Posted On : 30-Jul-2019

Q1: When Yasunari Kawabata was born?

• A. 10 June 1898
• B. 11 June 1899
• C. 12 June 1900
• D. 13 June 1901

Q2: When did he win Nobel Prize in Literature?

• A. 1968
• B. 1969
• C. 1970
• D. 1971

Q3: What was his nationality?

• A. Korean
• B. British
• C. Chines
• D. Japanese

Q4: What was the name of his first novel?

• A. Meijin
• B. Yukiguni
• C. Asakusa Kurenaidan
• D. Izu no Odoriko

Q5: What was the english title of 'Izu no Odoriko'?

• A. The Master of Go
• B. Snow Country
• C. The Dancing Girl of Izu
• D. The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

Q6: How many years did he take to write the novel, Yama no Oto?

• A. 3y
• B. 5y
• C. 7y
• D. 9y

Q7: What was the english title of Yama no Oto?

• A. The Old Capital
• B. The House of the Sleeping Beauties
• C. The Lake
• D. The Sound of the Mountain

Q8: When was he appointed an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France ?

• A. 1960
• B. 1961
• C. 1962
• D. 1963

Q9: What was the english title of Kataude?

• A. One Arm
• B. Beauty and Sadness
• C. The Old Capital
• D. The House of the Sleeping Beauties

Q10: What was the name of his last novel?

• A. Koto
• B. Utsukushisa to Kanashimi to
• C. Tampopo
• D. Tenohira no Shōsetsu