LITMRATUME
LITERATURE
ORIENTAL.
What can you tell about the vastness of Chinese literature? 1080.
Are there any otners tnat are as large? 1082.
Who was the greatest and wisest of Chinese? 441.
What has been his influence? 441.
What are the Cninese classics? 1080.
Whose books were used in the Chinese government examinations until a few years ago? 1080.
What are the histories of China? 1080.
Of what are the philosophical and art divisons of the Chinese library composed? 1080.
Of what is the belles-lettres division composed? 1080.
Is Chinese poetry an important division of their literature? 1080.
What classes of Chinese literature, though really good, are not included in the national library? 1080.
When was paper first used in printing? 1080.
What is the character of Sanskrit literature? 1080.
What kind of writings are the most important Hindu writings? 1080.
Did the Hindus write any great epic poems? 1080.
What class of Hindu writings is found all over the world? 1080.
What is the rank of Hindu drama as compared to Greek and to English? 1080.
What are the oldest literary documents known? 919.
What literatures were lost for thousands of years and how were they recovered? 125, 152, 1081, 1635, 486, 873, 1082.
How early do we find Babylonian writings? 1080.
What is their nature and how were they written? 1080.
Had the Babylonians any great poems? 1080.
What kinds of books did they write? 1080.
In the ruins of what famous city was Assyrian literature found? 1352.
What was the principal object of the foundation of the Assyrian library? 1081.
What can you tell about this library? 1081.
When was most of it written? 1081.
Which came first: Babylonian or Assyrian? 125, 152, 1081.
Did Assyrian influence Hebrew literature? 1081, 125.
For what are almost all civilized nations indebted to the Phoenicians? 1081.
Who was the Marco Polo of the Phoenicians? 1081.
Where was the key to Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian literature found? 271, 486, 504, 1040, 1352, 1589, 1635.
What is the Zend-Avesta? 1081.
Who is believed to have written it? 2136.
What people use it? 1426.
When did Persian literature flourish most? 1081.
With whom did Persian poetry reach its height? 1081.
Who was the greatest of Persian lyric poets? 1081.
Who wrote the Rubaiyat? What does the name mean? 1382.
What is the greatest production of Hebrew literature? 1081, 209.
What sorts of books did its authors write? 209.
Were any Jews historians? orators? philosophers? poets? 209.
What writings by Jewish writers are not included in the Protestant canon of the Bible? 1081.
What are the great translations of the Bible? 209, 759, 970, 1915, 2030, 2114.
Who was the first of modern commentators on the Bible? What influence did he have on the growth of Judaism? 1081,
What great modern philosopher was a Jew? 1799.
Who are some of the modern Jews who have taken prominent rank in literature, science and art? 1082.
What are Egyptian hieroglyphics? 873.
How were they deciphered? 1635.
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