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

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Question #1
Technology played a vital role in:
A.   Medieval culture
B.   Sumerian culture
C.   Greek culture
D.   none of these options
E.   all of these options
Question #2
The Ziggurat of Ur was primarily:
A.   a religious structure used by Sumerian priests to commune with the gods
B.   a religious structure used by commoners who performed rituals inside the temple at the top
C.   none of these options
D.   a religious structure that was seen as the embodiment of the zoomorphic Sumerian god
E.   a political structure used as a private residence by the Sumerian king
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.   to depict the concept of accessing the divine on a mountaintop
E.   none of these options
Question #4
The Classical Period in Greek art marked the transition from:
A.   none of these options
B.   reality to ritual
C.   all of these options
D.   making to matching
E.   matching to making
Question #5
Gothic cathedrals, such as that at Chartres, typically have:
A.   cross shaped plans with the altar facing east
B.   square shaped plans with the altar facing north
C.   triangular shaped plans with the altar facing west
D.   circular shaped plans
E.   hexagonal shaped plans with the altar facing south
Question #6
The manuscript image of Christ as geometer:
A.   proves that Jesus invented geometry
B.   was created to introduce the book of Genesis
C.   all of these options
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.   woodcut printmaking
B.   cuneiform writing on clay tablets
C.   alphabet writing on papyrus
D.   alphabet writing on vellum scrolls
E.   manuscripts
Question #8
Sumerians developed a writing system called “cuneiform” that:
A.   all of these options
B.   are poetic accounts of the cultures myths
C.   was created using pointed sticks pressed into wet clay tablets
D.   provide records of goods brought to priests
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.   all of these options
B.   the monastery
C.   the agora
D.   the cathedral
E.   none of these options

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