Deck 4: The Aegean

Question 1

The statue of the so-called Snake Goddess is made of

A) terracotta
B) fresco
C) marble
D) faïence
E) Kamares

Answer 1

D

Question 2

As far as one can tell,the most sacred animal on Minoan Crete was:

A) the lion
B) the bull
C) the griffin
D) the snake
E) the duck

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Kamares ware can be characterized as

A) monochrome
B) decorated with dynamic designs
C) organic
D) figurative
E) decorated with Linear B script

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The Cyclades are

A) mythical giants
B) marble idols
C) islands
D) bodies of water
E) Minoan cities

Question 5

The Minoan column has

A) a lotus capital, a straight shaft, a square base
B) a floral capital, a tapering shaft, a pillow base
C) a pillow capital, a round base, a tapering shaft
D) a papyrus capital, a round base, a tapering shaft
E) a bull capital, a round base, a tapering shaft

Question 6

A pithos is a

A) snake
B) core
C) Kamares jar
D) storage jar
E) tholos

Question 7

Cycladic idols are generally found in

A) temples
B) graves
C) storage jars
D) caves
E) the sea

Question 8

The Palace at Knossos was not fortified because

A) the inhabitants of Crete were peace-loving
B) the Minoans thought of themselves as invincible
C) Crete is an island
D) Crete ruled the Aegean

Question 9

Cycladic idols can be described as

A) geometric
B) organic
C) naturalistic
D) non-figurative
E) non-representational

Question 10

Which is true of Minoan scripts?

A) Linear A was used for lists and Linear B was the written script
B) Linear A and Linear B were written scripts
C) Linear B and Linear A were Egyptian scripts
D) Linear B was used for records and Linear A was the written language
E) Linear A was used on papyrus and Linear B was inscribed on tablets

Question 11

Minoan Civilization is generally dated

A)4000 to 1000 B.C.
B)3000 to 1500 B.C.
C)3500 to 1000 B.C.
D)2500 to 1500 B.C.
E)4500 to 2000 B.C.

Question 12

Minoan frescoes were

A) fresco secco
B) more stylized than in Egypt
C) more abstract than in Egypt
D) more numerous than in Egypt
E) true fresco

Question 13

The Aegean is named after

A) Aegisthus
B) Zeus
C) the father of Theseus
D) the Minotaur
E) the daughter of Minos

Question 14

Cycladic civilization is prehistoric because

A) it had not invented the wheel
B) it did not have monumental architecture
C) it did not have a writing system
D) it had no agriculture

Question 15

The modern name for Thera is

A) Knossos
B) Cairo
C) Anatolia
D) Santorini
E) Atlantis

Question 16

Minos was the son of

A) the Minotaur and Europa
B) Zeus and Ariadne
C) Theseus and Ariadne
D) Europa and Theseus
E) Zeus and Europa

Question 17

The Minoan civilization was discovered by

A) Schliemann
B) Evans
C) Marinatos
D) Plato
E) Theseus

Question 18

The Minotaur was __________.

A) the king of Crete
B) half-bull, half-man
C) the son of Icarus and Daedalus
D) a hero of many happy legends

Question 19

Which is not a Minoan site?

A) Mycenae
B) Phaistos
C) Palaikastro
D) Knossos

Question 20

The Aegean civilizations include

A) Egypt, Santorini, and Mycenae
B) Greece, Egypt, and Thera
C) Cycladic, Egyptian, and Greek
D) Mycenaean, Cycladic, and Minoan

Question 21

A corbeled vault is

A) concentric stone rings piled to make an arch or domed room
B) a means of transporting water
C) a kind of tomb
D) the level of windows above the central passageway to let light in from outside

Question 22

Which is not a Theran fresco?

A) the Ship Fresco
B) the Boxing Children
C) the Griffins
D) the Crocus Gatherer

Question 23

A pinched waist,profile pose,and "floating" forms are typical of the frescoes of _________.

A) Assyria
B) Crete
C) Egypt
D) Rome

Question 24

Cyclopaean refers to

A) a group of islands
B) a kind of wall
C) a citadel
D) a style of painting
E) a grave circle

Question 25

Mycenaean shrines were

A) on hillsides
B) in temples
C) in palaces
D) at the edge of the sea
E) on hilltops

Question 26

Agamemnon and Klytemnestra were the parents of

A) Elektra, Orestes, Cassandra
B) Iphigenia, Cassandra, Orestes
C) Elektra, Iphigenia, Cassandra
D) Elektra, Orestes, Iphigenia

Question 27

The most likely interpretation of the Boxing Children is as

A) a Cycladic sport
B) a personal dispute
C) a theatrical performance
D) an initiation ritual
E) a religious ritual

Question 28

The heroes of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey may have come from

A) Minoan Crete
B) Athens
C) Mycenaean Greece
D) Santorini

Question 29

The Mycenaean megaron had

A) a front and a back porch, a hearth, a throne room
B) columns, a back porch, a hearth, a throne room
C) columns, a throne room, an antechamber, a back porch
D) a front porch, a hearth, a throne room, columns

Question 30

Mycenaean civilization was discovered by

A) Evans
B) Schliemann
C) Marinatos
D) Aeschylos
E) Euripides

Question 31

The column flanked by lions at the entrance to Mycenae symbolized

A) a phallus
B) a tree
C) a goddess
D) a building
E) an altar

Question 32

Polyphemos was

A) a Greek artist
B) a Greek city
C) a Greek hero
D) a Cyclops
E) a friend of Odysseus

Question 33

Schliemann found

A) Knossos
B) Mycenae
C) Troy
D) Mycenae and Troy

Question 34

Who of the following was not a Trojan?

A) Priam
B) Paris
C) Menelaus
D) Cassandra

Question 35

Minoan features suggest that although found in Mycenae,the ________ is(are)Minoan.

A) the Vaphio Cups
B) the Harvester Vase
C) the Octopus Vase
D) the Agamemnon Mask

Question 36

The term Helladic comes from

A) Helen of Troy
B) the Greek name for Greece
C) the Greek name for Helen
D) the islands of the Hellades
E) the Greek name for Troy