1. In Japan, some forms of literature are expressed with few words. Which one expresses humor or satire in a fixed format? 1) Tanka 2) Haiku 3) Senry 2. Haiku and senryu are made up of 17 syllables (characters). How many syllables are used in tanka? 1) 31 syllables 2) 24 syllables, 3) 12 syllables 3. An entertainer sits on the stage alone and makes the audience laugh with a humorous tale. What is this traditional form of entertainment? 1) Manzai 2) Rakugo 3) Koudan 4. What is the game in which players compete to pick up cards that have teachings, such as proverbs, written on them? 1) Hyakunin-isshu 2) Iroha-karuta 5. This is a word-play game involving several players. Starting off with a word, the first player says a word using the last syllable of the previous word, and the next person follows in the same fashion. The player who uses a word that ends in “n” loses. What is this game called?