Deck 7: Ancient Rome

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT associated with the founding of Rome?

A)Venus
B)Aeneas
C)Romulus
D)Remus
E)Virgil

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Which of the following is the best pairing?

A)Virgil and Odysseus
B)Ovid and the Metamorphoses
C)Trajan and the Meditations
D)Marcus Aurelius and the Commentarii

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The Pont du Gard at Nîmes was

A)an aqueduct.
B)a temple.
C)a bridge.
D)both a bridge and an aqueduct.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Two streets intersecting at right angles in ancient Roman cities were the

A)castra and cardo.
B)insula and decumanus.
C)castra and decumanus.
D)cardo and decumanus.

Question 5

Which of the following was NOT built under Trajan?

A)Timgad
B)Dacia
C)markets
D)a forum
E)basilica

Question 6

Which was LEAST likely to be in a forum?

A)temples
B)libraries
C)markets
D)baths
E)basilicas

Question 7

Republican Roman art depicted

A)realistic subjects
B)portraits
C)celebration of age and character
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 8

The Golden House belonged to

A)Suetonius.
B)Caracalla.
C)Constantine.
D)Nero.
E)Trajan.

Question 9

Which was NOT part of the Roman Empire in the first century A.D.? A.Gaul
B)Britain
C)Egypt
D)Nubia
E)Judaea

Question 10

Greek art was championed during the reign of

A)Caesar in the Roman Republic.
B)Augustus, the emperor.
C)Pliny the Elder.
D)Constantine.

Question 11

Virgil wrote the Aeneid for

A)Julius Caesar.
B)Augustus.
C)Trajan.
D)Constantine.
E)Caracalla.

Question 12

Pompeiian wall paintings of the Second Style are characterized by

A)scenes like theater sets.
B)painted inlaid stone.
C)pictures showing paintings on the wall.
D)illusionistic landscapes.

Question 13

Nero,as described by Suetonius,exemplifies

A)political know-how.
B)generosity.
C)grandiosity.
D)military strategy.

Question 14

The Goths were

A)Gauls.
B)Dacians.
C)Germans.
D)Trojans.
E)Greeks.

Question 15

The Ides of March is

A)when Roman emperors are killed.
B)the middle of the month.
C)the birthday of the Roman emperor.
D)the end of the month.
E)the beginning of the month.

Question 16

The first known Roman forum dates from A.the 6th century B.C.
B)the reign of Julius Caesar.
C)the 1st century A.D.
D)the reign of Augustus.

Question 17

Pompeii was destroyed A.in A.D.79.
B)in the first century B.C.
C)under Nero.
D)in A.D.121

Question 18

Hadrian was especially influenced by

A)Egyptian religion.
B)Greek styles.
C)Virgil's Aeneid.
D)Homer's Iliad.
E)Marcus Aurelius.

Question 19

Which was NOT a Roman architectural type?

A)the private house
B)the round temple
C)the peripteral temple
D)the circus
E)the Colosseum

Question 20

Roman concrete was a mixture of

A)water, tufa, travertine, and rubble.
B)water, mortar, gravel, and rubble.
C)stucco, plaster, water, mortar, and rubble.
D)tufa, rubble, gravel, and mortar.

Question 21

The most impressive Roman buildings were faced with

A)marble.
B)tufa.
C)concrete.
D)terra-cotta.

Question 22

Which is NOT a feature of the Pantheon?

A)an oculus
B)a rectangular cella
C)a rotunda
D)a portico
E)a curved entablature

Question 23

Which is true of Roman temples?

A)They are peripteral.
B)They have a front and a back porch.
C)They have a double cella.
D)They are pseudoperipteral.

Question 24

Which is LEAST likely to have been a feature of the Roman bath?

A)a museum
B)a tepidarium
C)a swimming pool
D)a ball court
E)a market

Question 25

Which is NOT a commemorative monument?

A)Trajan's Column
B)the Arch of Titus
C)the Ara Pacis
D)Colosseum
E)the Pantheon

Question 26

Coffering

A)helped expand interior space.
B)lightened the weight of a dome or arch.
C)enhanced the illusion of recession in the ceiling.
D)both lightened the weight of a dome or arch, and enhanced the illusion of a recession in the ceiling.

Question 27

Which of the following was NOT a use of the Roman basilica?

A)commerce
B)worship
C)law courts
D)administration

Question 28

Which best describes the architectural features of the basilica?

A)aisles, apses, nave, clerestory windows
B)aisles, nave, clerestory windows, impluvium
C)apses, nave, impluvium, aisles
D)atrium, nave, apse, clerestory windows

Question 29

Which is NOT a feature of Roman triumphal arches?

A)relief sculptures
B)an attic
C)inscriptions
D)the Composite Order
E)a portico

Question 30

The Pantheon included

A)barrel vaults and groin vaults.
B)a central dome.
C)an eight-sided room.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 31

The reliefs of Trajan's Column differ from Classical Greek reliefs in the

A)use of a spiral frieze.
B)realistic rather than idealized battle scene.
C)emphasis on historical facts.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 32

The Roman circus was used primarily for

A)animal performances.
B)libraries.
C)gladiatorial contests.
D)horse races.
E)chariot races.

Question 33

The columns of the Colosseum were arranged in the following order from the first to the third level:

A)Doric, Corinthian, Ionic.
B)Ionic, Doric, Corinthian.
C)Doric, Ionic, Corinthian.
D)Corinthian, Ionic, Doric.
E)Corinthian, Doric, Ionic.

Question 34

The Colosseum was constructed during the reign of

A)Nero.
B)Trajan.
C)Vespasian.
D)Constantine.
E)Caracalla.

Question 35

An oculus is

A)the opening at the center of a dome.
B)a mystical doorway in a temple.
C)the portholes in a Roman galley.
D)the window in the wall above the main level of a temple, which lets light in.

Question 36

In contrast to Greek temples,Roman temples usually were

A)set on tall podiums.
B)approached from a single side.
C)pseudoperipteral.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 37

The Column of Trajan is uniquely Roman because of

A)its enormous height.
B)its narrative frieze.
C)its setting.
D)its material.

Question 38

Trajan's most famous monument was

A)the Baths of Trajan.
B)an Arch of Trajan.
C)the Ara Pacis of Trajan.
D)Trajan's Column.

Question 39

The Roman Colosseum was built around a core of

A)concrete.
B)brick.
C)sandstone.
D)iron.

Question 40

The Ara Pacis was constructed under

A)Augustus.
B)Julius Caesar.
C)Trajan.
D)Nero.
E)Constantine.

Question 41

Dido was

A)the deserted wife of Aeneas.
B)the queen of Carthage.
C)the queen of Faiyum.
D)the heroine of Petrarch's Africa.

Question 42

What action did Diocletian take in an attempt to restore order to the Roman Empire?

A)move the imperial residence to Constantinople
B)legalize Christianity
C)liberalize Roman citizenship requirements
D)establishe the tetrarchy

Question 43

Trajan's purpose in declaring war on the Dacians was to obtain their

A)territory.
B)women.
C)gold.
D)works of sculpture.
E)weapons.

Question 44

Which is NOT a characteristic of Roman frescoes?

A)They are fresco secco.
B)They are often found in private houses.
C)They are naturalistic.
D)They contain shading, cast shadows, and oblique viewpoints.
E)They contain the illusion of three-dimensional space.

Question 45

Which is NOT correct?

A)Juno is the wife of Jupiter.
B)Vulcan is the son of Juno.
C)Diana is the daughter of Juno.
D)Minerva is the daughter of Jupiter.
E)Mercury is the god of speed.

Question 46

Marcus Aurelius was

A)an emperor and poet.
B)an emperor and Stoic philosopher.
C)a poet and Platonic philosopher.
D)Hadrian's lover.
E)an equestrian monument.

Question 47

Apotheosis refers to

A)deification.
B)abdication.
C)ascending to power.
D)election to office.

Question 48

The figures from the frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries are thought to depict an initiation into

A)the cult of Artemis.
B)Christianity.
C)the cult of Bacchus.
D)the cult of Isis and Osiris.

Question 49

The Jewish Wars were chronicled by

A)Josephus.
B)Virgil.
C)Suetonius.
D)Julius Caesar.
E)Ovid.

Question 50

The Tophet refers to

A)a Punic shrine.
B)a temple.
C)a site of child sacrifice.
D)a site of ritual suicide.

Question 51

The portrait incorporated into the mummy case of Artemidoros

A)is an ancestor portrait.
B)is a fresco.
C)is in encaustic.
D)is a portrait bust.

Question 52

Faiyum painting was produced in

A)Greece.
B)Egypt.
C)Rome.
D)Nubia.
E)Carthage.

Question 53

The entry court of a Roman house was called the

A)aquarium.
B)atrium.
C)bacterium.
D)oculus.

Question 54

Which was NOT a Roman funerary practice?

A)the use of cinerary urns
B)the necropolis
C)the sarcophagus
D)burial in graves

Question 55

Which is NOT true of the Villa of the Mysteries frescoes?

A)They represent an initiation rite.
B)They have erotic elements.
C)They have a red background.
D)The figures are naturalistic.
E)They include details of landscape.

Question 56

The Punic Wars were fought between

A)Rome and Carthage.
B)Rome and Greece.
C)Rome and Phoenicia.
D)Rome and Etruria.

Question 57

In the scene from the Odyssey Landscapes illustrated in this chapter,

A)cannibals are depicted.
B)Laestrygonians are depicted helping Odysseus's men.
C)there is no landscape detail.
D)people are hunting animals.

Question 58

Young Woman with a Stylus is an example of

A)a relief.
B)a marble bust.
C)a tondo.
D)a second style fresco.

Question 59

Hercules is the son of

A)Juno and Jupiter.
B)Alkmene and Amphitryon.
C)Juno and Amphitryon.
D)Jupiter and Alkmene.