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3101
Which country was invaded by Russia in February 2022?
A. Georgia
B. Belarus
C. Ukraine
D. Moldova
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Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, escalating the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014.
3102
Which French feminist writer received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2022?
A. Simone de Beauvoir
B. Hélène Cixous
C. Annie Ernaux
D. Marguerite Duras
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Annie Ernaux was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2022 for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers personal memory and social inequality.
3103
The 'Shahnameh' (Book of Kings) by Ferdowsi is the national epic of:
A. Egypt
B. Greater Iran
C. Turkey
D. India
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Although written in the 10th century AD, it preserves the mythic and historical past of the Persian Empire from creation to the Islamic conquest.
3104
Which ancient Persian king commissioned the Behistun Inscription, a crucial text for deciphering cuneiform?
A. Cyrus the Great
B. Darius the Great
C. Xerxes I
D. Artaxerxes
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The inscription is a multilingual text (Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian) that served as the Rosetta Stone for cuneiform.
3105
Rumi, the famous Persian poet, is best known for his works in which poetic form?
A. Ghazal
B. Masnavi
C. Qasida
D. Rubaiyat
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Rumi's 'Masnavi' is a six-book spiritual epic that explores themes of divine love, mysticism, and the human soul.
3106
Who wrote 'Kalila wa Dimna', a translation/adaptation of the Panchatantra into Arabic prose?
A. Ibn al-Muqaffa'
B. Al-Mutanabbi
C. Abu Nuwas
D. Al-Ma'arri
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Ibn al-Muqaffa' translated the Persian version of the Indian fables into Arabic, creating a masterpiece of early Arabic prose.
3107
Which language is known as 'Farsi' by its native speakers?
A. Arabic
B. Persian
C. Turkish
D. Pashto
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Farsi is the endonym (native name) for the Persian language, spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan (as Dari), and Tajikistan (as Tajiki).
3108
Which language is commonly spoken in Iran besides Persian?
A. Punjabi
B. Swahili
C. Kurdish
D. Zulu
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Kurdish is spoken in western Iran.
3109
Urdu and Hindi are virtually identical in which linguistic aspect?
A. Script
B. Vocabulary for religion
C. Spoken grammar
D. Literary history
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Hindi and Urdu share the same grammar and basic vocabulary (Hindustani), but differ in script (Devanagari vs. Perso-Arabic) and higher literary vocabulary (Sanskrit vs. Persian/Arabic).
3110
Which language is primarily spoken in Iran?
A. Arabic
B. Persian (Farsi)
C. Turkish
D. Urdu
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Persian, or Farsi, is the official language of Iran.
