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What sort of literature did Abai study at school?
He studied Oriental classical literature and read Russian literature.
Why did Abai stop working with his father?
He wanted to study literature.
Which authors did Abai translate?
He translated Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Puskin and Turgenev.
What genre of book is The Book of Words?
It’s a non-fiction book on his philosophical thoughts.
TRUE or FALSE. Abai Kunanbaiuli studied Russian authors at primary school.
FALSE. He studied them at secondary school.
TRUE or FALSE. Abai wrote the poem Summer when he was twelve.
FALSE. He was thirty-one when he wrote Summer.
TRUE or FALSE. He wrote fifty books in Russian.
FALSE. He translated fifty books from Russian into Kazakh.
TRUE or FALSE. He changed how people learned and enjoyedstories in Kazakhstan.
TRUE
Who taught Mukhtar Auezov to read, write and what languages?
His grandfather taught him how to read and write using both the Arabic and Cyrillic script
What did Auezov do after writing plays?
After writing plays, Auezov changed his focus to writing novels
Which authors and novels did Auezov translate?
He translated Gogol, Zhakespeare, Nikolai Pogodin, Aleksandr Kron
When was the Abai zholy book published
1st book in 1942, 2nd book in 1947, 3rd book in 1952, 4th book in 1956
