21st Century Literature

1. The term ___ refers to spirits that roam the land and are also known as the Shinto gods.

Answer: Kami

2. During the ____ period, Shintoism became the main religion in Japan

Answer: Meiji

3. Some prominent rocks are worshipped as Kami

Answer: True

4. The demonic creatures represented as ogres and trolls roaming the earth

Answer: Oni

5. Which of the following is not one of the three levels in which the Japanese are shaped?

Answer: Standard of living

6. The name of the tree on which Gautama vowed never to arise until he found the truth.

Answer: Pipal

7. Which of the following is incorrect?

Answer: Sorrow is one of the unwholesome mental states impeding progress towards enlightenment.

8. Confucianism, like the Catholics, have specific rituals or practices for their religion.

Answer: False

9. Which of the following is not one of the Confucian Thoughts from the Analects?

Answer: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

10. Heaven or ____ is a positive and personal force in the universe for Confucius.

Answer: T’ien

11. The one who secured friendship of several major European countries.

Answer: Edward VII

12. During World War II, when was London destroyed causing the death approximately 60,000
civilians?

Answer: 1941

13. Which of the following is not one of the independent countries which the British Empire has
dissolved into?

Answer: Nepal
 14. The common themes of British literature often stray from modernism and stream of
consciousness.

Answer: False

15. What marked the end of World War I?

Answer: Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles

16. This refers to a set of philosophical, political, and ethical ideas which provide the basis for the
aesthetic aspect of modernism.

Answer: Modernity

17. Postmodern art favors discontinuity in narrative structure.

Answer: True

18. Which of the following terms related to postmodernism means "construction or creation from a
diverse range of available things"?

Answer: bricolage

19. The common ground in the themes of postmodernism and modernism.

Answer: result of war and invasions

20. Identify the aspect of modernism described:

The rise of spontaneity and discovery in creation.

Answer: a rejection of elaborate formal aesthetics in favor of minimalist designs.

21. This artist's artworks feature racism and discrimination. One such example is the image below:

Answer: Oswaldo Guayasamin

22. Explores aspects that are associated with imagination, attempting to express the inner life of
humans.

Answer: Surrealism

23. Treats unreal events as matter of fact.

Answer: Magic Realism

24. Portrays nonrealistic subjects, often a product of hallucinations.

Answer: Fantasy

25. ____ is a means of reuniting conscious and unconscious realms of experience so completely that
the world of dream and fantasy combines.

Answer: Surrealism
 26. Is the ruling political party of post-apartheid South Africa

Answer: African National Congress

27. The West Africa-Nsukka Group aims to revive the ____ art of the Igbo tribe.

Answer: Uli

28. French speaking African writers, politicians and intellectuals developed the ideological
philosophy, Negritude.

Answer: True

29. Approximately how many ethnic groups are in Nigeria?

Answer: 200

30. The Southern part of West Africa are mostly

Answer: Christians

31. The goal of Hindu Life which refers to physical pleasure.

Answer: Kama

32. In Indian Literature, the devil does not exist. Instead, God does something bad to a person to
teach them a lesson.

Answer: True

33. A demonic being from Hindu mythology.

Answer: Rakshasa

34. The female Rakshasa in human form takes the name

Answer: Manushya-Rakshasi

35. ___ refers to the red mark on the forehead of the Indians and is said to be a sign of God.

Answer: kunkuni

36. _____ is a major south-flowing river in South Asia.

Answer: Indus River

37. A way to achieve God by how you act.

Answer: Bakhti

38. A way to achieve God through direct action.

Answer: Karma

39. Being a Hindu is said to be a sign of being

Answer: glorious

40. The Indian goddess of dance

Answer: Shivast

41. These are charms, wards or scriptures that are said to bring the bearer good luck or protection.

Answer: Ofuda

42. Omamori comes from the word mamori, which means,

Answer: protection

43. Time refers to ___ while moment means "for the time being."

Answer: clear-cut situation

44. The Japanese do not possess guilt.

Answer: True

45. The sun goddess, ___ is considered as the most important God.

Answer: Amaterasu

46. To the Japanese, a person's poor quality/badness is relative because of the existence of
goodness.

Answer: False

47. Shinto believes that the reason for human's attachment to nature is because they become kami
after they die.

Answer: True

48. Families build ___ where kamis live.

Answer: Shrines

49. This term refers to Japanese festivals to celebrate and honor shrines.

Answer: matsuri

50. 勇気 (Romaji: yuuki) means love.

Answer: False

51. The main principle of Confucianism is ___ which means "humaneness" or "benevolence."

Answer: Ren

52. The term ___, refers to loyalty to one's true nature

Answer: Zhong
 53. Chinese expressed things by ____ than analysis.

Answer: individualization

54. Chinese Literature serves to portray only a fraction of reality.

Answer: False

55. To Buddhists, ___ or suffering is the innate nature of existence

Answer: dukkha

56. Which of the following is not a book of Confucianism?

Answer: Li Ching

57. Complete the quote: Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To
discuss with a man not worthy of conversation is to

Answer: waste words

58. The Chinese do not like change.

Answer: True

59. One of the classics of Confucianism that is a collection of 300 poems and songs from the early
Chou Dynasty.

Answer: Shih Ching

60. ___ is a religion that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs, and spiritual practices largely
based on teachings attributed to Buddha.

Answer: Buddhism

61. The first woman member in the House of Commons.

Answer: Lady Astor

62. Who was the youngest Prime Minister of Britain for almost 200 years?

Answer: Tony Blair

63. People of the time read war poems that are based on the horrors of the aftermath of the World
War.

Answer: True

64. The age of technology brought about the following except:

Answer: Storage Drives

65. The first woman Prime Minister and was elected three consecutive times.

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

 66. This type of newspaper was developed in 1962 as a supplement to the Sunday newspaper.

Answer: tabloid

67. Adolf Hitler's conquering strategy called ___ or Lightning War

Answer: Blitzkrieg

68. After the first World War, the clothing of people became simplistic.

Answer: False

69. A law designed to protect woman's rights during that time.

Answer: Equal Pay Act of 1970

70. All women over eighteen were granted the right to vote.

Answer: False

71. The European Enlightenment began on mid-eighteenth century.

Answer: True

72. This term generally refers to the broad aesthetic movements of the 20th Century.

Answer: Modernism

73. Identify the aspect of modernism described: Discontinuous narratives and randomseeming
collages of different materials.

Answer: an emphasis on fragmented forms

74. ____ was implemented and Canada was then separated from the British parliament

Answer: Canada Act of 1982

75. In Modern America, this country is the first to become an independent nation in West Indies.

Answer: Haiti

76. The following are countries that proclaimed independence from Spain except for:

Answer: Texas

77. Choosing materials used to produce art and in methods of displaying, distributing and
consuming art.

Answer: a rejection of the distinction between "high" and "low" or popular culture

78. Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492.

Answer: False

79. Aztecs found Tenochtitlan in 1325 to 1350 A.D. Today, Tenochtitlan is known as:
Answer: Mexico

80. Postmodernism emphasizes pastiche. Which of the following is the closest meaning of the word
"pastiche"?

Answer: an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist or period

81. The English title of Gabriel Garcia Marquez' novel which became the epicenter of novels in this
period.

Answer: One Hundred Years of Solitude

82. The art/literature has a realistic setting.

Answer: Magic Realism and Realism

83. Depicts everyday subjects and situations in contemporary settings.

Answer: Realism

84. The objective is to bring a fresh image of our everyday world.

Answer: Magic Realism

85. A fantasy plot that is accepted by the characters.

Answer: Magic Realism and Fantasy

86. The purpose of this is an approach to find methods of uniting the conscious and subconscious
realms of experience.

Answer: Surrealism

87. Explores the social and political ills in the 20th Century.

Answer: Magic Realism

88. The Spanish and Portuguese in South America had two goals. What are these?

Answer: increase wealth and convert the natives to Christians

89. A movement where Brazilians explored their myths and folklore.

Answer: Modernismo

90. A popularly acclaimed artist whose artworks result in powerful paradoxes, often provoking
unsettling thoughts.

Answer: Rene Magritte