自考《欧洲文化入门试卷及答案练习题》
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课程《欧洲文化入门》 考试时间 120 分钟 日期 年 月 日 姓名 学号 学院 班级
Ⅰ.Read the following unfinished statements or questionas carefully. For each unfinished statement or question, four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D are given. Choose the one that you think best completes the statement or answers the question. Write the letter of the answer you have choosen in the corresponding spcae on the answer sheet. (40 points, 2 point for each) 1.
———— was the founder of scientific mathematics.
A. Pythagoras B. Democritus C. Aristotle D. Diogenes
2. Which of the following figures was regarded as “the master of those who know”by Dante?
A. Plato B. Socrates C. Aristotle D. Cicero 3.
________ was called “the greatest historian that ever lived”by Macaulay. A. Thucydides B. Herodotus C. Socrates D. Aristotle
4. The first king to unite the Hebrews was a warrior-famer name________ . A. Moses B. Joshua C. Saul D. David
5. Who issued the Edict of Milan in 313,whick granted religious freedom to all and made Christianity
legal?
A. Domitian B. Valerian C. Constantine D. Theodosius
6. The ancestors of the Jews are called Hebrews which mean ________ . A. wanderers B. travelers C. traders D. merchants
7. In the latter part of the fourth century the ________ swept into Europe from central Asia. A. Turkish B. Huns C. Athens D. Roman
8. Apart from being a place of worship, the ________ was a place for recreation and the center of
trade and community activity. A. bridge B. church building C. village D. subway
9. For two centuries beginning from the late fifteenth century,________ was the golden city which
gave birth to a whole generation of poets, scholars,artists and sculptors. A. Milan B. Florence
C. Venice D. the papal states
10. which of the following figures knows “how to make beauty yield meaning and meaning yield
beauty”.
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A. Boccaccio B. Shakespeare C. Raphael D. Petrarch
11. ________ is recognized as the father of the modern European novel and has had great impact on
world literature.
A. Don Quixote B. hamlet
C. Gargantua and Pantagruel D. Utopia
12. The English poet Alexander Pope once wrote:Nature and Nature’laws lay hid in night.God said,
“let________ be”, and all was light. A. Copernicus B. Kepler C. Newton D. Einstein
13. It is generally believed that modern philosophy begins with Francis Bacon in England and with
________ in France.
A. Corneille B. Locke
C. Rousseau D. Descartes
14. The great contribution of St.Jerome was ________. A. the building of monasteries
B. the translation of Old and New Testaments into Latin C. the setting up of the church system D. none of the above
15. Which of the following is not true about Dante?
A. Dante was a great Italian poet. B. Dante wrote Beowulf
C. Dante wrote his masterpiece in Italian D. Dante was a great political thinker
16. Scientists in the 17th century,such ans Galileo and Newton,attached great importance to
________ .
A. deductive reasoning B. classical authority
C. direct observation and experiment D. humanist learning 17. Which of the following is not true about Aristotle?
A. In Aristotle the great humanist and the great man of science meet.
B. Aristotle founded the school of the Stoics. C. Aristotle was tutor of Alexander.
D. Aristotle wrote many books on logic,politics, poetry, rhetoric and other subjects.
18. ________ believed that the highest good in life was pleasure, freedom from pain and emotional
upheaval. .
A. Sophists B. Cynics C. Sceptics D. Epicureans
19. ________ is said to have told the king of Syracuse: “Give me a place to stand, and I will move the
world.”
A. Archimedes B. Aristotle C. Plato D. Euclid
20. In The Revolution of the Heavenly Orbs,________ put forward his theory that the sun, not the
earth, is the center of the universe. A. Kepler B. Galileo
C. Newton D. Copernicus
Ⅱ.In the following part there are two columns.The left hand column consists of a list of names. The
right hand column consists of a list of titles, names of organizations, works or remarks in the
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right hand column and put the number a or b or c etc. in the bracket on the test paper.(10 points, 1 point each)
21.St.Jerome [ ] (a)Latin version of Bible 22.Dante [ ] (b)The City of God
23.Aristophanes [ ] (c)The Canterbury Tales 24.Virgil [ ] (d)Aeneid
25.Constantine [ ] (e)Last Supper 26.Augustine [ ] (f)Virgin Mary 27.Chaucer [ ] (g)Edict of Milan 28.Leonardo da Vinci [ ] (h)Frogs
29.Raphael [ ] (i)The Divine Comedy 30.Homer [ ] (j)Odyssey
Ⅲ.Give a one-sentence answer to each of the following question. Write your answer in the
corresponding space on the test paper.(20 points, 2 points each)
31.Among many elements which constitute European culture, what are the two major ones?
32.What are the four schools of philosophers who often argued with each other in the 4th century
B.C.in Greece
33.What gave birth to Christianity?
34.What does the Old Testament mainly deal with?
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35.What classes were the people of weatern Europe under feudalism mainly divided into?
36.Why did the Crusades go on about 200 years?
37.Name the two men who made great efforts to promote learning in the Middle Ages.
38.Which period does Renaissance refer to in the European history?
39.List tow most famous pictures painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
40.Who established oil colour on canvas as the typical medium of the pictorial tradition in western
art?
IV.Explain each of the following terms in English. Write your answer in the corresponding space on the test paper in around 40 words.(20 points, 5points each)
41.Athens’democrach
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自考《欧洲文化入门试卷及答案练习题》
