WORLD LITERATURE QUIZ

The founder of Confucianism importance of discipline, morality, and knowledge.

• Confucius

• Sun Tzu

• Li Bai

• Lao Tzu

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Asian literature refers to the study of the literature of the people in---------

• China and India

• Greenland and Australia

• Japan and other small nations surround them

• none

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It is a syllable poem in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.

• TANKA

• TANAGA

• HAIKU

• SPOKEN WORD POTERY

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It is the basis of earlier written documents.

• stories passed on orally

• papyrus

• books

• scrolls

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In Africa, this hindered the writing of literature.

• lack of writers

• lack of literacy

• lack of love for literature

• lack of materials

Another importance of literature is that it teaches people about the different experiences and _____ of their ancestors.

• life

• lifestyle

• history

• culture

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WHO IS CHINUA ACHEBE?

• the feminist writer

• the rebel writer

• the rising fiction writer

• the forefather of contemporary African writers

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What is Chinua Achebe's first and most well-known fiction book?

• Half Of A Yellow Sun

• Le Rebel

• Things Fall Apart

• The Translator

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This region of literature is also known as the Western Literature.

• Asian Literature

• European Literature

• African Literature

• Latin American Literature

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He is the "Father of English Literature" and wrote the Canterbury Tales.

• William Shakespeare

• Thomas Gray

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• James Thompson

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