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

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

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