KAMESAN HAIKU QUIZ

KAMESAN'S BASIC HAIKU QUIZ (1)
(Choose one or more correct answers)

1.Nature is represented in haiku by:

a. 5-7-5 form
b.seasonal reference (“kigo”)
c.cutting words (“kire”)
d.juxtaposition

2.Free-form haiku is invented by:

a.English poets
b.American poets
c.Japanese poets
d.French poets

3.What part of haiku poem is originally Japanese:

a.5 syllables in line
b.7 syllables in line
c.combination of 5 and 7 syllables
d.”kigo”

4.Word “haiku” is invented by:

a.Matsuo Basho
b.William J. Higginson
c.Masaoka Shiki
d.Michael Dylan Welch

5.In assessing the quality of haiku, the most important is:

a.Formal perfection
b.Poetic sincerity
c.Zen Buddhism
d.Metaphor

6.In the field of literature haiku is:

a.Poetic genus
b.Poetic form
c.Poetic genre
d.Poetic type

7.Outside of Japan haiku is the most popular in:

a.China
b.America
c.The Balkans
e.England

8.Which concept of haiku is multicultural:

a.Global Haiku
b.World Haiku
c.International Haiku
d.English Language Haiku

9.The shortest poem in the world literature is:

a.tanka
b.haka
c.haiku
d.landay

10.Haiku is very often combined with:

a.image
b.two lines of poetry
c.music
d.nothing of above, haiku is an independent poem