2011年西方文化入门B卷2011年西方文化入门B卷.doc

2011年西方文化入门B卷 December, 2011 Part I Read the following statements, then decide whether they are TRUE or FALSE. Write your answers T or F on ANSWER SHEET (20 points) 1. The earliest civilization in the Aegean Sea occurred in the islandof Crete. T 2. One act of the reforms of Solon was that one should not be enslaved because of debt. 对 3. The state of Athens was the greatest power in the Greek world in 5th century BC. 对 4. Drama started in ancient Athens as religious festivals celebrating Dionysus, the god of vegetation and the vine. 5. The columns of Parthenon are in what we call the Doric style. 6. The sea battle at Salamis was won by the Greek states because Greek warships were smaller and could be maneuvered more easily in the narrow bay and because the Greeks were brave in defending their own country. 7. Brutus, Cassius and their followers assassinated Julius Caesar, for they wanted to replace Caesar and become the leaders of Rome. 8. The Aeneid was first epic in Western countries written by a literary writer. 9. Saul, David and Solomon were the early kings of the Israelites. 10. The First Triumvirate were formed by Pompey, Crassus and Caesar. 11. John Locke believes human knowledge comes only from experience. 12. Montesquieu proposed in his book The Spirit of the Laws the idea of the separation of legislative, executive and juridical power in a government 13. Like Plato, Descartes believes that some ideas are innate. 14. Emile or On Educationis a book written by Jean Jacque Rousseau. 15. Johann Sebastian Bach was a great classical musician and he was a representative of Baroque music. 16. In the construction of great mansions or palaces gardens became a very important part in the seventeenth and eighteenth century France. 17. The Industrial Revolution progressed with great force and rapidity in England in the eighteenth and nine teenth centuries in England, whereas there was not much progress in ag