INDONESIAN LITERATURE

Question 1

5 main islands of Indonesia.

Answer 1

Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Jawa, and Papua

Question 2

Saman

Answer 2

Ayu Tami
(Translator: Pamela Allen)

Question 3

Bumi Manusia/The Earth of Mankind

Answer 3

Pramoedya Ananta Toer
(Translator; Maxwell Lane)

Question 4

The Tea Lords

Answer 4

Hella S Haasse
(Translator: Ina Rike)

Question 5

The Year of Living Dangerously

Answer 5

Christoper Koch
(Originally appeared in english)

Question 6

A woman’s portrait or _____ in Indonesia.

Answer 6

Lukisan Wanita

Question 7

This poem is written in 1989 which focused on a life of pregnant women in Indonesia.

Answer 7

A Woman’s Portrait 1938

Question 8

Author of A Woman’s Portrait.

Answer 8

Toeti Heraty
(Translator: Ulrich Kratz)

Question 9

Author of Too-Too-Moo and the Giant

Answer 9

Aaron Shepard

Question 10

Meaning of Pujangga

Answer 10

poet

Question 11

Lama means

Answer 11

old

Question 12

It is a lively oral tradition using traditional Malay-language literature.

Answer 12

Pujangga Lama

Question 13

A kind of poetry that is made up of four-line verses, which are sometime called quatrains

Answer 13

Syair

Question 14

Is an epic poem with intricate language and structure, and it’s been impossible for translators to do it full justice in English.

Answer 14

Syair Bidasari

Question 15

What is the name of the heroin

Answer 15

Bidasari

Question 16

Instead of magic mirror, the queen has ____

Answer 16

human spies

Question 17

Instead of eating a poisoned apple and falling asleep, Bidasari has her life ties to a ____

Answer 17

magical fish

Question 18

Is a tale about prince Kertapati of Kuripa, who is destined to marry a princess from a neighboring kingdom.

Answer 18

Syair Ken Tambuhan

Question 19

Quatrains made up of two seemingly disconnected couplets.

Answer 19

Pantun

Question 20

A Malay verde form consisting of four lines rhyming abab

Answer 20

Pantun

Question 21

One of the finest literary and historical works in the Malay language.

Answer 21

Sejarah Melayu

Question 22

It consists of a collection of stories, not historically connected, focusing on the activities of the Malaccan sultans, their courts, and government officials.

Answer 22

Sejarah Melayu

Question 23

Is a type of irregular verse forms of traditional Malay poetry.

Answer 23

Gurindam (brief aphorisms)

Question 24

It is a combination of two clauses where the relative clause forms a line and thus linked to the second line, or the main clause.

Answer 24

Gurindam (brief aphorisms)

Question 25

first line of gurindam

Answer 25

syarat (protasis)

Question 26

second line of gurindam

Answer 26

jawab (apodosis)

Question 27

One of the most well-known literary works on Gurindam was the ____

Answer 27

Gurindam Dua Belas (Twelve Gurindam)

Question 28

Who wrote Gurindam Dua Belas (Twelve Gurindam)?

Answer 28

Raja Ali Haji