Deck 1: Italy Before the Rise of Rome

Question 1

The Greek cities in Italy and the West came to be known as

A) Magna Graecia.
B) Etruria.
C) Tuscany.
D) metropoleis.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The core of a Greek temple was the ____________, where the cult statue of the deity was housed.

A) storehouse
B) naos or cella
C) opisthodomos
D) peristyle or peripteral colonnade

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the Greek architectural orders adopted by the Romans?

A) Doric
B) Ionic
C) Sicilian
D) Corinthian

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The Agrigento Ephebe is significant for its use of ____________, or counterbalance, that was emblematic of the Classical style.

A) coloniae
B) cornice
C) Canon
D) contrapposto

Question 5

In the Tomb of the Diver from Paestum, the journey of the deceased to the Underworld is represented by

A) the coffin-like shape of the tomb.
B) the small objects found inside of the tomb.
C) the fresco depicting a Greek symposium.
D) the fresco depicting a youthful diver.

Question 6

All of the following are characteristics of Etruscan civilization EXCEPT

A) the Etruscans represented a fusion of native and immigrant peoples.
B) Etruria lacked political cohesion.
C) Etruria was a unified kingdom like Greece.
D) the Etruscans shared a common language and religious practices.

Question 7

Villanovan urns are an early demonstration of the function of the tomb as

A) a metaphor for an eternal mountain.
B) a house for the dead.
C) a house for a cult statue.
D) having no symbolic significance.

Question 8

The representation of the married couple in the sarcophagus degli sposi ("of the spouses") is striking because

A) it suggests that Etruscan women held a different place in society than Greek women.
B) it is the only known representation of a husband and wife together in Etruscan art.
C) it illustrates the story of Tullia and Tarquinius Superbus.
D) the sculptural group was imported from Greece.

Question 9

Etruscan necropoleis were populated with tumuli, or

A) large earthen mounds.
B) monumental tombs cut into the surrounding cliffs.
C) small cinerary urns placed at strategic crossroads.
D) shallow pit graves covered with a lid.

Question 10

The Etruscans disposed of their dead in ____________ locations, outside of the city walls.

A) orthogonal
B) extramural
C) peripteral
D) intraurban

Question 11

The Etruscan city of Marzabotto was designed according to a Hippodamian plan, meaning that it

A) was originally intended to function as a necropolis.
B) followed the city's irregular and undulating terrain.
C) was laid out on a regular grid plan.
D) did not contain any major north-south or east-west axes.

Question 12

In contrast to Greek temples, Etruscan temples

A) were built entirely of stone.
B) did not contain any sculptural elements.
C) did not contain any columns.
D) were meant to be seen only from the front.

Question 13

Instead of carvings imitating the appearance of Etruscan houses, the underground tomb chambers at Tarquinia are decorated with

A) elaborate ceiling tiles.
B) wooden furniture that would have been used at the funeral.
C) tondo portraits of the deceased.
D) mural paintings.

Question 14

The Mars of Todi embodies all of the following features associated with Greek Classical sculpture EXCEPT

A) it is made of bronze.
B) its features are calm and idealized.
C) it represents the war god Laran.
D) it emulates the contrapposto posture.

Question 15

The Tomb of the Reliefs from Cerveteri contains interior decoration resembling

A) a shrine for a deity.
B) a domestic interior.
C) a typical Greek tomb.
D) an ancestral shrine.

Question 16

Describe the process by which the Greeks came to inhabit the Italian peninsula.

Question 17

Discuss the function and layout of a typical Greek temple.

Question 18

How did Pythagoras influence Greek sculpture?

Question 19

Describe the manner in which the Villanovans buried their dead.

Question 20

How did the style of Archaic Etruscan sculpture differ from the style of Archaic Greek sculpture?

Question 21

Discuss the ways in which Etruscan necropoleis ("cities of the dead") mimicked cities of the living.

Question 22

Analyze the ways in which the subject of banqueting was portrayed in Etruscan funerary art.

Question 23

What evidence does Marzabotto provide for understanding Etruscan city planning?

Question 24

According to Vitruvius, how should a typical Etruscan temple be designed?

Question 25

What changes took place in Etruscan civilization and artistic production during the Classical period?

Question 26

What role did divinities and mythological figures play in Etruscan funerary art?

Question 27

How were women in Etruscan society represented differently than women in Greek society?

Question 28

Roman civilization was the first major civilization to occupy the Italian peninsula.

Question 29

The three temples at Paestum were constructed using the Greek Doric order.

Question 30

The Etruscans never practiced cremation, preferring only to bury their dead by inhumation.