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The
Analects
Chinese
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The Pillow
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Zen
Parables
Literary
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“To retire when the task is
accomplished / Is the way of
heaven” is an aphorism
meaning this…
A 100
What are “know when to
quit”?
A 100
According to Lao Tzu, this
causes order and peace?
A 200
What is “taking no action that
disrupts the natural order”?
A 200
This best expresses the
philosophy of life in the Tao
Te Ching.
A 300
What is accept the way of the
world?
A 300
This greek word means a
reaction to human sorrow.
A 400
What is pathos?
A 400
This is varying one or two
words within a refrain in
successive stanzas.
A 500
What is incremental
variation?
A 500
According to The Analects,
good government results
from this principle.
B 100
What is behaving in a moral
way?
B 100
Confucius recommends this
quality in “A gentleman can
see a question from all sides.”
B 200
What being open-minded?
B 200
These characteristics are
hinted at in the following
aphorism:
“A gentleman is ashamed to
let his words outrun his
deeds.”
B 300
What are being humble and
modest?
B 300
In The Analects, Confucius
defines knowledge by
accepting that there is always
more you can learn by
recognizing this first.
B 400
What is recognizing what you
do not know?
B 400
This is the best way to
summarize the philosophy
expressed in The Analects.
B 500
What are “people should do
their duty”?
B 500
This indicates that the poem,
“I Beg of You, Chung Tzu,”
is a song.
C 100
What is the phrase “I Beg of
You, Chung Tzu” being
repeated several times?
C 100
A person who has recently
experienced this is most
likely to respond to “Thick
Grow the Rush Leaves”.
C 200
Who is someone suddenly
left by his or her beloved?
C 200
This best describes the
narrator’s mood in “Thick
Grow the Rush Leaves.”
C 300
What is desperate?
C 300
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C 400
This is the main subject of
“Form, Shadow, Spirit.”
C 400
What is the acceptance of
death?
C 400
This kind of person would be
likely to respond most
strongly to “Sent to Li Po as a
Gift.”
C 500
Who is someone who avoids
thinking about the
consequences of his or her
actions?
C 500
This is the subject of “In Spring
It Is the Dawn.”
D 100
What are the seasons at
different times of the day?
D 100
The reader discovers this about
the writer of “The Cat Who
Lived in the Palace” in reference
to compassion.
D 200
What is that she cares about
animals?
D 200
All of the problems within “The Cat
Who Lived in the Palace” can be
blamed on…”
D 300
Who are the human beings?
D 300
These kind of people are “not
at all impressed” in “I
Remember a Clear Morning.”
D 400
Who are people who do not
appreciate nature?
D 400
These are short accounts of
amusing or interesting events.
D 500
What are anecdotes?
D 500
This is the purpose of a Zen
parable.
E 100
What is teach a moral or spiritual
lesson?
E 100
This is the frightening
problem facing the man in “A
Parable.”
E 200
What is “he is being chased
by a tiger”?
E 200
This is the main lesson from
“A Parable”.
E 300
What is “The closer we are to
death, the more we appreciate
life”?
E 300
According to “Publishing the Sutras” this
is the most important personal trait.
E 400
What is being concerned
about others’ problems?
E 400
“Wanting something seems to
make it harder to get.” This
statement best paraphrases
the paradox from this Zen
parable.
E 500
What is “The Taste of
Banzo’s Sword”?
E 500
These poems were originally
set to music.
F 100
What are songs?
F 100
These are short statements
expressing general truths.
F 200
What are aphorisms?
F 200
This means word choice.
F 300
What is diction?
F 300
This is a statement that seems
contradictory but presents a
truth.
F 400
What is a paradox?
F 400
This is a poem consisting of
five lines of five, seven, five,
seven, and seven syllables.
F 500
What is a tanka?
F 500
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