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Tao Te Ching/ misc.

The Analects Chinese

poetryThe Pillow

BookZen

Parables

Literary Terms

100

“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

A 300

This best expresses the philosophy of life in the Tao

Te Ching.

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

DAILY DOUBLE

C 400

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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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