Deck 2: Ancient Near Eastern Art

Question 1

Alexander the Great was allied with the Persians.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

What material was used to make the Ishtar Gate?

A) adobe
B) glazed bricks
C) cut stone
D) metal panels

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The stele depicting the Law Code of Hammurabi comes from which culture?

A) Sumerian
B) Assyrian
C) Babylonian
D) Egyptian

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Tigris and Euphrates were:

A) Rivers that supplied water to Mesopotamia
B) Important Sumerian cities
C) Names of the first-known ancient architects
D) The rulers of Akkad and Assyria

Question 5

The statues from Abu Temple at Tell Asmar:

A) have no eyes
B) have Cubic forms
C) were carved of stone
D) were made of limestone, alabaster, and gypsum

Question 6

The world's largest language group (or linguistic family) is:

A) Indo-European
B) Semitic
C) Chinese
D) Sumerian

Question 7

The Sumerians built primarily of wood and what other material?

A) diorite stone
B) marble
C) mud brick
D) granite

Question 8

Under whose regime was one of the very first codes of law written?

A) Xerxes
B) Darius I
C) Hammurabi
D) Gudea

Question 9

Sumerian palaces were called ziggurats.

Question 10

An indirect axial approach was typical of which type of structure?

A) Egyptian pyramids
B) Sumerian ziggurats
C) Persian palaces
D) Persian temples

Question 11

Who defeats the Persians in 331 BCE?
E) Xerxes
F) Darius I
G) Alexander H. Ramses II

Question 12

The Law Code of Hammurabi:

A) Survives as one of the earliest written bodies of law
B) Was concerned with crime law only, and not domestic law
C) Did not describe penalties for breaking laws
D) Could not be enforced

Question 13

The Temple of Solomon at Jerusalem:
A. Reflects the close connection between Near Eastern cultures
B. Was modest in its appearance and design
C. Was a place of polytheistic worship
D. Has stood in place unaltered since ancient times

Question 14

Darius I and Xerxes are two of the most important figures of which culture?

A) Sumerian
B) Egyptian
C) Persian
D) Assyrian

Question 15

Which was among the Seven Wonders of the World?

A) Hanging Gardens of Babylon
B) Stonehenge
C) The Audience Hall at Persepolis
D) The caves at Lascaux

Question 16

Cuneiform characters:

A) were made by pressing a stylus into damp clay
B) remain untranslated to this day
C) were not used for writing fiction
D) were visible on the Rosetta Stone

Question 17

The Tell Asmar figures may have large eyes because:

A) Seeing was a major channel of communication with the gods
B) Their eyes were wide open in terror before the gods
C) They were cult figures of blinded gods
D) Gods were believed never to sleep

Question 18

Art in Mesopotamian visual culture enabled and reflected political power.

Question 19

What is the main room of a Sumerian temple called?

A) atrium
B) hypostyle hall
C) audience hall
D) cella

Question 20

What was the most important form of architecture for the Persians?

A) palaces
B) mastabas
C) fortresses
D) temples

Question 21

What was the likely function of the sculptures of Tell Asmar?

Question 22

What are the major architectural and ritual forms of a ziggurat?

Question 23

How politically stable was the Mesopotamian region, and how did this have an impact on the arts of the region?

Question 24

The representation and ranking of figures according to physical size is called hieratic scale.

Question 25

How is political power communicated in the Stele of Naram-Sin and the Stele of Hammurabi?

Question 26

What are the differences and similarities in the visual characteristics of Assyrian art and Sumerian art?

Question 27

Naram-Sin was among the first Mesopotamian kings to deify himself.