ENGLISH ACTIVITY 1 Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: One Thousand and One Nights' is a collection of the Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age It is often known in English as The Arabian Nights. The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars across West Central and South Asia and North Africa The bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is occasionally used for songs and riddles and to express serious emotion. Some of the stories commonly associated with The Arabian Nights', in particular, 'Aladdin's Won- derful Lamp' . "Alibaba and the Forty Thieves' and 'The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor' were not part of The Arabian Nights' in its original Arabic version. These stories were added to the collection by Antoine Galland and other European translators A. Complete the following sentences with information from the text: 1 x3 = 3 1 The Arabian Nights' is a collection of (11) In the text, verse is used for (BI) One of the famous translators of The Arabian Nights'is 2 X 3 = 6 B. Answer the following questions: 0) When was 'The Arabian Nights' composed? (1) In which language was it originally written? (1) How did the English translation of The Arabian Nights' differ from the original version?
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When was 'The Arabian Nights' composed?
-The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars across West Central and South Asia and North Africa The bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is occasionally used for songs and riddles and to express serious emotion.
In which language was it originally written?
-it was originally written in Arabic language.
How did the English translation of The Arabian Nights' differ from the original version?
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0) Arabian Nights was compiled during the Islamic Gold Age.
1) It is written in Arabic
2) The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars across West Central and South Asia and North Africa The bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is occasionally used for songs and riddles and to express serious emotion. Some of the stories commonly associated with The Arabian Nights', in particular, 'Aladdin's Won- derful Lamp' . "Alibaba and the Forty Thieves' and 'The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor' were not part of The Arabian Nights' in its original Arabic version.