Ancient and Medieval cultures

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Why does Gilgamesh travel across the Ocean?

To find the secret to eternal life

"Enkidu ate grass in the hills with the gazelle and lurked with wild beasts at the water-holes; he had the joy of the water with the herds of wild game." What is the significance of this passage within the Epic of Gilgamesh?

It shows that Enkidu is not a civilized human

Which of these is NOT generally regarded as a characteristic of a complex civilization?

Getting food through hunting and gathering

Which of these sets of adjectives best describes the gods' behavior in the Epic of Gilgamesh?

Petty, vengeful, arbitrary

Which of these features made the ancient Jewish religion different from other Near Eastern religions? (There are MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWERS: select all that apply. Points will be deducted for incorrect answers.)

Jews believed that God was separate from the physical world, Jews believed that God cared about humans, Jews believed there was only one God, Jews believed that God provided humans with moral laws

What was the political situation in China during Confucius' life?

Many small states in constant conflict

Which of these is NOT a key feature of Confucius' teaching?

Achieving nirvana or enlightenment

In Lao Tzu's thought, what is the "Dao"?

The mysterious field of potential from which the world emerges

What does the Greek word kleos mean?

Undying glory

What era of Greek history is the Iliad set in? (In other words, in what era are the events of the poem supposed to be taking place?)

The Bronze Age

"The son of Peleus [Achilles] charged for him [Hector] ... as a mountain hawk, lightest of all things on wings, easily swoops after a terror-stricken dove." What is the significance of this passage from the Iliad?

It suggests that the strong will always defeat the weak

Which of these best describes the Iliad's general viewpoint on life and the universe?

The world is harsh and ruled by force

Which of these statements about classical Greek drama is true?

Plays were focused on the clash of ideas and values

Which of these statements about Athenian democracy is NOT true?

Elected representatives voted on laws

Which of these best describes Socrates' approach to making ethical decisions?

Making a decision based on what a good person would do in that situation

Which of these is closest to Creon's opinion at the beginning of Antigone?

Your duty to the community comes before your duty to family members

What is the significance of this passage? "The delegation from the senate found [Cincinnatus] there - possibly spading out a ditch or plowing (whatever it was, all agree it was some simple farming chore). ... After he had wiped off the dust and sweat from his body and stepped forth dressed in his toga, the delegation saluted him as dictator and summoned him to the city."

It shows that Romans valued hard work and patriotic duty

Why did most ancient Romans think the Roman republic collapsed?

The decline of morals and patriotism among Rome's leaders

Which of these statements about the Roman empire is NOT true?

It controlled the entire known world

Christianity can be viewed as the merging of two major cultural streams, which are:

Jewish monotheism and Greek intellectualism

What makes the Qur'an different from the Jewish and Christian scriptures?

It is understood to be the direct words of God

Which of these statements about the Early Middle Ages/'Dark Ages' is NOT true?

No major works of art or architecture were produced

What is the significance of the following passage from Beowulf? "Time and again, foul things attacked me, lurking and stalking, but I lashed out, gave as good as I got with my sword. [...] ...in the morning, mangled and sleeping the sleep of the sword, they slopped and floated like the ocean's leavings. From now on sailors would be safe, the deep-sea raids were over for good. Light came from the east, bright guarantee of God, and the waves went quiet..."

It shows that Beowulf is a good character defeating evil characters

In the Book of Exodus and the Book of Tobit, the main characters are all shown to [blank].

Trust in God and folllow his will.

A major event that shows this theme in the Book of Tobit is

Tobit continuing to pray after being blinded.

A Confucian and a Daoist would agree that

We have to live in harmony with the structure of the universe.

but the Daoist would also say that

We need to be passive and just let nature flow.

In the Iliad, Hector is usually portrayed as

Focused on family and community

While Achilles is usually portrayed as

Focused on himself

Both of them are shown to be

obsessed with glory and following the heroic code

In the Apology, Socrates compares [blank] to training a horse.

Educating the young people of Athens

He argues that

only a wise individual, not the whole community, can do it.

This might have upset the jury because

it implies that the citizen body as a whole cannot govern the state well.

Antigone and Socrates' moral systems differ because Antigone is mostly concerned about [blank]

doing her duty to the gods and others

while Socrates is mostly concerned about

becoming a more virtuous person in general.

A similarity between them is that they both believe

we always have to do the right thing regardless of the consequences

Stoics believed that

the universe is the product of a rational divine mind

while Epicureans believed that

the universe consists of atoms clashing randomly in a void

Because of this belief, [blank] believed that we should live by maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain ('hedonism').

Epicureans

What changed between the Early Middle Ages/'Dark Ages' and the High Middle Ages?

All of the above

Which of these statements about Dante's Divine Comedy is NOT true?

It shows how Christianity rejected all aspects of Greek and Roman culture

Hildegard of Bingen's life shows

the medieval combination of reason and emotion.

As a 'Scholastic', Thomas Aquinas was particularly interested in

logical reasoning and discussion.

What was Al-Andalus?

The Arabic name for Spain and Portugal after the Islamic conquest

Which of these statements about the 'Islamic Golden Age' is NOT true?

There was no contact between the Christian and Islamic worlds

The mendicant orders reflected the new conditions of the High Middle Ages because they were

concentrated in urban areas

The two biggest mendicant orders were the

Franciscans and Dominicans.

Why is the fisherman from the 1001 Nights a different kind of hero from Gilgamesh or Beowulf?

Because the fisherman is more clever and cunning than them

What makes the works of Chrétien de Troyes different from almost all texts we've read from earlier periods?

The strong interest in emotion and romantic love

Art History

Zander Chavez · 27問 · 2年前

Art History