《欧洲文化入门》试题以及串讲.doc

《欧洲文化入门》选择题热身 I. Choose the most appropriate one for the following blanks. 1 . Two maj or 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 Troj an War (the Greek states led by Agamemnon 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 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. Dante 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 subj ect for discussion among writers and artists. A, Discus Thrower B, Venus de Milo  C, Laocoon group D, Parthenon 1 0. 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 1 2. Octavius took supreme power as emperor with the title of ____ in 27 B. C. .A. Rome B. Augustus C. The Roman Empire D. Pax Romana 1 3. The great epic, The Aeneid, was written by _____. A. Lucretius B. Virgil C. Julius Caesar D. Cicero 1 4. The oldest and most important of the Old Testament of 39 books are the first five books, called ____. A. Deuteronomy B. Exodus C. the Pentateuch D.