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60%

Negative Marking

-0

Exam Questions

The Scholars

Dream of the Red Chamber

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Flowers in the Mirror

ExplanationDream of the Red Chamber is widely recognized as one of the four masterpieces of classical Chinese literature, alongside Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, and Journey to the West.

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Du Fu

Li Bai

Wang Wei

Bai Juyi

ExplanationLi Bai is traditionally honored as the 'Poet Immortal' (Shixian) due to his imaginative and romantic style.

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Dream of the Red Chamber

Water Margin

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Journey to the West

ExplanationJourney to the West depicts the pilgrimage of Xuanzang to India accompanied by Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing.

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Ren

Xiao

Zhi

ExplanationXiao is the specific Chinese character and philosophical concept for filial piety.

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Tang Poetry

Ci Poetry

Yuan Drama

Ming Vernacular Fiction

ExplanationThe Song Dynasty is most famous for the development and popularity of 'Ci' (lyric poetry set to music).

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Enforcing laws

Interpreting laws

Making laws

Collecting taxes

ExplanationThe primary role of a legislature is to draft, debate, and pass laws.

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The Book of Songs

Chu Ci

The Analects

Classic of Mountains and Seas

ExplanationThe Book of Songs (Shijing) is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, often using repetitive folk styles.

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Confucius

Laozi

Mencius

Zhuangzi

ExplanationLaozi is traditionally credited with writing the Tao Te Ching and founding Taoist philosophy.

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It consists of exactly four lines

It must contain exactly ten lines

It focuses solely on war themes

It does not use rhyme

ExplanationA Jueju is a classic form of regulated verse in Chinese poetry consisting of four lines.

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ExplanationSubstitute x with 4 in the function: 2(4) + 3 = 8 + 3 = 11.

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