Deck 9: A: China and the World East Asian Connections 500-1300

Question 1

The tenth-century painting entitled The Night Revels of Han Xizai in Source 8.4,"An Elite Night Party," portrays women

A) playing musical instruments.
B) engaged in scholarly pursuits.
C) secluded in the inner quarters.
D) contemplating the natural world.

Answer 1

playing musical instruments.

Question 2

In the painting in Source 8.1,"A Banquet with the Emperor," who are the other people seated at the table?

A) Officials
B) Warriors
C) Nomads
D) Musicians

Answer 2

Officials

Question 3

In the Tang dynasty painting in Source 8.2,"At Table with the Empress," how is the empress distinguished from the other women?

A) The empress is the only one seated.
B) The empress is the only one wearing red.
C) The empress is seated at the head of the table.
D) The empress wears a distinctive headdress.

Answer 3

The empress wears a distinctive headdress.

Question 4

The activities depicted in which painting ran counter to Confucian values?

A) A Banquet with the Emperor
B) At Table with the Empress
C) A Literary Gathering
D) The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Question 5

The tenth-century painting in Source 8.3,"A Literary Gathering," shows

A) elite women engaged in a heated political discussion.
B) scholars and officials engaged in solitary contemplation.
C) men and women engaged in a poetry competition.
D) commoners copying the lifestyles of the literary elite.