西方文化入门试卷A
December, 2007
Part I Read the following statements, then decide whether they are TRUE or FALSE. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET (20 points)
1. The state of Athens was a democratic society; the state of Sparta was not.
2. 排球教学Alexandria is a city of learning in Ancient Greek world, it is situated at the mouth of the Nile.
3. The Areopagus could not exert its power in Athens after the reforms of Solon.
4. Peloponnesian Wars are carried out between Athens and Sparta.
5． The earliest Aegean civilization originated from the Crete, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.
血汗工厂6． Achilles and Odysy are Greek commanders during the Trojan War happening around 700 BC.
7． Ancient Greek drama has everlasting value becau they asked questions about man’s existence.
8．The expulsion of king Tarquinus Superbus was the beginning of Roman republic.
9． L. Sulla Felix was the first military commander who established a dictatorship in Roman history.
10．Julius Caesar Octavinus, Mark Antonius and Lepidus formed the cond Triumvirate.
11．In ancient Rome “tribute” was such a post who duty was to act on the interest of common people against the Senate.
12． Julius Caesar was not only a brilliant military leader but also a good writer.
13． The Roman army was a fearful military force becau Romans were naturally born
soldiers who ud their swords, shields and lances with skills.
14． The Aeneid is a great epic in the history of literature becau it tells the beginning history of Roman people.
15． Israelite people organized themlves into a kingdom about 1000 BC.
16． The Old Testament was written in Hebrew and the New Testament was written in Latin.
17． John Locke in his cond Treati of Civil Government propod idea of paration of legislative, executive and juridical power in a government.
18． The motto “I think therefore I am.” is from the French philosopher Voltaire.
白色牡丹19． Tartuffe is memorable character in literature history which stands for hypocrisy.
20． Van Rijn Rembrandt was a principal Dutch Baroque painter of Renaissance.
Part II Read the following statements, choo one from the three choices that fits the ntence in meaning. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET (20 points)
遐迩一体1. It was in the book of _____ that tells the story of Mos leading the Israelites out of the slavery in Egypt.
A. Numbers B. Exodus C. Leviticus
2．Among the obligations of a vassal to his lord are tho except _____ .
A. help administer justice B. to fight for the lord C. provide food
3．A man of noble birth did not become a knight naturally. He began his education at the age of ven as a page, learning to say his prayers and good manners. At _____ , the page became a squire or an assistant to a knight who became his master.
A. 12 B. 13. C. 14
4．St. Thomas Aquinas wrote the following books except _____ .
A. Summa Contra Gentiles B. Opus maius C. Summa Theologiae
5．Gothic architecture had _____ as its distinctive characteristics.
A. arches B. flying buttress C. vault
6． In Dante’s Divine Comedy, it was _____ who guided the poet to tour the Hell and Purgatory.
A. An angel B. Beatrice C. Virgil
7．The book Decameron was written by _____ .
A. Francesco Petrarch B. Giovanni Boccaccio C. François Rabelais
8．It was the navigator _____ who discovered the route to India through the Cape of Hope.
A. Christopher Columbus B. Vasco da Gama C. Barthoomeu Dias
9．It was _____ who found that in the solar system each planet moves in an ellip, not a perfect circle, at the sun with one focus.
A. Johannes Kepler B. Nicolaus Copernicus C. Galileo Galilei
10．The book Essay Concerning Human Understanding was written by _____ .
A. Thomas Hobbes B. Ré电脑怎么查配置ne Descartes C. John Locke
11. _____ as the editor made greatest contribution to the completion of Encyclopedie.
A. Voltaire B. Rousau C. Diderot左侧肚子疼
12. David is a sculpture done by _____ .
A. Raphael B. Da Vinci C. Michelangelo
13. The Book The Origin of Human Inequality was written by ______ .
A. Rousau B. John Locke C. Montesquieu
14. The Sorrows of Young Werther was written by German Romantic poet _____.
A. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe B. Johann C. F. von Schiller C. Heinrich Heine
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解洪元15. The Industrial Revolution started in 18th century and completed in _____ 19th century.
