AFRO-ASIAN LITERATURE

1. This is a collection of Confucian sayings that contains truth about social relations between and among family members or
friends.
a. Tao Te Ching
b. Analects of Confucius
c. Book of Odes
d. Book of Confucius
2. This contains Lao Tzu’s words of wisdom.
a. Tao Te Ching
b. Analects of Lao Tzu
c. Book of Odes
d. Book of Lao Tzu
3. Who is the author of The Soul of the Great Bell?
a. Tohoyiko Kagawa
b. Toshio Mori
c. Lafcadio Hearn
d. Kikuchi Kan
4. This is the earliest Japanese literary work.
a. Kojiki
b. Kabuki
c. Noh
d. Joruri
5. These are the three types of Japanese Drama, EXCEPT:
a. Noh
b. Joruri
c. Kabuki
d. Basho
6. This is shortest form of Japanese poetry which is a seventeen-syllable poem.
a. Tanka
b. Haiku
c. Nihongi
d. Katakana
7. This is the oldest collection of Japanese poetry.
a. Man’yoshu
b. Konkinshu
c. Ikebana
d. Katakana
8. This is a Japanese Folktale that tells about a mother’s love.
a. Discovery
b. Say It with Flowers
c. The Story of the Aged Mother
d. Madman in the Roof
9. Who is the author of Say It with Flowers?
a. Tohoyiko Kagawa
b. Toshio Mori
c. Lafcadio Hearn
d. Kikuchi Kan
10. This is the longest epic found in world literature.
a. Ramayana
b. Mahabharata
c. Vedas
d. Panchatantra
11. This is a collection of the Indians’ earliest poems which also serve as their Bible.
a. Ramayana
b. Mahabharata
c. Vedas
d. Panchatantra
12. They are called the Indian Shakespeare.
a. Bhasa and Kalidasa
b. Rama and Vishnu
c. Tvastri and and Bharat
d. Janak and Sita
13. Who is the author of Shakuntala?
a. Bhasa
b. Kalidasa
c. Tvastri
d. Bharat
14. Which among the following is NOT a literary work from India?
a. Cabuliwallah by Rabindranath Tagore
b. The Story of a Saint by A.M. Rosenthal
c. The Rain by Kalidasa
d. Guno and Koyo by Harold Courlander
15. Rabindranath Tagore’s book of poems called __________, won the Nobel Prize.
a. Gitanjali
b. Peace
c. Vedas
d. Man’yoshu
16. Which among the following is NOT a part of the Jewish literature?
a. The Parable of the Lost Son
b. The Story of Ruth
c. The Wonder Tree
d. Psalm 23
17. The most famous Arabian Stories are in a collection called _____________.
a. Arabian Days
b. Arabian Nights
c. Qur’an
d. The Bewildered Arab
18. Zuleika is the main character of the Arabian Folktale titled __________.
a. The Wonder Tree
b. The Story of Ruth
c. The Song of Maisuna
d. Say It with Flowers
19. Which among the following is NOT a part of the Philippine literature?
a. Maguindanao Pearls by Isidro L. Retizos
b. Dahong Palay by Arturo B. Rotor
c. Among the Flowers by Florentino S. Dauz
d. The Story of A Saint by A.M. Rosenthal
20. Guno and Koyo is a literary work from ____________.
a. India
b. Malaysia
c. Indonesia
d. Thailand
21. This is the Thai version of the Indian Ramayana.
a. Ramakien
b. Inao
c. Klon’s pet ton
 d. Myazedi
22. The Gold Harvest is a story from _____________.
a. India
b. Malaysia
c. Indonesia
d. Thailand
23. This speech of then Prime Minister U Nu serves to remind the Myanmar people to pursue peace and unity.
a. Myazedi
b. On the Three Evils
c. Peace and Unity
d. The Tree of Fulfillment
24. The Leopard is a folklore from ____________.
a. South Africa
b. Central Africa
c. Indonesia
d. Malaysia
25. This is the most important early literature of Egypt.
a. Book of Odes
b. Egyptian Sayings
c. Book of the Dead
d. The Gift of the Nile
26. “The Two Brothers” and “Setna and the Magic Book” are short stories from ___________.
a. Egypt
b. Namibia
c. Kenya
d. Algeria
27. How many chapters does the Book of the Dead contain?
a. 163
b. 164
c. 165
d. 166
28. Sinag-Tala is the main character of the story titled _________________.
a. Maguindanao Pearls
b. Dahong Palay
c. Among the Flowers
d. The Story of A Saint
29. Anpu and Bata are characters from the story _______________.
a. Say it with Flowers
b. The Two Brothers
c. The Leopard
d. Dahong Palay
30. He is a well-known Japanese poet.
a. Noh
b. Joruri
c. Kabuki
d. Basho
31. “What is an Educated Filipino?” is an essay by _____________.
a. Francisco Benitez
b. Doreen G. Fernandez
c. Felix Bautista
d. Chok Yoon Foo
32. The Hands of the Blacks was written by ____________.
a. Francisco Benitez
b. Doreen G. Fernandez
 c. Luis Bernardo Honwana
d. Lafcadio Hearn
33. “Sawatdee…Hello, Beautiful Bangkok” by Ethel Solven – Timbol is a literary work from ______________.
a. India
b. Singapore
c. Thailand
d. Myanmar
34. Makato and the Cowrie Shell is a folktale from _____________.
a. India
b. Singapore
c. Thailand
d. Myanmar
35. Who is the author of The Taxman’s Story?
a. Catherine Lim
b. Chok Yoon Foo
c. Luis Bernardo Honwana
d. Lafcadio Hearn
36. Outwitting a Crocodile is a Malaysian Folktale retold by ___________.
a. Catherine Lim
b. Chok Yoon Foo
c. Luis Bernardo Honwana
d. Lafcadio Hearn
37. Who is the author of The Country’s Good Son?
a. Catherine Lim
b. Chok Yoon Foo
c. Minn New Thein
d. Felix Bautista
38. “Alibaba and the Forty Thieves” is taken from the story _______________.
a. One Thousand and One Nights
b. The Leopard
c. The Country’s Good Son
d. The Parable of the Good Son
39. Who wrote the poem, Africa?
a. David Diop
b. Felix Bautista
c. Tammy Mendoza
d. Nelson Mandela
40. This epic relates the story of two powerful races, the Kosalas and the Videhas.
a. Ramayana
b. Mahabharata
c. Vedas
d. Panchatantra

References:

 English Communication Arts and Skills Through Afro-Asian Literature by Josephine B. Serrano and Milagros G. Lapid
 Workbook in Secondary English (Grade 8) by Ruthy Alvarez, et al.