Afro-Asian Literature Quiz
It pertains to the time and place where the story happened
A. Characters
B. Plot
C. Setting
D. Conflict
What is the origin of the story Makato and the Cowrie Shell?
A. Korea
B. Japan
C. China
D. Thailand
Who is the author of the poem African Child?
A. William Kamkwamba
B. EkuMcgred
C. Nelson Mandela
D. Wole Soyinka
Which among the characters below is not a character in the story the soul of the great bell?
A. Chunyan
B. Kouan Yu
C. Yung Lo
D. KoNgai
He is the mighty emperor of Ming Dynasty
A. Yung Lo
B. Kouan Yu
C. Namwon
D. Makato
What is the meaning of Sawatdee?
A. Hello
B. Have a great day
C. See you soon
D. Get well soon
What is the major religion of thais?
A. Muslim
B. Christianity
C. Buddhism
D. Hinduism
Where is the origin of the story The two brothers?
A. Thailand
B. China
C. Egypt
D. Africa
Which among the following characters is the antagonist from the story the two brothers?
A. Wife
B. Anpu
C. Bata
D. God Ra
Who is the writer of the pheasant’s bell?
A. Lee Song Un
B. Kim Son Un
C. Kim So Un
D. So Kim Suk
In the Soul of the Great Bell: now: the {1) mallet is lifted to (2) smite the lips of the metal
monster—the vast lips inscribed with Buddhist texts.
1. A mallet is ________
A. Hammer
B. An axe
C. A saw
2.To smite is to ________
A. Hit
B. Touch
C. Caress
All little dragons on the high- tilted eaves if the green roofs shiver to the tips of their gilded
tails under that deep wave of sound.
Shiver means to ________
A. Fall on one’s knees
B. Tremble at the loud sound
C. Be destroyed by the guided by the gilded tails
All the green- and gold tiles of the temple are vibrating; the wooden goldfish above them
are writhing against the sky
Writhing means_______
A. Twisting
B. Pointing
C. Leading
Therefore, the molds had to be once more prepared, and the fires rekindled, and the
metal remelted, and all the work tediously and toisomely repeated.
Rekindled means
A. Set on fire again
B. Lighted again
C. Stopped the fire
Toilsomely means ___________
A.With difficulty
B. lightly
C. Unmindfully
The worthy mandarin Kouan Yu assembled the master-molders and the
renowedbellsmiths of the empire, and all men of great repute and cunning in foundry work.
Cunning means _______
A. Innocent
B. Expert
C. Skillful
Foundry means _______
A. Act, Process, art of making plastic
B. Act, process, art of casting metals
C. Act, process, art of painting metals
Gold and brass will never meet in wedlock, silver and iron never will embrace, until the
flesh of a maiden be melted in the crucible; until the blood of a virgin be mixed with the
metals in their fusion”
What does this mean?
A. Gold, brass silver and iron will never be fused together by a virgin maiden
B. The blood of a virgin mixed with gold, brass, silver and iron
C. Gold, brass, silver and iron will fuse when mixed with a blood of a virgin
Makato and the Cowrie Shell is a folktale from what country?
A. Thailand
B. Singapore
C. Malaysia
D. Vietnam
The kind-hearted king that Makato wants to see is from ___________
A. Siam
B. Thailand
C. Sukhotai
D. Burma
What is a mahout?
A. An elephant driver or keeper
B. A hardworking person
C. A citizen from Thailand
D. An orphan
What did the King drop as he mounted his elephant during the parade?
A. A coin
B. His crown
C. A seed
D. A Cowrie shell
The paper is as light as a feather. What figure of speech is this?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
D. Assonance
The overall feeling created by a piece of writing
A. Mood
B. Character
C. Setting
D. Theme
The author’s central message about life or how people behave
A. Theme
B. Rising Action
C. Setting
D. Resolution
The problems that the characters face in the story
A. Conflict
B. Setting
C. Resolution
D. Plot
The part of the story that starts the problem
A. Inciting incident
B. Exposition
C. Falling Action
D. Resolution
The turning point of a story
A. Climax
B. Resolution
C. Falling Action
D. Exposition
Which is not a purpose of a story?
A. To scare
B. To entertain
C. To persuade
D. To inform
The end of the story when the reader finds out what happens to the characters after the
conflict
A. Resolution
B. Plot
C. Setting
D. Climax
The time and place in which the action of a story takes place
A. Setting
B. Plot
C. Theme
D. Genre
The following sentence is written in which point of view … “ Yesterday I went to the dentist.”
A. 1st Person
B. 2nd Person
C. 3rd Person limited
D. 3rd Person Omnicient
Character vs Character
Character vsSuper natural
Character vs Self
Character vs Nature
Character vs Society
These are all examples of
A. Conflict
B. Character
C. Setting
D. Theme
People, animals, or other creatures in a story
A. Characters
B. Setting
C. Text
D. Resolution
The central idea or message of a story
A. Theme
B. Plot
C. Conflict
D. Text
The words an author uses to get their message across
A. Tone
B. Mood
C. Keywords
D. Clues
The setting of a story describes where and _____ the action takes place.
A. How
B. What
C. When
D. Who
The resolution comes _____ the falling action.
A. Before
B. During
C. After
A figure of speech is
A. A familiar expression
B. A non-literal way of saying something
C. What the author literally means
D. Something only writes use
Two figures of speech that involve comparisons are
A. Simile and Metaphor
B. Hyperbole and Simile
C. Personification and Idiom
D. Alliteration and Metaphor
What does the quote mean?
“ Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t
planted.”
A. It is important to strive for success.
B. You should plant crops where you plan to harvest them
C. It is wrong to work hard for success.
D. To be successful, you must first work hard.
Which literary term means the person opposing the protagonist?
A.Conflict
B.Antagonist
C. Aside
D. Canto
