Shiji - Quiz
A) 8 B) 5 C) 10 D) 12
A) Tables B) Ranked Biographies C) Hereditary Houses D) Treatises
A) Chronicle accounts of the Zhou dynasty B) Historical evolution of rituals, music, and astronomy C) Biographies of famous assassins D) Genealogical charts of royalty
A) Tables B) Hereditary Houses C) Ranked Biographies D) Treatises
A) 10% B) 50% C) 42% D) 25%
A) Liu Bang B) Xia Wuju C) Laozi D) Xiang Yu
A) In the biography of Empress Dowager Lu B) In the Treatise on financial administration C) In the Basic Annals of the Han emperors D) In the biography of Xiang Yu
A) Total avoidance of grammatical innovations B) Proliferation of disyllabic compounds C) Exclusive use of monosyllabic words D) Strict adherence to pre-Qin classical grammar
A) Confucian Analects B) Zuozhuan C) Classic of History D) Book of Songs
A) To list every official of the Han dynasty B) To standardize the music and pitch pipes C) To preserve the divine rights of the emperors D) Chronologies are difficult to follow when different genealogical lines exist simultaneously
A) They describe the cruelty of Empress Dowager Lu exclusively B) They focus on astronomical measurements C) They contain biographies D) They are strictly genealogical tables
A) The military strategies of the Qin dynasty B) Pitch pipes and music C) Financial administration D) Rivers and waterways
A) By prioritizing Confucian doctrine above all else B) Using purely dry, factual chronologies C) By listing only the dates of birth and death D) Using anecdotes to depict morals and character
A) She was the most virtuous woman in Chinese history B) Her rule brought peace and prosperity C) She refused to allow any cruelty during her reign D) She was the primary founder of the Han dynasty
A) It omits all stories about failed claimants to the throne B) It is written in modern vernacular Chinese C) It is more liberal and objective D) It explicitly promotes the divine rights of emperors
A) Two B) Six C) Three D) Nine
A) Dunhuang library B) Tōyō Bunko museum C) Kōzan-ji temple D) Ishiyama-dera temple
A) Three B) Nine C) Two D) Six
A) 526,500 B) 1,000,000 C) 250,000 D) 750,000
A) Stone tablets B) Paper C) Bamboo slips D) Silk
A) Around 10 B) Around 30 C) Around 50 D) Around 100
A) 150–200 pounds B) 88–132 pounds C) 20–50 pounds D) 5–10 pounds
A) Three B) Twelve C) Seven D) Five
A) 7 B) 5 C) 12 D) 30
A) Religious scripture B) Epic poetry C) Modern biographical essays D) Court chronicle tradition
A) Sima Qian B) Chu Shaosun C) Sima Tan D) Gu Jiegang
A) Western Han B) Eastern Han C) Three Kingdoms D) Tang
A) Taishigongzhuan B) Shiji C) Taishigongshu D) Taishigongji
A) Sima Qian B) Pei Yin C) Chu Shaosun D) Sima Tan
A) The Three Kingdoms records B) Continuous sweeping narratives C) All subsequent dynastic histories D) Western historiographical conventions
A) Chang'an B) Luoyang C) Beijing D) Nanjing
A) Twenty-four volume edition B) One hundred and thirty volume edition C) Three-volume edition D) Ten-volume edition
A) Chu Shaosun B) Sima Tan C) Gu Jiegang D) Pei Yin
A) Twenty-Four Histories B) The Han Imperial Archives C) The Northern and Southern Dynasties collection D) The Three Kingdoms records
A) Imperial scribe of the Three Kingdoms B) Grand Historian C) Scholar of the Northern Dynasties D) Emperor
A) Book of Songs B) The Art of War C) The Analects D) Li Sao
A) Consults the Emperor B) Invents a likely story C) Includes all versions D) Leaves a blank
A) Chapter 1 B) Chapter 15 C) Chapter 121 D) Chapter 62
A) Han B) Xiongnu C) Mongols D) Quanrong
A) Military generals B) Royal bodyguards C) Hereditary historians D) Tax collectors
A) Chapter 19 B) Chapter 13 C) Chapter 121 D) Chapter 64
A) Until the Warring States period B) Until the Gonghe regency C) Until the death of King Li D) Until the fall of the Han
A) The Bamboo Annals Committee B) Doubting Antiquity School C) Anyang Archaeological Society D) The Imperial Historian Guild
A) He had fairly reliable materials B) He lacked any historical evidence C) He invented the accounts himself D) He relied solely on oral tradition
A) Twenty-three B) Thirty C) Ten D) Five
A) Third century BC B) 280 AD C) 1954 AD D) 1600 BC
A) Local deities B) Foreign invaders C) Ancient philosophers D) Mythical beasts
A) Reliance on supernatural deities B) Dependence on oral storytelling C) Lack of interest in the past D) Deep historical-mindedness
A) Yang Yun B) Ban Gu C) Liu Zhiji D) Sima Qian
A) 15 B) 80 C) 100 D) 130
A) Ban Gu B) Ban Biao C) Liu Zhiji D) Chu Shaosun
A) Sanjia zhu B) Hanshu C) Shiji jijie D) Letter to Ren An
A) Shiji jijie B) Sanjia zhu C) Zhenghe D) Hanshu
A) 1930 B) 1921 C) 1982 D) 1959 |
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