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1011
Which female poet of the pre-Islamic and early Islamic era is famous for her elegies (Rithā) for her brothers?
A. Rabi'a al-Adawiyya
B. Al-Khansa
C. Layla
D. Wallada bint al-Mustakfi
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Al-Khansa is the most celebrated writer of elegies in Arabic literature, famously mourning her brothers Sakhr and Mu'awiyah.
1012
Who wrote 'Kalila wa Dimna', a translation/adaptation of the Panchatantra into Arabic prose?
A. Ibn al-Muqaffa'
B. Al-Mutanabbi
C. Abu Nuwas
D. Al-Ma'arri
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Ibn al-Muqaffa' translated the Persian version of the Indian fables into Arabic, creating a masterpiece of early Arabic prose.
1013
Who is the most famous poet of the Pre-Islamic 'Mu'allaqat', known as the 'Wandering King'?
A. Antarah ibn Shaddad
B. Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma
C. Imru' al-Qais
D. Labid
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Imru' al-Qais is the most celebrated pre-Islamic poet; his ode established the standard structure for the classical Arabic Qasida.
1014
Which form typically consists of couplets sharing a rhyme and a refrain, originating in Arabic poetry?
A. Ghazal
B. Sonnet
C. Villanelle
D. Sestina
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A Ghazal consists of rhyming couplets and a refrain, traditionally dealing with loss and love.
The other forms are of European origin.
1015
Which European language is Semitic in origin and is the only Semitic language written in the Latin script?
A. Maltese
B. Albanian
C. Turkish
D. Basque
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Maltese is a Semitic language derived from Arabic (specifically Siculo-Arabic) but has been heavily influenced by Italian and English and is written in the Latin alphabet.
1016
Which writing system is considered an 'Abjad', where only consonants are written?
A. Greek
B. Latin
C. Arabic
D. Cyrillic
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Arabic (and Hebrew) is an impure Abjad, meaning the script primarily writes consonants, while vowels are implied or indicated with optional diacritics.
1017
Which script does the Turkish language currently use?
A. Arabic
B. Cyrillic
C. Latin
D. Greek
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Modern Turkish uses a Latin-based alphabet, introduced in 1928 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to replace the Ottoman Turkish script (which used Arabic characters).
1018
The word 'Algebra' is derived from which language?
A. Greek
B. Latin
C. Arabic
D. Persian
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The word comes from the Arabic 'al-jabr' (the reunion of broken parts) from the title of a book written by the mathematician Al-Khwarizmi.
1019
Which language is traditionally written from right to left?
A. French
B. Spanish
C. Arabic
D. German
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Arabic is written from right to left.
1020
What language family does Arabic belong to?
A. Indo-European
B. Turkic
C. Afro-Asiatic
D. Dravidian
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Arabic is a major member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.