QUIZ – J. A. COMENIUS
1/ What does “A“ in J. A. Comenius stand for?
2/ Which country did he come from?
3/ Which time period did he live in?
a) 1492 – 1570
b) 1592 – 1670
c) 1692 – 1770
d) 1792 - 1870
4/ Where did he die?
5/ Where is he buried?
6/ Why did he have to escape from his country?
7/ J. A. Comenius was (more possibilities are correct) …
a) a bishop
b) a writer
c) a sculptor
d) a painter
e) an educator
8/ His nickname was (more correct possibilities):
a) The Bard
b) The Poet of Nature
c) The Teacher of Nations
d) The Father of Education
9/ J. A. Comenius’ original name was Szeges because his ancestors came from ___________________.
10/ J. A. Comenius spent a few years in Leszno, Poland. When the city was burnt to the ground by
Polish partisans, he lost several manuscripts. Probably the most important from those was
_________________________ . He worked on it for his whole life.
a) Didactica Magna b) Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the heart
c) Czech- Latin dictionary
11/ Join Latin names of Comenius’ books with their equivalents in English:
1) Orbis Pictus
a) The Great Didactic
2) Schola pansophica
b) Different Problems
3) Opera didactica omnia
c) School by Play
4) Didactica Magna
d) The Visible World in Pictures
5) Problemata miscellanea
e) School of Pansophy
6) Schola ludus
f) Writing on All Learning
12/ Which piece of work he didn’t write?
a) Czech Didactic
b) The Mournful
c) The Gate of Languages Unlocked
13/ A drawing you can see is the world from Comenius’ book
________________________________.
14/ J. A. Comenius attended universities in Herborn and
Heidelberg. In which country can you find these universities?
15/ Write as many countries as you know in which J. A.
Comenius spent some time during his life.
d) Reformation
QUIZ – J. A. COMENIUS
1/ What does “A“ in J. A. Comenius stand for? Amos
2/ Which nowadays country did he come from? The Czech Republic
3/ Which time period did he live in?
a) 1492 – 1570
b) 1592 – 1670
c) 1692 – 1770
d) 1792 - 1870
4/ Where did he die? Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
5/ Where is he buried? Naadren (the Netherlands)
6/ Why did he have to escape from his country? (He was a Protestant – the Habsburg counterReformation persecuted the Protestants in Bohemia.)
7/ J. A. Comenius was (more correct answers) …
a) a bishop
b) a writer
c) a sculptor
d) a painter
e) an educator
8/ His nickname was (more correct answers):
a) The Bard
b) The Poet of Nature
c) The Teacher of Nations
d) The Father of Education
9/ J. A. Comenius’ original name was Szeges because his ancestors came from ___Hungary___.
10/ J. A. Comenius spent a few years in Leszno, Poland. When the city was burnt to the ground by
Polish partisans, he lost several manuscripts. Probably the most important from those was
_________________________ . He worked on it for his whole life.
a) Didactica Magna
b) Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the heart
c) Czech- Latin dictionary
11/ Join Latin names of Comenius’ books with their equivalents in English:
1) Orbis Pictus
a) The Great Didactic
1. d
2) Schola pansophica
b) Different Problems
2. e
3) Opera didactica omnia
c) School by Play
3. f
4) Didactica Magna
d) The Visible World in Pictures
4. a
5) Problemata miscellanea
e) School of Pansophy
5. b
6) Schola ludus
f) Writing on All Learning
6. c
12/ Which piece of work he didn’t write?
a) Czech Didactic
b) The Mournful
c) The Gate of Languages Unlocked
13/ A drawing you can see is the world from Comenius’ book
_The Labyrinth of the world and the paradise of the heart___.
14/ J. A. Comenius attended universities in Herborn and
Heidelberg. In which country can you find these universities?
Germany
d) Reformation
15/ Write as many nowadays countries as you know in which J. A. Comenius spent some time during
his life.
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The Czech Republic
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Germany
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Poland
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The Netherlands
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The United Kingdom
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Sweden
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Hungary