Worksheets21st Century Asian Literature Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which is a Japanese term that is now used in the English-speaking world to refer to comics?
doodle fiction
graphic novel
haiku
manga
"Naruto" follows the journey of a young ninja named Naruto Uzumaki. Who is the mangaka (manga artist) behind "Naruto"?
Hiro Mashima
Tite Kubo
Masashi Kishimoto
Yoshihiro Togashi
Who is considered one of the earliest and greatest poets in Japanese literature, known for composing many haikus in the 8th century CE?
Matsuo Basho
Sei Shonagon
Murasaki Shikibu
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Who is the creator of the widely acclaimed manga series "One Piece"?
Eiichiro Oda
Masashi Kishimoto
Akira Toriyama
Naoko Takeuchi
The sub-genre "Shoujo" in manga is primarily targeted towards which audience?
Teenage girls
Adult males
Children
Adult females
It is the other name of India.
Rama
Varsha
Bharata
Bharat
It is the shortest form of Japanese poetry but most popular. It has seventeen- syllable poem in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
Tanka
Haiku
Manyo Shu
Noh
The old language of India. The word means cultivated or perfected.
Vishnu
Sanskrit
Vedic
Aryan
Japan is known as "__________________"
The Red Dragon
The Sleeping Giant
The Land of Prayer
The Land of the Rising Sun
Followed the Shang Dynasty of great intellectual activity and was in this period when the philosophies of the Confucianism, Taoism and legalism originated. It is the longest dynasty in Chinese history which lasted from 1122 B.C. To 256 B.C.
Han
Tang
Chou
Shang
Which Chinese classic novel, attributed to Wu Cheng'en, follows the adventures of a monkey named Sun Wukong?
Dream of the Red Chamber
Journey to the West
Water Margin
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Who invented writing paper?
Sima Qian
Li Si
Cai Lun
Li Bai
Who ordered the infamous "Book-Burning" in China?
Li Si
Qin Shi Huang
Confucius
Sima Qian
Which Chinese author wrote the novel "Frog," addressing social and political issues, including the one-child policy?
Yan Lianke
Mo Yan
Ge Fei
Sima Qian
Along the banks of what river did the earliest Indian civilization begin?
Indus River
Ganges River
Yellow River
Yangtze
The lowest class group (composed of servants and serfs) in the Indian caste system was the
Buddhists
Brahmins / Brahmans
Sudras / Shudras
Aryans
What cultural and historical themes are commonly explored in 21st-century Asian literature?
Colonialism and Independence
Mythology and Folklore
Globalization and Technology
All of the Above
What served as the bible of Indians
Vishnu
Krishna
duhtr
Vedas
"Due to India being the 3rd largest country, it is 2nd most populous, geographically diverse, and rich in natural resources.” Which of the underlined portions is false?
3rd largest country
2nd most populous
geographically diverse
rich in natural resources
