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4.9 MIDTERM EXAM, Part 1 - Multiple Choice and True - False - Western Art History 32087-931
4.9 MIDTERM EXAM, Part 1 - Multiple Choice and True - False - Western Art History 32087-931
9 MIDTERM EXAM, Part 1: Multiple Choice and True/False: Western Art History 32087-931
4.9 MIDTERM EXAM, Part 1: Mul ple Choice and
True/False
Due Apr 24 at 11:59pm Points 40 Questions 40
Available until May 1 at 12:59am Time Limit None Allowed Attempts 2
Instruc ons
STOP!: Before you proceed, please know that you can take
this quiz‑po on of the midterm exam only two mes.
Midterm Exam, part 1 "quiz por on," due Wednesday, April
24, 11:59 PM.
This portion of the exam will ask you to identify and contextualize pivotal works of art from Modules 1
through 4 of this course.
Format
Multiple choice, true/false
Untimed, although this part of the exam portion should take you approximately 3040 minutes to
complete.
Important: Unlike previous quizzes, you will be able to take this portion of the exam only twice
(two times). Not all questions will provide hints if you get an answer wrong. Questions and answers may
shuffle/change order on your second attempt.
When you are finished, be sure to click "Submit Quiz."
A empt History
Attempt Time Score
KEPT Attempt 2 4 minutes 40 out of 40
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Score for this attempt: 40 out of 40
Submitted Apr 19 at 9:27am
This attempt took 4 minutes.
Question 1 1 / 1 pts
Prehistoric art is art from a time when writing began to flourish among
learned and wealthy members of society.
True
False
Question 2 1 / 1 pts
The Cave Paintings at ChauvetPontd'Arc, France are an example of
Paleolithic art
Neolithic art
Neither of these
Question 3 1 / 1 pts
The most plausible explanation for the small size of the Venus of Willendorf
sculpture is
The sculpture was made by an artist from a nomadic tribe and needed to be
easy to carry
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The sculpture was made of precious metal so the artist could not afford to
make it bigger
The sculpture was meant to be stood on its feet. Making it any larger would
make it harder to balance.
All of these
Question 4 1 / 1 pts
The Venus of Willendorf most probably fulfilled a function related to
Fertility and childbearing
Hunting
Gathering
Architecture
Question 5 1 / 1 pts
In the Neolithic Revolution, societies began to settle in permanent
communities and raise crops and livestock.
True
False
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Question 6 1 / 1 pts
Archaeologists believe that Stonehenge functioned as a burial site during the
second period of its construction.
True
False
Question 7 1 / 1 pts
Anthropomorphic stele are
Sculptures that resemble humans
Sculptures that resemble animals
Question 8 1 / 1 pts
Animism is
the belief in the existence of many spiritual beings
Giving animals human facial features in art
The animation of drawings through optical illusions
All of these
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Question 9 1 / 1 pts
The large kneeling statue of Hatshepsut was made for
her mortuary temple
her palace
the public square in Luxor
None of these
Question 10 1 / 1 pts
Hatshepsut adopted the "visual language of kingship" to show herself as
king.
True
False
Question 11 1 / 1 pts
The function of Karnak was
A place for the god Amun to live on earth
A place for the cult of Amun to live and worship their god
A place where religious objects could be made
All of these
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Question 12 1 / 1 pts
Temples built in Ancient Egypt symbolized
the cosmos
the body politic
the realism of art
sympathy for the working class
Question 13 1 / 1 pts
The House Altar depicting Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Three of their
Daughters is significant because it shows how a change in _____ coincided
with a change in style in art.
ruler and religion
gender roles
trade routes
the availability of materials
Question 14 1 / 1 pts
The Model Bust of Queen Nefertiti was most likely intended to serve as a
model for other works of art.
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True
False
Question 15 1 / 1 pts
One of the important themes of the Portrait of Queen Tiye is her changes in
political, social, and divine status throughout her life.
True
False
Question 16 1 / 1 pts
Archaeologists believe that the headdress in the Portrait of Queen
Tiye symbolized her fertility.
True
False
Question 17 1 / 1 pts
Tutankhamun's innermost coffin was made of solid gold because Ancient
Egyptians believed their kings had skin of gold in the afterlife.
True
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False
Question 18 1 / 1 pts
Tutankhamun's death mask had a spell written on the back of it to
protect his limbs on his passage to the afterlife
ensure his fast reincarnation
help him turn into a falcon
None of these
Question 19 1 / 1 pts
Harmony and proportion are two principles of art and design that are evident
Cycladic vessels.
True
False
Question 20 1 / 1 pts
Early Cycladic sculptures showed mainly male figures.
True
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False
Question 21 1 / 1 pts
The frescoes in the remains of houses on Akrotini are made of
waterbased pigment, a fine layer of plaster, a rougher layer of plaster, and
straw
small pieces of glass and tile arranged in decorative patterns
thin sheets of stone
precious gemstones
Question 22 1 / 1 pts
Jeremy McInerney's article on "Bulls and BullLeaping in the Minoan World"
focuses on images of bulls in art and artifacts attributed to which culture?
the Minoans of Crete
the Cycladic peoples
the Persians
the Syrians
Question 23 1 / 1 pts
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What is a rhyton?
a vessel with two openings used for pouring liquids
a small oil lamp
a saddle used in bullleaping contests
None of these
Question 24 1 / 1 pts
One place archaeologists have looked for evidence of whether bullleaping
really happened is
art
detailed writings about bullleaping
skeletal remains of Minoan athletes
None of these
Question 25 1 / 1 pts
The varying quantities of figurines, marble vessels, and other objects found
in Cycladic graves suggest that the inhabitants of the Cyclades were a
classless society with no social hierarchy.
True
False
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Question 26 1 / 1 pts
The Hunter capturing a bull, drinking cup from Vapheio, near Sparta, c. 1600
1500 BCE, is an example of
Mycenaean art
Cycladic art
Minoan art
None of these
Question 27 1 / 1 pts
White Temple, Uruk, ca. 32003000 BCE
Statuettes of two worshipers, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna, Iraq,
ca. 2700 BCE.
Standard of Ur, ca. 26002400 BCE
These are all examples of____________.
Sumerian Art
Akkadian Art
Egyptian Art
None of these
Question 28 1 / 1 pts
Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin, ca. 721705 BCE
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions, relief from the north palace of Ashurbanipal,
Nineveh, ca. 645640 BCE
Ishtar Gate (restored), Babylon, ca. 575 BCE
These are all examples of _____________.
Classical Greek Art
Assyrian and/or NeoBabylonian Art
Sumerian Art
None of these
Question 29 1 / 1 pts
Fill in the blank:
A ________ analysis does not simply describe a work of art or list the
elements and principles of art visible in a work. Instead, it explains in full and
logicallyordered sentences how the artist uses the elements and principles
of art to
guide the viewer's eye through the work of art
create an overall effect/sensation, or
evoke an emotion.
formal
creative
textual
None of these
Question 30 1 / 1 pts
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"From the Latin, fear of empty space, it is a style of painting where the entire
surface of a space is filled with patterns and figures." (Lumen, The Geometric
Period)
horror vacui
amphora
krater
all of these
Question 31 1 / 1 pts
"A twohandled jar with a narrow neck that was used in ancient times to store
or carry wine or oils." (Lumen, The Geometric Period)
horror vacui
Lamassu
amphora
none of these
Question 32 1 / 1 pts
Geometric bronze figurines of animals such as horses were often left at
shrines as offerings to the gods.
True
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False
Question 33 1 / 1 pts
During the Geometric Period, large kraters and amphorae were used as
grave markers.
True
False
Question 34 1 / 1 pts
What was the function of the treasuries at Delphi?
they housed offerings from various cities to Apollo
they honored the Oracle of Delphi
they held battle spoils won by the city (polis) that built the treasury
All of these
Question 35 1 / 1 pts
The style of sculpture in the Archaic Period was even more abstract than
sculpture in the Geometric Period.
True
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False
Question 36 1 / 1 pts
Kouroi (plural of kouros) statues resembled____.
nude male youths
female youths that looked like the goddess Athena
horses
none of these
Question 37 1 / 1 pts
A kore is a statue of _____.
a young female
Aphrodite
a Greek warrior
none of these
Question 38 1 / 1 pts
One section of the walls of the Tiryns citadel (ca. 14001200 B.C.E.)
contains____, or vaults made from stone blocks arranged in horizontal
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courses so they form cantilevers over an open space.
barrel vaults
corbeled vaults
tunnel vaults
none of these
Question 39 1 / 1 pts
The Lyon Gate at Mycenae (ca. 13001250 B.C.E.) uses a corbeled arch
above a postandlintel construction to form a _____.
ziggurat
corbeled vault
relieving triangle
Question 40 1 / 1 pts
A krater is a _____.
vase for olive oil
containers for mixing water and wine
container for storing grain
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Quiz Score: 40 out of 40
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