A Guide to Western Culture
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1. _________ believed that the highest good in life was pleasure, freedom from pain and emotional upheaval.
A. Sophists B. Cynics
C. Skeptics D. Epicureans
2. _________ is said to have told the king of Syracu: "Give me a place to stand, and I will move the world."
A. Archimedes B. Aristotle
C. Plato D. Euclid
3. Increasingly troubled by the inroads of northem tribes such as Goths, the West Roman Empire finally collapd in _________
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A. 395 B. 27
C. 1453 D. 476
4. The City of God ctrwas written by ________, the most important of all the leaders of Christian thought.
A. Jesus B. Augustine
C. Thomas Aquinas D. Martin Luther
5. _________ was a painter, a sculptor, an architect, a musician, an engineer, and a scientist----- a Renaissance man in the true n of the word.
A. Michelangelo B. Raphael
C. Shakespeare D. Leonardo Da Vinci
6. In _______, Cervantes satirized a very popular type of literature at the time, the romance of chivalry.
A. Don Quixote B. Hamlet
C. Leviathan D. The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
7. The best- known book written by Thomas More is ________ , which describes an ideal non-Christian state where everybody lives a simple life and shares the goods in common, posss a good knowledge of Latin, fights no war and enjoys full freedom in religious belief.
bathingsuit A. The Prai of the Folly B. As You Like It
C. Divine Comedy D. Utopia
8. ________, author of Prince, is regarded as "father of political science" in the West.
A. Machiavelli B. Dante
C. Bacon D. Locke
9. In The Revolution of Heavenly Orbs,________ put forward his theory that the sun, not the earth, is the center of the univer.
A. Kepler B. Galileo
C. Newton D. Copernicus
10. During the _________ century, the modern scientific method began to take shape, which emphasized obrvation and experimentation before formulating a final explanation or generalization.
A. 18th B. 15 th
C. 16 th D. 17 th
11. _______ said, "Knowledge is power."
A.. Isaac Newton B. Francis Bacon
vacation是什么意思 C. John Locke D. Marx
12. In Faust,_______ drew on an immen variety of cultural material----theological, mythological, philosophical, political, economic, scientific, aesthetic, musical, and literary.
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A. Goethe B. Defoe
C. Rousau D. Byron
13. Which of the following is not regarded as a romantic writer?
A. Wordsworth B. Shelley
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14. The most frequent themes of Romanticism include all of the following except _________.
A. the power of reason B. individual freedom
C. spontaneity D. love of nature
15. "If winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" is the ending line of "Ode to the West Wind" by ________.
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A. Wordsworth B. Keats
C. Pushkin D. Shelleyache是什么意思
16. The compor of Swan Lake was ____, a genius in symphonic music.
A. Tchaikovsky B. Chopin
C. Beethoven D. Mozart
17. The naturalist school founded by Zola in late 19 th century intended ________.
A. to attack the industrial injustice and urban evils
B. to give full play to the imagination of individuals
C. to uphold the classical values such as harmony, balance, proportion and retraint
D. to demonstrate the law of human conduct by a scientific study of "a slice of life"
18. Which of the following novels was not written by Tolstoy?
A. Resurrection B. War and Peace
C.六级成绩查询身份证号 Crime and Punishment D. Anna Karenina
