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Name: _____________________________________________________Prog. Yr. & Sec. _______________________Date: __________
Directions: Write your answer in CAPITAL LETTER, on the blanks before the item number.
_______ 1. The collection of literary works that are agreed to maintain excellent quality is _________.
a. masterpieces b. ecclesiastics c. canon d. literature
_______ 2. They are long narrative poems about the achievements or events of a hero.
a. legends b. fables c. autobiography d. epic
_______3. The purpose of the choir is to:
a. chant b. comment c. dance d. sing
_______ 4. A Chinese philosopher credited with founding the philosophical system of Taoism.
a. Lao-Tzu b. Confucius c. Gao Xingjan d. Yao-Ming
_______ 5. Example of Non-Imaginative Literature?
a. Bananas are yellow
b. There’s a treasure at the end of the rainbow
c. Grizelda has a glass skin
d. She was not movinf as if she was a statue
_______ 6. Who insulted the Greek hero Achilles that caused him to withdraw from the war?
a. Zues b. Agamemnon c. Patroclus d. King Priam
_______ 7. Its purpose is for adoration or prayer and typically addressed to deity or deities, or to prominent figure or personification.
a. Ode b. Hymn c. Proverbs d. poem
_______ 8. The Power of Love is written by:
a. Aeschylus b. Sappho c. Euripedes d. Sophocles
_______ 9. Why did the Gods punished Enkidu?
a. Because he helped Gilgamesh to kill Humbaba
b. Because Enkidu wants to kill Ishtar
c. Because he no longer keeps Gilgamesh busy
d. He wanted to be God himself
_______ 10. What is the central theme of The Dead Man Ariseth And Singeth A Hymn to the Sun?
a. Acknowledgement for the Pyramid b. Song for the Gods
c. Ode to the god Amun Ra d. Adoration to the Sun God
_______ 11. In Psalm 23, with the Shepherd we will fear ____?
a. no evil b. no man c. not even Satan d. not the future
_______ 12. This belief system is a code of social conduct that stressed discipline, morality and knowledge.
a. Taoism b. Hinduism c. Islam d. Confucianism
_______ 13. In the story of the Squirrel, why did the monkeys throw the squirrel to the sea?
a. because they were jealous of him
b. because the squirrel is getting on the way of the monkeys
c. because the squirrel did not want to help the monkeys
d. because the squirrel was distracting them
_______ 14. Who was the Translator of the Rubiyat?
a. Edward Fitzgerald b. Martin Luther
c. Robert Fitzgerald d. Johann Donne
_______ 15. Regarded as the “Greatest Period of Development and Achievement” in Arabian Literature.
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 a. Abbasid Period b. Umayyad c. Classical Period d. Modern
_______ 16. In Chinese poetry, it is a rhetorical technique used to emphasize equal value/weight of ideas by expressing them in the same
grammatical form.
a. Paradox b. Parallelism c. Allusion d. Alliteration
_______ 17. A collection of ancient Indian animal fables and stories that are believed to have been written around 200 BC.
a. Indian Fables b. Sanskrit c. Panchatantra d. Qasidahs
_______ 18. Why did Psyche open up the box full of beauty?
a. So she could be more beautiful for Cupid
b. Venus told her to
c. She did it by accident
d. Cupid asked her to
_______ 19. What conclusion can you draw from Psyche’s action when she opened the box?
a. She was selfless, because it was for cupid b. Psyche was grateful for Venus
c. She was selfish, because it is for her owns sake d. She always pity herself
_______ 20. What is the difference between the main idea and the theme of a story?
a. A story has one main idea and has three themes.
b. The main idea is what the story is mostly about. The theme is a universal message you take away from the story.
c. The author will tell you the theme. You have to guess what the main idea is.
d. There is no difference. Theme and main idea are the same thing.
_______ 21. Which of the following statements is true?
a. No stories can have the same theme.
b. Theme is universal.
c. Stories that are sad do not have a theme.
d. Most stories will not have theme.
_______ 22. Proverbs commonly use parallelism, but not every time. Which of the following proverbs uses a parallel structure?
a. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. b. there's no place like home.
c. better late than never. d. if you can't beat them, join them
_______ 23. What is meant Love once betrayed cannot be regained?
a. Promises are meant to be broken
b. It is difficult to trust a person who did something wrong in the past
c. We should betray our partner because they will forgive us anyways in the end
d. You should not love the person if he/she betrays you
_______ 24. The story of Osiris’s murder, dismemberment, and resurrection is one of the most significant myths in Egyptian mythology
and it symbolizes____?
a. death and rebirth
b. the annual flooding of the Nile river
c. Hope for eternal life/afterlife
d. All of the above
_______ 25. What does “In Media Res” means?
a. Everything can change especially in the middle
b. chain of events that are not related.
c. things end in the middle
d. In the middle of things
_______ 26. The word psalm comes from the Greek word “psallein”, which means to _____

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b. play d. strum
_______ 27. These are all examples of Epic, EXCEPT:
a. The Divine Comedy c. Iliad
b. Odyssey d. The avatar
_______ 28. The subjects were myths, religious speculations and others related to culture.
a. Archaic epoch b. Classical period
c. Hellenistic period d. Greco-Roman period
_______ 29. They began putting symbols on clay tablets in a style known as _____ a writing system in the Ancient Middle East. It is
derived from Latin and Middle French roots which means “wedge-shaped
a. cuneiform b. clay tabloids
c. cenniefrom d. clay tablet
_______ 30. In Greek literature, the topics of Lyric Poetry are:
a. Great human passions and everyday life.
b. soul feelings and intimate emotions
c. Greek heroes, their battles and their relationship with the Gods
d. Morality, philosophy politics
_______ 31. An extremely long epic of Vyasal
a. Mahabharata b. Panchatantra c. Veda d. Ramayana
_______ 32. In the story of the Prodigal Son, which of the following is the main message of the story?
a. Be wise you should save all of your money, don’t spend it all on useless things
b. When we realize we have sinned we should ask God for forgiveness, and he will forgive us
c. Even we walk far away from home, our parents are still waiting and ready to welcome us
d. We should not argue with our parents because they are always right and we should pay respect to them
_______ 33. Who is the author of the Rubaiyat?
a. Omar Firdawsi b. Omar Fitzgerlad c. Omar Khyyam d. Ohmar Rufi
_______ 34. The Odyssey, (the second part of the Illiad and the Odyssey) is mainly about what?
a. The adventures of Prometheus and Hercules
b. The plan of the Trojan Horse
c. A fight between Achilles and Hector
d. Odesseus's journey and adventures on his way back to Ithaca
_______ 35. Penelope (with Athena's help) creates a challenge to win her hand in marriage, what is this
challenge at the end story?
a. An archery contest
b. A fight to the death
c. A battle of wits
d. A Greek style wrestling match
_______ 36. Why is Venus so jealous of Psyche?
a. because cupid was more attached to her
b. because Neptune liked Psyche more than her.
c. because the girl was more beautiful.
d. because the Gods worshipped her
_______ 37. (A.) Lord Rama gently passed his fingers over the squirrel’s back
(B.) The Squirrel has four black stripes on his back
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 a. Both statements are FALSE
b. Both statements are TRUE
c. Statement A is FALSE and statement B is TRUE
d. Statement A is TRUE and statement B is FALSE
_______ 38. The first Indian literary work was a collection of _________ that was orally transmitted.
a. Rig Vedas b. Sanskrit hymns c. Quran d. Fables
_______ 39. Which of the following is a Chinese classic and foundational text of Taoism?
a. The Art of War b. The Analects c. Dream of the Red Chamber d. Tao Te Ching
_______ 40. The temple prostitute who tames Enkidu by seducing him away from his natural state. though her power comes from her
sexuality, it is associated with civilization rather than nature.
a. Siduri b. Aruru c. Ishtar d. Shamhat
_______ 41. Playwright who revolutionized the Greek tragedy with works full of realism and pessimism, with characters who rebel against
the gods. Among his most outstanding works, Hippolytus can be mentioned.
a. Sophocles b. Aeschylus c. Euripedes d. Simonides
_______ 42. Blessed are they _____ for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
a. that mourn
b. that weep
c. which are persecuted for righteousness sake
d. Which do hunger and thirst after righteousness
_______ 43. Which would you infer is important to Antigone?
a. Her groom b. Her honor c. Her life d. Her pride
_______ 44. Why does Creon punish Antigone?
a. Antigone has broken the law by burying her brother
b. Antigone committed treason
c. Antigone was a woman
d. Antigone killed Ismene because she was against burrying their brother.
_______ 45. “Open Sesame!” is the famous line from ____________.
a. Alladin b. The Prophet c. Ali Baba d. Sinbad
_______ 46 He was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. He was described as “by far the greatest of nine lyric poets, in
virtue of his inspired magnificence, the beauty of his thoughts and figures, the rich exuberance of
his language and matter, and his rolling of eloquence
a. Anacreon b. Aristophanes c. Euripedes d. Pindar
_______ 47. Complex lyric poem that develops a serious and dignified theme. Odes appeal to both the imagination and the intellect, and
many commemorate events or praise people or elements of nature.
a. Ode b. Elegy c. Tragedy d. Lyrical
_______ 48. Surah al-Inshirah, meaning “Solace” or _______
a. love b. desire c. comfort d. peace
_______ 49. Nomadic cattle herders produced a literature written in a language.
a. Jews b. Sheepherder c. Aryans d. Asians
_______ 50. Which is the best explanation for the Greek's usage of mythology?
a. To explain the natural world around them
b. Storytelling was fun!
c. To scare children with tales of monsters
d. These were the stories given to them from the ancient Romans

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