Afro- Asian Literature 6.

He modernized Bengali art by spurning

rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic
1. It is an early example of inspirational structures.
fiction including a series of philosophical a. Khushwant Singh
essays written in poetic English prose. b. Abdul Hamid Baba
a. Ramayana c. Cevdet Kudret
b. Mahabharata d. Rabindranath Tagore
c. The Prophet 7. He wrote “Feast of the Dead” which is
d. The Book of the Days about a family losing their breadwinner;
2. He is the third best-selling poet of all the father.
time, behind Shakespeare and Laozi. a. NVM Gonzales
a. Ahmad Faraz b. Cevdet Kudret
b. Khalil Gibran c. Carlos P. Romulo
c. Confucius d. Abdul Hamid Baba
d. Abdul Hamid Baba 8. The theme of the story tells us that it is
3. He is best known for his trenchant not just about who you are in front of a
secularism, his humor and abiding love of large audience, but in the end, what really
poetry. One of his notable works is “The matters is who you are when the curtains
Mark of Vishnu and Other Stories”. close.
a. Abdul Hamid Baba a. Why Women Wash the Dishes
b. Rabindranath Tagore b. Hunger in Barok
c. Khushwant Singh c. The Witch
d. Khalil Gibran d. Flowers of May
4. In this novel, Khushwant Singh digs into 9. Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s “Rashomon”
a deep local focus, providing a human was based on the tales
dimension which brings to the even a sense from______________.
of reality, horror, and believability instead a. Konjaku Monogatarishu
of depicting the partition in terms of only b. Teikoku Bungaku
the political events surrounding it. c. The Ways of the Samurai
a. Train to Pakistan d. Mainichi Shinburi
b. I Shall Hear the Nightingale 10. It is the inspiration for Ryunosuke
c. The Sikhs Today Akutagawa’s “The Spider’s Thread”.
d. Black Jasmine a. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
5.His philosophy emphasized personal and b. The Brothers Karamazov by
governmental morality, correctness of Fyodor Dostoevsky
social relationships, justice, and sincerity. c. The Road Not Taken by Robert
a. Khalil Gibran Frost
b. Confucius d. Adventures of Tom Sawyer by
c. Mahatma Ghandi Mark Twain
d. Carlos P. Romulo
11. A prolific writer, who is considered one
of the pioneers of the Gujarati Short Story
and has a pen name “Dhumektu”.
a. Abdul Hamid Baba
b.Pratoomratha Zeng
c. Cevdet Kudret
d. Gaurishanker Goverdharam Joshi
12. The author of “My Thai Cat” which is
a short story about a tortured cat while the
owner sees it.
a. Abdul Hamid Baba
b. Pratoomratha Zeng
c. Cevdet Kudret
d. Gaurishanker Goverdharam Joshi
13. Some of the novels written by this
author are “The winds of April”, “A
Season of Grace”, and “The Bamboo
Dancers”.
a. Lualhati Bautista
b. Carlos P. Romulo
c. NVM Gonzales
d. Leon Maria Guerrero III
14. The author of “Twilight in Tokyo”,
“Las Dos Muertes de General Aguinaldo”,
and “We Filipinos”.
a. Lualhati Bautista
b. Carlos P. Romulo
c. NVM Gonzales
d. Leon Maria Guerrero III
15. The story of a quarrelling couple
written by Filomena Colendrino.
a. The Witch
b. Flowers of May
c. How My Brother Leon Brought
Home a Wife
d. Why Women Wash the Dishes
16. The author of the famous Filipino essay
“Why Sinigang?”
a. Doreen Fernandez
b. Francisco Arcellana
c. Carlos Bulosan
d. Jose Rizal
17. The author of “America is in my
Heart”, “The Laughter of my Father”, and
“TheRomance of Magno Rubio”.
a. Doreen Fernandez
b. Francisco Arcellana
c. Carlos Bulosan
d. Edilberto K. Tiempo
18. A famous Filipino writer who once said
that "You cannot be a great writer; first,
you have to be a good person”.
a. Alejandro Roces
b. Jessica Hagedorn
c. Zoilo Galang
d. Nick Joaquin
19. A Famous Filipino writer who wrote
“Dekada ‘70”, “Bata, Bata Pa’no ka
Ginawa?” and “Buwan, Buwan, Hulugan
Mo Ako ng Sundang: Dalawang Dekada
ng Maiikling Kuwento”.
a. Kerima Polotan Tuvera
b. Ingrid Chua-Go
c. Lualhati Bautista
d. Lope K. Santos
20. It is the title of Jose Rizal’s unfinished
novel.
a. Briayle Crismarl
b. Mi Retiro
c. Makamisa
d. Me Piden Versos