Deck 3: Ancient Egypt

Question 1

Which of the following is not true?

A)The Palette of Narmer is an example of Machtkunst
B)The Palette of Narmer is a ceremonial object
C)The Palette of Narmer is decorated in high relief
D)The Palette of Narmer is made of slate
E)The Palette of Narmer dates to c.3000 B.C.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The three great pyramids are located at

A) Saqqara
B) Cairo
C) Alexandria
D) Giza
E) Thebes

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is true?

A) Isis is the mother of Horus
B) Bes is a death god
C) Anubis is in the shape of a crocodile
D) Horus opens the mouth of the dead
E) Amon is the sun disk

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following is true?

A) Hatshepsut was the first queen of Egypt
B) Akhenaten was an Old Kingdom pharaoh
C) Narmer worshipped Aten
D) Nefertiti was Akhenaten's mother
E) Amenhotep III was Akhenaten's father

Question 5

The Book of Two Ways is

A) a funeral text
B) a pyramid text
C) a map of the underworld
D) a coffin text
E) ritual incantation

Question 6

Hapy is the god of

A) hymns
B) happiness
C) the Nile
D) Nubia
E) Cairo

Question 7

Which of the following is true?

A) Upper Egypt is north and Lower Egypt is south
B) the Blue Nile is north of the White Nile
C) Upper Egypt is south and Lower Egypt is north
D) The Nile delta is in the south
E) The Nile floods every year without fail

Question 8

The annual flooding of the Nile is symbolized by the birth and death of

A) Artemis
B) Horus
C) Rameses
D) Osiris

Question 9

Narmer was associated with

A) Menes
B) Manetho
C) Alexander the Great
D) Menkaure
E) Nefertiti

Question 10

The Old Kingdom Egyptian pharaoh who built his tomb at Gizeh was

A) Seti
B) Akhenaten
C) Khafre
D) Tutankhamun

Question 11

The world's longest river is

A) the River Jordan
B) the Tigris
C) the Nile
D) the Mississippi
E) the Amazon

Question 12

Egyptian history is divided into

A) chronological dates
B) king lists
C) dynasties
D) months and years

Question 13

For the most part,pyramids are believed to have been built by

A) slaves
B) Jews
C) seasonal workers
D) Nubians

Question 14

The forerunner of the Pyramid appears to be the

A) Ziggurat
B) obelisk
C) mastaba
D) stone-cut temple

Question 15

The __________ shows the uniting of Upper and Lower Egypt and the establishment of the First Dynasty.

A) Palette of Naram-Sin
B) Palette of Narmer
C) Palette of Khafre
D) Rosetta Stone

Question 16

"Gift of the Nile" refers to

A) Hapy
B) Moses
C) Osiris
D) Egypt
E) Lake Victoria

Question 17

In Egyptian artistic convention,all of the following were true except

A) head full front
B) eyes full front
C) shoulders full front
D) feet in profile

Question 18

The only surviving step pyramid was built for

A) Menkaure
B) Khufu
C) Khafre
D) Narmer
E) Zoser

Question 19

The Rosetta Stone is important because

A) it led to the decipherment of hieroglyphics
B) it is a unique stele
C) it has Greek, cuneiform, and Egyptian writing on it
D) it has Greek, Coptic, and Egyptian writing on it

Question 20

Imhotep was

A) the sun god
B) an architect
C) a sculptor
D) a painter
E) a pharaoh

Question 21

Which is not true of the hypostyle hall?

A) it has columns with a base, shaft, and capital
B) the center columns are shorter than the side columns
C) the center columns are taller than the side columns
D) it has columns with a shaft and capital, but no base
E) the shafts of its columns are covered with hieroglyphs

Question 22

The conventions for representing the human figure that dominated Egyptian art first occur about 3500

A) Rosetta Stone
B) Standard of Heliopolis
B)C. in the
C) Palette of Narmer
D) Stele of Ramses

Question 23

The source of Egyptian column types is generally

A) human forms
B) animal forms
C) plant forms
D) architectural forms
E) symbolic forms

Question 24

An Egyptian scribe was

A) a slave
B) a scribbler
C) a well-educated person
D) an author of scripture

Question 25

The Egyptian canon of proportion was organized according to

A) nature
B) a grid
C) curves and rectangles
D) triangles and trapezoids

Question 26

The obelisks were derived from

A) the pylons
B) the pyramids
C) the benbens
D) the sphinxes
E) the hypostyle

Question 27

The Temple of Amon-Mut-Khonsu is in

A) Karnak
B) Thebes
C) Cairo
D) Amarna
E) Luxor

Question 28

The closest meaning of the word "ka" is

A) ego
B) double
C) alter-ego
D) self-image
E) twin

Question 29

Lady Senuwy was

A) a courtesan
B) a princess
C) a queen
D) a slave
E) a lady-in-waiting

Question 30

Tomb frescoes were most popular in

A) Nubia
B) the Middle Kingdom
C) the Old Kingdom
D) the New Kingdom

Question 31

Menkaure and Khamerernebty are

A) sculptures in the round
B) wall paintings
C) architects
D) sculptures in very high relief
E) Egyptians gods

Question 32

Rahotep and Nofret are not

A) a prince and a princess
B) two seated sculptures
C) a king and a queen
D) depicted in high relief
E) seated in rigid poses

Question 33

A cartouche

A) is a form of cartonnage
B) is a serekh
C) is a scarab
D) frames the name of a king
E) frames a plan of the king's palace

Question 34

The Egyptians used which of the following columns?

A) papyrus reeds with flower capitals
B) animal or human figure supports
C) smooth, widening shaft with bud-shaped capitals
D) fluted pillar with acanthus leaf capital

Question 35

Most pyramids were built by pharaohs in

A) Nubia
B) the Middle Kingdom
C) the Old Kingdom
D) the New Kingdom

Question 36

Hatshepsut declared herself the offspring of

A) Osiris
B) Amon
C) Anubis
D) Hathor
E) Aten

Question 37

Egyptian paintings of royal figures are generally

A) naturalistic
B) stylized
C) colossal
D) colorful

Question 38

The seated statue of Khafre dates to around

A)3000 B.C.
B)2500 B.C.
C)2000 B.C.
D)3500 B.C.

Question 39

Royal figures in Egyptian art are

A) naturalistic and assertive
B) hieratic and naturalistic
C) assertive and stylized
D) stylized and miniature
E) monumental and unassuming

Question 40

A building technique commonly used in Egyptian temples was

A) post-and-lintel
B) adobe
C) the true arch
D) mortise and tenon

Question 41

The function of the Deffufa is

A) funerary
B) religious
C) commercial
D) artistic
E) unknown

Question 42

The Amarna period is associated with

A) Akhenaten and Amenhotep III
B) Akhenaten and Nefertiti
C) Akhenaten and Tiy
D) Akhenaten and Amon
E) Akhenaten and Isis

Question 43

Canopic jars contain

A) preserved foods
B) preserved works of art
C) preserved items of clothing
D) preserved organs
E) preserved texts

Question 44

Most Egyptian wall paintings were made of

A) tempera
B) encaustic
C) buon fresco
D) fresco secco
E) oil

Question 45

Styles under Akhenaten were more _________ than before his reign.

A) stylized
B) hieratic
C) conventional
D) naturalistic
E) religious

Question 46

The Amarna style showed

A) caricatured face and posture
B) intimate, relaxed poses
C) the pharaoh in the traditional twisted view
D) caricatured face and posture and intimate, relaxed poses

Question 47

Tutankhamen is a well-known pharaoh because

A) he lived a long time
B) his tomb was discovered intact
C) he was a great scribe
D) he was a revolutionary thinker
E) his mummy was discovered and preserved

Question 48

The temple at Abu Simbel honors?

A) Ramses II
B) Hatshepsut
C) Akhenaten
D) Nefertiti

Question 49

The Kandake refers to

A) an Egyptian queen
B) a Nubian queen
C) an Egyptian sphinx
D) a Nubian sphinx
E) a Nubian priestess

Question 50

Hatshepsut's greatest architectural achievement is

A) The Temple at Karnak
B) The Temple at Thebes
C) The Temple at Amarna
D) The Temple at Deir-el-Bahri
E) The Temple at Luxor

Question 51

Which is not a Nubian culture?

A) Kerma
B) Kush
C) Meroë
D) Punt

Question 52

For Egypt,Nubia was a source of

A) pottery
B) weapons
C) gems and metals
D) artists
E) art and architecture

Question 53

Which of the following was not significant in Nubian culture?

A) elephants
B) tombs
C) arrows
D) pottery
E) Aten

Question 54

The ankh is a symbol of

A) god
B) life
C) happiness
D) immortality
E) death

Question 55

Hatshepsut's chief architect was

A) Nefrure
B) Ahmose
C) Tuthmose
D) Senenmut
E) Imhotep

Question 56

Akhenaten was a

A) polytheist
B) prince
C) monk
D) sun-worshipper
E) mason