Deck 6: The Art of the Etruscans

Question 1

The Etruscans used ________ for sculpture.

A)bronze
B)gold
C)terracotta
D)a and c

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following make the best pair?

A)tombs and temples
B)mirrors and media
C)urns and sarcophagi
D)frescoes and finials

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a correct match between the Etruscan and the Greek?

A)Hera and Herakles
B)Uni and Hera
C)Aplu and Apollo
D)Nethuns and Neptune

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The inclusive dates of Etruscan civilization are approximately A.1200-300 B.C.
B)1400-600 B.C.
C)800-100 B.C.
D)1000-300 B.C.
E)1000-100 B.C.

Question 5

The wall paintings in Etruscan tombs show

A)events from everyday life.
B)banqueters and dancers.
C)battle scenes.
D)scenes of female admiration of male heroism.

Question 6

Etruscans thought of their large-scale tombs as

A)pyramids.
B)houses.
C)urns.
D)underground temples.

Question 7

Which is NOT true of the sarcophagus from Cerveteri? A.It is made of terra-cotta.
B)It dates to around 520 B.C.
C)It is close to Greek Archaic in style.
D)It is now in Rome.
E)It shows a sleeping couple on the lid.

Question 8

The Etruscan script was derived from A.Anatolian.
B)Latin.
C)Phoenician.
D)Egyptian.
E)Linear B.

Question 9

The Apollo of Veii is made of

A)bronze.
B)wood.
C)marble.
D)terra-cotta.

Question 10

A popular Etruscan building material was

A)concrete.
B)tufa.
C)travertine.
D)terracotta.

Question 11

Which is LEAST likely to be found in large-scale Etruscan tombs?

A)mirrors
B)chairs
C)frescoes
D)ashes

Question 12

Terracotta sarcophagi showing life-sized reclining figures are most typical of the

A)republican Romans.
B)Etruscans.
C)Greeks.
D)Sumerians.

Question 13

The Capitoline Wolf and the Wounded Chimera were made

A)with the lost-wax method.
B)by baking terracotta in a kiln.
C)by carving stone.
D)by modeling clay.

Question 14

Etruscan metalwork is seen in

A)lost-wax sculpture.
B)jewelry.
C)everyday objects.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 15

Important Etruscan tombs were discovered at

A)Cerveteri.
B)Paestum.
C)Rome.
D)Athens.

Question 16

The arch was invented in

A)Etruria.
B)Mesopotamia.
C)Greece.
D)Rome.
E)Egypt.

Question 17

The Wounded Chimera is closest in style to

A)Greek Classical sculpture.
B)Greek Hellenistic sculpture.
C)Mycenaean goldwork.
D)Greek Archaic sculpture.
E)Greek black-figure.

Question 18

The Etruscans buried their dead in

A)citadels.
B)pyramids.
C)above-ground graves.
D)tombs made like houses in "cities of the dead."

Question 19

Etruria was located in what today is

A)west-central Italy.
B)southern Italy.
C)northern Italy.
D)southwestern Italy.
E)Sicily.

Question 20

The term "Etruscan" is

A)Lydian.
B)Roman.
C)Greek.
D)Tyrrhenian.

Question 21

A necropolis is

A)someone who likes dead people.
B)an underground city.
C)a city beneath the sea.
D)a city of the dead.

Question 22

Architectural sculpture decorated the ________ of the Etruscan temple.

A)interior
B)roof
C)pediment
D)sides

Question 23

Etruscan art

A)is lively.
B)is functional.
C)incorporates rigid frontality and symmetry.
D)is geometric.

Question 24

The Etruscans used a ________-style column.

A)Doric
B)Ionic
C)Corinthian
D)Bull-capital

Question 25

The Etruscan temple differed from the Greek temple because it had

A)exterior decoration.
B)a columned porch.
C)a pitched roof.
D)a podium reached by climbing many steps.

Question 26

An Etruscan temple was entered from

A)the side only.
B)the back only.
C)the front only.
D)any side.