Matter"
  • Waka
  • Kojiki Correct
  • Mori Ogai
  • Katakana
In Persia, this believes that there exists in the universe one Reality
  • Sanskrit Literature
  • Omar Khayyam
  • Sufism Correct
  • Panini
It is better to fight with the sword that to use non-violence acts
  • True
  • False Correct
It is considered as one of the oldest literature in the world and famous for influential classics like Vedas and Upanishads
  • Hindu Literature Correct
  • Iran
  • China
  • Nizami
It tells the early history of Japan in poetry and the impact of the Chinese
  • Murasaki Shikibu
  • Yukio Mishima
  • Nihongi Correct
  • Kana
Known as the "Ernest Hemingway" of Japan
  • Yukio Mishima Correct
  • Nihongi
  • Murasaki Shikibu
  • Kana
Mahatma Gandhi considered Non-Violence in fighting the British government
  • True Correct
  • False
Mahatma Gandhi didn't use sword but instead in a peaceful way to avoid the bloodshed
  • True Correct
  • False
Middle Kingdom is considered as the renaissance period of Egyptian Literature
  • True Correct
  • False
Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah who spread the religion Islam
  • True Correct
  • False
Nick Joaquin wrote the "Dead Stars" which is one of the greatest short stories in the Philippines
  • True
  • False Correct
Non-violence has the ability to strike It is a conscious deliberate restraint put upon one's desire for vengeance
  • True Correct
  • False
Non-violence is a resignation from all real fighting against wickedness
  • True Correct
  • False
Non-violence is for the weak
  • True
  • False Correct
One of the famous type of Ode is Kansa
  • True
  • False Correct
Read and understand the following statements Type True or False The name of the Prophet Mohammad means "Highly Praised"
  • True Correct
  • False
Read and understand the following statements Type True or False The story of King Khufu and the Magicians is about a sailor who met a gigantic serpent
  • True
  • False Correct
Read and understand the following statements Type True or FalseInstructive literature is known as wisdom text
  • True Correct
  • False
Read the following questions Choose the letter of the best answer What is a formal written in rhymed prose style with great antiquity?
  • Khutbah Correct
  • Maqamat
  • Mora
  • Saj
Read the following questions Choose the letter of the best answer What is a large collection of stories mostly of Arabian, Persian, or Indian origin written between the 14th to 16th centuries?
  • The Arabian Nights Correct
  • Anthologies
  • The Koran
  • Elegies
Read the following questions Choose the letter of the best answer What is the common theme of literary works of Saudi Arabia?
  • Social Issues Correct
  • Friendship
  • War
  • Love
Read the following questions Choose the letter of the best answer What is the elaborate ode usually of sixty to one hundred lines?
  • Elegies
  • Prose
  • Anthologies
  • The ode Correct
Read the following questions Choose the letter of the best answer What is the most famous type of elegies?
  • Kansa Correct
  • Al-Mu-Allkat
  • Quasida
  • Al-Hamasa
Read the following questions Choose the letter of the best answer What is the popular, instructive, assuring anecdotes?
  • Mora Correct
  • Khutbah
  • Saj
  • Maqamat
Read the following questions Choose the letter of the best answer What was the period when literary works were limited?
  • Umayyad Period Correct
  • 20th Century
  • Modern Period
  • Abbasid Period
Read the following questions Choose the letter of the best answer When was the period when literature fell into decline?
  • Abbasid Period
  • Modern Period Correct
  • 20th Century
  • Umayyad Period
Read the following questions Choose the letter of the best answer Who compiled the anthology entitled "Al-Hamasa"?
  • Abretamman Correct
  • Mufaddalibnya'la
  • Akhtal
  • Jarir
Read the following questions Choose the letter of the best answer Who is the most outstanding compiler of anecdotes?
  • Tanukhi Correct
  • Al-Jahiz
  • IbnMuqaffa
  • Al-Hamadhani
Read the following statement identify if it pertains to AFRICA or ASIA Chinese language spoken by more than 1 billion people and some part of this continent
  • Africa
  • Asia Correct
Read the following statement identify if it pertains to AFRICA or ASIA Hinduism has followers of about 520 million and it is the main religion in India
  • Asia Correct
  • Africa
Read the following statement identify if it pertains to AFRICA or ASIA It is a land where festivals of different cultures and religions are being celebrated and there are many festivals and different ceremonies
  • Africa
  • Asia Correct
Read the following statement identify if it pertains to AFRICA or ASIA Known proto-human have been found in this continent
  • Africa Correct
  • Asia
Read the following statement identify if it pertains to AFRICA or ASIA The dominant religion in this continent is Islam with an estimated of 155 million believers which replaced Christianity in the 7th Century
  • Asia
  • Africa Correct
Read the following statement identify if it pertains to AFRICA or ASIA The land of paradoxes because of its different climate because it has snow-capped mountains and steaming hot plains, deserts, and tropical rain forest
  • Africa Correct
  • Asia
Read the following statement identify if it pertains to AFRICA or ASIA The number of languages spoken in this country is estimated at between 800 and 1,700
  • Asia
  • Africa Correct
Read the following statement identify if it pertains to AFRICA or ASIA The principal religions are Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism
  • Asia Correct
  • Africa
Read the following statement identify if it pertains to AFRICA or ASIA The second largest continent in the world and it is South of Europe, separated from Asia by Suez Canal and the Red Sea
  • Asia
  • Africa Correct
Read the following statement identify if it pertains to AFRICA or ASIA This continent has the largest population and it is estimated as 4,454,158,310 as of December 2016
  • Africa
  • Asia Correct
Read the following statements and choose the letter of the correct answer The golden age of Egyptian literature
  • Umayyad Period
  • Abbassid Period
  • Modern Period
  • Middle Kingdom Correct
Read the following statements and choose the letter of the correct answer The dominant religion in Saudi Arabia
  • Buddhism
  • Islam Correct
  • Taoism
  • Roman Catholic
Read the following statements and choose the letter of the correct answer The first person who introduced the "The Arabian Nights" in Europe
  • Antoine Galland Correct
  • Ali-Mubarak
  • Kahlil Gibran
  • Umayyad
Read the following statements and choose the letter of the correct answer The most celebrated short story writer, artist, and philosopher and the writer of "The Prophet"
  • Kahlil Gibran Correct
  • Ali-Mubarak
  • Antoine Galland
  • Umayyad
Read the following statements and choose the letter of the correct answer The period in Egyptian literature that shows non-literary and highly poetic spells
  • New Kingdom
  • Late Period
  • Middle Kingdom
  • Old Kingdom Correct
Religious work is a type of literature popular during Middle Kingdom this is almost the same with novels and other prose like short stories
  • True
  • False Correct
Resistance by means of revolution and sacrificing of one's life by means of death is better
  • True
  • False Correct
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