欧洲文化概况期末考试.doc

Part I. Connect the authors with their works. (10%) The Art of Poetry St. Augustine Aeneid Lucretius Art of Love Virgil The Golden Ass Marcus Aurelius The Nature of the Universe Ovid Natural History Horace On Friendship Cicero Meditations Moses The Confessions Lucius Apuleius Exodus Pliny the Elder Part II. Fill in the blanks. (30%) 1. ______ is the principle god of Rome, and his wife is called _____. 2. The best known remaining aqueduct is ______. Most aqueducts were constructed underground. Why? ___________, _______________. 3. By the middle of the second century BC Rome was the strongest Mediterranean power. It had territory from ______ to ______ and influence in Egypt and North Africa; it had become an empire. 4. From about 100 BC until the Roman Republic fell there was instability and civil war, and three powerful individuals came to hold enormous military and political power. They were called First Triumvirate, including Crassus, ________ and _______. 5. After Julius Casear’s death, Octavian and ________ had divided the Roman world. 6. In 395 AD, the Roman Empire was divided into two parts. From then on, there were two great centers to the empire, one is _________, and another one is ___________. 7. The Christian Bible is made up of _______ and ________. Testament means __________. 8. The Old Testament can be broadly divided into four parts: ________, ________, _______, _________. The First part is called Pentateuch, including _______, _______, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. 9. The Four Gospels of the New Testament include _______, ________, ________, ________. 10. The Roman emperor _________ called the Council of Nicea in 325 AD to settle the great Arian dispute. 11. From the v