Q1. "Picture scrolls" depicting narratives of the Heian court and...

Q1. "Picture scrolls" depicting narratives of the Heian court and beyond are called

   a. e-maki.

   b. tanka.

   c. e-awase.

   d. uta-awase.

Q2. _______________________ show(s) the influence of Chinese and Korean Buddhism on Japanese architecture.

   a. The Forbidden City

   b. The Great Wall of Japan

   c. The Horyuji and Yakushiji temple compounds

   d. The courtyard house

Q3. The __________________ was a grab for power by the Japanese emperor, based on Chinese government systems.

   a. Great Reformation

   b. Taika Reform

   c. Yamato Reformation

   d. Imperial Reform

Q4. In 1597, Japanese rulers ordered __________________, although they overturned this decision by 1600.

   a. the country's total isolation from outside influences

   b. the burning of all Buddhist temples

   c. the wholesale slaughter of Christian missionaries and their converts

   d. the introduction of civil service exams

Q5. The religious practices of Yamato Japan before the influx of Buddhism are brought together under the label _____________, or "way of the gods."

   a. Horyuji

   b. Tsuyo

   c. Zen

   d. Shinto

Q6. White-faced masks of the Mmwo society are meant to

   a. symbolize ancestor spirits or young maidens during fertility rites.

   b. blend European themes with West African rituals.

   c. cause fear and awe among nonmembers of the society during rituals.

   d. both A and C.

Q7. The term "high life" in the African arts refers to

   a. the career of the most prominent dancer and poetry reciter in festivals.

   b. the lifestyle of the foremost priest.

   c. a large ceremonial cloth, created through strip weaving.

   d. the chic modern music of the black African city.

Q8. The potential energy for good or evil that resides in deities, living humans, and ancestors is called

   a. ase.

   b. Odu.

   c. babalawo.

   d. Ifa.

Q9. Iyanla, the Yoruba Great Mother goddess, punishes her enemies by

   a. cursing them with witches.

   b. sending storms and other natural disasters.

   c. spoiling the crops.

   d. delivering plague.

Q10. The most honored type of Kente cloth is ___________ cloth, woven exclusively for kings and their families, or for people who have done a great service to the king.

   a. asasia

   b. asantehene

   c. Ashanti

   d. ase

Q11. The tohossou festival is a four-day celebration of

   a. the Great Mother goddess and her children.

   b. mothers and their importance in society.

   c. A and B.

   d. the princes of Dahomey.

Q12. Foreigners are represented in the Gelede celebration in order to

   a. praise their divine origin.

   b. warn the young members of society against the evils of Westerners.

   c. satirize and ridicule, but also highlight superior Western technology.

   d. invite non-members to participate in the festival.

Q13. West African music, like _________________, is communal in its basic approach.

   a. jazz

   b. European classical music

   c. all folk music

   d. None of the above.

Q14. The combination of animals represented on the kponiugo, or fire-spitting mask, represents the

   a. dangers of the jungle.

   b. qualities of a brave warrior.

   c. possessions of the tribe.

   d. chaos of primordial times.

Q15. Some African initiation associations are called "secret" societies because

   a. their headquarters are hidden, and no Westerner has ever seen the inside of one.

   b. historians are not sure if they ever actually existed.

   c. they are only mentioned in African oral history, and no longer exist today.

   d. the members are masked, and specialized knowledge is restricted to members of the society.

Q16. The ancient Chinese ruler's duty was to demonstrate _____________, or virtue, to the gods and thereby secure peace for his people.

   a. Dao

   b. Confucius

   c. Tian

   d. Te

Q17. For China, foreign trade was

   a. an absolute necessity, as China's economy could not survive without it.

   b. negligible, as it practiced a policy of isolationism from the 17th century on.

   c. detrimental to the economy, resulting in a surplus of cheap European goods.

   d. largely in exchange for European amenities like luxuries and narcotics.

Q18. Traditional Chinese poetry is composed to honor

   a. the gods.

   b. occasional moments and events in life.

   c. epic heroes from Chinese history.

   d. the commissioner of the poem.

Q19. Neolithic Chinese civilizations are primarily traced and dated via

   a. the oral literature they've passed down over generations.

   b. the pottery remnants they left behind.

   c. the ruins of their farms and villages.

   d. the scenes of great battles on the Chinese plains.

Q20. After the collapse of the Han dynasty, the period of political unrest in China from 220-586, is known as the

   a. Sui dynasty.

   b. Kamakura Period.

   c. Age of Dispersal.

   d. Age of Strife.

Q21. Early Chinese religion was based on worship of

   a. ancestors and local gods.

   b. sacred animals.

   c. an unseen creator god.

   d. the Middle Path.

Q22. Chinese architecture has been described as

   a. human-centered.

   b. ostentatious.

   c. religiously motivated.

   d. simple and easily constructed.

Q23. The first civilizations in ancient China emerged around the __________________ River valley.

   a. Huang He

   b. Yellow

   c. Yangtze

   d. A and B

Q24. Unlike medieval Europe, a fundamental institution of the Chinese government was the

   a. degree of corruption.

   b. competitive examination for bureaucratic office-holding.

   c. equal rights for women.

   d. declaration of rights of man and the citizen.

Q25. The reign of the Han emperor Wudi is marked by the beginning of a system of

   a. national defense.

   b. irrigation, improved fertilizers, and other agricultural innovations.

   c. choosing public officials by merit rather than rank.

   d. organized state religion including priests and temples.

Q26. Which statement about Confucianism is correct?

   a. The word Confucianism was first used by Romans.

   b. It is based on the ideal of inner balance.

   c. It is based on the ideal of outer beauty.

   d. Its ideal society is one in which rank is based on birth, not on merit.

Q27. The ______________ was by far the favorite subject for Song Chinese painters.

   a. nude female

   b. landscape

   c. emperor

   d. military battlefield

Q28. The central teaching of Daoism is

   a. the belief in an all-powerful, rational creator god.

   b. abandoning oneself to the natural rhythms of the universe.

   c. seeking and following a balanced path through life.

   d. the belief in sin and personal salvation through prayer and good works.

Q29. "Exotic" Chinese ____________________, which began in the Qin dynasty, has/have provided major inspiration for persons in the Americas and Europe.

   a. calligraphy

   b. philosophy and politics

   c. music, specifically opera

   d. oral literature

Q30. Unlike in the West, the Chinese concepts of the universe were based on

   a. the opposition of good and evil forces.

   b. the harmony between yin and yang.

   c. their observations of the world around them.

   d. the teachings of Chinese priests.

Q31. In sharp contrast to Western tradition, ______________ is unknown in classical Indian literature.

   a. the epic

   b. comedy

   c. tragedy

   d. poetry

Q32. Hindu social orders are laid out with strict rules in order to avoid

   a. pollution.

   b. suffering.

   c. dharma.

   d. offending the gods.

Q33. Which religion was the least influential in the history of India?

   a. Buddhism

   b. Hinduism

   c. Islam

   d. Christianity

Q34. The Mauryan Empire lasted from about

   a. 1000 - 200 B.C.

   b. 321 - 180 B.C.

   c. 703 - 121 B.C.

   d. 455 - 302 B.C.

Q35. The legendary poet and playwright ______________ is considered the "greatest classical dramatist" in Indian history.

   a. Gautama Buddha

   b. Asoka

   c. Kalidasa

   d. Kumarasambhava

Q36. The earliest civilizations in what is now modern India were

   a. the Aryan and the Mauryan Empires.

   b. the Harappa and the Mohenjo-Daro.

   c. the Hindus and the Buddhists.

   d. the Gupta dynasty and the Mauryan Empire.

Q37. Why is Hinduism difficult to define as a specific religion, like Christianity or Islam?

   a. It has no known founder or date of establishment.

   b. Its holy books have been lost to the ages and can no longer be studied.

   c. There is no clear historical break between the time "before" Hinduism and "after" its founding.

   d. A and C.

Q38. Kalidasa's most famous works, the Kumarasambhava and the Sakuntala, are

   a. adaptations of Hindu mythology and religious tradition.

   b. expressions of unrequited love for Kalidasa's beloved.

   c. translations of earlier oral Vedic literature.

   d. based on important moments in Indian history.

Q39. Dharma, reincarnation, nirvana, yoga, and karma are terms associated with

   a. Hinduism.

   b. Islam.

   c. Judaism.

   d. Shinto.

Q40. Dharma refers to

   a. conformity to the law.

   b. belief in rebirth after death.

   c. the accumulated record of many lives.

   d. All of the above.