Arabic language quiz: grammar and literature questions with answers

Here are 12 questions from the “Arabic language” category of Uloomak, from easy to hard. Try to answer, then tap “Show the answer” to see the answer and its source.

1. Which of these is a broken plural?Easy

   • AMu'allimūn
   • BKutub
   • CMu'allimāt
   • DMuhandisayn
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   Correct answer: B) Kutub

   Source: Ibn Aqils commentary on the Alfiyya of Ibn Malik

2. Which of these words is a preposition?Easy

   • Ahal (question particle)
   • Blam (did not)
   • Cinna (indeed)
   • Dfi (in)
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   Correct answer: D) fi (in)

   Source: Ibn Aqils commentary on the Alfiyya of Ibn Malik

3. How is “Allahu” parsed in “Allahu akbar”?Easy

   • APredicate (khabar)
   • BSubject of a verb (fail)
   • CObject (maful bih)
   • DSubject of a nominal sentence (mubtada)
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   Correct answer: D) Subject of a nominal sentence (mubtada)

   Source: Ibn Aqil — chapter on the nominal sentence

4. When is World Arabic Language Day celebrated?Easy

   • A2 December
   • B18 December
   • C21 February
   • D23 April
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   Correct answer: B) 18 December

   Source: United Nations — World Arabic Language Day

5. What does “lan” do to the present-tense verb?Medium

   • AMakes it nominative
   • BMakes it genitive
   • CMakes it subjunctive (mansub)
   • DMakes it jussive (majzum)
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   Correct answer: C) Makes it subjunctive (mansub)

   Source: Ibn Aqils commentary on the Alfiyya of Ibn Malik

6. “Hal ghādara l-shuʿarāʾu min mutaraddami” opens the Mu'allaqa of:Medium

   • AAntara ibn Shaddad
   • BAmr ibn Kulthum
   • CLabid ibn Rabi'a
   • DAl-Harith ibn Hilliza
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   Correct answer: A) Antara ibn Shaddad

   Source: Al-Zawzanis commentary on the Seven Muallaqat

7. What is an intransitive verb (fiʿl lāzim)?Medium

   • AOne that takes two objects
   • BOne content with its subject, taking no object
   • COne that never has a subject
   • DOne used only in the past
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   Correct answer: B) One content with its subject, taking no object

   Source: Ibn Aqils commentary on the Alfiyya of Ibn Malik

8. What marks the nominative of the “five nouns” such as “abuka” and “akhuka”?Medium

   • AA damma
   • BThe letter nun
   • CThe letter waw
   • DThe letter alif
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   Correct answer: C) The letter waw

   Source: Ibn Aqils commentary on the Alfiyya of Ibn Malik

9. Which word is the specifier (tamyīz) in “ishtaraytu raṭlan zaytan”?Hard

   • ARaṭlan
   • BIshtaraytu
   • CZaytan
   • DThe taa
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   Correct answer: C) Zaytan

   Source: Ibn Aqils commentary on the Alfiyya of Ibn Malik

10. Lā of absolute negation (“lā rajula fī l-dār”) works like:Hard

    • AKāna
    • BLaysa
    • CẒanna
    • DInna
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    Correct answer: D) Inna

    Source: Ibn Aqils commentary on the Alfiyya of Ibn Malik

11. How is a diptote marked in the genitive when it has no “al” and is not in an idafa?Hard

    • AWith a damma instead of a kasra
    • BWith the letter ya instead of a kasra
    • CWith a fatha instead of a kasra
    • DWith a visible kasra
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    Correct answer: C) With a fatha instead of a kasra

    Source: Ibn Aqil — chapter on diptotes

12. What does declarative “kam” express, as in “kam kitābin qara'tu!”?Hard

    • AFew
    • BMany
    • CAsking a number
    • DNegation
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    Correct answer: B) Many

    Source: Ibn Aqils commentary on the Alfiyya of Ibn Malik

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