Deck 3: Egypt From Narmer to Cleopatra

Question 1

Which of the following provides the best evidence for the daily life of ancient Egyptian society?

A) Papyrus scrolls
B) Tomb decoration
C) Portraits
D) Stone sculpture

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What is the most likely explanation for the portrayal of Akhenaton's body type?

A) He was misshapen after being cursed by the priests of Amen.
B) He was unable to hire artists skilled in traditional sculpture.
C) He wanted to more closely align himself with a fertility cult.
D) It was a deliberate artistic reaction against the established style.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Pyramids were the most common royal tombs during which period?

A) Early Dynastic period
B) Old Kingdom
C) Middle Kingdom
D) New Kingdom

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which motif on the palette of King Narmer symbolized the superhuman strength of the god-king?

A) The entwined necks of the two animals
B) The god-king slaying his captive enemy
C) The bull knocking down fortress walls
D) Man-headed hieroglyph with papyrus plants

Question 5

The false doors in mastaba tombs were meant to give access to whom?

A) Visiting relatives
B) The ben-ben
C) The ka
D) Cemetery custodians

Question 6

What is the shape of the column capitals in the hypostyle hall at Karnak?

A) Lions
B) Rhinoceros
C) Lotus or papyrus plants
D) Curved volutes

Question 7

Which of the following is a drawback of the fresco secco technique?

A) Application of paint must be done quickly.
B) Multiple artists cannot work in the small space.
C) Colors do not fuse to the wall surface.
D) The necessary materials were difficult to acquire.

Question 8

Which site has yielded significant evidence for Predynastic art?

A) Thebes
B) Gizeh
C) Alexandria
D) Hierakonopolis

Question 9

What metaphor is embodied in the hunting scenes in tomb interiors, aside from providing nourishment for the ka?

A) The triumph of the gods
B) The triumph over evil
C) The triumph of the judged soul
D) The triumph of light over darkness

Question 10

Whose mortuary temple was moved from Abu Simbel to save it from the Aswan High Dam Reservoir?

A) Hatshepsut
B) Khafre
C) Ramses II
D) Akhenaton

Question 11

Which terms best describe the majority of Egyptian art-with the exception of the Amarna period?

A) Fluid and experimental
B) Naturalistic and traditional
C) Conservative and fleeting
D) Conservative and formulaic

Question 12

Why is the palette of King Narmer unique among surviving early dynastic artworks?

A) It names its artist and his teacher.
B) It contains a historical narrative.
C) It lists the names of the Egyptian gods.
D) It was found in the Great Pyramid.

Question 13

Aside from their funerary function, what was the intended message of the pyramids?

A) A celebration of the afterlife for elite individuals
B) Encouraging people to support the priests of Amen
C) The need to provide employment to the mason guild
D) A reminder of the absolute power of the pharaoh

Question 14

Many of the temples of the New Kingdom followed which sort of plan?

A) Asymmetrical
B) Bent access
C) Circular
D) Axial

Question 15

What substance fills most of the interior of the Great Pyramid at Gizeh?

A) Air
B) Wood
C) Sand
D) Stone

Question 16

Which room of the New Kingdom pylon temple at Karnak contains an example of a clerestory?

A) The forecourt
B) The inner sanctuary
C) The hypostyle hall
D) The pylon gateway

Question 17

Which work likely commemorates the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt?

A) Palette of Djoser
B) Palette of Narmer
C) The Great Pyramid of Khufu
D) The stepped pyramid

Question 18

Which of the following gods appears as a falcon and is a protector of the pharaoh?

A) Thoth
B) Seth
C) Osiris
D) Horus

Question 19

Tomb paintings were created in which of the following techniques?

A) Oils
B) Fresco secco
C) Encaustic
D) Tempera

Question 20

What detail of the kneeling statue of Hatshepsut indicates her status as pharaoh?

A) She is kneeling in the presence of mortals.
B) She is carrying offerings to the gods.
C) She is wearing the royal headdress and kilt.
D) She holds a papyrus scroll detailing her accomplishments.

Question 21

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Where is the temple complex is depicted here?

A) Gizeh
B) Karnak
C) Luxor
D) Thebes

Question 22

What object was discovered during Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1799?

A) Palette of Narmer
B) Mask of Tutankhamen
C) Rosetta Stone
D) Statue of Akhenaton

Question 23

The mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri was built for which pharaoh?

A) Nefertiti
B) Imhotep
C) Hatshepsut
D) Sobekneferu

Question 24

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Who is the subject of this portrait?

A) Hatshepsut
B) Khamerernebty
C) Tiye
D) Nefertiti

Question 25

Which of the following plants was commonly used to symbolize Upper Egypt?

A) Papyrus
B) Lotus
C) Nettle
D) Myrtle

Question 26

The conventions for representing the human figure that dominated Egyptian art until the end of the New Kingdom can be found in which of the following?

A) The Rosetta Stone
B) The stele of Ramses
C) The standard of Heliopolis
D) The palette of King Narmer

Question 27

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Where did the stone for this monument come from?

A) Abu Simbel
B) Thebes
C) The Gizeh plateau
D) Luxor

Question 28

What Old Kingdom structure adjoined the pyramid and was the site of ceremonies honoring the dead king?

A) Valley temple
B) Causeway
C) Hypostyle sanctuary
D) Mortuary temple

Question 29

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What architectural form most influenced the shape of the monument shown here?

A) Pyramid
B) Pylon
C) Causeway
D) Mastaba

Question 30

Which of the following describes a building technique commonly used in Egyptian temples?

A) Corbelled vaulting
B) Ashlar masonry
C) Post and lintel
D) Mudbrick and wood

Question 31

What term describes the many-columned hall found in an Egyptian temple?

A) Colonnaded
B) Central
C) Hypostyle
D) Apsidal

Question 32

How does the Great Pyramid reflect the influence of the city of Heliopolis?

A) Heliopolis was the location of the the pharaoh Djoser's palatial complex.
B) Heliopolis was the seat of the powerful cult of Re, whose emblem was the ben-ben.
C) Heliopolis was the home of Imhotep, the architect of the Great Pyramid.
D) Heliopolis was the capital of the masons' guild that oversaw the pyramid's construction.

Question 33

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What is the location of this temple of Ramses II?

A) Gizeh
B) Amarna
C) Saqqara
D) Abu Simbel

Question 34

What three scripts appear on the Rosetta Stone?

A) Latinate, hieroglyphic, cuneiform
B) Greek, cuneiform, hieroglyphic
C) Greek, Latinate, hieroglyphic
D) Greek, demotic, hieroglyphic

Question 35

Which Predynastic site produced early mural paintings dating to 3500-3200 BCE?

A) Saqqara
B) Hierakonpolis
C) Gizeh
D) Faiyum

Question 36

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What is the findspot of this object?

A) Tomb of Tutankhamen, Saqqara
B) Tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes
C) Tomb of Tutankhamen, Ur
D) Tomb of Tutankhamen, Amarna

Question 37

What is the correct term for a rectangular brick or stone tomb with sloping sides?

A) Pylon
B) Mastaba
C) Tholos
D) Ziggurat

Question 38

The new androgynous image of the pharaoh Akhenaton is considered by some art historians to be an attempt to make him the manifestation of what being?

A) The guardian of Nefertiti
B) The son of Horus
C) Upper and Lower Egypt united
D) The sun disk Aton

Question 39

Who was the god of order, believed to have brought civilization to the Nile?

A) Isis
B) Horus
C) Sekhmet
D) Osiris

Question 40

Akhenaton moved his royal court from Thebes to which site?

A) Hierakonpolis
B) Amarna
C) Beni Hasan
D) Deir el-Bahri

Question 41

The New Kingdom temple at Edfu honors which god?

A) Amen-Re
B) Osiris
C) Horus
D) Hathor

Question 42

What term describes the system of proportions used throughout the history of Egyptian art?

A) Aesthetics
B) Ben-ben
C) Canon
D) Naturalistic

Question 43

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What aspect of this relief is NOT unusual in Egyptian art?

A) It shows the royal family in a domestic setting.
B) It shows the pharaoh wearing the double crown.
C) Its lines are sinuous and curving.
D) It abandons the hierarchy of scale.

Question 44

The frescoes from which tomb show us that New Kingdom artists did not always strictly conform to the ancient canon of representation?

A) Tomb of Ti
B) Tomb of Nebamun
C) Tomb of Amenemhet
D) Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis

Question 45

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What is the subject of this painted relief?

A) It documents Ramses's conquest of the kingdom of Punt.
B) It documents Hatshepsut's successful expedition to Punt.
C) It depicts the many objects Tutankhamen will need for the afterlife.
D) It records the festival of Amen-Re at Thebes.

Question 46

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The slightly pessimistic expression of this figure is an indication that it was made during which period?

A) Old Kingdom
B) New Kingdom
C) Middle Kingdom
D) Early Dynastic

Question 47

Which site provides information about Middle Kingdom burial practices?

A) Hierakonpolis
B) Saqqara
C) Beni Hasan
D) Gizeh

Question 48

What New Kingdom sculptural form is embodied by the statue of Senenmut and Nefrura?

A) Seated statue
B) Stylized embrace
C) Block statue
D) Idealized features

Question 49

Which structure is not a part of the complex at Gizeh?

A) Mastaba
B) Sphinx
C) Pyramid of Menkaure
D) Stepped pyramid

Question 50

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What is the name of the subject of this portrait?

A) Menkaure
B) Mentuemhet
C) Ramses II
D) Amenhotep