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.   Sumerian culture
C.   Medieval culture
D.   none of these options
E.   all of these options
Question #2
The Ziggurat of Ur was primarily:
A.   a political structure used as a private residence by the Sumerian king
B.   none of these options
C.   a religious structure that was seen as the embodiment of the zoomorphic Sumerian god
D.   a religious structure used by commoners who performed rituals inside the temple at the top
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.   to depict a war massacre
E.   all of these options
Question #4
The Classical Period in Greek art marked the transition from:
A.   all of these options
B.   making to matching
C.   matching to making
D.   none of these options
E.   reality to ritual
Question #5
Gothic cathedrals, such as that at Chartres, typically have:
A.   hexagonal shaped plans with the altar facing south
B.   circular shaped plans
C.   square shaped plans with the altar facing north
D.   cross shaped plans with the altar facing east
E.   triangular shaped plans with the altar facing west
Question #6
The manuscript image of Christ as geometer:
A.   all of these options
B.   shows that math is actually good for something
C.   indicates that Jesus was an important mathematician
D.   proves that Jesus invented geometry
E.   was created to introduce the book of Genesis
Question #7
Communicative technology in ancient Iraq is represented by:
A.   alphabet writing on vellum scrolls
B.   alphabet writing on papyrus
C.   woodcut printmaking
D.   cuneiform writing on clay tablets
E.   manuscripts
Question #8
Sumerians developed a writing system called “cuneiform” that:
A.   was created using pointed sticks pressed into wet clay tablets
B.   provide records of goods brought to priests
C.   all of these options
D.   are poetic accounts of the cultures myths
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.   the monastery
C.   the cathedral
D.   all of these options
E.   none of these options

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