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EAST ASIAN MUSIC AND ARTS

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. It is regarded as the highest form of Chinese painting.

a)

A. Portrait Painting

b)

B. Peking Opera

c)

C. Landscape Painting

d)

D. Paper Cutting

2.

2. A Japanese technique for printing text, images, or patterns.

a)

A. Woodblock Printing

b)

B. Origami

c)

C. Ukiyo-E

d)

D. Kesho

3.

3. This Korean mask indicates that the character was born by an adulterous mother.

a)

A. Half Red

b)

B. Dark-Faced Mask

c)

C. Half White Mask

d)

D. Red Masks

4.

4. The following are the gracious plants of Korea, EXCEPT:

a)

A. Plum Blossoms

b)

B. Bamboo

c)

C. Wild Orchids

d)

D. Grass

5.

5. He invented paper in the 1st century AD.

a)

A. Joseon

b)

B. Cai Lun

c)

C. Edo

d)

D. Ukiyo-e

6.

6. ______________ was used in different manner such as funeral services to help banish the evil spirits:

a)

A. Kesho

b)

B. Lianpu

c)

C. Tal

d)

D. Ukiyo-e

7.

7. It emphasizes on braids and focusses on individual knot in Japan.

a)

A. Hanamusubi

b)

B. Maedup

c)

C. Zhongguo

d)

D. Dorae

8.

8. This Peking Opera face painting signifies fierness.

a)

A. Huang Pang

b)

B. Zhang Fei

c)

C. Lian Po

d)

D. Guan Jo

9.

9. It is Japanese term for "comics" or "whimsical images".

a)

A. Anime

b)

B. Manga

c)

C. Ukiyo-e

d)

D. Kesho

10.

10. It is the oldest and most highly developed visual arts in Japan.

a)

A. Kite Making

b)

B. Paper Folding

c)

C. Knot Tying

d)

D. Woodblock printing

11.

11. ________ is the Chinese decorative handicraft art that began as form of Chinese Folk

a)

A. Yunbao

b)

B. Xiaohualian

c)

C. Hanamusubi

d)

D. Zhongguo

12.

12. It literally means “pictures of the floating world”.

a)

A. Ukiyo-e

b)

B. Origami

c)

C. Kabuki

d)

D. Kumadori

13.

13. ___________ known as the jingju lianpu.

a)

A. Tal

b)

B. Peking Opera

c)

C. Kabuki

d)

D. Hanamusubi

14.

14. Know as the greatest contribution of ancient China in the development of arts.

a)

A. Cosmetics

b)

B. Kite

c)

C. Paper

d)

D. Rope

15.

15. Choose wisely.

a)

A. BONUS

b)

B. 1pt

c)

C. .5 point x2

d)

D. .5+.5 point

16.

Chinese is known for being artistic. For them, this is the art of beautiful handwriting.

a)

Logographs

b)

Calligraphy

c)

Hieroglythics

d)

Woodblock printing

17.

This is a traditional Japanese art of paper folding.

a)

Calligraphy

b)

Origami

c)

Jianzhi

d)

Mundi

18.

This was regarded as the highest form of Chinese painting.

a)

Landscape painting

b)

Palaces and temples

c)

Human figures

d)

Bamboos and stones

19.

A kabuki make up applied to villains and heroes.

a)

Standard

b)

Kumadori

c)

Huang Pang

d)

Kesho make up

20.

What is the darkness or lightness of a color called?

a)

Value

b)

Contrast

c)

Color

d)

Balance

21.

A technique for printing text, images or pattern which originated in China as a method for printing on paper.

a)

Logographs

b)

Calligraphy

c)

Hieroglythics

d)

Woodblock

22.

The traditional folk painting of Korea

a)

Minhwa

b)

Mundi

c)

Ukiyo – e

d)

Calligraphy

23.

This mask is used for funeral services to help banish evil spirits.

a)

Japanese mask

b)

Chinese mask

c)

Korean Mask

d)

Thai mask

24.

Painting subjects or theme of Japan is usually

a)

Landscape painting

b)

Palaces and temples

c)

Scenes from everyday life

d)

Flowers and birds

25.

Knot tying in Japan is called hanamusubi and in China is _____________.

a)

Maede up

b)

Dorae

c)

Zhongguo

d)

Kesho

26.

An earliest known form of Chinese writing

a)

calligraphy

b)

jiaguwen

c)

shufa

27.

Asian calligraphy is _____.

a)

art of beautiful handwriting

b)

forming letters in a clear and beautiful way

c)

an act of training and disciplining the mind

28.

Japanese style of woodblock print and painting

a)

minhwa

b)

shodo

c)

ukiyo-e

29.

It is regarded as the highest form of Chinese painting.

a)

landscape

b)

portrait

c)

palaces and temples

30.

The subject matter that is widely regarded as most characteristic of Japanese painting

a)

depiction of scenes from everyday life

b)

narrative scenes crowded with figures

c)

both

31.

It is called the ideas and objects used in paintings

a)

calligraphy

b)

subjects/themes/motif

c)

medium

d)

canvas

32.

Who invented the paper?

a)

Cai Lun

b)

Confucius

c)

Fan Kuan

d)

Ai Weiwei

33.

The art of beautiful handwriting

a)

calligraphy

b)

painting

c)

woodblock printing

d)

drawing

34.

A pictures of the floating world

a)

Landscape painting

b)

Portrait painting

c)

Woodblock printing

d)

Japanese Ukiyo-e

35.

Which of the following is NOT a painting subject or themes in China?

a)

flowers and birds

b)

portraits

c)

landscapes

d)

animals

36.

Identify the subject of the painting.

a)

landscape

b)

animals

c)

bamboos and stones

d)

scenes from everyday life

37.

Which is the highest form of Chinese painting?

a)

Portrait

b)

Landscape painting

c)

Woodblock printing

d)

Calligraphy

38.

Yin-Yang means

a)

Water, Earth and Humankind

b)

Earth, Heaven and Humankind

c)

Sky, Water and Humankind

d)

Water, Heaven and Humankind

39.

What is a barrel-shaped drum with lashed or tacked heads, usually played with sticks?

a)

Taiko

b)

Piri

c)

Hichiriki

d)

Shamisen

40.

What is the musical characteristics of traditional Japan music?

a)

Music is very simple

b)

Sing melodies in unison

c)

Never repeat same melody in a song

d)

All of these

41.

What are the two most important aspects of traditional Chinese music?

a)

Ryhthm and beat

b)

Melody and tone

c)

Harmony and accompaniment

d)

Rhythm and tone

42.

It is an hour glass-shaped percussion instrument used to accompany the traditional music of Korea.

a)

Piri

b)

Changgo

c)

Taiko

d)

Sho

43.

What is the vocal quality of Chinese vocal music?

a)

Thin voice

b)

Non-resonant voice

c)

Falsetto

d)

All of these

44.

What traditional song that has a beautifully gentle and lyrical melody that also turns into a love song?

a)

Furusato

b)

Ariarang

c)

Mo Li Hua

d)

Loi Loi Gratong

45.

What traditional song that expresses a song of farewell and represents all the joys and sorrows in the history?

a)

Furusato

b)

Arirang

c)

Mo Li Hua

d)

Loi Loi Gratong

46.

What traditional song that describes a person who is working in a distant land, expressing his feelings of homesickness for the hills and fields of his childhood home?

a)

Furusato

b)

Arirang

c)

Mo Li Hua

d)

Loi Loi Gratong

47.

What particular country in East Asia that the musicians show spiritual mastery in mastering their instrument more than simply perfecting a technique?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Korea

d)

All of these

48.

What is the musical characteristic of Korean music?

a)

All traditional music is melodic rather than harmonic.

b)

Their traditional music is very simple, sing melodies in unison and never repeat same melody in a song.

c)

Their traditional music has become part of the Confucian tradition which is used in performing rituals.

d)

Their traditional music represents a world of captivating rhythm and melody whose sound draw in listeners like a breath.