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Question 11 pts
What is usually meant by the phrase <i>world literature</i>?
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literature written by writers from different parts of the world

literature that represents the ideas shared by all people in the world

literature created by world travelers

stories that could happen anywhere in the world

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Question 21 pts
What role did cultural diffusion play in the development of common themes in the world’s literature?
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When new schools were set up in neighboring countries, children were taught the stories of both countries.

When people traveled or moved to other parts of the world, they took their stories shared them, often adapting them.

When different parts of the world developed systems of writing, they borrowed the literature of other cultures.

When the printing press was invented, its inventors went looking for stories to publish from around the world.

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Question 31 pts
What process makes it easier to share world literature across countries and cultures?
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digitization

translation

duplication

modification

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Question 41 pts
Which of the following Latin American authors is known starting a popular literary style known as magic realism?
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Isabel Allende

Pablo Neruda

Gabriel García Márquez

Octavio Paz

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Question 51 pts
According to Lord Redesdale, what is one virtue that Buddhism rewards?
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self restraint

ambition

worldly success

affection

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Question 61 pts
"The Spider's Thread" is an example of world literature because
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it was written about a culture by someone from within that culture.

it was written about a culture by someone from outside that culture.

it describes Japanese religious and cultural practices.

it describes a British writer's life in another part of the world.

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Here are the answers:

1. literature written by writers from different parts of the world
2. When people traveled or moved to other parts of the world, they took their stories and shared them, often adapting them.
3. translation
4. Gabriel García Márquez
5. self restraint
6. it was written about a culture by someone from within that culture