Deck 7: Chinese Civilization after the Thirteenth Century

Question 1

Music was important during the Cultural Revolution in "extolling the glories of China and providing ceremonial background to public events."

Answer 1

True

Question 2

China ceded Hong Kong to Great Britain after their defeat in the Opium War; the city has now reverted back to the control of the Chinese.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

__________ was the most innovative development of the Qing dynasty.

A) Poetry
B) Prose fiction
C) Autobiography
D) Essay
E) Linked verse

Answer 3

B

Question 4

All the parts at the Beijing Opera were played by men.

Question 5

__________ best describes the "literati."

A) Mongol invaders during the Yuan rule
B) Poet-artists who used brushwork to express their understanding of humankind and nature
C) Designers of the present-day Beijing
D) Composers of Chinese theater music
E) Communist officials

Question 6

The Chinese often considered __________ the highest form of art.

A) poetry
B) prose
C) landscape painting
D) portraits
E) calligraphy

Question 7

Zhu Da was from an impoverished family and focused on the representation of humans in his works.

Question 8

The Chinese ruler's palace was usually situated at the __________.

A) east end, looking west
B) west end, looking east
C) southeastern end, looking northwest
D) south end, looking north
E) north end, looking south

Question 9

Matteo Ricci was one of the most notable Jesuit priests to travel to China and was a frequent presence at the Ming courts.

Question 10

The most important paintings created in China after the thirteenth century were __________.

A) genre scenes
B) portraits
C) ceremonial images
D) historical events
E) landscapes

Question 11

Due to its apt reflection of the political, religious, economic, and aesthetic element of mid-Qing elite life, The Dream of the Red Chamber is considered by some to be the most important Chinese literary text of the eighteenth century.

Question 12

__________ is described as the "poet of the brush."

A) Shen Zhou
B) Qiu Ying
C) Bei Dao
D) Zhu Da
E) Cao Xuequin

Question 13

__________ is the dominant political system in contemporary China.

A) Democracy
B) Socialism
C) Communism
D) Monarchy
E) Oligarchy

Question 14

The calligraphy at the upper left of Shen Zhou's Poet on a Moutaintop is a __________.

A) poem
B) prayer
C) song
D) signature
E) novella

Question 15

Under the rule of the so-called Yongle Emperor the palace enclosure where the emperor and his court lived was called the __________.

A) Imperial City
B) Forbidden City
C) Gate of Heavenly Peace
D) Gate of Supreme Harmony
E) The Garden of Imperial Delights

Question 16

In the Beijing opera, the performer's roles are divided into four major categories of which __________ is not a category.

A) male
B) painted male face
C) female
D) clown
E) painted female face

Question 17

Shi Tao excelled in __________.

A) architecture
B) prose fiction
C) Beijing opera
D) Chinese scholars' rocks
E) wet brush technique

Question 18

Wu Zhen's Bamboo could be interpreted as a symbol of survival of Chinese under
foreign rule.

Question 19

The __________ dynasty was a short, but nevertheless a culturally significant, reign.

A) Yuan
B) Ming
C) Qing
D) People's Republic of China
E) Tang

Question 20

The Forbidden City was approached __________.

A) by water
B) through a maze
C) through a series of gates
D) by air
E) through a series of tunnels

Question 21

Summarize the primary beliefs of the Chinese and explain how these values have shaped specific works of art, music, and literature.

Question 22

Why was calligraphy so revered in Chinese culture?

Question 23

Describe how Ming furniture mingles form and function.

Question 24

The Mongol ruling class of the Yuan dynasty kept the primary offices of governmental administration to themselves because they wanted to maintain their ethnic separateness.

Question 25

Analyze one work that expresses the creators and features of literati painting.

Question 26

What is the significance of the subject matter of Wu Zhen's Bamboo ?

Question 27

What purpose did Scholars' Rocks serve?

Question 28

What was Mao Zedong's belief about the arts?
Essay

Question 29

Explain what is meant by "the patriarchal nature" of Confucian society.

Question 30

What is the painter Shitao known for?

Question 31

What are the two styles of hsi-wen and what region of China is each associated with?

Question 32

Examine the unique political and cultural situation of Hong Kong.

Question 33

Examine how the Imperial Palace, Beijing was designed as a visual manifestation of the nexus between the rule of the emperor and order in the universe.

Question 34

Discuss the impact of the arrival of Jesuit Catholic missionaries, such as Matteo Ricci, into China during the Qing dynasty.

Question 35

Calligraphy was not a prestigious form in Chinese art.