欧洲文化入门试题及答案.docx

1、欧洲文化入门试题及答案欧洲文化入门试题及答案（0174）欧洲文化入门复习思考题I. Choose the most appropriate one for the following blanks. 1. Two major 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 Trojan War (the Greek states led by Agamemnon

2、in their war against the city of Troy ). A. The Odyssey 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

3、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. D

4、ante called _ “ the master of those 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 subject for discussion among writers and artists. A, Discus Thrower B, Venus de Milo C, Laocoon

5、group D, Parthenon 10. Herodotus , Father of History, wrote about the war between _ . A. Athens and Sparta B. Athens and Syracuse 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 12.Octavius

6、 took supreme power as emperor with the title of _ in 27 B. C.Rome B. Augustus C. The Roman Empire D. Pax Romana 13. The great epic, The Aeneid, was written by _. A. Lucretius B. Virgil C. Julius Caesar D. Cicero 14. The oldest and most important of the Old Testament of 39 books are the first five b

7、ooks, called _. A. Deuteronomy B. Exodus C. the Pentateuch D. Genesis 15. In _ the Jews were carried away into the Babylonian Captivity(巴比伦之囚). A. 169 B. C. B. 586 B. C. C. 536 B. C. D, 721 B.C. 16. The most important and influential of English Bible is _, first published in 1611. A. The Septuagint

8、B. The Vulgate C. Wycliffs version D. Authorized version 17. _ is the oldest extant Greek translation of the Old Testament. A. The Septuagint B. The Vulgate C. Wycliffs version D. Authorized version 18. It is generally accepted that _ and Shakespeare are two great reserviors of Modern English. A. th

9、e Bible B. the English Bible C. the New Testament D. the Old Testament 19. 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. knigh

10、thood B. the manor C. the Church D. polis 21. In 1054, 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

11、 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 per

12、iod between _. A. the 13th and 15th centuries B. the 14th and mid-17th century C. the 15th and 16th centuries D. the 14th and 16th centuries 25. _ is the essence of the Renaissance.The revival of interest in ancient Greek and Roman cultureAttempts to get rid of conservatismThe flowering of paintings

13、, sculpture and architectureHumanism 26. Fracesco Petrarch, the author of _, is known as Father of Humanism. A. the Decameron B.Canzoniers C. David D. Sleeping Venus 27. After Reformation, _ came into being. A. Christianity B. Calvinism C. Lutheranism D. Protestantism 28. Which was NOT true about Du

14、rer? A, The leader of the Renaissance in Germany B, A master of woodcut C, Never being to Italy D, A follower of Martin Luther 29. Father of modern astronomy is _. A. Da Vinci B. Amerigo Vespucci C. Nicolaus Copernicus D. Marchiavelli 30. Vasari was best known for his entertaining biographies of _.

15、A. Fabrica B. Prince C. the Divine Comedy D. Lives of the Artists 31. _s theories have given rise to important developments of modern science, ranging from Freudian psychology to Einsteinian physics. A. Galileo Galilei B. Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz C. Sir Isaac Newton D. Johannes Kepler 32. In th

16、e first _ , Locke flatly rejected the theory of divine right of kings. A. the Advancement of Learning B. the New Atlantis C. Essay Concerning human Understanding D. Treatise of Civil Government 33. Thomas Hobbess _ is one of the most celebrated political treatises in European literature. A. Leviatha

17、n B. the Advancement of Learning C. Essay Concerning human Understanding D. Treatise of Civil Government 34. The theme of _ is the fall of men. A. New Method B. Treatise of Civil GovernmentC. Essay Concerning human Understanding D. Paradise Lost 35. _ was the best representative dramatist of French

18、classical comedies. A. Corneille B. Racine C. Molire D. Descartes 36. Which of the following artists helped to gring the Roman Baroque style to its climax? A. Rubens B. Bernini C. Borromini D. Caravaggio 37. Whose doctrines of the separation of powers became one of the most important principles of t

19、he U.S.constitution _ A. John Locke B. Rousseau C. Voltaire D. Montesquieu 38. In which of Diderots works, the author developed his materialist philosophy and fore-shadowed the doctrine of evolutions as later proposed by Charles Darwin _ A. Philosophical Thoughts B. Rameaus Nephew C. Elements of Phy

20、siology D. Encyclopedie 39. _ , novelist, is often called the founder of English domestic novel. A. Walter Scott B. Henry Fielding C. Samuel Johnson D. Samuel Richardson 40. Which of the Lessings works was a landmark in the 18th-century German drama _ A. Minna Von Barnhelm B. Laocoon C. Hamburgische

21、 Dramaturgie D. Nathan the Wise 41. In _ , Goethe draws on a immense variety of cultural material. It is not only his own masterpiece but the greatest work of German literature. A. the Sorrow of Young Werther B. Faust C. Wilhelm Meisters Travels D. Poetry and Truth 42. Among Schillers works, _ was a

22、 play best known to the Chinese audience. A. The Robbers B. Wallenstein C. Cabal and Love D. Wilhelm Tell 43. Kants years of his philosophical studies are crystalized in three difficult books; among them ,_ was the most important single book by any modern pholosopher.General History of Nature and Th

23、eory of the HeavensCritique of Practical Reason C. Critiquue of Judgement D. Critique of Pure Reason 44. It has been said that “ the world had waited centuries for _ and he was only to remain here a moment”. A. Beethoven B. Haydn C. Mozart D. Bach 45. Which of the following writers or poets is usual

24、ly called the father of European historical novel _. A. Goethe B. Victor Hugo C. Daniel Defoe D. Walter Scott 46. In 1798, _, a volume of poems by Wordsworth and Coleridge, made literary history. A. Songs of Experience B. Lyrical Ballads C. Isles of Greece D. Ode to the West Wind 47. Which of the fo

25、llowing Romantic writers ever fought for womens freedom in love and marriage _ A. George Sand B. Victor Hugo C. Daniel Defoe D. Henry Fielding 48. _ stood in the van of the Romantic movement in Russia, _ is generally recognized as his masterpiece. A. Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time B. Pushkin, Luslan

26、and Liudmila C. Pushkin, Boris Godunov D. Pushkin, Eugene Onegin 49. The publication of Mickiewiczs _ is uaually taken as the beginning of Romanticism in Polish literature. A. Sonnets from the Crimea B. Konrad Wallenrod C. Ballads and Ramances D. Pan Tadeusz 50. Beethovens _ is a choral symphony, ch

27、oosing as a text for the finale Shillers Ode to Joy. A. Symphony No. 3 B. Symphony No. 5 C. Symphony No. 6 D. Symphony No. 9 51. _ sought to revolutionize the opera by making it a combination of the arts: dramatic, musical, and scenic. A. Berlioz B. Chopin C. Wagner D. Verdi 52. Based on _ , Marx an

28、d Engels developed their own dialectical materialism.the German classical philosophy B. the English classical political economythe Utopian Socialism D. the Manifesto of the Communist Party 53. Just as Darwin discovered the law of development of _, so Marx discovered the law of development of _.the s

29、urvival of the fittest, the communist party the natural selection, the scientific socialismorganic nature, human historyD. natural species, historical societies 54. In 1858 Darwin received a letter from _, who, working independently, also came to the conclusion concerning the origin of the species by means of natural selection. A. John Stevens Henslow B. Charles Lyell C. Thomas Huxley D. Alfred Russel Wallace 55. Zola defined the theory of _ and illustrated it in his great work entitled _.naturalism, Les Rougen-Macquarts B. naturalism, Madame BovaryC. r