Test of Chinese history (1): Pre-Qin, Qin dynasty, and Han dynasty (在 CRT 里)
Multiple Choices:
1. ____________ is regarded as the last dynasty in the Chinese ancient
era, and it is also the longest dynasty in Chinese history.
B. 商朝
A. 夏朝
C. 周朝
D. 秦朝
E. 汉朝
2. _______ are regarded as ancestors of the Chinese Nation.
qín shǐ huáng
B. 黄帝
A. 炎帝
3．_______
C. 秦始皇
D. 炎帝和黄帝
hanessed the flood and established Xia dynasty．
yǔ
A.大禹
B. 炎帝
C. 秦始皇
D. 黄帝
4. Xia Dynasty is last about _________ （years）.
A.300 年
B. 400 年
C. 600 年
D. 500 年
5. ________ is one of the important events happened during Shang dynasty.
A. the Great Yu harnesses the flood
B. Oracle were invented
C. the Great Wall were completed
D. All above
6. Why did historians divide the Zhou Dynasty into Western Zhou(西周) and Eastern
Zhou(东周)?
A. Because the King of Zhou was murdered and the rebellions divided
Zhou Dynasty into east and west.
B. Because the capital was moved westward after Zhou's king was killed
by invading barbarians.
C. Because the capital was moved eastward after Zhou's king was killed
by invading barbarians.
D. None of above
7. Why is The Eastern Zhou period thought of as the 'shaping period' of Chinese culture?
A. Because it is during this time when the uniqueness of China's recorded
history begins, with the collections of documents, and historical
romances coming to us.
B. Because it was during this time that the decline of the ancient forms of
religion and the transformation into Confucianism and Daoism took
place.
C. Because it is also in this time that military thought and technology
advanced.
D. All above
8. There are _____ Hegemons during the Spring & Autumn Period.
A.2
B. 5
C. 7
D. 3
9. There are _____ States during the Warring States Period.
A.2
B. 5
C. 7
D. 3
10. Which event is happened during the Spring & Autumn Period?
A. the Great Yu harnesses the flood
B. Qin 秦国 became the strongest States at the end.
C. There was a famous battle in Chinese history, and gave rise to the
saying “besieging Wei and saving Zhao” （围魏救赵）
D. King Goujian (勾践) of Yue（越国） underwent self-hardships to
wipe out a national humiliation。
11. Which event happened during the Warring States Period?
A. during this period in Greece, city-state appeared
B. Qin 秦国 became the strongest States at the end.
C. There was a famous battle led by Sun Bin(孙膑) in Chinese history, and
gave rise to the saying “Besieging Wei and Saving Zhao”围魏救赵）
D. All above
12. When did the “Hundred Schools of Thought” (诸子百家) happen?
A.
B.
C.
D.
During the period of Western Zhou (西周)
During the period Eastern Zhou(东周)
During Qin dynasty(秦朝)
During Han dynasty(汉朝)
13. The “Hundred Schools of Thought” (诸子百家) appeared because _______.
A. the Kings commanded some scholars to do it.
B. the great thinkers appeared coincidently and gradually formed schools of
philosophy.
C. the great social changes took place and this spurred great cultural development.
D. None of above 都不是
14. Among the great thinkers of the “Hundred Schools of Thought”， ________
created Confucianism.
A. 孔子
B. 老子
C.庄子
D.孙子
15. Among the great thinkers of the “Hundred Schools of Thought”, ________ was the
founder of Taoist School.
A. 孔子
B. 老子
C.墨子
D.孙子
16. Among the great thinkers of the “Hundred Schools of Thought”， ________ was
the founder of Legalist School.
A. 孔子
B. 老子
C.庄子
D.韩非子
17. Among the Great thinkers of the “Hundred Schools of Thought”， ________
initiated the Mohist School.
A. 孔子
B. 老子
C.墨子
D.孙子
18. ________ is the author of “the Art of the War”（孙子兵法）.
A. 孔子
B. 老子
C.墨子
D.孙子
19. 老子 wrote ___________.
A. the Art of War 孙子兵法
B. Tao de Ching 道德经( the classic of the Way and Virtue)
C. the book of Zhuangzi
D. the book of Hanfeizi
20. 庄子 wrote ___________.
A. the Art of War 孙子兵法
B. Tao de Ching 道德经( the classic of the Way and Virtue)
C. the book of Zhuangzi
D. the book of Hanfeizi
21. 孙子 wrote ___________.
A. the Art of War
B. Tao de Ching ( the classic of the Way and Virtue)
C. the book of Zhuangzi
D. the book of Hanfeizi
22. 韩非子 wrote ___________.
A. the Art of War
B. Tao de Ching ( the classic of the Way and Virtue)
C. the book of Zhuangzi
D. the book of Hanfeizi
23. 孔子 wrote ___________.
A. the Art of War
B. Tao de Ching ( the classic of the Way and Virtue)
C. the Six Classics
D. the book of Hanfeizi
24. The disciples of Confucius recorded his words and deeds in the book named
_______________ .
A. the spring and Autumn Annals
B. Analects of Confucius
C. the Six Classics
D. the book of Hanfeizi
25. Confucius is one of the greatest __________in the world.
A. philosopher
B. educator
C. Thinker
D. all above
26. The verse of “One should be honest in learning and not pretend to know what one did
not know” (知之为知之，不知为不知) was from the great thinker named __________.
A. 墨子
B. 老子
C. 孔子
D.孙子
27. The verse of “Attacking the enemy unexpectedly and concentrating a superior force
to thoroughly defeat the enemy” (攻其不备，出其不意) was from the great thinker
named __________.
A. 孙子
B. 老子
C. 孔子
D. 墨子
28. ________ School encouraged frugality and combated waste. ______ advocated
choosing noble-minded and talented people to be officials to govern the people. And he
called on people to love each other and eschew war.
A. Legalist(法家) ... Hanfeizi （韩非子）
B. Mohist （墨家） …. Mozi （墨子）
C. Confucianist(儒家) … Confucius （孔子）
D. Taoist (道家) ... Laozi (老子)
29. ______ School advocated ruling the country by means of strictly enforced law.
____ deemed that the law should be promulgated to the whole country and the people
should abide by law in a very strict way. He emphasized the use of severe punishment
for rebellious people. His theories were later adopted by the emperor Qin shihuang(秦始
皇)
A. Legalist(法家) ... Hanfeizi （韩非子）
B. Mohist （墨家） …. Mozi （墨子）
C. Confucianist(儒家) … Confucius （孔子）
D. Taoist (道家) ... Laozi (老子)
30. ________ School deemed that all things have their opposites. ________ said that
fortune and misfortune, existence and non-existence, life and death, nobility and baseness,
high and low, strong and weak are all pairs of opposite aspects of unity and can be
transformed into each other.
A. Legalist(法家) ... Hanfeizi （韩非子）
B. Mohist （墨家） …. Mozi （墨子）
C. Confucianist(儒家) … Confucius （孔子）
D. Taoist (道家) ... Laozi (老子)
31. ____ especially stressed the importance of using war only as a last resort (非危不战),
because war was a grievous burden on the people.
A. 孔子
B. 老子
C. 孙子
D. 墨子
32．_______ Dynasty was the first feudal dynasty to rule all of China
A. 夏朝
B. 商朝
C. 周朝
D. 秦朝
E. 汉朝
33．_______ was established in 221 BC .
A. 夏朝
B. 秦朝
C. 周朝
D. 商朝
E. 汉朝
34.King Yin Zheng (瀛政) called himself the first emperor of Qin Dynasty.
Therefore he is known historically as ____________.
A) Qin Shi Huang（秦始皇）
B) King of Qin (秦王)
C) Han Wu Da Di (汉武大帝)
D) None of above 都不是
35. 秦始皇 consolidated his power by the following methods except _______.
A) He unified the writing system，currency system, and measure and
weighs system
B) He reformed the government system to bring the whole system under
his rule. The government was presided by Prime Minister (丞相). The
Yushidafu(御史大夫）supervised the bureaucracy. And The Taiwei (太
尉）was commander-in-chief of the army. They were all appointed and
removed by the emperor himself.
C) He used the policy of Heqin 和亲( peace through marriage ties) to
compromise with Hun nomads and pacify the borders.
D) He adopted his prime minister advice and burned all books except for
those on medicine and agriculture, in order to strengthen the regime’s
ideological control of the people.
36. The following history events happened during 秦朝 except __________.
A) General Meng Tian (蒙恬) defeated the Xiongnu(匈奴）and curbed
the incessant invasions of the Hun nomads in the north.
B) The building of the Great Wall （万里长城）
C) Burning the books and burying the Confucian scholars (焚书坑儒)
D) The four year long of “the War between Chu and Han (楚汉战争)”
37. During Qin Dynasty(秦朝),what was the final solution to protect Qin from the
invaders?
A) to establish a powerful army
B) to complete the building of the Great Wall
C) to negotiate with the enemy
D) to build up Terri Cotta Army
38. What are the reasons lead to the overthrow of the Qin Dynasty(秦朝)?
A) The heavy-handed methods of Qin Shi Huang.
B) The successor of Qin Shi Huang was so cruel that people were in
enmity and the social was in turmoil
C) The uprisings of the people
D) All above
39. _______ was the biggest competitor with Liu Bang ( 刘邦) to fight for
the rule of the empire after the Qin Dynasty was collapsed.
A) 秦始皇( Qin shi huang)
B) 吴广 (Wu Guang)
C) 项羽 (Xiang Yu)
D) 陈胜 (Chen Sheng)
40. How did Emperor Wudi 汉武帝( the Great of the Han Dynasty) make
China enter into a time of great prosperity and one of most powerful empires
in the world?
A) He adopted the Confucianism as the state ideology to unify the
people’s mind which in turn would consolidate political unity.
B) He enforced the central military power and the frontier fortress
strength to expend the territory of China.
C) He sent diplomatic missionary alone the Silk Road to connect
communication among the countries in the Western Regions
D) All Above
41.During 汉朝，Emperor Wudi sent out ______ twice on a diplomatic
mission to the Western Regions and explored the famous “ Silk Road”.
A) Zhang Heng 张衡
B) Zhang Qian 张骞
C)Zhang zhongjing 张仲景
D) Sima Qian 司马迁
42. In Chinese history, Sima Qian 司马迁 was one of the famous _________
during Han Dynasty.
A) historian
B) scientist
C) doctor
D) beauty
43. During 汉朝， _______ is credited with being the first surgeon in the
world to use the technique of general anesthesia.
A) Zhang Heng 张衡
B) Zhang Qian 张骞
C)Zhang zhongjing 张仲景
D) Hua Tuo 华佗
44._______, who was regarded as one of the “Four Greatest Beauty” in
Chinese history, went beyond the Great Wall as a bride in order to maintain
the good relationship between the Huns and the Han Dynasty.
A）Hua Mulan 花木兰
B) Zhang Qian 张骞
C) Wang Zhaojun 王昭君
D) Hua Tuo 华佗
45. During 汉朝， _______ invented a seismograph which was the world’s
first instrument to identify and ascertain the direction of earthquakes.
A) Zhang Qian 张骞
B) Zhang Heng 张衡
C)Zhang zhongjing 张仲景
D) Hua Tuo 华佗
46. The 36 stratagems are from the book named ______________ written by 孙子。
A. the Art of War
B. Tao de Ching ( the classic of the Way and Virtue)
C. the Six Classics
D. the book of Hanfeizi
47．“孟姜女,Meng Jiangnu weeps Beside the Great Wall” happened during _____ .
A. 夏朝
B. 商朝
C. 周朝
D. 秦朝
E. 汉朝
48. In one of the Chinese phrases, “the Hongmen Banquet 鸿门宴” indicates
a banquet given with ill purpose, teasing the opponents to be cheated and to
achieve his own goal. This history event was related with _________.
A. Liu Bang 刘邦
B. Xiang Yu 项羽
C. Fang Zeng 范增 D. All above
49. In one of the Chinese phrases, “Hold Up a Stick and Rise 揭竿而起” means
_______.
A. to cheat
B. to revolt
C. to dance
D. to celebrate
50. In one of Chinese legends, a man named ________ axed the Heaven off from
the Earth with a huge axe.
A. You Chaoshi
B.Sui Renshi
C. Pang gu
D. Fu Xishi