Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Jawaab e durust
raa entekhaab kunayd. Lutfan dukma ye HELP raa feshaar nadehayd. HELP shumaa raa ba website e digar
maybarad.
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Which
one of these poets lived before the other three? Kudaam shaa’er qabl az digaraan may
zist? a. | Khayyam | c. | Jaami | b. | Mawlana e room (Rumi) | d. | Haafez | | | | |
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Where
did Bidel live most of his life? Bidel dar kujaa may zist? a. | Central Asia
(Tadjekistan) | c. | Iran | b. | Afghanistan | d. | India | | | | |
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Which
one of these was not a poet? Kudaam yak aslan shaa’er nabood? a. | Sanaai
Ghaznawi | c. | Shams e
Tabrizi | b. | Saayeb | d. | Khaliliullah Khalili | | | | |
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Which
poet lived before the other three? Kudaam shaa’er az digaraan qadimi tar
bood? a. | Khushaal Khaan
Khat`ek | c. | Gul Pachaa
Ulfat | b. | Saylaab Saafi | d. | Ajmal Khat`ek | | | | |
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5.
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Hom
many lines (mesra’s) are in a du baitee? Du baiti chand mesra’
daarad?
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Which
poet wrote epic poetry? Kudaam shaa’er hammaasa nawis bood? a. | Sa’di | c. | Mawlawi
(Rumi) | b. | Ferdawsi | d. | Naaser Khusraw | | | | |
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Why
is the same word pronounced three different ways? Cheraa yak lughat dar she’r seh
talaffuz e mukhtalef daarad? khaamosh, khaamush, khamosh? a. | rhyme
(qaafia) | c. | meter
(wazn) | b. | imagination (takhayyul) | d. | meaning (ma’naa) | | | | |
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Which
form has 9 syllables in the first line and 13 on the scond? Kudaam form nuh saylaab dar
mesra’ ye awwal daardad wa sayzdah saylaab dar mesra’ ye duwwum? a. | ghazal | c. | qasida | b. | landei | d. | rubaa’i | | | | |
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Which
one of these is not a common folkloric meter used in songs? Kudaam wazn dar khwaandan
haa ye mahalli ma’mool nayst? a. | ta tan tan tan/ ta tan tan tan/ ta tan
tan | c. | tan ta tan tan/
tan ta tan | b. | tan tan ta ta tan/ tan ta ta tan/ tan ta ta
tan | d. | tan ta tan tan/
tan ta tan tan/ tan ta tan | | | | |
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The
word repeated at the end of rhyming lines is called______. Lughatay ke dar aakher e bait tekraar
may shawad ______ ast. a. | qaafia | c. | tamsil | b. | tekraar e
hasan | d. | radif | | | | |
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Who
wrote this line? In bait az kist?
Ka zeh ne
waai taa ba dzaan lara balel tzok?
Pe paalang ba
day daa hasay der khatel tzok? a. | Rahmaan Baa baa | c. | Khushhaal Kha’k | b. | Hamza
shinwarai | d. | Ahmad Shaah Baa
baa | | | | |
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What
does the word dalil mean? Ma’ni ye “dalil” chist? a. | caravan | c. | slave
ghulaam | b. | go-between qaased | d. | leader, guide rahnumaa | | | | |
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Which
pair has a wrong name? Kudaam ‘aasheq u ma’shooq yak naam e ghalat
daarad? a. | Farhaad and
Shirin | c. | Aadam and
Durkho | b. | Wameq and Zahraa | d. | Seyaahmoy and Jalaali | | | | |
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Who
wrote this bait? In bait raa keh nawishta?
Ferdaws
hamneshini ye yaaraan e hamdam ast
Didaar
e yaar e naa mutanaaseb jahannam ast a. | Sa’di | c. | Bidel | b. | Haafez | d. | Amir
Khusraw | | | | |
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