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.   none of these options
C.   all of these options
D.   Sumerian culture
E.   Medieval culture
Question #2
The Ziggurat of Ur was primarily:
A.   a political structure used as a private residence by the Sumerian king
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.   none of these options
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.   all of these options
B.   none of these options
C.   to glorify a ruler
D.   to depict the concept of accessing the divine on a mountaintop
E.   to depict a war massacre
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.   triangular shaped plans with the altar facing west
C.   square shaped plans with the altar facing north
D.   hexagonal shaped plans with the altar facing south
E.   cross shaped plans with the altar facing east
Question #6
The manuscript image of Christ as geometer:
A.   all of these options
B.   was created to introduce the book of Genesis
C.   proves that Jesus invented geometry
D.   shows that math is actually good for something
E.   indicates that Jesus was an important mathematician
Question #7
Communicative technology in ancient Iraq is represented by:
A.   cuneiform writing on clay tablets
B.   alphabet writing on vellum scrolls
C.   woodcut printmaking
D.   manuscripts
E.   alphabet writing on papyrus
Question #8
Sumerians developed a writing system called “cuneiform” that:
A.   are poetic accounts of the cultures myths
B.   all of these options
C.   provide records of goods brought to priests
D.   was created using pointed sticks pressed into wet clay tablets
E.   document economic activities
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.   the agora
B.   none of these options
C.   the cathedral
D.   the monastery
E.   all of these options

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