Deck 21: The Prehistoric and Ancient Mediterranean

Question 1

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

Answer 1

True

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Animals were never shown on cave paintings.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The Sumerian Standard of Ur shows scenes of:

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

Question 5

Akkadian rulers were believed to be divine.

Question 6

The Sumerians did not believe in lavish burials; they preferred riches to be enjoyed only by the living.

Question 7

The earliest surviving paintings in the world are found in caves.

Question 8

The Sumerian lyre sound box was found buried under a colosseum dedicated to Dionysus.

Question 9

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

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

Which of the following cultures did not have a written language?

A) Cycladic
B) Egyptian
C) Minoan
D) all of the other answers
E) none of the other answers

Question 12

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 13

Many more male Cycladic sculptures have been found than female.

Question 14

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-Leapers fresco (3.1.7)have 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?

Question 15

The life-sized bronze head of an Akkadian ruler (3.1.1)was discovered in present-day ________.

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

Question 16

What is true about the Minoans?

A) they built very large, maze-like palace complexes
B) they were a wealthy culture
C) they were invaded by the Mycenaeans
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 17

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

Question 18

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?

Question 19

In Greek mythology,powerful ruler King Minos was said to have built a small,modest palace on Knossos (Crete)because of his humility toward the gods.

Question 20

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 21

Lions were important to both Assyrians and Babylonians.

Question 22

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

Question 23

Match the artwork with the culture that made it:
a.Egyptian
b.Sumerian
c.Babylonian
d.Assyrian
e.Minoan
statue of Khafre

Question 24

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

Question 25

The Egyptians cremated the bodies of dead pharaohs.

Question 26

The Ishtar Gate was built under whose rule?

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

Question 27

Match the artwork with the culture that made it:
a.Egyptian
b.Sumerian
c.Babylonian
d.Assyrian
e.Minoan
Bull-Leapers fresco

Question 28

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

Question 29

Egyptian statues show a lot of movement.

Question 30

Match the artwork with the culture that made it:
a.Egyptian
b.Sumerian
c.Babylonian
d.Assyrian
e.Minoan
Standard of Ur

Question 31

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

Question 32

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?

Question 33

Match the artwork with the culture that made it:
a.Egyptian
b.Sumerian
c.Babylonian
d.Assyrian
e.Minoan
Ishtar Gate

Question 34

The written language used by the ________ is hieroglyphics.

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

Question 35

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 36

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 37

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 38

When an Egyptian pharaoh died,his organs were removed and stored in canopic jars.

Question 39

The Egyptians took a haphazard approach to building the pyramids,suggesting that they did not have a strong understanding of math and geometry.

Question 40

Match the artwork with the culture that made it:
a.Egyptian
b.Sumerian
c.Babylonian
d.Assyrian
e.Minoan
lamassu,palace of Ashurnasirpal II

Question 41

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 42

The Parthenon that still stands today in Athens was built after the city was invaded in 480/479 BCE by the:

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

Question 43

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

Question 44

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 45

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 46

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

A) black
B) blue
C) green
D) red
E) white

Question 47

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

Question 48

Metopes are an element of which architectural order?

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

Question 49

From the paintings in the Tomb of the Leopards,we learn that the EtruscANSWER:

A) buried leopards with rulers
B) held women in high regard
C) did not believe in an afterlife
D) did not bury family members in the same tomb
E) none of the other answers

Question 50

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 51

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

Question 52

The metope sculpture of the Parthenon was carved in low relief.

Question 53

The metopes on the south side of the Parthenon depict a battle between Lapiths and ________.

A) sphinxes
B) lions
C) Persians
D) centaurs
E) Trojans

Question 54

The statue of a Roman with busts of his ancestors (3.1.32)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 55

The volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE destroyed all of the art in Pompeii.

Question 56

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

Question 57

An amphora is the name for any female Greek goddess.

Question 58

Archaic statues of males and females were always nude.

Question 59

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

Question 60

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 61

Match the structure with the culture that made it:
a.Egyptian
d.Babylonian
b.Minoan
e.Greek
c.Roman
Palace of Knossos

Question 62

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

Question 63

Match the structure with the culture that made it:
a.Egyptian
d.Babylonian
b.Minoan
e.Greek
c.Roman
Pantheon

Question 64

The Emperor Constantine I recycled sculpture from other monuments to use on his triumphal arch.

Question 65

Match the structure with the culture that made it:
a.Egyptian
d.Babylonian
b.Minoan
e.Greek
c.Roman
Great Pyramid

Question 66

What is not true 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 67

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 68

Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of ________.

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

Question 69

The Emperor Constantine I's triumphal arch ________.

A) celebrated his forefathers
B) proclaimed his place in history
C) was a purely functional gateway to the city
D) contained only Christian imagery
E) none of the other answers

Question 70

Compare and contrast the depiction of drapery in the statue of a Roman with busts of his ancestors (3.1.32),and the Dionysiac frieze from Pompeii (3.1.33).How has each artist created the illusion of the weight and texture of draped material? In which medium,marble or fresco painting,do you think it is more difficult to create realistic drapery?

Question 71

Match the structure with the culture that made it:
a.Egyptian
d.Babylonian
b.Minoan
e.Greek
c.Roman
Parthenon

Question 72

Match the structure with the culture that made it:
a.Egyptian
d.Babylonian
b.Minoan
e.Greek
c.Roman
Ishtar Gate