Topic 1 Herodotus
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Q: Herodotus has the title of ______________
A: 'Father of History'.
Ref: Topic 1 notes, section 1.
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Q: Thucydides is sometimes referred to as the 'first ___________ historian'.
A: 'Scientific' historian.
Ref: Topic 1 notes, section 1.
Q: In what year approximately, was Adam of Usk born?
a. roughly 1121
b. circa 1352
c. about 100 BCE
d. around 1825
A: b. circa 1352
Ref: Topic 2 notes, section 1.
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Q: What is the name of Beverley Kingstonʼs 1975 book?
My wife, my daughter, and poor _____________
a. Marie Antoinette.
b. Mary Ann.
c. Ann Marie.
d. Mary Alice.
A: b. Mary Ann
Ref: Topic 3 notes, section 1.
True or False:
Q: Neither Herodotus nor Thucydides provided anything like ‘citations’ to their sources, which in most cases are anonymous.
A: True.
Ref: Topic 1 notes, section 2.3.
Q: Herodotus wrote about this conflict which took place during the second Persian invasion of Greece. Which one is true?
a. The siege of Eritrea.
b. The battle of Thermopylae.
c. The battle of Plataea.
d. The siege at Naxos.
A: b. The battle of Thermopylae.
Ref: Topic 1 notes, section 1.
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Q: Thucydides wrote about the ______________ war fought between Athens and Sparta.
A: The Peloponnesian War.
Ref: Topic 1 notes, section 1.
Choose one correct answer.
Q: Adam's chronicle is written in Latin. This means that Adam:
a. Was a Roman citizen because the Romans only spoke Latin.
b. Was a cleric who was a highly educated church lawyer.
c. Was a professor at the University of Wales.
A: b. Was a cleric who was a highly educated church lawyer.
Ref: Topic 1 notes, section 1.
Four female historians were contemporaries of Beverly Kingston during the 1970s. Who were three from the choices below?
a. Miriam Dixson.
b. Anne Summers.
c. Edna O'Brien.
d. Anne Conlon.
A: a, b and d.
a. Miriam Dixson.
b. Anne Summers.
d. Anne Conlon.
Edna Ryan was the fourth contemporary historian.
Ref: Topic 3 notes, section 1.
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Edna O'Brien was a writer, but she was not a historian. She was born in 1930 and was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. Source: Wikipedia.
Q: Which of the following statements about Thucydides style and methodology is false?
a. 'Thucydides approach is focused, rather than presenting all sides, he presents an argument derived from his analysis of the sources.'
b. 'Thucydides approach is relaxed, utilising interesting anecdotes derived from his sources to create an exciting narrative storyline.'
A: b. is the false statement
a. is the correct statement: 'Thucydides approach is focused, rather than presenting all sides, he presents an argument derived from his analysis of the sources.'
Ref: Topic 1 notes, section 2.
Q: Herodotus' book 7 covers which one of these two events; a. OR b?:
a. He writes of the defeat of the Spartans at Thermopylae.
b. He writes of the arrival of the Spartan commander Gylippus in Sicily, and the turning of events against Athens.
A: Herodotus' book 7 covers this event:
a. He writes of the defeat of the Spartans at Thermopylae.
Ref: Topic 1 notes, section 3.
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b. Thucydides.
Ref: Topic 1 notes, section 4.
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Q: Thucydides was exiled in BCE 424 for failing to protect the strategic city of _________________
A: Amphipolis (see IV.104-7)
Ref: Topic 1 lecture slides, p. 7.
Q: What is Augustine of Hippo's view of history?
a. History is providential – God’s will
b. History has a moral purpose
c. History is linear
d. History is universal
e. All of the above
A: e. All of the above
a. History is providential – God’s will
b. History has a moral purpose
c. History is linear
d. History is universal
Ref: Topic 2 lecture slides, p. 9.
Q: Which statement about Beverley Kingston is true?
a. She grew up in ‘an intellectually and culturally impoverished environment’.
b. She grew up in ‘an intellectually and culturally enriched environment’.
A: a. She grew up in ‘an intellectually and culturally impoverished environment’.
Ref: Topic 3 lecture slides, p. 6.
True or False
Q: Adam of Usk's residency in Rome between 1402 and 1406 enabled him to write knowledgably of the Roman papacy during the Great Schism in the Catholic church.
A: True
Ref: Topic 2 notes, section 1.
Q: Fill in the blank
This is the publication of the _________________ of Herodotus of Halicarnassus.
A: This is the publication of the inquiries (histories) of Herodotus.
Ref: Topic 1 notes, section 2.2
Q: With regards to Thucydides' methodology about his reporting of events, which two of these four statements is true?
a. 'I have made it a principle not to write down the first story that came my way and not even to be guided by my own general impressions.'
b. 'Set speeches given by everyone are the mainstay of my histories and are always recorded exactly as spoken.'
c. 'Either I was present myself at the events which I have described, or else I heard of them from eye-witnesses whose reports I have checked with as much thoroughness as possible.'
d. 'I will record each event as it is told to me even if it seems to me to be farfetched, a falsity or fanciful.'
A: a and c
a. 'I have made it a principle not to write down the first story that came my way and not even to be guided by my own general impressions.'
c. 'Either I was present myself at the events which I have described, or else I heard of them from eye-witnesses whose reports I have checked with as much thoroughness as possible.'
Ref: Topic 1 lecture slides, p. 9.
Q: Who was not King during Adam of Usk's lifetime? Choose one correct answer.
a. Charles I
b. Richard II
c. Henry IV
d. Henry V
A: a. Charles I, was not King during Adam's lifetime. Charles lived between 1600 – 1649 whereas Adam lived between 1352 and 1440.
Ref: Topic 2 lecture slides, p. 25.
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b. Richard II
c. Henry IV
d. Henry V
True or false.
Q: Kingston said of her book My Wife, My Daughter and Poor [M.A.] that:
'Research began by watching and working alongside my mother and my grandmother, acquiring practical knowledge which I was eventually able to classify and theorise'.
A: True
Ref: Topic 3 lecture slides, p. 11.
True or False
Q: Kingston set out to write a history of Australia that included women as active agents of change, instead of silent observers.
A: True
Ref: Topic 3 notes, section 1.
Q: Which of the following statements about Herodotus' style is true? a. OR b.?
a. 'He sought multiple sources to check the accuracy of each version of a story, only reporting the version that seemed most likely.'
b. 'His technique is discursive and all-embracing and his methodology is often uncritical, preferring to report all he hears rather than report selectively.'
A: b. 'His technique is discursive and all-embracing and his methodology is often uncritical, preferring to report all he hears rather than report selectively.'
Ref: Topic 1 notes, section 2.
Q: There are seven rules of historical genre. Which one of the following four choices is not a rule?
a. Continuous prose narrative.
b. Literary allusions and rhetorical technique.
c. Peer review of the draft text.
d. Use of set speeches.
A: c. Peer review of the draft text ... is not one of the seven rules of historical genre.
Ref: Topic 1 lecture slides, p. 11.
Q: The general medieval approach to the writing of history included which two of these three statements:
a. Reading Tarot cards to predict future events.
b. Framing events of history as the actions and workings of God in the world.
c. Portents and signs, presaging the possible outcome of events.
A: b. and c.
b. Framing events of history as the actions and workings of God in the world.
c. Portents and signs, presaging the possible outcome of events.
Ref: Topic 2 notes, section 1.
Q: In what year did Maternity Leave became an award condition for Australian women in the paid workforce?
a. 1969
b. 1979
c. 1959
d. 1989
A: b. 1979
Ref: Topic 3 lecture slides, p. 42.
Q: Which one of the following statements did Beverley Kingston's mother say to her?
a. 'It was better to know as much as she could about all things, rather than live in ignorance.'
b. 'It was better not to know about some things, easier to live in ignorance.'
A: b. 'It was better not to know about some things, easier to live in ignorance.'
Ref: Topic 3 lecture slides, p. 7.