A) Shang Dynasty
B) Yuan Dynasty
C) Zhou Dynasty
- 2. The earliest known Chinese writing appears on oracle bones used for divination.
A) China text
B) Li Bai
C) Oracle Bone
A) 2546-247 BCE
B) 1046-256 BCE
C) 3050-270 BCE
- 4. This period saw the rise of Confucius, Laozi, and Zhuangzi, whose works (e.g., Analects, Tao Te Ching, Zhuangzi) became foundational.
A) Philosophical texts
B) Oracle Bones
C) Zhou Dynasty
- 5. The Classic of Poetry (Shijing), a collection of 305 poems, is the oldest anthology in China.
A) Yuan Dynasty
B) Zhou Dynasty
C) Wang wei
- 6. The unification under Qin and the scholarly flourishing in Han led to historical works like Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), the first major historical text in China.
A) Zhou Dynasty
B) Du-Fu
C) Qin and Han Dynasties
- 7. the first major historical text in China.
A) Shiji
B) Zhuangzi
C) Shijing
- 8. called by his courtesy name of Taibai was a Chinese poet acclaimed as one of the best and most important poets of the Tang dynasty, and even in the whole of Chinese poetry
A) Wang wei
B) Li Bai
C) Bai Juyi
- 9. courtesy name Mojie, was a Chinese musician, painter, poet, and politician of the middle Tang dynasty. He is regarded as one of the most distinguished men of arts and letters of his era. About 400 of his poems survived and 29 of them are included in the 18th-century anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.
A) Wang wei
B) Li Bai
C) Du Fu
- 10. was a Chinese poet and politician during the Tang dynasty.
A) Li Bai
B) Du Fu
C) Bai Juyi
- 11. courtesy name Letian, was a Chinese musician, poet, and politician during the Tang dynasty. Many of his poems concern his career or observations made about everyday life, including as governor of three different provinces.
A) Bai Juyi
B) Ming and Qing
C) Wang wei
- 12. About _____ of his poems survived and ____ of them are included
A) 920-57
B) 400- 29
C) 600-78
- 13. About 400 of his poems survived and 29 of them are included in the 18th-century anthology
A) Fourty Hundred Tang Poems
B) Nine Hundred Tang Poems
C) Three Hundred Tang Poems
- 14. Classical prose was a formal, literary language far removed from spoken tongue, while vernacular prose gained prominence from the 13th century onward.
A) 18th century onward
B) 13th century onward
C) 16th century onward.
- 15. lyric poetry set to music
A) Drama
B) Song poetry
C) Ci poetry
- 16. Great prose stylists like Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi (Su Dongpo) emerged.
A) Song dynasty
B) Dance Dynasty
C) Music Dynasty
- 17. Playwrights like Guan Hanqing wrote about ______
A) social issues and romance
B) Political issues and romance.
C) Medical issues and romance.
- 18. Ming and Qing Dynasties
A) (1380-1916)
B) (1368-1912)
C) (1365-1950)
- 19. Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1912) ______
A) The Age of the Novel
B) The Time of the Novel
C) The Owner of the Novel
- 20. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
A) Luo Guanzhong
B) Wu Cheng'en
C) Shi Nai'an
A) Cao Xueqin
B) Shi Nai'an
C) Luo Guanzhong
A) Dream of the red chamber
B) Journey to the west
C) Water margin
- 23. a Qing masterpiece of psychological and social insight
A) Water Margin (Shi Nai'an)
B) Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Xueqin
C) Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
- 24. These novels blended folklore, history, and fantasy, and are central to Chinese literary heritage.
A) Chinese Dynasty
B) Yuan Dynasty
C) Ming and Qing Dynasties
- 25. These novels blended folklore, history, and fantasy, and are central to ______
A) Japan literary heritage.
B) Chinese literary heritage.
C) American literary heritage.
- 26. Literature became a tool for social and political reform. Vernacular writing, realism, political themes.
A) Chinese era
B) Modern Era
C) Old era
- 27. A literary revolution promoting vernacular Chinese (baihua) over classical styles
A) June Fourth Movement (1919)
B) March Fourth Movement (1919)
C) May Fourth Movement (1919)
- 28. father of modern Chinese literature
A) Lu Xun
B) Mao Dun
C) Lao She
- 29. Literature was influenced heavily by political ideology, especially during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
A) Post-1978 Reform Era
B) Post-1949 (PRC)
- 30. Explosion of diverse voices and experimental styles.
A) Post-1978 Reform Era
B) Post-1949 (PRC)
A) Yu Hua
B) Mo Yan
C) Xing jian
A) Mo Yan
B) Xingjian
C) Can Xue
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