《欧洲文化入门》试题

天水师范学院2010—2011学年第1学期

外国语学院英语专业08级《欧洲文化入门》课程考试试题B（卷）

I. Explain the following terms (15 points: 3 points for each)

1. Knight and The Code of Chivalry

2. Middle Ages

3. Carolingian Renaissance

4. Enlightenment

5. Baroque art

II. Fill the following blanks according to what you know about the European culture. (55 points, 1 point for each)

1. Romans conquered Greece.

2. conquered the large areas of Europe, Asia, and Africa, spreading the Greek culture.

3. and are two epics of Homer.

4. The two most famous lyric poets in ancient Greece are and .

5. In Roman Empire was divided into West Rome and East Rome.

6. is the father of history in European culture and he wrote about .

7. is more accurate as a historian and he wrote about .

8. About ancient Greek architecture, style is called masculine style for being sturdy, powerful, severe-looking and showing a good sense of proportion and numbers; monotonous, and unadorned, while style is called feminine style for being graceful and elegant; of rich ornament. And style is famous for ornamental luxury.

9. European culture is called amphibian culture for being and .

10. Before ancient Greek culture, there had been , , ,

, in Mesopotamia; , , in Syria; ,

in Aegean Sea.

11. Three elements of European feudalism are , , .

12. is a famous Anglo-Saxon national epic and is a famous French epic.

13. The masterpieces of Dante Alighieri and Geoffrey Chaucer are respectively

14. , a book of 100 tales by seven young ladies and three young gentlemen on

their way to escape the Black Death of 1348, is Giovanni Boccaccio’s great work.

15. The supreme colorist, , is called the father of modern mode of painting.

16. Spanish writer is regarded as the father of modern European novel and

his is famous known for his work .

17. The praise of Folly is the work of of the Netherlands.

18. is the famous engraver in Germany; his works include

and .

19. Thomas More’s famous work is .

20. Two famous political works of Niccolò Machiavelli are and .

21. put forth Heliocentric theory and put forth the three

principles in Geometry in 17th century.

22. Acceleration in dynamics and law of inertia are found by .

23. Sir Issac Newton founded , , and .

24. was the first person who held philosophy should be separated from religion in

England.

25. Pierre Corneille’s work discussed the relation between love and responsibility.

26. portrayed the tragic aspects of the conflict of human passion with rational duty through his works Andromaque and Phaedra.

27. opposed feudal ideas and exposed the hypocrisies and follies of the society through his comedies by his works such as Tartuffe,Le Misanthrope and L’Avare.

28. is believed to have founded the Israelite nation.

29. Old Testament is written in Hebrew language and the New Testament is written in language.

30. Christianity splits into Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox.

III. Finish the following tasks with brief accounts. (30 points: 5 points each)

the four dramatists and their works of ancient Greece.

2.The main philosophical ideas of Plato and Aristotle.

3.Introduce the “new” institutions of Europe in Middle Ages.

4.List the three influential artists during the High Renaissance and their masterpieces.

5.Tell the reasons for the declining of Renaissance.

6.Mention the geographical discoveries during 15th and 16th centuries.

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