Columbia College ARTS 111 Quiz 4 (2015)

Question 1 2 / 2 points
The Minoan civilization was discovered by
Plato
Marinatos
Schliemann
Evans
Question 2 2 / 2 points
Cyclopaean refers to
a kind of wall
a citadel
a style of painting
a group of islands
Question 3 2 / 2 points
The two gold cups from Vapheio are
none of the above
Minoan and Mycenaean
Cycladic and Minoan
Mycenaean and Cycladic
Question 4 2 / 2 points
The heroes of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey may have come from
Athens
Minoan Crete
Mycenaean Greece
Santorini
Question 5 2 / 2 points
A type of Minoan script is
cuneiform
Linear B
hieroglyphics
none of the above
Question 6 0 / 2 points
Minoan goddesses or priestesses are often depicted holding
double axes
snakes
vases
plants
Question 7 2 / 2 points
Minoan Civilization is generally dated
2500 to 1500 BC
3000 to 1100 BC
4000 to 1000 BC
3500 to 1000 BC
Question 8 2 / 2 points
A corbeled vault is
a kind of tomb
a means of transporting water
the level of windows above the central passageway to let light in from outside
concentric stone rings piled to make an arch or domed room
Question 9 2 / 2 points
Mycenaean shrines were
at the edge of the sea
on hillsides
in temples
in palaces
Question 10 2 / 2 points
Which is not a Minoan site?
Knossos
Phaistos
Mycenae
Palaikastro
Chapter 5 Question Pool
Question 11 2 / 2 points
Which is not part of the Parthenon plan?
propylaea
pronaos
naos
treasury
Question 12 2 / 2 points
Chryselephantine is
decorated with gold and ivory
a colonnade
an arcade
all of the above
Question 13 2 / 2 points
Which of the following was not a famous woman in ancient Greece?
Artemisia
Iaia of Kyzikos
Sappho of Lesbos
Aspasia
Question 14 2 / 2 points
Apollo's sacred islands was
Crete
Delos
Delphi
Thera
Question 15 2 / 2 points
Alexander the Great was
a Macedonian
a Pergamene
an Athenian
a Persian
Question 16 2 / 2 points
The Parthenon metopes represented
the battle between gods and Titans
the battle between Lapiths and Centaurs
all of the above
the battle between Greeks and Trojans
Question 17 2 / 2 points
Which of the following is not a Greek god or goddess?
Artemis
Hestia
Ares
Venus
Question 18 2 / 2 points
Contrapposto is
standing at attention
a torso shift
stepping forward
a twist at the neck
Question 19 2 / 2 points
What subject was portrayed on the frieze around the Parthenon?
Dionysiac Procession
Battle of Gods and Giants
Panathenaic Procession
Labors of Herakles
Question 20 2 / 2 points
Which is not part of the Erechtheum?
the Ionic Order
an irregular plan
Doric columns
caryatids
Chapter 6 Question Pool
Question 21 2 / 2 points
Architectural sculpture decorated the _____ of the Etruscan temple?
interior
sides
roof
pediment
Question 22 2 / 2 points
A popular Etruscan building material was
travertine
terracotta
tufa
concrete
Question 23 2 / 2 points
Etruscan burials included
iron objects
bronze objects
ivory objects
all of the above
Question 24 2 / 2 points
The term "Etruscan" is
Lydian
Roman
Tyrrhenian
Greek
Question 25 2 / 2 points
A necropolis is a
a city beneath sea level
an underground city
someone who likes dead people
a city of the dead
Question 26 2 / 2 points
Terracotta sarcophagi showing life sized reclining figures are most typical of the
Etruscans
republican Romans
Greeks
Sumerians
Question 27 2 / 2 points
Which is not an Etruscan material?
papyrus
terra cotta
bronze
tufa
Question 28 2 / 2 points
Etruscan art is
lively
rigid frontality and symmetry
functional
geometric
Question 29 2 / 2 points
The wall paintings in Etruscan tombs show
events from everyday life
battle scenes
scenes of female admiration of male heroism
banqueters
Question 30 2 / 2 points
The Etruscan temple differed from the Greek temple because it had
a pitched roof
a podium
exterior decoration
a columned porch
Chapter 7 Question Pool
Question 31 2 / 2 points
Nero, as described by Suetonius, exemplifies
grandiosity
political know-how
military strategy
generosity
Question 32 2 / 2 points
Two streets intersecting at right angles in ancient Roman cities were the
castra and decumanus
insula and decumanus
cardo and decumanus
castra and cardo
Question 33 2 / 2 points
Hercules is the son of
Juno and Amphitryon
Alkmene and Amphitryon
Juno and Jupiter
Jupiter and Alkmene
Question 34 2 / 2 points
Which is not true of the Villa of the Mysteries frescoes?
they include details of landscape
they have a red background
the figures are naturalistic
they represent an initiation rite
Question 35 2 / 2 points
Which is true of Roman temples?
they have a front and a back porch
they were peripteral
they are pseudo-peripteral
they have a double cella
Question 36 2 / 2 points
Pompeii was destroyed in
the first century BC
AD 79
AD 121
under Nero
Question 37 2 / 2 points
The first known Roman forum dates from
the reign of Julius Caesar
the first century AD
the reign of Augustus
the 6th century BC
Question 38 2 / 2 points
In the Odyssey Landscape illustrated in this chapter
there is no landscape detail
people are hunting animals
cannibals are depicted
Laestrygonians are depicted helping Odysseus' men
Question 39 2 / 2 points
The Tophet refers to
a Punic shrine
a site of child sacrifice
a temple
a site of ritual suicide
Question 40 2 / 2 points
The Colosseum was constructed during the reign of
Vespasian
Trajan
Constantine
Nero