王佐良《欧洲文化入门》章节题库(中世纪时代)【圣才出品】

第3章中世纪时代

一、选择题

1. Socrates was _____.

A. the teacher of Aristotle

B. the student of Plato

C. the teacher of Plato

D. the student of Aristotle

【答案】C

【解析】苏格拉底是柏拉图的老师。

2. One of the contributions the Romans made to European culture was _____.

A. the Roman empire

B. the slave system

C. the production of the great epic writer

D. the Roman law

【答案】D

【解析】罗马人对欧洲文化所做的贡献之一是罗马法律。

3. The Book of Daniel describes _____.

A. the struggle of the Jews against the Syrian rule

B. the prisoners in Babylon

C. the story of Noah’s Ark

D. the rule of King Solomon

【答案】A

【解析】《丹尼尔之书》描述了犹太人为反抗叙利亚人的统治而进行的斗争。

4. The Old Testament was originally written in _____.

A. Hebrew

B. Aramaic dialect

C. Greek

D. Latin

【答案】A

【解析】旧约原著于希伯来地区。

5. Which of the following is not included in the Code of Chivalry?

A. Loyalty to his lord.

B. Fighting for the church.

C. Protection of the people.

D. Respect for women of noble birth.

【答案】C

【解析】骑士精神包括：忠于领主，为教会而战，尊重身份高贵的女士。

6. The goal of the Crusades was _____.

A. to re-control Jerusalem

B. to open path to Byzantine

C. to regain the Holy land—Palestine

D. to open trade route to the east

【答案】C

【解析】十字军东征的目的是夺回圣城——巴勒斯坦。

7. The essence of Renaissance philosophy was _____.

A. the emphasis on the greatness of man

B. the glorification of God

C. the emphasis on the giving up of worldly pleasure

D. the importance of wealth

【答案】A

【解析】文艺复兴的哲学本质是对人的伟大性的肯定。

8. Leonardo da Vinci, in his lifetime, put down his observation in notebooks running up to _____ volumes.

A. 1, 000

B. 5, 000

C. 3, 000

D. 4, 000

【答案】B

【解析】达芬奇的观察著作长达5000卷。

9. “Knowledge is power” is one of the quotations from _____.

A. John Locke

B. Francis Bacon

C. Isaac Newton

D. Gottfried Wilhelm yon Leibniz

【答案】B

【解析】“知识就是力量”这句话来源于培根。

10. The most important point in Descartes’ philosophy is _____.

A. I think therefore I am

B. I use my senses therefore I am

C. I doubt therefore I am

D. None of the above

【答案】A

【解析】笛卡尔哲学最重要的是“我思故我在”。

11. The most important forerunners of the Enlightenment were _____.

A. Voltaire and Rousseau

B. Diderot and Montesquieu

C. John Locke and Isaac Newton

D. None of the above

【答案】C

【解析】启蒙运动作重要的先驱是洛克和牛顿。

12. Which of the following remarks was made by Rousseau?

A. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

B. The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.

C. Love truth, but pardon error.

D. Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else. 【答案】B

【解析】A是美国《独立宣言》中的话；C来源于伏尔泰；D来源于法国的《人权宣言》。

13. Romanticism was a movement in Europe _____.

A. in the late 19th century and early 20th century

B. in the 19th century

C. in the late 17th century and early 18th century

D. in the late 18th century and early 19th century

【答案】D

【解析】浪漫主义始于18世纪晚期，结束于19世纪初。

14. The two most important works of Victor Hugo’s are _____.