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.   Medieval culture
E.   Sumerian culture
Question #2
The Ziggurat of Ur was primarily:
A.   a religious structure used by commoners who performed rituals inside the temple at the top
B.   a religious structure that was seen as the embodiment of the zoomorphic Sumerian god
C.   none of these options
D.   a political structure used as a private residence by the Sumerian king
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.   to depict the concept of accessing the divine on a mountaintop
B.   to depict a war massacre
C.   none of these options
D.   all of these options
E.   to glorify a ruler
Question #4
The Classical Period in Greek art marked the transition from:
A.   none of these options
B.   all 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.   triangular shaped plans with the altar facing west
B.   cross shaped plans with the altar facing east
C.   circular shaped plans
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.   shows that math is actually good for something
D.   proves that Jesus invented geometry
E.   indicates that Jesus was an important mathematician
Question #7
Communicative technology in ancient Iraq is represented by:
A.   alphabet writing on vellum scrolls
B.   cuneiform writing on clay tablets
C.   alphabet writing on papyrus
D.   manuscripts
E.   woodcut printmaking
Question #8
Sumerians developed a writing system called “cuneiform” that:
A.   are poetic accounts of the cultures myths
B.   document economic activities
C.   provide records of goods brought to priests
D.   was created using pointed sticks pressed into wet clay tablets
E.   all of these options
Question #9
Cylinder seals of ancient Sumer convey beliefs in Western culture:
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #10
The central and dominant architecture of the medieval town was:
A.   the monastery
B.   the cathedral
C.   all of these options
D.   none of these options
E.   the agora

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