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The term yayue, referring to the music played at the imperial court

and at religious ceremonies, is translated into English as___________.

• good music

• elegant music

• imperial music

• heavenly music

This refers to the intercontinental network of land and sea routes

established during the Han dynasty that connected trade, cultures,

and traditions from China all the way to India, Arabia, and Europe.

• Silk Way

• Silk Path

• Silk Road

• Silk Network

In Chinese opera, characters whose masks or face paints are

primarily in this color signify them as evil and antagonistic.

A. red

B. black

C. white

D. yellow

• red

• black

• white

• yellow

This role in Chinese opera, which literally means “ugly,” is similar to

that of the many Zanni clown characters in commedia dell’arte or

comedic foils in modern films and comedies.

• Jing

• Chou

• Dan

• Sheng

The construction of the five tones used in Chinese music is

primarily inspired by this concept.

• the five classical elements and phases according to Chinese

  philosophy

• the four corners of the Earth with China at the center,

  according to imperialist doctrine

• the central figures from China’s five main belief systems: the

  Wu, the Buddha, Laozi, Confucius, and Jesus Christ

• the five basic essences based on the five main characters

  from Wu Cheng'en’s novel Journey to the West

Which East Asian country is known as “The Land of the Eternal Blue Sky?”

• China

• Mongolia

• North Korea

• Vietnam

East Asian art is influenced by the following philosophies, except for

______________________.

• Taoism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

East Asian art is influenced by the following philosophies, except for

______________________.

• Taoism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism