ARTH101 M04 Mid Term Exam - Part 1: Multiple Choice
Question 1
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At which site have the remains of what appear to be the oldest stone temples been discovered?
Jericho
Hagar Qim
Newgrange
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Göbekli Tepe
Question 2
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What is a ground line?
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It is a measured line on the wall surface.
It is an engraved line on the wall surface.
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It is the baseline on which figures appear to stand.
It is the point where the wall surface meets the floor.
Question 3
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What is the most likely purpose of Paleolithic cave paintings?
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Insurance for the survival of the herd
Recording the previous season's kills
Decoration for the cave
Telling the creation myth
Question 4
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On which continent was this painting discovered?
Antarctica
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Asia
Europe
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Africa
Question 5
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What does the site of Skara Brae tell us regarding Neolithic civilization?
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It documents the spread of Neolithic civilization to one of the most remote parts of eastern Europe.
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It documents the spread of Neolithic civilization to one of the most remote parts of northern Europe.
It documents the rise of fortressed communities in the Neolithic period.
It documents the beginnings of corbeled stone architecture.
Question 6
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Which period saw the taming of the dog?
Neolithic
Megalithic
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Paleolithic
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Mesolithic
Question 7
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At what Elamite site have archaeologists discovered examples of painted pottery going back to the Neolithic period?
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Susa
Uruk
Babylon
Ctesiphon
Question 8
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What monument is represented here?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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The White Temple at Uruk
The ziggurat at Ur
The Ishtar Gate of Babylon
Question 9
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Because the statue was meant to be both a frontal view and a profile view, how many legs does the lamassu figure have?
Three
Six
Four
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Five
Question 10
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What material makes up the hair and beard of the bull?
Azurite
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Lapis lazuli
Diorite
Bitumen
Question 11
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What is a rhyton?
An arch-shaped doorway
A back-to-back animal sculpture
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A conical pouring vessel
An eagle-headed winged lion
Question 12
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What prior event might have motivated Alexander the Great to raze Persepolis in 330 BCE?
The founding of the Sasanian dynasty
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The Persian sack of the fortress of Jericho
The destruction of the Assyrian city of Nimrud
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The Persian sack of the Athenian Acropolis
Question 13
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What architectural form most influenced the shape of the monument shown here?
Pylon
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Mastaba
Causeway
Pyramid
Question 14
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Which of the following provides the best evidence for the daily life of ancient Egyptian society?
Stone sculpture
Papyrus scrolls
Portraits
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Tomb decoration
Question 15
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What object was discovered during Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1799?
Mask of Tutankhamen
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Rosetta Stone
Statue of Akhenaton
Palette of Narmer
Question 16
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Which of the following gods appears as a falcon and is a protector of the pharaoh?
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Horus
Thoth
Osiris
Seth
Question 17
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What is the location of this temple of Ramses II?
Gizeh
Saqqara
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Abu Simbel
Amarna
Question 18
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What is the subject of this painted relief?
It depicts the many objects Tutankhamen will need for the afterlife.
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It documents Hatshepsut's successful expedition to Punt.
It records the festival of Amen-Re at Thebes.
It documents Ramses's conquest of the kingdom of Punt.
Question 19
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Which culture produced Kamares Ware?
Mycenaean
Helladic
Cycladic
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Minoan
Question 20
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What best describes the arrangement of the soldiers on the Warrior Vase?
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Frieze
Pyramidal
Hierarchy of scale
Non-unified ground line
Question 21
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Which monument at Mycenae has yielded the most burial goods?
Megaron
Mastaba of Agamemnon
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Grave Circle A
Treasury of Atreus
Question 22
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The use of guardian figures on the Lion Gate is reminiscent of which monument?
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The Akkadian lamassu
Mycenaean tombs
The Egyptian pylon
Pylos frescoes
Question 23
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What is the name art historians give to the style of Minoan pottery in which creamy white and reddish-brown motifs were applied to a black background?
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Kamares Ware
Marine Style
Keros Ware
Akrotiri Ware
Question 24
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Minoans coated the rough surface of their rubble walls with a fine white lime plaster that required rapid execution and great skill. Which painting method was used with this type of fabrication?
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True fresco
Tempera
Watercolor
Fresco secco
Question 25
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Where is the first known exterior use of a Corinthian column?
Mausoleum of Halikarnassos
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Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
Tholos at Delphi
Temple of Athena Nike
Question 26
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Which statue is the earliest known example of the use of contrapposto in sculpture?
Diskobolos
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Doryphoros
Aphrodite of Knidos
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Kritios Boy
Question 27
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The statue group of Laocoön and his sons shows a scene from which work?
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Vergil's Aeneid
Plato's Republic
Homer's Iliad
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Question 28
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Which innovation in sculpture separates Archaic from Classical statuary?
Twisting torso
Bronze material
Heraldic pose
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Weight shift
Question 29
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What new facet is introduced to Greek sculpture in the Hellenistic image of Athena battling Alkyoneos on the Altar of Zeus?
Coloristic properties
Broader subject matter
Sense of good versus evil
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Emotional intensity
Question 30
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What would have been the original context of the Geometric krater?
A temple of Apollo
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An Athenian cemetery
An Etruscan tomb
An Egyptian tomb
Question 31
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What tomb type appears in the Etruscan cemetery at Cerveteri?
Shaft grave
Tholos
Pyramid
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Tumulus
Question 32
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How did the Etruscans typically bury their dead?
In columbaria within the city limits
In catacomb tunnels outside the city walls
On high mountaintops
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In tomb groups in a city of the dead
Question 33
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What art historical term best describes the Chimera of Arezzo?
Colossal creature
Gorgoneion
Heraldic creature
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Composite creature
Question 34
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Which detail of the Porta Marzia (Gate of Mars) may be termed the most Etrusco-Roman, as opposed to Greek?
Pilaster
Marble
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Arch
Bronze statues
Question 35
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What term do art historians use to denote an engaged column?
Retrograde
Tuscan column
Daedalic
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Pilaster
Question 36
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Which body parts tend to be overlarge and pronounced in Etruscan tomb paintings?
Eyes
Noses
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Hands
Heads
Question 37
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Where would an oculus be found?