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Example Question #1 :Poetry
The Japanese writer Bashō is most famous for working in what form?
Bunraku Drama
Kabuki Drama
No Drama
Haiku Poetry
Epic Poetry
Haiku Poetry
Bashō is widely considered the master of the haiku form, a Japanese style of poetry that limits poems to just seventeen syllables. Bashō's work is especially famous for his use of the twist that is standard in the middle of a haiku. Bashō is considered to have set the standard for haiku with his work in the seventeenth century.
Example Question #265 :Clep: Humanities
The epicBeowulfis one of the earliest examples of literature from which country?
England
Germany
Italy
Russia
France
England
Beowulf,一个史诗般的故事a hero who shares his name with the poem, was originally written in Anglo-Saxon, the ancient forebear of modern English. The poem, written by an unknown author, is one of the earliest extant examples of English literature that survives today.
Example Question #266 :Clep: Humanities
What are the three parts of Dante'sDivine Comedy?
Inferno,Purgatorio, andParadiso
Heaven,Hell, andEarth
Inferno,Terminus, andHeavenus
Father,Son, andHoly Spirit
Joy,Mirth, andElation
Inferno,Purgatorio, andParadiso
TheDivine Comedy(1320)是关于作者的旅行Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. The text is used also as a vehicle for explaining the soul's own ascent to God, culminating in the Beatific Vision. It is a "comedy" because of its style and overall plot structure, not because of any kind of humor in the contemporary sense of "comedy." Dante's work stands as testimony to the unified worldview of the Middle Ages, one that unabashedly draws upon ancient and medieval sources and likewise is quite ready to express judgments about various figures throughout history. Because it is a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, its three titles areInferno,Purgatorio, andParadiso.
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