Deck 22: The Prehistoric and Ancient Mediterranean

Question 1

Many more male Cycladic sculptures have been found than female.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

It was possible to decipher hieroglyphs because of ________.

A) the writings of Herodotus
B) the Stele of Hammurabi
C) the Rosetta Stone
D) their similarity to the English language
E) we cannot understand hieroglyphs

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Akkadian rulers were believed to be divine.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Great Sphinx is associated with which pharaoh's pyramid?

A) Menkaure
B) Khafre
C) Khufu
D) all of these answers
E) none of these answers

Question 5

Egyptian statues show a lot of movement.

Question 6

Prehistoric female figurines that refer to reproduction are called fertility figures.

Question 7

Discuss the conventions that ancient artists used to differentiate between male and female figures (for example, the way that the female acrobats in the Minoan bull-leaping fresco (3.6) are denoted with lighter skin than the males) using images from the textbook. Of these conventions, which are derived from purely physical differences between the sexes, and which might have been influenced by social or cultural expectations? What can these artworks tell us about the roles of ancient men and women? How successful were ancient artists at depicting the two sexes? Mesopotamia: The Cradle of Civilization
Sumerians
12) The Sumerian Standard of Ur shows scenes of: 
[MC L1]

A) life and death
B) the poor and rich
C) peace and war
D) winter and summer
E) none of the other answers

Question 8

Hieroglyphic is the written language used by the:

A) Babylonians
B) Egyptians
C) Greeks
D) Minoans
E) Romans

Question 9

The Egyptians cremated the bodies of dead pharaohs.

Question 10

The Bull-leapers fresco from Knossos is ________ scene.

A) a savage
B) a tragic
C) an acrobatic
D) a divine
E) none of the other answers

Question 11

The ka is the name of a tool used to make relief carvings for Egyptian pharaohs.

Question 12

Compare and contrast three different narrative artworks from this chapter. How has each artist portrayed (or not portrayed) the passage of time in their work? How has each artist emphasized the most important figures or events? Which artwork most effectively tells the story? Are there parts of the story that are ambiguous to the modern viewer? Akkadians
16) The life-sized bronze head of an Akkadian 
ruler (3.8) was discovered in present-day ________.

A) Egypt
B) Iraq
C) New York
D) Spain
E) Greece

Question 13

The earliest paintings in the world are found in caves.

Question 14

Early wall paintings have been found in Çatalhöyük in modern ________.

A) Afghanistan
B) France
C) Denmark
D) Turkey
E) Greece

Question 15

The lamassi sculptures made for Ashurnasirpal II's palace each have five legs.

Question 16

Animals were never shown on cave paintings.

Question 17

Bulls were often shown in the art of the Babylonians and Minoans.

Question 18

Which of these cultures was not part of Mesopotamia?

A) Akkadians
B) Assyrians
C) Babylonians
D) Sumerians
E) all of these are Mesopotamian cultures

Question 19

Choose three mythical creatures represented in artworks in this chapter, or from elsewhere in the book. Describe the significance of the creature to its culture. Where was the artwork originally intended to be displayed? Who would have been the viewer of the mythical creature, and what message might it have sent to them? Babylonians
21) The Ishtar Gate was built under whose rule? 
[MC L1]

A) Ashurnasirpal II
B) Sargon
C) Minos
D) Nebuchadnezzar II
E) none of the other answers

Question 20

A lamassu is a ________.

A) guardian beast
B) nickname for rulers of Babylon
C) rope used to capture lions
D) type of clothing worn by ancient Assyrians
E) none of the other answers

Question 21

As ancient Greek sculpture developed, artists introduced more drama and movement to their figures.

Question 22

Who developed a canon of harmonious proportions to be used for the portrayal of the ideal human body in sculpture?

A) Andokides
B) Nebamun
C) Polykleitos
D) Doryphoros
E) none of the other answers

Question 23

An Archaic Greek sculpture portraying a nude male is called ________.

A) a doryphoros
B) an amphora
C) a contrapposto
D) a kouros
E) none of the other answers

Question 24

In black-figure painting on Greek pots, the background is ________.

A) black
B) blue
C) green
BOX: Sculpture throughout Ancient Greece
D) red
E) white

Question 25

The Egyptian fresco from Nebamun's tomb utilizes:

A) composite view
B) hierarchical scale
C) hieroglyphs
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 26

The Parthenon in Athens used to house a huge gold-and-ivory statue of:

A) Athena
B) Hera
C) Poseidon
D) Zeus
E) Apollo

Question 27

The Greeks often used ideal proportions in their sculpture and architecture.

Question 28

The protective goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt are represented on the headdress of the mask of King Tutankhamun by:

A) the Nile and the Tigris
B) male and female figures
C) a lion and a bull
D) a vulture and a cobra
E) none of the other answers

Question 29

Polykleitos's statue Doryphoros, or Spear Bearer, demonstrates a new naturalistic stance called contrapposto.

Question 30

Carvings of acanthus leaves are found on the top of which kind of columns?

A) Corinthian
B) Doric
C) Ionic
D) all of the other answers
E) none of the other answers

Question 31

An amphora is the name for any female Greek goddess.

Question 32

The statue of a Roman with busts of his ancestors (3.26) shows that:

A) Roman artists were able to make individualistic portraits
B) family members treasured portraits of their ancestors
C) important ancestors would reinforce a person's social status
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 33

The cyclical flooding of the Nile can be compared to the Egyptian belief in rebirth after death.

Question 34

The Parthenon in Athens looks exactly the same today as it did when the Greeks originally built it.

Question 35

Gold was the only precious material used for the mask of King Tutankhamun.

Question 36

The Hellenistic sculpture Laocoön and his Sons depicts an ideal young athlete.

Question 37

Archaic statues of males and females were always nude.

Question 38

Metopes are an element of which architectural order?

A) Corinthian
B) Doric
C) Ionic
D) all of the other answers
E) none of the other answers

Question 39

The Parthenon that still stands today in Athens was built after an invasion of the city in 480/479 bce by the:

A) Egyptians
B) Persians
C) Romans
D) Spartans
E) Babylonians

Question 40

The following are architectural orders developed by the Greeks:

A) Corinthian
B) Doric
C) Ionic
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 41

The Pantheon uses which architectural order for its columns?

A) Corinthian
B) Doric
C) Ionic
D) all of the other answers
E) none of the other answers

Question 42

The volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 ce destroyed all of the art in Pompeii.

Question 43

What is not about the interior of the Pantheon?

A) it has a coffered dome
B) it has an oculus
C) it has a poor drainage system
D) all of these answers are true
E) none of these answers are true

Question 44

Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of ________.[MC L1]

A) wine
B) theatre
C) agriculture
D) ecstasy
E) all of the other answers

Question 45

We have found that many Roman houses in Pompeii had ________ covering the walls.

A) marble panels
B) high reliefs
C) fresco paintings
D) silver leaf
E) none of the other answers