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

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