1.
The Mesopotamian's desire to represent ______________forced sculptors to use symbols and condense stories to their most essential elements.
Student Response
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A. images for religious ritual
0%
B. accurate visual records
C. complex visual narrative
D. political propaganda
Score: 0/2
2.
The notched walls built as part of military defenses are called __________.
Student Response
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A. grids
B. registers
C. ziggurats
D. crenellations 100%
Score: 2/2
3.
The lion hunting scene of Assurnasirpal II marks a shift in Mesopotamian art from a sense of timelessness toward greater _________.
Student Response
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A. interest in individuals
B. historical accuracy
C. political content
D. emotional drama
100%
Score: 2/2
4.
Guardian figures, called lamassus, combined features from all of the following EXCEPT ____________.
Student Response
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A. a horse 100%
B. a god
C. a man
D. an eagle
Score: 2/2
5.
Known for his persecution of Jews, as recorded in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar II was responsible for transforming ______________into one of the most splendid cities of its day.
Student Response
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A. Ur
B. Babylon 100%
C. Persepolis
D. Nineveh
Score: 2/2
6.
Stepped structures known as ziggurats may have developed from the practice of ___________________.
Student Response
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A. repeated rebuilding at sacred sites
100%
B. using prisoners as a work force
C. establishing settlements on high
land for safety
D. burying the dead in pyramids
Score: 2/2
7.
The Sumerians invented the first system of writing called ______________.
Student Response
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A. pictographs
B. inlay
C. cuneiform 100%
D. hieroglyphics
Score: 2/2
8.
From the ninth to seventh century BCE, the __________ culture controlled most of Mesopotamia.
Student Response
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A. Assyrian 100%
B. Babylonian
C. Hittite
D. Persian
Score: 2/2
9.
The incised design on a cylinder seal found in the tomb of Queen Paubi (Fig. 2-5) demonstrates the Sumerian's use of ___________.
Student Response
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A. cuneiform
B. elaborate personal monograms
0%
C. geometric patterns
D. narrative images
Score: 0/2
10.
The Stele of Hammurabi is significant as both a work of ancient Mesopotamian art and as __________.
Student Response
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A. an historical document recording a
100%
written code of law
B. a religious artifact recording Hebrew tradition
C. an example of Babylonian literature
D. Danube a key to deciphering cuneiform texts
Score: 2/2
11.
This alabaster narrative of Assurnasirpall II has a common theme with others made during the Assyrian period. It reveals a new philosophy in art which is:
Student Response
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A. Animals rule over man
B. Kings rule over men
C. Man has assumed dominion over nature
100%
D. Man has weapons
Score: 2/2
12.
The figure on the left represents which of the following?
Student Response
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A. Shamash
B. Gilgamesh
C. Gudea
D. Hammurabi 100%
Score: 2/2
13.
Mummies found in the Fayum region of Lower Egypt include highly detailed portraits in encaustic, a painting technique using hot colored _______.
Student Value Correct Answer Feedback
Response
A. oil
B. wax 100%
C. glass
D. water
Score: 2/2
14.
In contrast to other periods of Egyptian history, some royal portraits from the Middle Kingdom appear _____________.
Student Response
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A. idealized and youthful
B. confident and serene
C. preoccupied and emotionally drained
100%
D. distorted and out of proportion
Score: 2/2
15.
__________ is the first architect known in history by name.
Student Response
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A. Menes
B. Narmer
C. Imhotep 100%
D. Hasan
Score: 2/2
16.
In Egyptian tombs, the ka statue was placed in a chamber called the ____________.
Student Response
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A. pectoral serdab
100%
B. sarcophagus
C. mastaba
D. blossom clerestory
Score: 2/2
17.
Egyptians who could not afford elaborate tombs commissioned funerary _________ as personal monuments meant to memorialize them and to inspire the living to make them offerings.
Student Response
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A. chapels
B. ka statues 0%
C. stelae
D. mummy portraits
Score: 0/2
18.
The first ruler to call himself pharaoh was __________.
Student Response
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A. Thutmose III 100%
B. Meketre II
C. Tutankhamun I
D. Khafe IV
Score: 2/2
19.
The great pyramids at Giza were originally faced with a veneer of polished___________.
Student Response
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A. limestone 100%
B. granite
C. marble
D. gold
Score: 2/2
20.
Embalmers sometimes placed____________ in the wrappings of mummified bodies to help the dead survive the tests of Osiris.
Student Response
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A. gold coins
B. Books of the Dead
100%
C. encaustic portraits of the deceased
D. sculptures of the gods
Score: 2/2
21.
Egyptian history is divided into __________.
Student Response
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A. cantos
B. eras
C. periods
D. dynasties 100%
Score: 2/2
22.
Scholars determined the name of the figures depicted on the Palette of Narmer from ___________.
Student Response
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A. hieroglyphics 100%
B. the writings of Herodotus
C. the Rosetta Stone
D. iconography
Score: 2/2
23.
This plant, the papyrus, was plentiful enough to make fabric and paper during the Egyptian era. Which kind of habitat does it need to grow?
Student Response
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A. desert
B. mountainous
C. riverbasin 100%
D. plains
Score: 2/2
24.
The mastaba is a monument for which type of Egyptian architecture?
Student Response
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A. plaza
B. palace
C. house
D. funerary 100%
Score: 2/2
25.
Cycladic marble figures were originally ___________.
Student Response
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A. clothed
B. painted
C. adorned with jewelry
D. all of the above
0%
Score: 0/2
26.
Mycenaean tholos tombs are popularly called ______tombs because of their rounded, conical shape.
Student Response
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A. shaft
B. mound
C. corbelled
D. beehive 100%
Score: 2/2
27.
The potter's wheel was introduced to the Minoan world somewhere in the early part of the __________ millennium BCE.
Student Response
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A. first
B. fourth
C. third
D. second 100%
Score: 2/2
28.
The technique of painting on a wet plaster surface is called __________.
Student Response
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A. al prima
B. buon fresco
100%
C. fresco
secco
D. fresco prima
Score: 2/2
29.
What have archaeologists found most helpful in determining dates for their Aegean finds?
Student Response
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A. The volcanic eruption on Thera
100%
B. Shipwrecks in the Mediterranean
C. Geographic descriptions in the Illiad
D. Pottery
Score: 2/2
30.
About 3,500 years ago, the city of __________, now called Santorini, was destroyed by a volcanic eruption.
Student Value Correct Answer Feedback
Response
A. Thera 0%
B. Knossos
C. Akrotiri
D. Malia
Score: 0/2
31.
In about 1450 BCE, people called the __________, from mainland Greece, arrived in Crete and overtook the Minoans.
Student Response
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A. Athenians
B. Spartans
C. Macedonians
D. Mycenaeans 100%
Score: 2/2
32.
What building method was used to create the conical roof structure that characterizes tholos tombs?
Student Response
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A. groin vaulting
B. mortise and tenon
C. post and lintel
D. corbelling 100%
Score: 2/2
33.
The stones used in the citadel of Mycenae are so massive that they are called __________.
Student Response
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A. megalithic
B. pylons
C. cyclopean 100%
D. megarons
Score: 2/2
34.
Which of the following is NOT a technique used in Aegean metalworking?
Student Response
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A. faience 100%
B. filigree
C. niello
D. repoussé
Score: 2/2
35.
So many ceramic vessels like this vase were painted with the same subject, that art historians have termed it a style of Minoan ceramics. What style is it?
Student Response
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A. plant style
B. marine style
100%
C. animal style
D. water style
Score: 2/2
36.
The "Lion Gate" at Mycenae, pictured above, is a composite of which three types of construction?
Student Response
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A. Hypostyle Hall, Post and Lintel, Relieving Triangle
B. Post and Lintel, Relieving Triangle, Corbeled Arch
100%
C. Relieving Triangle, Corbeled Arch, Clerestory
D. Corbeled Arch, Clerestory, Hypostyle Hall
Score: 2/2
37.
The Greeks preferred _________as a material for figurative sculpture because it allowed for complex action poses.
Student Value Correct Answer Feedback
Response
A. terra-cotta
B. marble
C. wood
D. bronze 100%
Score: 2/2
38.
Which of the following characteristics marks a stylistic departure from High Classical sculpture that occurred in Greek art of the fourth century BCE?
Student Response
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A. more emotional expressivity
B. fully nude female figures
C. taller and leaner proportions
D. all of the above
100%
Score: 2/2
39.
Based on the text's discussion of Greek art, why is the Tomb of the Diver (page 122-123) significant to art history?
Student Response
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A. It depicts Greek funerary ritual
B. It is an example of Greek wall painting
100%
C. It includes a landscape
D. It was the tomb of a foreigner
Score: 2/2
40.
Expressionism, or the artist's attempt to evoke a specific emotion from the viewer, is characteristic of which period of Greek Art?
Student Response
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A. Classical
B. Hellenistic 100%
C. Geometric
D. Archaic
Score: 2/2
41.
The __________ period is named for the influence of Egypt, the Near East, and Asia Minor on Greek art.
Student Response
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A. Orientalizing 100%
B. Suma-Eastern
C. Proto-Egyptian
D. Hellenistic
Score: 2/2
42.
Which of the following features distinguishes the Doric order in Greek architecture?
Student Response
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A. fluted columns
0%
B. a peristyle collonnade
C. column that stands directly on the stylobate
D. a continuous frieze on the entablature
Score: 0/2
43.
White-ground technique is most common on vessels used for ___________.
Student Response
Value Correct Answer Feedback
A. storage of grain
B. funerary purposes
100%
C. drinking wine
D. domestic tasks
Score: 2/2
44.
What building material became popular for Greek temples in the Archaic period?
Student Response
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A. living rock of caves
B. stone and marble
100%
C. wood
D. mud-brick
Score: 2/2
45.
Characteristic of Greek art in the High Classical period is the tendency to __________ irregularities found in nature.
Student Response
Value Correct Answer Feedback
A. ignore
B. disguise 100%
C. emphasize
D. reproduce
Score: 2/2
46.
The word __________ means a part of a city on top of a hill.
Student Response
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A. Erechtheion
B. acropolis 100%
C. metropolis
D. Parthenon
Score: 2/2
47.
What architectural element(s) posed the greatest compositional challenge for sculptors of temple decoration?
Student Response
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A. the frieze 0%
B. the metopes
C. the triangular pediments
D. the columns
Score: 0/2
48.
The ancient Greeks believed that, like humans, their gods had what flaw?
Student Response
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A. they were mortal
B. they had human weaknesses and emotions
100%
C. they could bleed
D. none-the gods embodied absolute perfection
Score: 2/2
49.
The sculpture, "Lacoon and His Sons", is easily recognized as Hellenistic because:
Student Response
Value Correct Answer Feedback
A. It is abstract
B. It is expressionistic
100%
C. It is marble
D. It is ancient
Score: 2/2
50.
This figure is said to have which of the following facial characteristics common on early Greek kouros statues?
Student Response
Value Correct Answer Feedback
A. chilton
B. peplos
C. archaic smile
100%
D. kore
Score: 2/2