Art 305 - Art and Mass Culture » Summer 2020 » Roots Quiz 2

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Question #1
Technology played a vital role in:
A.   Greek culture
B.   Sumerian culture
C.   none of these options
D.   Medieval culture
E.   all of these options
Question #2
The Ziggurat of Ur was primarily:
A.   none of these options
B.   a religious structure used by commoners who performed rituals inside the temple at the top
C.   a religious structure used by Sumerian priests to commune with the gods
D.   a political structure used as a private residence by the Sumerian king
E.   a religious structure that was seen as the embodiment of the zoomorphic Sumerian god
Question #3
The function of the Victory Stele of Naram-sin is:
A.   to depict a war massacre
B.   to depict the concept of accessing the divine on a mountaintop
C.   none of these options
D.   to glorify a ruler
E.   all of these options
Question #4
The Classical Period in Greek art marked the transition from:
A.   all of these options
B.   none of these options
C.   matching to making
D.   making to matching
E.   reality to ritual
Question #5
Gothic cathedrals, such as that at Chartres, typically have:
A.   cross shaped plans with the altar facing east
B.   hexagonal shaped plans with the altar facing south
C.   circular shaped plans
D.   triangular shaped plans with the altar facing west
E.   square shaped plans with the altar facing north
Question #6
The manuscript image of Christ as geometer:
A.   was created to introduce the book of Genesis
B.   shows that math is actually good for something
C.   indicates that Jesus was an important mathematician
D.   all of these options
E.   proves that Jesus invented geometry
Question #7
Communicative technology in ancient Iraq is represented by:
A.   alphabet writing on papyrus
B.   cuneiform writing on clay tablets
C.   alphabet writing on vellum scrolls
D.   manuscripts
E.   woodcut printmaking
Question #8
Sumerians developed a writing system called “cuneiform” that:
A.   are poetic accounts of the cultures myths
B.   document economic activities
C.   provide records of goods brought to priests
D.   all of these options
E.   was created using pointed sticks pressed into wet clay tablets
Question #9
Cylinder seals of ancient Sumer convey beliefs in Western culture:
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #10
The central and dominant architecture of the medieval town was:
A.   the agora
B.   the monastery
C.   all of these options
D.   none of these options
E.   the cathedral

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