Rice and Grain in Art and Literature
Description: Rice and Grain in Art and Literature | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
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In Vincent van Gogh's famous painting "The Starry Night", what is depicted in the foreground?
In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, what does Atticus Finch compare Tom Robinson's trial to?
In the poem "The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot, what is the significance of the phrase "April is the cruelest month"?
In the Japanese folktale "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter", what does the princess Kaguya-hime eat that causes her to return to the moon?
In the Chinese novel "Dream of the Red Chamber" by Cao Xueqin, what is the significance of the rice plant?
In the Korean folktale "The Tale of Shim Cheong", what does the protagonist Shim Cheong do to save her blind father?
In the Indian epic poem "The Mahabharata", what is the significance of the grain of rice that Draupadi uses to cover herself?
In the African folktale "Anansi and the Rice Grains", what does Anansi do to trick the other animals out of their rice?
In the novel "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan, what is the significance of the rice that the characters cook and eat together?
In the film "Spirited Away" by Hayao Miyazaki, what does the character Chihiro do to earn her freedom from the spirit world?
In the novel "The Rice Mother" by Rani Manicka, what is the significance of the rice plant to the protagonist, Lakshmi?
In the poem "The Threshing Floor" by Pablo Neruda, what does the poet compare the threshing of rice to?
In the novel "The Grain Kings" by Amitav Ghosh, what is the significance of the rice trade to the characters?
In the film "Rice People" by Rithy Panh, what is the significance of the rice fields to the characters?
In the novel "The Rice Mother" by Rani Manicka, what is the significance of the rice plant to the protagonist, Lakshmi?