CSTU 101 Quiz 4

CSTU 101 Quiz 4 Liberty University

Set 1

  1. What was Rome’s major and most enduring contribution to Western Culture.
  2. The central wedge-shaped stone in an arch; the last stone put in place, it makes the arch stable.
  3. Which document did Jefferson write?
  4. Greeks characteristically created while the Romans were often content to copy art; Roman artists excelled in portraiture and narrative precisely because they copied the work as they saw it.
  5. Which two structures illustrate Roman eclecticism?
  6. Who wrote the poem the Aeneid?
  7. Rome had two early philosophies that had been taught by the Greeks, one being Epicureanism. What was the other one?
  8. The period from the rule of Caesar Augustus through Marcus Aurelius.
  9. Which Roman city was destroyed by a volcano, Mt. Vesuvius?
  10. The Punic Wars involved which two countries?
  11. What significant structural architectural principle did the Romans develop?
  12. These letters were the universal mark of Roman authority.
  13. According to your textbook who is the greatest Roman historian?
  14. From the Christian’s perspective which of these is true?
  15. Who is credited with introducing the Neo-classical architecture to America’s buildings?
  16. Caesar Augustus, we know from the Bible gave himself this name. What was his name before he took this new name?
  17. Representing Roman engineering and power, were a highly visible portion of the network of waterways.
  18. The writings of the “Golden Age” (70BC-14BC), not only gave aesthetic pleasure but also promoted civic virtues and pride in the fatherland. His intent was to restore the morale of educated Romans by means of poetry and history.
  19. Who proclaimed himself to be the first emperor of Rome?
  20. According to the Roman timeline this Republic began around what date?
  21. Duty, honor, and patriotism were Greek virtues as opposed to the Roman ideals of freedom, truth, and beauty.
  22. Rome could be described as being pragmatic in their worldview.
  23. The chief arts of Rome were architecture and sculpture.
  24. Philosophy is the one area of Roman culture that is not indebted to the Greeks.
  25. The Roman Coliseum was not as big as previously thought and probably only held a few thousand people.
  26. The Greeks were more interested in what works, while the Romans were more interested in what is right.
  27. The main point we were illustrating with the aqueduct was Roman imperialism.
  28. For the Romans, imperialism was a matter of living out their destiny.
  29. Lex, Rex was written by the King of England in 1644.
  30. The Greeks had slaves but the Romans chose not to embrace slavery.

Set 2

  1. The central wedge-shaped stone in an arch; the last stone put in place, it makes the arch stable.
  2. The period from the rule of Caesar Augustus through Marcus Aurelius.
  3. Which of these seas did not touch the shores of Rome?
  4. Caesar Augustus, we know from the Bible gave himself this name. What was his name before he took this new name?
  5. Who wrote the poem the Aeneid?
  6. The Punic Wars involved which two countries?
  7. One of Rome’s most famous narrative art monuments is _____________.
  8. Who is credited with introducing the Neo-classical architecture to America’s buildings?
  9. Representing Roman engineering and power, ______________ were a highly visible portion of the network of waterways.
  10. Rome had two early philosophies that had been taught by the Greeks, one being Epicureanism. What was the other one?
  11. From the Christian’s perspective which of these is true?
  12. The greatest Roman poet of the Republic.
  13. Which document did Jefferson write?
  14. Which two structures illustrate Roman eclecticism?
  15. What were as common in Rome as billboards are to us today?
  16. Which Roman city was destroyed by a volcano, Mt. Vesuvius?
  17. These letters were the universal mark of Roman authority.
  18. His long sentences and his forceful word choice and arrangement made him the model of all who aspired to write Latin correctly from antiquity right through the Renaissance.
  19. What was Rome’s major and most enduring contribution to Western Culture.
  20. The writings of the ______________ “Golden Age” (70BC-14BC), not only gave aesthetic pleasure but also promoted civic virtues and pride in the fatherland. His intent was to restore the morale of educated Romans by means of poetry and history.
  21. Hannibal was a famous Roman general in the 5th
  22. The Greeks had slaves but the Romans chose not to embrace slavery.
  23. The Romans viewed the Greek culture as very distasteful and refused to use any of it with their own culture.
  24. Philosophy is the one area of Roman culture that is not indebted to the Greeks.
  25. The Greeks were more interested in what works, while the Romans were more interested in what is right.
  26. The Roman Coliseum was not as big as previously thought and probably only held a few thousand people.
  27. Duty, honor, and patriotism were Greek virtues as opposed to the Roman ideals of freedom, truth, and beauty.
  28. For the Romans, imperialism was a matter of living out their destiny.
  29. The main point we were illustrating with the aqueduct was Roman imperialism.
  30. The chief arts of Rome were architecture and sculpture.