《欧洲文化入门》
第一部分 试题
I. Choo the most appropriate one for the following blanks.
1 . Two maj or elements in European culture are ____.
A. the Greek and Roman B. the Judaism and Christianity
C. the Greco-Roman D. A and B
2. ____ deals with the Troj an War (the Greek states led by Agamemnon in their war against the
city of Troy ).
A. The Odysy B. The Iliad
C. Prometheus Bound D. Persians
3. The play Prometheus Bound was written by _____.
A. Aeschylus B. Aristophanes
C. Euripides D. Sophocles
4. The best writer of comedy of the ancient Greece was ____ , who is Father of Comedy.
A. Euripides B. Aristophanes C. Sophocles D. Aeschylus
5. ____ was one of the earliest exponents of the atomic theory.
A. Home B. Heracleitue C. Democritus D. Socrates
6, ____by Plato is a book about the ideal state ruled by a philosopher but barring poets.
A. Dialogues B. The Apology C. The Republic D. Symposium
7. Dante called ____ “ the master of tho who know”.
A, Aristotle B. Plato C. Socrates D. Archimedes
8. Euclid is even now well-known for his ____.
A. Elements B. Poetics C. Ethics D. Politics
9. ____ has been a big subj ect for discussion among writers and artists.
A, Discus Thrower B, Venus de Milo
C, Laocoon group D, Parthenon
1 0. Herodotus , Father of History, wrote about the war between ____ .
A. Athens and Sparta B. Athens and Syracu
C. Athens and Persians D. Greeks and Persians
11 . It is _____ who was the founder of scientific mathematics.
A. Heracleitus B. Aristotle C. Socrates D. Pythagoras
1 2. Octavius took supreme power as emperor with the title of ____ in 27 B. C. .
A. Rome B. Augustus C. The Roman Empire D. Pax Romana
1 3. The great epic, The Aeneid, was written by _____.
A. Lucretius B. Virgil C. Julius Caesar D. Cicero
1 4. The oldest and most important of the Old Testament of 39 books are the first five books, called
____.
A. Deuteronomy B. Exodus C. the Pentateuch D. Genesis
1 5. In ____ the Jews were carried away into the Babylonian Captivity(巴比伦之囚).
A. 1 69 B. C. B. 586 B. C. C. 536 B. C. D, 721 B. C.
1 6. The most important and influential of English Bible is ____, first published in 1 611 .
A. The Septuagint B. The Vulgate
C. Wycliff’s version D. Authorized version
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1 7. ____ is the oldest extant Greek translation of the Old Testament.
A. The Septuagint B. The Vulgate
C. Wycliff’s version D. Authorized version
1 8. It is generally accepted that ____ and Shakespeare are two great rerviors of Modern English.
A. the Bible B. the English Bible
C. the New Testament D. the Old Testament
1 9. The Middle Ages is a period in which _____ , _____ and Gothic heritages merged.
A. Greco-Roman, Christianity B. classical, Christian
C. Greek, Roman D. classical, Hebrew
20. The centre of medieval life under feudalism was _____.
A. knighthood B. the manor C. the Church D. polis
21 . In 1 054, the Christian Church was divided into ____ and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
A. Christianity B. the Roman Church
C. the Roman Catholic Church D. the Western Catholic
22. _____ by Aquinas forms an enormous system and sums up all the knowledge of medieval
theology.
A. Summa Theologica B. Summa Contra Gentiles
C. Opus maius D. Beowulf
23. The Anglo-Saxon epic ____ originated from the collective effort of oral literature.
A. Song of Roland B. the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.
C. Beowulf D. the Divine Comedy
24. Generally speaking, Renaissance refers to the period between ____.centuries
《欧洲文化入门》重点归纳
1、There are many elements constituting(组成) European Culture.
2、There are two major elements: Greco-Roman element and Judeo-Christian element.
3、The richness(丰富性) of European Culture was created by Greco-Roman element and Judeo-Christian element.
第一章
1、The 5th century clod with civil war between Athens and Sparta.
2、The economy of Athens rested on(依赖) an immen（无限的）amount of slave labour.
3、Olympus mount, Revived in 1896(当代奥运会)
4、Ancient Greece(古希腊)’s epics was created by Homer.
5、They events of Homer’s own time. (错)
（They are not about events of Homer’s own time, probably in the period 1200-1100 B.C.）
6、The Homer’s epics consisted of Iliad and Odysy.
7、Agamemnon, Hector, Achilles are in Iliad.
