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Questionnaire on the different literary ages
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1
What's the name of the rivers that surround Mesopotamia?
Seine and Danube
Danube and Tigris
Eufrates and Tigris
Nile and Eufrates
2
The mayans settled in north and central america around the 2000BC
False
True
3
What did the Neo-classic intended?
Return to the pre-classic forms
Return to the Barroque forms?
Return to the classic period forms
Return to the renaissance forms?
4
What country doesn't belong to East-Asia
India
Japan
China
Turkey
5
In what reign did the Greeks have their peak regarding culture?
Troyan reign
Arcadian reign
Hellenistic reign
Mycenaean reign
6
Oxford university was founded in this period?
False
True
7
What is commonly built in a Roman style?
Cities
Towers
Cathedrals
Roads
8
What centuries comprise the Pre-classic period?
XX - V BC
XIX - IV BC
XIX - VII BC
XIX - VIII BC
9
Nefertiti was the last ruler of Egypt and married a Roman ceasar?
True
False
10
What was the beauty ideal of the Barroque period?
Movement and clean lines
Static figures and no blank spaces
Movement and no blank space
Static and clean figures
11
How many dynasties comprise Pre-classic China?
9
10
5
8
12
the Greek invented democracy?
True
False
13
What is the book of the Dead about?
the god Anubis and the funeral rites
The god Osiris and the funeral rites
The goddess Isis and medical knowledge
The god Seth and medical knowledge and funeral rites
14
The Gilgamesh Epic is the first written literature work?
False
True
15
Most of Colonial Mexico is built in Barroque style?
True
False
16
What sickness invaded Europe in the LOW middle ages
Black Addam
Black Death
The 10 plagues
Measles
17
What's the most known civilization of the Prehispanic (pre-classic) period
The Mayans
The aztecs
Tenochtitlán
The olmecas
18
What centuries comprise the Renaissance?
X - XVI ac
XV - XVI ac
XVI - XVII ac
X - XV ac
19
Crusades were wars to kick out the Celts out of Northern Europe?
True
False
20
Pre-classic indian literature forms?
Epic myths and religious texts
Religious texts called Vedas and hymns
Epic poetry and lamentations
Vedas and Epic poetry
21
Modern literature wanted to enforce traditional styles and rules on art and literature
False
True
22
What's not a form of Greek Literature?
Comedies
Epic poems
Sonnets
Tragedies
23
What is an Allegory?
A rhetoric figure that defines concepts by weird things.
A rhetoric figure that humanises concepts
A rhetoric figure that compares things
A rhetoric figure that adds a lot of adjectives
24
What ideology increased during the Modern period?
Catholicism
Atheism
Agnosticism
Neo-paganism
25
Who is not an Author or artist of the Renaissance
Da Vinci
Picasso
Boticcelli
Michelangelo
26
Romans had ORIGINAL literature works?
True
False
27
Who is NOT a famous Author from the Roman Period?
Horace
Virgil
Cattulus
Cicero
28
The Chinese were the 2nd ones to discover America after the Vikings?
False
True
29
What centuries comprise the LOW middle Ages
1300 - 1700 ac
1200 - 1500 ac
1400 - 1600 ac
1300 - 1500 ac
30
How long was the French Revolution
100 years
10 years
35 years
6 years
31
Avant-garde poetry that created an image with words?
Dadaism
Creationism
Futurism
Surrealism
32
Barroque means 'flawed pearl'?
True
False
33
What were the usual themes in romantic literature?
Magic and love
Realist and natural themes
Dark and light dicotomy
Dark, grotesque and exotic themes
34
What is a Hymn in Mesopotamian literature ?
A composition for cities and temples
A composition for heroes and gods
A composition for heroes and great cities
A composition for gods and myths
35
India Started to settle in the period known as:
Vedic Period
Veenid period
Veidin period
Veridic Period
36
What were the usual themes in realist literature?
Honest, natural and reality themes
Honest and natural themes
beauty over reality themes
Dark reality themes
37
What's the name of the Mayan Bible?
Popol Vuh
Popul Voh
Popul Vuh
Poople Voh
38
What's the name of the Chinese art of divination?
Ji tsu wei
Jiguwen
jiaguwen
Wei go
39
Ancient China had a god in charge of Literature?
True
False
40
Indian Women hold around 11% of the gold of the world in Jewellery?
False
True
41
Art and Literature are often inspire by?
Materials
History and society
Pettiness
Politics
42
Which are the two periods of Rome?
Kingdom and democracy
Empire and Republic
Democracy and Empire
Republic and Feudal
43
Name of the author of 'The art of War?
Fa Zhu
Mu Shu
Sun-Tzu
Bruce Lee
44
Literature was devided between secular and Religious texts?
True
False
45
Which is not a country that once was part of the Mesopotamian Territory?
Lebanon
Syria
Iraq
Turkey
46
What is the common topic of the Poetry of the new Kingdom
War
Death
Love
Politics
47
In what century did Egypt started developing?
600 BC
2500 BC
3500 BC
3700 BC
48
What's the name of the poem about a prince in exile for 14 years?
The Ramayana
The Puranas
the Mahabharata
The Vedas
49
What's the name of the Mesopotamian Temples?
Zigerats
Zigaruts
Zigurats
Zigirats
50
The Mesopotamian empire fell after the invasion of Persian King Dastan?
False
True
51
What was the ideology developed during the Renaissance period?
Lutheranism
Humane arts
Theology
Humanism
52
What centuries comprise the HIGH medieval ages?
600 - 1400 AC
400 - 1900 AC
500 - 1300 AC
700 - 1600 AC
53
Fables are tales with animals purely for entertainment.
False
True
54
Rome was founded by twin brothers raised by a wolf?
False
True
55
What are codices?
Predictions on bad weather and rulers
Predictions or small stories about cities
Predictions on politics, natural disasters and rulers
predictions or small stories regarding important people
56
What's NOT a type of Medieval art?
Islamic insular art
Celtic art
Chiaroscuro
Byzantine
57
What are the TWO civilizations considered 'classic' for western culture?
Greek and Roman
Greek and Etruscan
Greek, Roman and Egyptian
Roman and Egyptian
58
Which became the main religion in Europe?
Christianism
Catholicism
Christianity
Protestantism
59
The industrial and French revolution happened during the Romantic period
False
True
60
What type of literature comprises from the 50s till now a days?
Classic
Modern
Barroque
Contemporary
