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 very earliest days, there existed two great strands of Christianity. One is called_______, and the other is called ________. The latter came into prominence in the period which led to ________ of the 16th century. At that time, reformers stressed ________________________________.
Part III. Multiple choice. Mark your answer on your answer sheet. (13%)
1. Rome had three Punic Wars with Carthaginians. Rome won the first, but lost the second, because the Carthaginians, under _______, a general of genius, invaded Italy. However, by using the tactics of the general _______, the Romans defeated the Carthaginians.
A Fabius Maximus, Hannibal
B Hannibal, Marius
C Hannibal, Sulla
D Hannibal, Fabius Maximus
2. The Five Roman“Good Emperors”created a period of peace and property that lasted for almost 100 years, they are:
A. Augustus, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius
B. Domitian, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Seneca
C. Domitian, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius
D. Ceciro, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius
3. The two most important of pagan festivals in Rome were ________
A the Lupercalia and Pentecost
B the Lupercalia and Chonnakah
C the Lupercalia and the Saturnalia
D Christmas and Easter
4. Christianity became the state religion in 392 under the Emperor ________.
A. Constantine
B. Diocletian
C. Theodosius
D Vaspasian
5. According to the doctrine of the Trinity, which statement is wrong?
A. There was one God who existed in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
B. These three were coeternal and coequal.
C. Jesus was divine and he was not a man.
D. The Holy Spirit proceeded from the Father and was to be worshiped also.
6. In the New Testament, ______’s gospel was the earliest gospel.
A. Matthew
B. Mark
C. James
D. Peter
7. _______ was completed in about 125 AD and is the best-preserved major Roman buildings.
A. Parthenon
B. Temple of Jupiter
C. Pantheon
D. Coliseum
8.Book of _________ talks about the establishment of laws on sacrifice, institution
of the priesthood, instruction on purity (or cleanliness), and prescriptions for practical holiness.
A. Leviticus
B. Book of Job C Samuel D Kings
9.________ is not one part of Roman Law.
A. citizen law
B. law of nations
C. natural law
D. criminal law
10.Greek Columns can be grouped into three styles: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian,
among which the _______ represents male style, sturdy, powerful, severe-looking,
A . Ionic B. Doric C. Corinthian D. Gothic
11. Mark’s gospel was directed towards: _________
A.the peasants and the poor
B.the rich
C.people of importance
D.the followers who are outside normal society
12. Among the four Jewish groups at the time of Jesus, ________ is a small but wealthy ruling party which controlled the important office.
A Essenes
B Pharisees
C Zealots
D Sadducees
13. In 135, the Roman emperor Hadrian expelled Jews from __________.
A. Jerusalem
B. Constantinople C Rome D. Bethlehem
Part VI. Choose three questions to give the answers.
1.Why did the Emperor Constantine choose Christianity as state religion? What
was his most important act?
2.What was the attitude of Romans towards foreign cults?
3.What are the three categories of Roman Law and what is the significance of
Roman Law?
4.What are the functions of the Roman Forum? Please raise some examples.
5.Why is Jesus more than human?
6.What’s the meaning and significance of Trinity?
7.Why is universal love at the center of Jesus’ teaching? How do you understand it?
8.Why is Paul second in importance only to Jesus in the history of Christianity?
9.Why did the Jews become the targets of hatred? What discrimination did they
suffer?
10.What were the three principle branches of Christianity? What are the influences
of Christianity?
11.When did the Hebrew exile take place, and why was the period after it so
important?
12.How did monasticism develop? What are the major contributions of monasteries?