Question 1

How do the Chinese symbols of the dragon and phoenix represent status?

Accepted Answer

Because of their power and associations

Question 2

During which Chinese dynasty were paintings of bamboo favored?

Accepted Answer

A)  Qing 
B)  Ming 
C)  Yuan 
D)  modern 
A)  Qing 
B)  Ming 
C)  Yuan 
D)  modern

Question 3

Chinese garden design is akin to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  composing a poem 
B)  rigorous exercise 
C)  common work 
D)  painting a political event 
A)  composing a poem 
B)  rigorous exercise 
C)  common work 
D)  painting a political event

Question 4

Which of the following artists was condemned by Chinese history for serving in the Yuan administration?

Accepted Answer

A)  Guan Daosheng 
B)  Zhao Mengfu 
C)  Wu Shen 
D)  Huang Gongwang 
A)  Guan Daosheng 
B)  Zhao Mengfu 
C)  Wu Shen 
D)  Huang Gongwang

Question 5

When does the modern period begin for Korea?

Accepted Answer

In 1910, Japan annexed Korea thus ending

Question 6

Describe the impact of the twentieth century on Chinese painting. Use examples to support your essay.

Accepted Answer

The twentieth century had a significant

Question 7

The phoenix may represent the ying, the principle characterized by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  active masculine energy 
B)  eternal change 
C)  harmonious disorder 
D)  passive feminine energy 
A)  active masculine energy 
B)  eternal change 
C)  harmonious disorder 
D)  passive feminine energy

Question 8

Chinese gardens encourage the viewer to wander and ponder. The viewer was to look with a meditative eye at the arrangements of natural and artificial elements. Which of the following elements would appear in Chinese garden design?

Accepted Answer

A)  fantastic rockwork 
B)  geometric designs 
C)  controlled trimming 
D)  terraced arrangements 
A)  fantastic rockwork 
B)  geometric designs 
C)  controlled trimming 
D)  terraced arrangements

Question 9

Contrast the development of the decorative arts during the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Use examples to support your essay.

Accepted Answer

The decorative arts during the Yuan and

Question 10

What is another name commonly used for the former Imperial Palace Compound?

Accepted Answer

A)  Forbidden City 
B)  Mao's Paradise 
C)  Qin Palace 
D)  Palace of Delight 
A)  Forbidden City 
B)  Mao's Paradise 
C)  Qin Palace 
D)  Palace of Delight

Question 11

How does the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City represent the emperor?

Accepted Answer

The Hall is the focal point of the north

Question 12

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is based on the wars fought during the Period of Disunity. Guan Yu, a famed general of the Wei dynasty, becomes a fictional hero in the novel which was very popular during the Ming period. Which of the following attributes would support the popularity of this novel during the Ming Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

A)  He initiated his own dynasty. 
B)  He assassinated his emperor. 
C)  His loyalty to his emperor. 
D)  He colluded with the Mongols. 
A)  He initiated his own dynasty. 
B)  He assassinated his emperor. 
C)  His loyalty to his emperor. 
D)  He colluded with the Mongols.

Question 13

Which of the following generals repelled the Chinese attempt to control northeastern Korea during the Ming Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

A)  General Guan Yu 
B)  General Yi Song-gye 
C)  General Sun Tzu 
D)  General Kim-Jong-il 
A)  General Guan Yu 
B)  General Yi Song-gye 
C)  General Sun Tzu 
D)  General Kim-Jong-il

Question 14

What is the artist attempting in this work?

Accepted Answer

Chong Son, Kumgang Mountains .

Question 15

The work of the contemporary Korean artist, Song Su-Nam has been likened to which of the following American painters?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jackson Pollock 
B)  Morris Louis 
C)  Mark Rothko 
D)  Barnett Newman 
A)  Jackson Pollock 
B)  Morris Louis 
C)  Mark Rothko 
D)  Barnett Newman

Question 16

In his painting Kumgang Mountains, the Korean Choson Dynasty artist Chong Son evoked an actual scene. Which of the following describes this type of painting?

Accepted Answer

A)  special landscape painting 
B)  true mountain painting 
C)  true view painting 
D)  true mountain landscape painting 
A)  special landscape painting 
B)  true mountain painting 
C)  true view painting 
D)  true mountain landscape painting

Question 17

During the Qing Dynasty what European group was invited to the imperial court?

Accepted Answer

A)  East India Company members 
B)  French bibliographers 
C)  Dutch archaeologists 
D)  Jesuit missionaries 
A)  East India Company members 
B)  French bibliographers 
C)  Dutch archaeologists 
D)  Jesuit missionaries

Question 18

The Ming architecture of Beijing follows the traditional Chinese construction technique. Which of the following identifies that traditional construction technique?

Accepted Answer

A)  bracketing system 
B)  trabeated system 
C)  arcuated system 
D)  timber-framing system 
A)  bracketing system 
B)  trabeated system 
C)  arcuated system 
D)  timber-framing system

Question 19

Which of the following dynasties designed the core of the imperial palace in the Forbidden City?

Accepted Answer

A)  Qing 
B)  Ming 
C)  Yuan 
D)  Song 
A)  Qing 
B)  Ming 
C)  Yuan 
D)  Song

Question 20

How does this illustrate the emperor?

Accepted Answer

Forbidden City, aerial view, Beijing . T

Exam 33: China and Korea, 1279 to 1980

How do the Chinese symbols of the dragon and phoenix represent status?

During which Chinese dynasty were paintings of bamboo favored?

Chinese garden design is akin to ____.

Which of the following artists was condemned by Chinese history for serving in the Yuan administration?

When does the modern period begin for Korea?

Describe the impact of the twentieth century on Chinese painting. Use examples to support your essay.

The phoenix may represent the ying, the principle characterized by which of the following?

Chinese gardens encourage the viewer to wander and ponder. The viewer was to look with a meditative eye at the arrangements of natural and artificial elements. Which of the following elements would appear in Chinese garden design?

Contrast the development of the decorative arts during the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Use examples to support your essay.

What is another name commonly used for the former Imperial Palace Compound?

How does the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City represent the emperor?

Which of the following generals repelled the Chinese attempt to control northeastern Korea during the Ming Dynasty?

What is the artist attempting in this work?

The work of the contemporary Korean artist, Song Su-Nam has been likened to which of the following American painters?

In his painting Kumgang Mountains, the Korean Choson Dynasty artist Chong Son evoked an actual scene. Which of the following describes this type of painting?

During the Qing Dynasty what European group was invited to the imperial court?

The Ming architecture of Beijing follows the traditional Chinese construction technique. Which of the following identifies that traditional construction technique?

Which of the following dynasties designed the core of the imperial palace in the Forbidden City?

How does this illustrate the emperor?

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