A Which of the following is NOT the plays written by Aeschylus? A. Antigone B. Agamemnon C.Persians D. Prometheus Bound
C Which of the following is NOT the plays written by Sophocles? A. Electra B. Antigone C.Trojan Woman D. Oedipus the King
A Which of the following is NOT the greatest tragic dramatist of ancient Greece? A. Aristophanes B. Euripides C.Sophocles D. Aeschylus D Who was the founder of scientific mathematics? A. Heracleitus B. Aristotle C.Socrates D. Pythagoras C Which of the following is not Roman architecture? A. The Colosseum B. The Panthenon C. The Parthenon D. Pont du Gard
D Who wrote, ―Captive Greece took her rude conqueror captive‖? A. Sappho B. Plato C. Virgil D. Horace
B Which of the following is NOT the content of the Ten Commandments?_______ A. Honour your father and your mother B. Do not commit suicide
C. Do not desire your neighbour’s wife D. Do not take the name of God in vain
D When in Babylon the Hebrews formed synagogues to practise their religion? ______
A. in 169 B.C. B. in the 4th century C. in 76 B.C. D. in the 6th century D The oldest extant Greek translation of the Old Testament is known as ________.
A. the Latin Vulgate B. the Aristeas C. the ―Authorized‖ D. the Septuagint
B When printing was invented in the 1500’s, the _______ Bible was the first complete work printed.
A. English B. Latin C. Aramaic D. Hebrew D The Middle Ages is also called the _________.
A. ―Age of Christianity‖ B. ―Age of Literature‖ C. ―Age of Holy Spirit‖ D. ―Age of Faith‖
B In the later part of the 4th century, which of the following tribes swept into Europe from central Asia, robbing and killing a large numbers of the half civilized Germanic tribes? ________ A. the Mongolians B. the Huns C. the Turkish D. the Syrians
A In 732, who gave his soldiers estates known as fiefs as a reward for their service? _________
A. Charles Martel, a Frankish ruler B. Charles I, a Turkish ruler C. Constantine I, a Frankish ruler D. St. Benedict, a Italian ruler
C According to the code of chivalry, which of the following is not pledged to do for a knight? _______
A. To be loyal to his lord B. To fight for the church C. To obey without question the orders of the abbot D. To respect women of noble birth
C When was the Church divided into the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church?_________
A. after 1066 B. after 1296 C. after 1054 D. after 476 C When was 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 churcht.
A Which of the following is NOT true about what the monks must do before entering the monastery according to the Benedictine Rule?
A. They had to attend service 6 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 work 5 hours a day in the fields surrounding the monastery. D. They had to obey without question the orders of the abbot.
B Which of the following was crowned ―Emperor of the Romans‖ by the Pope in 800? ______
A. St. Thomas Aquinas B. Charlemagne C. Constantine D. King James
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C Who was the ruler of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex and contributed greatly to the medieval European culture? _________
A. Charles I B. Constantine I C. Alfred the Great D. Charles the Great A Who is the author of the Opus Maius? ________
A. Roger Bacon B. Dante Alighieri C. Chaucer D. St. Thomas Aquinas
C When did the Renaissance reach its height with its center moving to Milan, then to Rome, and created High Renaissance? ___________
A. in the 11th century B. in the 15th century C. in the 16th century D. in the 17th century A Which of the following works is written by Boccaccio? _______
A. Decameron B. Canzoniers C. David D. Moses
B Which of the following High Renaissance artists is the father of the modern mode of painting? _______
A. Raphael B. Titian C. da Vinci D. Michelangelo
D Which of the following High Renaissance artists was best known for his Madona (Virgin Mary)?
A. Titian B. da Vinci C. Michelangelo D. Raphael
D 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. Tempesta B. Sacred and Profane Love C. Flight into Egypt D. The Return of the Hunters B Who took up the translation of the Bible into English for the first time? ________ A. Jan Hus B. John Wyliff C. Martin Luther D. John Calvin
A After the formal break of the British with the papal authorities, who was the head of the church? _______
A. King B. Pope C. Bishop D. Queen C Whose motto put down in his essays ―What do Know‖ is world famous?________
A. Cervantes B. Rabelais C. Montaigne D. Shakespeare C In ___________ the Roman conquered Greece.
A. 1200 B. C. B. 700 B. C. C. 146 B. C. D. The 5th century
B Which of the following works described the war led by Agamemnon against the city of Troy?
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A. Oedipus the King B. Iliad C. Odyssey D. Antigone
A Who is chiefly noted for his doctrine that ―man is the measure of all things‖? A. Protagoras B. Pythagoras C. Pyrrhon D. Epicurus
D The Old Testament consists of 39 books, the oldest and most important of which are the first five books, called __________.
A. Exodus B. Commandments C. Amos D. Pentaeuch
A Which of the following emperors made Christianity the official religion of the empire and outlawed all other religions? __________
A. Theodosius B. Augustus C. Constantine I D. Nero Caesar
D Which of the following emperors issued the Edict of Milan and made Christianity legal in 313? __________
A. Augustus B. Thedosius C. Nero D. Constantine I D The oldest extant Greek translation of the Old Testament is known as ________.
A. the Latin Vulgate B. the Aristeas C. the ―Authorized‖ D. the Septuagint
C Under feudalism, what were the three classes of people of western Europe?________
A. clergy, knights and serfs B. Pope, bishop and peasants C. clergy, lords and peasants D. knights, nobles and serfs D Does Song of Roland belong to which country’s epic? _________
A. English B. Germanic C. Hebrew D. French
B Where did the Renaissance start with the flowering of paintings, sculpture and architecture? _______
A. in Greece and Rome B. in Florence and Venice C. in Milan and Florence D. in Italy and Germany
D In whose reign did the formal break of the British with the papal authorities take place?____ A. Elizabeth I B. William I C. Edward III D. Henry VIII A Which of the following is NOT French writer poet? _______
A. Cervantes B. Pierre de Ronsard C. Rabelais D. Montaigne
C Who ever said that ―The modern world, so far as mental outlook is concerned, begins in the 17th century.‖?_________
A. Copernicus B. Francis Bacon C. Bertrand Russell D. Leibniz B The author of The Revolution of the Heavenly Orbs is _______?
A. Kepler B. Copernicus C. Galileo D. Newton
B The first major advance of modern science occurred in ______.
A. anatomy B. astronomy C. printing D. geographical discoveries D Which of the following philosophers believed that man is selfish by nature? _______
A. John Locke B. Descartes C. Pierre Gassendi D. Thomas Hobbes C When did the Glorious Revolution in England break out? ________
A. 1660 B. 1649 C. 1688 D. 1689
C Which of the following is NOT the content of the Bill of Rights which limited the Sovereign’s power
in certain 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 Parliament. D Which of the following philosophers believed that knowledge of the universe and certain principle and laws of physics is innate? ________
A. John Locke B. Pierre Gassendi C. Francis Bacon D. Descartes B ―Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains‖ are whose most famous words? _______ A. Montesquieu B. Rousseau C. Voltaire D. Diderot
B Who ever said that ―Nature made men happy and good, but society makes him evil and miserable‖? _______
A. Diderot B. Voltaire C. Montesquieu D. Rousseau
D In which of Diderot’s works, the author developed his materialist philosophy and fore-shadowed the doctrine of evolutions as later proposed by Charles Darwin? ________ A. Rameau’s Nephew B. Philosophical Thoughts C. Encyclopedie D. Elements of Physiology A 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 acceleration in dynamics. D. He was the first to establish the law of falling bodies.
A Which of the following works displays the grand style of Corneille’s work? ______ A. Le Cid B. Andromaque C. Tartuffe D. Le Misanthrope
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B Which of the following artists helped to bring the Roman Baroque style to its climax? ______ A. Rubens B. Borromini C. Caravaggio D. Bernini
1. European culture is made up of many elements, two of these elements are considered to be more enduring and they are the Greco-Roman element and ___Judeo-Christian_ element. 2. Ancient Greeks considered Homer to be the author of their epics. 3. The three great tragic dramatists of ancient Greece are Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides . 4. In the 4th century B. C., four schools of philosophers often argued with each other, they are the Cynics, the Sceptics, the Epicureans , and the Stoics.
5. The Romans enjoyed a long period of peace lasting two hundred years, a remarkable phenomenon in
history known as the Pax Romana .
6. She-wolf is the statue which illustrates the legend of creation of Roman.
7. About 1300 B.C., the Hebrews came to settle in Palestine, known as Canaan at that time, and formed small kingdoms.
8. In 313 the Edict of Milan was issued by Constantine I and granted religious freedom to all and made Christianity legal.
9. The most important and influential of English Bible is the ― Authorized ‖ or King James’ version, first published in 1611.
10. In 732 Charles Martel, a Frankish ruler gave his soldiers estates known as fiefs as a reward for their service. 11. In the Medieval times the Church set up a church court – the Inquisition to stamp out
so-called heresy.
12. With a return attack against the Moslems, the Western Christians launched a series of holy wars
called the Crusades .
13. Dante Alighieri was the greatest poet of Italy, his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy , is one of the
landmarks of world literature.
14. Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance. 15. Petrarch is looked up as the father of modern poetry.
16. Martin Luther was the German leader of the Protestant Reformation. His doctrine marked the
first break in the unity of the Catholic Church.
18. Machiavelli was called ―Father of Father of political science ‖ in the West.
20. The most important forerunners of the Enlightenment were two 17th century Englishmen John
Locke and Isaac Newton . 21. __ Herodotus __ is called ―Father of History‖.
22. The representation form of Greek Democracy is ___ citizen-assembly__. 23. The Hebrews history was recorded in __ the Old Testament _of the Bible.
24.__ St. Jerome__ is the one who translated into Latin both Old and New Testament from the Hebrew and Greek originals.
25.___ the Middle Ages___ paved the way for the development of what is the present-day European
culture.
26. In Renaissance literature of Italy, __ Petrarch_ was the representative poet. 27. The idea of the greatness of man is reflected in __Shakespeare’s__ literature.
28. During the reign of Louis XIV (1638—1715) and Louis XV (1710—1714) in France, an artistic
style became prevalent which was known as Rococo . 29. The Baroque Period was followed by the Classical Period, roughly between 1750 and 1820. 30. The famous German composer, Schumann said: ―Music owes as much to Bach as
Christianity does to its Founder‖.
31. The famous economist Adam Smith put forward his new economic ideas in his book The
Wealth of Nations which laid the theoretical groundwork for Capitalism. 32. In __1689___, The Bill of Rights was enacted by the English Parliament.
33. The theory of the separation of powers was put forward by Montesquieu in his work __ The Spirit of the Laws____. 34. Nebular hypothesis was proposed by Immanuel Kant_.
36. Martin Luther was the German leader of the Protestant Reformation. His doctrine marked
the first break in the unity of the Catholic Church.
37. Cervantes crowned literature of Spain and Shakespeare of England during the
Renaissance.
39. Francis Bacon rejected the traditional deductive method and founded the inductive method.
40. Goethe was the greatest of all German poets and the outstanding figure of world literature
since the Renaissance.
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6. Compare Tomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau in terms of Social Contract.
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