Deck 1: Famous Authors and Works in History

Question 1

Who is the Author of what is History?

A)e.h.carr
B)edward said
C)r.g.collingwood
D)herodotus

Answer 1

e.h.carr

Question 2

In 1989, after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, ....................wrote an article in the National Interest called "The End of History."

A)francis fukuyama
B)clifford geertz
C)kenneth stamp
D)leila ahmed

Answer 2

francis fukuyama

Question 3

.....................classic novel is 'Heart of Darkness' (1899).

A)joseph conrad's
B)conal furay
C)michael j. salevouris
D)chinua achebe

Answer 3

joseph conrad's

Question 4

'Genealogia' is the work of ................... of Miletus.

A)hecataeus
B)herodotus
C)sophocles
D)aristotle

Question 5

...................... has been called the "father of history."

A)herodotus
B)xenophon
C)polybius
D)thucydides

Question 6

'History of the Greco-Persian Wars' is the work of ...................

A)herodotus
B)aeschylus
C)euripides
D)polybius

Question 7

In .................. great work, the History of the Peloponnesian War, which describes the destructive conflict between Athens and Sparta.

A)polybius'
B)herodotus'
C)thucydides'
D)aristotle's

Question 8

............... , one of the greatest Roman historians, lived through the fall of the republic and the establishment of the principate by Augustus, the first Roman emperor.

A)livy
B)pericles
C)alexander the great
D)herodotus

Question 9

............... two great works-the Annals, and the Histories.

A)tacitus'
B)livy
C)pericles
D)julius caesar

Question 10

The De vita Caesarum (Lives of the Caesars), written by .............. in the 2nd century.

A)suetonius
B)st. augustine
C)edward gibbon
D)thomas carlyle

Question 11

The most well-known originator of Roman historiography was .............., also known as the "Founder of Historiography".

A)quintus fabius pictor
B)cato the elder
C)livy
D)pericles

Question 12

The first comprehensive history of India entitled History of British India (1818), was written by ......................

A)james mill
B)sir william jones
C)macaulay
D)st. augustine

Question 13

................ Rajatarangini, written in 12th century Kashmir, is a remarkable piece of historical literature.

A)r.c. majumdar's
B)athula's
C)jadunath sarkar's
D)kalhana's

Question 14

............... was the court historian of Sultan Alauddin Khalji

A)kabiruddin
B)kalhana
C)confucius
D)athula

Question 15

Humanism began and achieved fruition first in ..............

A)india
B)germany
C)japan
D)italy

Question 16

The fall of Constantinople in ................. AD provided humanism with a major boost, for many eastern scholars fled to Italy, bringing with them important books and manuscripts and a tradition of Greek scholarship.

A)1443
B)1453
C)1458
D)1488

Question 17

................, whose 'Praise of Folly'epitomized the moral essence of humanism in its insistence on heartfelt goodness as opposed to formalistic piety.

A)desiderius erasmus
B)francis bacon
C)john walsall
D)francis bacon.

Question 18

Francis Bacon was an ..............philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator and author.

A)french
B)japanese
C)english
D)american

Question 19

It was at Cambridge that Francis Bacon first met ............., who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to calling him The Young Lord Keeper.

A)sir amias paulet
B)aristotle
C)queen elizabeth
D)henry viii

Question 20

James I came to power in England in ...................

A)1503
B)1558
C)1603
D)1625

Question 21

During the Restoration, Bacon was commonly invoked as a guiding spirit of the Royal Society founded under Charles II in.................

A)1556
B)1560
C)1578
D)1660

Question 22

...............has been reputed as the "Father of Experimental Science".

A)francis bacon
B)william hepworth dixon
C)descartes
D)giambattista vico

Question 23

The Novum Organum is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon, written in .............. and published in 1620.

A)latin
B)english
C)french
D)dutch

Question 24

René Descartes was a ................philosopher, mathematician, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic.

A)american
B)british
C)dutch
D)french