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1、I. Multiple ChoicesDIVISION ONE: Greek Culture and Roman Culture1. Which culture reached a high point of development in the 5th century B.C.? _ A. Greek CultureB. Roman CultureC. Egyptian CultureD. Chinese Culture2. In _ the Romans conquered Greece. A. 1200 B.C.B. 700 B.C. C. 146 B.C.D. the 5th cent

2、ury3. Which of the following works described the war led by Agamemnon against the city of Troy? _ A. Oedipus the kingB. Iliad C. OdysseyD. Antigone4. Which of the following is NOT the play written by Aeschylus? _ A. AntigoneB. Agamemnon C. PersiansD. Prometheus Bound5. Which of the following is NOT

3、the play written by Sophocles? _ A. ElectraB. Antigone C. Trojan WomenD. Oedipus the king6. Which of the following is the play written by Euripides? _ A. AntigoneB. Persians C. ElectraD. Medea7. Which of the following is NOT one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece? _ A. AristophanesB

4、. Euripides C. SophoclesD. Aeschylus8. Who ever said that “You can not step twice into the same river”? _ A. PythagorasB. Heracleitue C. DemocritusD. Aristotle9. Who was the founder of scientific mathematics? _ A. HeracleitueB. Aristotle C. SocratesD. Pythagoras10. Who is chiefly noted for his doctr

5、ine that “man is the measure of all things”? _ A. ProtagorasB. Pythagoras C. PyrrhonD. Epicurus11. Who wrote, “I came, I saw, I conquered”? _ A. HoraceB. Julius Caesar C. Marcus Tullius CiceroD. Virgil12. The author of the philosophical poem On the Nature of Things is _. A. VirgilB. Julius Caesar C.

6、 HoraceD. Lucretius13. Which of the following is not Roman architecture? _ A. The ColosseumB. The Pantheon C. The ParthenonD. Pont du Gard14. Who wrote, “Captive Greece took her rude conqueror captive”? _ A. SapphoB. Plato C. VirgilD. HoraceDIVISION TWO: The Bible and Christianity15. Which of the fo

7、llowing is by far the most influential religion in the West? _ A. BuddhismB. Islamism C. ChristianityD. Judaism16. The Old Testament consists of 39 books, the oldest and most important of which re the first five books, called _. A. ExodusB. Commandments C. AmosD. Pentateuch17. Which of the following

8、 is NOT the content of the Ten Commandments? _ A. Honor your father and your motherB. Do no commit suicide C. Do not desire your neighbors wifeD. Do not take the name of God in vain18. When in Babylon the Hebrews formed synagogues to practice their religion? _ A. in 169 B.C.B. in the 4th century C.

9、in 76 B.C.D. in the 6th century19. After the _ century Nestorianism reached China. A. sixthB. fifth C. secondD. third20. Which of the following emperors made Christianity the official religion of the empire and outlawed all other religions? _ A. TheodosiusB. Augustus C. Constantine ID. Nero Caesar21

10、. Which of the following emperors issued the Edict of Milan and made Christianity legal in 313? _ A. AugustusB. Theodosius C. NeroD. Constantine I22. At the age of 30, Jesus Christ received the baptism at the hands of _. A. St. PeterB. St. Paul C. John BaptistD. John Wycliff23. By 1693, the whole of

11、 the Bible had been translated in _ languages. A. 228B. 974 C. 1202D. 15424. The oldest extant Greek translation of the Old Testament is known as _. A. the Latin VulgateB. the Aristeas C. the “Authorized”D. the Septuagint25. When printing was invented in the 1500s the _ Bible was the first complete

12、work printed. A. EnglishB. Latin C. AramaicD. Hebrew26. When did the standard American edition of the Revised Version appear? A. 1885B. 1611 C. 1901D. 1979DIVISION THREE: The Middle Ages27. In the later part of the 4th century, which of the following tribes swept into Europe from central Asia, robbi

13、ng and killing a large number of the half civilized Germanic tribes? _ A. the MongoliansB. the Huns C. the TurkishD. the Syrians28. The Middle Ages is also called the _. A. “Age of Christianity”B. “Age of Literature” C. “Age of Holy Spirit”D. “Age of Faith”29. According to the code of chivalry, whic

14、h of the following is not pledged to do for a knight? _ A. to be loyal to his lordB. to fight for the church C. to obey without question the orders of the abbot D. to respect women of noble birth30. In 732, who gave his soldiers estates known as fiefs as a reward for their service? _ A. Charles Mart

15、el, a Frankish rulerB. Charles I, a Turkish ruler C. Constantine I, a Frankish rulerD. St. Benedict, an Italian ruler31. When was the Church divided into the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church? _ A. after 1066B. after 1296 C. after 1054D. after 47632. Which of the following about the

16、knight or noble in the Middle Ages in western Europe is NOT true? _ A. Almost all nobles were knights in the Medieval days. B. A noble began his education as a page at the age of seven. C. As a knight, he was pledged to fight for the church. D. At about fourteen, the page became a knight.33. When wa

17、s a noble crowned as a knight in the Middle Ages in western Europe? _ A. At the age of 14 B. When he was taught to say his prayers, learned good manners and ran errands for the ladies. C. At a special ceremony known as dubbing. D. When he was pledged to fight for the church.34. Which of the followin

18、g is NOT true about what the monks must do before entering the monastery according to the Benedictine Rule? _ A. They had to attend service six times during the day and once at midnight. B. They could promise to give up all their possession before entering the monastery. C. They were expected to wor

19、k 5 hours a day in the fields surrounding the monastery. D. They had to obey without question the orders of the abbot.35. Under feudalism, what were the three classes of people of western Europe? _ A. clergy, knights and serfsB. Pope, bishop and peasants C. clergy, lords and peasantsD. knights, nobl

20、es and serfs36. By which year the Moslems had taken over the last Christian stronghold and won crusades and ruled all the territory in Palestine that the crusaders had fought to control? A. 1279B. 1254 C. 1096D. 129137. Which of the following was crowned “Emperor of the Romans” by the Pope in 800? _

21、 A. St. Thomas AquinasB. Charlemagne C. ConstantineD. Kings James38. Who was the ruler of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex and contributed greatly to the medieval European culture? A. Charles IB. Constantine I C. Alfred the GreatD. Charles the Great39. Does Song of Roland belong to which countrys e

22、pic? A. EnglishB. Germanic C. HebrewD. French40. Who is the author of the Opus Maius? A. Roger BaconB. Dante Alighieri C. ChaucerD. St. Thomas AquinasDIVISION FOUR: Renaissance and Reformation41. Where did the Renaissance start with the flowering of paintings, sculpture and architecture? _ A. in Gre

23、ece and RomeB. in Florence and Venice C. in Milan and FlorenceD. in Italy and Germany42. When did the Renaissance reach its height with its centre moving to Milan, then to Rome, and created High Renaissance? _ A. in the 11 centuryB. in the 15th century C. in the 16th centuryD. in the 17th century43.

24、 Which of the following works is written by Boccaccio? _ A. DecameronB. Canzoniers C. DavidD. Moses44. Which of the following works is NOT written by Petrarch? _ A. CanzoniersB. On Solitude C. EcologuesD. Flight into Egypt45. Who is the author of the painting, Betrayal of Judas? _ A. GiottoB. Brunel

25、leschi C. DonatelloD. Giorgione46. Which of the following High Renaissance artists is the father of the modern mode of painting? _ A. RaphaelB. Titian C. da VinciD. Michelangelo47. Which of the following High Renaissance artists was best known for his Madonna (Virgin Mary)? _ A. TitianB. da Vinci C.

26、 MichelangeloD. Raphael48. Which of the following paintings was based on the story in the Bible with Maria riding on a donkey ready to face the hardship ahead? _ A. Sacred and Profane LoveB. Tempesta C. The Return of the HuntersD. Flight into Egypt49. Who took up the translation of the Bible into En

27、glish for the first time? _ A. Jan HusB. John Wycliffe C. Martin LutherD. John Calvin50. Who is the author Institutes of the Christian Religion? _ A. John WycliffeB. Jan Hus C. John CalvinD. Erasmus51. In whose reign did the formal break of the British with the papal authorities take place? _ A. Eli

28、zabeth IB. William I C. Edward IIID. Henry VIII52. After the formal break of the British with the papal authorities, who was the head of the church? _ A. KingB. Pope C. BishopD. Archbishop53. Which of the following works was written by Rabelais, in which he praises the greatness of man, expresses hi

29、s love of life and his reverence and sympathy for humanist learning? _ A. Gargantua and PantagruelB. Don Quixote C. The Praise of FollyD. Utopia54. Whose motto put down in his essays, “What do I know” is world-famous? _ A. CervantesB. Rabelais C. MontaigneD. Shakespeare55. Which of the following wor

30、ks is worth reading for Montaignes humanist ideas and a style which is easy and familiar? _ A. SonnetsB. Decameron C. RabelaisD. Of Repentance56. Which of the following is NOT French writer poet? _ A. CervantesB. Pierre de Ronsard C. RabelaisD. Montaigne57. In 1516, who published the first Greek edi

31、tion of the new Testament? _ A. BruegelB. Erasmus C. El GrecoD. Rabelais58. “To be, or not to be, - that is the question” from whose works? _ A. ChaucerB. Dante C. Roger BaconD. ShakespeareDIVISION FIVE: The Seventeenth Century59. Who ever said that “The modern world, so far as mental outlook is con

32、cerned, begins in the 17th century”? _ A. CopernicusB. Francis Bacon C. Bertrand RussellD. Leibniz60. The author of The Revolution of the Heavenly Orbs is _? A. KeplerB. Copernicus C. GalileoD. Newton61. Galileo is the greatest name in the physics of the 17th century. His telescope magnified objects

33、 _. A. a thousand timesB. a hundred times C. then-thousand timesD. five-hundred times62. Which of the following statements about Newtons contribution to the science is NOT true? _ A. He discovered the law of the universal gravitation. B. He invented calculus C. He discovered that white light is comp

34、osed of all the colors of spectrum. D. He discovered the law of relativity.63. Which of the following about Galileo is NOT true? _ A. He invented the telescope and was the first to apply the telescope to the study of the skies. B. He discovered the law of inertia. C. He discovered the importance of

35、acceleration in dynamics. D. He was the first to establish the law of falling bodies.64. The first major advance of modern science occurred in _. A. anatomyB. astronomy C. printingD. geographically discoveries65. _ and Newton invented independently the differential and integral calculus. A. Descarte

36、sB. Copernicus C. LeibnizD. Kepler66. Engels said: “The revolutionary act by which natural science declared its independence was the publication of the immortal work”, what does the immortal work refer to? _ A. Sidereus NunciusB. New Essays Concerning Human Understanding C. New System of NatureD. Th

37、e Revolution of the Heavenly Orbs67. Who ever said that “Knowledge is power”? _ A. ShakespeareB. Francis Bacon C. Thomas HobbesD. John Locke68. Which of the following works was not written by Francis Bacon? _ A. Essay Concerning Human Understanding B. The Novum Organum (New Method) C. The New Atlant

38、ics D. The Advancement of Learning69. Which of the following philosophers believed that man is selfish by nature? _ A. John LockeB. Descartes C. Pierre GassendiD. Thomas Hobbes70. What kind of form of government is England after the Glorious Revolution and enactment of the Bill of Rights? _ A. const

39、itutional monarchyB. republic C. anarchyD. absolute monarchy71. When did the Glorious Revolution in England bread out? A. 1660B. 1649 C. 1688D. 168972. Which of the following woks is NOT written by John Milton? _ A. Paradise LostB. Areopagitica C. Samson AgonistesD. Andromaque73. In 1644, John Milto

40、n wrote a protest against a parliamentary decree reimposing complete censorship of the press. This was his best known prose _. A. AndromaqueB. Arepagitica C. Paradise LostD. Paradise Regained74. Which of the following is NOT the content of the Bill of Rights which limited the Sovereigns power in cer

41、tain important directions? _ A. Parliament was responsible for all the law making. B. The power of suspending the laws by royal authority was declared to be illegal. C. The King should levy no money at any time. D. The King should not keep a standing army in time of peace without consent of Parliame

42、nt.75. Which of the following philosophers ever said “I think, therefore I am”? _ A. Francis BaconB. Pierre Gassendi C. DescartesD. John Locke76. Which of the following works displays the grand style of Corneilles work? _ A. Le CidB. Andromaque C. TartuffeD. Le Misanthrope77. Which of the following

43、philosophers believed that knowledge of the universe and certain principles and laws of physics is innate? _ A. John LockeB. Pierre Gassendi C. Francis BaconD. Descartes78. “I walk, therefore I am” is whose slogan? _ A. John LockeB. Pierre Gassendi C. DescartesD. Francis Bacon79. Which of the follow

44、ing artists helped to bring the Roman Baroque style to its climax? _ A. RubensB. Borromini C. CaravaggioD. Bernini80. Which of the following artists helped to spread the Baroque style to North Europe? _ A. RubensB. Velazquez C. BorrominiD. Bernini81. In painting of the 17th century, who won internat

45、ional fame and his style is basically classical, his figures are frozen and their action stiff? _ A. Christopher WrenB. Rembrandt C. PoussinD. Rubbes82. In the middle of the 17th century, which country was the richest and most powerful in Europe? _ A. FlanderB. the Netherlands C. EnglandD. FranceDIV

46、ISION SIX: The Age of Enlightenment83. Whose doctrines of the separation of powers became one of the most important principles of the U.S. constitution? _ A. John LockeB. Rousseau C. MontesquieuD. Voltaire84. Which of the following works is the most famous of Voltaires novel? _ A. CandideB. The New

47、Heloise C. EmileD. Laocoon85. “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains” are whose most famous word? _ A. MontesquieuB. Rousseau C. VoltaireD. Diderot86. In which of Rousseaus works, Rousseau argues that Mans greatest ill are not natural but made by man himself; the remedy lies also within m

48、ans power? _ A. The Origin of Human InequalityB. The New Heloise C. Emile or On EducationD. The Social Contract87. Who ever said that “Nature made men happy and good, but society makes him evil and miserable”? _ A. DiderotB. Voltaire C. MontesquieuD. Rousseau88. In which of Diderots works, the autho

49、r developed his materialist philosophy and fore-shadowed the doctrine of evolutions as later proposed by Charles Darwin? _ A. Rameaus NephewB. Philosophical Thought C. EncyclopedieD. Elements of Physiology89. Which of the Lessings works was his most brilliant dramatic work, a landmark in 18th centur

50、y German dramaits first successful comedy and its first truly national drama? _ A. Nathan the WiseB. Laocoon C. Hamburgische DramaturgieD. Minna Von Barnhelm90. Which of the following works is a classic of modern aesthetics? _ A. LaocoonB. Faust C. The RobberD. Wallenstein91. Which of the following

51、works represents Schillers most powerful tragedy? _ A. Wilhelm TellB. Wallenstein C. Cabal and LoveD. The Robber92. Which of the following philosophers first proposed the well-known “Nebular hypothesis”? _ A. KantB. Descartes C. LockeD. Hobbes93. Which play by Schiller is widely known in China? _ A.

52、 The RobberB. Wallenstein C. Wilhelm TellD. Cabal and LoveDIVISION SEVEN: Romanticism94. Which of the following writers whose prose revealed an acid wit and a keen awareness of the social problems of his time and was a friend of Karl Marx, who admired his writings? _ A. GoetheB. Schiller C. HeineD. Pushkin95. Which of the following two poets were called the “Lakers”? _ A. Wordsworth and ColeridgeB. Goethe and Schiller C. Byron and KeatsD. Pushkin and