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11/09/2013

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Term
D) Phoenicia
Definition
The Greek alphabet came from
A) Egypt
B) Mycenae
C) Crete
D) Phoenicia
E) Syria
Term
D) Artemisia
Definition
Which of the following was not a famous woman in ancient Greece?
A) Sappho of Lesbos
B) Iaia of Kyzikos
C) Aspasia
D) Artemisia
E) none of the above
Term
E) naturalistic but idealized
Definition
The Classical Greek style can best be described as
A)stylized and organic
B)stylized and idealized
C)figurative and nonrepresentational
D)idealized but nonfigurative
E)naturalistic but idealized
Term
A) democracy
Definition
Which best describes Greek government during the Classical period?
A) democracy
B) autocracy
C) tyranny
D) monarchy
E) aristocracy
Term
D) bronze and marble
Definition
The main media used by Greek sculptors were
A) bronze and iron
B) marble and terracotta
C) terracotta and bronze
D) bronze and marble
E) gold and marble
Term
C) Hephaestos -- hearth
Definition
Which of the following do not belong together?
A) Zeus -- thunderbolt
B) Juno -- peacock
C) Hephaestos -- hearth
D) Neptune -- trident
E) Hermes -- caduceus
Term
C) krater -- flask for pouring oil
Definition
Which of the following do not belong together?
A) hydria -- water jar
B) amphora -- storage jar
C) krater -- flask for pouring oil
D) kylix -- drinking cup
E) oenochoe -- jug for pouring wine
Term
B) traditional and of high quality
Definition
"Classical" means
A) old-fashioned and valuable
B) traditional and of high quality
C) out of date and trite
D) traditional and stylized
E) idealized and valuable
Term
C) the sea
Definition
The Riace bronzes were found in
A) Riace
B) a cave
C) the sea
D) a grave
E) a temple
Term
D) abacus, volute, echinus, metope
Definition
Which do not belong together?
A) volute, shaft, base, flutes
B) abacus, volute, base, frieze
C) metope, triglyph, abacus, echinus
D) abacus, volute, echinus, metope
E) stylobate, drums, echinus, metope
Term
E) Perikles
Definition
The general who commissioned the Parthenon was
A) Alkiabiades
B) Sophokles
C) Herodotos
D) Xenophon
E) Perikles
Term
D) archway
Definition
Which is not part of the Parthenon plan?
A) naos
B) treasury
C) pronaos
D) archway
E) peristyle
Term
B) metope -- trapezoid
Definition
Which is not a pair?
A) pediment -- triangle
B) metope -- trapezoid
C) triglyph -- vertical
D) shaft -- cylinder
E) architrave -- rectangle
Term
E) gold and ivory
Definition
The statue of Athena in the Parthenon naos was covered with
A) marble and bronze
B) ivory and bronze
C) ivory and marble
D) gold and marble
E) gold and ivory
Term
B) pronaos
Definition
Which is not part of Greek theater architecture?
A) orchestra
B) pronaos
C) proscenium
D) skene
E) parodos
Term
A) Praxiteles
Definition
The first known Greek artist to celebrate the female nude was
A) Praxiteles
B) Phidias
C) Perikles
D) Lysippos
E) Exekias
Term
D) a Macedonian
Definition
Alexander the Great was
A) an Athenian
B) a Persian
C) a Pergamene
D) a Macedonian
E) a Mycenaean
Term
E) all of the above
Definition
Greek Hellenistic art is
A) realistic
B) typically in a "corkscrew" arrangement
C) more passionate than Hellenic art
D) conveys inner character
E) all of the above
Term
E) Socrates
Definition
Plato's spokesman in the Dialogues was
A) Perikles
B) Herodotos
C) Sophokles
D) Demosthenes
E) Socrates
Term
D) Demosthenes wrote speeches
Definition
Which of the following is true?
A) Homer wrote the Laws
B) Plato wrote the Iliad
C) Socrates wrote Dialogues
D) Demosthenes wrote speeches
E) Euripides wrote comedies
Term
E) 1000-100 B.C.
Definition
The inclusive dates of Etruscan civilization are about
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.
Term
B) Roman
Definition
The term "Etruscan" is
A) Lydian
B) Roman
C) Greek
D) Tyrrhenian
E) English
Term
C) Phoenician
Definition
The Etruscan script was derived from
A) Anatolian
B) Latin
C) Phoenician
D) Egyptian
E) Linear B
Term
A) the lost-wax method
Definition
‘The Capitoline Wolf and the Wounded Chimera were made by
A) the lost-wax method
B) baking terracotta in a kiln
C) carving stone
D) modeling clay
E) none of the above
Term
D) Greek Archaic sculpture
Definition
The Wounded Chimera is closest in style to
A) Greek Classical sculpture
B) Greek Hellenistic sculpture
C) Mycenaean gold work
D) Greek Archaic sculpture
E) Greek Black-Figure
Term
C) urns and sarcophagi
Definition
Which of the following make the best pair?
A) tombs and temples
B) mirrors and media
C) urns and sarcophagi
D) frescoes and finials
E) tombs and sarcophagi
Term
D) tombs made like houses in "cities of the dead"
Definition
The Etruscan buried their dead in
A) citadels
B) pyramids
C) above-ground graves
D) tombs made like houses in "cities of the dead"
E) their households
Term
B) Mesopotamia
Definition
The arch was invented in
A) Etruria
B) Mesopotamia
C) Greece
D) Rome
E) Egypt
Term
D) ashes
Definition
Which is least likely to be found in large-scale Etruscan tombs?
A) mirrors
B) chairs
C) frescoes
D) ashes
E) gold
Term
B) houses
Definition
Etruscans thought of their large-scale tombs as
A) pyramids
B) houses
C) urns
D) underground temples
E) beds
Term
E) it shows a sleeping couple on the lid
Definition
Which is not true of the sarcophagus from Cerveteri?
A) it is made of terracotta
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
Term
A) west-central Italy
Definition
Etruria was located in what today is
A) west-central Italy
B) southern Italy
C) northern Italy
D) southwestern Italy
E) Sicily
Term
B) tufa
Definition
A popular Etruscan building material was
A) concrete
B) tufa
C) travertine
D) terracotta
E) concrete
Term
D) a city of the dead
Definition
A necropolis is a
A) someone who likes dead people
B) an underground city
C) a city beneath the sea
D) a city of the dead
E) a sarcophagus
Term
D) a podium reached by climbing many steps
Definition
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
E) an entrance archway
Term
D) Nubia
Definition
Which was not part of the Roman Empire in the first century A.D.?
A) Gaul
B) Britain
C) Egypt
D) Nubia
E) Judaea
Term
B) Augustus
Definition
Virgil wrote the Aeneid for
A) Julius Caesar
B) Augustus
C) Trajan
D) Constantine
E) Caracalla
Term
B) water, mortar, gravel, and rubble
Definition
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
E) water, gravel, travertine, and mortar
Term
C) markets
Definition
Which of the following was not built under Trajan?
A) Timgad
B) Dacia
C) markets
D) a forum
E) basilica
Term
C) grandiosity
Definition
Nero, as described by Suetonius, exemplifies
A) political know-how
B) generosity
C) grandiosity
D) military strategy
E) intelligence
Term
B) Ovid and the Metamorphoses
Definition
Which of the following is the best pair?
A) Virgil and Odysseus
B) Ovid and the Metamorphoses
C) Trajan and the Meditations
D) Marcus Aurelius and the Commentarii
E) Nero and Darcia
Term
B) the 15th day of the month
Definition
The Ides of March are
A) when Roman emperors are killed
B) the 15th day of the month
C) the birthday of the Roman emperor
D) the end of the month
E) the beginning of the month
Term
B) worship
Definition
Which of the following was not a use of the Roman basilica?
A) commerce
B) worship
C) law courts
D) administration
Term
E) a market
Definition
Which is least likely to have been a feature of the Roman bath?
A) sculpture
B) a tepidarium
C) a swimming pool
D) a ball court
E) a market
Term
C) Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Definition
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
Term
E) chariot races
Definition
The Roman circus was used primarily for
A) animal performances
B) libraries
C) gladiatorial contests
D) horse races
E) chariot races
Term
D) they are pseudo-peripteral
Definition
Which is true of Roman temples?
A) they were peripteral
B) they have a front and a back porch
C) they have a double cella
D) they are pseudo-peripteral
E) they have a portico
Term
B) its narrative frieze
Definition
The Column of Trajan is uniquely Roman because of
A) its enormous height
B) its narrative frieze
C) its setting
D) its material
Term
A) Josephus
Definition
The Jewish Wars were chronicled by
A) Josephus
B) Virgil
C) Suetonius
D) Julius Caesar
E) Ovid
Term
C) gold
Definition
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
Term
B) the necropolis
Definition
Which was NOT a Roman funerary practice?
A) the use of cinerary urns
B) the necropolis
C) the sarcophagus
D) burial in graves
E) only c & d
Term
E) they include details of landscape
Definition
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
Term
A) they are fresco secco
Definition
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
Term
B) Egypt
Definition
Faiyum painting was produced in
A) Greece
B) Egypt
C) Rome
D) Nubia
E) Carthage
Term
A) Rome and Carthage
Definition
The Punic Wars were fought between
A) Rome and Carthage
B) Rome and Greece
C) Rome and Phoenicia
D) Rome and Etruria
E) Greece and Carthage
Term
B) by the Edict of Milan
Definition
Christianity was legalized
A) by the emperor Caracalla
B) by the Edict of Milan
C) in the first century A.D.
D) in Jerusalem
E) by Trajan
Term
D) A.D. 33
Definition
Christ was crucified around the year
A) A.D. 30
B) A.D. 35
C) A.D. 32
D) A.D. 33
E) 33 B.C.
Term
C) the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Definition
The Pentateuch is
A) the first 5 books of the New Testament
B) the Zoroastrian texts
C) the first 5 books of the Old Testament
D) the 5 hymns to Mithras
Term
E) Christ, Mary, and Joseph
Definition
The Holy Family is
A) Mary, Christ, and God
B) Christ, God, and the Holy Ghost
C) Joseph, Mary, and the Holy Ghost
D) God, Joseph, Mary, and Christ
E) Christ, Mary, and Joseph
Term
D) The Wedding at Cana -- Mary and Joseph are married
Definition
Which does not match?
A) The Baptism -- John baptizes Christ
B) The Nativity -- Christ's birth
C) The Transfiguration -- Christ is flanked by Moses and Elijah
D) The Wedding at Cana -- Mary and Joseph are married
E) The Harrowing of Hell -- Christ descends to Limbo
Term
A) underground cemeteries
Definition
The catacombs in Rome were
A) underground cemeteries
B) underground shrines
C) underground meeting places
D) underground sewers
E) underground churches
Term
E) none of the above
Definition
Which is not a feature of the Early Christian basilica?
A) nave
B) apse
C) aisle
D) clerestory
E) none of the above
Term
C) St. Peter
Definition
The first bishop of Rome was
A) Constantine
B) St. Paul
C) St. Peter
D) Eusebius
E) Justinian
Term
A) the transept
Definition
A significant new architectural feature of Old Saint Peter's was
A) the transept
B) the nave
C) the atrium
D) the clerestory
E) the dome
Term
D) tesserae
Definition
The components of Byzantine mosaics are
A) pigments
B) marble squares
C) semi-precious jewels
D) tesserae
E) polished stones
Term
D) angels with a lamb
Definition
The vaulted choir of San Vitale contains a representation of
A) angels with Mary
B) a bust of San Vitale
C) Bishop Ecclesius
D) angels with a lamb
E) Christ as a shepherd
Term
A) the pendentive
Definition
The main Byzantine contribution to monumental architecture was
A) the pendentive
B) the Composite Order
C) the dome
D) the narthex
E) the round arch
Term
C) more static
Definition
Compared with Roman frescoes and mosaics, Byzantine mosaics are
A) more naturalistic
B) more narrative
C) more static
D) more three-dimensional
E) less colorful
Term
D) as a ritual chair
Definition
The ivory throne of Maximian was probably used for
A) receiving dignitaries
B) royal celebrations
C) as a reliquary casket
D) as a ritual chair
E) as a throne
Term
B) an oval aureole
Definition
A mandorla is
A) a Far Eastern chant
B) an oval aureole
C) the plan of a Hindu temple
D) a halo around the head of a saint
E) an oval church plan
Term
A) bearded
Definition
In Byzantine iconography, Christ is conventionally
A) bearded
B) Apollonian
C) shown in contrapposto
D) shown holding a globe
E) shown in a horizontal plane
Term
C) codex
Definition
The "book with many folded skins" referred to a
A) papyrus scroll
B) tablet
C) codex
D) spiral frieze
E) rotulus
Term
A) one who breaks images
Definition
An iconoclast is literally
A) one who breaks images
B) one who collects icons
C) one who worships icons
D) one who worships the real person instead of the icon
E) one who paints icons
Term
A) ruler of everything
Definition
Christ as Pantokrator represents Christ as
A) ruler of everything
B) ruler of the world
C) ruler of heaven
D) ruler of the Church
E) ruler of Byzantium
Term
B) Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior
Definition
Ichthus is an acronym for
A) Jesus Christ, Savior of the World
B) Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior
C) Jesus Christ, Son of Man
D) Jesus Christ, Son of God and Ruler of the Universe
E) Jesus Christ, Ruler of the World
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