Deck 7: Deities and Places of Worship

Question 1

Which of the following is one of the oldest religions of the Western world and is the foundation of Christianity and Islam?

A)Buddhism
B)Hinduism
C)Judaism
D)Taoism

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Where is the Snake Goddess from?

A)India
B)Crete
C)Sicily
D)The Parthian plain

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is the Buddhist concept of heaven or paradise called?

A)Stupa
B)Nirvana
C)Cosmos
D)Shiva

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which statement characterizes the visual culture of Judaism?

A)The making and the worship of images were differentiated.
B)The prohibition of images is reflected in surviving evidence.
C)Like classical Roman culture of the same time, images were central to worship.
D)Images were used only in funerary contexts.

Question 5

What can the Hindu god Brahman never be?

A)Known
B)Seen
C)Understood
D)Beaten

Question 6

What does a mandala attempt to show?

A)The cosmos
B)The face of God
C)The future
D)Ritual sacrifice

Question 7

What did later statues of Buddha emphasize?

A)The wheel of life
B)Creation
C)Reincarnation
D)Serenity

Question 8

What is the term for Mexican votive paintings?

A)Ofrendas
B)Refiguración
C)Retablos
D)Nueva Presencia

Question 9

Which sacred building type are minarets associated with?

A)Cathedral
B)Mosque
C)Stupa
D)Ziggurat

Question 10

What was the Buddhist stupa, at first a mound tomb, transformed into?

A)A symbol of Buddhist power
B)A monument to Shiva
C)A monument that contained the Buddha's ashes or relics
D)A symbol of reincarnation

Question 11

How are most early deities represented?

A)As a male sun god
B)As a neuter spirit
C)As a female fertility goddess
D)As a male fertility god

Question 12

After Christianity became the official state religion of Rome, how was Christ shown?

A)As a shepherd of the flock
B)As a king or ruler
C)As a studious child
D)As a miracle worker

Question 13

Which statement is true of images of deities?

A)Cannot take animal forms
B)Cannot take abstract forms
C)Are universal
D)Can be male or female

Question 14

Which form from Ancient Egypt was used to represent deities?

A)Monsters
B)Idealized humans
C)Athletes
D)Animals

Question 15

What would be the nearest analogy to a Bodhisattva?

A)A cherub
B)A demon
C)A ghost
D)A saint

Question 16

How often were the special rituals of the Kwakiutl held?

A)Four times a year
B)At the full moon
C)Annually
D)At every solstice

Question 17

What do many religious structures, from Stonehenge to the Pantheon, use to convey their power?

A)Precious metals
B)Natural shapes
C)Geometry
D)Extensive decoration

Question 18

Which work is influenced by animism?

A)Shiva as Lord of the Dance
B)Raphael's Madonna of the Meadow
C)Retablo of Maria de la Luz Casillas and Children
D)Venus of Willendorf

Question 19

Which cultures visually depicted blood sacrifice in their art?

A)Hindu and Buddhist
B)Mesoamerican and Incan
C)Cretan and Buddhist
D)Christian and Mesoamerican

Question 20

What are Hopi spirit dolls called?

A)Retablos
B)Potlaches
C)Kachinas
D)Totems

Question 21

Which feature is characteristic of the Doric order of Greek architecture?

A)A column with acanthus leaves at the top as the capital
B)A column with volutes as the capital
C)A column with no base and a simple cushion capital
D)A column with a ziggurat-style capital

Question 22

​ As seen in the columns of the Parthenon , what is the slight swelling at the middle of a column, used to create a feeling of organic flexing, called?

A)Entasis
B)Entablature
C)Frieze
D)Oculus

Question 23

Which is an important feature of mosque decoration?

A)A mihrab, a marker of the direction of Mecca, for prayers
B)Images emphasizing stories from the life of Mohammed
C)Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian columns
D)Baptismal font

Question 24

A feature shared by medieval Christianity and Islam is the prolific use of images to adorn religious spaces.

Question 25

​ The Royal Mosque of Isfahan has which feature?

A)A rose window
B)A richly embellished interior that contrasts the simpler exterior
C)A Doric colonnade
D)A central organization symbolizing the cosmos

Question 26

​ The Main Shrine at Ise has which of the following features?

A)It housed the sacred mandala at its main altar.
B)No nails were used; instead pegs join its unpainted wood pieces.
C)The notion of sacred geometry shaped the design.
D)It represents the high point of monumental stone building in that region.

Question 27

​ Stories abound about Stonehenge , but which of the following statements can be ascertained as a fact?

A)The surrounding region has other Neolithic stone groupings that align with Stonehenge.
B)It was used for agricultural rituals for a brief time.
C)It was the center of Druid society.
D)The original builders made a plan for the layout, which was then executed over subsequent centuries.

Question 28

The Longmen Caves in China, a Buddhist pilgrimage destination composed of a complex of cave shrines, were supported by imperial patronage.

Question 29

In Egypt, which were believed to be the actual dwellings of the gods and were modeled after the residences of nobles and pharaohs?

A)Cult temples
B)Pyramids
C)Mastabas
D)Stupas

Question 30

​ Which element can be seen in the statue The Goddess Hathor and the Overseer of Sealers, Psmatik ?

A)The inspiration from early reed architecture in its decorative patterns
B)Lotus bud capitals
C)Successively darker, smaller spaces
D)The Egyptian use of animal forms to depict deities

Question 31

​ Which key feature of the Pantheon alluded to divine perfection?

A)Its specific location in the Roman cityscape
B)Its later use as a place to house Christian relics
C)The geometry associated with the dome and the oculus
D)The selection of marble mosaics on the floor

Question 32

​ Which aspect of later Buddhism does The Water and Moon Guanyin Bodhisattva reflect?

A)Buddhism's gradual shift to honoring Bodhisattvas over the Buddha.
B)Over time, variations in faith and practice developed so that some branches viewed Bodhisattvas as intercessors.
C)The prevalence of the animistic beliefs honoring the water and moon spirits throughout the Central Asian plateau.
D)The use of Guanyin as a symbol of the merging of Jainism and Buddhism.

Question 33

​ What do the images of Michelangelo's Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel show?

A)The teachings of the New Testament
B)The life of Pope Julius II
C)The origin of the universe
D)Important saints associated with Rome and the Vatican

Question 34

In Hinduism a mudra is a symbolic hand gesture signifying imbalance.

Question 35

The vast pyramid at Teotihuacán was aligned according to the path of the sun and specific constellations.

Question 36

Over a 3,000 year period, Egyptian temple design changed more than any other concurrent culture's architecture.

Question 37

​ Which statement is true of the Dome of the Rock ?

A)The architecture takes its cues from classical Greek temple design.
B)The building was the prime source for Le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut .
C)It was built on a site for pilgrimage used by three religions.
D)The building shares its main design features with later mosques such as that at Isfahan.

Question 38

Which statement about Gothic stained-glass windows is correct?

A)They represent the tradition of stained glass continued from earlier churches.
B)They carried religious symbolism by transforming light signaling heavenly radiance.
C)They celebrate the triumph of medieval feudalism.
D)They show only Old Testament imagery in order to show the authority of tradition.

Question 39

​ How did Egypt's geography influence the design of the Great Pylon of the Horus Temple at Edfu ?

A)The division between Upper and Lower Egypt is reflected in the upper and lower sections of the temple.
B)Shifting sand dunes necessitated the protective barriers around the perimeter.
C)The flow of the Nile probably inspired the direct path taken by worshipers through the temple.
D)The waters of the Nile permitted the extensive use of waterworks throughout the temple complex.

Question 40

Because the Greeks considered themselves superior to other religions that worshiped trees or mountains, Greek gods are generally personified as human-animal hybrids.