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31
A 'rubāʿī' (quatrain) in Persian poetry is typically characterized by which rhyme scheme?
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The Persian rubāʿī traditionally follows an AABA rhyme pattern, with the first, second and fourth lines rhyming.
32
In classical Persian prosody the term 'behr' refers to:
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'Behr' denotes the metrical scheme or rhythm employed in Persian poetry.
33
Which Persian poet is the author of the Masnavi, a major Sufi didactic work?
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Jalal ad-Din Rumi composed the Masnavi, a foundational Sufi poetic work of spiritual teaching and narrative.
34
In Persian grammar, the ezāfe (ezāfeh) construction primarily marks the relationship between:
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Ezāfe is a linking particle used to connect a noun with its modifiers or possessor, indicating attribution or genitive relation.
35
Which feature best distinguishes the classical Persian ghazal?
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A ghazal consists of autonomous couplets that share the same meter and a common rhyme and refrain (qāfiya and radif).
36
In the Perso-Arabic script used for Persian, which of the following letters does NOT connect to the following letter (i.e., has no left-joining form)?
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Alef is one of the non-connecting letters in Perso-Arabic script and therefore does not join to the following letter.
37
Classical Pashto formal poetry often made use of which prosodic system inherited from Arabic and Persian traditions?
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Many classical Pashto poets adopted the arūz system of quantitative meter from Arabic and Persian poetic tradition for formal compositions.
38
Which language has exerted the most significant historical lexical and cultural influence on Balochi?
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Persian has been the primary source of lexical borrowing and literary influence on Balochi over centuries.
39
Which script has historically been and remains most commonly used for Balochi literary writing?
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Balochi literary texts are most commonly written in a modified Perso-Arabic script adapted from Persian/Urdu orthography.
40
Which of the following languages is not a member of the Indo-European family?
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Arabic belongs to the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family, whereas Urdu, Pashto, and Persian are Indo-European languages.
