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    LET REVIEWER

    MAJOR: ENGLISH
    QUESTIONS FORMULATED BY: TEACHER LEA

    MYTHOLOGY AND AFRO-ASIAN LITERATURE


    Direction: Read each question carefully and select the letter of your chosen answer.

    1. This is a story about the past that is considered to be true but is usually a combination
    of both fact and fiction.
    a. Mythology
    b. Legend
    c. Fairy tale
    d. Folklore

    2. Osiris, Iris and Horus are included in what mythology?


    a. Egyptian mythology
    b. Greek mythology
    c. Roman mythology
    d. Norse mythology

    3. What is the Roman name for Poseidon?


    a. Jupiter
    b. Neptune
    c. Mercury
    d. Dis

    4. This god is best known for prophecy.


    a. Zeus
    b. Apollo
    c. Ares
    d. Hephaestus

    5. This theory believes that all myths arise from historical events which were merely
    exaggerated.
    a. Naturalism
    b. Ritualism
    c. Euhemerism
    d. Allegorical theory

    6. According to Scandinavian folklore, these creatures are inside dark caves in the
    mountains and are keepers of buried treasures.
    a. Jinni
    b. Trolls
    c. Hydra
    d. Dragons

    7. What is the name of a mythical creature that has the head of a lion, the body of the
    dragon and legs of a goat?
    a. Hydra
    b. Unicorn
    c. Centacer
    d. Chimera

    8. According to this theory, all human behaviors are patterned into codes which have
    the characteristics of language.
    a. Structuralism
    b. Evolutionism
    c. Naturalism
    d. Diffusionism

    9. This mythical creature is a large ferocious wolf with fierce yellow eyes and
    tremendous jaw.
    a. Oni
    b. Nagas
    c. Kappa
    d. Fenrir

    10. In the Celtic myth, who took the Holy Grail to Sarras?
    a. Sir Ector
    b. Sir Gawain
    c. Sir Lancelot
    d. Sir Galahad

    11. What does Dhammapada mean?


    a. Way of truth
    b. Illusion
    c. Enlightenment
    d. Self

    12. Which is not belong to the group?


    a. Godan
    b. The English teacher
    c. Waiting for the Mahatma
    d. The Guide

    13. The following are noted works of Anita Desai except one.
    a. Cry, The Peacock
    b. Clear Light of Day
    c. Fire on the Mountain
    d. Swami and Friends

    14. ____ is a classic textbook about erotic and other form of pleasure and love.
    a. Kama
    b. Kama-sutra
    c. Dharma
    d. Moksha

    15. An English-language Indian novelist and author of children’s book.


    a. Kamala Markandaya
    b. R.K Narayan
    c. Anita Desai
    d. Kalidasa

    16. This period was one of the most glorious eras of Chinese history and was marked by
    the introduction of Buddhism from India.
    a. Chi’n dynasty
    b. T’ang Dynasty
    c. Han Dynasty
    d. Chou Dynasty

    17. Where do these lines taken from?


    We were often separated
    Like the dipper and the morning star.
    What night is tonight?
    We are together in the candlelight.

    a. Realize the Simple Self


    b. The Missing Axe
    c. Conversation in the Mountains
    d. A meeting

    18. Who expounded Taoism during Chou Dynasty?


    a. Lao Tsu
    b. Confucius
    c. Sheng
    d. Ching

    19. He is regarded as the greatest haiku poet.


    a. Kobayashi Issa
    b. Matsuo Basho
    c. Dasai Ozamu
    d. Yosa Buson

    20. _____ is a poem written by David Diop that achieves its impact by a series of climatic
    sentences and rhetorical questions.
    a. Telephone Conversation
    b. Paris in the Snow
    c. Totem
    d. Africa

    21. He is a poet and co-founder of the Negritude Movement in African art and literature.
    a. Wole Soyinka
    b. Leopold Sedar Senghar
    c. Chinua Achibe
    d. Bessie Head

    22. Among his works are Song of Lawino, Song of Ocol, African Religion and Western
    Scholarship.
    a. Okot P’ Bitek
    b. Wole Soyinka
    c. Chinua Achibe
    d. Nadine Gordimer

    23. Which does not belong to the group?


    a. Train Journey
    b. The Houseboy
    c. Things Fall Apart
    d. No Longer at East

    24. His works reveal an intense commitment to political and social change.
    a. Barbara Kimenye
    b. Chinua Achibe
    c. Ousmane Sembene
    d. Nadine Gordimer

    25. This novel is about a group of young intellectuals who functions as artists in their
    talks with one another as they try to place themselves in the context of the world
    around them.
    a. Heirs to the Past
    b. The River Between
    c. The Interpreters
    d. The Houseboy

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