When talking with young Swedish students, Mo Yan showed respect for Chinese authors that he learned writing from, particularly Shen Congwen, who was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize.

"Lu Xun, Lao She, Mao Dun and Shen Congwen, they are more qualified for the Nobel Prize than me," he said,. Among the writers he learned from, he said he especially felt close to Shen Congwen, as they have similar life experiences.

Both of them left school early and did not get formal education. Shen quit after high school and Mo only finished the fifth grade. They both joined the army after school. " We both learned from the book of life," said Mo.

The themes of their writing are also similar. Both writers have their hometown as the theme and root of their writings. Shen'works are mostly about his hometown, Xiangxi, and most of Mo's stories are set in his hometown, Gaomi, in Shandong Province.

Mo said he also learned from Shen how to deal with characters in a fiction. Unlike most Chinese writers, Shen has a humanistic touch towards all of his characters. Said Mo, "In his works, there are no particularly bad person or good person. Even gangsters and thieves have their humane side," he said.

"I try to use the same approach in my writing. It shows the ability of a novelist when he treats all the characters as humans," he said.

Mo said he also learned Lu Xun's depth and Lao She's humor. "They are all my teachers, and I am the student," he said. "I feel ashamed from my heart that teachers did not get the prize, but the student got it." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who received 2 nominations for the Nobel Prize?
2. Who praised Shen?
3. Why did Mo feel close to Shen?
4. Who else did Mo commend?
5. And?
6. Did Mo finish school?
7. How much school did he complete?
8. What about Shen?
9. What did they do after quitting school?
10. What did Mo call this experience?
11. Are the themes of their writing similar?
12. What is the basis of their writings?
13. What is Mo's hometown?
14. And Shen's?
15. What did Mo say he learned from Shen?
16. What is unusual for Shen in his writings?
17. Does Mo try to replicate this in his writing?
18. Why?
19. What quality did Mo learn from Lu?
20. And Lao?
Answer: 1. Shen Congwen
2. Mo Yan
3. they have similar life experiences
4. Lu Xun
5. Mao Dun
6. no
7. fifth grade
8. high school
9. joined the army
10. learning from the book of life
11. yes
12. their hometown
13. Gaomi
14. Xiangxi
15. how to deal with characters in a fiction
16. he has a humanistic touch towards all of his characters
17. yes
18. it shows the ability of a novelist
19. depth
20. humor

The Louvre () or the Louvre Museum is the world's largest art museum and an historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward). Approximately 38,000objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 72,735 square metres (782,910 square feet). The Louvre in 2016 was the world's most visited art museum, receiving 7.3 million visitors.

The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as a fortress in the late 12thcentury under PhilipII. Remnants of the fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. Due to the urban expansion of the city, the fortress eventually lost its defensive function and, in 1546, was converted by Francis I into the main residence of the French Kings. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. In 1692, the building was occupied by the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Academie remained at the Louvre for 100 years. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What's the main point?
2. A.k.a?
3. In what city if it located?
4. Where in the city?
5. And within what walls?
6. In what century was it built?
7. Who was king then?
8. Was the place intended for its current use when constructed?
9. What was its purpose then?
10. Who was king in 1546?
11. What change did he make?
12. Has its size stayed constant?
13. Which king change the tradition of residing there?
14. When?
15. Who took over the prior Kings' residence?
Answer: 1. The Louvre Museum
2. The Louvre.
3. Paris.
4. On the Right Bank of the Seine.
5. The Louvre Palace.
6. 12thcentury.
7. PhilipII.
8. No.
9. A fortress .
10. Francis I.
11. Converted it into the main residence of the French Kings
12. No.
13. Louis XIV.
14. 1682
15. The Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.

Phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in languages. It has traditionally focused largely on the study of the systems of phonemes in particular languages (and therefore used to be also called phonemics, or phonematics), but it may also cover any linguistic analysis either at a level beneath the word (including syllable, onset and rime, articulatory gestures, articulatory features, mora, etc.) or at all levels of language where sound is considered to be structured for conveying linguistic meaning. Phonology also includes the study of equivalent organizational systems in sign languages.

The word phonology (as in the phonology of English) can also refer to the phonological system (sound system) of a given language. This is one of the fundamental systems which a language is considered to comprise, like its syntax and its vocabulary.

Phonology is often distinguished from phonetics. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a given language or across languages to encode meaning. For many linguists, phonetics belongs to descriptive linguistics, and phonology to theoretical linguistics, although establishing the phonological system of a language is necessarily an application of theoretical principles to analysis of phonetic evidence. Note that this distinction was not always made, particularly before the development of the modern concept of the phoneme in the mid 20th century. Some subfields of modern phonology have a crossover with phonetics in descriptive disciplines such as psycholinguistics and speech perception, resulting in specific areas like articulatory phonology or laboratory phonology. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. When was the concept of the phoneme put forth?
2. Does phonology usually focus on phonemes is certain languages?
3. Did phonology have a different name at one point?
4. More than one?
5. What is one of those names?
6. And the other name?
7. Is phonology commonly differentiated from something?
8. From what?
9. How many concepts does phonetics concern?
10. And one of those concepts is?
11. And another one?
12. And the last one?
13. According to people who work in the field to which brand of linguistics does phonetics belong to?
14. And does phonology belong to a specific one?
15. Which one?
16. What is a person called who works in this field?
17. Can sign languages fall under this field in linguistics?
18. Under what branch specifically?
19. Can a sound system be considered part of a fundamental system of a language?
Answer:
1. the mid 20th century.
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes
5. phonematics
6. phonemics
7. yes
8. phonetics
9. Three
10. physical production of the sounds of speech
11. the acoustic transmission of those sounds
12. The perception of the sounds
13. descriptive linguistics
14. yes
15. theoretical linguistics
16. linguist
17. yes
18. Phonology
19. yes