1. The Thadingyut Festival of Lights is held each year on the full moon day of the month of Thadingyut (our October) in Burma. This festival marks what occasion?
   A)  the end of the monsoon season

   B)  the end of the rice harvest

   C)  the end of the Buddhist Lent

2. In Vietnam, the harvest festival of Trung Thu is also known as the Children’s Festival. The story behind the mid-autumn festival has it that parents put in so many hours during harvest time that they have little time to spend with their children. To make up for this, they plan their harvest celebrations to entertain their children. Which of the following is NOT a part of Trung Thu?
   A)  clowns

   B)  a dawn lantern procession

   C)  unicorn dancers

3. Pchom Ben, the September Cambodian Festival of the Dead, is celebrated for how many days?
   A)  3 days

   B)  7 days

   C)  15 days

4. One of the features of the Korean Ch’usok, or Harvest Moon Festival is the Kanggangsuwollae which is a
   A)  sweet rice cake

   B)  masked dance

   C)  tug-of-war game

5. The three day Karatsu Kunchi festival takes place in Japan in November. The highlight of this celebration are the floats which are constructed from
   A)  wood and clay

   B)  washi paper and linen

   C)  lacquer and gold and silver leaf

   D)  all of the above

6. The November Tibetan festival, Labab Duechen, honors what event?
   A)  the death of Gedun Drub, the first Dalai Lama

   B)  the historical Buddha’s descent from the heavens into his mother’s womb

   C)  the life of Padmasambhava, who brought Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century

7. India’s Durga Puja festival in Bengal is held in October in honor of the goddess Durga, who embodies feminine creative energy and always rides a lion. The festival participants create pandals which are
   A)  elaborate scale models of famous buildings which house sculptures of Durga

   B)  ornate altars on which worshippers offer gifts of food to Durga

   C)  highly decorated cages containing live lions

8. China’s Mid-Autumn Festival to celebrate the full moon is also called the Mooncake Festival. Legend has it that plotters against the then existing government hid their messages to each other inside mooncakes. Their successful rebellion paved the way for the establishment of which dynasty?
   A)  Tang

   B)  Yuan

   C)  Ming

9. Chulalonghorn Day is celebrated annually in Thailand on 23 October to honor King Rama V who died on that day in 1910. What is considered his most important accomplishment?
   A)  creating a system of roads

   B)  abolishing slavery

   C)  establishing public schools

10. The annual Jambay Lhakhang Festival is an important religious festival in Bhutan which takes place in October or November at one of the oldest Buddhist temples in the country. The main focus of this festival is as a
   A)  fertility rite

   B)  harvest celebration

   C)  blessing of the temple