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MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN ENGL 14

(Afro-Asian Literature)
1st Semester, SY: 2019-2020

Name:_________________________________Score:__________Rating:________
Course:_______________________________ Date and Schedule of Exam:___________
Instructor:____________________________

General Instruction: Please do not write anything on the test questioner. Write your answers on the
answer sheet provided.

TEST I. Choose the letter that corresponds the correct answer.

1. Who is the Chinese teacher, editor, politician and philosopher of the spring and autumn
period of Chinese history?
a. Shang c. Confucius
b. Li Si d. Zhou
2. What do you call an ethical teaching founded by Confucius?
a. Taoism b. Confucianism c. Education d. Seclusion
3. In what year that Confucius was born?
a. 16 of September 551 BC
b. 28 of September 551 BC
c. 20 of September 551 BC
d. 21 of September 551 BC
4. Who embrace the well-known principle “Do not do unto others what you don’t want others
to do unto you” –The Golden Rule?
a. Zhou b. Shang c. Confucius d. Cai Lun
5. What are the 7 Chinese Language Varieties?
a. Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Wu, Min, Xiang, Gan
b. Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Wu, Min, Xiang, Gan
c. Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Arabic, Min, Xiang, Gan
d. Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Wu, Min, Xiang, British
6. What do you call a literature which is one of the major literacy with an interrupted history
and more 30,000 years, dating back at least to the 14th century?
a. Chinese Literature
b. Hindu Literature
c. Israel and Hebrew Literature
d. Ancient Hindu Literature
7. In what year that the Flag of China was originally adopted?
a. October 1, 1949
b. October 21, 1949
c. October 3, 1949
d. October 20, 1949
8. What is the capital City of China?
a. Cambodia b. Beijing c. Malaysia d. Myanmar
9. These are some of the Classes of Chinese Literature, which is not?
a. Classical Literature
b. Modern Literature
c. Contemporary Literature
d. The Romance of the Western Chamber
10. What Literature that refers to the period from the Opium War in 1840 to the May fourth
movement in 1919?
a. Chinese Classical Literature
b. Chinese Modern Literature
c. Chinese Contemporary Literature
d. Chinese Present Age Literature
11. In what year does the Vedas Collections of Sanskrit hymns was written based on older oral
versions?
a. 1920-200 BCE
b. 1200-900 BCE
c. 1400-800 BCE
d. 1100-800 BCE
12. What are the 4 Hindu legitimate goals in life?
a. Dharma, artha, karma, moksha
b. Dharma, artha, Ramayana, Mahabharata
c. Upanishads,karma,moksha, Ramayana
d. Dharma,artha,karma,moksha,nala
13. Who is the father of modern India?
a. Mahatma Gandhi c. Fakhuruddin Ali Ahmed
b. Rabindranath Tagore d. Jaya Shankar
14. In what year does India literacy was doubled?
a. 1990 and 1992 c. 1960 and 1950
b. 1950 and 1988 d. 1970 and 1987
15. Where did Indian civilization grow up?
a. Indus Valley c. Peninsular India
b. Australia d. Syria
16. ______________________ is a book of sacred hymns.
a. The Yajur Veda c. The Rig Veda
b. The Atharva Veda d. Ramayana
17. What do you call a belief that the soul repeatedly goes through a cycle of being born into a
body, dying and being reborn again in a new body?
a. Karma b. Hinduism c. Reincarnation d. Krishna
18. What do you call a force that determines the quality of each life, depending on how well one
behaved in past life?
a. Reincarnation b. Hinduism c. Karma d. PANINI
19. What is a Sanskrit Literature?
a. Used in religious context by priesthood
b. Oral tradition produced the Vedic holy text
c. Stylized form of lyrical folk song and notable exponents
d. A force that determines the quality of life ,depending on how well one behaved in past life
20. In what year does PANINI produced his Sanskrit Grammar?
a. 400 BC c. 300 BC
b. Second Century AD d. 200 BC
21. Who is the son of Abraham?
a. Isaac b. Jacob c. Sarah d. Rebekah
22. Who is the first king of Israel?
a. King Saul b .King David c. Moses d. Goliath
23. Who attributed to be the author of the Torah?
a. King Saul b .King David c. Moses d. Goliath
24. What do you call a literature that consist of ancient, medieval, and modern writings in the
Hebrew language?
a. Hebrew Literature c. Hindu Literature
b. Ancient Hebrew Literature d. Chinese Literature
25. Who is the writer of an epic Mosiad?
a. N.R. Wesley c. J.M. Gordon
b. Shalom Cohem d. Lisitzky
26. Who is the foremost writer in Modern Hebrew Literature?
a. Shmuel Yosef Agnon c. Slikine
b. Nelley Sachs d. Bavli
27. What do you call a collection of ancient writings of the Hebrew Patriarchs, the teaching of
later prophets as well as psalms and hymns?
a. Old Testament c. Wisdom Literature
b. Prophetic books d. New Testament
28. What do you call a testament which an account of the origin and early development of
Christianity?
a. Old Testament c. Wisdom Literature
b. Prophetic books d. New Testament
29. How many books that the New Testament had?
a. 23 b. 27 c. 40 d. 20
30. In the Apocrypha, how many books which were included in the Septuagint?
a. 39 b. 27 c. 14 d. 23
TEST II. True or False. Write C if the statement is correct and write D if the statement is incorrect.

_____________1. Guan Hanquing is one of the best playwrights of the Yuan Dynasty.
_____________2. The Dream of the Red Chamber is the present of the China’s four great classic
novels.
_____________3. Shen Kou discovered the concepts of the true truth and magnetic declination.
_____________4. Dufu is one of the greatest Realist Poets of Tang Dynasty.
_____________5. Su Song became famous for his hydraulic –powered astronomical Clock Tower in
Yuan Dynasty.
_____________6. Li Bai is one of the Greatest Romantic Poets of tang Dynasty.
____________7. Historical records major history concerning the overall history of China from Shang
Dynasty to Han Dynasty.
____________8. Cai Lun is the 1st person in the world to create writing paper.
____________9. Zhou Dynasty has major literary achievements originated in the late spring and
autumn period and Warring State Period.
___________10. Shang Dynasty is the 1st Dynasty in China.
___________11. More than 400 languages are spoken in India
___________12. Kshatriyas: priest, the highest caste
___________13.India is federal system with parliamentary form of government.
___________14. Fakhuruddin Ali Ahmed, the father of modern India.
___________15. Macualay established English- language schooling of Indians
___________16. The Sama Veda contains magic spells and other folk knowledge.
___________17. Ramayana,Sanskrit for Great Story ,is one of the great epic poems of Ancient India.
___________18. The Krishna (song of God) is continued in Mahabharata.
___________19. The Upanishads which means the inner or mystic teaching that were passed down
from (guru) teacher to disciple (student)
___________20.The way to get Moksha is to not create any karma.
__________21. Day 2- God created light and separated the light from the darkness ,calling light ”day”
and darkness “night”.
__________22. Ecclesiastes is written by Koheleth.
__________23. Nelly Sachs is the foremost writer in Modern Hebrew Literature.
__________24. Joseph was imprisoned on the wrong account that he slept with Potiphar’s wife.
__________25.The Story of Joseph starting from John 37.
__________26.Ketuvim also known as Tanakh.
__________27. Ecclesiastes has 14 chapters.
__________28. Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John are the four Major Prophets in the Tanakh.
__________29. New Testament classified into History, Prophetic Books, Lyric Books, Drama, Wisdom
Literature and Tales.
__________30. Old Testament is our greatest and most lasting religious and moral heritage from
Hebrews.

TEST III. Essay. Answer comprehensively.

1. What are the commonalities and differences among Chinese, Indian and Hebrew Literatures?
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ANSWER SHEET IN ENGL 14

(Afro-Asian Literature)
1st Semester, SY: 2019-2020

Name:_________________________________Score:__________Rating:________
Course:_______________________________ Date and Schedule of Exam:___________
Instructor:____________________________

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST II. TRUE OR FALSE

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