Questions and Key Answers 9. Who was the Omanhene of Akwasin in the story Anticipation?

G-1 10. She was one of the 40 wives of the Omanhene and in the later
1-2. Why is Africa called the Dark Continent? part of the story, the omanhene fell for her beauty once again.
3. Who was the British-American who explored the Central Africa? Answers:
4. What is the 1st African novel written in English? 1. David Diop
5. What is oral literature? 2. Gabriel Okara
6. Among the three founders of Negritude movement, who advocates 3. David Diop
assimilation that allows association or a “cultural metissage”? 4. Hope
7. According to him, becoming French requires loss, repression, and 5. Father
rejection of self as well as adoption of a civilization that robs 6. The new generation of Africans
indigenous cultures, values, and beliefs. Who am I referring to? 7. Mabel Dove Danquah
8. What was the title of the book of poems that was sometimes 8. Nkwabi
referred to as “the manifesto of the negritude movement”? 9. Nana Adaku II
9. What was the title of the book written by Abayomi Fuja? 10.Effua
10. In the story “The Wrestling Contest between the Cat and The G-3
Tortoise”, what was the “secret weapon” of the cat that made him
become the wrestling champion of the animal kingdom? 1. What is the full name of Chinua Achebe?
2. What tribe did Chinua Achebe’s parents belong?
Answers: 3 – 4. Give the two educational schools of Chinua Achebe.
1-2. Africa was called the “Dark Continent” because of the mysteries 5. From what company that the First work of Chinua Achebe?
and the savagery the colonizers expected to find in the interior. 6. What is the title of the book that won an immediate
3. Henry Morton Standley international recognition?
4. Ethiopia Unbound 7. The main protagonist of the Achebe’s book.
5. Oral literature refers to any form of verbal art which is 8. Where was the setting of a story located?
transmitted orally or delivered by word of mouth. 9. What is the external conflict of the story?
6. Leopold Senghor 10. How many villages that the story told?
7. Leon Damas
8. Pigment Answers:
9. Fourteen Hundred Cowries and Other African Tales 1. Albert Chinualumogu Achebe
10. Juju/Jujus 2. Igbo tribe
3. Government College of Umahia Nigeria
G-2 4. University College
1. He was one of the most promising French West African 5. Nigerian Broadcasting Company
authors and was known for his involvement in the negritude 6. Things Fall Apart
movement. 7. Okonkwo
2. He is the author of Once Upon a Time. 8. Umuofia
3. Who is the author of the poem Africa? 9. Man Vs. Society
4. What is the general theme of the poem Africa? 10. 9 villages
5. Who is the speaker in the poem Once Upon a Time?
6. To whom does the poem Once Upon a Time addressed for?
7. Who is the author of the story Anticipation?
8. Where the story Anticipation does took place?
G-4 5. Who is the author of the book of ruth?
-Norman Lewis Corwin
1. What is the most populous country in Arab World that claims 6. Biblical cannon called?
one of the world’s oldest culture? -Ketuvim
2. It has been recognize as the longest river in the world 7. When was Jesus born?
3. Wild plants that grows in Marshy areas around the Nile River -Circa 6 b.c
which the Egyptian use to make a writing materials. 8. Who are the parents of Jesus?
4. The process of preserving a dead body -Mary and Joseph
5. One of the three kingdoms of Ancient Egyptian literature states 9. What is the name of the angel who visited mary?
the golden age of Egyptian Literature -Gabriel
6. The first translator of a complete Book of the Dead manuscript 10. Write a short analysis regarding with the birth of Jesus.
7. Egyptian book which would help the Egyptians get into the
Otherworld.
8. It is the burial tombs of the king G-6
9. It is considered one of the finest works of ancient Egyptian 1. A words the came from the Greek word “Biblia”?
literature. It is a narrative set in the aftermath of the death of Pharaoh 2. What are two section of the Bible?
Amenemhat I, founder of the 12th dynasty of Egypt, in the early 20th 3. Who are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
century BC 4. He was a Prophet of the Kingdom of Israel?
10. The main theme of the story of the two brother which cover 5. Who are the 8 Minor Prophet in the Bible?
half of the story 6. He was the second of the twelve Minor Prophets.
7. He was a Hebrew prophet during the building of the Second
Answers: Temple in Jerusalem.
1. Egypt 8. The first Hebrew Prophet to have a biblical book named for
2. Nile River him.
3. Papyrus 9. He is considered one of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the
4. Mummification Hebrew Bible and was a contemporary of the prophets Isaiah,
5. New Kingdom Literature Amos and Hosea.
6. Karl Richard Lipsius 10. How many days the God created the world?
7. The Book of The Dead Answers:
8. Pyramid 1. Bible
9. The Tale of Sinuhe 2. The Old and New Testament
10. Kingship 3. Isaiah,Jeremiah, Ezekeil, Daneil
4. Prophet Hosea
G-5 5. Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Zechariah, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah,
1. The bible is subdivided into two major sections known as? Zechariah
-The old and new testament 6. Prophet Joel
2. The Old Testament has __ books. 7. Prophet Haggai
-39 8. Prophet Amos
3. The New Testament has __ books. 9. Prophet Micah
-27 10. 7 days
4. The book of the end is also referred as?
-The Revelation
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1. Read Matthew 5:1-2. Where did Jesus choose to teach? 1. What is the name of the founder of Islam?
Answer: Answer: Muhammad
 Jesus taught on the mountainside. 2. The Arabian Nights also called?
Answer: The Ten Thousand Nights
2. What is the theme of Matthew 5:3-12? 3. What are the two holy Cities in Saudi Arabia?
Answer: Answer: Mecca and Medina
 Those believers know true happiness. 4. What is Ramadan?
Answers: The holiest season marks fasting
3. What is the promise Christ made to the persecuted? 5. It is traditional Arab dress features the full length body cover.
Answer: Answer: Abayah or Hijab
 Matthew 5:10-11: "Theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Whatever 6. What is the sacred book of Islam?
we forfeit in this world for righteousness' sake will be rewarded 7. Koran is composed of how many chapters?
in God's kingdom. 8. Koran is composed of how many verses?
9. What is the longest chapter of the Koran?
4. In Luke 6:46-49 complete the statement: “The wise and 10. The leader of Abbasids was called?
____ builders." ANSWERS
Answer: Foolish 6. KORAN
5. Jesus states that you should not murder ____ and 7. 114 CHAPTERS
spiritually. 8. 6, 236 VERSES
Answer: Physically 9. SURAH BAQARAH
6. What verse does treasures in heaven belong? 10. CALIPH
Answer: Matthew 6:19-24
7. Matt 5:43-48 states that you should what? G-9
Answer: Love your enemies
8. Matt 5:31-32 talks Jesus talks about what? 1. A Lebanon-born writer and artist who moved to the United States in
Answer: Adultery 1895 and published his famous masterpiece n 1923. Answer: Khalil
9. Luke 14:11 complete the statement: For all those who Gibran
exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble 2. A 28-prose-poems that talked about the teaching and preaching of
themselves will be____” the important aspects of life.
Answer: exalted Answer: The Prophet
10. Give at least two lessons for Our Lives from the Parable of 3. What was the cause of death of Khalil Gibran?
the Talents Answer: Liver Cirrhosis or Liver Cancer
Answer: 4. Who is the leader of The Twelve Apostles?
 First, this parable teaches us that success is a product of our Answer: St. Simon Peter
work. 5-6. Name of the two daughters of the vizier of the King of India?
 The Parable of the Talents shows that we will be held Answers: Scheherazade and Dinazade
accountable. 7. What represents Judas Iscariot?
Answer: Life
8-9. The two main characters of The Prophet.
Answers: Al-Mustafa and Almitra
10. He ruled the Kingdom of India and began the practice of marrying G-11
wives and killing them the next morning.
Answer: King Shahryar 1. What is the other term called for “The Analects of Confucius”?
-Lunyu
G-10 2. It is the philosophical and ethical system derived from the
1. What part of Asia does China belong? East Asia teachings of Confucius.
2. What does the Red Dragon symbol mean? Anger, Danger, -Confucianism
Joy, Rebirth, Aggression, High speed, Love, Purity, 3. The Analects of Confucius is consist of how many books?
Celebration, Fertility, Warmth, Death, Wounds, or -20 books
Protection 4. With all the disorder during the Warring States Period, what is
3. Give at least 3 physical features all Chinese dragons have. the only benefit that have arose?
The head of a camel -Money (bronze coins).
The neck and tail of a snake 5. What is the fundamental concern of the Confucian philosophy?
The scales of a fish -Learning to be human.
The paws of a tiger 6. He was the Chinese creator of the Confucianism.
The claws of an eagle -Confucius
The ears of an ox 7. Chinese people regards Chinese proverbs writing as a ____?
The horns of a deer -sign of good education.
The eyes of a hare 8. What Chinese proverb states that the best time to act on the
The belly of a clam plan you should have done years before is now?
4. Why dragons are important in China? Chinese dragon - a -“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second
symbol of magic and power best time is now.”
5. What do dragons do? Guardians - control water, rainfall, 9-10. The sacred books of Confucianism are divided into 2
floods, and hurricanes and is often placed on the tops of groups, they are the?
buildings to ward off fires. -Five Classics and Four Books

6. Tang Dynasty is often referred to as __________. China’s G-12

Golden Age 1. It is the world’s second populous nation.
2. About how many kilometer over it’s shoreline.
7. What century does poetry reached its peak during the Tang 3. It is the system of their foundation of the Indian society.
dynasty? 7th-9th Century 4-7. Give the four types of religion in India.
8. It is the most ancient texts of Indian civilization of poetry in
8. What is one of the requirements in the Civil Service SANSKRIT.
Examination during Tang dynasty? Composition of Poetry 9-10 Give the four (4) religious work of Veda’s.
Answers
9. In Chinese verses, what is a couplet? Two lines that tend to 1. India
form a separate poetic idea or a separate statement. 2. 7,000km
3. Hinduis and caste
10.Who is the author of The Analects? Confucius 4. Hinduism
5. Buddhism
6. Jainism
7. Sikhism
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9. Rig Veda 6. Who is the author of the “Tale of Genji”?
10. Sama Veda - Murasaki Shikibu
11. Atharva Veda 7. Why does Genji’s father marry Fujitsubo?
12. Yajur Veda - Because she looks like Genji’s mother.
8. Genji is inlove with a woman whom he cannot have during the
G-13 beginning of the world. Who is this woman?
1-2. For two points, what are the three paths laid out to understand - Fujitsubo
the divine in Bhagavad Gita? 9. Who is the favorite concubine of the Emperor and mother of Genji?
Answers: Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga and Bhakti Yoga - Lady Kiritsubo
3. The Mahabharata is divided into how many books? 10. Where in Japan does the story take place?
Answer: 18 - Kyoto
4. It is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in
Sanskrit verse and prose.
Answer: Panchatantra G-15
5. It is part of the Mahabharata and was also known as the "Song of
God". Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If false, change the
Answer: Bhagavad Gita identified word or phrase to make the statement true. 
6. It is a type of Karma yoga where actions are performed without any
expectations for the results. 1. Matsu Bashō was a Supreme Japanese haiku poet, who
Answer: Nishkama Karma greatly enriched the 18-syllable haiku form.
7. What is the main theme of Mahabharata? 2. Moving to the capital city of Edo, Murasaki Shikibu gradually
Answer: Dharma or the importance of dharma acquired a reputation as a poet and critic.
8-10. For three points, why do you think that Bhagavad Gita is 3. The story “Of a Promise Kept” happened on the particular day
considered as an influential Indian text? of festival Choyo and that was the ninth day of the ninth
month.
G-14 4. Matsuo Bashō was a Japanese writer and lady-in-waiting who
1. What period of a golden era referred to the arts and literature in was the author of the Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji).
Japan? 5. On the story “Of a Promise Kept” Akana Soyomon was
- Heian period patiently waiting for his brothers return.
2. What is the name of the novel of Heian fiction considered the pre-
eminent written in the early 11th century by Murasaki Shikibu? *Answer Key:
- Genji Monogatari (the tale of Ginji) 1. False : 17-syllable
3. It is considered an early example of Proto-science Fiction? 2. False : Matsuo Bashō
- Taketori Monogatori (the tale of the Bamboo Cutter) 3. True
4. It is a period notable for its more somber tone compared to the 4. False : Murasaki Shikibu
works of previous eras, with themes of life of death and redemption 5. False : Hasebe Semon
through killing.
- medieval literature
5. What period marks the re-opening of japan to the west, ending over
two centuries of period of national seclusion, and a period of rapid
industrialization?
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1. The most populous country in the Arab world, claims one of
the world’s oldest cultures. Egypt
2. It is the great funerary temple of Ramses II, well known for the
57 foot seated statue of Ramses II. Ramessum
3. It is derived from the Ancient Egyptian. This means something
like temple of the spirit of Ptah. Aegyptus
4. It is where the famous for burying their dead with all kinds of
things gold, golden artifacts, books and so on. Egyptian
Museum
5. It is a sparsely populated desert region between the Red Sea
and the Mediterranean Sea. Senai Peninsula Desert
6. In China, it is a symbolizes the emperor in many Chinese
dynasties. Dragon
7. What color that represent anger, aggression, high speed,
danger, love, purity, joy, celebration, fertility and so on. RED
8. A written literature began to be known with the collect of Koran,
the sacred book of Islam, in Arabia in 17th century A.D. ARABIAN
LITERATURE
9. A Central Semitic language that was first spoken in Iron Age
Northwestern Arabia and is now the lingua Franca of the Arab
world. ARABIC
10. What are the forms of Arabian literature?
POEMS, ANECDOTES, TALES, HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS,
PHILOSOPHIES