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Asian Lterature: Chinese and Japanese

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is known as “The Red Dragon”?

4 lines
2.

Chinese Formal written language

4 lines
3.

Give atleast 2 books from the 5 classics in China

4 lines
4.

 Chinese philosopher credited with founding the philosophical system of Taoism

a)

Lao Tzu

b)

Confucius

c)

Li Po

d)

Du Fu

5.

He was one of the greatest realistic poets of ancient China. 

a)

Lao Tzu

b)

Confucius

c)

Li Po

d)

Du Fu

6.

He is thought of as one of the greatest romantic poets of China. 

a)

Lao Tzu

b)

Confucius

c)

Li Po

d)

Du Fu

7.

The Green Water

The Jewel Stairs’ Grievance

The Long War

A Poem of Changgan

a)

Lao Tzu

b)

Confucius

c)

Li Po

d)

Du Fu

8.

Farewell to My Soldier-Friend

Pounding the Clothes

a)

Lao Tzu

b)

Confucius

c)

Li Po

d)

Du Fu

9.

The greatest philosopher of the world has known.

a)

Lao Tzu

b)

Confucius

c)

Li Po

d)

Du Fu

10.

Also known as “The Land of the Rising Sun”.

4 lines
11.

Among his surviving works are poems in the two major Japanese poetic forms of his day—tanka and chōka.

a)

Kakinomoto Hitomaro

b)

Matsuo Bashō

12.

______ abandoned his samurai (warrior) status to devote himself to poetry. Moving to the capital city of Edo (now Tokyo), he gradually acquired a reputation as a poet and critic.

a)

Kakinomoto Hitomaro

b)

Matsuo Bashō

13.

3 types of Japanese Drama

4 lines
14.

It is the national theater of japan

a)

Noh Play

b)

Doll Theater

c)

Kabuki Play

15.

The play of the masses. It is less intellectual, more realistic, even

sensational.

a)

Noh Play

b)

Doll Theater

c)

Kabuki Play

16.

2 types of Japanese Poetry

4 lines