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

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

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