Deck 3: Art of Ancient Egypt

Question 1

What artwork survives from the Predynastic period of ancient Egypt?

A) reliefs carved on ivory and stone
B) wall paintings depicting people and animals
C) decorated pottery
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

After the unification, Egyptian history is divided into __________.

A) dynasties
B) eras
C) periods
D) cantos

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In the Old Kingdom, rulers were typically portrayed as ___________figures, wearing the royal kilt and head cloth.

A) slightly effeminate
B) athletic and youthful
C) older and wise
D) smiling and compassionate

Answer 3

B.

Question 4

The first ruler to call himself pharaoh was __________.

A) Tutankhamun I
B) Thutmose III
C) Menkaure II
D) Khafre IV

Question 5

One of the tests that Egyptians had to undergo to enter successfully into the afterlife was to _________________.

A) have their heart weighed against the feather of truth
B) create an inventory of all of their possessions
C) list their good deeds
D) speak with their ancestors

Question 6

In Egyptian tombs, the ka statue was placed in a chamber called the ____________.

A) mastaba
B) sarcophagus
C) pectoral serdab
D) blossom clerestory

Question 7

King Tutankhamun's tomb was found in the_________.

A) pyramids at Giza
B) Valley of the Kings
C) king's palace at Amarna
D) Great Temple of Amun at Karnak

Question 8

The female pharaoh __________ was one of the few women to have ruled Egypt.

A) Akhetaten
B) Hatshepsut
C) Akhenaten
D) Tutankhamen

Question 9

Scholars determined the name of the figures depicted on the Palette of Narmer from ___________.

A) hieroglyphics
B) iconography
C) the writings of Herodotus
D) the Rosetta Stone

Question 10

__________ is the first architect known in history by name.

A) Imhotep
B) Narmer
C) Menes
D) Hasan

Question 11

Because the temple was the home of the god, originally, the temple had the form of a __________.

A) tomb
B) house
C) grave
D) ship

Question 12

Which object commemorates the unification of Egypt and signals the beginning of the dynastic period?

A) The Palette of Narmer
B) Akhenaten and His Family
C) Queen Nerfertari Making an Offering to Isis
D) Ti Watching a Hippopatamus Hunt

Question 13

King Tutankhamun's mummified body was enclosed in three nested coffins with the innermost made of __________.

A) silver
B) gold
C) wood
D) bronze

Question 14

A (An) __________ is literally a "city of the dead."

A) necropolis
B) acropolis
C) metropolis
D) megalopolis

Question 15

The Egyptian life spirit or life force is called the __________.

A) ra
B) ka
C) serdab
D) ankh

Question 16

The first large-scale "archeological" expedition in history came with the landing of the French general, __________ in 1798.

A) Howard Carter
B) Manetho
C) Napoleon
D) Marat

Question 17

The Great Sphinx is thought to be a portrait of __________.

A) Menkaure
B) Cheops
C) Khufu
D) Khafre

Question 18

For millennia, artists depicted Egyptian royals as _________________ .

A) distinct individuals
B) deities
C) a composite of multiple viewpoints
D) abstract symbols

Question 19

Egypt's most famous pyramids are the ones at __________.

A) Cairo
B) Bahri
C) Giza
D) Khafre

Question 20

The Great Hall at Karnak has massive __________capitals on the columns supporting the raised, center part of the roof.

A) rose bud
B) papyrus
C) marble
D) lotus bud

Question 21

Sculptures portraying Hatshepsut as a __________reflect the power of tradition and artistic convention in Egypt.

A) priestess
B) princess
C) male king
D) mother

Question 22

In contrast to other periods of Egyptian history, some royal portraits from the Middle Kingdom appear _____________.

A) confident and serene
B) idealized and youthful
C) distorted and out of proportion
D) preoccupied and emotionally drained

Question 23

Standing figures in Egyptian art are typically shown __________.

A) nude
B) striding
C) in profile
D) with their arms raised

Question 24

Prominent individuals, who were not of royal descent, were typically represented in more __________postures in Old Kingdom sculpture.

A) lifelike
B) formal
C) idealized
D) stylized

Question 25

The _________design of New Kingdom temples created a processional path from the outside to the inner sanctuary where only priests and kings were allowed.

A) circular
B) labyrinthine
C) axial
D) stepped

Question 26

The great pyramids at Giza were originally faced with a veneer of polished___________.

A) limestone
B) gold
C) marble
D) granite

Question 27

Where were ordinary people allowed to go in the Great Temple of Amun?

A) the sanctuary of Amun
B) the forecourt of the hypostyle hall
C) the sacred lake
D) all of the above

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT associated with the preservation of the ka?

A) mummification
B) serdab
C) palette
D) ka statue

Question 29

The hypostyle hall at Karnak was filled with ____________decorated with painted pictorial reliefs and inscriptions.

A) cult statues
B) columns
C) stelai
D) stone grillwork

Question 30

An Egyptian convention used for representing the human figure was to show eyes and torsos ___________.

A) in profile
B) frontally
C) with more detail
D) proportionate

Question 31

The active pose of the Butcher may signify both ___________ and _______________.

A) equality with the pharaoh; member of the royal family
B) ability to perform a task; low social standing
C) high social standing; great intellect
D) high status among laborers; relationship to gods

Question 32

How is the lesser rank of the servants demonstrated in Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt ?

A) their gigantic scale
B) more lifelike
C) placement in the same boat
D) proximity to Ti's wife

Question 33

Which of the following was NOT a part of the royal costume worn by rulers in ancient Egypt?

A) a pleated kilt
B) a linen headdress
C) a false beard
D) a coral necklace

Question 34

Canopic jars were special containers in tombs that were used to hold __________.

A) food
B) bodily organs
C) jewels and gold coins
D) all of the above

Question 35

Egyptians who could not afford elaborate tombs commissioned funerary _________ as personal monuments meant to memorialize them and to inspire the living to make them offerings.

A) ka statues
B) chapels
C) stelai
D) mummy portraits

Question 36

After a king died, the body was embalmed and ferried across the Nile to the_____________.

A) royal palace
B) tomb chamber
C) portico
D) valley temple

Question 37

Each of the separate areas of the Great Temple of Amun was separated by a massive ________with tapering walls.

A) pylon
B) column
C) obelisk
D) colonnade

Question 38

Egyptian sculptors relied on ____________to guide them in proportioning the human figures when carving reliefs

A) a squared grid
B) a mathematical formula
C) the measurement of the king's arm
D) a system of perspective

Question 39

Beni Hasan on the east bank of the Nile is the site of many ______________.

A) pyramids
B) rock-cut tombs
C) temples
D) mud-brick houses

Question 40

Architects of the New Kingdom expanded earlier temple designs to include all of the following features EXCEPT:

A) a massive pylon gateway
B) a sanctuary for public worship
C) a peristyle court
D) a hypostyle outer hall

Question 41

With its full figure, the statue depicting ________________ represents a new female ideal.

A) Nefertari
B) Hatshepsut
C) Karomama
D) Nefretiti

Question 42

Along with possessing a religious meaning, pictorial reliefs in tombs also ____________.

A) demonstrated the gods' favor
B) proclaimed the deceased's importance
C) acted as family portraits
D) warned tomb robbers of consequences

Question 43

Although tombs were a major focus of royal patronage in the New Kingdom pharaohs also constructed monumental _____________ in honor of the gods and goddesses.

A) sphinxes
B) ships
C) temples
D) damns

Question 44

The great Greek historian __________ said "Egypt is the gift of the Nile."

A) Ptolemy V
B) Herodotus
C) Alexander the Great
D) Macedonia

Question 45

During the Early Dynastic period, the most common tomb structure was the __________.

A) mastaba
B) step pyramid
C) rock-cut tomb
D) sphinx

Question 46

In the art of the Early Dynastic period after the unification of Egypt, we see an __________________.

A) emphasis on kingship
B) interest in portraying mummies
C) increase in funerary rituals
D) elevation of local tribal rulers

Question 47

While the construction materials for tombs were very durable, ancient Egyptians used simple _________for more ordinary dwellings.

A) mud bricks
B) wattle and daub
C) corbeled vaults
D) mortise and tenon

Question 48

Historians refer to the reign of Akhenaten as the _____________period.

A) Intermediate
B) Antiamun
C) Aten
D) Amarna

Question 49

Embalmers sometimes placed____________ in the wrappings of mummified bodies to help the dead survive the tests of Osiris.

A) Books of the Dead
B) sculptures of the gods
C) encaustic portraits of the deceased
D) gold coins

Question 50

Like most New Kingdom temples, the Temple of Hatshepsut is built along a(n) ________.

A) axial plan
B) earlier pharaoh's tomb
C) river valley
D) pyramid

Question 51

Akhenaten and His Family is an example of __________relief, in which the flat surface of the stone serves as a background and the outlines of figures are deeply incised.

A) sunken
B) ordinary
C) Amarna
D) cut

Question 52

King __________ commissioned the earliest known monumental architecture in Egypt.

A) Ramses
B) Akhenaten
C) Djoser
D) Tutankhamun

Question 53

The archeologist who discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922 was __________.

A) Sir Arthur Evans
B) Heinrich Schliemann
C) Thomas Young
D) Howard Carter

Question 54

Scholars interpret the __________ as a representation of the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.

A) Khafre
B) Narmer Palette
C) Stele of the Sculptor Userwer
D) Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt

Question 55

Egyptian glassmakers used the technique of ____________glass to produce early glass objects such as the Fish Shaped Perfume Bottle .

A) blowing
B) slumping
C) core-formed
D) casting

Question 56

The __________ is the symbol of everlasting life.

A) scarab
B) ankh
C) faience
D) wedjat

Question 57

The oldest and largest pyramid at the Giza site is that of __________.

A) Akhenaten
B) Menkaure
C) Djoser
D) Khufu

Question 58

The ______________ was moved to higher ground in the 1960s when the Aswan High Dam was built.

A) Temple of Hatshepsut
B) Sphinx of Taharqo
C) Temple of Ramses II
D) Step Pyramid

Question 59

Walls of the tomb of Queen Nefertari were covered with brilliantly colored _____________.

A) faience panels
B) enamel work
C) relief sculpture
D) paintings

Question 60

Which of the following characterizes the Amarna style in art?

A) formal poses and situations
B) respect for royal tradition
C) physical distortion
D) all of the above

Question 61

The Egyptians believed that the seat of the soul was the __________.

A) heart
B) brain
C) internal organs
D) eyes

Question 62

How did Egypt develop from a Paleolithic culture to a dynastic civilization?

Question 63

Amenhotep IV changed his name to __________ to honor the life-giving sun deity Aten.

A) Hunefer
B) Osiris
C) Akhenaten
D) Ti

Question 64

Tomb chambers, well as ornamental columns, lintels, false doors and niches, were carved into _________at the site of Beni Hasan on the east bank of the Nile.

A) gateways
B) columns
C) solid rock
D) pylons

Question 65

The sculptor __________ probably made the beautiful bust of Nefertiti as a model for sculptures or paintings of the queen.

A) Imhotep
B) Thutmose
C) Akhenaten
D) Butcher

Question 66

What is the Egyptian myth of creation?

Question 67

The _________ located within a mastaba was a chapel for mourners and offerings.

A) funerary temple
B) sed
C) wedjat
D) serdab

Question 68

Although the Sphinx of Taharqo reflects Old Kingdom conventions, the face of the ruler is _____________.

A) Greek
B) European
C) African
D) Hittite

Question 69

Judgment of the Egyptian dead was presided over by the god __________.

A) Hathor
B) Osiris
C) Anubis
D) Thor

Question 70

The bronze sculpture of the divine priestess Karomama was decorated with patterns of gold, silver and electrum __________.

A) niello
B) paint
C) faience
D) inlay

Question 71

How were the Egyptian kings revered during the Early Dynastic period?

Question 72

The pharaoh __________ built temples out of the natural rock at Abu Simbel.

A) Hatshepsut
B) Djoser
C) Rameses II
D) Imhotep

Question 73

The Sphinx of Taharqo depicts a ______________ king who ruled in Egypt's Late period.

A) Nubian
B) Hittie
C) Greek
D) Assyrian

Question 74

Diverging from traditional artistic conventions the artist who decorated the walls of Nerfertari's tomb used ____________.

A) new proportions for the figure
B) a new hue
C) shading and highlights
D) numerous landscape elements

Question 75

The ancient land of Kush, ____________, was chosen as the site of the Temple of Ramses II since it was the source of his gold, ivory, and exotic skins.

A) Thebes
B) Aswan
C) Nubia
D) Memphis

Question 76

The Stele of the Sculptor Userwer includes five bands of hieroglyphics above two _____________filled with images of Userwer and his family members.

A) registers
B) cartouches
C) palettes
D) grids

Question 77

The type of stone used for the statue of Khafre ______________ producing a rare optical effect.

A) becomes transparent
B) glows blue
C) is opaque
D) as painted

Question 78

The text on the Stele of the Sculptor Userwer asks the viewer to ____________.

A) kneel before the image
B) abandon belief in Aten
C) let him rest in peace
D) make offerings

Question 79

The _________period saw dramatic changes in the conventions used in royal art.

A) Intermediate
B) Aswan
C) Kush
D) Amarna

Question 80

Built by Senusret II, the town of ___________ was laid out on a grid, forming rectangular blocks.

A) Deir el-Medina
B) Beni-Hasan
C) Kahun
D) Karnak